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Read on for all the latest from WFTV and around the film and TV industry... No Images? Click here Monday 14 October 2019 
Welcome From the Chair 
Hi Everyone, Welcome to this week’s edition of our newsletter, with Miriam, our Senior Awards and Event Producer’s weekly update on WFTV events and our round-up of news and opportunities across the industry. It’s been a really busy time in the WFTV office with a total of eight events last week and this, that have covered everything from finance and screenings and this week we have a fantastic event with BAFTA winner Sally Wainwright in Leeds on Thursday. So a huge thanks to all of the events team, including our regional reps, for continuing to provide such a wide range of high quality events. There are now just over two weeks before the WFTV Pat Llewellyn Bursary closes. The bursary offers development funding for factual based or factual entertainment TV proposals. Each bursary is worth £10,000. It’s open to all women, regardless of your level of experience. That’s because we want this award to be truly inclusive and diverse, so even if you have never made a programme before you can enter, so it’s very definitely worth applying! Have a great week. Best, ___________________________________________________________________________ Upcoming WFTV Events
WFTV Events Round-Up 
Another busy week ahead for the WFTV team! We’re really looking forward to our screening this evening in collaboration with London Film School and Feminista Film Festival. There’ll be five short-films screened, a showcase of some of the very best award entries. Tomorrow, Scarlet and I are heading to Leeds for an evening with Sally Wainwright and Anna Foster. Not only are we looking forward to a fantastic event, we’re also looking forward to meeting lots of new members. And don’t worry if you can’t be there in person, because we’ll also be streaming the event live on our Facebook page. Make sure you’re with us online at 8:20pm and enjoy it from the comfort of your own sofa/desk/kitchen table (delete as appropriate). We’re really grateful to everyone involved helping make this happen: Northern Ballet, The Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership, Lookout
Point, and Barbara Govan. There are still tickets left for both of these events, and we’d love to see you there! Best, ___________________________________________________________________________ Find Out What Happened at the 2019 WIFTI Summit... 
The 2019 Women in Film & Television International (WIFTI) Summit took place in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand at the beginning of this month, tying in to The Power of Inclusion, a two-day conference focusing on issues of representation and equality in the global entertainment industry. For those unable to attend, our sister chapter Women in Film LA have kindly shared a report about the Summit and the key issues discussed. WFTV Members' News 
Congratulations to editor Roberta Bononi and writer/director Emma Miranda Moore whose sixty-second short, LIT - an LGBTQ+ look at emerging sexuality in a group of 11 year olds playing a familiar game - won this year’s DepicT Short Film Competition. The jury described the film as “simple, brilliantly directed and economical... from a promising director that shows great potential.” Watch it HERE. Congratulations to 2019 WFTV mentee Dawn Beresford who made the shortlist for this year’s Curtis Brown First Novel Prize. Dawn’s novel, Blessed Joan was one of seven finalists selected from a staggering 3000 entries. The novel draws on Dawn's own experiences of growing up in Kent, those of the Windrush generation and the onset of psychosis. Find out more about the prize and read the first 500 words of Blessed Joan HERE. 
Are you ready to SLAY? Photographer/filmmakers Harriet Constable and Katia Shannon are inviting their fellow-WFTV members to book a one-hour empowering headshots photography session with them this Wednesday. Each shoot includes three costume changes (and props are encouraged!). The cost is £150 for an individual session or £85 each for two people sharing, and you will receive 50 digital headshots. Book HERE. Offers & Discounts for WFTV Members
Around the Industry... The British Film Commission has spotlighted 10 female-led UK production companies to watch. Find out who they are. This year’s London Film Festival has drawn to a close with Mati Diop receiving The Sutherland Award (First Feature Competition) for Atlantics, and Rubika Shah receiving the Grierson Award (Documentary Competition) for White Riot. BBC Studios has appointed former Expectation exec, Amy Flanagan to head up its newly-expanded Documentary Unit. Listen: to WFTV Patron and Blinded By the Light Writer, Director and Producer, Gurinder Chadha talk about her Springsteen-inspired film and her career to date on BAFTA Guru. Changes to the 2020 BAFTA Television Awards include the addition of a casting category and the introduction of the BFI Diversity Standards in every category. The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media has announced a new machine-learning tool that can analyse scripts to reveal unconscious biases. Glasgow Film is seeking to appoint a new creative and entrepreneurial Chief Executive Officer with a strategic vision to take the organisation forward. Apply by 27 October. Procam’s Media Technology Day returns to Soho on 31 October. This free event offers the chance to check out new kit, network and hear from industry experts. Join Dispatch at the Peckhamplex in South London this Thursday for a screening of Vessel, part of their We Are All Activists series. More info and tickets here. Applications are currently open for a fast-track training programme in Salford designed to tackle a shortage of experienced production coordinators in unscripted television. Sheffield Doc/Fest Lightning Passes may have sold out, but it’s still possible to get your hands on an Early Bird Pass to save £84 on the standard price. Don't miss a free co-production masterclass in Glasgow next Monday, featuring Leontine Petit, the Amsterdam-based producer behind acclaimed films Monos and The Lobster. Applications are open for Leading Creatives, a three-day programme for art directors, line producers and digital marketeers. The initiative runs in Belfast, Leeds and Cardiff. Ace It is a new business support programme aimed specifically at creative SMEs interested in immersive. Find out more at the interactive launch event on 24 October. British Council Film is offering one emerging producer the chance to travel to the Netherlands and take part in CineMart’s Rotterdam Producer’s Lab. Festival Watch ATTEND: 21 October: Focus on Scotland Factual TV Festival | 23 - 27 October: Margate Film Festival | 24 October - 3 November: London East Asian Film Festival | 25 October - 3 November: Africa in Motion Film Festival | 1 - 17 November: Doc’N Roll Film Festival London | 6 - 10 November: Aesthetica Short Film Festival | 6 - 21 November: UK Jewish Film Festival | 24 - 27 November: Document Human Rights Film Festival SUBMIT TO: 17 October: SXSW (late deadline) | 31 October: Leicester Film Festival (early bird) | 15 December: Alchemy Moving Image Festival (late deadline) | 20 December: British Independent Film Festival | 20 December: British Documentary Film Festival | 5 January: LOCO (final deadline)
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