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Welcome From the Chair 
Hi Everyone, There are now just over two weeks before the WFTV Pat Llewellyn Bursary closes, so last week I hosted an event with tips on what to include in your application and it was great to also meet and chat with a number of members I hadn’t met before. 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! Finally in the WFTV office we are all looking forward to attending the networking events
tomorrow. Miriam and Scarlet will be heading up to Cardiff to attend our Welsh networking session, while Lisa, AmyLouise and I will be going to the London networking at Acuity Legal sponsored by Franklin Rae. ___________________________________________________________________________ Upcoming WFTV Events... Just Announced: Intimacy Workshop with Ita O'Brien 
Tuesday 24 September, 18:30, Central London We’re delighted to welcome Intimacy Coordinator, Movement Director and 2018 WFTV mentee, Ita O’Brien to lead a session on intimacy for WFTV actor and director members. Ita has developed and established best practice when working with intimacy, sexual content, and nudity for theatre and film, culminating in the Intimacy on Set Guidelines published in 2018. Ita’s recent work includes Gentleman Jack and Sex Education, and her guidelines have been adopted by leading studios and productions, including HBO, Netflix, BBC, ITV4, Amazon, Sky and many others. During this session, Ita will use film clips to elaborate on the guidelines when working with intimacy and scenes with sexual content for actors, directors, and movement directors and also share some tips to be aware of from the auditioning process, rehearsals, through to performance or filming.
Just Announced: Finance Breakfast – Looking Towards the Future: Pension Planning 
Do you have a clear financial plan for the future? Have you got a pension and savings organised or does the whole subject seem so complicated you would rather not think about it at all? Then why not come along to our finance breakfast with Kevin Broadbent of Smith & Williamson who will help demystify the world of pensions and advise you on how best to navigate through the complexities of planning for retirement. WFTV Events Round-Up 
Well, the Awards nominations window closed on Friday and we are now busy sorting through them all. We’re feeling very inspired by some of the wonderful suggestions that have been put forward and would like to say a big thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate. It’s set to be another fantastic WFTV Awards ceremony in December. Tickets will go on sale in October so watch this space for details coming soon. We’ve got a busy week ahead of us for events: double networking tomorrow - in London and Cardiff, Tips & Tricks in London on Wednesday and our Northern Ireland Masterclass with Channel 4 commissioner Nicola Brown on Friday. Best, ___________________________________________________________________________ WFTV Mentoring Scheme Update 
Tomorrow marks the end of the WFTV Mentoring Scheme for 2019 and what a brilliant time we have had. Over the course of six months, 20 mentees have each been paired with an industry mentor for six one hour sessions; many attended the Cannes Film Festival, Sheffield Doc Fest and the Edinburgh TV Festival and honed their networking skills; they’ve worked through a CV masterclass and honed their personal elevator pitches; they've taken turns to deliver a one hour talk about their expertise to each other and in so doing the other mentees have learned a huge amount. They’ve bonded as a group of women with skills in varying areas of the industry and enjoyed peer-to-peer mentoring, both of which I know will carry on long after the scheme is over. Most important of all, they’ve all gained critically important skills and valuable new knowledge to help them build and develop their careers for the future and I can’t wait to see what they do next. And, of course, while it’s farewell to the mentees of 2019, they will always be part of the WFTV mentee family! 
It’s auf wiedersehn but not Goodbye to the WFTV Mentoring Scheme Class of 2019! From row L-R: Alison Cain - Producer/Director and Edit Producer; Samantha Warham - Production Accountant for High End TV; Colette Hooper - Producer and Edit Producer; Dawn Beresford - Head of Talent, CPL Productions/ Talent Executive, Arrow International Media/ Trainer and Writer; Lynne Davison - Writer/Director; Emma Yullie - Supervising Producer, VICE Media; Daisy Aitkens - Writer/Director.
2020 WFTV Mentoring Scheme On Monday 16 September we will be opening applications for the 2020 WFTV Mentoring Scheme. We are expecting demand to be high. Applications will be accepted until Sunday 20 October, so there should be plenty of time for you to get your form in. But please don’t delay, as we will not be able to consider applications after that date. WFTV Members' News Camerawoman and 2017 WFTV Award winner Susan Stein is the special guest at this month’s BFI Experimenta screening on Wednesday 18 September. Susan will personally present a selection of her formally playful, feminist avant-garde films from the 1970s and 80s, created at a time of significant change in the way alternative film was made and how production and distribution were organised. Tickets available HERE. 
Presenter and 2017 WFTV mentee Ria Hebden is featured in the latest issue of Black Pepper Magazine, discussing her career in TV and what inspired her to create Wonder Women TV. And on 3 October Audio Network is hosting the Wonder Women Networking Reunion - a fun, inclusive event bringing women who work in TV together for structured power networking, drinks and nibbles. Tickets are available HERE. BAFTA Award winning filmmaker and longstanding WFTV member Margy Kinmonth is running a masterclass at Pushkin House on Saturday 19 October, Russia Behind The Camera: Archives, Art & Revolution. It will explore making films in Russia with clips from Margy’s work, as well as a sneak preview of her new feature documentary, Magic Staircase which is currently in development. Book tickets HERE. 
ITSY, Premila Puri’s debut award winning short film as a producer, will have its London premiere on 2 October at the Curzon Theatre, Bloomsbury. The film has screened at 17 film festivals internationally and is the winner of six awards. Funds raised from the screening will support disadvantaged women to pursue educational/vocational courses within the film and TV industry. Tickets can be booked HERE. NFTS student Olympia Christofinis is producing her graduation project - a studio sitcom called Three Generations - and is looking for actors to fill two remaining roles. The first read through is on 20 September and the performance will be filmed in front of a live audience on 4 October. Find out more about the parts and contact Olympia via the WFTV Noticeboard HERE. 
WFTV member Kathryn Hubbard works for Guiness World Records and would like to inform members that they are looking to expand their catalogue and include programming made by third-party producers, such as documentaries that show amazing and incredible people, places or accomplishments from around the globe that tie into their brand values. To find out more, e-mail: Kathryn...@guinnessworldrecords.com. Giovanna Miralles invites fellow WFTV members to a screening of Herencias del 36 (Legacies of 1936), a film by Ruth Sanz Sabido on which she worked as script editor, editor and post-production supervisor. The screening will take place at Amnesty International UK in London on Friday 4 October. Entry is free but registration in advance is required. Find out more and register HERE. 
Offers & Discounts for WFTV Members
Around the Industry... A new study from UK Screen Alliance has found that women make up 51% of people working in animation, 34% in VFX and 46% in post. The sector also has more positive BAME representation than the wider industry. Read more of the findings here. Phoebe Waller-Bridge has been announced as the recipient of this year’s BAFTA LA Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year. The 2019 edition of Underwire Festival kicks off this Friday, showcasing the work of female talent across the crafts. Still time to book your tickets and join in the celebrations. The Pact UK Television Census published last Friday reveals that independent TV production sector revenues reached over £3 billion in 2018, their highest level to date. Seven of the eight places on the BBC’s revived Writers Academy, the prodigious talent training programme, have gone to women. Don’t miss BFI NETWORK Wales’ free Writing for Short Film Masterclass for talent looking to submit a script to the annual Ffilm Cymru Wales Beacons scheme. FOCUS ON: Co-Production in Edinburgh on 18 September is a free panel event offering expert legal, creative and business perspectives on co-producing screen content. Don’t miss the chance to be part of the first ever live recording of the Best Girl Grip podcast on 22 September when host Nicole Davis will chat to filmmaker Roxy Rezvany. The finalists in the Funny Women Awards Shorts Award category have been announced! Check them out and book your ticket for the Awards taking place on 19 September. Details about upcoming courses at NFTS Scotland are now available, including How Stories Work in Documentaries and Certificate in Producing Your First Feature. Get along to the Film Vault Presents Directed By Women screening in Manchester on 20 September for a programme of female-made short films. There is just one week left to apply for the 2-day Leadership and Management for Film Professionals course running in Birmingham this October. Are you a media professional based in or around Manchester? Networking North is free to attend and takes place at Brickhouse Social from 6:30pm on Thursday 26 September. Join the BFI Doc Society team at Lewes Depot on Tuesday 17 September for a day of funding news, creative case studies and networking for documentary filmmakers. It's the final week to apply for Making It Possible, Raising Films' career development scheme for parents and carers. Sessions available in Leeds, Cardiff, London and online. The trailer for the BFI London Film Festival has dropped! If you feel like whetting your appetite, take a look here. Festival Watch ATTEND: 13 - 22 September: Underwire Festival | 14 - 16 September: Glasgow Youth Film Festival | 18 - 29 September: Take One Action Film Festival | 18 - 29 September: Raindance Film Festival | 20 - 22 September: Women Over 50 Film Festival | 27 - 28 September: Feminista Film Festival | 2 - 6 October: SQUIFF | 23 -
27 October: Margate Film Festival | 6 - 10 November: Aesthetica Short Film Festival | 6 - 21 November: UK Jewish Film Festival SUBMIT TO: 4 October: Glasgow Film Festival (late deadline) | 15 December: Alchemy Moving Image Festival (late deadline)
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