Research and Impact - Screen Careers

At Into Film, we offer comprehensive information, guidance and support on careers in the screen industries for 11-18 year-olds.

This includes our Careers and Progression programme - supported by the British Film Institute (BFI) awarding National Lottery good cause funding - which provides Continuing Professional Development (CPD), classroom resources and online content for careers professionals, educators and young people.

We act as a bridge between the film industry and education sector, delivering large-scale audience development programmes and informing and inspiring young people about careers in the industry.

To help young people pursue a career in the screen industries, Into Film runs a number of schemes to give them a greater understanding of what's involved and better connect them to the industry.

Our screen careers programme also offers work experience and mentoring opportunities through our ScreenWorks and Trailblaze programmes in Northern Ireland, funded by our regional partner Northern Ireland Screen.

2024/2025 to date

• Over 8,000 careers resources downloaded by educators reaching an estimated 180,000 young people in schools
• 570+ careers professionals/teachers trained
• 2.4million+ combined views by 13-18 year olds on the Get Into Film youth-facing Instagram and TikTok channels
• Over 11,000 views on Into Film's YouTube Shorts channel

ScreenWorks at a glance in 2023-2024

• 31 ScreenWorks work experience programmes
• 844 young people engaged
• 123 schools, colleges, or universities involved
• After completing the ScreenWorks programme in 2023, 95% of young people said they had found a potential career pathway into the NI screen industries

Louise Sedgewick is an Into Film Education Ambassador, and an English and media teacher of 11-18-year-olds at St Margaret's Academy in Livingston. Recently, she outlined to us why she believes encouraging young people into screen careers is so important, and tells us about the film career she always wanted.

Find out more about our impact in Screen Careers

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

Into Film's Careers Offer - Summary Report

ScreenWorks External Evaluation Report (2024)

This report is an evaluation of our ScreenWorks work placement programme, funded by NI Screen. ScreenWorks offers young people aged 14-19 the opportunity to learn more about job roles in the screen industries through 3-5 day work experience opportunities, delivered by industry professionals.

Into Film Speakers for Schools Summary Report (2024)

Into Film ‘Switched On' Evaluation Report (2023)

Our ‘Switched On' Careers resource, launched by Into Film in November 2022 and funded by the BFI, aimed to increase awareness of the breadth of roles available in the screen industries amongst young people, educators and parents.

Into Film Programme 2018-23 Evaluation (2023)

Independent consultancy SQW's evaluation Into Film's programme of work between 2018 and 2023 explored the outcomes of Into Film's activity. The evaluation drew on evidence from interviews, focus groups and surveys, and analysis of secondary data.