Creative England newsletter

Here is the latest Creative England newsletter, including a masterclass and events in October, that I thought my followers would be interested in viewing:

 

Applications now open for Round 2 of Greenshoots Creative England and Microsoft have announced that the highly popular Greenshoots programme is set to run for a second year and is bigger and better than ever before. Read more   £250k Boost for Digital Healthcare in North West Creative England and the Greater Manchester Academic Health Science Network (GM AHSN) have announced the North West Interactive Healthcare Fund for SMEs, designed to stimulate creative and digital innovation in UK healthcare. Read more   iShorts is Back for Round 2 Creative England has launched the second open round of iShorts, their annual entry level short film initiative delivered as part of the BFI NET.WORK. Read more   iFeatures Shortlist Announced Eight teams have been selected from the iFeatures slate for further development funding, as the UK’s most exciting low budget feature film initiative from Creative England enters its full development phase. Read more   Crew Role Profile: Aaron Sutter, Unit Manager In this regular feature we aim to take you behind the scenes and introduce you to the hard working film and TV crew members that make productions possible.  Read more   GamesLab Masterclass: Bristol Creative England are supporting digital creative companies to finance business growth through the provision of interest-free loans. Businesses are able to apply for a loan of £60k-£150k which is then repaid over 3 years. Read more   BLOG: Communicating With Clients There’s the saying ‘the client is always right’ but, when it comes to the creative industries, I’ve learnt that’s not always the case. If you’re not careful, it’s very easy for clients to become too involved in the creative process and leave you feeling like a puppet on a string. Read more

Key Dates BFI London Film Festival October 8 - 19 248 flims, 17 venues, 12 days, one festival. The BFI Film Festival is back for its 58th year. Read more   Play Expo October 11 - 12 The North’s biggest and most diverse video gaming expo is back! Play Expo is returning to Manchester’s EventCity for its third successive year. Taking place 11th and 12th October 2014, Play Expo is expanding considerably and will now feature FIVE absorbing events, under one roof. Read more   Games Funding Forum October 23 The Games Funding Forum is a new half-day conference and networking event taking place on 23 October, which meets the huge demand for focused insight into all this and more. Read more   Other links we like BFI: Film Diversity Needs Own Conversation Ukie Calls for a New Routemap for Teacher Training in the New Computing Curriculum Finance the Future: Save the UK Games Industry by Unlocking Lottery Cash, says TIGA   Follow us