Filmmaking Challenge 2026 (applications now closed)
Folkestone Documentary Festival Filmmaking Challenge is a county-wide creative programme that encourages people across Kent to make short, accessible documentary films rooted in their local environment, communities and stories. The Challenge is open to filmmakers of all ages and backgrounds, including schools, colleges, community groups and all aspiring filmmakers.
FLAMIN: Funding & Opportunities For Artists’ Moving Image
Screen South is delighted to host Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN) for an informal evening exploring funding, development and support opportunities for artists working across moving image, animation, artists’ games, immersive and expanded screen practices.
Sea Change: Movement, Water and Filming the Body
In this practical one-day lab, artist-filmmaker Emma Critchley and dance artist Maya Carroll invite dancers, filmmakers and creative practitioners to explore their shared practice of film and movement in relation to water.
Screening: Dance Digital: Sadler’s Wells Commissioned Shorts + Q&A
Sadler’s Wells’ Dance Digital comes to Folkestone with six newly commissioned shorts exploring dance on screen in bold, cinematic ways, from underwater encounters to nightclubs, domestic memories, beauty rituals and intergenerational time. This screening is followed by an in-person Q&A with director Emma Critchley and dancer Maya Carroll.
Music Videos In May 2026 – Showcase & Celebration
Join us to celebrate four new music videos made by local artists and directors.
Music Videos in May
Music Videos In May offers musicians and directors from Kent the chance to create a music video with expert support and pro facilities.
Everything You Need To Know About The Screen Sector Tax Incentives
Anna Mansi, BFI Director of Video Games & Certification, will guide you through the essentials of making a successful application across feature film, short film, HETV, animation tv, children’s tv, video games and immersive/VR.
Music Videos In May 2026 – Meet The Cohort
Meet the artists and directors making 2026's music videos
Documentary Storytelling: Securing Funding
In this intensive 2-hour session, acclaimed documentary producer and documentary industry expert Charlie Phillips breaks down the essential components of a compelling documentary package - what commissioners, funders, and partners actually want to see, and how to communicate your story’s value with clarity and impact.
Low Budget Feature Production
The Low Budget Production Lab is a free two-day workshop teaching you to create high-quality productions with minimal resources, led by expert guest tutor Bill Thomas.
Unfolding Worlds – Showcase & John Gerrard Artist Talk
We are delighted to preview five new works developed by a cohort of artists during the Screen South Unfolding Worlds Lab using the UNREAL Engine.
Screening: Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Documentary filmmaker Thomas von Steinaecker spoke to people who have worked with Herzog over his long career. We also hear from Herzog himself, with extraordinary anecdotes about film locations and shoots, his admiration for Lotte Eisner, and his eternal search for beauty.
Electric Dreaming: Lab
Sign-up to be part of a cohort exploring creative video applications of open-source generative ai with BRiGHTBLACK in this two-day lab.
Inside Music Video: With Director James Slater
Join us for an evening of screenings and insightful conversation with award-winning director James Slater, whose extensive experience directing music videos over two decades informs his distinctive approach to documentary and long-form music storytelling.
Electric Dreaming: Generative AI & Creative Practice
Electric Dreaming: Generative AI & Creative Practice is an open event, led by Brightblack, surveying the current creative AI landscape and how we arrived here: what tools exist now, how they are actually being used by artists, what myths and fears persist, and where things might be heading next.
You See it, You Hear it, Let’s Clear it – with Elizabeth Klinck
Screen South is delighted to present Elizabeth Klinck’s returning Research Rights and Clearances workshop “You See It, You Hear It, Let’s Clear It!”, which will delve into the world of archival image and audio research and music clearances in the light of recent innovations in technology and AI.
Artist Talk: Sarah Wood
Discover Film, Memory, and Contemporary Art at Sarah Wood’s Artist Talk – Triennial 2025 Join us on Thursday, 31st July 2025 for an inspiring artist talk with acclaimed artist and filmmaker Sarah Wood
Flaminia Celata’s Residency – The Sharing
Join us on Friday, 27 June at 5.30PM at Screen South’s Digital Hub in Folkestone for the culmination of Flaminia Celata’s residency, The Boundaries Are Eminently Porous.
Unfolding Worlds Artists Call Out
Unfolding Worlds is a creative XR Lab led by Screen South and presented with Folkestone Fringe and Tinkr Academy exploring game engines as a tool for visioning possible futures. Can the interactive and fabricated landscapes of video games creative tech be retooled as a poetic and critical medium to reflect on our environment?
Between Gaze And Flow – With Alexandrina Hemsley (Founder, Yewande 103)
Join dance artist Alexandrina Hemsley for a masterclass exploring movement for camera. Drawing from her film FOUNTAIN (2022), Alexandrina will share the motivations behind her screendance practice and offer a space to reflect on how a dancing body calls for the camera not as a tool of capture, but as a witness
Lightscapes Showcase 2025
Screen South's latest XR cohort have been working hard to learn techniques and software in Projection Mapping - and now they're lighting up Folkestone to celebrate! Join us for a fantastic evening celebrating the beginning of British Summertime with lights, food, and friends!
Visual Effects on Feature Films with Vivienne O’Neill
There's a common misconception between SFX and VFX, and clarifying this distinction is important. Find out on the 25th of September at 6pm - An Introduction to VFX.
Talk – Making It Here: A Future For Independent Production In Kent And The South-East Region
What would a thriving, sustainable screen industries sector look like beyond London, and what needs to be in place for it to flourish? With Chris Curley, Head of Nations and Regions at Pact (the Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television). Followed by networking.
Total View 360 Showcase
Check out Screen South's latest Digital Hub Showcase - Total View! Come along and see what this fantastic cohort have been up to in 360 degrees.
About Showcase Artists 2024-2025
Screen South's Showcase Artists are a cohort of ten creatives receiving bespoke support to bring their projects to completion. Their projects span art forms, whether visual, auditory, immersive, or a combination. Read more about the artists and their work here.
Total View – The 360 Performance showcase
Screen South is inviting creatives to learn and implement the making of 360 video within an immersive project. The theme for this showcase is ‘performance’.
Neighbourhood Photogrammetry Showcase
Come and see our local area like you’ve never seen it before, in a unique immersive visual and sound documentary experience.
REVEAL – Showcase Artists 2024-5 Exhibition
Screen South is delighted to present an exhibition of new works from Screen South's 2024-25 Showcase Artist programme. Open 30 Aug - 21 Sep 2025. Artist talks and late opening (7pm) Fridays Digital : Glassworks, Mill Bay, Folkestone, CT20 1JG
Neighbourhood Photogrammetry Lab
Screen South is inviting local artists to learn the basics of photogrammetry and scan and bring to life a local location and person in East Kent that means something special to them.
Develop Create XR
Develop-Create XR is a BFI-supported cinematic extended narrative writing and world-building development programme for immersive XR.
Feature Development Masterclass
Discover and apply the tools you need to develop a detailed 12-page treatment acting as the basis for a first draft of an original screenplay in this 7-week masterclass facilitated by Screen South in partnership with writer Gabriella Apicella.
Showcase: Music Videos in May 2025
Screen South, Folkestone Music Town and Seaview Studio invite you to a free showcase of 4 new music videos made by local artists as part of Music in May.
XR Lab: Music Videos in May
Applications are now open for Screen South, Folkestone Music, and Seaview Studios' new XR Lab: Music Videos in May! Apply now for your chance to create a music video for free using hi-tech facilities at Screen South's Digital Hub.
XR Showcase: Immersive Sound
Discover how sound can take you on immersive journeys at this XR Showcase, exhibiting exciting surround-sound worlds created by our fantastic Digital Hub cohort.
XR Lab & Showcase: Immersive Sound
Work with an immersive sound-based mentor to learn about the many ways we can use sound to create a fully immersive experience.
XR SHOWCASES: The Red Shoes (1948)
Immerse yourself in a series of experimental photogrammetry works inspired by Powell & Pressburger's The Red Shoes, created by a cohort of talented artists working with Screen South's XR Labs and Showcases.
You See It, You Hear It, Let’s Clear It!
Explore and discover best practices and current trends in archive filmmaking and music clearances in this interactive workshop with Elizabeth Klinck.
XR SHOWCASES: VR Art Exhibition
Join Screen South & Sean Rodrigo for a two-day XR Showcase exhibiting work created by our talented cohort.
XR Lab: The Red Shoes
Experiment with new photogrammetry techniques and be inspired by Powell & Pressburger's THE RED SHOES (1948) as part of this XR Lab.
XR LAB: 360 Lab & Showcase
Check out a series of 360 degree artworks, created by the cohort of Screen South's 360 XR lab supported by Studio Radar.
