Screen has compiled a list of all the ongoing international initiatives launched to support the international film industry at this time.
We want to grow this list – please email Ben Dalton with basic information about any initiatives we should add to the list above. And check out Screen’s own virtual marketplace Market+ and online Talks series.
Please bookmark this page to check for updates.
Online mentoring, consultations and advice
- ScreenSkills Mentoring Network
- Doc Society - How are you?
- Sobriety Films, free recovery filmmaking workshops for people 18-26 in recovery from mental health and addiction issues
- Film4 advice from experts on how to write during a crisis
- Documentary Association Europe, free online consultations
- Ffolio from Ffilm Cymru, free talent surgeries
- Field of Vision, free online mentoring
- Film and TV Charity helpline (UK only), free financial advice and mental health support - 0800 054 0000
- Jeanie Finlay, free online mentoring
- Rocliffe, free online advice sessions
- Sophie Holland Casting, free online advice sessions
Remote learning
- Screen International’s Talks
- New Noardic Wave Academy - courses and workshops about film-related topics, in Dutch and English
- Film in Limerick ’Wednesday Workshops’ Series
- Film at Lincoln Center - Celebrate Women’s History Month
- Creative Europe webinars
- BBC Writers Room - An Introduction to Screenwriting, free online course
- CineSud online courses (in Dutch)
- Skillshare
- New Horizons, “insulating sessions”
- Film Distributors’ Association, Film Distribution: Connecting Films with Audiences (free course)
- NFTS, virtual open days, April 1-30
- Screen Skills Ireland, free online courses
- Raindance, free live Instagram sessions daily, lockdown sessions (free for members), free live Facebook Filmmaker Sessions
- ARRI Masterclasses for cinematographers (selected classes for free)
- Arts Marketing Association - free webinars
- Curtis Brown Creative free weekly writing workout programme
- Hopscotch Films/Mark Cousins - 40 Days to Learn Film series free on Vimeo
- Sundance Co//ab, free webinars and masterclasses
- Together Films, free webinars
- ScreenSkills - training and masterclasses across film, high-end and unscripted TV, and animation plus through the Indie Training Fund
- DOC NYC seminar New Strategies for Distribution in response to Covid-19, March 27
- Independent Cinema Office (ICO) is offering its REACH: Strategic Audience Development course (usually £50 to access) for free online to its newsletter subscribers
Opportunities for creatives
- 48 Hour Film Project
- Quarantine Film Stories
- Northern Ireland Screen and Future Screens NI, Rewriting the Narrative funding call
- Lockdown Stories by New Noardic Wave
- My Film Project, Quarantine Film Challenge
- Roadmap Writers, free 30-day short script writers’ challenge
- 48 Hour Isolation Film Challenge
- Galway’s One Minute Film Festival
- BBC Writers Room call for short-form scripts about characters in isolation
- #SHORTITOUT
- Corman Quarantine Film Festival
Corporate initiatives
- Aardman Animations, Covid-19 messages
- Facebook #TogetherAtHome
- Sony Corporation, $100m global relief fund
- Park Circus, Until We’re Back at the Movies
- Film Sprites PR, free promotion for films with cancelled festival premieres
- Strike Media - new industry-wide newsletter about UK home entertainment releases
- Netflix - $100m fund for creatives
- Adobe - offering Creative Cloud subscribers two months free
- Crowdfunder and Enterprise Nation - free fundraising for businesses
- MUBI - Offering three month subscription for £1
- Screen Moguls GO.CINEMA - free ad credits for independent cinemas
Online film industry communities & film clubs
- #PinYouThanks - for people to say thank you to those who have helped them in recent months
- Broadcast Network
- American Film Institute, AFI Movie Club
- D-Word, online discussions about COVID-19 issues as well as mental health
- Cinema Technology Community - free membership during Covid-19 crisis
- UK Cinemas Network Facebook group
- Glasgow Film Theatre: At Home With GFT
- Peccadillo Pictures’ Sofa Club
- The TV Mindset
- Friday Film Club with Carol Morley
- Live Watch Party with Riz Ahmed
Fundraising and professional groups’ support
- WFTV (UK) #ForgottenFreelancers social media campaign
- Voltage Pictures, Jamie Carmichael, AGBO among LA-based Covid-19 relief efforts
- Sundance Institute Respond and Reimagine Plan
- UK Covid-19 relief fund
- Film Independent’s Emergency Filmmaker Support Fund
- It Takes Our Village, industry initiative to support the film & tv crews
- Field of Vision and Topic Studios’ Documentary Freelancer Relief Fund
- European Audiovisual Observatory Covid support measures tracking
- ScreenScotland
- Screenwest, WA Screen Industry Sustainability Package (Western Australia)
- Actors’ Fund of Canada, emergency assistance
- Canadian Cinema Worker Fund
- xpoNorth Covid resources
- Film & TV Charity Emergency Relief Fund, Repayable Grants Scheme
- AMPAS, $6m donation split between: The Actors Fund and Motion Picture & Television Fund
- Producers Guild of India, relief fund backed by Netflix
- Primetime Network, what to watch, practical support and stay connected resources
- EWA talks Change
- Women in Film Los Angeles, helpline and Laptop Cinema Club
- American Documentary, artist emergency fund
- German Films, Corona updates
- SAG-AFTRA, dues relief
- Art-House America Campaign, fundraiser by Criterion Collection
- Film and TV Charity, Coronavirus resources page
- #BAFTAKids at Home with @Place2Be
- Modern Films, Marquee of indie cinemas
- Screen Scotland, £1.5million Screen Bridging Bursary programme and single project development fund
- Equity £1m benevolent fund
- Into Film’s film guides for homeschooling
- Raising Films, Raising our Futures initiative
- Helping Dress Medics
- To Be Continued, crowdfunding for 33 cinemas in Berlin
- Arts Council England £20m financial support
- Creative Industries Federation - free memberships for freelancers for six months
- Pact
- UK Cinema Worker Solidarity Fund
- The Actors Fund
- Bectu
- BFI/Film and TV Charity Emergency Fund
- Cinema Worker Solidarity Fund
- DGA Foundation
- Directors UK
- Entertainment Industry Foundation
- IATSE
- MPTF
- Patreon’s What the Fund
- Relief Fund for Hollywood Support Staff
- SAG-AFTRA Covid-19 Disaster Fund
- Tribeca Film Institute Emergency Artist Support Fund
- WGA Covid-19 resources
- Women Make Movies: Resources for Artists with Lost or Reduced Wages
Online film markets and conferences
- Cannes Marche, starts June 22
- Female Voices Rock: Virtual Filmmaking Summit
- Winston Baker webinars
- Sheffield Doc/Fest virtual marketplace, June 8-10
- BFI Network, live webinar series
- IBC365, free webinars
- Media Production & Technology Show, free fireside chats and training talks
- Visions du Reel, industry programme online April 25-30
- CPH: Conference continues on Facebook through March 26
- Series Mania Digital Forum, March 25-April 7 (industry professionals can request access)
Online film festivals, screenings, and watch parties
- The Dream Palace - Tyneside Cinema documentary screening & Q&A with Andrea Riseborough, 17/5/20
- Iris Prize, three shorts available to view for free
- Curzon Home Cinema, Live Q&As
- Taskovski Films, Home Cinema – Docs Connect
- Lockdown Film Festival
- My Darling Quarantine Short Film Festival
- EFAs #TogetherWeWatch
- Women Make Movies’ Virtual Film Festival and Films, Interrupted Showcase (April 6-26)
- Annecy 2020, online June 15-30
- St John’s International Women’s Film Festival, cozy chats
- #StayHomeWatchTogether, online screenings, Q&As and discussions organised by Together Films, Violet Films and Blue Shift Education (April 14-30)
- European Film Promotion/HotDocs Changing Face of Europe, April 30-May 31
- Birds Eye View: Reclaim the Frame online
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