what we do
Screen Yorkshire is the regional screen agency for Yorkshire and Humber. Our mission is to inspire, promote and support the development of a successful film, TV, games and interactive media sector to grow the economic, social and cultural wealth of the region.Last Call for Games Invest 2010 Early Bird tickets!
UK games developers interested in attracting games investment only have until Monday 6th September to buy a special £35 Early Bird ticket (full price £50) to the Games Invest 2010 event at the Eurogamer Expo on October 1st in London.
THIS IS ENGLAND ‘86 - Channel4, from 7th September, 10pm
The long awaited sequel to Shane Meadows' BAFTA award winning film This Is England will screen on Channel 4 next month. This Is England '86 is produced by Sheffield's internationally renowned Warp Films. Screen Yorkshire backed the films through its Production Fund and supported Warp Films to crew up locally for the South Yorkshire shoot.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FROM WRITERS & PRODUCERS
We are seeking applications from writers and producers under two new RIFE funding priorities aimed at supporting the development of high-quality film and moving image media activity in the Yorkshire and Humber region: First Sparks and Spark Plus.
YORKSHIRE SHOOT FOR 'SOUTH RIDING'
Anna Maxwell Martin and David Morrissey (pictured) lead the cast in Andrew Davies's new three-part adaptation of South Riding, by Winifred Holtby, for BBC One. The production will shoot for a period of eight weeks from 2nd August across a range of urban and coastal locations in Yorkshire and Humber, including Bradford, Leeds, Harrogate and the East Coast.
THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT FOR YORKSHIRE FILMMAKERS
The Astronomer's Sun, a stunning animated short produced on Screen Yorkshire's Digital Shorts scheme, has beaten a strong shortlist of contenders to take the inaugural Northern Futures Award in the film category. Runners up Dominic LeClerc and Left Eye Blind, also hail from the region.
Yorkshire Film Archivenow online!
The fully interactive website features rare footage of Queen Victoria visiting Sheffield in 1897, the pioneering filmmakers of Bamforth and Company, our region's industrial powers of steel, textiles, farming and fishing, a royal visit from Charles and Diana to Leeds in 1982, home movies to the Yorkshire coast, wartime footage, the opening of the North York Moors Railway in 1973 (pictured) and more recent films including the Castleford Tigers Wembley dream from 1999.
YFA online is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, with the continued support of Yorkshire Forward and Screen Yorkshire, who have been central in developing and highlighting innovative ways of using archive footage for audiences across the region.
