Festivals, Networks & Bulletins

For graduating students in particular, here's a handy list of festivals, bulletins and networks you may want to visit, submit work to, follow and join in order to find work and opportunities:

Festivals, Networks & Bulletins

Festivals:

BFI Future Film Festival - film club, courses and annual festival for 18-25yr olds

Flatpack Film Festival - Birmingham's fun, accessible and experimental film festival, open to submissions

London Short FIlm Festival - "probably the best short film festival in the world", open for entries

Brighton Digital Festival - cross-media digital arts and culture festival, open to submissions

Networks:

Ideastap.com - creative network, creative briefs, jobs and portfolio hosting

shootingpeople.org - filmmaking network, entry-level job & portfolio hosting

mandy.com - television and film production resources, jobs and bulletins.

Bulletins:

Artquest - weekly mailing-list bulletin of arts briefs, residencies, jobs and opportunities

Independent Cinema Office - mailing list of jobs, screenings and opportunities for those interested in cinema, archives and public screenings

LUX - regular event and archive updates from the leading archive and distributor of British Artists' Moving Image

ICA - Institute of Contemporary Art, London's leading art exhibitor