Yorkshire Film Festivals 2008
Festival dates will be updated as they are announced throughout the calendar year. If you would like to submit something to this page, please email: rachel@screenyorkshire.co.uk
Sheffield Adventure Film Forum: February 29th - 2nd March
http://www.shaff.co.uk/
Bradford International Film Festival: February 29 - March 15
www.bradfordfilmfestival.org.uk
Leeds Young People's Film Festival: 27th March - 4th April
www.leedsfilm.com
Sensoria Festival: 12th - 18th April
www.sensoria.org.uk
Hull International Short Film Festival: 15th - 20th April
www.hullfilm.co.uk
Lovebytes, Digital Art in Sheffield: 9th - 10th May
www.lovebytes.org.uk
Evolution: Lumen's Annual Programme of Film, Sound & Visual Art: 23rd - 24th May
www.lumen.org.uk
Showcomotion: 26th June - 10th July
www.showcomotion.org.uk
Bite The Mango Film Festival, Bradford: 19th – 25th September
www.bitethemango.org.uk
Co-operative Young Film-Makers Festival: 9th - 10th October
www.youngfilm-makers.coop
Sheffield Doc/Fest: 5th - 9th November
www.sheffdocfest.com
Leeds International Film Festival: 5th - 16th November
www.leedsfilm.com
Bradford Animation Festival: 12th - 15th November
www.baf.org.uk
Meniscus Film Festival: Date TBC
www.meniscusfilms.com
Case StudyBBC Innovation Labs
In the past two years Screen Yorkshire partnered with the BBC to be one of the first regions to pilot the BBC's Innovation Labs, a series of events bringing together BBC Commissioners and regional digital
media companies to develop and commission innovative new products and services for the BBC.
Interactive media companies from Yorkshire are invited to pitch ideas in response to a series of briefs from commissioners across the BBC. Ten companies are then invited to a week long residential Innovation Lab, working with BBC developers and other industry experts to develop their ideas into concept prototypes.
The Labs conclude with an opportunity for the prototypes to be pitched to BBC commissioners, who are then offered further development commissions for the best ideas at each Lab.
In 2006/07 Sheffield-based interactive media company DESQ, took part in Innovations Labs. David Squire, Managing Director said: "To have the luxury of time out of the office to develop creative ideas with BBC developers was of great benefit to our business. Understanding what commissioners are looking for and making those contacts is incredibly valuable and I'm grateful to Screen Yorkshire for bringing Innovation Labs to the region."
