NFTS | Channel 4 | Norfolk Screen | ONLINE WORKSHOPS

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 BFIA-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