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Teesside University recruiting for Film Archive roles
July 23rd, 2010 | 
Author: Film Archive Assistant (2 Posts)
Film Archive Technician (1 Post)
The Northern Region Film and Television Archive (NRFTA) was founded in 1998 as a consortium of four organisations which already held significant film collections. It contains over 36,000 hours of moving image material relating to the history, landscape and people of the North East Region of England.
For more information on these vacancies visit: http://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/jobs/jobs.cfm
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Concept Film Night, Wednesday 28th July
Just a reminder about the Concept Film Night happening next week at the BBC Big Screen in Centre Square Middlesbrough, films start from 7pm – 9pm.
Please see programme for full listing of films:
Ideas Fund Green (UK
IdeasTap, a creative network and funding body for emerging arts talent has announced that it is offering eight IdeasTap members £5,000 each to realise creative projects that either address green issues or are produced in an environmentally sustainable manner.
IdeasTap are looking for ideas that offer exciting new angles on climate change – or new ways to make art in an eco-friendly fashion. It doesn’t matter what medium you work in – from film to theatre, photography to visual arts, music to poetry – Ideas Fund Green is open to all creative disciplines. The key is innovation. Applications can be submitted by individual Ideas Tap members or on behalf of groups of individuals work together. Pojects must take place between September 2010 and March 2011.
The closing date for entries is 5pm on 9th August 2010….
Ladies ‘What’ Lunch – Durham
Ladies what lunch is an English Summer Tea Party with a twist……….
You are invited to attend a tea party in the beautiful Beamish Hall Hotel to help raise money for breast cancer. Why not treat yourself with your friends and come along to indulge in an utterly English feast of sandwiches, fancies, tea cakes, scones and home made biscuits with lashings of tea!
Funding News
New Music 20×12 (UK)
The PRS for Music Foundation has announced the launch of New Music 20×12 as part of London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. PRS are looking for 20 brand new musical works, of outstanding creative excellence, each lasting 12 minutes. PRS have up to £10,000 available for each of the 20 commissions and each of these will be broadcast round the world on BBC Radio 3. Open to composers, ensembles, festivals and music organisations that have a proven track record of being able to successfully promote, produce and host new commissions. The deadline for applications is the 1st October 2010.
http://www.prsformusicfoundation.com/newmusic20×12/index.htm
Grants to Help New, Innovative Visual Arts Projects (UK)
The Elephant Trust offers grants of up to £2,000 to artists and institutions (priority is given to small organisations and galleries) for new, innovative visual arts projects based in the UK. The next deadline for the submission of applications is 28th June 2010.
http://www.elephanttrust.org.uk/docs/intro.html
4iP Awards (UK)
UnLtd, the charity for social entrepreneurs has announced that it has teamed up with Channel 4 to launch of a new funding scheme (4iP) to help individuals turn their digital media projects into a reality. Grants of up to £5,000 are available to help individuals develop early stage digital media ideas and prototypes and to turn these prototypes into social businesses. There are two themes that 4iP is looking to support. These are; using the web and mobile to keep an eye on how government, organisations and elected representatives use their power; and exploring how digital tools, games, applications; and services can help people change their lives for the better whether that’s their health, wellbeing, finances, work/life balance or dealing with unemployment. To discuss your ideas and to obtain an application form please contact 0845 850 1122 or email mailto:4ip@unltd.org.uk .
Applications can be submitted at any time.
http://www.unltd.org.uk/template.php?ID=179&PageName=4ip
Film Fund
The Film Fund is the production and development heart of the UK Film Council. We support filmmakers in the UK who are emerging or world class and capable of creating distinctive and entertaining work.
The Film Fund is our new unified production and development fund dedicated to British filmmaking.
We have £15 million a year to invest across the development, production and completion of feature films. Being supported by the UK Film Council means more than just being given funding. It means that your project can be assisted at every step of the journey by our team, who can offer advice and practical help with many aspects of developing and producing your film.
We welcome applications for all kinds of film – from commercial mainstream to experimental, from genre movies to personal stories, from documentaries to animation to live-action fiction.
For more information click here http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/filmfundinformation
Stingers short accepted into Palm Springs Festival
Stingers short accepted into Palm Springs Festival
Friday 04th June, 2010
Blind Eye, a film written and directed by Laura Degnan and produced by RS Productions, has been accepted into the Palm Springs International Shortfest.
The film, made as part of Northern Film & Media’s Stingers scheme stars Liz White as a young mother who is torn between being a good citizen and protecting her child when a fight breaks out on a bus.
The Palm Springs International ShortFest runs from 22 – 28 June and will present more than 300 short films from over 40 countries. The festival is one of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences qualifiers for the best short at the Oscars.
Laura says of the film’s acceptance, “We’re thrilled that Blind Eye has been selected to play at the Palm Springs Shortfest – that’s basically Hollywood, right?? We’re really proud of the film and this opportunity to show it to a large audience means a lot to us. Thank you to NFM and the Film Council for all your support getting us there!”
Agnes Wilkie, Creative Industry Director at Northern Film & Media says, “It is wonderful news that Blind Eye has been accepted into such a prestigious and renowned festival. Our Stingers short film scheme aims to act as a platform for new and emerging talent in the North East, and to take that talent to a wider audience. We are delighted that Laura has been given an international arena to showcase her work and we wish her the best of luck in the festival.”
Improve your creative business
If you are setting up a new business and need a brand, or want to refresh your existing brand, and want some free advice then why not take advantage of the bgroup’s free brand clinics ‘logo lunch’
Simon Wilson – Head of Creative, and his team, are offering their time and expertise for free to help improve branding in the region. Their logo lunches are an opportunity to meet over a coffee and a sandwich either at the bgroup offices, or at your own office, to ask advice, get an honest appraisal and chat about your branding needs.
Simon, and his lead designers Rich Endean and Glen Craig, have a wealth of experience in branding having worked with Mercedes, Samsung, Guinness, Triumph underwear, Centreparcs, Enterprise Insight, The University of York, Teesside University, Northumbria University, Microsoft, Sage, Business Link, Shell, ChildLine, and Northern Way to name just a few.
The sessions are open to all and ran on a one to one basis. Simply call Simon on 0191 300 1615 or email simon@thebgroup.co.uk to arrange your logo lunch.
Creative Bloom
We Do Marketing would like to invite to their Creative Bloom event taking place in the Phoenix Building on Tuesday 22nd June, with guest speaker Carl Hopkins.
The event is free to attend, and full details can be found here: http://wedo-marketing.co.uk/newsletters/cb/Bloom.html
Writers’ Block North East has a home
Writers’ Block North East – a service bringing creative people together in the North East region – finally has a home at 95-97 Albert Road (the pink ‘We are Open’ shop unit) and we’d like you to come and celebrate with us on Friday 2nd July 2010! Read the rest of this entry »
Story of Grass Exhibition at Peg Powler Gallery
The Story of Grass Exhibition at Peg Powler Gallery, Stockton
| Date: | Tuesday, 01 June 2010 |
| Time: | 18:00 – 21:00 |
| Location: | Peg Powler Gallery, Green Dragon Studios, Stockton. UK |
This June, the weird and whimsical world of The Story of Grass takes over Peg Powler Gallery.
‘The Story of Grass’ is an acclaimed new zine (DIY small press magazine), a collaboration by humorist James Harris and artist Gus Hughes featuring pages of bits, bobs, hippos, muppets, jokes, pictures, Abraham Lincoln, giant eyeballs, this and that. Already building a cult following based of the first edition, a brand new issue of The Story of Grass will be launching at this exhibition.
Expect art, words, fun, and the unexpected.
Plus the not so unexpected in the form of cake, cups of tea, the drawing table and all the other usual Peg Powler features.
Tuesday June 1st – OPENING NIGHT.
Tuesday June 8th
Tuesday June 15th
Tuesday June 22nd
Tuesday June 29th
(What’s The Story of Grass? It’s this: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Story-of-Grass/353018230832?ref=mf)
