• BFI FILM ACADEMY NORTH EAST HUB INTRODUCTORY COURSE APPLICATION FORM 2026/2027

    Course Location is Redhills Miners Hall in Durham. Course Dates for 2026/2027 are as follows: Mon 26th, Tues 27th & Wed 28th October, Sat 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th November, Sat 5th & 12th December and Sat 9th January.
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  • Deadline for Applications: Wednesday 14th October 2026 - 5pm

    Successful applicants will be contacted via email and a confirmation phone call, we suggest you add the Jack Drum Arts mobile number (07731156506) to your contacts so you know when you are being called regarding your application. If you have any queries about your application, please email bfi@jackdrum.co.uk.

  • Please complete the form below to check your eligibility and apply to take part in our upcoming Film Academy Hub Introductory Course in Durham.

    You'll need to fill in all required fields before submitting your form. 

    All Film Academy Hub Introductory Courses are free for Hub Members to attend. If you haven't registered with your local Hub yet, don't worry – you'll have the opportunity to join after. We look forward to welcoming you!

  • Section 1: Your Details

  • Date of Birth*
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  • How did you learn about the BFI Film Academy?

  • BFI Academy Short Course Dates for 2026-2027:

    Session Times: 10am-5pm

    Location: Redhills, Durham - This is subject to change during film shoot days. 

    October – Pre-Production

    Monday 26th October 
    Tuesday 27th October 
    Wednesday 28th October
    Saturday 7th November


    November – Film Shoot Days

    Saturday 14th November
    Saturday 21st November
    Saturday 28th November


    December – Post-Production

    Saturday 5th December
    Saturday 12th December


    January – Post-Production

    Saturday 9th January

     

     

  • Can you attend all the dates listed above?*

  • 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.

     

     

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  • Section 3: Terms and Conditions

  • In order for you to be able to participate in the BFI Film Academy, the Hub provider needs to be able to process your personal data as part of the application processes.

    • Part or all of the information you give to your BFI Film Academy course provider and BFI Film Academy Hub will be provided to the BFI.
    • The BFI will retain this information following your participation in the BFI Film Academy Introductory Course for statistical purposes only, unless otherwise agreed.
    • The BFI may share your name and contact details with an external company who helps evaluate the BFI Film Academy.
    • They may contact you to invite you to participate in a survey evaluating
      the programme

  • Data Protection

  • In order for you to be able to participate in the BFI Film Academy, the Hub provider needs to be able to process your personal data as part of the application processes.

    • Part or all of the information you give to your BFI Film Academy course provider and BFI Film Academy Hub will be provided to the BFI.
    • The BFI will retain this information following your participation in the BFI Film Academy Introductory Course for statistical purposes only, unless otherwise agreed.
    • The BFI may share your name and contact details with an external company who helps evaluate the BFI Film Academy.
    • They may contact you to invite you to participate in a survey evaluating
      the programme

     

  • 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
  • If you would like to receive these updates please tick YES here.
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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

  • What best describes your gender?

  • Ethnic Background

  • Which option best describes your ethnic origin or background?

  • Disability

  • Do you relate to any of these statements? (You can choose more than one)

  • Socioeconomic Background

  • Have you ever been in care? That is, looked after by the state.
  • Preferred Pronouns
  • Are you currently:
  • Have you ever been eligible for, or received, free school meals?
  • What was the occupation of your main household earner when you were aged about 14?

  • Age

  • Please confirm if your 18 or over?

  • Sexual Orientation

  • How would you describe your sexual orientation?
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  • Thank you for completing this application form.

    Please click submit and we will get back to you shortly

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