• BFI FILM ACADEMY ANIMATION TRAINING COURSE APPLICATION FORM 2027

    BRISTOL (4th - 10th March 2027)

  • Calling the Shots will be delivering a free, residential animation training course in Bristol in 2027, in partnership with the BFI and Oscar winning Aardman Animations – the studio behind films such as Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep and Early Man. 

    You’ll get an introduction to the creative and technical processes involved in producing animated films before working together in teams to develop your own projects.

    You’ll explore every stage of the animation process, from story development and model making through to animation production and post-production, learning directly from leading industry professionals.

    During the course, you’ll have the opportunity to find out more about careers in animation, meeting professionals at different stages of their working lives, from animation students and model makers to BAFTA-winning animation directors.

    The course is open to young people aged 18–22 (and 23-25 year olds in receipt of an EHC Plan) from across the UK who are not currently in Higher Education with an interest in a career in animation. 

    No previous experience is necessary, but it is essential that you submit a portfolio of work as part of your application. (This could be course work, a short film, or any other creative work)

    We expect we will receive more applications than we have places on the course - if you do not submit a portfolio, your application is likely to be at a significant disadvantage.

    PLEASE NOTE: We CANNOT accept portfolios submitted via WeTransfer.


    We suggest that videos are uploaded to Youtube or Vimeo with permissions set to unlisted (so that anyone with a link can view). Please ensure permissions to GoogleDrive links are set so that anyone with a link can access.  

    When filling out the form, please use your own words rather than AI - we don't care about grammar or spelling errors, we're interested in you! 

    This form doesn't save automatically - so you might want to complete your questions in a word document until you're ready to submit the form. 

    APPLICATION DEADLINE: Wednesday 16th December 2026

    If you have any questions with regard to your application, please email charlotte@callingtheshots.co.uk

  • Please complete the form below to check your eligibility and apply to take part in the upcoming Film Academy Animation Training Course.

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

    All Film Academy Training Courses are free to attend. 

  • Section 1: Your Details

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

  • Financial Support

  • As part of our ongoing commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion the BFI Film Academy offers bursaries to support young people from lower socio-economic backgrounds to take part in our programmes.

    This year, in addition to our standard bursaries, we are pleased to offer a small number of fully funded Leverhulme places on each of our training courses for young people aged 18.

  • Please tick here if you feel that you would benefit from financial support to help you participate?

  • Please note: if you'd like to apply for a bursary, we'll send you a more detailed bursary application form once you've confirmed your place on the course. Your answer to this question will not affect the outcome of your application.

  • 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 below 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 or google document and cut and paste them into the application form to avoid losing your work.

  • Have you previously taken part in any Filmmaking clubs, such as:
  • Have you previously taken part in BFI Film Academy Course(s), such as:
  • Are you registered with your local Film Academy Hub?*
  • Are you currently:

  • Confirm Your Availability

  • Please complete the form below to check your eligibility and apply to take part in the upcoming Film Academy Animation Training Course.

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

    All Film Academy Training Courses are free to attend. 

     

    Training Course Dates:

    4th - 10th March 2027

  • Can you attend all of the course dates listed above?*

  • Section 3: Terms and Conditions

  • The BFI Film Academy will be delivered by the Training Course provider. 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 BFI 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.

  • Data Protection

  • In order for you to be able to participate in the BFI Film Academy, the Training Course 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 Training Course provider will be provided to the BFI.
    • The BFI will retain this information following your participation in the BFI Film Academy Training 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 Training Course Provider would like to email you with updates, news and information on events, courses and alumni opportunities which you may be interested in.
  • 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.

  • Age

  • Please confirm if you are 18 or over?

  • Gender

  • What is your gender? This is a trans inclusive form. The terms ‘woman’ and ‘man’ therefore include trans women and trans men.

  • Sexual Orientation

  • How would you describe your sexual orientation? (Please only answer this question if you are 18 years old or above)

  • Ethnic Background

  • Which option best describes your ethnic origin or background?

  • Socioeconomic Background

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

  • Disability

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

  • Thank you for completing this registration form.

    Please click submit and we will get back to you shortly

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