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The Skinny @theskinnymag.bsky.social · 18h

From @youngfathers.bsky.social to @kathrynjoseph11.bsky.social, @mogwai.scot to @brookecombe.bsky.social, celebrate 20 years of The Skinny with a journey through the artists, albums and moments that have shaped Scotland’s last two decades 🎵

www.theskinny.co.uk/music/opinio...

The Skinny Mixtape: 20 Years of Scottish Music

Celebrate 20 years of The Skinny with a journey through the artists, albums and moments that have shaped Scotland’s last two decades.

www.theskinny.co.uk

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Michael Franklin @mcbfranklin.bsky.social · 18h

open.spotify.com/episode/10pH... Excellent attention to explaining and addressing data silos

#27: Fixing rights management in the age of AI. A talk with Philippe Rixhon (Chair of Management Board at Valunode, Estonia)

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HAMLET EU Project @hamleteuproject.bsky.social · 2d

D1.1 – Context Understanding & Requirements Gathering is now public.

It captures what artists, designers & technologists told us about making generative #AI truly human-centered for Europe’s Creative & Cultural Industries.

Read the full deliverable ➡️ hamlet-project.eu?page_id=20

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dhnow.bsky.social @dhnow.bsky.social · 7d

Editors' Choice: Breaking Down Data Silos: SPARQuLb, An RDF Ecosystem to Mutualize Humanities Research Projects Needs | Journal of Open Initiatives in Academic Libraries joi-ojs-txstate.tdl.org/joi/article/...

Breaking Down Data Silos: SPARQuLb, An RDF Ecosystem to Mutualize Humanities Research Projects Needs | Journal of Open Initiatives in Academic Libraries

joi-ojs-txstate.tdl.org

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l'Équipe - Flux d’actualité @lequipe-actu.bsky.social · 4d

Anthony Belleau marque deux superbes essais et contribue à la victoire de Northampton face à Leicester

Le Français Anthony Belleau (29 ans), qui évolue à Northampton depuis son départ de Clermont cet été, a inscrit deux beaux essais ce samedi, permettant à son équipe de l'emporter face à Leicester (32-26) et de prendre le fauteuil de leader.

www.lequipe.fr

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Michael Franklin @mcbfranklin.bsky.social · 5d

tems-dataspace.eu/survey-insig...

Survey Insights: Building the Next Phase of TEMS Together - Tems

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Michael Franklin @mcbfranklin.bsky.social · 5d

www.indiewire.com/news/breakin... www.nyc.gov/site/mome/ne...

Art House New York Alliance Launches to Strengthen Indie Film Exhibition

Art House New York is launched to strengthen indie film exhibition via Lesli Klainberg and Allason Leitz.

www.indiewire.com

Michael Franklin @mcbfranklin.bsky.social · 6d

tems-dataspace.eu/looking-back... Media is sitting on an untapped goldmine of data. But how can the sector as a whole benefit? During the TEMS Speculative Design Session on 10 September 2025 at the Netherlands Institute of Sound & Vision, we set out to come up with some answers!

Michael Franklin @mcbfranklin.bsky.social · 6d

Excellent work. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Future Film Coalition Appoints Jax Deluca for Interim Executive Director (EXCLUSIVE)

The Future Film Coalition has added Jax Deluca as the company's Interim Executive Director, where she will oversee the national membership launch.

variety.com

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Michael Franklin @mcbfranklin.bsky.social · 7d

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Film London Production Finance Market to open future editions to wider range of creatives with new early-stage IP strand | Film London

Today (London, Tuesday 07 Oct), Film London unveiled plans to open future editions of the popular Film London Production Finance Market (PFM) to early-stag

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Michael Franklin @mcbfranklin.bsky.social · 7d

Congrats to @craicexeter.bsky.social on a great launch. Panel today included great points from Dr Wark on uncertainty in creative industries - both re skills needed of grads and in policy development due to AI. Great to see creative labour as subject of critical approaches from the team.

Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 7d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 7d

Funded by Innovate UK, the team at Bournemouth University (Szilvia Ruszev, Maxine Gee, Xiaosong Yang and Tom Davis) join leads AIMICI.

Image courtesy of AIMICI.

More info: aimici.co.uk/innovate-uk-...

AIMICI Secures Innovate UK Bridge AI Funding to Develop Personalised AI Training for Film and TV Industry - AIMICI

AIMICI, in collaboration with Bournemouth University and with ScreenSkills as accreditation partner, has been awarded funding through Innovate UK's Bridge AI

aimici.co.uk

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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 7d

Brilliant to see BRAID Scoping project 'Shared-Posthuman Imagination: Human-AI Collaboration in Media Creation' outcomes moving forward via new funding. Coming soon: UK's 1st responsible AI e-learning course for Film&TV professionals. Congrats @ruszev.bsky.social
& team on industry implementation!

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Michael Franklin @mcbfranklin.bsky.social · 8d

Access to Finance, Business Scale, Risk Management www.screendaily.com/news/uk-indi...

UK indie film producers call on government to cashflow the IFTC

"The tax credit is essentially a government bond," said Andy Paterson at the Screen Summit.

www.screendaily.com

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DARIAH-EU @dariaheu.bsky.social · 8d

Sometimes, how open data can be is down to fundamental issues of the database itself. This resource from Emily-Kate Genatowski and James Baille at Uni of Vienna, shows how different types of data can be managed, this #TrainingTuesday! #OpenData #Databases

➡️ campus.dariah.eu/resources/ho...

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Michael Franklin @mcbfranklin.bsky.social · 8d

www.screendaily.com/news/equity-...

Equity financiers need data, say speakers at Filmfest Hamburg’s Explorer Konferenz

"Sales estimates are crucial," said Marie Garrett, svp of sales and acquisitions at XYZ Films.

www.screendaily.com

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St Andrews Philosophy @standrewsphil.bsky.social · 23d

Professor Jens Timmerman, a world-leading expert scholar on Kant's philosophy here at St Andrews, has just published a new book: Kant and the Supposed Right to Lie, through @universitypress.cambridge.org

www.cambridge.org/core/books/k...

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Documentary Film Council @docfilmcouncil.bsky.social · 9d

🚨 Historic moment for UK documentary: the DFC is recruiting its first-ever CEO.

We’re seeking an experienced, respected documentary professional (or jobshare) with proven leadership, networks and advocacy experience.

Deadline: 7 Dec 2025
👉 bit.ly/DFCRecruitin...

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The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum @bdcmuseum.bsky.social · 9d

We're part of the @exeter.ac.uk #Futures Festival of Discovery on 12th October at Exeter Phoenix, showcasing work-in-progress from the AHRC-funded 'Women's Screenwork in the Archives Made Visible' project.

Come & discover more about the often-hidden histories of women in #filmmaking 📽️ #filmsky

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Michael Franklin @mcbfranklin.bsky.social · 12d

TEMS at IBC2025: Connecting Media Through Smarter Data Sharing tems-dataspace.eu/tems-at-ibc2...

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The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum @bdcmuseum.bsky.social · 22d

📣 Exciting news!

We're offering stipends for 2025-6 for #international and #UK-based #scholars, researchers and #practitioners to #research using our collections on #cinema and moving image #history.

For more information and to apply, visit:
tinyurl.com/54wvy2du

#researchsky #filmsky #musueumsky

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UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · 15d

🎉New on the Data Impact blog🎉

Paul Chau, a Data Architect at the UK Data Service, explores how the Data Explorer platform enhances data interoperability through in-built transfer services and SDMX.

blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/dotstat-and-...

Landing page of the UK Data Service's Data Explorer website

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Documentary Film in the Public Interest Initiative @dfpi-shorenstein.bsky.social · 14d

“Documentary at Risk” Recommendation: Care for Participants. Read about ideas on relational consent models; participant advocacy; compensation ethics; preemptive legal tools; and more in our convening report: dfpi.shorensteincenter.org/convenings/d...

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Michael Franklin @mcbfranklin.bsky.social · 14d

Elora's episodes were 🔥

Sundance Institute @sundance.org · 15d

#ChaseSapphirePartner Announcing the recipients of the inaugural 2025 Sundance Institute Filmmakers Fund sponsored by #ChaseSapphire Reserve.

10 fiction and nonfiction projects from Sundance Institute artist programs will receive $120K to bring their stories to life.

Read more: sndnc.org/4pTpy24

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thesceneproject.bsky.social @thesceneproject.bsky.social · 14d

✨ SCENE EU Project in the spotlight!

The Creative FLIP case study published by Creatives Unite
features our work on reinventing film licensing.

🔗 Read more: creativesunite.eu/article/the-...

The Scene Project: Reinventing Film Licensing through Blockchain and Smart Contracts

<p>The SCENE project is revolutionising film licensing by leveraging blockchain and AI technology. It gives creators unparalleled control over their intellectual property by providing secure and trans...

creativesunite.eu

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