The first ever Bristol and Bath Screen Summit, showcasing the city region as a leading global production community, took place in Bristol on 2 and 3 November.

The Bottle Yard Studios marked the official opening of TBY2, its new premium facility last night, at an event that brought together leading UK film and High-End TV producers, local crew and companies and regional and national partners and supporters of the Bristol studios’ expansion.

BFI NETWORK South West has announced the 10 participants of the inaugural Shorts2Features career-development scheme.

5 Bristol writers have joined a Channel 4 scheme designed to nurture TV drama writers in the West and South West of England – and take up the chance to submit a script to the broadcaster’s drama commissioning editor.

Award winning production company Sid Gentle Films today announced a new development and production arm, Sid Wild, based in Bristol.

Annual figures released today by Bristol Film Office show that film and TV production in the city generated an estimated £20.8 million in 2021-22, a 22% increase on pre-pandemic figures and the largest contribution that filming-related activity has made towards Bristol’s economy in a decade.

It was our pleasure to welcome Potsdam UNESCO City of Film Focal Point Lisa Nawrocki, to Bristol this week.

Last week saw the welcome return to an in-person UCCN Annual Conference (18-24 July) after the global disruption of the pandemic. The 2022 edition took place in the host city of Santos – our fellow City of Film – and we caught up with our UNESCO City of Film Manager Natalie Moore, who was there to fly the flag for Bristol. 

The screen industry in Bristol UNESCO City of Film is booming, with turnover increasing by more than 100% in the last five years, according to new research from UWE Bristol, but more could still be done to further boost its development and expansion.  

Channel 4 has launched a brand new scheme designed to identify and support new TV drama writers in the West and South West of England, devised in collaboration with Bristol UNESCO City of Film and its partners BFI NETWORK (delivered regionally in the South West by Watershed), UWE Bristol and The Bottle Yard Studios.

UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network includes 13 UK cities. Here, we share a recent Arts Professional article by Karen Merkel, Non-Executive Director at the UK National Commission for UNESCO, as she “shines a spotlight on a programme which demands international collaboration.”

Watershed has joined cinemas from across the UK to present a special preview of Olga, a new film about a young female Ukrainian gymnast forced to train in exile, with a portion of the proceeds going to two charities that are supporting the Ukrainian relief effort.