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Creative Enterprise Live! – Meet the Team & Explore New Programmes This Spring
Creative Enterprise is back with Creative Enterprise Live!, a series of regional events this April bringing the screen industries community together. These events are your chance to meet the team, learn about our newly announced programmes, and connect with founders, mentors, and industry peers.
Across York (14 April), Newcastle (15 April), Nottingham (21 April), and Bournemouth (23 April), you’ll explore practical sessions on pitching, emerging technologies, building sustainable businesses, skills development, and creator-led IP. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to scale, these events offer insights, networking, and opportunities to grow your business.
Creative Enterprise: Live in York - TV & Unscripted (14 April)
Dive into two focused sessions exploring how to strengthen your projects and future-proof your business:
- Pitching at Festivals: How to Win International Co-Productions with Sara Gibbings – a practical, interactive session on crafting and delivering pitches to international commissioners
- New Tech for Screen with John Rose-Adams – an insight-led look at how XR, virtual production and AI are shaping the future of screen industries and creative workflows
Creative Enterprise: Live in Newcastle - Networking Breakfast (15 April)
This morning session brings together practical insight and peer connection, combining an honest look at building a regional production company with time to network and share ideas.
- How to Establish a Viable Regional Indie Film Production Company with Alex Polunin – an open, practical session sharing insights from building a regional production company, with space for questions and discussion to help shape your next steps
Get your tickets for Newcastle event.
Creative Enterprise: Live in Nottingham - Games & Immersive (21 April)
This afternoon session focuses on building resilience and long-term sustainability, with insights to help creative businesses navigate challenges and stay in the game.
- Survive Long Enough to Get Lucky with Rob Hewson – a candid session on building a resilient games studio, sharing practical strategies to overcome common pitfalls and create a more sustainable future
- Additional sessions to be announced – with more insights and speakers to be revealed soon
This afternoon session explores how to build skills, audiences and IP in a rapidly evolving screen landscape, with practical tools you can apply straight away.
- Knowing What You Don’t Know: Planning Your Own Skills Development in Screen with Steve Rafter – a hands-on workshop on identifying skills gaps and building a clear, strategic approach to your professional development
- Building a Creator-Led Transmedia IP Without Waiting for Permission with Julia Munder – an interactive session on growing audiences, generating revenue and developing IP independently within the creator economy
- One Story, Many Channels: Using AI Without Losing the Plot (or Your Rights) with Fiona Bavinton – a practical look at using AI to adapt stories across formats while maintaining creative integrity and navigating rights and ethics
Get your tickets for Bournemouth event.
Across the series, we’ll be spotlighting the incredible talent emerging from the English regions and the real challenges (and opportunities) shaping the sector right now.
If you are building a business in film & tv, games, digital content, immersive or createch, these events are for you!
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