Welcome to Screen Alliance Wales March 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: Good Gate Media are seeking a Post Production Coordinator Crew HQ are seeking Trainees Sparks Arts – Cardiff West is seeking Freelance Workshop Assistant

Bad Wolf: The highly anticipated trailer for Season 2 of Doctor Who landed this month, and it’s out of this world! Varada Sethu joins Ncuti Gatwa on his travels through time and space. Season 2 returns on 12th April 2025 on BBC One and Disney+. A big month for Bad Wolf and the team at Industry as they won the ‘Best Series’ award at this year’s RTS Awards 2025. As well as that, Bad Wolf were given the ‘Business Award’ at the St Davids Awards. Congratulations all! Join Jane and author Janice Hadlow and screenwriter Sarah Quintrell of ‘The Other Bennet Sister’, at this year’s Hay Festival for the ‘Adapting Austen: The Other Bennet Siter’, join as they discuss the challenges of adapting and reinterpreting Austen for modern audiences.

Real SFX: Carmela conquers the LET’S GOA Rickshaw Rally We are beyond proud of our fearless Company Director Carmela Carrubba, and the unstoppable Sisterhood Rickshaw Rally team for taking on one of the most intense challenges imaginable - a 1,000km rickshaw journey across India in just six days! This was no ordinary road trip. Carmela and her team braved chaotic, high-risk roads in blistering heat, with countless breakdowns and gruelling 10 hour a day drives day after day. It was physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausting, but she never gave up. Speaking after the challenge, Carmela said: "It was one of the most challenging things I’ve ever faced. Blood, sweat, and tears were all part of the journey, I thought I was prepared, but nothing could have prepared me for just how dangerous the roads in India are - every day felt like a test of survival. But after visiting some of the schools we were raising funds for, I knew without a doubt it was all worth it.” The team have raised an incredible £130,000, and these life-changing funds will go directly toward building weatherproof schools so children have a safe place to learn, providing essential job training to help women gain independence and delivering critical medical care to those who need it most. You can still support this incredible cause here.

KIT4CREW – Supporting sustainability in the industry Our KIT4CREW initiative continues to make a real difference - providing essential workwear to crew members while championing sustainability across the industry. We were recently featured in The Knowledge, which has sparked a huge wave of interest across the UK! As a result, we will now have KIT4CREW bins in major studios, including Leavesden, Shepperton, Bovingdon, Pinewood, and across six productions. If you are a Sustainability Coordinator or working on a production and would like to get involved please reach out to us [email protected]. Or if you are looking for items or have kit to donate - get in touch today. We have bins in all major locations around South Wales, including Bad Wolf studios, BBC Roathlock, Great Point Studios, Dragon Studios, and Severn Screen. We remain committed to crew welfare and reducing waste, and we welcome all contributions that help strengthen this initiative. New film releases - Last Breath and Havoc The wait is over - Last Breath has officially hit UK screens! Starring Woody Harrelson and Finn Cole, this gripping true-story thriller takes audiences on an intense deep-sea journey. Behind the scenes, our team pulled off one of our most ambitious builds yet- constructing one of the world’s largest rockers and designing the iconic diving bell to recreate a breathtaking underwater experience in Malta. You can check out our exclusive behind-the-scenes content on our socials. And if that wasn’t enough… the countdown is on for the long-awaited release of Netflix’s Havoc! This high-octane, adrenaline-fueled action epic is set to hit screens on April 25th, and we can’t wait for you to see it. Filmed in Cardiff, it showcases our intense, hard-hitting SFX work.

Panalux: 🎉 Hey everyone, news from Panavision & Panalux Cardiff! 🎉 We’ve just spruced up our reception area! Whether you’re here to chat about projects, shop in our Panastore or just saying hi, swing by to see the new space and browse our latest merch. We’d love to catch up with you!

BAFTA Cymru: Curious about live broadcasting? Don’t miss out on this bilingual session at BAFTA Guru Live Cymru THIS WEEK. Join Carys Owen (Whisper), Geraint Lewis (Slam Media) and Ffion Connick (Tinopolis Cymru) at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff on April 3. Tickets - https://tr.ee/i6LaPHCUpq Dreaming of making your first feature film? Director/Writer Joshua Trigg and Writer Jess O’Kane join us on April 3 at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff to talk about their journeys and how you can get started! Tickets - https://tr.ee/g3wab9s4-B

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Screen Alliance Wales Torfaen Bootcamps That’s a wrap on our training bootcamps, we finished off the last week in Torfaen. Thank you again to all those that attended, and a very special thank you to Dragon Fire and Water, Gorilla TV, Panavision, Unquiet Media, Great Point Seren Studios and Coffi Pass for supporting us through the week with a site visit, a chat about the creative industries or a training course.

Iftar at The Senedd What a pleasure it was to be invited to the first ever Iftar at the Senedd this month. It was great to hear from some of the voices of the local community, including Ali Abdi, Ibby Abdi, Natalie Hodgkinson, Mymuna Soleman and Jess Dunrod.

Allison Panel with Creative Swansea Allison alongside Gabriella Ricci, Bad Wolf and Ed Talfan, Severn Screen sat on a panel with Nerys Evans at Creative Swansea this month talking all about the creative industries here in Wales, and specifically in Swansea. Thank you to everyone who attended the panel, and to the brilliant team at Creative Swansea for hosting a brilliant event.

His Dark Materials at V&A Museum, London A special evening at the V&A Museum this month, celebrating 10 years of Bad Wolf and the great talent behind the 3 epic series 'His Dark Materials'. It was great to hear from Jane Tranter, CEO Bad Wolf, and Jason Thomas, Welsh Government. Thank you for having us along for the journey.

Special visit to Crimewatch Live Set A big thank you to the team at Crimewatch Live for inviting us down to BBC Central Square for a tour of the Crimewatch Live set. Members of our documentary crew, and MA students from USW headed down to set to not only see how a live production works, but also to meet the cast and crew. Thank you again to Juliet and the team for inviting.

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