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Read the latest WFTV Newsletter... No Images? Click here  Monday 11 February 2019 WFTV Wins Arts Champion Award at the 
We were deeply honoured to win an Arts Champion Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival Awards, held in London last week. Picking up the award on behalf of WFTV, our Chair, Liz Tucker said: “I’d like to thank our incredible team in the WFTV office and our wonderful WFTV board. Our organisation’s success as a non-profit relies not on any one person but on a large number of dedicated and committed women. Without them, Women in Film and TV would not be the success that it is today, that’s why this award means so much to all of us.” Read more about the ceremony and the other winners, including Lesley Manville, Rob Brydon, Lily Cole and Joanne Froggatt, HERE. Liz McIntyre Represents WFTV at #CALLTOACTION We were delighted to add our voice to #CALLTOACTION 2019 at Berlinale, an international roundtable of women’s organisations in film and TV. Our Board member, Liz McIntyre was there to represent WFTV and has written THIS REPORT from the event. 
2019 Writers Lab for Women Over 40 - Apply Now The Writers Lab is a four-day script development workshop that gives women screenwriters over 40 the opportunity to work intensively on their feature film scripts with the support of established writers, directors, and producers. Find out more and apply HERE. BFI NETWORK @ Flare Mentorships Are you an LGBTQ+-identified filmmaker who wants to keep developing your career in film? You have just one week left to apply to the Flare Mentorships programme which takes place during and beyond the festival. The deadline is Monday 18 February. Apply HERE. 
Applications Open for Inside Pictures The National Film and Television School's prestigious business training and leadership skills development scheme promises to take participants to the heart of the film industry and give a 360-degree understanding of the global business of film. Find out more HERE. Upcoming WFTV Events 
THIS THURSDAY: Screening of Flack, Ep1 + Q&A with Hat Trick’s Exec Producer Helen Williams, Actress Rebecca Benson and Writing Contributor Rose Heiney Don't miss this exclusive opportunity to see W’s upcoming TV drama, Flack and hear from some of the creative talent behind it.
Meet the Commissioner with Philip Edgar Jones, Director of Sky Arts and Head of Entertainment at Sky Liz Tucker, WFTV Chair, will speak to Sky Arts' Philip Edgar-Jones about what makes great television and what you need to do to get that elusive commission. 
In The Spotlight: The Funny Disruptors 
For the latest edition of our In The Spotlight series, we talked to Natalie Bray and Caroline Amer of Double Yay Productions, producers of new comedy web series Nutritiously Nicola!, to find out why rebelling against the traditional ‘route to market’ felt like the right thing to do for their project, and why they want to carry on making stories about 'the imperfect reality of women'... Offers & Discounts
Members' News
Share Your Skills to Support Afghanistan’s First All-Female TV Station 
Zan, meaning ‘women’ in Arabic, is the first TV station in Afghanistan to be made for and run entirely by women. The channel employs 50 women to create its daily mix of news, politics and lifestyle shows. In a country still recovering from Taliban rule, Zan’s team are transforming attitudes – and the ratings are soaring. Now, experienced UK documentary director, Deborah Lovett is calling on fellow TV professionals to support these pioneering women by taking part in one-off Skype sessions. On Our Radar... Last night's BAFTA Film Awards may have included notable absences of female filmmaking talent in some of the key craft categories, but plenty of women graced the stage to pick up gongs and delivered the most memorable speeches of the night. An especially mighty cheer rang out when The Favourite’s production designers Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton dedicated their award to “every woman and working mother who keeps it together and makes it happen.” Brava to that! Read more about the winners and some of the other highlights from the Awards here. ITV picked up Channel of the Year and Halo Post scooped Best Post Production House at this year's Broadcast Awards, which took place last week. To celebrate Women in Horror month (also known as February), join feminist genre collective The Final Girls at venues across the UK for a selection of horror shorts. And for those interested in delving deeper into the dark, a new six-week evening course from Mary Wilder titled Women In Horror Films might be just the thing. If you're planning on applying for Creative Europe's Development: Slate Funding, have a read of their tips for how to do so and get your application in by 20 February. Accreditation to the Cannes Film Festival Marché du Film is now open and available at the early bird rate until 1 March. How do you write a TV drama pilot for the US? Get the low down from No Film School's free online course. HOME in Manchester is celebrating the release of Carol Morley's latest feature, Out of Blue with a season of the writer/director's films from 13 – 16 March. Dates for your diary! LOCO, the London Comedy Film Festival returns to BFI Southbank this July, 11 - 14. Five hundred artists will be commissioned to make fresh and innovative short films, audio and interactive works in a new talent development scheme opening in April. The submissions window for London Short Film Festival 2020 is now open! Stay ahead of the game and submit your short film today. Next year's Berlinale will kick off a little later than usual (20 February), meaning it will take place after the BAFTAs (2 February) and Oscars (9 February). A free new collection from the BFI Archive shows 100 years of disabled people on film. The deadline for entries to this year's One World Media Awards is fast approaching. Enter by Thursday 14 February. The Women Writing Competition from SeriesFest and Big Swing Productions is looking to discover bold new series with a distinctly female perspective. Enter here! The Jihlava Emerging Producers Workshop focuses on the training and promotion of talented European documentary film producers and is open for applications. Apply for industry accreditation to BFI Flare and enjoy access to screenings, events, networking opportunities and more during the festival. This Wednesday, join Frank & Lively for a special event, Changing the Story: Developing Female Characters in Film, featuring filmmakers and industry experts. Actor, Neropa creator and WIFT Germany member, Belinde Ruth Stieve has published an analysis of gender representation behind the scenes on Germany's top cop show. "It's just great playing opposite women." BAFTA winner, The Favourite's Rachel Weisz, talked to Screen about loving her female co-stars and being directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Submit your film for consideration: The Shortest Nights, an annual collection of cutting-edge programmes celebrating the best filmmaking talent in UK short films. The early bird deadline for tickets to this year's Creative Cities Convention, which will be held in Cardiff, is fast approaching. Book your tickets here. The Smithsonian Channel is set to launch in the UK with a string of local commissions. "Know your crew members by name. They are the lifeblood of your film" and "never tell an actor it was good when it wasn't" are just two gems of advice from the always inspirational Ava DuVernay. Read more here. Pixar’s new short, produced within their SparkShorts programme, stars a swearing ball of feminist yarn. Take ten and give it a watch here. Festival Watch SUBMIT TO: 15 February: Cannes International Film Festival | 22 February: London Independent Film Festival | 4 March: Sheffield Doc/Fest (Late deadline) | 24 March: Short Sighted Cinema's The Shortest Nights | 14 April: The Shortest Nights (final deadline) | 15 April: Nordisk Panorama Film Festival | 22 April: London Short Film Festival (early bird deadline) 31 May: Aesthetica Short Film Festival | 2 June: Underwire Festival (late deadline) | 18 August: Derby Film Festival ATTEND: 21 January - 13 February: Reel Lives at LCC | 7 - 17 February: Berlinale | 20 Feb - 3 March: Glasgow Film Festival | 21 - 31 March: BFI Flare | 14 - 25 May: Cannes International Film Festival | 11 - 14 July: London Comedy Film Festival (LOCO)
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