Welcome to Screen Alliance Wales June Newsletter:

After another busy month here at SAW, we are pleased to bring you another round up of all our news and updates.

Firstly, if you haven’t done so already, we would like to encourage you to create a profile on our website (here). This is an incredible place to showcase any credits, skills, and links to previous work. It also keeps you up to date with all vacancies that we advertise and automatically signs you up to our newsletter. If you already have an account on our directory, do make sure to keep all your details updated with you most up to date information.

Vacancies:

As always, we would like to start off by highlighting all the opportunities that are currently available over on our vacancies page. This is regularly updated, so make sure to keep checking the page on our website here. With more roles available before, now is such a great time to explore the varied roles that are on offer to join the booming Film and TV industry in Wales.

The following vacancies are available on our website:

Black Lab Films Ltd are advertising Various Production Roles

Bad Wolf is seeking a Part Time Finance Assistant

Bang Post Production is seeking an Assistant Mixer

Boom Cymru is seeking an Assistant Producer (Welsh Language)

Sparks Film School are seeking

- Freelance Workshop Assistant

- Freelance Workshop Leader

Sgil Cymru are seeking Mentor (One Stop Shop)

Facilities by ADF are seeking a Sustainability Officer

Sponsors and Supporters:

The work we carry out is only made possible by the fantastic contributions from our wonderful Sponsors and Supporters. Here’s what they have been up to this month...

Bad Wolf:

Bad Wolf were delighted to announce that they’ve been nominated for ‘Production Company of the Year’ at The Edinburgh TV Festival! Congratulations to all the team on their hard work!

The brand-new trailer for ‘The Lady in the Lake’ dropped this month, written by Alma Har’el and starring Natalie Portman for Apple TV! Produced by Bad Wolf America with Crazyrose and Fifth Season- make sure to check out the trailer here.

Facilities by ADF:

Facilities by ADF is pleased to announce we’re partnering with The Budgeters a new budgeting service for #Film & #TV. The Budgeters is a freelance collective of Heads of Productions, Production Executives and Line Producers, collectively with hundreds of years’ experience and thousands of hours of Film & TV production under their belts. They can budget any format, any genre, any country.

Whether you’re an Executive Producer and need help with the budget and scheduling elements of your next development project or pitch, or you’re a busy HOP and don’t have the time or headspace to do your next budget, The Budgeters can help.

All the budgets they produce will exclusively feature ADF facilities quotes, with a special ADF rate card provided for clients of The Budgeters.

Check out their website for more information: https://www.thebudgeters.co.uk/

Ysgol Pen y Bryn:

This term Film Skills have been creating an amazing adventure set in the Star Wars universe, as our Key Stage 3 learners take centre stage for their latest project. The learners have taken part in creating props and sets, along with acting in the exciting project.

Film Skills have also started their outreach programme, working with our first school Swiss Valley Primary school in Llanelli. The fantastic year 5 group have been learning all about film making, and have worked hard throughout the term to create their first original Film Skills project called 'The Mystery Box'.

The schools are collaborating on a joint launch that will be taking place on Thursday 11th July at a special private screening at the Odeon Cinema Swansea.

Real SFX:

Inspiring the Next Generation: Gatsby Project and Careers Events

As part of our ongoing commitment to inspire the next generation and in collaboration with the Gatsby Project and UK Technicians, we've had an incredibly busy few weeks. We recently participated in the Big Bang Fair at the NEC in Birmingham – our largest careers event to date, which saw over 40,000 school children attending over three days. Following this, we attended the Inspiring the Black Country careers event, where our team conducted live demonstrations and provided career advice within the world of SFX.

Next up, we have a very exciting event with SAW, which is another fantastic opportunity to engage with and inspire the next generation. More details on this will follow soon!

Growing Our KIT4CREW Inventory

Our KIT4CREW stock inventory continues to grow, and we encourage everyone to participate and support this initiative. Despite a slowdown in work, we’ve seen an increase in requests for items due to the cost of living crisis. Your support is crucial – whether through donations at one of our many KIT4CREW bins located at BBC Roathlock, Wolf Studios, Dragon Studios, SGIL Cymru, 4Wood, and the Bottleyard Studios in Bristol. If you don’t work at any of these sites, you can also donate at Real SFX HQ.

Or if you need support and would like to request items, please reach out to us at [email protected]. We’re here to help!

Commitment to Sustainability: Green Real SFX

Sustainability remains a high priority for us. We have recently partnered with Picture Zero to enhance our Green Real SFX initiative. We are constantly exploring innovative ways to become more environmentally friendly, including our involvement with Ecologi, integrated through our Xero accounting system, allows us to calculate our carbon footprint and emissions accurately; plus we have also begun the process of Carbon Mitigation.

Stay tuned for more updates on our green initiatives and how we are working towards a more sustainable future.

Cardiff Commitment:

Learners at St Joe's Primary School, Ysgol Glan Ceubal and Ysgol Glantaf's ASD Unit all created films with local film makers as part of an initiative between The Curriculum Team, youth Service and Unify Creative. All films were shown in celebration of the community and to draw out ideas from the local community on how they would like to represent their community. Buffoon Media and Into Film will work with the ASD Unit at Glantaf to create new resources on film-making in an ALN setting - allowing learners of all abilities a gateway into film-making.

Engaging the Community

The event saw over 200 local learners and community members visiting the exhibition, which served as both a celebration of the young people's work and an opportunity to hear from the community about what they would like the upcoming mural to represent. The feedback gathered during this consultation will be invaluable in shaping the final design of the mural.

About the Unify Gabalfa Interchange Project

The Unify Gabalfa Interchange Project aims to transform the Gabalfa Interchange underpass into a vibrant, safe space that fosters civic pride through art. The project engages local schools, residents, and stakeholders in a creative journey to explore, respond, and create, culminating in a mural that embodies the community spirit of Gabalfa.

Siop Un Stop – One Stop Shop: Clwstwr Sgiliau BFI i Gymru, yn chwilio am Fentor:

Mae Sgil Cymru yn chwilio am Fentor Abennigol i weithio ar brosiect newydd a chyffrous. Gweler manylion y prosiect yma

Mae’r swydd hon yn un llawn amser a gall fod ar delerau llawrydd neu fel aelod o staff ar PAYE. Yn ddibynnol ar hyn, telir rhwng £30,000 a £35,000 y flwyddyn. Gall y swydd hon ddechrau mor fuan ag y bod modd, a bydd y cytundeb hwn yn parhau hyd y 31ain o Fawrth 2026.

Am sgwrs cyn ymgeisio, neu i ymgeisio, cysylltwch a [email protected] gan gynnwys eich CV cyfredol.

Siop Un Stop – One Stop Shop: BFI Skills Cluster for Wales, is looking for a Mentor:

Sgil Cymru is looking for a Specialist Mentor to work on a new and exciting project.

Please see details of the project here.

This job is offered on a full-time basis and may be on freelance terms or as a member of staff on PAYE. Dependent on this, the salary will be between £30,000 and £35,000 per year. This job can start as soon as possible, and the contract will run until the 31st of March 2026.

For a conversation before you apply, or to apply for the job, please contact [email protected] attaching your current CV.

The Wolf Pack head to London: A pleasure for team SAW to have been invited down to Sony Pictures Entertainment Head Office alongside the Wolf Pack to celebrate Sony’s ‘Creative Diversity Fund’ at their Summer Social. A brilliant event celebrating the work that Sony Pictures Entertainment have supported across the UK and globally. They were invited along with members of our Wolf Pack, a Sony and Bad Wolf funded scheme. Managing Director of SAW Allison Dowzell gave a speech on some of the incredible achievements that SAW has done across the past year, alongside Sony and Bad Wolf, and with the continued support of our sponsors and partners to increase diversity across our industry. Thank you to Sony and the team for a wonderful event!

Cardiff West Community High School Awards:

Congratulations to the students and staff at Cardiff West Community High School on a year of outstanding work, a brilliant afternoon of celebrating the success and achievements of the students.

We were pleased to be invited as the sponsor and host of the ‘Expressive Arts’ award.

Refugee Week at Oasis Cardiff:

Refugee week took place this month, and we were pleased to sponsor Oasis Cardiff for Refugee Week.

The week celebrates Refugee across the UK through arts programmes, cultural and education events and activities that celebrates the contribution of refugees to the UK and promotes better understanding of why people seek sanctuary.

They began the week with a special screening of ‘Io Capitano’ a story of two teenagers embarking on their journey from West Africa to Italy and the hardship and challenges they faced.

A big thank you to the team at Oasis for inviting us down to be a part of this special week.

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