Workshops and Training
We offer Continued Professional Development (CPD) courses and workshops for first time feature filmmakers of marginalised genders, and film distribution/exhibition professionals.
Currently, applications are closed, for all workshops and training programmmes. Please check this page regularly for future opportunities.
Course Leaders
Melanie Iredale
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Melanie Iredale is a film curator and cultural activist. She is the Director of Reclaim The Frame, a charity with a mission to champion broader perspectives of the world through films by marginalised creatives and to advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion in cinema. She is also an Exec Producer on the award-winning REBEL DYKES, which screened in 50+ festivals internationally and 40+ cinemas in the UK since its premiere at BFI Flare 2020. Prior to this, Melanie served as Deputy Director and Programmer at Sheffield DocFest, 2014-2021, with a background of developing audiences in the North of England for international cinema since 2005.
Simone Glover
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Simone has worked in the film industry for over 20 years in various roles in story development and training. Prior to joining Reclaim The Frame in 2016, Simone worked at Academy Award-winning production company ‘Missing In Action Films’. Prior to this, Simone worked for Arista Development, a training initiative in which Pan-European writers, producers, directors and development executives gained theoretical knowledge and practical techniques vital to develop their stories. Simone is a graduate of the programme. Simone has been a freelance story developer, and a reader for most of the regional screen agencies, including Film London’s Microwave and London Calling schemes. As a screenwriter, Simone has written a number of short films and TV, one a winner of BBC Northern Ireland NIFTC for Northern Lights, another, starring Ben Whishaw, backed by the BBC, was nominated for Best Short at Danny Boyle’s Shuffle Film Festival. Simone’s co-written original comedy feature, created with actor Adrian Dunbar, is in development with Northern Ireland Screen. Simone’s original period/action/adventure feature got her a place as a finalist on The Writers Lab UK & Ireland in 2021.
Reclaim The Frame
(formerly known as Birds Eye View)
is a UK-wide charity with a mission to bring a broader perspective of the world through cinema.
Our aim is to support films by marginalised genders, and to build a community for those who make, show, release and watch them.