The deadline for applications to this opportunity has been extended. You now have until 10am, Tuesday 13th January 2026. Film Hub South West’s Working-Class Producers’ Forum will be hosted by film and TV producer Sophie Reynolds. It will take place online on Tuesday 3rd Feb 2026, from 6-7.30pm. This forum is open to South West […]
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We’ve some exciting news to kick things off in 2026. Devon Film Office is proud to be teaming up with award-winning Filmmaker Pip Piper, to offer 16-19 year-olds in Exmouth the chance to discover the creative world of Documentary Filmmaking. Participants who join the new 4-week Documentary Filmmaking course will embark on a whistle-stop tour
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We’ve some details of a new event we’d love to share with you! Devon Film Office and Mid Devon District Council have come together to share a new approach and desire to become a film friendly region. We are inviting businesses, organisations, individuals, groups, landowners and suppliers based in Mid Devon to join us to
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We have news to share with you! Screen Cornwall and Exeter Phoenix are collaborating once again with BFI NETWORK South West to develop emerging producers and writers in Devon and Cornwall. Selected participants will receive support and guidance, through a series of events held both online and in person, to develop their short form projects
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We love having the chance to shine a light on films that have come out of the South West. So we’re happy to see October kicking off with the latest locally made masterpiece making its way into the world. The Severed Sun is the debut feature from writer, director and film lecturer Dean Puckett, produced
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This green putrescent land…this spectred isle…and no realm as haunted as Dartmoor… …runs the tagline for 2025’s Hell Tor Festival, making its much-anticipated return to Devon this weekend (September 26th – 28th) after a hugely successful haunting in 2024. The South West’s most successful Gothic Horror festival, resurrected last year after a four-year coronavirus-induced hiatus, will
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At Devon Film Office, we know that the West & South West has a distinct positioning in the UK screen landscape. But we also know that it has often lacked a unified approach when it comes to promoting strengths and opportunities across the region. [Spoiler: there are many!] Until now! Because excitingly, a new South
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Applications are now open to join the team at this year’s festival as a volunteer! Who else loves September? As well as that new term feeling which never seems to leave us (new pencil case, anyone?), it’s also the month of the brilliant Encounters Film Festival! Running this year from Tuesday 24th to Sunday 28th
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Check out this free event being produced by our friends over the Tamar at Screen Cornwall. You can sign up to learn all about Production Ready Pathways Cohort 2, which is part of the ongoing BFI Places Programme. The second recruitment round for the programme will focus on three entry-level roles: Sound, Production and Assistant Directing. Explore
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Deadline: Friday 27 June 2025 Exeter Phoenix are excited to launch two new animation commissions, each worth £2,200, exclusively for graduating students from universities on the GWR network – such as the University of the West of England, Falmouth University, and Arts University Plymouth. Rooted in the South West’s world-renowned animation heritage, this opportunity invites
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