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SSAW secures Fantastic Mr Fox crew for animation masterclass!

Fans of stop motion animation hold on to your seats. We’re about to take you behind the scenes of animated British hit film, Fantastic Mr Fox with an unforgettable weekend masterclass, taking place at the ATRiuM, on 5-6 February 2010... more

Have You Got Something To Say?  Student Panel Members Wanted for 2010... more

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! SSAW supports the Ffresh Festival (10-11 Feb) for the 3rd year!... more

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FILMCLUB Celebrates Successes!  Join filmmakers, FILMCLUB students and teachers on the red carpet, to celebrate the success of the FILMCLUB Wales pilot and look towards the future, sponsored by Kirsty Williams AM... more

Congratulations to...

Halleh Handji, UWN BA Film & Video student on representing UWN at Miss University UK, taking place in February! Halleh hopes to increase publicity for her university while also raising money for children with cancer. We wish her lots of luck!

HMRC clampdown on EIS to hit mid-budget UK films... more

Metrodome strikes UK distribution deal with iTunes... more 

16 January 2010
no.w.here Super 8 Course, London

1 place remaining on this hands-on, intensive course that takes you through the Super 8 camera, stocks, shooting film and hand processing. Deadline for applications: 4pm, 16 January. SSAW will covefr the cost of the course fee and offer a £5 bursary towards your travel to and from London. Email Hannah Raybould to apply and click here for further details.

22 January 2010
Muse Premiere followed by a Q&A with the cast and crew

20 January 2010
Risk Assessment in the Audiovisual Industries one-day workshop

20 March 2010
Storylining workshop with Jonathan Clements

SSAW Weekend Masterclasses

6-7 February 2010
Fantastic Mr Fox Weekend Masterclass – book now to avoid disappointment!

Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France. Deadline: 15 January 2010. Fees: €35. Festival dates: 7-12 June.

Cortoons - The International Short Animated Film Festival of Rome. Deadline: 31 January 2010. No fees. Festival date: 24-28 March.

Animafest Zagreb 2010 World Festival of Animated Films, Croatia. Deadline: 31 January 2010. No fees. Festival date: 1-6 June.

Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival, Germany. Deadline: 1 February 2010. No fees. Festival date: 20-25 April. Prize of €50,000 for overall winner.

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is now accepting entries for the 2010 International Emmy® Awards. Deadline: 5 February 2010.                                                                                     

The Tenerife International Film Festival. Deadline: 15 February 2010. No fees. Festival date:1-4 June 2010.

Rushes Soho Shorts Festival, London. Call for entries now open. Deadline 21 April 2010. Fees: £15. Festival date: 21-29 July 2010.

London Short film Festival, 8 – 17 January 2010

Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival and Market, France, 26 January – 6 February 2010

Anima - Brussels Cartoon and Animation Film Festival, 10 – 20 February 2010

Dublin International Film Festival, 18-28 February 2010

Animated Exeter, 11-20 February 2010

Borderlines Film Festival, Hereford, Ludlow, Welsh Marches, February 26 – 14 March 2010

Glasgow Film Festival, 18-28 February 2010

Lights, Camera, Action for second set of PGF participants!

The second cohort of the Screen Academy Wales Post-graduation Facility are gearing up to start their 4 month course on Monday 11 January... more

The next cohort of the PGF will be recruited in February so keep your eyes peeled for the next call out by e-bulletin about the roles available!

SSAW Funding available for Engage Programme

ENGAGE is a MEDIA-funded training initiative for writers, directors and producers built upon one simple idea; to foster creative collaboration across borders. Running over nine months, it offers a three-stage programme of workshops delivered by qualified staff and active industry professionals in Ireland, Estonia, Finland and Scotland.

Applications for the 2010 programme are now open.  We are pleased to announce that if a SSAW student or recent graduate is selected, SSAW will cover the 500 Euros participation fee which includes accommodation but not travel. The deadline for applications to ENGAGE is 29 January 2010.  Click here for application details.

‘Word into Action’ International Competition for Talented Directors

Vibe TV and International writer Walter Quiroz are looking for new directing talent. You must choose the ideal 10 min plot from a selection of script excerpts then create your treatment for it. Deadline: 1 March 2010. For full details click here or email the editor of Vibe TV.

Grants for production of film with Jewish theme

Two grants of up to £10,000 are being made available by The Pears Foundation Short Film Fund at the UK Jewish Film Festival for the production of a short film or video with a Jewish theme of significance to both Jewish and general public audiences and a max length of 10 minutes. Deadline for applications: 18 January 2010. Click here for full details.

17 January 2010
Mastering your craft: BAFTA Training Day at London Short Film Festival, Run Run Shaw Theatre, Tickets £5. Click here for more information.  

6 February 2010
BAFTA and Shooting People present Short Sighted! Get Your Short Film Seen by the People Who Matter. Tickets £40, Shooting People and BAFTA members pay £30. 

Travel Camerman and Filmmaker Wanted!

A talented Undergraduate/Postgraduate Filmmaker and a Cameraman are urgently required by a production company to produce a series of travel documentary on more than 40 destinations. The selected candidates would form part of the team who would travel constantly with the presenter of the programme and her crew for filming in the most beautiful and exquisite places around the globe. Send your CVs along to Placements Coordinator Alex Leadley with a detailed proposal on how to make the travel series a success, in addition to the cost involved in each series.

Fresh Briefing Session, 2pm,12 January 2010, Studio 1 BBC Wales
You are invited to a briefing by Sandi Scott for the next round of Fresh commissions. Fresh is the BBC3 strand of one-off one-hour films for young directors who have not made a network one-hour before - for example, Autistic Me. Currently the first three films are being shortlisted and Sandi will brief you about the second batch of three. Please rsvp as soon as possible to Nicola Cook.

MUGABE & THE WHITE AFRICAN: BAFTA CYMRU members screening plus Q&A with Producers, David Pearson and Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock. This free event will be held at 6.00pm, 13 January 2010 at Cineworld cinema, Mary Ann Street, Cardiff.

Operation Zulu @ the Senedd, sponsored by Legal & General. Art @ Senedd, a successful partnership between the National Assembly and Arts & Business Cymru present a this epic piece of music theatre performed by Valleys Kids, from 5.30-7.30pm, Tuesday 26 January 2010. Please contact Shade Ajayi to conform your free place.

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