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Funding opportunity: An invitation to artists and creatives Introduction to the CO2RE Artists, Arts and Humanities Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) Initiative What are we funding? We want to fund a portfolio of projects that may help take forward the GGR agenda – just bring your best ideas to the table! We are interested in projects that both creatively address GGR and also offer additional benefits to the environment, society and communities. Click on the items below to see examples of projects we could fund. Envisioning a positive future Supported projects might include work that frames or describes a future that includes GGR in positive ways. Such work might represent, explore or describe what that future might look like and how it might work. Alternatively, work might explore what is frustrating positive conceptualisations of GGR. Understanding or awareness Supporting residencies and transfers Encouraging engagement with young people Working toward equity and justice Visualising Rituals Situating GGR in wider environmental work Working with communities Who can apply for funding? Applications are welcome from practitioners and academics, including, but not limited to, artists, designers, creative technologists, practice-based academics, filmmakers, performing artists, writers, museologists, and curators. We can fund people from any sector – public, private, civil society, universities, independent artists and creative practitioners. How to apply? Read the Guidelines for Applicants – this is very important! Then complete the Application Form. Applications should be emailed to [email protected] in PDF format. Application advice Check out these videos on the application process: Intellectual property/copyright All materials, products, images, intellectual property or know-how generated will belong to the applicants. Deadline The application deadline is 12pm BST on 9 September 2024. Questions? Questions about your application? Contact Dr Paul Rouse: [email protected] GGR-D Programme CO2RE and five demonstrator projects make up the UKRI-funded Greenhouse Gas Removals Demonstrator (GGR-D) Programme. Each of the demonstrators is researching a different method of GGR. Find out more about the programme here.

The Toronto Film Festival (TIFF) has unveiled the complete schedule for its 49th edition, which will run September 5-15, 2024. It also added 19 new films to the program, bringing the total number of movies to 276. Among the latest titles to be announced in the line-up are Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, Pedro Almodovar’s first English-language film The Room Next Door, the world premiere of Nick Hamm’s William Tell, and Luca Guadagnino’s Queer. TIFF’s In Conversation With… series will feature Cate Blanchett, Zoe Saldaña, Steven Soderbergh, and Korean superstars Hyun Bin and Lee Dong-wook. Blanchett will also be honored with a Tribute Award.

GrowthLab London - the dedicated indie conference - focused on the future of content and designed to provide producers with perspective, insight and connections to help them get their shows made across scripted, non-scripted and digital content.   Opening Keynote: Patrick Holland, CEO and Executive Chair of Banijay UK, will deliver the opening keynote at GrowthLab London, kicking off the conference with his view ahead for the UK indie sector.   Panel speakers include: Evie Buckley (Channel 4, 4.0), Simon Cox (Banijay Rights), Helen Ziegler (Commissioning Editor at ITV), Tim Hincks (Co-CEO at Expectation, George Cowin (Co-Founder & CEO at Cowshed Collective), Thom Gulseven (Co-Founder at Strong Watch Studios), Karl Warner (Former Head of Youth & Digital at Channel 4), Elspeth Rae (Co-Founder &CEO at MonRae Management), Simon Kennedy (Senior Associate Director at EssenceMediacom), Clare Thompson (Non-Exec Director at K7 Media), Jason Hafford (Co-Founder & Manager at Dream Bay Entertainment), Daniel Isaacs (COO at Sister), Nicola Hill (Managing Director at Orchard Studios) and Karen Smith (Managing Director at Tuesday's Child) and many more.   And three x 12-minute LabTalks focusing on some of the stand-out content successes of the year so far, with Jordan Schwarzenberger (On Sidemen & Gen Z), Natasha Bondy (On Mr Bates vs Post Office) and Mouktar Mohammed (On Supacell).   Our Distributor and & Partner Market Hall will provide indies with a great opportunity to arrange speed dates with distributors and partners including: BBC Studios, Banijay Rights, Abacus Media Rights, Silverlining Rights, Rainmaker Content, Getty Images and Cowshed Collective, and many more.   New for 2024 – our Commissioner Zone consisted of 4 rooms of Commissioning Editors from Channel 4, UKTV, ITV (more Broadcasters and platforms announcing shortly) with whom Indies will be able to book individual meetings through our platform to pitch their projects.   The event will be followed by networking drinks during which you will have the chance to network with the fellow indies, speakers, distributors, commissioning editors and partners at our drinks reception.   Get your tickets at the Final Earlybird price:www.growthlablondon.co.uk #GrowthLab #indiegrowth

There are just four weeks left to apply for Berlinale Talents 2025! Make sure to get your application submitted for the chance to join us in Berlin from February 15-20, 2025. Grab the chance to take part in an unparalleled week of learning from the industry's finest, honing your craft, making important new connections, and more, taking your career to the next level. Last year we welcomed the incomparable Martin Scorsese, Lupita Nyong'o, Tsai Ming-liang and Abderrahmane Sissako for intimate discussions on their careers, and that's just a few of the guests our Talents were able to draw advice and inspiration from. Who could you learn from in 2025? Apply by September 4, 2024, 12:00 noon (CEST) Full details at www.berlinale-talents.de

UK - France copro call

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Calling copro’s in September

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Calling all EU writers

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