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Get a great showreel shot and edited from scratch and get your acting career really going.
In this tough economic crisis we know how important promotion can be, so that’s why we’re still offering our showreel production service for just £200, [...]

Now in its second year, Virgin Media Shorts is the only short film competition to give British film makers the opportunity to have their work showcased to millions of people across the country through four mediums – on over 200 cinema screens, on TV, on mobile phones and online.
Last year, over 1500 filmmakers showed off [...]

Individual producers or production companies are invited to send a rough cut of their unfinished short film (up to 15 minutes in length) to Maya Vision International, along with a completed application form. The extended deadline for applications is 5pm, Tuesday 5th May 2009.
If you don’t have a rough cut by then, don’t worry as [...]

From Wednesday 6th May at 8pm, Filmrats will be hosting a multimedia evening of live music & short films being held once a month on a Wednesday evening at the Bristol Pear in Selly Oak. 
They are looking for filmmakers, Singer/Songwriters, Bands, Poets, Comedians and Performance Artists who would like to showcase their art to an appreciative audience. [...]

Opportunity for putting together a treatment for a Channel 4 documentary. Here’s Gaylan’s words:
I am writing a proposal for ‘Cutting Edge’ on Channel 4. I am looking for someone (ideally a producer) who can help me on writing a GOOD treatment. The film will look at the hidden horror side of immigrant children’s life in [...]

The Victoria had a really nice atmosphere last time so we thought we’d go there again. Film Forum WM’s next meet-up is on Tuesday 28 April, starting at 6pm at The Victoria pub (behind the Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham, B1 1BN, see map). 
http://thevictoriabirmingham.co.uk/
As a special bonus, you can stay for the Vic’s alternative Film and [...]

Online video site Clipstar.com, boasting winning heat prizes of $10,000 and an overall prize of $1,000,000, wil be back online in the summer.
It will be relaunched almost a year after it first closed down (possibly due to the falibility of it’s voting system) with a whole new design to improve the experience and to give [...]

Anyone interested in help with pitching and commissioning should check out this RTS Futures event at the Electric Cinema in Birmingham on Thursday 23 April. Tickets are £5 with a complimentary drink afterwards. Here’s what they say:

Ever wondered how programmes get commissioned?
How hard can it be to pitch your idea to a panel of [...]

New Skillset Funds available for indy filmmakers.  Have you worked on shorts or features… have your films been screened at festivals? For the first time film freelancers can book onto DV Talent’s two day Z1 course and take advantage of the 70% discount.  
Taking place over 2 days in North London the course will give you a firm foundation to be a confident DV self-shooter. 
70% [...]

Local Shorts Film Club’s last screening of the current season is coming up and looks well worth going along.
…Put the next Local Shorts Film Club in your diaries, it will be the last one of our current season, with no further dates confirmed at this stage!!  Come on down to the Library Theatre on Wed [...]