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Share Your Movies with Others

  • Wonderland is a unique website which guides audiences to finding the best movies screening online (open for submissions until May 22nd 2008)
  • Festival Pocket Films is a French mobile movie film festival with some fantastic content
  • FILMOBILE exhibition and conference took place in London 3rd - 5th April. Chris Chadwick from ICDC presented the Mobile Movies project and a selection of films produced.
  • Movies by Blink Media is looking to commission film makers based in Yorkshire to produce short made-for-mobile movies
  • Orange / BAFTA's 60 Seconds of Fame where anyone can make a film, share it, and vote - even win BAFTA-night glory (competition now closed for entries)
  • 2 days later horror short film competition (Competition briefs are expected to be available from July 2008 with the screening event around Halloween) - devise, shoot and produce a chilling short film in less than 48 hours
  • BBC Blast – find out how to showcase your films on BBC TWO
  • BBC New Talent - Film – finds and inspires new talent
  • Bird’s Eye View 2008 Festival - short films directed or co-directed by women (2008 competition now closed, but keep an eye out for new application deadlines)
  • Channel 4’s Fourdocs are looking for 4 minute documentaries by people of all ages and abilities
  • Friends of the Earth 1 minute film festival (closed for entries, but short-listed entries should be worth a look)
  • NOISE festival - vote for the best new creative talent aged 25 and under, in film, architecture, fashion, music, design - selected by top UK curators
  • Outsiders Liverpool Lesbian and Gay film festival the Liverpool lesbian, gay, bi, queer, trans, inter, emo, goth, punk and bi-curious film festival…oh, and it’s also for straight people
  • Young Liverpool Film Night at FACT - free entry. To submit your movies, contact Cathriona on (0151) 707 4442 or email cathriona.bourke@fact.co.uk
  • Blip TV - free online hosting for your movies
  • Eyespot – Edit and mix your own movies with others on Eyespot
  • MJF (Mobile Jam Fest) is challenging young people (age 14-25) from around the world through a series of creativity competitions (every 8 weeks) , to create and upload dynamic projects, using any capture device. You will be competing for tuition prizes and Xbox 360 Entertainment Consoles; and it's all FREE!
  • Frictiontv is an online platform for news and opinion. Anyone with an opinion on any issue can post a video recording of 30 seconds or maximum of 3 minutes. 
  • DepicT! competition seeks to uncover emerging filmmaking talent which evidences originality, imagination and the ablility to engage the audience in a mere 90 seconds or less (competition closed, but keep a look out for shortlisted films and other calls for submission on this site)
  • Rushes Soho Shorts Festival - champions emerging young talent
  • life goggles is the place to look for comparing what different sites have to offer
  • Current is a global television network that gives you the opportunity to create and influence what airs on TV.
  • Mobile-Mentary is artist Max Schleser's exploration of mobile film-making

 

Apply for Funding for your Movie Making

  • Mediabox - if you're aged 13-19 and living in England, Mediabox could offer you grants to make creative media projects for film, television, radio, online, print and multi media platforms. Mediabox have funded this Mobile Movies project
  • North West Vision supports, funds and promotes TV and film production in the Northwest

 

 Get Advice and Support

  • BBC Film Network - find out more about the filmmaking process from pre- to post-production
  • BFI - discover more about film and moving image culture
  • Britfilms - everything you need to make films in the UK
  • British Council promotes contemporary and innovative work from the UK to audiences around the world
  • Independent Cinema Office supports independent film exhibition throughout the UK
  • Merseyside ACME exists to support and develop the Creative Industries Sector on Merseyside
  • Shooting People – the fastest growing film-making community in the world with more than 30 000 members UK wide. They offer daily bulletins where filmmakers can source crew, jobs and share advice
  • Skillset provides easy to access information for anyone in the film industry and aims to identify and tackle the skill needs of the industry throughout the UK
  • UK Film Council supports new film makers with production funds and training support
  • Orange, 60 Seconds of Fame offers tips for making short movies
  • Film Street encourages primary aged children to make their own films and submit them to the site so that they can be shown online. Although it is aimed at young children, you might find some useful tips here.

 

Learn More About Movie Making

  • Liverpool Community College has a variety of media courses on offer at different levels, including BTEC, GCSE, Foundation Degree and A/AS Level. Contact the college on (0151) 252 1515.
  • Liverpool Hope University offers a wide range of undergraduate media, film and drama programmes. For more information contact the university on (0151) 291 3457.
  • Liverpool John Moores University provides undergraduate programmes involving digital film, screen studies, journalism and drama. Contact the university for further information on (0151) 231 5090 or e-mail: recruitment@ljmu.ac.uk 
  • Liverpool University offers undergraduate courses in communication, media and popular music and european film studies and modern language. Contact the university on (0151) 794 5927 or e-mail: ugrecruitment@liv.ac.uk
  • Toxteth TV provides hands-on film, TV and video production training for young people who are interested in pursuing a career in media; particularly those who have dropped out of formal education

 

Work in a Local Media Production Company

  • Conker Media based in Childwall produces content for television, online, broadband Internet and mobile platforms
  • FACT the Foundation for Art & Creative Technology is the UK's leading organisation for the commissioning and presentation of film, video and new media art forms
  • Lime Pictures based in Childwall produces Hollyoaks and Grange Hill as well as other TV dramas
  • Liverpool Film Academy provides professional vocational training in the audio visual industries throughout Merseyside
  • Mersey Film and Video offers equipment and editing facilities to hire

 

 

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