• Welcome and thank you for your interest in the Birmingham BFI Film Academy. Lets get started .. we ask to complete this form to see if you are eligable to apply and find out more about you and your interests.  Dont worry if you dont have loads of experience ... we're looking for potential and committment.

    The Deadline to submit is 1 October NB EXTENDED TO TUES 6 OCT
    If you need help completeing this form or would like it as hard copy just contact Janette : janette@thecompanyltd.co.uk and we can support you.

    Please complete the following checklist to check whether you are eligible for the Film Academy Course. You will need to check all the required questions below.

  • THE FILM ACADEMY PARTICIPANT APPLICATION FORM 2020

  • BFI Academy students filming 2019
  • Section 1: Applicant Information

  •  -  - Pick a Date
  • 2020- 2021 Course Dates 
    6 Days during Oct - Nov
    through a mixture of online sessions, small group work, 1-2-1 mentoring. Some dates may be flexible to fit availablity for small film crew work.  

    Key dates :
    Sunday 18 Oct 
    Half Term 26th-30th Oct (3 days during week depending on Film Crew Teams)
    Sundays 15 & 22 November
    Screening Date December tbc (COVID restrictions)

  • Section 2: Supporting Statement

  • Please note it is likely there will be more applications than places and applicants will be selected based on their responses and material submitted through this application form.

    Please use this section to tell us why you’re the right person to be accepted on this course. Tell us about your interests in film as a maker or viewer, your experience in film, visual arts, acting or writing. We love to see any examples too.

    We strongly encourage you to save your supporting statements in a word processor and cut and paste them into the application form to avoid any loss of work, should you lose your internet connection. Remember if you need any support to complete let us know well in advance of the deadline 1 October.

     


  • Section 3: Terms and Conditions

  • The BFI Film Academy will be provided by The Company Ltd. Your submission of this form to us will constitute your confirmation of the following declaration:

    • I hereby confirm that the information I have given in this application is true and correct
    • I confirm my availability for the BFI Film Academy as per the dates given above
    • I agree that the The Company Ltd and/or the BFI may, for administrative purposes only, make copies of any material submitted in support of my application.
    • By submitting this form, I understand that BFI Future Film and the BFI and The Company Ltd will store and process my data as described below in accordance with professional standards and data protection legislation.
    • If under 18 I confirm that my parent or guardian has given me permission to apply to the BFI Film Academy
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  • Data Protection

  • In order for you to be able to participate in the BFI Academy, The Company Ltd needs to be able to process your personal data as part of the applications, registration, learning support, and awards processes.

    • Part or all of the information you give BFI Academy Partner - The Company Ltd - will be provided to the BFI.
    • The BFI will retain this information following your participation in the Film Academy for statistical purposes only, unless otherwise agreed.
    • The BFI may share your name and contact details with a company who helps evaluate the BFI Film Academy. They may contact you to invite you to participate in a survey evaluating the course.
    • The BFI and BFI Academy Partner - The Company Ltd -  would like to stay in touch and email you with news and information on events, courses and training opportunities which the BFI and BFI Academy Partner - The Compan Ltd - thinks you may be interested in (for example, nearby events or courses in your area of interest).
       
  • Section 4: Diversity and Inclusion monitoring form

  • The British Film Institute wish to ensure that all aspects of our work reflect diversity and support equality of opportunity. Therefore, we would like to take this opportunity to ask you to complete an equality monitoring form.

    This monitoring information helps us to identify where there are gaps in our recruitment so that we can work to attract talented people from these groups and areas. It also helps us to ensure that there is no discrimination.

    Your cooperation in completing this form is greatly appreciated.

    Any information you provide us with will be processed separately to your application to the BFI Film Academy and used for equalities monitoring purposes only.  We use this information to produce anonymised statistical data on equalities, which we may publish and share with the government departments providing our funding.   

    Please note you will need to return this form as part of your application, providing any of the information requested is optional.

  • Gender

  • Ethnicity

  • Disability: The Equal Act 2010

    The Equality Act 2010 defines disability as a 'physical or mental impairment which has a substantial long term effect on a person's ability to carry out normal day to day activities'
  • Socioeconomic Background

  • Thank you for completing this application form.

    Please click submit and we will get back to you shortly

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