Newcastle Film Club

We've done it!!! We've just passed our goal on our Spacehive crowdfunding campaign thanks to the help of over 60+ backers! Our project will now be able to go ahead and that means an upgrade and expansion of our kit library so that we can accommodate more people to use industry standard film equipment in order to share their culture, experiences and stories. We currently do not have club video cameras that people can request to use or club computers that people can use to edit their film together, but we will very soon now thanks to this project! There's still a few hours left to donate as we're now in our over funding stage which means any more money raised will go to extra parts of this project. Learn more and donate with link in comments!

2 days to go for our Spacehive campaign! Will you help support more workshops like this? We only need £1088 more! We're posting a look at a previous workshop we ran with Caviar Studios which was all about lights. As you can see, our members get hands on experience with kit and if you donate to our crowdfunder today, you can help make more of these workshops happen!! Please share our project to your stories, to your personal pages, anywhere and everywhere please share and let people know why you're sharing. We're all about helping filmmakers in our region get access to the kit and hands on skills they need in order to make the things they want to make. The North East Combined Authority has pledged along with 40+ others to help get our project launched, will you join us? Donate with link now - https://lnkd.in/dKiSwCpv

Tonight our 2023 NFC official short film "Nails" premieres at Sunderland Shorts Film Festival and we're so excited! Tickets for the day have already sold out but we hopefully will be announcing more festivals screening it soon! Nails had over 70 volunteers work on this community film which is a female led action comedy short!

We are FINALLY able to share the good news! We are now 88% of the way to our goal for our community filmmaking kit library! But how did we go from 11% to 88%?! Well, we were able to submit our project idea to the Crowdfund North of Tyne Fund* from North of Tyne Combined Authority They're working with Spacehive to help fund project groups that do at least one of the following:  😀 bring people together in new ways 🧠 support people’s wellbeing and mental health - especially outdoors 💡 inspire creativity and opportunity for all – including promoting lifelong learning We think we tick all of the boxes and they agreed! So they've pledged £9,958 to our project, which is 75% of our target!! Sending a big thank you to North of Tyne Combined Authority (which will soon be called North East Combined Authority). Now let's get our project to 100% - please check out our project and donate to help us get past the finish line! *Investment from the Crowdfund North of Tyne’s Main Fund is part-funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills.

Our team have been working incredibly hard to put together a campaign over on Spacehive that will benefit our little group and help the club grow! Specifically we look to bring in more equipment for members to access, editing stations and workshops on how to make films to share your stories! Please head over to the link below so you can check out what we are hoping to offer and consider pledging! Watch this space for more info. https://lnkd.in/dKiSwCpv

Last week members of our club not only spoke on BBC Radio Newcastle but we also received a lovely article written on BBC News website that was released over the weekend. It talks about our 2022 project 'The Island' and looked forward to our 2023 production 'Nails' which is currently in post production! Check out the article with the link in the first comment!

We're helping to promote & host a workshop in partnership with Netflix & National Youth Theatre theatre! Join us on Saturday, February 10th from 1-4pm Flamingo Heights Podcast Studio for this FREE practical 'Intro to Production - Theatre, TV & Film' workshop for 15-25 year olds (*up to 30 if learning disabled, care experienced and/or neurodivergent) you'll discover - How TV, Film & Theatre is made - Meet and work with like-minded people aiming to work in TV, Film or Theatre - Learn from industry professionals across the sector The workshops will introduce key job roles in TV, Film and Theatre production, giving an exclusive insight into creative careers and progression routes behind-the-scenes. Book your FREE ticket with the link in the comment or share this post with a young person who'd be interested in taking part!

We hope you're having a wonderful Holiday Season! Popping into your feed to share that our 2022 Official Short Film 'The Island' will be making its online debut tomorrow at 5pm GMT! 'The Island' follows a man who has to learn survival skills to cope on an island, but not everything is as it seems. This film was made with 40 volunteers from around the North East and a budget of £1000. We're excited to share it with you over on our YouTube Channel! Get notified and watch here - https://lnkd.in/eRSGsCmF

Last night NFC members Dennis Hewitt Rebecca Romeo Pitone and our Founder & President Samantha Castro attended the makers & shakers Awards in London! NFC was a finalist in the "Initiative to Grow Local Industry" category and although we didn't win, to have been nominated alongside the other amazing organisations from around the world was an honour. Special shout out to the other Newcastle finalist and Highly Recommended initiative The Church Post House We are incredibly grateful to every single member who has come through our club in the past year and to have the work we do be internationally recognised is a huge achievement. Thank you to North East Screen for first sharing about the Makers and Shakers award. And thanks to Lisa Laws for presenting the category award last night and catching up with us briefly! We are excited for what 2024 will look like for the region!! #filminnewcastle #newcastlefilmclub #filmmakers #northeastfilm #filmclub #makershakers23 #makershakersawards #localfilm #grassrootsfilmmaking