BFI Film Academy Core.

BFI Film Academy More is activity such as Flatpack and BFI Future Film festivals, and BFI NETWORK partnerships which falls outside of the listed strands; Labs, Scene, Young Programmers and Recommends.

Upcoming BFI Film Academy Other Activity

BFI Future Film Festival presents: Below The Line Crew - Grip

Taking place Sat 1st March from 10:00-11:30 | Attend this free online masterclass on these specialised role of Grip department! Featuring Nottingham BFI Film Academy short course alumni.

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BFI Future Film Festival presents: Below The Line Crew - MUA & SFX

Taking place Sat 1st March from 12:30-14:00 | Attend this free online masterclass on these specialised roles of the Make-Up department! Featuring Nottingham BFI Film Academy short course alumni.

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BFI Future Film Festival presents: Midlands Voices Shorts at Midlands Arts Centre (MAC), Birmingham

Taking place Sat 1st March from 18:00 | A curated screening of short films as part of the UK-wide BFI Future Film Festival taking place at MAC, including a number of films from Midlands filmmaking talent. The films will be followed by networking!

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BFI Future Film Festival presents: Below The Line Crew - Locations & Gaffer

Taking place Sun 2nd March from 10:00-11:30 | Attend this free online masterclass on these specialised roles of Production Management and Lighting departments! Featuring Nottingham BFI Film Academy short course alumni.

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BFI Future Film Festival presents: Below The Line Crew - Props Assistant & Props Model Maker

Taking place Sun 2nd March from 12:30-14:00 | Attend this free online masterclass on these specialised roles of Art department! Featuring Nottingham BFI Film Academy short course alumni.

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Previous BFI Film Academy Other Activity

Short films wanted! Short and Suite at Flatpack Festival 2025

Short & Suite is our Young Filmmakers Programme, championing filmmakers aged 16-25 from the Midlands and wider UK. If that's you, you should definitely submit your short film to this year's Flatpack Festival to win the £100 cash prize! T&C's apply.

Apply by 9am on 28th February 2025 at

Introducing our BFI NETWORK x BFI Film Academy: Stories to Shorts Cohort 2024

We're proud to introduce the writers and projects selected for our 2024-25 Stories to Shorts Script Development Programme in partnership with BFI Film Academy.

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Open Applications - BFI NETWORK x BFI Film Academy Midlands: Online Mentoring 2024 (Round 2)

BFI Film Academy with support from BFI NETWORK, is providing Midlands-based film producers, directors and screenwriters aged 18-25 with the opportunity to receive mentoring firsthand with an industry professional.

Apply by 2nd December 2024 at

Open Applications - BFI NETWORK x BFI Film Academy: Stories to Shorts Script Development Series 2024

An exciting training opportunity for 10 emerging writers based in the Midlands, developing an idea for a short film into a script in partnership with BFI Film Academy.

Apply by 5th September 2024 at

Build Your Own Film Night x BFI Film Academy 2024

Build Your Own Film Night is an intensive 3-day course for ages 16-25 that will guide you through all the essential information and skills required to deliver your very own film event. In partnership with Phoenix, in Leicester!

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Open Applications - BFI NETWORK x BFI Film Academy Midlands: Online Mentoring 2024 (Round 1)

Apply by 14th June 2024

Introducing our BFI NETWORK x BFI Film Academy: Stories to Shorts Cohort 2023

We're proud to introduce the writers and projects selected for our 2023-24 Stories to Shorts Script Development Programme in partnership with BFI Film Academy.

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BFI Future Film Festival 2024 presents: Midlands Voices

A selection of past and present regionally made short films will be screened as part of the UK-wide BFI Future Film Festival with the intention of raising and sharing the voices of filmmaker talent in the Midlands, at Broadway Cinema on 16th February

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Presented by BFI Film Academy Core on behalf of Film Hub Midlands, and supported by National Lottery