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Jesting About
Jesting About is a comedy talent development initiative run by BBC and Northern Film & Media. It culminated in a showcase event held at Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne on 20 April 2011.
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Short Films
Northern Film & Media have ran a wide range of short film schemes incvluding Stingers our annual £80,000 Digital Short Film Scheme run in partnership with UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund, Sound & Vision a music video scheme ran in partnership with Generator and Shorted in partnership with Soda Pictures.
The scheme is divided into two parts, Mini-Stingers and Maxi-Stingers. Mini-Stingers offers new and emerging talent £7,500 to make their short film. Maxi-Stingers is for filmmakers with more experience and offers £12,500 to make their short film.
Since the launch of the Stingers Scheme, 75 short films have been made through an investment of over £500,000. The scheme has acted as a launch pad for some of the most promising talent in the region with many of the writers, director and producers going on to have successful careers in the industry. Previous Stingers filmmakers have gone on to win international awards at Venice and Berlin, whilst others have had work premiered at the Edinburgh and London International Film Festivals.
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Events Jan - April 2011
Brenda Blethyn at the Vera premiere, Ad Funded programming with UKTV and Tiger Aspect, Tom Harvey NFM CEO on cuts to film and TV budgets, James Kirkham on the Death of Digital, Commissioning Session with Polly Hill and Ben Stephenson
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