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As the year draws to a close, December offers time to look ahead and prepare for new opportunities. We're excited to be launching a new Warner Bros. Discovery Story Builder resource in the new year, but in the meantime, take a look at our previous edition, Story Builder: Unscripted TV, which will help you explore storytelling through television with 11-14 year olds.
And with some post-16 and post-18 application deadlines taking place in January, we've also included our Parent and Carer Guide to Careers in the Screen Industries to help those all-important influencers of young people navigate screen career options .
We also have some interesting career opportunities for young people to get involved with, from free ScreenWorks work experience programmes in Northern Ireland to our Get Into Film (GIF) channels, which highlight apprenticeship and other opportunities UK-wide.
We hope the resources and insights below will help you start round off 2025, and start the new year with momentum.
If you're new to Into Film, all you need to access our free resources and other opportunities listed below is an Into Film Account. Don't worry, it's completely free and only takes a moment to set up.
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- Discover! Creative Careers Month
- Story Builder: Unscripted TV resource
- Parent and Carer Guide to Careers in the Screen Industries
- Film & TV Educators Network webinar series
- Rotherham Symposium
- Into Film Scotland Forum event
- Remote work experience with Futures For All
- ScreenWorks (Northern Ireland)
- Get Into Film - Opportunities for young people
- Further careers resources
Discover! Creative Careers Month
Throughout November, we were proud to lead Discover! Creative Careers Week programmes in Scotland and Wales, while also continuing to offer screen careers events across Northern Ireland and England through the Into Film Festival.
We delivered a raft of inspiring free careers events, connecting thousands of young people with hundreds of workplaces to give hands-on insight and experience of the creative industries.
See highlights and read more about our programme of Discover! Creative Careers activity below.
Story Builder: Unscripted TV
Story Builder: Unscripted TV is an exciting resource that was created with Warner Bros. Discovery for students in Key Stage 3 (or equivalent). This free learning resource explores storytelling through the lens of television, prompting young people to create a pilot episode for a piece of unscripted TV. Whether you're a history, chemistry or PSHE teacher, this resource lets you transform your topics into an activity-based challenge show or to reimagine your subject as a reality TV programme.
Parent and Carer Guide to Careers in the Screen Industries
Our free Parent and Carer Guide to Careers in the Screen Industries provides valuable insights into the sector and offers practical advice to parents/carers on how to support and encourage a young person's career journey. Share this guide with parents/carers who have a young person with their sights set on this exciting sector.
This guide will help parents and carers to:
- Learn the basics around careers in the screen industries
- Discover where to find out more about screen industry opportunities
- Feel more confident about supporting their young person in exploring a screen industry career.
Film & TV Educators Network webinar series
The Film & TV Educators Network webinar series highlights key roles in the UK screen industries that are facing skills shortages, providing invaluable insights for teachers and careers advisors looking to enrich their curriculum and guide students towards in-demand careers. Each session focuses on a different role or department, bringing together a panel of educators, as well as early-career and senior industry experts.
Career Spotlight Panels: Production Management
Date: Wednesday 10 December, 16:30-17:30
This free session will focus on production management in unscripted television - programmes which don't start with a script, and focus on real people (rather than actors). This includes reality television, documentaries, game shows and factual entertainment.
Rotherham Symposium
Date: Wednesday 21 January 2026, 10:00 - 13.00
Location: Wentworth Woodhouse, Wentworth, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S62 7TQ
Join us for an Educational Symposium, bringing together educators and screen industry partners for a collaborative morning focused on using film to support the curriculum. You'll hear from Dr. Becky Parry, watch locally made short films, learn how our Screen Careers programme supports Gatsby Benchmarks, and gain exclusive first access to our new Media Literacy training!
Travel or staff-cover contributions are available.
Into Film Scotland Forum: A Conversation about working with the Film and Screen Curriculum
Date: Tuesday 20 January, 10:00 - 14:00
Location: The Boardwalk, 105 Brunswick Street, Glasgow G1 1TF
You are invited to a morning of discussion, inspiration and learning at The Boardwalk (Impact Arts) on Tuesday 20 January. Into Film, CYAA and Education Scotland are bringing arts education organisations, sector support bodies and practitioners together to:
- discuss how Scotland's newly-launched Film and Screen Curriculum will impact our work with children and young people
- learn about how Into Film can support you to engage with it
- be inspired by projects that already use film to enhance their work in cross-arts education.
This free event includes a networking lunch.
- To register your interest to attend please email edinburgh@intofillm.org
Remote work experience with Futures For All
In July, 125 young people from across the UK took part in a three-day online (remote) work experience programme with Into Film, exploring what it's like to work behind the scenes in film and television.
The remote placement centred around a major group project - to reboot a children's television show with a spooky Hallowe'en theme. Over three days, participants met film and TV professionals, developed ideas collaboratively in breakout sessions, and presented their final concepts to the panel.
96% said the experience met their expectations, rating it 4.3 out of 5, with 77% of young people confident that they could achieved their career ambitions after taking part in the placement.
"Being part of the small groups really helped improved my confidence when talking to new people and I loved hearing from people in different roles that I didn't think of doing but now I will look deeper into them", said one participant.
- Read more about July's work experience with Futures for All, and keep an eye out for future work experience opportunities.
ScreenWorks
If you're working with young people in Northern Ireland, don't miss the latest ScreenWorks opportunities.
Funded by the Department for Communities through Northern Ireland Screen and delivered by Into Film, our 3-5 day ScreenWorks work experience placements help young people aged 14-19 learn more about careers in the screen industries with first-hand experience.
All ScreenWorks programmes are free, and a travel bursary is available to reimburse young people for all public transport costs.
Upcoming Programmes:
- Prosthetic Make Up (16-18 Dec 2025)
- Editing (13-15 Jan 2026)
- Producing (20-22 Jan 2026)
- Intro to Script Editing (27-29 Jan 2026)
Get Into Film
If you want to support and empower the young people you work with to explore screen industry careers for themselves, point them towards our Get Into Film page, which features all the latest opportunities, and our youth-facing Get Into Film social channels.
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Further careers resources
To learn more about how you can educate and guide young people toward their dream careers, browse our Careers Hub for even more resources and training to enhance your careers programme, and discover more opportunities for young people. Be sure to check back again next month for more top events and resources you can use to support screen careers conversations.
Into Film is proud to be an Affiliate Member of the Career Development Institute (CDI), and a Social Mobility Partner of Speakers for Schools.
The core Into Film programme is free for UK state schools, colleges and other youth settings, thanks to support from the BFI, awarding National Lottery good cause funding, and through other key funders including Cinema First and Northern Ireland Screen.
