FACILITATION, EDUCATION & MENTORING

As facilitators and mentors we work often with young people of different ages from secondary school to university level students. We have experience in both designing and delivering programmes from one day ‘Film in a Day’ workshops to degree level modules. We both hold advanced DBS certificates, have completed the Gold Certificate of Achievement with Thrive London and Nicola Lester demonstrating a commitment to a trauma informed practice and Trauma Awareness Training with Kazzum.

We also love to work in a participatory way with young people, both in establishing relationships with people and projects over longer periods of time, and also collaborating to design and deliver films. Some examples below include our work with Youth Leadership programme LIFEbeat, LGBTQIA+ group Freedom Youth Bristol at Off the Record, and BFI Film Academy Bristol at the Watershed.

BFI Film Academy Bristol (2021 - present) | Course facilitators and lead mentors for Documentary Filmmaking

Delivering a 12 Week NCFE accreditation with the Watershed, Bristol for a cohort of twenty-one 16-19 year olds.

Bristol School Of Acting (2023 - present) | Visiting tutors for Acting For Screen BA

Designing and delivering a self-scripted/ documentary module for 30+ Level 2 students.

Screenology (2022 - Present) | Mentors

Various third year students of BA (Hons) Creative Filmmaking course.

BFI Creative SouthWest (2022 - 2023) | Mentors

Mentoring a third year University of the West Of England Filmmaking BA student.

The Watershed (2024) | Workshop facilitators and mentors

Designing and delivering a ‘Film in a Day’ workshop for Bristol Brunel Academy Students.

A Pot of films Festival (2024) | Workshop facilitator and mentor

Designing and delivering a ‘Film in a Day’ workshop for young people at a community film festival in County Clare, Ireland.

University of the West of England Filmmaking BA (2023) | Associate Lecturer

Delivering and marking first year Short Form and second year Modern Short Form modules.

freedom youth | info series

Freedom Youth is the longest running LGBTQI+ project for young people in the UK. To celebrate Freedom's 25th birthday, over 3 months we worked collaboratively with young people, attending sessions and outreach events creating a series of 4 short films.

The films were exhibited in Bristol's M-Shed museum and screened as part of The Palace International Film Festival (2021).

LIFEBEAT - IDENTITY | PARTICIPATORY FILM

A collaboration between Black Bark Films and young people as part of LIFEbeat’s Youth Leadership Summer Camp. A participatory film the young people created the script, storyboard and shot list in response to three issues personally affecting them; Identity, Youth Violence and Mental Health.

BFI FILM ACADEMY BRISTOL 2023 | ALRIGHT BOSSMAN

Alright Bossman is a 5minute documentary film made by participants of the 2023 BFI Film Academy Bristol at the Watershed. Participants devised the concept and performed all key crew roles from pre production to post.

Production Mentor: Holly Black.

BFI FILM ACADEMY BRISTOL 2023 | lightning before thunder

Documentary short made by participants of the 2023 BFI Film Academy Bristol at the Watershed, documenting the friendships and solidarity found at London based Ukrainian amateur football club Fulton UFC. Participants devised the concept and performed all key crew roles from pre production to post.

Production Mentor: Jo Barker.