SWIF digest 📬 8 July 2025
Wales based filmmakers have a lot to dig into in this digest...
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Here’s your weekly digest for independent film in the South West:
🥳 Congrats to Create Studios Swindon who have recently celebrated two years in their new space! To mark this milestone, they're offering 25% off all kit & studio rentals for bookings made before the end of Aug. - Create Studios
📽️ Filmmakers in Caerphilly nr Newport are hosting a short film night. Watch new work and meet the teams behind them on 11 Jul. - Eventbrite
🏃🏿♀️ Bristol Run Club are screening a documentary about themselves on 11 Jul. - Eventbrite
☕️ Creative Cardiff are hosting Creative Cuppa on 15 Jul in Barry. A gathering for artists, businesses and creative freelancers with the all-important three Cs; connection, creativity and caffeine! - Eventbrite
👩 Mums in film meetup from City Eye Southampton takes place 15 Jul. - Eventbrite
⏱️ Free tickets are almost sold out for CULT Cymru's tailored speed networking for Wales based TV & film freelancers. 16 Jul in Cardiff. - Eventbrite
🧪 Take part in a darkroom induction at St Pauls Darkrooms Bristol on 17 Jul. - Eventbrite
🎬 Filmmakers Plymouth Social's next meet up is 31 Jul. Meet, share work and hear about what other local filmmakers are up to. - Foto Now
😺 Cardiff Animation Festival present a night of shorts on 31 Jul. - Eventbrite
🫶 Is there a teenager in your life who doesn't yet know the joy of filmmaking? Young people's film schools are taking place in Bideford, Plymouth & Southampton this summer. - Eventbrite.
🎶 Tickets are selling fast for a talk in Bath with Mark Kermode & Jenny Nelson on 10 Sep. They'll explore the emotional connection between great musical scores and screen audiences. - Komedia
📸 Want to know how to get into unit still photography for film & TV? Listen to this new podcast from a fellow SWIF subscriber. - Linktree
🌅 Media Crymru's Virtual Production Fellowship closes for applications on 18 Jul. A 9-month training programme for mid-to-senior level crew to learn core virtual production competencies. - Media Cymru
🎫 Edinburgh TV Festival are offering limited subsidized day passes for out of work freelancers. Apply asap. - TV Fest
🍊 Boomsatsuma Bristol are hiring a Marketing & Content Coordinator, Centre Lead & SENCO, Teachers and Teaching Assistants. Deadlines vary, some are today. - Boomsatsuma
🐑 Aardman in Bristol are hiring a Compositor & VFX Supervisor. Deadlines 11 Jul. - Aardman
🦍 Head of Technology needed at Gorilla TV across Cardiff & Bristol. Deadline 14 Jul. - Gorilla
☎️ BBC Cymru Wales need a Junior Production Manager. This role is part of the BBC Extend programme for disabled people. Deadline 16 Jul. - BBC
📗 BBC Studios Documentary Unit are hiring a Production Coordinator in Cardiff. Deadline 16 Jul. - BBC
💥 Real SFX are hiring a Technician, Snr Technician & Supervisor. - Bristol Creative Industries
⚖️ Black Lab Films need an experienced Line Producer for a feature film in Cardiff. Send links to your previous credits. - Email
🧰 Prop Maker needed in Cardiff. - Wild Creations
🎤 BTS Photographer and Host/Facilitator needed for Stories Beyond the Veil event of screenings, Q&A, performance and exhibition. 1 Nov in Bristol. Paid roles. Email your CV/portfolio/showreel. - Email
📝 Devon & Cornwall Film need Writers to cover new releases, film festivals, profile pieces and more. Help support the scene by adding your voice. - D&C Film
💷 Roundhouse's short film fund for filmmakers aged 18-25 yrs has its deadline on 15 Jul. - Roundhouse
🤣 Short Com's TV sitcom writing competition has its late deadline on 20 Jul. - Short Com
📮 Upcoming film festival submission deadlines: ANIMINSPO (11 Jul), Cardiff Mini (17 Jul), Hell Tor, Bournemouth International (both 18 Jul), Darkroom Bristol (20 Jul), Two Short Nights, Bath Film (both 31 Jul), Southampton Film Week (10 Aug) & Screams by the Sea (11 Aug). - FilmFreeway
🧠 Exeter Phoenix’s first Festival of Neurodiversity, 'Kaleidoscopic Minds' takes place 13 Jul, including a screening of feature film The Stimming Pool. - Exeter Phoenix
🧍🏾 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
🌊 Save The Waves Film Festival takes place in Croyde nr Barnstaple on 15 Jul. - Eventbrite
💎 Cinema Rediscovered Festival takes place in Bristol 23-27 Jul. - Watershed
👩❤️👩 The personals: I'm looking for a Designer for my next short film, someone who can work across costume (majority) & production design (a few props). Shooting 16/17 Aug in Bristol. Expenses only. Email me for a chat. - Holly
🍿 On film club: Creed dir. Ryan Coogler (on Amazon Prime) & 20th Century Girl dir. Bang Woo-ri (on Netflix).
📣 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
Inclusion in this email does not denote endorsement. I will always try to platform the best opportunities for this community and am not affiliated with any organisation, unless explicitly mentioned besides the link.
