Life & CultureNewsHow to get your films made and seen with Dazed AcademySign up to the next edition of our monthly Making It Up As We Go Along programme of free events to help you break into the creative sectorShareLink copied ✔️June 8, 2021Life & CultureNewsTextDazed Digital Want to be a filmmaker? As part of Dazed Academy’s Making It Up As We Go Along programme, Nowness commissioner and Sundance programmer Katie Metcalfe and Nowness video commissioner Shelley Jones will be joined by filmmakers Fenn O'Meally and Jabu Nadia Newman to discuss bringing your films to life. Taking place June 16, the group will share tips on what makes your treatment stand out and how to tell your own stories authentically using moving image. They’ll take your questions on pitching and being published, providing resources for budding filmmakers hoping to break into the industry, and any other burning questions. Sign up here. Both O’Meally and Newman have worked with Nowness on a number of projects, including O’Meally’s music video for Texas and the Wu-Tang Clan and a Kai-Isaiah Jamal-starring video for Byredo’s Mixed Emotions fragrance. Newman’s projects include the short films Dirty Laundry and No Direct Flight: The Dream That Refused Me. Sign up to ‘How to get your films made and seen’ here, and familiarise yourself with O’Meally and Newman’s films below. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREWhat the new Renters’ Rights Bill means for youI let an AI avatar set me up on a date – here’s what happenedWhy is everyone so obsessed with ‘locking in’?New book Crawl explores the reality of transmasculine life in AmericaWhy does hand-holding now feel more intimate than sex? InstagramHow to stay authentic online, according to Instagram Rings creators InstagramHow do you stand out online? We asked two Instagram Rings judges‘You will not silence us’: No Kings Day protesters send a message to TrumpWhy are men fetishising autistic women on dating apps? InstagramIntroducing Instagram’s 2025 Rings winnersVanmoof8 Dazed Clubbers on the magic and joy of living in BerlinWe asked young Americans what would make them leave the US