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After what was no doubt a welcome summer break for educators, September brings a very exciting update regarding Discover! Creative Careers, as well as a spotlight on handy resources and CPD for you to utilise across the new academic year.
Bookings for the eagerly-anticipated Into Film Festival 2025 will be going live on the morning of Wednesday 10 September, and to get you and your learners in the mood for spooky season, we're partnering with Futures for All and their Speakers for Schools programme to offer a special, fully remote work experience opportunity for students aged 14-19 called Spooky Screens: Explore Hidden Jobs in Film & TV.
Read on to find out more about these and plenty more events and opportunities.
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Discover! Creative Careers
2025 will see Into Film lead the Discover! Creative Careers programme in Scotland and Wales, delivering a wide range of exciting activities including industry visits and workshops, online and in-class talks and careers events at the Into Film Festival, our annual event that sees over 400,000 children and young people visit cinemas across the UK for free.
Scotland
Join the Discover! Creative Careers Scotland team for a series of webinars taking place in September, sharing more information about the programme, how you and your students can take part and some of the exciting offers that will be available.
If you're a careers professional or educator and want your school or college to take part in Discover! Creative Careers Scotland events - during the week in November, or throughout the year - please visit the Discover! website to register your interest and we'll be in touch with further information.
If you're an employer, creative organisation, individual, local authority or a network of careers or creative partners interested in Discover! Creative Careers Scotland, please visit the Discover! Creative Careers website to complete a short form and we'll be in touch.
Wales
The Discover! Creative Careers, Cymru team will also be holding a series of webinars, with two on Thursday 11 September (12:30-13:00 and 16:15-16:45) featuring an interesting insight into our careers partners, while on Thursday 18 September (15:40-16:15) there will be a webinar for schools and colleges to attend.
If you're a careers professional or educator and want your school or college to take part in Discover! Creative Careers Cymru events - during the week in November, or throughout the year - please visit the Discover! website to register your interest and we'll be in touch with further information.
If you're an employer, creative organisation, individual, local authority or a network of careers or creative partners interested in Discover! Creative Careers Cymru, please visit the Discover! Creative Careers website to complete a short form and we'll be in touch.
Into Film Festival 2025
The Into Film Festival is the world's largest free youth film festival, and we can't wait to have you join us. This year's Festival will take place between 7-28 November 2025, and bookings will go live on the morning of Wednesday 10 September. The Festival provides free UK-wide screenings, special previews, filmmaking workshops, Q&As with filmmakers, and careers workshops. And the best part? It's entirely free!
Remember - places will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, so add a reminder to your calendars now to ensure you don't miss out, as many events will book up very quickly.
Resource Spotlight: Industry Insiders
Support your students to understand screen industry careers through our series of short plug-and-play Industry Insiders resources. Hear top tips and first-hand experiences from a director of photography, art director, documentary director and editor.
Help students get to grips with the roles and skills involved. Activities like these will help you to meet careers benchmarks and standards:
- England Gatsby Benchmark 2, learning from career and labour market information, Gatsby Benchmark 4, linking curriculum learning to careers
- Northern Ireland Aim 2, career exploration
- Scotland, I can demonstrate and apply the skills I have learnt across the curriculum in relation to the world of work, I can identify my interests, strengths and skills and use them to make informed choices
- Wales CWRE exploring self and society, widening horizons.
Webinar - Screen Careers: Finding the Right Fit (Scotland)
Date: Tuesday 9 September 2025, 16:00-17:15
This is a free online session for careers professionals and educators. The session will deepen your understanding of careers through the film and TV production process, equipping careers professionals and educators with the knowledge and skills to support young people aged 11-18 exploring screen career options.
CPD Spotlight: Supporting Screen Careers Conversations
Thinking of your CPD for the academic year ahead? Why not sign up for our short online course to discover the essential facts and latest trends to help young people aged 11-18 make informed decisions about pursuing a role in the screen industries.
You'll be guided through the different sectors that make up the screen industries and tackle some of the common queries that you'll come across in discussions with your students. You'll get the inside scoop on the range of roles on offer, key labour market information and the work the industry is doing to become more accessible to a diverse range of young people.
By the end of this short course, you will be able to:
- Identify the key sectors of the screen industries
- Offer practical advice on screen industry careers
- Signpost young people to key resources and sources of support
- Empower students to continue to explore the industry independently.
Spooky Screens: Explore Hidden Jobs in Film & TV - Halloween Special
From 29-31 October 2025, we are offering Spooky Screens: Explore Hidden Jobs in Film & TV, a fully remote work experience for students aged 14-19, in partnership with Futures for All's Speakers for Schools programme. This fully remote work experience will set students a challenge to remodel an existing children's TV show into a spine-chilling Halloween special, with support and insight from industry guests working in a range of film and TV roles.
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.
And 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.
Into Film is proud to be an Affiliate Member of the Career Development Institute (CDI), and a Social Mobility Partner of Speakers for Schools.
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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.
