Research and Impact - Filmmaking

Into Film believes every young person should have the chance to learn hands-on filmmaking skills and be able to tell their own stories through film.

Our Young Creatives programme, supported by the BFI awarding National Lottery good cause funding, provides information, guidance support and training to youth groups, schools and filmmaking groups across the UK. This includes our Every Child a Filmmaker initiative, and we also deliver a range of other participatory filmmaking projects, focusing on young people from underserved areas and underrepresented backgrounds.

Did you know?

In 2023-2024...

• 4,000+ filmmaking resources have been downloaded
• We delivered 28 Every Child a Filmmaker projects across the UK
• 500+ children and young people were involved in our filmmaking competitions (including Film of the Month and the Into Film Awards)
• Close to 100 unique school or community groups were involved in filmmaking activity.

Of the young people surveyed involved in these projects...

• 92% said they felt more confident after taking part in their project
• 89% said taking part had significantly increased their understanding of film production
• 83% said taking part had significantly increased their understanding of screen careers
• 87% said their ability to creatively express themselves was ‘a lot better' as a result of taking part
• 90% said their teamworking skills had improved as a result of taking part.

In 2024, we partnered with Swatch on our Time to Inspire storyboard competition, as part of our Every Child a Filmmaker initiative. The aim of this exciting, educational competition was to engage and support young people to develop their creative skills and imaginations by designing a storyboard about what inspires them. The winning team would then see their storyboard brought to life. Find out what inspired our winners - Lian, Leah, Christina, Eva and Paree, from All Saints Catholic High School, Sheffield - and how the experience ignited some exciting futures in film for them.

Find out more about our impact in Filmmaking

Below you can read and download our most recent evaluations and reports exploring and assessing both our wider filmmaking activity, and the impact of specific projects.