ITV Chief Exec Adam Crozier says that there’s still a way to go before we can declare victory on making TV more diverse. “If this is a 5 day test match we’re halfway through the first morning” Crozier told the audience at Channel 4’s diversity conference this week. He acknowledge the importance of partnerships and…
The Guardian’s predictions for the media industry in 2016 featured COO Minnie Crowe’s thoughts on how broadcasters and production companies can continue to address the diversity challenge both on and off screen in 2016. Check out the article online here.
A huge Happy New Year to all out network! 2016 has launched off the starting blocks with lots of opportunities in the first few weeks of the year. Have a look below and see if there’s something for you: Get A Grip Our initiative with Creative Skillset’s Trainee Finder Programme. We’re searching for behind the…
Abigail Blackmore, the director of the 2015 TriForce Short Film Festival’s Audience Choice Award winner Vintage Blood, talks about her experience of the festival. Make sure you sign up to our mailing list so you are kept up to date about submissions for 2016’s festival. My producer, Ed Barratt, and I had been trying to…
The 4th annual TriForce Short Film Festival took place this Saturday at BAFTA. We showed 16 shortlisted films throughout the day, with our 4 finalists shown at the red carpet gala in the evening. The winners were annoucned on the night, with 3 prizes up for grabs. The top prize of the evening, the Best…
Last night we returned to Theatre Royal Stratford East for the WriterSlam: Comedy Edition for 2015! We got to use the theatre’s new studio space for the show, with a great industry turn out supporting some fantastic emerging writing talent, including a judging panel made up of our supporters from ITV, ITV Studios, BBC, Hat Trick…
We’re talking to some of our TriForce Short Film Festival partners about what they do to support filmmakers. Here’s Sebastien de Lame, EMEA Sales & Marketing Manager from Shorts TV explaining how their platform for short film works. Carter Pilcher, the CEO of Shorts TV is one of our judges, with Chris Tidman, their VP of Acquisitions…
The next WriterSlam UK will be on Thursday 19th November, and we have now chosen the 5 writers who will be showcased at the event. The finalist will take part in a workshop with veteran producer Michael Jacob, (My Family, Goodnight Sweetheart), who will help them polish their script extracts in preparation for the event on…
The next WriterSlam UK will be on Thursday 19th November, and with the show fast approaching, the TriForce team have been busy whittling down the enormous number of entries. The shortlist has now been announced with the 5 finalists announced on Thursday 29th October. The finalist will take part in a workshop with veteran producer Michael…
The next WriterSlam UK will be on Thursday 19th November, and with the show fast approaching, the TriForce team have been busy whittling down the enormous number of entries. The longlist have now been informed and a shortlist of just 20 writers will be announced on Monday 26th October, with the 5 finalists announced on…
You can now buy tickets to the TriForce Short Film Festival, a fantastic career development focussed opportunity for directors, producers and below the line talent! The TriForce Short Film Festival was set up to support directors, producers, writers and below the line talent to encourage, support and provide access to diverse emerging creatives. Its aim…
TriForce Creative Network and Creative Skillset present: Get A Grip – Get Ready for a Career Behind the Lens! Are you interested in working behind the camera on TV projects such as Poldark, This is England ’90, Peaky Blinders or Mr Selfridge? Getting your foot in the door can be hard, right? The TCN have…
For those of you who weren’t in Edinburgh this year, our CEO Fraser Ayres was speaking on a panel at Ed TV Fest at the issue of encouraging more diverse voices writing for TV. You can now watch the full seminar online, check it out below! [ytp_video source=”ro_p8lDyNjE”]
To help all of you entering WriterSlam, we asked Pete Thornton, Head of Comedy for Tiger Aspect, to give you some insider knowledge on what he’s looking for from WriterSlam entries… Why did you decide to get involved with WriterSlam? I’ve been aware of TriForce and the work they do for many years. When they…
After last night’s fantastic MonologueSlam LA Edition, we’re very excited to be in the Radio Times this morning, in an article by our wonderful patron David Oyelowo! Whilst looking at the exodus of diverse talent to the US, David talks about the importance of organisations who work to promote inclusivity. “The work of organisations like…
We are pleased to announce that submissions are now open for the TriForce Short Film Festival 2015! The TriForce Short Film Festival was set up to support the careers of film directors, producers, below the line talent and screenwriters working in the short independent film sector and to increase diversity and collaboration in short film…
We are very proud to announce our new patrons in The Guardian today. David Harewood, David Oyelowo and Marianne Jean Baptiste are among those supporting TriForce – check out our new Patrons page to see the full list! Click here to read the full article in the Guardian.
Check out our COO Minnie Crowe’s blog on Televisual addressing the advantages and limits of quotas within the industry. Diversity is top of the agenda, and is something that all major terrestrial broadcasters have publicly committed to improving. From Channel 4’s 360 Diversity Charter, to Sky’s all guns blazing targets of 20% BAMED in front…
Two talented actors are taking shows that started out on stage at MonologueSlam to Edinburgh this summer. Meg Travers, winner of the 1 Minute Round at the Winner’s Edition 2013, is taking her one woman show ‘Lucky Strike’ to The Mash House in Edinburgh from 6th – 30th August. The show began life as her ‘Twix’ monologue at…
We’re catching up with another of our WriterSlam winners, Michael Wiafe. Michael is a London born avid reader and writer. In 2013 Michael wrote his first feature film, a sports drama titled ‘The Paper Champion’ which gained him a place at the National Film and Television School. On acceptance, he was awarded the Toledo Scholarship established by…
Do we need more investment to achieve true diversity in the media? See what our co-founder Jimmy Akingbola has to say about the issue in Tara Conlan’s article for the Guardian. Click here to read the full article online
We had a rather more intimate experience at Theatre Royal Stratford East this month, in studio format on the stage itself while the beautiful Victorian auditorium gets a well earned makeover. With just 125 tickets up for grabs we were sold out several days before the show, and every seat was taken on the night! The…
Lee Coan was our WriterSlam winner, receiving a potentially life changing prize of a development commission with ITV. After the excitement of the competition had died down a bit, we talked to him about his WriterSlam experience… Where did you hear about WriterSlam? I’m not even entirely sure where or when I first heard about…
We’re very pleased to share coverage of WriterSlam UK in the Guardian Online and in industry magazine Broadcast this week. You can read the full Guardian article by Tara Conlan here: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/11/government-gives-130000-to-scheme-giving-diversity-guidance-to-tv-industry And for the Broadcast article, click here
Last night saw the very first WriterSlam UK take place at Theatre Royal Stratford East! We had a great industry turn out supporting some fantastic emerging writing talent, including a judging panel made up of our supporters from ITV, ITV Studios, BBC and Tiger Aspect. The ensemble of 9 performers rehearsed all day with director…
We’re very pleased to be able to announce our five finalists for the very first WriterSlam UK! The finalists are: Caitlin Innes Edwards Lee Coan Lisa Blackwell Michael Waife Tom McKay Congratulations to our finalists! All five will now take part in a writing workshop this weekend, and will have extracts of their script performed…
As we look forward to our first WriterSlam event, we want to share with you a success story from a pilot writing initiative we ran two year’s ago with the BBC, All Mixed Up. Similar in format to WriterSlam, the event looked for new voices in TV writing. One of the winners was Sophie Petzal,…
We received over 1000 submissions for the first WriterSlam UK and were pleased to see a huge range of ideas and a very high standard of writing across the board. It was incredibly difficult to decide, but our dedicated team of readers waded through all the entries and finally 20 were selected to go forward…
Are you a writer trying to get into writing for TV? Our new platform for writers is supported by ITV, ITV Studios, BBC and Tiger Aspect and is a writing competition with a difference. We’re look for ideas for original drama series. But you don’t have to submit an entire script – we believe that…
We are very proud to announce the launch of our new production company! We’ll be promoting diversity and inclusivity in the TV industry by sourcing creative talent from our increasing network of talent and our well-established development initiatives. Supported by Red Planet Pictures, TriForce Productions will focus on creating quality, mainstream content, showcasing new voices…
Check out Fraser Ayres article in the Huffington Post about the TriForce Short Film Festival 2014 – make sure you’check back here for details about the launch of TFSFF 2015 soon! Click here to read the full article.
We had a packed house last night for the latest edition of MonologueSlam UK at our home, Theatre Royal Stratford East. Hosted by the wonderful Chizzy Akudolu, the industry panel included Madani Younis, Artistic Director – The Bush Theatre, agents Nina Lee from Nina Lee Management and Bill Petrie from The BWH Agency, as well…
Another MonologueSlam UK success story! Sam Cole took part in the November 2014 MonologueSlam at Birmingham Repertory Theatre. As a result of the show he was signed to Mouthpiece Management. He’s now performing in”Back Down” by Polar Bear and it’s his professional debut! The show opened at the REP and you can catch him at…
