Apply Now for the Next BFI Film Academy
Application forms for our next BFI Film Academy, starting in October 2014 are available to download now! All young filmmakers aged 16-19 from Cumbria and Lancashire can apply and those…
John Woodcock’s Furness Summer Camp
As part of our Signal Starters Holiday Workshops for children, funded by BBC Children In Need, we’ve teamed up with John Woodcock’s Furness Summer Camp to lead on two days…
Walney Animation Workshop Final Screening
Our Window on Walney project has been exceptionally busy over the past few weeks delivering workshops to South Walney Juniors and running events for local residents. Russell Peet, a local…
Introducing Digital Equipment to Walney Residents
Window On Walney is our new heritage project funded by The Health Lottery and People's Health Trust. We seek to include both young and old people, from specific parts of…
Premiere Screening with Achieve North West
This month saw the launch of our 3 short dramatized awareness-raising films made in collaboration with Achieve North West and Cumbria Probation Trust. The screening was held in Cooke’s Studios…
Music Generated by the Tide Workshop
Signal shared its space with local sound artists and enthusiasts The Octopus Collective who organised a day’s event ‘Floodtide’. Floodtide is a project created and masterminded by John Eacott, an…
Window on Walney Workshop
Window on Walney’s first workshop started in South Walney Juniors at the beginning of June with 26 year 6 pupils having the opportunity to learn digital animation skills working with…
Signal Starters Animation Workshop
We've delivered our first Signal Starters workshop, which is part of a brand new film and media project kindly supported by BBC Children in Need. Signal Starters aims to direct…
Barrow’s Signal Film and Media gains backing of the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
The impact of the work of Barrow’s Signal Film and Media has been recognised by national funder the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation with a grant of £124,695 over 3 years. The…
Creative Workshops with Manna House
Signal have been working with Kendal based charity Manna House who work with people who are homeless, vulnerably housed, lonely or needing help. We'd been invited to host 3 of their…