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Running Free - Running Live!

Updated: Mar 26, 2020

Stuck at home? Now is the time to brush up on everything from presentation skills to lighting to budget management.


Running Free is a twice-weekly series of workshops for screen industry professionals and enthusiasts – delivered completely free and online!


Workshops will be uploaded to ACMI's YouTube channel every Wednesday and Friday at 10am. Presenters will be available to answer your questions on Twitter - simply use the hashtag #runningfreeskills


Note: Running Free is a strictly online-only series available to view via the ACMI Youtube channel beginning Friday 27 March 2020.


Running Free is presented in partnership between ACMI and Media Mentors.


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Friday 27 March Keep Calm & Look For New Markets

with Author & Journalist Jenny Valentish


Wednesday 1 April Screenwriting: Where Do You Start? with Drama Writer David Hannam


Friday 3 April What Makes A Good Factual Story? with Executive Producer Alex West


Wednesday 8 April What You Need to Know to be a Videographer with Lara Van Raay, Small World Documentaries


Wednesday 15 April Budgeting 101 with Producer Charlotte Wheaton, Good Thing Productions


Friday 17 April From Short to Long with Feature Director John Sheedy, H for Happiness


Wednesday 22 April Lighting for Beginners with Cinematographer Joanne Donahoe-Beckwith


Friday 24 April Getting The Most From Interviews with Dominique Pratt, Presenter & Director


Wednesday 29 April

The Joy of Archive

with Producer Kate Pappas 


Friday1 May

So You Want To Make A Podcast

with Producer & Journalist Sharon Davis




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