Blak Wave, spearheaded by Michael Jenkins and Dr Mena Fombo, will be the first of Bristol’s 140 TV production companies to be black owned.

After a public ticket ballot that saw more than 80,000 people apply for tickets, it was a packed auditorium of 300 that settled in for the Bristol preview of Seven World One Planet at Showcase Cinema de Lux on 23 October, introduced by Sir David Attenborough.

Eddie Bingham, Communications and Fundraising Lead at Bristol-based social enterprise Babbasa, describes the Hear Our Stories short film, which tells the stories of ethnic minority individuals who are excelling in Business and Entrepreneurship.

The new academic year may be well underway for students, but this October teachers from ten Bristol primary schools are beginning their own learning journey that will see them become professionally trained to use film as a teaching tool.

This year’s Festival of the Future City (16-18 October 2019) features a fantastic film programme featuring “classic utopian films about cities; cities in silent cinema; and documentaries on New Towns, democracy, the housing crisis and the anthropocene”, plus a season of classic film noirs.

James Durie, chief executive of Bristol Chamber & Initiative at Business West, reflects on the growth of Bristol’s TV & film economy.

Wildscreen, the Bristol-based conservation charity behind the internationally-renowned Wildscreen Festival, has partnered with Back from the Brink to launch a new competition inviting the public to grab their cameras and share the nature that lives around them.

Bristol City of Film’s Natalie Moore has returned from the XIII Unesco Creative Cities Network Annual Conference (10-15 June 2019), which was this year hosted by Fabriano, City of Crafts and Folk Art. The conference was opened on 10 June by the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Matterella, who welcomed UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Creative Cities Monica Francesca Merloni … Read More

The BFI has released the official trailer for Bristol-produced feature Bait, which is due to premiere in the UK on Friday 21 June at Edinburgh International Film Festival where it is nominated for the 2019 Michael Powell Award for Best British Film.  Directed by Mark Jenkin and produced by Bristol company Early Day Films, Bait was the only UK film selected … Read More

The Guardian University 2020 League tables have been released and it’s great news for Bristol’s two Universities in the subject area of Film Production and Photography! University of Bristol is ranked as the number one place to study the subject in the UK, whilst UWE Bristol is ranked in third place. Congratulations to both Universities on this fantastic achievement!

Cinema Rediscovered returns with its 4th edition from 25-28 July 2019, with a packed programme that explores the invention, innovation and mystery of cinema, diving deep into the legacy of revered filmmakers such as Nic Roeg, Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Bresson and Bristol born Mike Hodges as well as shining a spotlight on lesser known cinematic voices including Maureen Blackwood, Márta … Read More

Dr Amy Genders’ new report, ‘An Invisible Army: The Role of Freelance Labour in Bristol’s Film & Television Industries’, examines the role of the self employed in this sector and how their contribution could be better recognized, valued, supported and enhanced. Launched at Watershed on 30 April 2019, it explores a range of topics including barriers to entry, diversity and … Read More