• Identify and address skills gaps across the spectrum of High-end TV and feature film production roles. 
• Facilitate crews’ access to suitable training.
• Fund bespoke skills and training initiatives that help build the crew bases in the UK’s nations and regions.
• Connect and help build relationships between US clients and UK training providers to continue to grow skilled crews. 
• Connect production clients with relevant organisations to address differences between UK and US working practices and develop training accordingly. The BFC has a vast network of contacts across the UK’s skills and training sector that we connect clients with.
• Share recent productions’ experiences to inform and shape skills development strategies.

We collaborate with key organisations to ensure training and skills development meet industry needs:

• ScreenSkills: The UK’s lead organisation responsible for skills and training across animation, film, games, television including children’s TV and High-end drama, VFX and immersive technology.
• National and regional screen agencies: Working in partnership with ScreenSkills and local productions to deliver tailored support and training throughout the UK.
• Local and regional initiatives – and Regional Skills Clusters, funded by the BFI dispensing National Lottery funding – are focused on skills development across the UK.
• The BFC works with private organisations, industry bodies and film schools on their skills and training offering, including training initiatives run by studios, business local organisations, guilds and associations 

Schemes include training for new entrants to the industry, professionals returning to the sector as well as ongoing professional development.

For tailored advice on skills and training, get in touch with us here.