Film, Video and New Media Local organisations
Albany Digital
Offers free wireless internet access, a 24 track pro tools studio recording live from stage, an edit suite, cameras and laptops. Albany Digital also delivers projects and courses for young people, offers a wide range of project-based support, flexible work-based training for adults and high-level professional hire facilities.
Tel: 020 8692 0231
digitalinfo@thealbany.org.uk
 www.thealbany.org.uk
The Albany
Douglas Way
Deptford
London
SE8 4AG
Area 10 Project Space
Area10 is an artist led initiative working from the Eagle Wharf in Peckham Square. Area 10 has generated an extensive number and range of public events, emphasising experimental, cross disciplinary and collaborative arts practice. Area 10 is one of the digital hubs in the NODE project.
Peckham Hill Street
London
SE15 5QS
b3Media
b3Media promotes the production and development of Black and ethnic minority artists and audiences in music, digital technology and broadcasting. It supports the production of new work, develops audiences through events, exhibitions, broadcasting and screening, and provides a forum for critical discussion.
Their studios are equipped with a digital moving image suite, including five G4 workstations,and there is a large central meeting / rehearsal room, screening facilities and additional meeting and chill out rooms. These facilities are available for hire to arts and community groups.
Tel: 020 7274 2121
Studio@b3media.net
www.b3media.net
Bodydataspace
Drawing on specialist knowledge and extensive networks, Bodydataspace (bds) aims to bring innovative, interactive technology to a broader public market place. Artist led bds collaborates with other artists and leading experts from around the globe through the creation of co-authoring teams of specialists. Activities include training, workshops and mentoring.
www.bodydataspace.net
Axe and Bottle Court
70 Newcomen Street
London
SE1 1YT
Community TV Trust
An accessible community service that promotes the use of media and new media in local communities. There is training in basic IT skills and video production, multimedia production, website publishing and management, and via analysis and discussion sessions promotion of media literacy.
Tel: 020 7701 0878
chris@communitytvtrust.org
www.communitytvtrust.org
10 Denman Road
London
SE15 5NP
Goldsmiths College (University of London)
Goldsmiths has a media and communications department, with undergraduate and postgraduate courses, including a screen school.
Tel: 0845 2015674
admissions@gold.ac.uk
www.goldsmiths.ac.uk
Goldsmiths College
New Cross
London
SE14 6NW
London College of Communication (LCC)
Formerly known as the London College of Printing, LCC is the largest constituent college of the University of the Arts London and students automatically become members of Europe's largest university dedicated to art, communication, design and related technologies. Staff include successful practitioners in London's thriving design, photography, broadcasting, publishing, advertising, film, printing, retailing and media industries. LCC has now qualified for skillset funding as a centre of excellence.
Tel: 020 7514 6500
www.lcc.arts.ac.uk
London College of Communication
Elephant and Castle
London
SE1 6SB
Moving South
A website for those involved with or interested in film, new media and digital arts in south London. The website is also a focal point where practitioners can seek support from their peers or find out about funding, new initiatives, forthcoming festivals, screenings and exhibitions.
www.movingsouth.com
NODE.London
NODE (Networked, Open, Distributed, Events. London) is committed to building the infrastructure and raising the visibility of media arts practice in London. Working on an open, collaborative basis, NODE.London will culminate, in its first year, in a month long season of media arts projects across London in March 2006. Find out more about the events here.
NODE's website
Resonance104.4fm
Resonance 104.4fm is London's first radio art station. Its brief is to provide a radical alternative to mainstream broadcasting. It features programmes made by musicians, artists and critics who represent the diversity of London's arts scenes, with regular weekly contributions from nearly two hundred musicians, artists, thinkers, critics, activists and instigators.
Tel: 020 7403 1922
info@resonancefm.com
www.resonancefm.com
Southwark Youth Service Arts and Media
Southwark Arts and Media Centre offers a programme of courses and drop-in sessions for 11 to 24 year olds.
Tel: 020 7639 4215
Bellenden Old School
Bellenden Road
London
SE15 4DG
SouthwarkTV
A website created by the people of Southwark under the guidance of Community TV Trust, a specialist media charity. This website has details of partner schools and community groups and contains videos, animations, audio files and stories. Southwark.TV also has monthly film screening evenings and last year linked to Southwark Hour, a monthly TV discussion programme broadcast on the Community Channel (also produced by Community TV Trust).
www.southwark.tv
Southwark College
Film, video and new media related courses include film studies, media production, media studies, web design and skills.
Tel: 020 7815 1500
www.southwark.ac.uk
Waterloo Centre
The Cut
London
SE1 8LE
National organisations
British Film Designers Guild
Formed to promote and raise the profile of people working within UK film art departments. The guild also provides networking opportunities and resources for art workers.
Tel: 020 7794 0017
enquiries@filmdesigners.co.uk
www.filmdesigners.co.uk
British Film Institute (bfi)
The British Film Institute promotes understanding and appreciation of Britain's rich film and television heritage and culture. Established in 1933, the bfi runs a range of activities and services including the National Film Theatre, London IMAX, London Film Festival and extensive education resources.
Tel: 020 7255 1444
www.bfi.org.uk
Digital Guild
The Digital Guild develops creative work with new media and extends access to digital technologies through collaborating with artists, individuals and groups. It focuses on cultural diversity within the creative industries.
www.digitalguild.co.uk
Film London
Film London is the strategic agency for film and media in the UK's capital. They sustain, promote and develop London as a major international filmmaking and film cultural capital. Their site provides a extensive information on film activity across London, details of funding and development schemes, as well as a location and crew database.
Tel: 020 7613 7676
info@filmlondon.org.uk
www.filmlondon.org.uk
Film London
Suite 6.10, The Tea Building
56 Shoreditch High Street
London
E1 6JJ
NMK
A not-for-profit body, in receipt of public funding, which is a learning and business information resource for companies and individuals working in digital interactive media. It brings together knowledge and expertise from commercial companies, professional bodies and higher education to provide objective, independent guidance and promote the success of interactive media in the UK.
Tel: 020 7915 5412
nmk@nmk.co.uk
www.nmk.co.uk
115 New Cavendish Street
London
W1W 6UW
Shooting People
A useful web community where film makers can discuss each other’s work, find like minded people and advertise for locations, equipment and crew.
contact@shootingpeople.org
shootingpeople.org/
PO Box 51350
London
N1 6XS
Skillset
A council for the audiovisual industry, jointly funded by the industries and the government, Skillset offers media careers advice, bursaries, course details, funding support to help new companies get off their feet, train staff, and find new talent.
Tel: 0808 0300 900
info@skillset.org
www.skillset.org
The UK Film Council
The UK Film Council is the government backed strategic agency for film in the UK. Its main aim is to stimulate a competitive, successful and vibrant UK film industry and culture, and to promote the widest possible enjoyment and understanding of cinema throughout the UK.
Tel: 020 7861 7861
Fax: 020 7861 7862
info@ukfilmcouncil.org.uk
www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk
10 Little Portland Street
London
W1W 7JG
Contact us
Tel: 020 7525 2000
artsadmin@southwark.gov.uk
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