The Film & TV Educators Network is delighted to invite teachers of all screen subjects to our end-of-year event celebrating best practice in screen education. Whether you’re looking to exchange with like-minded educators or stay up-to-date with developments in the screen industries, join for a day of sharing best practice, industry updates and forward-planning.

Event programme:

• 10am: Breakfast, welcomes & networking

• 11am: Sharing best practice speed presentations

• 12.30pm: Lunch

• 1pm: Industry updates, including presentations from:

  • Jane Featherstone (Co-founder & CCO of SISTER, former Chief Executive of Kudos and Co-chairman of Shine UK)

  • Filming in England

  • BAFTA albert education partnership

  • a programmers & jurors panel including speakers from Fisheye Film Festival,  Walthamstow International Film Festival and Into Film (home of the annual Into Film Awards and Film of the Month competition for young people aged 19 and under)

• 3pm: Coffee break

• 3.30pm: Future planning session: your chance to shape the future of the Film & TV Educators’ Network

This event will take place in the Blue Room at BFI Southbank, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XT. It is free and open to all film & media educators. Light breakfast and lunch will be provided, and the day will be followed by networking drinks in the BFI bar.

please email hello@ftveducators.net if you would like to be added to the waiting list

After the success of our Production Accounting event last year, we're excited to bring back our Career Spotlight Panels series, specifically designed to help educators bridge the gap between industry and education. These free panel discussions highlight key roles in the UK screen industries facing skills shortages, providing invaluable insights for teachers looking to enrich their curriculum and guide students into in-demand careers.

VFX is a vital component of modern film and television production, and its processes can be highly labor-intensive. On large-scale projects, VFX departments often involve hundreds of skilled professionals. This panel will focus on the in-demand role of VFX Compositor.

Our panellists will include: Programme Lead for Film Production at Varndean College Philip Dyas; VFX Compositor Vish Patel, who has worked with leading studios including MPC, Framestore, Outpost and Pixomondo. Specialising in Film & TV, he has contributed to major productions such as The Little Mermaid, Loki: Season 2, Wonka, Knuckles, and the upcoming Doctor Who series; animation and VFX student and trainee Dolapo Okuboyejo.

• The structure of the VFX department in film & television, with a focus on the roles & responsibilities of the VFX Compositor

• Key skills aspiring VFX Compositors should develop, routes into the role, and how to support students interested in VFX careers

• Connections with film/media curricula to improve student productions and career prospects

The panel will take place online. Places are free, but reservations are essential.

This event is aimed at media/film educators and careers advisors, but may also be of interest to new entrants to the screen industries interested in VFX careers.

Cover Image Credit: Unlimited Motion via Unsplash

After the success of our Production Accounting event last year, we're excited to bring back our Career Spotlight Panels series, specifically designed to help educators bridge the gap between industry and education. These free panel discussions highlight key roles in the UK screen industries facing skills shortages, providing invaluable insights for teachers looking to enrich their curriculum and guide students into in-demand careers.

Post Production is a prominent stage of filmmaking, but this panel spotlights a lesser-known and sought-after member of the Editorial Department: the Assistant Editor. According to ScreenSkills’ annual report (May 2025), 13% of UK productions struggled to recruit in this department last year.

Our panellists will include Lisa Fischer (Senior Editor, Colourist and Co-Founder of Blue Fox Studio), Nigel G Honey (Editor, board member of British Film Editors, and Lead Trainer and CEO of Ability Academy—the UK's 1st accessible, affordable and inclusive film and TV editing academy), and Edit Assistant/Trainee Assistant Editor Keira Hay (who has worked on projects for Working Title, Metronome and Gold Dust Films). They will discuss:

• The structure of the Editorial department in film & television, with a focus on the roles & responsibilities of the Assistant Editor

• Key skills aspiring Assistant Editors should develop, routes into the role, and how to support students interested in Editing careers

• Connections with film/media curricula to improve student productions and career prospects

The panel will take place online. Places are free, but reservations are essential.

This event is aimed at media/film educators and careers advisors, but may also be of interest to new entrants to the screen industries interested in careers in post production.

Cover Image Credit: Jakob Owens via Unsplash

After the success of our Production Accounting event last year, we're excited to bring back our Career Spotlight Panels series, specifically designed to help educators bridge the gap between industry and education. These free panel discussions highlight key roles in the UK screen industries facing skills shortages, providing invaluable insights for teachers looking to enrich their curriculum and guide students into in-demand careers.

Setting is crucial to screen storytelling, and this session will shine a spotlight on the vital role of Location Manager. With nearly a third of UK productions last year struggling to find Location Managers (according to ScreenSkills’ annual report), don’t miss this opportunity to find our more about jobs in this crucial department for film & television production.

Our panellists will include Oliver Laurenson-Gore (Locations Manager and Founder of Location Routes; credits include HBO’s The Franchise and Paramount+’s The Burning Girls) Location Scout Tate Pollington (credits include Snow White, Slow Horses and 3 Body Problem) and Sabrina Logan (Media Studies Teacher at Bede’s Senior School; credits include Fargo Season 3 and Legion Season 1). They will discuss:

• The structure and responsibilities of the Locations department in film & television

• key skills aspiring Location Managers should develop, and how to help students acquire them

• How Location Management could be integrated into teaching to improve student productions and career prospects

The panel will take place online. Places are free, but reservations are essential.

This event is aimed at media/film educators and careers advisors, but may also be of interest to new entrants to the screen industries interested in careers in location management.

Cover Image Credit: Billy Freeman via Unsplash

We're delighted to launch a new series of virtual panel discussions around careers in the screen industries. These are aimed at educators and career advisors to provide the most up to date information on skills shortages/lesser-known careers to use in teaching & guide students. 

Our first panel discussion will take place online on Thursday 12 December, from 4.30 to 5.30pm, and focus on production accounting. According to research, production accounting has been a consistent area of skills shortage for the last few years, with nearly 40% of HETV productions struggling to recruit production accountants last year (ScreenSkills 2024, 14). 

We are bringing together a panel of industry professionals and educators headed by Financial Controller Jon Duncan, whose credits include TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, BRIDGET JONES' BABY, JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION and this month's biggest release, WICKED. Our panellists will discuss the responsibilities and skills required of production accountants, routes and trajectories in the accounts department, and ways this can be embedded in the curriculum.

Places are free but need to be booked in advance - the link will be circulated to ticket holders nearer the time.