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																???? December '23 at SP ????
															
														
													
													
														
															
																The New Shoots Filmmakers Awards
															
														
													
													
														
															
																
																	
																
															
														
													
													
														
															
																
																	Congratulations to the New Shoots Filmmakers Award 2023 top 3 shortlisted filmmakers ????
																	???? Yemi Adegbulu, director and producer of the short documentary ‘The Ink Life’.
																	???? Penelope Yeulet, writer/director/producer and lead actor of the short horror comedy ‘Sandra Gets a New Fringe’. 
																	???? Hannah Dougherty, writer/director of the short animation ‘Theo and Celeste’.
																	They’ve won industry mentorship from either BFI NETWORK, Animate Projects, or LONO Studio, as well as filmmaking kit and other prizes worth over £12.5k. Later in 2024, Shooting People will run the annual New Shoots Awards with prizes and mentorship for actors and filmmakers. Interested in applying? Keep an eye on this page.
																
															
														
													
													
														
															
																The London Short Film Festival
															
														
													
													
														
															
																
																	
																
															
														
													
													
														
															
																
																	Filmmakers, kickstart your year at the London Short Film Festival, which is taking place in London from the 19th to the 28th of January. Congratulations to the 60 SP members who are screening their short films at the festival, including New Shoots Filmmakers Award shortlisted ‘Sandra Gets a New Fringe’ by Penelope Yeulet. Shooting People are thrilled to be supporting the festival’s Best Lo-Budget Short winner with a free lifetime SP membership ????
																
															
														
													
													
														
															
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																		Check out all 12 of the shortlisted films for the New Shoots Filmmakers Awards 2023 ????
																		26 shooters had films shortlisted for the 2023 BIFAs - a special shoutout to Alice Russell for winning the Raindance Maverick Award and Best Feature Documentary for If The Streets Were On Fire, Savanah Leaf for snagging the The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) with Earth Mama, Jonathan Gale for winning Best Effects with The Kitchen and Connie Farr for winning Best Music Supervision for All Of Us Strangers.
																	
																
															
														
													
													
														
															
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																	“Shooting People is an important resource for anyone blindly attempting to penetrate the mysteries of the film industry. The contacts you make there can be contacts for life!” 
																	- Alice Lowe (Actress and Director of ‘Prevenge’, Writer and Actress ‘Sightseers’)
																
															
														
													
													
														
															
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																		Like Lynch? Read about his latest acting gig in Spielberg’s ‘The Fabelmans’, in which he plays legendary film director John Ford (he also talks in length about his fondness of Cheetos).
																		Screenwriters, SP members Julio Molina and Yvonne Hays have posted call outs on Ask and Discuss for writers to collaborate with. Want to move your scripts into production? Reply to Julio and Yvonne and get those collaborations rolling ????????????
																		EVERYONES talking Saltburn... but if you didn't get the memo, don't watch it with your parents ????
																		2024 is set to be a brilliant year for film... just look at what's slated for release this year!
																	
																
															
														
													
													
														
															
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																		RAD Fund Doc Society | £10,000 (maximum) Early Development Feature Documentary Funding | Open Now (Rolling)
																		The Okre Fund | £25,000 Development Funding | Open (Rolling)
																		Sheffield DocFest Marketplace | Deadline: 6th February
																	
																
															
														
													
													
														
															
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																		Aesthetica | Regular Deadline: May 31st
																		British Urban Film Festival | Rolling Monthly | Next Deadline: February 3rd
																		Encounters | Regular Deadline: March 27th
																	
																
															
														
													
												
											
										
									
								
							
						
					
					
						
							
								
									
										
											
												
													
														
															
																
																	
																
															
														
													
												
												
													
														
															
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