BFI Film Academy 2021/22

Participant Application Form: Network Programme

To be eligible to apply, you must tick YES to all of the following statements:

I am NOT currently at/or enrolled at University when course starts:

I have NOT have previously taken part on a BFI Film Academy course

Section One: Applicant Information

Free School Meals in the last three years?

How did you learn about the BFI Film Academy? This will help us tell people about the programme

Section Two: Supporting Statements

Please note it is likely there will be more applications than places and applicants will be selected based on their responses and material submitted through this application form. Please use the section to tell us why you're the right candidate to be accepted on this course.

We strongly encourage you to save your supporting statements in a word document and cut and paste them into the application form to avoid losing your work.

Please tell us about your experience and/or interest in film. This could include your favourite film or

television show or a class that you have taken at school, for example.

If you like, you can submit some work (a film/photograph/piece of writing/a website/an animation

Please use this space to tell us if you have any particular areas of interest in film or filmmaking, e.g.

Directing, Programming, Scriptwriting, Visual Effects, Sound Design etc.

Section Three: Terms and Conditions

The BFI Film Academy will be delivered by Screenlife. Your submission of this form to us will constitute your confirmation of the following declaration:

I hereby confirm that the information I have given in this application is true and correct

Iconfirm my availability for the BFI Film Academy as per the dates given above

I agree that Screenlife and/or the BFI may, for administrative purposes only, make copies of any material submitted in support of my application. By submitting this form, I understand that Screenlife and the BFI will store and process my data as described below in accordance with professional standards and data protection legislation. If under 18 I confirm that my parent or guardian has given me permission to apply to the BFI Film Academy

In order for you to be able to participate in the BFI Film Academy, the course provider needs to be able to process your personal data as part of the applications, registration, learning support, and awards processes.

Part or all of the information you give to the BFI Film Academy Partner will be provided to the BFI. The BFI will retain this information following your participation in the Film Academy for statistical purposes only, unless otherwise agreed. The BFI may share your name and contact details with a company who helps evaluate the BFI Film Academy. They may contact you to invite you to participate in a survey evaluating the course.

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I hereby agree to the terms and conditions detailed in this form:

Equal opportunities monitoring form

The British Film Institute wish to ensure that all aspects of our work reflect diversity and support equality of opportunity. Therefore, we would like to take this opportunity to ask you to complete an equality monitoring form.

This monitoring information helps us to identify where there are gaps in our recruitment so that we can work to attract talented people from these groups and areas. It also helps us to ensure that there is

Your cooperation in completing this form is greatly appreciated.

Any information you provide us with will be processed separately to your application to the BFI Film Academy and used for equalities monitoring purposes only. We use this information to produce anonymised statistical data on equalities, which we may publish and share with the government departments providing our funding.

Please note you will need to return this form as part of your application, providing any of the information requested is optional.

Is the gender indicated the same as your gender at birth?

This checklist is the standard ethnic monitoring categories provided by the Commission for Racial Equality.

Have you ever been in care? That is, looked after by the state?

The Equality Act 2010 defines disability as 'a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial long term effect on a

person's ability to carry out normal day to day activities'.

Do you consider yourself to have a disability?