New Creatives is an exciting talent development scheme that offers commissioning opportunities for emerging creatives to make new artistic works in film, audio or interactive media, designed for BBC channels and platforms.

If you are based in the UK Midlands, the New Creatives programme will be led by Rural Media. We are looking for emerging talent between the ages of 16-30 with strong creative ideas and drive to develop their original concept into a professional short film, audio or interactive media work. We will provide training to give you the skills you need to bring your idea to life and get it seen by audiences.

Ideas can come from many artistic disciplines including but not limited to - dancers, actors, performers, musicians, writers, film makers, comedians, visual artists, animators, poets, storytellers and games designers. Even if you might not consider yourself an artist, as long as you are passionate about your creative idea and have something to say, we want to hear from you. Each commissioned artist will work directly with a professional production company who will manage the budget (up to £5k for film and £3k for audio) and mentor you through the process.

From the serious to the comedic, the absurd to the challenging, the provocative to the abstract, we’re looking for ideas that push the boundaries on what constitutes art, make people think, and encourage new ways of understanding ourselves and the world in which we live.

We want to unearth diverse new talent and commission ideas that we may not have seen represented before on screen, on air and online.

New Creatives content may be selected for an exciting new programming strand, BBC Introducing Arts, which will showcase and introduce new artistic talent from the UK across BBC platforms - on BBC iPlayer, BBC Sounds, BBC television and radio. We’ll look to identify the best platform for each idea.

This is an unprecedented opportunity for creatives to experiment and connect with BBC audiences and beyond. We can accept any ideas that are not journalism or current affairs documentary.

See further details at the link below.