SWIF digest 📬 11 August 2026
A new film fund?? Plus events, jobs and training in this week's digest...
👋 Hey filmmakers! If you're feeling disconnected from the filmmaking community after holidays, work, family time and this long summer, come to SWIF's short film night on 27 Aug in Bristol. Myself and the filmmakers behind the shorts will be there to talk about the films and connect with you. See you there!
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Here’s your weekly digest for independent film in the South West:
📸 BTS for short film The Door That Isn't There. - Instagram
✊ Catch a screening of films about people trying to change the world, followed by discussions with the audience and director Q&As. 24 Aug in Bristol. - People's Republic of Stokes Croft
🎁 Normal Girl have launched a new monthly gathering for creatives in Bristol. Every month six creatives come together to exchange something they’ve made, created or care about. 26 Aug. - Headfirst
👀 Meet fellow filmmakers at SWIF's short night at St Anne's House Bristol on 27 Aug. Stay for the Q&As to hear how these drama, documentary & art films got made. - Headfirst
👋🏾 BFI Network South West & BlackFrame are hosting a laid-back networking night for filmmakers of all stages and formats to connect with fellow Black & Global majority creatives. 10 Sep in Bristol. - Humanitix
🛹 SWIF's 3rd birthday party & filmmaker mixer takes place on 11 Sep in Bristol. Everyone is welcome. We're overrunning Shredenhams again! - SWIF
☕️ BFI Network south west's next online coffee morning is 17 Sep. - Humanitix
🎫 Bath Film Festival have launched industry passes for their programme of talks, networking and awards. 16-25 Oct. - Bath Box Office
🕺 Parker Rose Productions & Toad Abode Productions are offering filming services for actors to create professional, cinematic showreel scenes designed around their casting and career goals. Special rates for SWIF members. - Email Ellie & Rhys
🏋🏾♀️ Panache Pictures & All Set West have launched 'Production Accelerator', a new training programme for south west freelancers working in production & AD departments for HETV. Apply by 23 Aug. - ScreenSkills
🎆 Looking for facilitated filmmaking workshops for your youth centre, group or organisation? Contact Wildscreen to find out more about their 'Make Me A Filmmaker' programme. - JotForm
📲 Welsh & Wales-based Writers can apply to Screen Alliance Wales' vertical drama training programme. Deadline 1 Sep. - Media Cymru
🐴 Edit Assistant needed at Equine Productions in Wales. - Screen Alliance Wales
🌏 Digital Content Lead needed at Open Planet Studios in Bristol. Deadline 16 Aug. - OPS
👨🏽🏫 Part time Lecturer in Musical Theatre & Acting needed at Weston College. Deadline 23 Aug. - Weston College Group
💃🏻 Cast Assistant needed at Wolf Studios in Cardiff. Deadline 19 Aug. - Screen Alliance Wales
🎭 Assistant Drama Facilitator needed at Bristol Academy of Drama. Deadline 31 Aug. - Arts Jobs
📑 Screen Cornwall have updated their production investment guidelines for features and scripted TV filming in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. - Screen Cornwall
💸 Final week to apply for Bath Film Festival's Script to Screen Award, which comes with a short film production fund. Deadline 15 Aug. - FilmFreeway
💎 Ffilm Cymru's feature film development fund for live-action, documentary, and animated features is open for applications until 2 Oct. - Ffilm Cymru
💷 Women in Film & TV have announced a new short film fund to support women and non-binary led filmmaking. Applications open 7 Sep. - WFTV
📮 Upcoming film festival submission deadlines: Cardiff Mini (11 Aug), Bath, Bristol Radical (both 15 Aug), Cardiff Animation (25 Aug), Southampton Film Week (28 Aug), Carmarthen Bay (31 Aug) & Two Short Nights (31 Aug). - FilmFreeway
🏔️ Bristol Documentary Film Festival takes place 3-5 Sep. - BDFF
😺 ANiMiNSPO Mini Animation Festival takes place on 12 Sep in Bristol. - Animinspo
🎬 Encounters Film Festival takes place 23-27 Sep in Bristol. - Encounters
🍿 On film club: Crash dir. David Cronenberg (on TubiTV) & Pina dir. Wim Wenders (on Disney+).
📣 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
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