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Made You Laugh Comedy Competition

This year, as part of our World Cinema Film Festival, Bluebird Pictures is partnering with the BBC Comedy team to offer filmmakers a chance to have a meeting with commissioners. We are looking for short comedy films up to 20 minutes in length to be part of our ‘Made You Laugh’ showcase. 5 films will…

5 Films and TV Series to watch this Pride

We wanted to share our top five film and TV recommendations to get into for this pride month. We have created a varied list of titles that will not only entertain but also, educate you on the different areas of LGBTQ+ culture that have come into mainstream media which were created and began within the…

Cinema For All

Three reasons why you should submit to small film festivals

The film industry was hit hard by the pandemic with theatres, cinemas and sets having to redefine the film landscape to cater whilst catering to eager audiences.  During this time smaller production companies and filmmakers were able to gather online audiences by moving film festivals online and removing the mystery surrounding getting your film debut. …

PAID Job Opportunity: Creative Director (Temp Fixed-Term)

Creative Director  Fixed temporary contract 21st July – 25th September  Monday – Wednesday 9:30am – 17:30pm  Fixed fee: £2500  We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic individual to cover our Creative Director role for three months.  The role:  ● Managing Bluebird Pictures film productions with our producer  ● Lead, mentor and develop the creative…

Female Filmmaker Award in Partnership with the Tape Collective

As the World Cinema Festival continues to grow we wanted to make sure that we highlight women-centered stories in film. We are excited to announce that this year we will also be including a ‘Female Filmmaker Award’ in partnership with the Tape Collective. The Tape Collective is an organisation that is inspired by underrepresented voices…

Oscars 2021: The winners who made history.

By Marvel Kalukembi, Research and Admin Assistant In a year where the film industry has been deeply impacted due to COVID-19 restrictions on film sets and the closures of cinemas, it was difficult to predict the outcome of this year’s award ceremony.   According to UCLA’s bi-annual Hollywood Diversity report, on average, films with between 41-50%…

Dagenham Film Studios

New film studios in Dagenham will bring lots of opportunities for local residents

By Marvel Kalukembi, Research and Admin Assistant In November 2020 Barking and Dagenham Council signed an agreement with global media real estate leader Hackman Capital Partners (HCP) to build London’s largest film and TV production centre in Dagenham.  However, for residents living through the constant noise and disruption of Barking and Dagenhams regeneration what does…

Free Filmmaking Competition in collaboration with Fully Focussed and MYM

At Bluebird Pictures we support all filmmakers from all walks of life through our motto ‘’community, culture, create”. Which is why we are very excited to announce an incredible partnership with Fully Focused for a brand new competition ‘Young, Fresh and Bold’ in conjunction with our World Film Festival. Fully Focused is the UK’s leading, youth-driven…

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