2. ~About the Festival
■ “The aim of the festival is to promote and celebrate the work of young people
locally and nationally that can be shared and enjoyed by their peers and the
local community. Bridgwater College’s Film and Music festival will give artists
and audiences the chance to enjoy output from fresh creative voices keen to
become involved in the creative industries.”
■ The festival is a two-day event that which includes screenings of film
competition submissions, from Bridgwater College students and industry
professionals.
■ Talks, panels and debates will be held involving filmmakers – both profession
and perusing a career in the industry
■ The festival also collects short film submissions from young people attending
local schools and colleges, but also from aspiring filmmakers from across the
globe to promote their abilities & names to the public.
3. ~Schedules (2016)
Main Auditorium Foyer/Dance Studio
11 am – 12 pm Film Screenings Music Technology Exhibition on iPad stands
12 pm – 1 pm Film Screenings Music Technology Exhibition on iPad stands
1 pm – 2 pm Film Screenings Music Technology Exhibition on iPad stands
2 pm – 2.30 pm
· Bath Film Festival
Film and Music
Screening· Inc shortlisted
competition winner
Music Technology Exhibition on iPad stands
2.40 pm – 4.00 pm
· Rural Youth and Music
· Creating Music for Film
Music Technology Exhibition on iPad stands
4 pm – 5 pm
· Harriet Hoare Film
Producer talk
‘Balls, Barriers and
Bulldozers’
· Surviving in a freelance
world
Music Technology Exhibition on iPad stands
5 pm – 6 pm
· Film
Screening
-‐
Balls, Barriers and Bulldozers
Music Technology Exhibition on iPad stands
6 pm – 7.30 pm
· Screening
THE ENDLESS WINTER; A
VERY BRITISH SURF
MOVIE
introduced by Deb
Richardson
7.30 pm – 8.30 pm · Film Screenings Music Technology Exhibition
Main Auditorium
Foyer
11 am – 12.30 pm
· Screening
-‐
Film National Schools Partnership
‘He Named me Malala’
iPad stands
1 pm – 2 pm
· Film
Screenings
iPad stands
2 pm – 3 pm
· Film Screenings
· Glastonbury Film Challenge
-‐
Phil
Smith
iPad stands
3 pm – 4 pm · Max – BFI Screening event iPad stands
4 pm – 5 pm
· Panel Discussion – Phil
Shepherd
· Film National Schools
Partnership
‘He Named me Malala’
iPad stands
5 pm – 6 pm · Awards Ceremony iPad stands
6 pm – 9.30 pm
· Wrap party inc. DJ
performances
and bands
■ The previous event
(April 2016) provided
many screening
opportunity for the
submitted (short) films,
that were open to the
public.
■ This accessibility and
publicity of the event
helped promote these
shorts to the local area
and attendees –
providing some of the
production names
various opportunities
and recognition for their
pieces.
4. ~Attendees
■ I personally attended the event in 2016, and found students were quite frequently wandering the
area, showing real interest in the submitted pieces.
■ The festival is also supported by two companies: Engine Room/Somerset Film, and Somerset Rural
Youth Project. These two businesses look out for any upcoming talent in festivals such as this so it is
important to recognise that some of their team may have been present on the day to look for
potential.
■ Also, the various producers/teams who worked on submitted films also attended the event, and if not
the award evening following the 2 day festival.
