PICTURE 2024

While the focus for PICTURE is narrative feature films, feature documentaries may also be considered.

During the course, working with advice and feedback from our experts, you’ll develop a creative and practical plan for the cinema release of your film. 

There are 8 places available for producers with a film in advanced development. Creative teams may apply. There are also 6 observer places available for emerging filmmakers. Entry is by a 3-minute pitch over Zoom. 

Here’s what previous participants have said about PICTURE:

The course was fantastic. Pitching each week to different segments of the industry made you see the project through their eyes. It also made you think about what was essential in your pitch – the things that mattered and things that didn’t.

Thanks for a great course. We’re coming out much stronger than going in. Pitching directly to exhibitors was a revelation and a reminder that the gatekeepers at the other end are just as important as those further upstream!

The Picture learning experience is a fantastic opportunity – one that I can’t recommend highly enough. Anyone lucky enough to do it must grab it with both hands.

I thoroughly enjoyed the course – it was a really encouraging, caring and safe environment and has probably done more for my development in a few months than years of just trying to do it.

• Dedicated time to develop your thinking about how to find a cinema audience for your film.

• The opportunity to pitch your film’s release plan to a panel of film industry specialists for their feedback.

• The ability to communicate your coals coherently and persuasively, through pitch practice – lots of pitch practice!

Throughout the course, you will work on a strategic document and action plan to drive the successful release of your film.