The National Film and Television School have partnered with Channel 4 and Norfolk Screen to deliver these FREE online workshops. They are designed for people in the East of England but open to anyone to join.
Navigating the world as an Independent Producer with Ameenah Ayub Alleng
Monday 30 June | 12:30 – 14:00 | BOOK YOUR PLACE
Ameenah is a BAFTA Nominated and BIFA-winning producer. She has worked on all Clio Barnard’s feature Films, including as co-producer on Ali and Ava (2021). She produced Sarah Gavron’s Feature Rocks (2019), which won two BAFTAS and five BIFAs. In 2022, she produced Carol Morley’s Typist Artist Pirate King. Ameenah has completed the reknowned film business and leadership training programme, Inside Pictures. As an independent producer she works across features, shorts and television series, most recently on Virdee (BBC 2025).
Written Pitches with Lizzie Gray
Tuesday 1 July | 12:30 – 14:00 | BOOK YOUR PLACE
Join us to find out more about how to craft powerful written pitches. We’ll explore what a pitch really is—a persuasive document designed to sell your idea—and how to shape it around the unique vision of your project. You’ll learn how to make your pitch clear and memorable, capture the right tone and character journeys, and explain why this story matters now and why you’re the one to tell it. Led by experienced scripted producer and exec, Lizzie Gray.
Cultural IP: Finding Stories and Adapting for Screen with Matt Delargy
Wednesday 2 July | 12:30 – 14:00 | BOOK YOUR PLACE
The world is abundant with stories… you just have to learn how to tune your antennae to receive them, how to pick the ones that really matter to you, and how to shape them into something unique and commercial. A talk about all of these things ,and more, with time for questions and discussion. Screenwriter and Producer Matt Delargy tells you all you need to know.
More information can be found here: NFTS | Channel 4 | Norfolk Screen | ONLINE WORKSHOPS | NFTS