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MAKE FILM HISTORY: OPENING UP THE BBC ARCHIVES TO EMERGING FILMMAKERS

To mark the BBC centenary, from June to October 2022, we offered emerging filmmakers across the UK access to 150 films from BBC Archive for creative reuse in short film projects. Through workshops in Belfast, London, Glasgow, and Leeds, 50 emerging filmmakers created short films inspired by 100 years of BBC storytelling, mentored by some of the leading filmmakers in the UK working with archive film in their practice. Participants chose from the themed selection of films here, using excerpts of up to two minutes in their films, subject to the terms of use in our FAQ.

The short films produced showcase an extraordinary range of new voices and creative responses to 100 years of film and social history, on themes including the environment, mental health, youth culture, immigration, and the Black British experience. This exciting new work premiered at sold-out screenings in Belfast, London, Glasgow, and Leeds at the end of October and is now available to watch below. A selection of films will also be available on the BBC 100 website shortly.

This project was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (part of UK Research and Innovation) in partnership with the BBC and Kingston School of Art, and with the generous support of the Cinemagic Film Festival, Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image, Bertha DocHouse, the National Library of Scotland’s Moving Image Archive and Leeds Young Film.