Almost 70 emerging creatives have received over £120,000 in grants from Bafta through the Prince William Bursaries and Refugee Journalism Project.
Bafta is collaborating with the Refugee Journalism Project for the first time to award £30,000 to 11 individuals who have been forcibly displaced. Now based in the UK, the creatives come from places including Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Ukraine, and Gaza.
In its fourth year, the Prince William Bafta Bursaries awards 58 creatives from low socio-economic backgrounds with grants of up to £2,000.
Recipients include actors, filmmakers, costume designers, production assistants and camera and sound trainees. Grants can be put towards essential costs such as driving lessons,...
Bafta is collaborating with the Refugee Journalism Project for the first time to award £30,000 to 11 individuals who have been forcibly displaced. Now based in the UK, the creatives come from places including Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Ukraine, and Gaza.
In its fourth year, the Prince William Bafta Bursaries awards 58 creatives from low socio-economic backgrounds with grants of up to £2,000.
Recipients include actors, filmmakers, costume designers, production assistants and camera and sound trainees. Grants can be put towards essential costs such as driving lessons,...
- 5/1/2024
- ScreenDaily
Almost 70 emerging creatives have received over £120,000 in grants from Bafta through the Prince William Bursaries and the newly created Refugee Journalism Project.
The Refugee Journalism Project is awarding £30,000 to 11 individuals who have been forcibly displaced including filmmakers, producers and editors. Now based in the UK, the creatives come from places including Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Ukraine, and Gaza.
In its fourth year, the Prince William Bafta Bursaries awards 58 creatives from low socio-economic backgrounds with grants of up to £2,000.
Recipients include actors, filmmakers, costume designers, production assistants and camera and sound trainees. Grants can be put towards essential costs such as driving lessons,...
The Refugee Journalism Project is awarding £30,000 to 11 individuals who have been forcibly displaced including filmmakers, producers and editors. Now based in the UK, the creatives come from places including Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Ukraine, and Gaza.
In its fourth year, the Prince William Bafta Bursaries awards 58 creatives from low socio-economic backgrounds with grants of up to £2,000.
Recipients include actors, filmmakers, costume designers, production assistants and camera and sound trainees. Grants can be put towards essential costs such as driving lessons,...
- 5/1/2024
- ScreenDaily
‘Sex Education’ creator Laurie Nunn and ‘Babyteeth’ director Shannon Murphy are also mentors.
Anne Mensah, the vice president of original series at Netflix, and See-Saw’s head of development, film and limited series, Katherine Bridle are among the senior executives taking part in the 2021 BFI Network x Bafta Crew mentoring programme.
This is the third edition of the mentoring scheme, which aims to provide support to 20 filmmakers from across the UK who are from regions and communities underrepresented in the screen industries and are currently working towards debut projects in film and television.
As well as being paired a mentor,...
Anne Mensah, the vice president of original series at Netflix, and See-Saw’s head of development, film and limited series, Katherine Bridle are among the senior executives taking part in the 2021 BFI Network x Bafta Crew mentoring programme.
This is the third edition of the mentoring scheme, which aims to provide support to 20 filmmakers from across the UK who are from regions and communities underrepresented in the screen industries and are currently working towards debut projects in film and television.
As well as being paired a mentor,...
- 11/25/2021
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Davis was talking in Rotterdam where a contingent of Scotland-based writers were in attendance.
Isabel Davis, executive director of Screen Scotland, has called for the UK to re-join Eurimages, the Council of Europe’s cultural support fund as the UK prepares to leave the European Union.
“Rejoining Eurimages would certainly benefit Scotland,” Davis suggested. “While the UK is enjoying a production boom 95% driven by Us finance, those more national scale economies such as Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales attract a very different scale of production.
“That’s to do with our facilities, the level of crew, the local creative talent.
Isabel Davis, executive director of Screen Scotland, has called for the UK to re-join Eurimages, the Council of Europe’s cultural support fund as the UK prepares to leave the European Union.
“Rejoining Eurimages would certainly benefit Scotland,” Davis suggested. “While the UK is enjoying a production boom 95% driven by Us finance, those more national scale economies such as Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales attract a very different scale of production.
“That’s to do with our facilities, the level of crew, the local creative talent.
- 1/31/2020
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
Davis was talking in Rotterdam where a contingent of Scotland-based writers were in attendance.
Isabel Davis, executive director of Screen Scotland, has called for the UK to re-join Eurimages, the Council of Europe’s cultural support fund as the UK prepares to leave the European Union.
“Rejoining Eurimages would certainly benefit Scotland,” Davis suggested. “While the UK is enjoying a production boom 95% driven by Us finance, those more national scale economies such as Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales attract a very different scale of production.
“That’s to do with our facilities, the level of crew, the local creative talent.
Isabel Davis, executive director of Screen Scotland, has called for the UK to re-join Eurimages, the Council of Europe’s cultural support fund as the UK prepares to leave the European Union.
“Rejoining Eurimages would certainly benefit Scotland,” Davis suggested. “While the UK is enjoying a production boom 95% driven by Us finance, those more national scale economies such as Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales attract a very different scale of production.
“That’s to do with our facilities, the level of crew, the local creative talent.
- 1/31/2020
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
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