Screen Scotland

✨ Good news for Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger, as the film has been selected to screen at Tribeca Film Festival in June, and is set to be released in cinemas across the UK and Ireland from Friday 10 May. 🩰 Narrated by Martin Scorsese, the @screenscots-supported film is a celebration of the talents of Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, who created some of great classics of the British golden age including The Red Shoes, Black Narcissus, A Matter of Life and Death and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp: https://lnkd.in/etCwP-7Q 🎯 The fantastic new poster has been launched by Altitude Films, with key art created by The Creative Partnership.

Read the latest update on the Creative Scotland, of which Screen Scotland is a part, Multi-Year Funding Programme, with Stage Two now closed for applications 💡 https://lnkd.in/dEhg4CKG

The Summer School for Teachers is a GTC-accredited programme for teachers working in Scotland to train to participate in testing Screen Scotland's draft Film and Screen Curriculum: https://lnkd.in/edzTYHdE Running for two weeks from 29 July to 9 August, the Summer School has 40 available places, split between primary and secondary provision. Recognising that this will take place during school holidays, participants will be paid an honorarium for their time. 💡 There will be Teams information sessions at 4pm on 23 April 2024 and again on 20 May 2024 about the programme. To find out more and register for these email [email protected]

SQIFF (Scottish Queer International Film Festival) are looking for Trustees! This exciting opportunity to support Scotland's largest queer film festival is a two-year voluntary role. SQIFF's Trustees will provide a vital role in ensuring SQIFF achieves its core purpose and works in line with its vision, mission and values. As they build their Board of Trustees, they are specifically looking for people with specific knowledge in one or more of the following areas: ⚡ Law / legal matters ⚡ HR ⚡ Finance management ⚡ Fundraising ⚡ Exhibition of art work and art programmes ⚡ Accessibility and disability justice ⚡ PR, marketing and branding Find out more about the role at https://lnkd.in/ehaVvwBe

Northern Lens, the inaugural Youth Film Festival, is open for submissions from filmmakers under 25 years old. Films made within the past two years which are up to 10 minutes in length can be submitted by 30 April 2024. Fiction, documentary, and experimental/moving image submissions are welcome. With screenings aimed at audiences aged 12 - 25, submitted films should be suitable for all prospective members of the audience. Taking place in Aberdeen on 16 June 2024, the festival is hosted by Station House Media Unit in partnership with Aberdeen Performing Arts, and will shine a spotlight on young filmmakers from Scotland, with a special emphasis on the North East. https://lnkd.in/e8VfpXAr

💡 An update regarding the Market and Festival Attendance Fund 💡 As we are moving this fund to our online application portal, there will be a pause in accepting new applications for one week. This will now be from Wednesday 24 April to Wednesday 1 May. If you have any questions about this, please get in touch with [email protected]

We're delighted to be providing three bursary places for this year's Indielab TV Accelerator Programme: https://lnkd.in/eBuXGE8e Now in its 9th year, the programme kicked off to a roaring start with a brand new 2024 cohort of thirteen independent production companies. The 2024 programme will run until the end of June and will be delivered through a mix of virtual and in-person bespoke masterclasses and seminars from leading industry experts, before culminating in the Indie Showcase, where programme participants pitch their content and their companies to a market hall of distributors.

✨ Exciting news for the screen sector, as Stirling Council announces the creation of Stirling Studios, which will be among the biggest film studio campuses in Scotland: https://lnkd.in/eGi69bge 💰 It will also pave the way for thousands of high-skilled jobs as well as major economic benefits. 📽️ The studios will be located on the former MoD land at Forthside, which has already been used as a filming location which will provide valuable experiences and lessons to serve future high-end productions. 📷 Pictured at the former MoD land that will become Stirling Studios are (from left) Isabel Davis, Executive Director of Screen Scotland; UK Government Minister for Scotland John Lamont MP; Stirling Council Leader, Cllr Chris Kane; Stirling Council Chief Executive, Carol Beattie. Picture credit: Whyler Photos/Stirling Council.

TRC have announced the return of their creative development programme SuperSizing Development Teams, with four new Scotland based indies taking part. The intensive short course was piloted last year as an expansion to TRC’s signature training programme for Development Executives SuperSizer, which is currently in its seventh edition. Screen Scotland continues to be a core funder of TRC, as part of our long-term commitment to growing Scotland’s screen workforce. https://lnkd.in/e_c6RPj7

We're bringing four fantastic feature documentaries to Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes for the Cannes Docs Scotland Showcase on Saturday 18 May, alongside the Scottish Documentary Institute. The four bold, thought-provoking and ambitious documentaries showcase Scotland as a first-class place for documentary filmmaking and co-production. Find out more about the films at https://lnkd.in/e5XiHipy 📷 Clockwise from left: Stills from Wolf Park, directed by Demelza Kooij; Elevated, directed by Gustav Littorin; Cyclovia, directed by Finlay Pretsell; and Conscious, directed by Suki Chan.