BFI Film Academy

FACT is delighted to be hosting the BFI Film Academy in Merseyside for the second time. This intensive filmmaking course is a chance for 16 to 19 year olds to collaborate with a professional filmmaker to make a short film.

• The course is free and will start on 19 October for 8 weeks.
• There will be two groups, one on a Saturday, one on Sunday.
• Alongside the weekend activity, participants can attend specialist masterclasses in script writing and distribution, networking events & curate a special series of films to be screened to the public at FACT.

How to apply: To apply please go to our website, www.fact.co.uk/projects/bfi-film-academy and download the aplication pack and return it to Louise Latter by email ([email protected]) or post by 5pm on Monday 30 September.

The BFI Film Academy aims to help train and inspire the next generation of British filmmakers, supporting talented and committed young people aged 16-19 to develop the commercial and cultural knowledge and skills to help make a career in film a reality.

The BFI Film Academy offers training for every film industry role, from writing and directing through to production, sound design, editing and camera, and provides learning around film history and cinematic storytelling to inspire an appreciation of film culture in the round.

The BFI Film Academy forms a key part of the BFI’s ambitious plans to revolutionise film education for 5-19 year olds, a core aim of the BFI’s Film Foreverfive year plan to support the future success of UK film. Film Academy funding partners include the Department for Education in England, the National Lottery, Creative Scotland and Northern Ireland. Strategic partners include BAFTA, Pinewood Studios and Creative Skillset, helping to ensure the Academy is a gold standard film industry-focused educational programme.

www.bfi.org.uk/filmacademy

BFI CEO Amanda Nevill comments:'The BFI is committed to developing tomorrow’s film audiences and talent and the BFI Film Academy is at the heart of our comprehensive strategy to give young people across the UK opportunities to engage with film. We’re proud that through the BFI Film Academy young people of all backgrounds are given a springboard to a career in film. Following an enormously successful inaugural year in 2012, the Academy is now establishing itself as a gold standard training and development programme with a vision for future growth. This wouldn’t be possible without the backing of the Department for Education and we thank them and all our partners for their continuing support as we this year take the Film Academy to more people than ever across the UK.'

About the BFI

The BFI is the UK’s lead film organisation, with the ambition to create a flourishing film environment in which innovation, opportunity and creativity can thrive by:

• Connecting audiences to the widest choice of British and World cinema
• Preserving and restoring the most significant film collection in the world for today and future generations
• Investing in creative, distinctive and entertaining work
• Promoting British film and talent to the world
• Growing the next generation of filmmakers and audiences