BAFTA/Jonathan Birch Recent BAFTA winners Jeff Pope and Stephen Beresford among speakers at Sargent-Disc BAFTA Filmmakers Forum on Saturday 11 July.
London, 2 June: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and Sargent-Disc today announced that the Sargent-Disc BAFTA Filmmakers’ Forum – an annual networking and skills development event for first-time feature filmmakers – will take place on Saturday 11 July at BAFTA’s headquarters, 195 Piccadilly in London. Tickets are available to book now at bit.ly/FilmmakersForum
The day-long event will feature masterclasses, panel discussions and one-to-one speed sessions offering first-time feature filmmakers advice to help them navigate and progress in the industry.
Highlights of the day include: a panel on writing and developing real life stories with BAFTA-winning screenwriters Jeff Pope (Philomena) and Stephen Beresford (Pride), BAFTA-winning documentary-maker Morgan Matthews (X&Y) and BAFTA-nominated director Elaine Constantine (Northern Soul); a session on the rewriting process with the team behind Testament of Youth, Rosie Allison (Head of Development, Heyday Films) and writer Juliette Towhidi; a session on casting presented by RADA with casting director Des Hamilton (Nymphomaniac, This Is England); and a series of panels and roundtables looking at the craft and business of film.
BAFTA has run the Filmmakers’ Forum (formerly Filmmakers Market) since 2009 and this year’s event, which is sponsored by Sargent-Disc for a third year, is supported by 15 of the UK’s major film organisations.
Tim Hunter, Director of Learning and Events at BAFTA, said: “For emerging filmmakers the opportunity to hear directly from experienced practitioners is invaluable - as evidenced by the continuing popularity of the Sargent-Disc BAFTA Filmmakers’ Forum. BAFTA is uniquely able to harness the knowledge of BAFTA winners, members and partner organisations and Filmmakers’ Forum is a really practical way we can share that expertise with the next generation of filmmaking talent.”
Dr. Laurence Sargent, Director at Sargent-Disc, said: “We are delighted to support BAFTA through the Sargent-Disc BAFTA Filmmakers’ Forum and to be participating in the Boardroom session 'Greening your Film'. The full day of events offers a unique platform for our industry partners to share their experience and provide guidance on best-practice to a large number of first-time filmmakers.”
Other panels and sessions at the Sargent-Disc BAFTA Filmmakers’ Forum will include:
- Creative keynote speech;
- A series of panels focussing on the craft of film, sponsored by Technicolour including Meet the Sound Team behind BAFTA-nominated ’71;
- Sustainable filmmaking tips from Albert+ and Sargent Disc;
- Script feedback from BBC Writers’ Room;
- Creative Europe Desk UK on securing European co-production funding;
- Advice on low budget VFX;
- One-to-one speed sessions to get your CV in shape, practise pitching, rework your script, find the right festivals for your film and get advice on funding applications;
- ‘Would Like to Meet’ networking breakfast sponsored by Mad Dog Casting;
- The Filmmakers Forum Wrap Party, sponsored by Shutterstock and Grolsch.
All main programme tickets are £6 each. Speed sessions and the Wrap Party are free to anyone who books a ticket for a main programme event. For the full programme, and to book, visit bit.ly/FilmmakersForum
Highlights from the day will be published on Twitter with the hashtag #filmmakers
Partners of the Sargent-Disc BAFTA Filmmakers’ Forum:
Sargent-Disc
BBC Writer’s Room BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum
British Council The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Creative Europe Desk UK Sara Putt Associates
Film London Shutterstock
Grolsch Story Campus
Mad Dog Casting Technicolor
The Production Guild ThinkSync
About Sargent-Disc BAFTA Filmmakers’ Forum
Sargent-Disc Filmmakers’ Forum (Formerly Filmmakers Market) was developed in 2009 with Rushes Soho Shorts Festival and has been staged continuously since then, with sponsorship from Sargent-Disc since 2013.
About BAFTA
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is an independent charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image by identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring practitioners and benefiting the public. In addition to its Awards ceremonies, BAFTA has a year-round programme of learning events and initiatives – featuring workshops, masterclasses, scholarships, lectures and mentoring schemes – in the UK, USA and Asia; it offers unique access to the world’s most inspiring talent and connects with a global audience of all ages and backgrounds. BAFTA relies on income from membership subscriptions, individual donations, trusts, foundations and corporate partnerships to support its ongoing outreach work. To access the best creative minds in film, television and games production, visit www.bafta.org/guru. For more, visit www.bafta.org.
About Sargent-Disc
Sargent-Disc provides a full range of integrated payroll and residuals, accounting and software services for the entertainment industry. Our clients include major Hollywood studios, broadcasters, independent film, and television producers worldwide.
As the European affiliate of Entertainment Partners, we are committed to providing a suite of digital production office tools and services. These include industry standard Movie Magic and Vista Accounting software, SD Online Payroll & Auto Enrolment,
Digital Purchase Order (DPO), and the Sargent-Disc Production Card in association with Barclaycard.
We are committed to investing in and supporting the film and television community at home and abroad through training and academia. We work closely with academic institutions across Europe, offering a Movie Magic Academic Partnership programme. Sargent-Disc is also the proud sponsor of two Production Management Diploma Scholarships at the National Film and Television School (NFTS). For further information please visit www.sargent-disc.com
About Technicolor
Technicolor is a trusted partner in the media and entertainment industry, our base in Soho is home to a highly creative and technically skilled team. We believe in working in collaboration and striving for excellence in the projects we undertake, and it is this philosophy which informs our provision of end to end services via our fully integrated pipeline of services. We're very pleased to be a part of the Sargent Disc BAFTA Filmmakers Forum for the first time this year. It coincides with our celebration of 100 years of Technicolor: our glorious past means that our ambition today is to remain, innovative, immersive and technologically ahead of the game ensuring that we continue to enable the Creative world to bring wonder to what the world sees on screen. Our front end, audio and visual post production, mastering and versioning teams have contributed to following recent feature and broadcast releases: Whiplash, The Theory of Everything, The Gunman, Veep, Vera, Poldark, Babylon and Black Mirror. http://100years.technicolor.com/
About Mad Dog Casting
Mad Dog Casting provide a comprehensive approach to sourcing, supplying, managing and paying background artists, walk-ons, doubles and featured artists for TV, Film and Commercials throughout the UK.
Mad Dog Casting were founded in 1999 and have provided extras for some of the most well known and loved UK based productions including Skyfall, Philomena, Broadchurch, Doctor Who, Wolf Hall, Stella and recent films; Far From the Madding Crowd, A Royal Night Out, A Little Chaos and Man Up. Mad Dog Casting has enormous reach which means that we can find people for the most challenging of briefs, whether it is a specific look or skill required to make your production completely authentic. Mad Dog Casting has recently started a Foundation as part of their commitment to supporting future generations of film and television talent. For more information please visit www.maddogcasting.com
About Shutterstock
Shutterstock is proud to sponsor BAFTA's Filmmakers Forum in support of emerging film talent. Shutterstock is a leading, global technology company providing high-quality licensed footage, images and music to filmmakers, businesses, marketing agencies and media organizations. Shutterstock has created the largest and most vibrant two-sided marketplace for creative professionals to license and contribute content - as well as innovative tools that power the creative process.
Shutterstock's library features over 2.5 million royalty-free video clips, including 200,000 in 4K. The extensive library offers high production value footage including time lapse, aerial, green screen and model-released clips.
