SWIF digest 📬 10 June 2025

🎥 Hello filmmakers. This community has grown so much in recent months. It would be super helpful to know more about you and what you need from SWIF (even if you filled in a survey last year). This survey should only take a few minutes and will help me improve this resource.

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Here’s your weekly digest for independent film in the South West:

🥳 Congrats to the filmmakers recently commissioned by Exeter Phoenix. - EP

☕️ City Eye Southampton are hosting general networking tonight (10 Jun) and a meet up for mums in film on 17 Jun. - Eventbrite

🤝 Networking for women in film hosted by Normal Girl Productions takes place on 11 Jun in Bristol. - Eventbrite

🌆 Mayk are hosting a free outdoor performance & film screening on 18-19 Jun in Millennium Square, Bristol. - Mayk

🇮🇷 An Iranian film night screens Hit the Road, followed by a panel and Q&A on the cultural context of Iranian cinema. 21 Jun in Cardiff. - Eventbrite

🫱🏽‍🫲🏾 Women in Film & TV are hosting networking in Cardiff on 25 Jun, including a talk on their Wales mentoring scheme. Free for non-members. - WFTV

🪄 Filmmakers Plymouth Social are hosting their first scratch film night on 26 Jun. Meet, share work and hear about what other filmmakers are up to. - Eventbrite

⛪️ Filming in England's industry mixer takes place at Bristol Cathedral on 3 Jul. - FiE

🥪 Next SWIF event: Summer picnic at Ashton Court Bristol on 5 Jul. Shifting the start to 11am so there's time afterwards to catch the bus to... ⬇️

🎇 Cables & Cameras are hosting 'Inspired25'; a dynamic film event on 5 Jul in Bristol. A day-to-night of short films, talks, feature premiere & DJ sets showcasing cutting-edge & legendary filmmakers of colour. - Headfirst

📽️ Queer Vision Festival's south west shorts screening takes place on 6 Jul in Bristol, followed by networking hosted by BFI Network. - Watershed

⚡️ Rising Arts are looking for Bristol creatives aged 18-30 with a lived experience currently underrepresented in the creative sector to join their community. Think advocating for your creative work, training, ops & more. - RA

🫡 Saltash Studios near Plymouth are looking for volunteers for their cinema. - SS

💽 Submissions are open for Screen Cornwall's crew & talent databases. - SC

🏆 There's just over a week left to nominate someone for the Women in Film & Television awards. Deadline 16 Jun. - WFTV

🏪 BFI is inviting Producers with feature or TV projects in active development to take part in their group attendance to the Asian Contents & Film Market in Sep. - BFI

🧏 Royal National Institute for Deaf People is looking for a remote working part-time Stories Officer. Deadline 15 Jun. No specific lived experience or BSL requirements listed. - RNID

🎭 Drama Facilitator needed at Bristol Academy of Drama. Deadline 15 Jun. - Arts Jobs

🕺🏼 Casting call & Producer needed for a horror short film in Cardiff. - Tabb

👗 Bristol Old Vic Theatre is seeking a Costume Technician Apprentice. Deadline 22 Jun. - Arts Jobs

🦺 Set Builders needed at Theatre Royal Plymouth. Deadline 2 Jul. - Arts Jobs

🤣 Parker Rose Productions are seeking Actors & Writers for a new sketch show. All levels of experience can apply, especially working-class creatives. Email with subject "Sketch show – [Writer / Actor / Both]" and a link to previous work. - Parker Rose Productions Email

💸 Ffilm Cymru's Beacons short film fund for live-action, documentary & animation closes for applications on 27 Jun. - Ffilm Cymru

🤑 Feast Cornwall are accepting funding applications for community arts events. Deadlines vary per strand. - Feast

📮 Upcoming film festival submission deadlines: ANIMINSPO animation (11 Jun), Pompeywood Genre (15 Jun), Cornwall (19 Jun), Cardiff Mini (27 Jun), Cardiff Animation, Ignite (both 30 Jun) & Bournemouth International (18 Jul). - FilmFreeway

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Bath Festival takes place 26 May - 30 Jun. - QB

🐋 Festival of Nature in Bath/Bristol takes place 7-15 Jun. - Natural History Consortium

🧠 Royal Anthropological Institute Film Festival takes place in Bristol 16 Jun - 16 Jul. - Headfirst

🌈 Queer Vision Film Festival takes place in Bristol 28 Jun - 11 Jul. - Bristol Pride

👩‍❤️‍👩 The personals: I'm location scouting for a house exterior, something that says to the audience "this family's got money". Please reply to this email with any leads.

🍿 On film club: Nickel Boys dir. RaMell Ross (on Amazon Prime) & Birds of Passage dir. Cristina Gallego (on Channel 4).

📣 Have something to share on the next digest? Could be an event, workshop, behind the scenes updates, crew call, showcasing your work, or a personal ad. Get in touch! hollyholdsworth@gmail.com

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Until next week!
Holly Holdsworth (she/her)
Writer/Director. bsky website

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