SWIF digest 📬 12 August 2025
Filmmakers in Cardiff & Plymouth get a lot of love in this digest...
👋 Hi filmmakers. We're writing the pub quiz, programming the shorts for the open mic, confirming the free ice cream for the beach social and lots more! Very excited to see you all on tour soon.
🧐 All film pub quiz with Filmmakers Plymouth Social.
Thu 28 Aug from 6pm at Everyman Cinema Plymouth. More details.
🍿 Short film open mic with Exeter Phoenix.
Fri 29 Aug from 7pm at Exeter Phoenix. More details.
🍦 “Ice-Screams by the Sea” beach day with Screams by the Sea Festival.
Sat 30 Aug from 2pm on Bournemouth beach. More details.
🎂 SWIF's 2nd birthday party with BFI Network south west in attendance.
Fri 5 Sep from 7pm at Shredenhams Bristol. More details.
💬 Think tank - filmmakers discussing hurdles.
Mon 8 Sep from 6pm at Silcox Coffee Bath. More details.
🤝 Creatives networking with Create Studios.
Wed 10 Sep from 6pm at Create Studios Swindon. More details.
Here’s your weekly digest for independent film in the South West:
🍻 We Animate On Tues is a new series of events for Animators to meet, swap skills & share work. Next event is tonight (12 Aug) at Leadworks Plymouth, then 9 Sep at Exeter Phoenix. - D&C Film
🦧 Watershed are screening nature-themed short films suitable for all ages on 16 Aug in Bristol. - Watershed
🎭 Script Club Cardiff is hosting a night of new writing on 6 Sep from local writers. - Porter's Cardiff
💜 Script Club Cardiff is hosting an in-person Q&A with Screenwriter Daf James on 7 Sep in Cardiff. - Eventbrite
🤣 Filmakers in Cardiff are fundraising for a short film with a night of comedy, drag & music on 14 Sep. - Eventbrite
💷 Film London is hosting a week of webinars on financing a first or second feature, 15-19 Sep. - Ticket Tailor
🧐 Creative Network South are hosting their annual Screen Industries Cluster meeting, focusing on the south-central screen strategy & the upcoming launch of Solent Film Office. 26 Sep in Fareham. - Eventbrite
✅ Two Short Nights Film Festival are looking for Volunteer Pre-selectors. Deadline 3 Oct. - Exeter Phoenix
👷🏾 Filming in England want you to update your crew profile ahead of lots of productions hiring. - Filming in England
📕 And Filming in England have refreshed their new entrant handbook. - Filmming in England
🎥 Create Studios Swindon are offering 25% off kit hire booked before 31 Aug, even if the shoot is later. Kit list available on website. - Create Studios
📀 Seed & Spark have a free distribution playbook for filmmakers. - Notion
🧑🏫 Bath Spa Uni are hiring a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in film and television production. Deadline 17 Aug. - Bath Spa Uni
💽 Data Wranglers needed for a Channel 4 show in Cardiff. Deadline 28 Aug. - Production Base
🚑 Story Producer needed for a blue light documentury series in Cardiff. Deadline 28 Aug. - Production Base
😶🌫️ Writer-in-residence needed for a project in exploring ordinary lives of people in late 16th-century Plymouth. Deadline 7 Sep. - Literature Works
🐳 Plymouth Culture are commissioning projects that works with their local community and reimagines our connection to the sea. Deadline 1 Sep. - Plymouth Culture
🎆 Exeter Phoenix are inviting submissions for their scratch night in Oct. Deadline 15 Sep. - Exeter Phoenix
🏆 Sony Future Filmmaker Awards is open for submissions. Deadline 16 Dec. - Sony
📮 Upcoming film festival submission deadlines: Hell Tor (15 Aug), Cornwall (22 Aug), Cardiff Animation (25 Aug), Cardiff Mini (26 Aug), Pigeon Laughs (30 Aug), Two Short Nights & Carmarthen Bay (both 31 Aug). - FilmFreeway
⚡️ Ignite Film Festival takes place near Swindon on 27 Aug - 7 Sep. - Ignite
☠️ Pompey Wood Genre Film Festival takes place in Portsmouth on 30 Aug. - FilmFreeway
⛰️ Frontier Sapiens Film Festival takes place in Southampton on 5 Sep. - Eventbrite
👩❤️👩 The personals: Nothing this week. Get in touch for a free listing.
🍿 On film club: BlacKkKlansman dir. Spike Lee (on Amazon Prime) & The Turin Horse dir. Béla Tarr (on BFIplayer).
📣 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)
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