North East England
Student Resources
For anyone looking for opportunities, below is a list of recently compiled links which are worth looking through to support furthering your creative career:
Screenskills
www.screenskills.com
Screenskills offers training and can provide bursaries which can support some costs of developing as a filmmaker. This is a very useful organisation and it is worth looking over their website in depth! The website is free to use, but you need to be over 18 to set up an account.
The website has 280 job profiles and also career maps which show how all the roles fit together to help you work out what kind of a role you may prefer and the likely routes in.
There is also a job profile matcher , and if you are interested in the wider creative industries, take a look at Discover Creative Careers the careers finder on the website links out to over 500 different creative industry job roles on over 20 partner websites, including some ScreenSkills job profiles.
North East Screen
www.northeastscreen.org
The screen development agency for North East England.
Their Crew Academy supports new entrants to the industry by running masterclasses, workshops, CV surgeries, on-set open days and shadow placements. To become a member you must:
– Have a North East post code
– Be over 18
– Have finished full time education
– Be available to work on production
– Be registered on the North East Screen Crew Database
– Have attended a NE Screen Bridge to Industry Careers Workshop
For more information visit Crew Academy - North East Screen
People who are over 18 and out of education can sign up to their mailing list via the link above to be notified when the next Bridge to Industry session goes live. If you are thinking of going straight into industry then you can also sign up directly to their Crew Database so your profile is visible to productions working in the region: Crew.
To sign up visit Crew - North East Screen
Film Hub North
www.filmhubnorth.org.uk/filmmaker
Funding, training and community building in the North of England. Film Hub North deliver projects as part of the BFl Film Audience Network, BFI NETWORK and BFI Film Academy.
Fund your own project via the BFI Network Short Film Fund which will support up to £25,000 for production costs for shorts up to 15 mins. Deadline 18th March 2026.
Their DIY Filmmaker Challenge is a no-budget filmmaking challenge for creatives aged 16-25 where you can win funding for your next film, practise your skills & showcase your work. https://filmhubnorth.org.uk/young-person/diy-filmmaking-challenge-action
The BFI (British Film Institute)
www.bfi.org.uk/bfi-film-academy-opportunities-young-creatives
Here is the BFI site for further opportunities, there are specialist courses which you can apply for as an alumnus of the BFI Film Academy Short Course. Sign up for the BFI newsletter further down on this page for up to date opportunities.
Other helpful BFI links include:
BFI Film Academy Specialist Courses
Young Programmers and Mentoring
BFI Events for Young People Aged 16-19
Ways of Progressing Your Career
Facebook group for BFI Alumni across the nation, it will ask you for the course and year taken part which they likely refer to the register from previous years.
BAFTA
www.bafta.org/supporting-talent/bfi-film-academy
BAFTA offer a mentoring scheme and opportunities.
Run the Check
www.runthecheck.com
Paid creative opportunities. Their strapline is ‘neither exposure or experience pay bills.’
Social FIXT
www.socialfixt.org
Accelerating creative careers for the next generation of talent.
Arts Jobs
www.artsjobs.org.uk
A website run by Arts Council England where you can search for creative jobs in the UK
Mandy
www.mandy.com
This site has job listings for film, TV and theatre. There is a fee to use all the features but you can access 1 month free as a trial.
Grierson Trust
www.griersontrust.org/grierson-doclab
For training in factual TV and Documentary
The TV and Film Charity
www.filmtvcharity.org.uk
Practical support with mental and physical health as well as legal matters in the screen sector. If you ever experience bullying or harassment in the industry or need disability support then check out the ways that they can help.
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