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Nurturing filmmaking talent

Still from Rose of Nevada shows two men standing on a working boat amidst rusty fishing gear, with a blue sea and clear sky behind.

Filmmaker Roundtable with Mark Jenkin

A special filmmaker event with BAFTA-winning director

A grid of portraits of five different people against a cream and blue-lined background. Top-left shows a Black woman with dark hair, wearing a denim jacket; top-middle is a smiling white woman with long hair; top-right is a white woman with short blonde hair smiling softly. Bottom-left is a man wearing a beanie, with a skeleton graphic in the background; bottom-right is a black and white image of a white man smiling, wearing a turtleneck.

Animation Development Lab 2026 Participants

Five animators developing bold new short film ideas

Stills from stop-motion animated shorts. On the left, a boy sat on a white snail shell; in the middle, a doll-like figure sat on a VHS player next to a stack of tapes; and on the right, a woman opening a box of chocolates.

Animator & Puppet Filmmakers Mixer

Free networking at Moving Parts Puppet Fest

Black and white photograph of two men – Joseph Simmons and Lewis Coates – work intently at a table covered in papers. Joe (wearing a baseball cap and glasses) makes edits to a sheet of paper, whilst Lewis works on a laptop.

Interview: Joseph Simmons and Lewis Coates

How a bold short film got the attention of a streaming giant

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