Our work · Outcomes
What changed, and how we count it.
Every number has a source and a year beside it. Where we can't evidence something yet, we say so.
286
participant training engagements in the year to 28 January 2025
Source: FIF CIC34, year to 28 Jan 2025
26
long-term trainees in the same year
Source: FIF CIC34, year to 28 Jan 2025
4,500+
visitors at Pinewood Futures Festival 2026 (Pinewood's figure). Our unit ran the stage.
Source: Pinewood Group, 10 Feb 2026
Finalist
Duke of Edinburgh Film & TV Inclusion Award 2025, The Production Guild
Source: The Production Guild, finalists announced Feb 2025
By year
| Year | What happened | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Futures in Film CIC incorporated, 27 January. 23 dated workshops delivered between February and July. | Companies House; FIF activity register |
| Year to 28 January 2025 | 286 participant training engagements on live production simulations; 26 long-term trainees supported with mentoring; over 4,000 young people reached through outreach and at the Pinewood Futures Festival, Pinewood Studios' own event. | FIF CIC34 |
| 2025 | Finalist, Duke of Edinburgh Film & TV Inclusion Award, The Production Guild (announced February). Our working unit at the Pinewood Futures Festival (2025 and 2026 units ran on Pinewood's Q Stage and Richard Attenborough Stage). | The Production Guild; Pinewood Group news |
| 2026 | Our working unit at the Pinewood Futures Festival, where Pinewood reported more than 4,500 visitors. A 40-hour placement module at Pinewood for Buckinghamshire New University students. A three-day production simulation at 3 Mills Studios with Screen Sisters CIC. | Pinewood Group, 10 Feb 2026; FIF delivery records |
Where people went
Some have gone on to first paid days, trainee schemes and the next grade. We're building the count. Our Technical and Production Lead, Ateeb Malik, started with us as a camera trainee, then 2nd AC.
We publish someone's story only with their written agreement, and check nobody was under 18 when the work happened. Trained with us and happy to share your story? Email [email protected].
How we count
- Engagements aren't people. One person on three simulations is three engagements.
- Reach isn't training. Festival and outreach figures count people reached, mostly in someone else's setting, not people on our programmes.
- Outputs aren't outcomes. An outcome is what changed afterwards: a grade held, a credit earned, a paid day worked.
- Our record starts in January 2023, when the CIC was incorporated. Earlier work by other companies isn't counted.
What we can't evidence yet
We don't yet follow every learner up at six and twelve months, so we can't say how many are in paid work in their department a year on. From the academy pilot, every learner who agrees gets a short destination record: department and grade, next paid day or scheme, and whether they stepped up a grade within a year. More on how we measure
