About World Film Collective
World Film Collective teaches sustainable filmmaking to disadvantaged young people around the world, giving them the freedom to represent themselves to a global audience, and the knowledge and skills to do this using 21st century technology.
Our objectives
1. To give marginalised young people the skills and confidence to make films.
2. To guide young people towards further education, training and employment.
3. To work with a network of organisations and workshop tutors, sharing knowledge and expertise
4. To harness the potential of the internet for film education, cultural exchange and creative interaction.
Who we are
World Film Collective is a dynamic team, from all four corners of the world, working together to deliver workshops to young people. Our tutors are local film and drama professionals who are trained by us to deliver the highest possible quality of workshops.
Our Trustees bring their extensive knowledge and expertise from their respective industries to help further develop the organisation. The World Film Collective trustees are Victor Keegan (Chair), Greg Dyke, Caroline Diehl, Cate Haste, Chloe Targett-Adams, Ursula Owen, John Forsyth and Tamsin Rickeard. Read more about our trustees and patrons.
World Film Collective is also fortunate to have a number of patrons associated with our work including Mike Figgis, Lord Puttnam, Greg Dyke, Helena Kennedy QC, Roger Graef OBE, Prof. Jane Plastow and Gerald Fox.
Our role in content broadcast
In each workshop, participants learn the filmmaking process from beginning to end, producing content that can then be shared with a global audience.
By introducing our students to this cutting edge mobile phone and internet technology World Film Collective is supplying a route into a ground-breaking new era of content broadcast. Victor Keegan, World Film Collective Chair, trustee and Technology journalist for the Guardian explains why he is excited by this:
"I think that the new technologies are dramatically changing the world, they are enabling poor countries to do things that, without building an expensive infrastructure, they can do just using phones and cameras... The film directors of the future aren't going to come from film schools and advertising agencies they're going to come from YouTube and from people who are using their mobile cameras and their digital cameras in order to do their own creative things. And that's a development of unknown potential, we are only just beginning it, it's up to the youth of the world to take advantage of it."
The benefits of our work
Our workshops also offer these young people important skills such as leadership, working in a team, meeting deadlines and computer literacy which serve them well in their education and future employment. By sharing the films they have made; films which talk about their lives and the issues that matter most to them, these young people are expanding their horizons, as well as entering a new global cultural arena.
Sustainability
World Film Collective values sustainable work which is why we use mobile phones and free- editing software which remains accessible to the participants after we leave.
We provide a point of communication for students to continue the workshop experience online through internet platforms and social networking sites where WFC has a strong presence.
World Film Collective is dedicated to the progressive use of new media, and maximising its potential to help young, disadvantaged people access the digital revolution and benefit from the economic opportunities it provides.