Get Involved
Wellington Film Festival…
…returns on 19th - 21st April with a great mix of films including a late night showing of disco classic Saturday Night Fever to a movie pub quiz hosted by local TV celebrity Clinton Rogers. The programme is live now with tickets on sale from March 1st.
Get involved by making a movie in a weekend! Are you a filmmaker aged under 21? Then this is the challenge for you! The 48 hour period will start on Friday 5th April at 6pm and end on Sunday 7th April at 6pm.
Mayhem Film Festival
This brand new two-day film festival celebrates music in film and has an amazing programme featuring sumptuous scores, fascinating documentaries, biopics, live music and much more. It takes place over the weekend of 18 - 19 May. If you’re aged under 25 why not enter the Mayhem Music Video competition? Details are being added to the dedicated website or subscribe to our ebulletin / follow us on social media to stay up to date on events as they are announced. Delivered in partnership with Bridgwater Arts Centre and supported by Bridgwater Town Deal Animating the Town Fund and BFI Film Hub South West..
A Village Apart, Villages Together
C. S. John Sparkes was an enthusiastic chronicler of life in Burtle and the surrounding Chilton Polden area from the seventies onwards through photography and 8mm film. His 300 plus collection of films was entrusted to us by his wife Valerie. Now, thanks to money raised by National Lottery players, we can catalogue, digitise and celebrate his work and you can help. See our volunteer opportunities for further details or pop into one of the community digitisation sessions at Café Burtle (second Saturday of each month 10am - 12pm). Subscribe to the Youtube channel to see films as they are captured. Activities will include archive film screenings and workshops for young people.
Disability Advisory Panel
Are you a person with a disability or are you involved with an organisation which supports people with a disability? We would like hear your for views on the programme of work Somerset Film delivers for people with a disability. This is an opportunity for you to feedback on our services and activities to date. We’re keen to hear your ideas and thoughts on our future direction and welcome your input. Our panel meets every six months in March and September. If you would like to attend please contact us.
Youth Advisory Panel
Are you aged under 21 or are you involved with an organisation which supports children and young people? We would like hear your for views on the programme of work Somerset Film delivers for people. This is an opportunity for you to feedback on our services and activities to date. We’re keen to hear your ideas and thoughts on our future direction and welcome your input. Our panel meets every six months in February half term and August. If you would like to attend please contact us.
Seed
Seed is the first South West based Creative People and Places (CPP) – an Arts Council Funded initiative all about allowing more people to choose, create and take part in arts and cultural activity, and thus creates an exciting opportunity within Sedgemoor’s towns and parishes.
We believe that everybody has the right and ability to be creative, and we are here to help make that happen across Sedgemoor. Amongst their many issues you can help shape their work by volunteering as a ‘Sower and Grower’ or adding your voice through their. Creative Accelerator events.
Bridgwater Together
Bridgwater Together began life as a free one day event in October 2016. Each year it celebrates the vibrant diversity in the town through music and food, stories, dance and film from many cultures. If you would like to get involved in future events please contact us.
Follow the Facebook page to stay updated and click here to visit the event page.
We also attend ‘Together’ events across the county and plan to bring a creative contribution to Chard, Frome, Taunton, and Yeovil in 24/25
The Robert Richards Award
Sound Art Commission Opportunity for Young People in Somerset
Somerset Film, supported by Arts Council England, is inviting a young artist(s) living in Somerset to submit ideas for a new piece of digital art to be exhibited at The Engine Room.
By 'sound art' we mean an artistic work that uses sound - found sound, digitally produced sound, the voice - that is edited or produced digitally to make a final piece. It’s not simply music, though there might be a musical element to the work. It might be more experimental music, a soundscape for a game or a sound installation designed to transport the listener to a different time or location.
Ideally the work will explore a subject or theme and we are keen to hear ideas linked to Somerset or the climate crisis.
The work must be completed before March 2025 so do consider any deadlines for coursework that you may have.
The successful applicant will receive £300, a further £200 for materials and an exhibition at The Engine Room.
Submit your idea by completing our Sound Art Commission Form, apply by 1st November 2024.
Robert Richards Award: Digital Art Commission 2024
Robert Richards Awardee, Ezra Metcalfe created an animated GIF for the commission which was projected onto SL-ATE in Bridgwater to the public at the ‘Twilight’ event.
Work experience week 2023: Monster Name Generator
Try our Monster Name Generator and get your very own Monster Name.
Instructions: Simply click the GREEN flag then press the SPACEBAR.
Follow the first prompt "What's the first letter of your first name?" Type in the first letter of your first name and press ENTER. You will then be presented with your Monster first name.
Wait a moment for the 2nd prompt to appear "What's the letter of your last name?" then type in the first letter of your last name and press ENTER.
You will then be presented with your new Monster name.
To start over press the SPACEBAR again.
The Monster Name Generator was created by Alex Blandamer, Molly Loveday, Ethan Nation and Millie Helyar as part of Somerset Film's work experience week 2023 and was presented as part of our activities at this years Quayside Festival. It accompanied an interactive to record a growl for Bezerker, our festival inflatable which was created by Designs In Air.