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Applications are open to regional BFI Film Academy Short Courses!
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Previous Events + Opportunities
Open Applications - BFI NETWORK x BFI Film Academy Midlands: Online Mentoring 2025 (Round 1)
Online mentoring is back! 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.
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.
Using Archive Film to Develop Your Practice | BFI Film Academy Labs: March 2025
The next BFI Film Academy Lab will delve into how filmmakers use archive film in their creative practice in groundbreaking and inspirational ways, echoing the spirit of innovation that marked the early days of cinema. Taking place Monday 10th March.
BFI Future Film Festival 2025 presents: Below The Line Crew masterclasses + Midlands Voices screening
Explore our full lineup of in-person and online events as part of BFI Future Film Festival 2025 – from alumni-led recorded online masterclasses to curated short film screenings by emerging filmmakers from the Midlands and beyond!
Young Programmers: BATTLE ROYALE 25TH ANNIVERSARY at Broadway Cinema
26th February at 19:45 | Young Programmers screening curated and hosted by emerging and established film collectives to inspire 16-25's.
BFI Film Academy July Lab July 2024: Securing the Bag, What you need to create a short film funding application
Delivered by Film Hub Midlands and hosted by film professionals Caragh Davison and Georgia Goggin (Pretty Red Dress) focuses on sharing practical and creative insights into what is needed to create a funding application for a short film
BFI NETWORK X BFI Film Academy Online Mentoring 2024
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.