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Throughout the year we host a busy events programme, designed to connect you with what’s happening in the Creative Industries. Explore the full programme of events below, or take a look at our specially selected ‘top picks’.

 

Top Picks for Film & TV

Pigeonholed: Jed Mercurio: Discover the career path of Jed Mercurio, creator of Line of Duty.

Believing Your Vision: Get advice on how to stay true to your creative vision from Leroy Kincaide, Writer/Director, Nocturnal Pictures,

Konnie Huq in Conversation with Sir Steve McQueen: Hear from the esteemed artist, director, and screenwriter, Sir Steve McQueen, known for the Academy Award/Golden Globe/BAFTA award-winning film, 12 Years a Slave.

Sky Arts Hour: Shortflix Viewing Party: Watch inspiring short films from the next generation of filmmakers. Creative UK’s shortFLIX initiative gives emerging filmmakers the opportunity to be broadcast on Sky Arts.

Live Action Game: Where Film Meets Gamification: Stay ahead of the curve, learning about the process of creating an interactive feature film with branching storytelling.

Top Picks for Gaming & Creative Tech

Engines of Change? The Future of Screen Technologies: From the cutting edge of creativity, see how a new generation of technologies from gaming and VR are transforming the way we make things.

Worldbuilding: How is the metaverse, virtual production, synthetic content and gaming bringing both creatives and consumers’ imaginations to life?

Pigeonholed: Sir Ian Livingstone CBE: Known for co-founding Games Workshop and being Lara Croft’s creator, Sir Ian Livingstone is a founder of the UK games industry, a best-selling author, and a leading voice for the benefits of creativity in education.

Live Action Game: Where Film Meets Gamification: What are the benefits of giving film audiences choice? Hear from Grace and Harry Chadwick, who have recently released a major interactive feature film on all major gaming consoles.

An Exploration of Augmented Reality: Are you interested in learning more about both the creative and practical possibilities of Augmented Reality, the pros/cons of different approaches, or how to get started?

 

Top Picks for Music

How to Listen: Discover the illustrious career of solo percussionist and president of Help Musicians, Dame Evelyn Glennie, CH, DBE, and learn how listening transformed Help Musicians as a charity.

Performance: Lola Young: Watch BRITs Rising Star award nominee, Lola Young, dazzle audiences with her performance at our 2022 Creative Coalition Festival.

Performance: GAIKA: Fusing grime, dancehall, R&B, and hip-hop, GAIKA’s music questions our political systems and social injustice.

Pigeonholed: Dan Gillespie Sells: TV presenter, Konnie Huq speaks to the lead vocalist and principal songwriter in The Feeling.

Sky Arts Hour: ZACHARY AGHAIZU + U: Live and improvised music sampled from across the festival, followed by a demo of the BOCCLA Augmented Reality app; Limitless Possibilities.

Pigeonholed: Jed Mercurio: Discover the career path of Jed Mercurio, creator of Line of Duty.

Believing Your Vision: Get advice on how to stay true to your creative vision from Leroy Kincaide, Writer/Director, Nocturnal Pictures,

Konnie Huq in Conversation with Sir Steve McQueen: Hear from the esteemed artist, director, and screenwriter, Sir Steve McQueen, known for the Academy Award/Golden Globe/BAFTA award-winning film, 12 Years a Slave.

Sky Arts Hour: Shortflix Viewing Party: Watch inspiring short films from the next generation of filmmakers. Creative UK’s shortFLIX initiative gives emerging filmmakers the opportunity to be broadcast on Sky Arts.

Live Action Game: Where Film Meets Gamification: Stay ahead of the curve, learning about the process of creating an interactive feature film with branching storytelling.

Engines of Change? The Future of Screen Technologies: From the cutting edge of creativity, see how a new generation of technologies from gaming and VR are transforming the way we make things.

Worldbuilding: How is the metaverse, virtual production, synthetic content and gaming bringing both creatives and consumers’ imaginations to life?

Pigeonholed: Sir Ian Livingstone CBE: Known for co-founding Games Workshop and being Lara Croft’s creator, Sir Ian Livingstone is a founder of the UK games industry, a best-selling author, and a leading voice for the benefits of creativity in education.

Live Action Game: Where Film Meets Gamification: What are the benefits of giving film audiences choice? Hear from Grace and Harry Chadwick, who have recently released a major interactive feature film on all major gaming consoles.

An Exploration of Augmented Reality: Are you interested in learning more about both the creative and practical possibilities of Augmented Reality, the pros/cons of different approaches, or how to get started?

 

How to Listen: Discover the illustrious career of solo percussionist and president of Help Musicians, Dame Evelyn Glennie, CH, DBE, and learn how listening transformed Help Musicians as a charity.

Performance: Lola Young: Watch BRITs Rising Star award nominee, Lola Young, dazzle audiences with her performance at our 2022 Creative Coalition Festival.

Performance: GAIKA: Fusing grime, dancehall, R&B, and hip-hop, GAIKA’s music questions our political systems and social injustice.

Pigeonholed: Dan Gillespie Sells: TV presenter, Konnie Huq speaks to the lead vocalist and principal songwriter in The Feeling.

Sky Arts Hour: ZACHARY AGHAIZU + U: Live and improvised music sampled from across the festival, followed by a demo of the BOCCLA Augmented Reality app; Limitless Possibilities.

Top Picks for Performing Arts

Redefining the Repertory Company: As the traditional touring circuit closed for the pandemic, Scottish Dance Theatre were redefining the role of the repertory company and finding innovative ways to bring performance to a wider audience.

Sky Arts Hour – Artis Foundation: Dance for Health & Wellbeing with Artis Foundation.

Sky Arts Hour – I Can Dance: An interactive hour hosted by Sky Arts, with I Can Dance.

Lose Yourself in the Arts: Marquee TV streams breathtaking performances from the world’s most exciting arts organisations, from Royal Opera House to the Royal Shakespeare Company and much more. Hear from their founder, Simon Walker.

Performance: George the Poet: Critically acclaimed spoken-word artist, poet, rapper and social commentator George the Poet gives a live performance. Learn more about his career in this interview with Konnie Huq.

Top Picks for Career Advice

Fundamentals of Starting a Creative Enterprise: Learn the foundations of setting up your company – from protecting your IP, the key financial metrics to measure and how to fund your ambitions.

Staying Motivated: Explore your creative motivations with Sharath Jeevan, author of Intrinsic, a manifesto to reignite our inner drive.

Freelancers in Mind: Find ways to support good mental health whilst navigating your freelance career.

Redesigning Freelancing: A third of the Creative Industries’ workforce is freelance. Yet systemic inequalities which came to the fore during the pandemic still prevail. Hear how the Creative Industries are coming together to redesign freelancing.

Breaking In: Calling all aspiring creatives! Join experts in guiding you to turn your creative passions and peeked interests into sustainable careers.

Top Picks for Creative Education

Plugging the Freelance Knowledge Gap in Education: Budgeting. Marketing. Charging a competitive rate. Young creatives often enter the industry not knowing the realities of freelance working. How can we embed essential freelancing skills in teaching?

The Future of Creative Education: The Department of Education ranks creative subjects as low strategic importance. So what are the skills of the future?

Finding the Creativity in Education: How can we ensure that all children and young people are able to develop their creativity and explore their creative interests? Might they need to look outside of their schools and colleges to do so and does that matter?

Arts and Humanities in the Creative Workplace:
Why are arts and humanities courses undervalued compared to other subject areas? What can we do to challenge this?

Investing in the UK’s Future Workforce, Why Creativity Matters: How can we better evidence the value in creative skills, in both the creative industries sectors and beyond, and make a stronger case for investment?

Redefining the Repertory Company: As the traditional touring circuit closed for the pandemic, Scottish Dance Theatre were redefining the role of the repertory company and finding innovative ways to bring performance to a wider audience.

Sky Arts Hour – Artis Foundation: Dance for Health & Wellbeing with Artis Foundation.

Sky Arts Hour – I Can Dance: An interactive hour hosted by Sky Arts, with I Can Dance.

Lose Yourself in the Arts: Marquee TV streams breathtaking performances from the world’s most exciting arts organisations, from Royal Opera House to the Royal Shakespeare Company and much more. Hear from their founder, Simon Walker.

Performance: George the Poet: Critically acclaimed spoken-word artist, poet, rapper and social commentator George the Poet gives a live performance. Learn more about his career in this interview with Konnie Huq.

Fundamentals of Starting a Creative Enterprise: Learn the foundations of setting up your company – from protecting your IP, the key financial metrics to measure and how to fund your ambitions.

Staying Motivated: Explore your creative motivations with Sharath Jeevan, author of Intrinsic, a manifesto to reignite our inner drive.

Freelancers in Mind: Find ways to support good mental health whilst navigating your freelance career.

Redesigning Freelancing: A third of the Creative Industries’ workforce is freelance. Yet systemic inequalities which came to the fore during the pandemic still prevail. Hear how the Creative Industries are coming together to redesign freelancing.

Breaking In: Calling all aspiring creatives! Join experts in guiding you to turn your creative passions and peeked interests into sustainable careers.

Plugging the Freelance Knowledge Gap in Education: Budgeting. Marketing. Charging a competitive rate. Young creatives often enter the industry not knowing the realities of freelance working. How can we embed essential freelancing skills in teaching?

The Future of Creative Education: The Department of Education ranks creative subjects as low strategic importance. So what are the skills of the future?

Finding the Creativity in Education: How can we ensure that all children and young people are able to develop their creativity and explore their creative interests? Might they need to look outside of their schools and colleges to do so and does that matter?

Arts and Humanities in the Creative Workplace:
Why are arts and humanities courses undervalued compared to other subject areas? What can we do to challenge this?

Investing in the UK’s Future Workforce, Why Creativity Matters: How can we better evidence the value in creative skills, in both the creative industries sectors and beyond, and make a stronger case for investment?