From PR Lauren Archer: Hit US animated comedy The Life & Times of Tim has come to the UK exclusively to Virgin1. To celebrate, they have created their own custom Sketch tool which enables you to have a go at playing animator and creating your own funny sketch from the show. A fantastic prize in the form of a 32" Sony Bravia LCD TV goes to the person who creates the best sketch! Just hea...

Following on from the success of the last two years, Scottish Documentary Institute is proud to again host the annual documentary pitching workshop: The Edinburgh Pitch. For the first time this year prizes will be awarded up to £6,000 for project development. Organized as part of the Bridging the Gap initiative, the pitch is backed by Scottish Screen, Skillset, BBC Scotland, Highlands and Islan...

From The 48 Hour Film Project: The world's largest competition of its kind returns to Edinburgh's Cameo Cinema this May 22-24!  Filmmakers from across the UK (and beyond) will meet up to spend a wild and crazy bank holiday weekend making a film, getting it screened and judged for prizes. Registration is now open (and quickly filling up) at www.48hourfilm.com/edinburgh. We are now half full, ...

Get creative for your community! Win £500 for yourself and £1,000 for a local project. Anyone can enter this competition.  You don't have to be an established artist and there's no age limit.  You can enter as a group or individually.  Check it out on itsyourcommunity.co.uk/art. Not only does the winning artist get their artwork displayed in one of  th...

This 2009 Satyajit Ray Foundation Competition is open to all film-makers, of any age, either resident or studying in the UK. The closing date is 1st March 2009. From the Ray Foundation: The film, of not more than 30 minutes running time, should express and inform aspects of the experiences of South Asians (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) either within ...

Caroline Bottomley, founder of Radar - the leading site for music video production opportunities, writes in with details of a £10,000 music video production budget plus £8,000 prize for Aviv Geffen. Geffen, a huge star in Israel, is launching his UK career with an invitation to make his music video. The competition is open to filmmakers at all levels of career and is f...

From Lauren @ Holler: Skins 3 is coming soon, and the Skins creators are looking for some bright young things to help them with a very special project. They’ll be creating an online mini episode of Skins that will feature some of the series 3 cast. There are four very important behind the scenes roles that still need to be filled.

After selecting the pitch and screenwriter for their user-funded and produced  feature, UK crowd-financing site Movie Mogul Fund are currently inviting votes for producer and director, with the likes of Martin Gooch, Rob Speranza and Robbie Moffat in the running. Accompanying the round, pitch winner Ryan Hooper has produced a brief Microbudget overview featuring many of the stalwarts of...

A contest by Alfonso 'Children of Men' Cuarón to accompany his son Jonás' debut feature Año Uña (pictured) has had its entry date extended to November 19.  The competition is inspired by Año Uña’s unique format made entirely from photographic stills, and calls for shorts no longer than 3 minutes made up of personal photos or stills from th...