Bristol City Council’s Film Services have secured a £245,425 award from the BFI National Lottery Places Fund: Skills and Training to launch All Set West, a new accessible skills package designed to support creatives from the West of England into careers behind-the-camera on the growing number of scripted film and TV productions made in the … Read more
A new skills training programme to support creatives looking to break into behind-the-camera roles on scripted film and high-end TV productions made in the West of England will launch later this month. It comes after Bristol City Council’s Film Services have secured almost £300,000 (£299,818) from the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority, led by … Read more
Annual figures released by Bristol Film Office show that film and TV production in the city generated an estimated £20.8 million in 2021-22, a 22% increase on pre-pandemic figures and the largest contribution that filming-related activity has made towards Bristol’s economy in a decade. Am I Being Unreasonable?, The Outlaws, Chloe, Showtrial and The Girl … Read more
Work is underway on the expansion of Bristol film and TV production facility The Bottle Yard Studios into a neighbouring South Bristol industrial site, which is undergoing a £12m redevelopment backed by West of England Combined Authority investment that will add three new stages to the Studios’ portfolio. Planned for completion this Summer, the expansion … Read more