The lab will be led by Kate Cook & Jayne Chard; South West based producers who have years of experience in the field and have worked with critically acclaimed filmmakers.

WHO CAN APPLY

Applicants must be based in the South West (BFI Regional Film Hubs map), be aged over 18 and not in full time education.

Ideally applicants would apply to the scheme with a short film project they are looking to develop, but this is not essential. The assumption is that participants will be new to producing or looking to cross over from another discipline. The Labs will be primarily looking at narrative work, rather than documentary.

Please note this lab is only open to producers and is not suitable for directors or writers.

The lab is completely free to attend, you will need a laptop, mobile or hand-held device with a good internet connection.

BFI NETWORK are more than happy to provide additional access support to filmmakers wishing to attend. If you have any specific needs, for example require a BSL interpreter, please contact us in advance of the event and we will endeavour to arrange this for you. If you have any questions in regard to access requirements, please email us on bfinetwork@watershed.co.uk

HOW TO APPLY

**Applications are now closed**

If you would like the application form in any other format, then please contact us via email on bfinetwork@watershed.co.uk

Kate has worked in production for the past 20-years, alongside an array of critically acclaimed Filmmakers. She has produced cutting edge stories from the multi-award winning BBC musical drama Glasgow Girls (Scottish BAFTA/RTS/Broadcast/CIVIS Media Prize) featuring Gary Lewis and an ensemble cast of young actors, to the political thriller Julius Caesar directed by Gregory Doran of the RSC.

In 2014 she saw the theatrical release of her first feature Leave to Remain – a coming of age drama about the lives of teenagers seeking asylum in the UK, featuring Toby Jones and a soundtrack by the multi-award winning band Alt-J.

Her most recent work includes RTS West winning The Interrogation of Tony Martin, played by Steve Pemberton, Unspeakable– starring Indira Varma and Luke Treadaway, Broadcast nominated thriller The Watchman starring Stephen Graham and The Cure for Channel 4 – the inspirational true story of Julie Bailey, an mother who exposed one of the worst scandals in the history of the NHS.

She runs Bristol based Indefinite Films with Film maker Bruce Goodison.

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Jayne started her professional career as a theatre director before moving over to television where she produced and directed documentaries for BBC, ITV and Channel Four before moving into drama series directing and then to producing television drama and feature films. Two Heads Creek is Jayne’s latest feature film shot in Australia and the UK, directed by Jesse O’Brien. B&B (2017), starring Tom Bateman (Murder On The Orient Express), Sean Teale (Gifted) and Paul McGann, (Dr Who), written and directed by Joe Ahearne (Trance, The Replacement) won ten awards including Best LGBT Thriller at the London Independent Film Festival (2017). In 2015 Jayne produced Dartmoor Killing which won Best Thriller at the 2016 National Film Awards and also Best Premier (Under 99 screens) at the 2016 Screen Awards.

Jayne has produced a number of shorts including I’ll Tell You by Writer/Director BAFTA winner Rachel Tillotson which won the Best of The West at the 2011 Encounters Festival.

Jayne is developing a slate of genre features and television series.

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