Training We Offer
You do NOT need to be a member of the PMA to take part in this training.
We normally provide a variety of workshops and training sessions countrywide. Currently all training is taking place via Zoom.
At Production Manager level we offer topics ranging from legal issues such as compliance and music licensing, to Health & Safety and tax issues. We also cover technical topics relating to production and the current pandemic situation.
For more junior people, we offer a variety of entry level and limited experience sessions, which are open to all - bursaries are sometimes available via Screenskills.
Training events are FREE to members with fees charged for non-members. Prices vary from session to session. Places are limited according to each type of event.
See upcoming session below:
Mentally Healthy Productions: The Film and TV Charity’s Whole Picture Toolkit
Thursday 30th January 2025 From: 1-2pm
Venue FREE Online Training via Zoom
Mentally Healthy Productions:
The Film and TV Charity's Whole Picture Toolkit
Thursday 30th January 2025, at 1pm
For this online session, we’ll be joined by the Film and TV Charity’s Whole Picture Toolkit Engagement Producers, Jess Cudlipp and Sophie Freeman.
They’ll provide information about the Charity, and the services it provides, including support for productions in the form of the Whole Picture Toolkit, a free online resource, co-designed with the industry and subject matter experts, to enable mentally healthy productions.
This session will be delivered by Zoom (captioning available) and is FREE for everyone to attend.
RSVP: [email protected] or register by clicking the button to reserve a place for yourself or someone else
Jess Cudlipp – Film and TV Charity - Engagement Producer (unscripted). Jess is an Engagement Producer, working as part of the Charity's Whole Picture Toolkit team, to enable mentally healthy productions, by helping production companies to support their teams, as best they can. Jess has over 25 years’ experience of working in broadcast unscripted television production, to Production Executive level, on documentaries, specialist factual, current affairs and high risk/sensitive content. Jess is also a Mental Health First Aider and and TRiM (Trauma Risk Management) practitioner.
Sophie Freeman – Film and TV Charity - Engagement Producer (scripted). Sophie is a scripted Producer with 14+ years' experience across development, production, and distribution. As an Engagement Producer, she supports the industry to create more mentally healthy productions and culture change. She previously managed BBC Arts talent development scheme New Creatives Southwest. Credits include Suffragette, Peterloo and BBC’s There She Goes.
Our Sponsors
The PMA is sponsored by a variety of companies in the film and television industry. We have a long-standing relationship with many of them dating back to the PMA’s inception in 1991.
PMA members benefit from the information and services that our sponsors can provide, while sponsors gain access to the upper echelon of Production Managers in the UK who are major purchasers for the industry.
Become a sponsor
We only have one sponsor per area of business but occasionally opportunities to become a sponsor of the PMA do arise.
Sponsors get the chance to meet our members several times a year, host parties, explain their services and write for our magazine The Bottom Line.
For more information on sponsorship, please contact us.