Pillar 05
Inclusive Representation, Cultural Safety and Community Access
The barriers that decide who works in this industry are rarely about ability: fares, rent, a shift you cannot afford to lose, a set that has never thought about prayer. This pillar is the route in for people the sector has not reached.
Who this is for
Who this is for.
Faith
Faith communities
A published Faith Inclusion Toolkit, so nobody has to ask twice about prayer, food, dress, fasting or scheduling. Free to read.
Neurodivergent
Neurodivergent people
Neurodivergent and Disabled people, and the organisations supporting them. The quiet room on the base plan serves rest as well as prayer.
Cost
People priced out
Funded places for people who could not otherwise pay, as trading income allows.
Access
Access
Where you live should not decide whether you can take a place.
Say on the form what would stop you taking a place. Barriers are discussed case by case, sometimes with a third-party funder, and nothing is promised in advance.
The mechanism
Any surplus is locked in. It pays for everything we do.
Testing, kit hire, commissioned film and space hire earn the income. The asset lock means no surplus can be taken out, so it goes back into the work.
Crew in hi-vis lifting a camera at the festival
What the route is
Mentorship, training, and a supervised place where a production offers one.
01
Tailored mentorship
A practitioner in the grade you are aiming at.
02
Structured training
Production simulations in a grade, so what you can do has been seen.
03
Supervised placement
A defined role on a unit, as training, where a production offers one.
Screen Sisters
A separate company, not one of our programmes.
Screen Sisters CIC (company number 16185639) is a women-led, faith-rooted training organisation with its own directors. The Faith Inclusion Toolkit belongs to Futures in Film CIC; Screen Sisters collaborates on it, and its trainees crewed the shoot that piloted it.
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