Filmmakers, I know you're very used to spending weekends and holidays (if you get one) filling out applications forms, adapting proposals and chasing the funds you need to get a good film made. Well this weekend you have an opportunity to apply for much more than just film finance - The Good Pitch brings together filmmakers with NGOs, foundations, philanthropists, brands and media around leading social issues – to forge coalitions and campaigns that are good…

Are you a Scottish-based emerging filmmaker with at least two short films screened publicly (tv broadcast or festival)? You can now apply to Bridging the Gap PLUS.

Bridging the Gap PLUS offers the opportunity to work closely with SDI, through bespoke and individual consultancies, and get a 30 min commission from BBC Scotland. We are looking for filmmakers willing to develop creative projects…

In November I wrote a short film for BBC Learning on the 1911 singer factory strike. It will be broadcast tomorrow (13th January) in the learning zone, and also available on the BBC iplayer. You can see the individual films here.

I'm very…

Here's a link to the behind the scenes filumArchipelago made by BBC's Nick Dempsey

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We are looking for 3 like-minded souls to share our coworking studio. Based in Glasgow’s creative hub The Hidden Lane, the studio is newly decorated/furnished, bright, modern and features a comfy lounge and spacious desk area.

The identi coworking studio is ideal for freelancers working from home who want to avoid cabin fever! It would suit those in clean creative industries i.e. web designers, software developers, architects, graphic designers, journalists etc.

We regularly…

"Web development that doesn't hurt" -RubyonRails.org

Ruby on Rails is a framework for building great web applications in no time. 



After a successful course hosted by Stow College in 2011 the course will repeat this February in Glasgow and Edinburgh. This course takes students from no knowledge of Ruby or the Rails framework to building a simple web application from scratch. …

Later this month, Creative Scotland, Arts and Humanities Research Council and NESTA will be launching a new Digital Research and Development Fund for Arts and Culture in Scotland, which aims to help arts and cultural organisations use digital technologies to engage and expand their audiences in new ways and create opportunities for new business models (you can read more about the Digital R&D Fund already running in England…

Filmmakers and producers are invited to submit their projects for Good Pitch Europe 2012. Good Pitch is an invitation-only event starting with an intensive two-day campaign development workshop, followed by the day-long live event. It's a partnership between The Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation and The Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program and has been gaining momentum since the first international event in 2009.

You can read about…