SWIF digest 📬 14 October 2025
Launching the micro-budget feature workshop...
👋 Hi filmmakers. In the next 24 months I will make a micro-budget feature film.
🤯 An ambitious statement. If this is a promise you are also making to yourself, consider joining the SWIF Micro-budget Feature Workshop.
This is a small group of filmmakers serious about making their own micro-budget features in the next two years. This is not a matchmaking service. It's for those who are excited to support each other in their journeys. It's community driven and on-going. Find out more.
🥰 SWIF is only possible with support from paying members. You can now give a one-off amount, or take an on-going membership if you want access to the filmmaker resources.
Here’s your weekly digest for independent film in the South West:
📸 Crew photos from the latest filmming of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. - instagram
👩❤️👩 The personals: Producer wanted for a gothic comedy short film from award-winning duo Writer Bea Roberts and Director Caitlin French McLeod. Email for more info. - Bea Roberts
🤝 City Eye Southampton's monthly networking event takes place tonight (14 Oct). - Eventbrite
❤️ Easton Cowgirls Bristol are hosting film nights & discussions on 15 & 29 Oct to commemorate Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen, including a screening of the Oscar winning documentary No Other Land which he contributed to. - Headfirst
📚 Scribe Lounge are hosting a free "ask me anything" with Script Angel on how to get your scripts competition ready. 16 Oct online. - Scribe Lounge
⛑️ Bristol Old Vic are hosting an independent artist survival summit. This event will be a space for coming together in solidarity and sharing strategies to make and present work. 18 Oct. - BOV
🛋️ BFI FAN are giving a webinar on how to host relaxed screenings for neurodiverse audiences. 21 Oct online. - Watershed
🧺 Not A Lonely Picnic's (NALP) next monthly meet up is 26 Oct at Bristol Museum Cafe. A relaxed TV & film networking hang out, for anyone feeling alone or overwhelmed by networking events and job searching. - Email
✅ Greening the Screen showcase takes place on 4 Nov in Cardiff. Meet the teams and their innovative R&D projects that were awarded funding for making Wales’ screen sector greener. - Ffilm Cymru
👩⚖️ New date for the Women in Film & TV meet the commissioner & networking event with the Head of Film & Drama at S4C, Gwenllian Gravelle. 13 Nov in Cardiff. - WFTV
🇵🇸 Bristol Palestine Film Festival have announced their line up for 28 Nov - 8 Dec. - BPFF
🎃 Discounted scripts notes offer available to SWIF subscribers from Bea Roberts. Redeem before 31 Oct. Spooky scripts welcome. - Bea Roberts
🤺 Swashbuckling Cornwall are running an intro to stage & screen combat workshop on 23 Oct in Penryn. - Evenbrite
🏃🏿♀️ Screen South are hiring a Production Coordinator. Deadline 31 Oct. - Screen South
😎 Arts & Culture University of Exeter is inviting applications for a creative fellowship on reimagining the possibilities for sexuality and gender research. Deadline 2 Nov. - A&CUoE
🎓 Bath Spa University are hiring two creative writing lecturers, for writing for young people (3 Nov) & creative non-fiction (7 Nov). - Bath Spa
☎️ Woven Films Bristol are hiring a Production Coordinator. No deadline so act fast. - Bristol Creative Industries
🎞️ Harleys Global creative agency based in Clevedon are expanding their pool of freelancers. They're particularly keen to hear from Designers and Editors. - Bristol Creative Industries
📝 The Writers’ Block Redruth is seeking emerging writers who are interested in developing their skills to create new, forward-looking work in paid to attend workshops. Deadline 22 Oct. - TWB
🧱 The Peninsula Producers & New Writers Network is open for applications until 3 Nov. Develop your short form projects in scripted or immersive with support from Screen Cornwall, Exeter Phoenix & BFI SW. - Screen Cornwall
💷 BFI & Channel 4's Future Takes fund for higher-budget shorts has its deadline this week on 20 Oct. - BFI
🤑 The Developing Room's short film microfund has its deadline for members on 31 Oct. - DR
💡 The BFI Early Development Fund for screenwriters to take a feature idea to treatment stage is open for applications until 18 Nov. - BFI
📮 Upcoming film festival submission deadlines: Scriptwriters & Co International Festival, Pigeon Laughs (both 31 Oct), International Film Festival of Wales (7 Nov), Screams by the Sea (10 Nov) & No Reason (23 Nov). - FilmFreeway
👘 Fashion in Film Festival continues in Exeter & Plymouth until 25 Oct. - FiF
🍿 Bath Film Festival takes place 17-26 Oct. I'm speaking at the industry day on 23 Oct. - Film Bath
😇 Poetry Film Festival takes place in Bristol on 18 Oct. - Eventbrite
🕵️♂️ Film Noir Fest takes place 31 Oct - 2 Nov in Weston-super-Mare. - South West Silents
↘️ Queer East Film Festival on the road comes to Bristol 1-4 Nov. - Queer East
🙋♀️ Sistaland Festival takes place 11-12 Nov in Bristol. - Sistaland
🌍 Afrika Eye Festival takes place 14-16 Nov in Bristol. - Afrika Eye
🗓️ Southampton Film Week takes place 14–23 Nov. - SFW
🍿 On film club: Mandabi dir. Ousmane Sembène (on Studio Canal) & Bangalore Days dir. Anjali Menon (on Amazon Prime).
📣 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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