Welcome filmmakers

As ever the Northern Film Network is working hard on your behalf searching for news and new opportunities for filmmakers in the north.

We report back all that we find through our weekly newsletter and blog, both of which are broken down into various categories including Call For Entries, Jobs, Training and Events.

To sign up to our Friday newsletter all you have to do is email info@northernfilmnetwork.com with the word ‘subscribe’ in the subject line.

And don’t forget to use our website to check out the competition, scope for collaborators and link to your own filmmaking projects in the Your Projects section. We can’t wait to hear what you’re up to.

NFN Podcast Interviews

NFN has commissioned Maria Gabriella of Little Star TV to make a series of podcast interviews with regional filmmakers and festivals.

We’ve kicked off the new year with an interview with script consultant Ric Michael. Click here to listen.

In December’s interview Richard Hughes and Jonathan Hall from Liverpool based Boss Films, who ran an NFN event earlier in the year, share their secrets, passions and filmmaking tips. Click here to listen.

Terrance Davies’ Of Time and the City is currently wowing cinema audiences around the country. In his NFN interview, Terrance talks of the film, his motivations and gives some good advice to all new filmmakers. Click here to listen.

The fifth Salford Film Festival stormed across Salford in November and we interviewed festival programmer Steve Balshaw. Click here to listen.

And we know that many of you can’t make it to our events, so October’s interview featured Kerry Kolbe, director of Signal Films based in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria who ran an event for NFN in September. Click here to listen.