CALLING ALL BUDDING FILM CRITICS

If you have started to work in film journalism and would like to kick-start your career then the Young Film Journalists Scheme is for you. Designed to help people gain a better understanding of the ins and outs of film writing, the scheme will provide you with the opportunity to review different kinds of films and meet a diverse range of people from within the film industry

As part of the GNER 19th Leeds International Film Festival (taking place Thursday 3 November – Sunday 13 November, 2005) three students will work on the Film Festival’s daily newsletter. Duties will include reviewing films, writing up festival events and interviewing the international array of filmmakers and actors who will be attending as guests of the festival. For more information on the festival go to www.leedsfilm.com.

As well as guidance from newsletter editor Ian Winterton, guest mentors, including Neil Young (the chairman of the Guild Of Regional Film Writers) and Laurence Boyce,a member of Fipresci who has taken part in a similar scheme in Berlin, will be on hand to lend their expertise and career advice. In addition, students’ writing will be published every day on the website of Fipresci, the International Federation of Film Critics and on the website of the Guild Of Regional Film Writers. The cost of travel and accommodation for successful applicants will be met by the scheme.

Potential students must be:

• Aged 18-26
• UK residents
• Available to stay in Leeds for the duration of the festival

To enter please send film reviews that have already been published to:

YOUNG FILM JOURNALISTS SCHEME
c/o Ian Winterton
31 St Matthew’s Road
Brixton
London
SW2 1NE

Or email: ianwinterton@aol.com

Closing date for all entries is 5pm on Friday 21 October, 2005.