Next Generation of BAME creatives celebrated at B3 Media’s Future Showcase

B3 MEDIA will hold their annual Futures Creative Showcase in Soho next month.

“At B3, our passion is finding, growing and showcasing creative talent with fresh stories that have yet to be told. We focus on developing creative leaders from diverse communities who have something to say whether it’s by way of short, feature, or transmedia art forms. It’s exciting to find and ignite talented storytellers who will blaze the trail for years to come.” – Marc Boothe, Founder/ Creative Director of B3 Media

The event will showcase and celebrate the work of the finalists from their innovative BAME creative development programme TalentLab. The scheme is supported by ScreenSkills using National Lottery funds awarded by the BFI as part of the Future Film Skills programme.

TalentLab participants took part in four days of intensive workshops, Q&A sessions and one-to-one meetings with industry experts. They were able to learn about sound design, storytelling, creative entrepreneurship, virtual reality and much more to help them on their creative journey.

The cohort have since resubmitted their updated projects and the participants have been painstakingly whittled down to nine finalists, who will go forward to have their work commissioned.

This year’s finalists are animator Comfort Arthur, writer Eva Edo, Actress/writer/producer Annabel Grace, filmmaker Sameer Ibrahim, creative producer Amber Idris, producer/director Janet Marrett, producer Lorine Plagnol, filmmaker/artist Moses Ssebandeke and filmmaker/director Riley Wong.

The showcase event gives the TalentLab finalists a unique opportunity to present their projects to an audience of industry experts, creative professionals & film makers. The selected filmmakers and artists will receive mentorship and development support from industry experts and creative practitioners.

The Futures Creative Showcase will be held at Soho venue The Union Club next month.