Watersprite Hubs 2024

Watersprite Hubs is a new addition to our 2024 festival. Hubs offers a day of free training for emerging filmmakers from the UK who are searching for the next steps in their film careers.

On Friday 1st March 2024, we will welcome our first cohort of filmmakers across 6 strands: Documentary Filmmaking, Producing, Writing, Editing, Production Design, and Cinematography.

Interested in getting involved? Please email us at: hubs@watersprite.org.uk

Here’s just a taster of some of our incredible industry workshop leaders:

Anne Morrison (BAFTA, Grierson and RTS Award Winning Executive Producer), Brian Woods (Multi-BAFTA Award Winning Documentary Filmmaker), Nick Read (BAFTA & EMMY Nominated Filmmaker), Helen Simmons (BIFA Longlisted Producer and Writer), Christina Moore (EMMY Award Winning & BAFTA Nominated Art Director and Production Designer), Film4, Loop Talent Agency, Union VFX, Salon Rentals, Kingdom Creative… and more to be announced!

who can

apply?

We are committed to finding the most exciting emerging filmmakers from across the UK to be a part of our first cohort of Watersprite Hubs! In order to be eligible to apply you must:

  • Be aged between 18 - 30

  • Be based within the UK

We realise that the rigidity of age limitations can be restricting to those who are in most need of training opportunities. Therefore, you will also be eligible to apply for Watersprite Hubs if you have had to delay your entry into, or take time out from, the film industry due to any of these exemption categories:

  • Disability (incl. Neurodiversity)

  • Maternity/Childcare responsibilities

  • Chronic Illness

  • Caring Responsibilities

  • Racial Discrimination

  • Low Income/Working Class Background

  • Being a student of any age based within the UK

HOW TO

APPLY?

In order to apply for Watersprite Hubs, you will need to fill in our application form by:

23:59 pm GMT on 15th

December 2023

The form will include:

  1. Personal Statement (max. 450 words or 4 minute video)

  2. Copy of your current CV

  3. Link to any work you would like us to look at when considering your application (for writers, upload 10 pages of original screenplay)*

  4. Eligibility Questionnaire

  5. Equality Monitoring Questionnaire

*Please find guidelines for submitting your work and screenplays here.