BFI National Lottery funding creates roles to connect with local talent

Six new BFI NETWORK Talent Executives have been appointed to work in the English regions to provide vital support to new and aspiring talent where they live, delivering on a commitment outlined in the BFI’s five year strategy BFI2022.

Supported by National Lottery funding, these new roles will ensure that everyone around the country is able to access expertise along with funding for short film and early development work, and sees decision making responsibility passed to the regions.

The Executives will also create opportunities for talent to connect with the local industry, providing networks between established professionals and emerging creatives.

BFI NETWORK exists to discover and support talented writers, directors and producers at the start of their careers and these new Talent Executives will be based in leading film organisations and venues around the country.

Joining the five English Film Hubs, which partly form the UK-wide BFI Film Audience Network (FAN), the Executives are Thomas Wightman for Film Hub South East (which spans from Chichester to Norwich and Canterbury), Alice Cabanas for Film Hub South West (which spans from Bristol to Southampton and Plymouth), Jessica Loveland and Alice Ramsey for Film Hub North (which spans from Liverpool to Hull and Berwick-upon-Tweed), Alexzandra Jackson for Film Hub Midlands (which spans from Nottingham to Birmingham and Hereford) and Josic Cadoret for Film Hub London.