Connect + Collab

APPLICATIONS CLOSE:  Thursday 11 Feb 21  (11:59pm)

Film Hub South West, South East and Midlands are coming together to run Connect + Collab, an online networking event for producers, writers, directors and writer-directors based in our regions who are looking to collaborate on short-form narrative projects.

If you're a writer, director or writer-director looking for a UK-based producer to collaborate with on a short form narrative project that you intend to submit to the BFI NETWORK Short Film Fund, or perhaps you are a producer looking for emerging directors/writer-directors to work with on new projects, then this is for you to connect with filmmaking talent across the UK.

The event will be hosted via Deal Room an online meeting platform that will allow you to create a profile and book in 1:1 video call meetings with other participants between 9am – 8pm GMT on Thursday 11 March. It is a space to network and explore potential new collaborations with the intention of forming filmmakers teams in order to apply to the BFI NETWORK Short Film Fund, which opens again in April 2021.

*As space is limited, there is a selection process before your attendance is confirmed.

Timeline:
Thursday 21 Jan 21 Applications open
Thursday 11 Feb 21 Applications close (11:59pm)
Thursday 25 Feb 21 Applicants notified
Thursday 11 Mar 21 Event date 9am-8pm

Accessibility:
We are committed to accessibility and we will do everything we can to remove possible barriers to attendance so please let us know how we can make the experience as useful and comfortable as possible via the application form. If you would like the application form in another format then please email us on bfinetwork@filmhubmidlands.org

 

PRODUCER APPLICATION PREVIEW

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PRODUCERS APPLY HERE

WRITER AND/OR DIRECTOR APPLICATION PREVIEW

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WRITERs AND/OR DIRECTORS APPLY HERE 

To apply you must be:

  • 18 or over
  • Not in full-time education
  • Available to attend the online event on Thursday 11 March 2021 9am-8pm for either the full day or part of the day

Writers and/or directors must be:

  • A current resident in the South West, South East and Midlands of England as defined by the BFI (BFI UK nations and regions map)
  • be able to demonstrate a willingness to collaborate with a UK-based producer
  • be actively be working on a narrative short film project (under 15 minutes) that would be eligible for the BFI NETWORK Short Film Fund (download the guidelines here)

Producers must be: 

  • Based in the UK
  • Able to demonstrate a willingness to produce the work of other writers and directors
  • Open to working with talent in the South West, South East and Midlands of England as defined by the BFI (BFI UK regions and nations map)
  • Actively looking to develop narrative short film projects (under 15 minutes) that would be eligible for the BFI NETWORK Short Film Fund (download the guidelines here)