THE BFI FILM ACADEMY PARTICIPANT APPLICATION FORM 25/26
  • Please complete the following checklist to check whether you are eligible for the BFI Film Academy Course. You will need to check all the required questions below.

    CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 19 OCT 2025

  • THE BFI FILM ACADEMY PARTICIPANT APPLICATION FORM 25/26

  • Section 1: Applicant Information

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  • 2025- 2026 Course Dates

    Workshops at Minton Lane, North Shields, NE29 6DQ:

    Saturday 01/11/25, 10am-5pm

    Sunday 02/11/25, 10am-5pm

    Sunday 09/11/25, 10am-5pm

    Sunday 16/11/25, 10am-5pm

    Sunday 23/11/25, 10am-5pm

    Sunday 30/11/25, 10am-5pm

    Sunday 07/12/25, 10am-5pm

    Sunday 14/12/25, 10am-5pm

    Sunday 11/01/26, 10am-5pm

    Sunday 18/01/26, 10am-5pm

    Sunday 25/01/26, 10am-5pm

    Sharing event [location TBC]:

    Sunday 28/02/26, 12am-5pm

  • 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 the section to tell us why you’re the right candidate to be accepted on this course.

    We strongly encourage you to save your supporting statements in a word document and cut and paste them into the application form to avoid losing your work.

  • Section 3: Terms and Conditions

  • The BFI Film Academy will be delivered by the ACT 2 CAM. 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 BFI Film Academy course provider 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 the Film Academy course provider and the BFI 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

     

  • In order for you to be able to participate in the BFI Academy, ACT 2 CAM 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 to the BFI Academy Partner 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.

     

  • Data Protection

  • Alumni Opportunities

    The BFI and BFI Film Academy Partner would like to stay in touch and email you with news and information on events, courses and alumni opportunities which you may be interested in for example, Traineeship Programmes and Mentoring Schemes.
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  • Section 4: Equal opportunities monitoring form

  • The British Film Institute wishes 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

  • Ethnic Background

  • Socioeconomic Background

  • Disability

  • Thank you for completing this application form.

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