{"id":2838,"date":"2025-01-28T16:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T16:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watershed.co.uk\/film-academy\/?post_type=faevents&#038;p=2838"},"modified":"2025-02-03T10:56:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T10:56:15","slug":"future-film-festival-at-watershed","status":"publish","type":"faevents","link":"https:\/\/www.watershed.co.uk\/film-academy\/general\/future-film-festival-at-watershed\/","title":{"rendered":"Future Film Festival at Watershed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column ws-flex-grow-sm-0 ws-flexbasis-sm-15 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\">\n<div id=\"ws-event-date-block_96f3dc9c44b54a37c751978970579adb\" class=\"ws-event-date ws-event-date-block\">\n    <span class=\"ws-event-day\">1<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ws-event-month\">Mar<\/span>\n      <span class=\"ws-event-month\">2025<\/span>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Calling all aspiring and emerging filmmakers aged 16-25 &#8211; if you&#8217;re looking to watch short films, meet other filmmakers, grow your creative network and get inspired &#8211; The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/whatson.bfi.org.uk\/FutureFilmFestival\/Online\/default.asp\">BFI Future Film Festival<\/a>&nbsp;is for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The BFI Future Film Festival is the UK\u2019s largest festival for emerging filmmakers. Curated and produced by programmers from the BFI Film Academy in the South West from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.watershed.co.uk\/film-academy\/\">BFI Film Academy<\/a>, come and watch highlights of regional and international shortlisted entries in drama, factual, animation and experimental shorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Filmmaker Talk: Getting your Short from Idea into Reality<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Filmmaker Theo Watkins will be giving a masterclass in how to take the steps to get your own short film idea off the ground. Theo works across film, music video and documentary. He often uses pitch-black humour to dig into the uncomfortable absurd aspects of the human condition. His work has screened at festivals including LSFF, Leeds and Frightfest, with funding from IMDb Script to Screen Award, BFI Network and Random Acts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Post-event Networking<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join us in the Caf\u00e9 &amp; Bar for the chance to network with other like-minded individuals and filmakers, discuss what you\u2019ve seen, and meet your next creative collaborators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This event is supported by the BFI Film Academy awarding National Lottery funding.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ws-event-duration-block_7530a0d0cb67e2c204166b71b9b2b845\" class=\"ws-event-duration\"><svg class=\"ws-icon icon-stopwatch\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.watershed.co.uk\/film-academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/watershed-blocks\/public\/icons\/symbol-defs.svg#icon-stopwatch\"><\/use><\/svg> <strong>2hrs 30mins<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.watershed.co.uk\/whatson\/13070\/shorts-screening-filmmaker-talk\">Get your tickets now<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ws-social-share-block_e00ae5e55a1224f5ef8e9ad072bc806b\" class=\"ws-social-share\">\n  <ul class=\"default-max-width wp-block-social-links\">\n    <li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-facebook wp-block-social-link\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=517561302331766&#038;display=popup&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.watershed.co.uk%2Ffilm-academy%2Fgeneral%2Ffuture-film-festival-at-watershed%2F&#038;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.watershed.co.uk%2Ffilm-academy%2Fgeneral%2Ffuture-film-festival-at-watershed%2F\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\">\n        <svg role=\"img\" class=\"ws-icon icon-facebook\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.watershed.co.uk\/film-academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/watershed-blocks\/public\/icons\/symbol-defs.svg#icon-facebook\"><\/use><\/svg>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-twitter wp-block-social-link\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Future+Film+Festival+at+Watershed&#038;url=https:\/\/www.watershed.co.uk\/film-academy\/general\/future-film-festival-at-watershed\/\" aria-label=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n        <svg role=\"img\" class=\"ws-icon icon-twitter\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.watershed.co.uk\/film-academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/watershed-blocks\/public\/icons\/symbol-defs.svg#icon-twitter\"><\/use><\/svg>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-whatsapp wp-block-social-link\">\n      <a href=\"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=*Future+Film+Festival+at+Watershed*%0Ahttps:\/\/www.watershed.co.uk\/film-academy\/general\/future-film-festival-at-watershed\/\" aria-label=\"Share on Whatsapp\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor d-md-none\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n        <svg role=\"img\" class=\"ws-icon icon-whatsapp\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.watershed.co.uk\/film-academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/watershed-blocks\/public\/icons\/symbol-defs.svg#icon-whatsapp\"><\/use><\/svg>\n      <\/a>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send?text=*Future+Film+Festival+at+Watershed*%0Ahttps:\/\/www.watershed.co.uk\/film-academy\/general\/future-film-festival-at-watershed\/\" aria-label=\"Share on Whatsapp\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor d-none d-md-block\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n        <svg role=\"img\" class=\"ws-icon icon-whatsapp\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.watershed.co.uk\/film-academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/watershed-blocks\/public\/icons\/symbol-defs.svg#icon-whatsapp\"><\/use><\/svg>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calling all aspiring and emerging filmmakers aged 16-25 \u2013 if you\u2019re looking to watch short films, meet other filmmakers, grow your creative network and get inspired \u2013 The BFI Future Film Festival is for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2839,"template":"","faevents_category":[41],"class_list":["post-2838","faevents","type-faevents","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","faevents_category-general","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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