BFI Film Academy Recommends is a series of curated screening events on different themes, as well as opportunities to watch and talk about films. Find out about up coming screening events, watch shorts made by other new and emerging filmmakers and get inspired.
Upcoming Screening Events
Several Samurai
Throughout June and July at Watershed, explore several Samurai-featuring works from Akira Kurosawa, co-curated by our Film Club host Jojo Myers-Insole!
Queer Vision Shorts Showcase & Mixer
Join us on Sun 6 July at 14:30 for Queer Vision’s South West Shorts, followed by a mixer for LGBTQIA+ filmmakers in Watershed’s Cafe & Bar.
16-19 Film Club: Friendship
If you’re aged 16-19, and passionate about cinema, join us at Watershed on Tue July 22 at 17:30 for an intro and post-film discussion in the Pervasive Media Studio (snacks provided).
GET INSPIRED
BFI Film Academy at Encounters 2023
BFI Film Academy in the South West teamed up with Encounters Film Festival to offer three BFI Film Academy members passes in exchange for content created about their visit.
‘Timeless Yet Timely’ – A conversation between Qezz Gill and Katie Metcalfe
Qezz Gill caught up with Katie Metcalfe to learn more about what stories get commissioned and how the process works.
Inside Film 2022: The Roundup
Missed our Inside Film day last month? Catch up with what
happened and listen back to some of the the sessions and advice from industry pros.
BFI Film Academy Shorts
Watch short films produced by the talented young filmmakers from the BFI Film Academy Craft Skills course at the National Film and Television School.
