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Read on for all the latest from WFTV and around the film and TV industry... No Images? Click here Monday 11 November 2019 
Welcome From the Chair 
Hi Everyone, Welcome to this week's WFTV newsletter with our weekly update from Miriam, our senior Awards and Events producer, and our round-up of news and events across the industry. It was great to be at the Belfast Media Festival last week to announce the launch of our Northern Irish mentoring scheme, which is open to all women working and living in Northern Ireland who have more than five years' industry experience. Applications are open for the scheme until 16 December and full information can be found HERE. 
While I was at the festival, I also took part in a panel sponsored by our WFTV group in NI - TV Ethics: Duty of Care - Who Cares? Joining me on the panel, which was expertly chaired by Kelda Crawford-McCann, were Alison Millar, Jacky Martens, Lauren Bradford, Beejal Patel, Emma Rosa-Dias and Tracie O'Neill. We discussed the increasing pressure ratings can bring to produce more sensational TV, and what we do and could do further to protect both contributors and staff working on TV productions. Many thanks to all our team in Northern Ireland both for organising this thought-provoking event and for their help in driving forward our Northern Irish mentoring scheme. On Tuesday, we have our monthly London networking drinks, so many thanks once again to Franklin Rae for sponsoring this, and we look forward to seeing as many of you as possible there. Have a great week. ___________________________________________________________________________ Upcoming WFTV Events Diversity: Disability Isn't A Dirty Word 
Thursday 21 November, 18:30 | St Anne’s Church, 55 Dean Street, W1 Join our talented line-up of speakers for a frank and open discussion that will explore what needs to change both in front of and behind the camera to ensure better representation of disabled people in film and TV. This is an essential event for producers, directors and other screen industry professionals looking to improve their understanding of the issues facing disabled talent and how they can change their own practices to play a part in addressing the disability gap.
WFTV Events Round-Up 
Hello newsletter readers, thank you to everyone reading this section! We’ve been reviewing our newsletter engagement, and it’s quite overwhelming how many eyes this reaches. It made me wonder if there was any further value we could add to this section? Let me know what you want to hear about! (assuming it won’t be a run down of my weekend activities…which this weekend revolved around a very cold trip to North Wales, and compensatory mince pies and trifle flavoured ‘irish cream’) As you’ve seen we’ve got a fantastic panel coming up Disability Isn’t A Dirty Word hosted by former WFTV mentee Caroline O’Neill and featuring prominent speakers from across industry; Ruth Madely (Actor), Julie Shaw (commissioner BBC Daytime and Early Peak) and Kate Monaghan (Series Producer and MD, Hey Sonny). This panel will offer a passionate and frank critique of the current state of industry and the representation (or indeed, lack of) disabled talent both on and off-screen. We have opened this opportunity to non-members too, so please do share the event link with colleagues and friends who you think may also benefit. Who’s reading in South Wales or the Midlands?? We’ve got events in both regions this week. In Cardiff on Wednesday we’ve got a seminar introducuing TV Business Basics for Creatives, it’s the perfect opportunity for anybody who's self-employed or thinking about becoming self-employed to get their questions answered. Speakers will be on hand to answer other queries too, so if there’s something you’d like to ask that isn’t addressed on the event listing, please email Sca...@wftv.org.uk and we can pass the question on. On Thursday, in Birmingham, we’re providing you with some inspiration for overseas adventures! We’ll be hearing from Travel Women Nicola Silk, Gemma Kemp and Jemma Parish about the trials and tribulations faced when filming overseas. It sounds like there are some fantastic stories to be shared, so we hope to see lots of you there. Best, ___________________________________________________________________________ WFTV Members' News 
Former BBC Exec and WFTV Board member, Anne Morrison has been appointed Creative Director of London-based independent production company, Nevision. She is tasked with spearheading the company’s expansion into factual production and will oversee a number of projects currently in development. Hear Anne talk about her new role and career to date on Ria Hebden’s Wonder Women podcast HERE. CanCan Productions, the TV indie headed up by WFTV member Rebecca Papworth is celebrating winning the bid for C4’s new daily show coming live from Leeds in 2020. The Steph Show hosted by Steph Mcgovern is a co-production with Expectation and there is much excitement within Rebecca’s West Yorkshire based indie about the potential to grow and support talent on and off-screen as part of their plans for the series. 
Bluebird Productions producer, Alexandra Blue had two short films premiere at this year’s BFI London Film Festival: End-O (written by Elaine Gracie and Directed by Alice Seabright) and Marta (written by Iona Firouzabadi). Offers & Discounts for WFTV Members
Around the Industry... Ofcom has chosen Melanie Dawes, one of the UK's most senior civil servants and the government’s diversity and inclusion champion, as its new Chief Executive. The BFI's Insight New Producer Programme is a professional development scheme to help emerging producers realise their creative and business ambitions. BBC Three has launched a youth content development scheme in Northern Ireland and is inviting producers in the region to submit format ideas. Refinery29’s International President, Kate Ward has been appointed President of Vice Media’s feature film and television production unit, Vice Studios. True North has appointed Norma Wisnevitz, the former Senior Portfolio Manager at Channel 4’s Indie Growth fund, as its Chief Operating Officer. French actor Adele Haenel has accused director Christophe Ruggia of harassing her after she was cast in his 2002 film, The Devils, aged 12. London-based Creative tech and VFX studio, The Mill has announced the promotion of Nicole Duncan, Angela Toner and Rebecca Perry to Senior Producer roles. Post production house, Clear Cut Pictures has appointed Abi South as a Senior Post Producer, whilst Online Editor Catherine Preece joins the creative team. ScreenSkills’ acclaimed entry-level training programme, Trainee Finder, which places trainees on high-end TV, children’s TV and film productions is now open for applications. Disney has announced that its new streaming service, Disney+ is to launch in the UK on 31 March 2020. The 2020 RTS Cymru Awards are now open for entries across a range of categories, including Drama, Factual and Breakthrough. The deadline for entries is 10 January. On 27 November BAFTA is hosting a preview of Elizabeth is Missing, the feature-length BBC drama directed by Aisling Walsh and written by Andrea Gibb. Everyone’s favourite feminist horror film collective, The Final Girls, have launched a podcast! Have a listen. The Derby Film Festival gets underway this Thursday and runs until Sunday 18 November. Get yourself along for screenings, special events and more. Submissions are now open for the 2020 edition of the London Independent Film Festival. Register now for the Erich Pommer Institut's MEDIA-funded Leading Innovation and Change in Film and TV workshop taking place in Berlin, 4 - 8 December. Film Hub Midlands is looking for a Project Manager to plan and deliver a series of screenings and events in the run-up to Coventry's year as City of Culture in 2021. The early bird deadline to submit your film to Hot Docs, the Canadian International Documentary Film Festival, is this Friday. Enter the [Future of Film] Summit's Brand/Create Pitch Competition for a chance to pitch your idea to an expert brand funding panel and receive feedback and mentorship. Investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker, Julie Noon is running a day-long International Reporting Workshop with One World Media on Tuesday 19 November. What exactly does the increased focus on nations and regions production mean for the screen sector in Scotland? An event in Glasgow on 20 November will explore. Lion Television Scotland is looking for a Senior Post Production Technical Operator to look after the in house post production and delivery of a high volume daytime series. Industry Focus Passes for the 2020 edition of the Glasgow Film Festival are now available. Running across five days, it will feature discussions, networking and more. Festival Watch ATTEND: 1 - 17 November: Doc’N Roll Film Festival London | 1 - 14 November: London Korean Film Festival | 6 - 21 November: UK Jewish Film Festival | 7 - 17 November: FilmBath | 14 - 18 November: Derby Film Festival | 24 - 27 November: Document Human Rights Film Festival | 26 November: Future of Film Summit
| 27 - 28 November: Televisual Factual Festival | 3 - 4 December: FOCUS SUBMIT TO: 6 December: Sheffield Doc/Fest (early bird) | 15 December: Alchemy Moving Image Festival (late deadline) | 19 December: BFI Flare London LGBTQ+ Film Festival | 20 December: Open City Documentary Festival (early bird deadline) | 20 December: British Independent Film Festival | 20 December: British Documentary Film Festival | 5 January: LOCO (final deadline) | 10 January: Hot Docs (late deadline) | 31 January: London Independent Film Festival (late deadline)
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