Creative England newsletter May 2015

Here is the Creative England newsletter, including competitions and key dates, for my followers to peruse:

Creative England Newsletter: May 2015       > Competition open to find world's best creative entrepreneur The International Creative Business Cup is now open, with Creative England hosting the UK entries for this renowned competition. Read more   Are you an aspiring filmmaker? Applications are now open for our South West Talent Module. The programme is designed to help emerging filmmakers get their first feature off the ground.  Read more   Filmmakers across England to launch crowdfunding projects Following hundreds of applications, 19 producer / director teams have been chosen to receive a share of £100k from Creative England, as we partner with Crowdfunder to kick off this unique campaign. Read more   > I Love Filming In Dorset For the second installment of our I Love Filming In… series we head to Dorset, the rustic setting that forms the backdrop for director Thomas Vinterberg's upcoming adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 1874 novel 'Far From The Madding Crowd'.  Read more   > Policies of the Past As the election debate intensifies, our chief executive Caroline Norbury has been taking a look back at ten of the most significant policy interventions to have made a real difference to the UK’s creative industries over the last few decades. Read more   > iShorts+ Funny Girls Officially Announced Over 240 teams applied to the nationwide search, designed to find bold, entertaining and original stories from exciting new female directors across England, all with a burning ambition to build a successful career in screen comedy. Read more   > Where was Avengers: Age of Ultron filmed? The Avengers are back with new recruits to face Ultron, the accidental creation by Iron Man’s egotistical alter ego, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr). 'Age of Ultron' shot extensively in the UK. Read more   Key Dates Cannes Film Festival May 13 - 24   The 68th Cannes Film Festival will for 12 days in May transform the city from a quiet seaside resort into the entire focus of the international film industry.  Read more   Marketing for games businesses: Bath May 26   Creative England has partnered with Ukie and the Chartered Institute of Marketing to deliver a FREE marketing training workshop for SME games businesses based across the South West of England Read more   Marketing for games businesses: Birmingham May 27   In our series of marketing workshops for games businesses, the Creative England and Ukie teams head to the West Midlands for another FREE marketing masterclass. Read more Other links we like The Develop Awards: Finalists Announced Forgot London, these are the best UK cities for tech jobs Follow us   Funders and Partners: