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June at SP
NEW SHOOTS: FILMMAKERS AWARDS
Filmmakers, enter the New Shoots: Filmmakers Awards and get the chance to win direct mentorship from top-class pros, over £12.5k in kit and film prizes ????Participating is simple - all you need to do is provide a link to your film and tell us about yourself. This year, we have an amazing lineup of mentors, including Caragh Davison (Talent Programme Manager at BFI NETWORK), Abigail Addison (Co-director at Animate Projects), and Luke Moody (Founder and Creative Producer at LONO Studio). The deadline for entries is July 31, 2023. Go on, send us your shorts ????
SUMMER MEGALOPOLIS PARTY
It’s (nearly) party time. Join us on July 5th for to network with other film creatives, to hear from the Oscar-nominated indie filmmaking legend Mike Figgis and to CELEBRATE independent filmmaking ????
Mike will be discussing his upcoming behind-the-scenes documentary of Coppola's latest epic 'Megalopolis’ ????plus his latest inventions with kit and tech for DIY filmmaking on the go, including the brilliant ‘Fig-Rig’. We’ll also be doing one of our ‘random raffles’ and screening some micro comedy shorts.
5 JULY / RICH MIX LONDON / 7PM ONWARDS
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“I've loved (and used!) Shooting People since it started. A wonderful and brilliantly creative community.”
- Mike Figgis
NEW SHOOTS: ACTORS AWARD SHORTLIST
Huge thanks to all the extraordinary performers who applied to the New Shoots: Actors Awards. It's amazing to see performers building communities and driving positive change in the industry. Here's this year's amazing ✨SHORTLIST✨. Filmmakers, if you're casting a project or seeking to expand your network of actors, make sure to check out this exceptional shortlist. It's brimming with incredibly talented performers ????
GO MEMBERS
- A huge congrats to the 5 shooters who have been selected as Screen Stars of Tomorrow - go Tasha Back,Tom Melia, Clare-Louise English, Nathalie Pitters and Nour Wazzi ????.
GO LOOK
- SP patron and all-round filmmaking legend Stephen Woolley ran the extraordinary Scala cinema, check out this documentary about it ????
- Grumbling afoot from filmmakers over BIG changes to Netflix’s Breakout scheme with Creative UK…
- 'It Happened in Hollywood' in this podcast, Mike Figgis reveals how he and Nic Cage were NEVER PAID for Leaving Las Vegas and talks through the highs and lows of indie filmmaking in Hollywood ????
GO GET
- Grey Moth x T A P E Collective Non-Narrative / Non-Fiction Fund - deadline 19th July
- Sundance Sandbox Fund - deadline 24th July
- BBC New Comedy Awards - deadline 9th July
To save you time, we spend hours and hours finding every film fund you could possibly apply to, and then we list them in our SP Funding Directory. A one stop shop of funds ????. It’s currently a goldmine of over 50 funds and you can follow the directory for weekly updates - good luck applying.
GO SUBMIT
- The Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival | Films complete before 2022: July 11th
- Sundance Film Festival | Early Shorts Deadline: July 31st
- Berlinale Talents by Berlin Film Festival | Deadline: September 4th
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