Bringing together the UK’s best trainees and film productions

The Film Craft and Technical Trainee Placement Scheme enables film productions to recruit skilled trainees to work in their Craft and Technical departments at heavily subsidised rates.

Trainee Placements are offered in the following departments: Art Department, Camera and Lighting, Costume & Wardrobe, Editing, Hair and Make-up, Script Supervisor, Production Sound.

“This unique scheme will give the best talent across the UK a way into the film industry and give film productions access to high calibre trainees” Alison Small, Academy Director

Current status for Film Trainees

Applications are now closed.

We will re-open applications for all other trainees in the late summer/ early autumn for the 2nd intake. When the scheme re-opens we will advertise it here, and Twitter & Facebook. So make sure you follow us!

Looking for paid work in film?

If you are a film trainee we can give you the opportunity to earn while you learn on paid placements with film productions shooting in the UK.

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Looking for talented film trainees?

If you have paid the Skills Investment Fund (SIF) you can recruit subsidised high quality trainees for your craft and technical departments.

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