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Coming up in the August Newsletter

This month we're bringing you the latest news and updates from across the screen sector, a selection of exciting industry opportunities, plus we'll be giving you all the details about a new filmmaking challenge taking place in the lead up to COP26.

If you have any feedback on our newsletter, please get in touch. We'd love to hear from you.

Douglas Mackinnon, Raisah Ahmed, Neil Gaiman headshots.

Our latest news updates

Writer and director Raisah Ahmed hosted a conversation with Neil Gaiman and Douglas Mackinnon at this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival. The online session was curated by Screen Scotland (joint headline sponsors of this year’s ETVF) and saw the frequent collaborators discuss their early careers, collaborative work and Scotland's production boom.

Screenplay, Shetland’s annual film festival, has launched its full programme for 2021 which includes an interview with director Guillermo del Toro on top of a fantastic selection of local and international titles. View the full programme taking place 1 - 5 September on the Shetland Arts website.

STV Studios has wrapped filming new high-end TV prison drama Screw at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall studios. The Screen Scotland supported series for Channel 4 is the first production to be shot at the newly developed film studio inside once of the City’s most iconic buildings.

The UK’s leading global change film festival, Take One Action, will include both online and in-person events across Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Aberdeen in September and October, 2021. The Screen Scotland supported documentary Living Proof, which explores Scotland's relationship with the global climate crisis, will open the festival. Tickets are available on the Take One Action website.

Filmmaker holding a large film camera.

Industry opportunities

Applications are now open for the 2021 Moving Image Arts course which offers students aged 16 to 25 across Scotland the chance to study film history, theory, and production at AS level. Visit our Moving Image Arts webpage for further details.
 
The Scottish Documentary Institute’s Bridging the Gap scheme offers new filmmaking talent the chance to receive development training, a cash budget and production support to bring their documentary ideas to life. Submissions are now open on their website. The deadline is 26 September.
 
Applications are open for BFI Film Academy courses
 which provide opportunities for 16-19-year-olds across the UK who want to know more about making a career in the screen industry. Visit our BFI Film Academy webpage for more information.
 
Screen Scotland is looking for a Business & Market Development Officer and an International Distribution & Commercial Officer to join the team. Visit Screen Scotland's website for more details and information on how to apply.

Promotional image for Annika featuring the main cast member in life jackets on a police boat.

Screen shout-outs

The Screen Scotland supported crime drama, Annika, from Black Camel Pictures has broken records to become Alibi Channel's most-watched drama for at least seven years.

The Black Veil, Farewell to Adventure and Isabel’s Independencewhich were made as part of the Screen Scotland supported Right Here scheme, aired on BBC Scotland this month and are now available to view on BBC iPlayer.

Sky Kids has commissioned a second series of the hugely popular kid's show The Brilliant World of Tom Gates from Scotland-based production company TG Entertainment Limited.
 
Congratulations to the Scottish nominees and productions that have made the National Television Awards shortlist including The Masked Singer from Bandicoot TV, Celebrity Catchphrase from STV Studios, David Tennant in Des, and Martin Compston in Line of Duty. Good luck to all the nominees.

A number of Screen Scotland supported TV shows and films were released this month including Vigil, FLOATOur Ladies and The Last Bus.
 
Congratulations to Charlotte Colbert whose Scotland-made debut, She Will, has won Film Fest Locarno's First Feature Award.

Climate Challenge: 1.5 Degree Films logo with an image of a bright woodland behind it.

Climate Challenge: 1.5 Degrees Films launch

Film Access Scotland’s Climate Challenge: 1.5 Degrees Films is an exciting new filmmaking challenge inviting everyone to make 90-second films to share their thoughts and ideas about climate change in the run-up to COP26 in Glasgow. 

Submissions received by the first deadline from young people aged 16-25 will be entered into Film Access Scotland’s Youth Film Festival. A selection of filmmakers based in Scotland also have the chance to be invited to screen their work at the New York Times Climate Hub Open House. There will also be commendations and prizes for filmmakers based in Scotland.

Groups and organisations can benefit from free online filmmaking and climate literacy workshops which will give a group representative practical online training to make a live-action or animated film with their group. The first of the workshops will start on 6 September. Register now on Film Access Scotland’s Climate Challenge webpage.
 
Film submissions launch tomorrow, 1 September. The early deadline for submitting your film is midnight, 24 October, 2021. Please read the Guidelines and Eligibility Criteria before submitting.

 
Image Credits: 1: L/R -  Douglas Mackinnon, Raisah Ahmed, Neil Gaiman headshots. Neil Gaiman headshot by Beowulf Sheehan 2: Filmmaker with a large film camera from Adobe Stock 3: Promotional image for Annika, courtesy of Black Camel Pictures 4: Climate Challenge:1.5 Degree Films logo, courtesy of Film Access Scotland

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