What is FT2?
FT2 - Film and Television Freelance Training is the leading training provider for people who wish to become freelance assistants in the production and technical areas of the United Kingdom's film and television industry.
Established in 1985, FT2 is a non profit making company limited by guarantee with charitable status and receives funding from the Skillset TV Freelance Fund and the Skillset Film Skills Fund which is supported by the National Lottery through the UK Film Council and film industry through the Skills Investment Fund and directly from independent production companies.
FT2 - Film and Television Freelance Training is the only national provider of training for people seeking to establish a freelance career in the junior technical and production grades of the film and television industry.
Funded and managed by the industry, FT2 provides the following:
- Screen Firsts
- Qualification Assessment Service
FT2's Management Board consist of representatives from:
- APA - Advertising Producers Association
- BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation
- BECTU - Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph Theatre Union
- Channel 4
- ITVA - Indepdendent Television Association
- PACT - Producers Alliance of Cinema and Television
- MPA - Motion Picture Association
FT2 has trained over 300 people to date and many of them have progressed to the senior craft, technical and production jobs in the industry. The list of productions which have employed past graduates over the past few years include: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, New Tricks, Atonement, Fred Claus, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Auf Wiedersehen Pet , Dirty Pretty Things, Foyles War, The Dark , Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Half Light, Murder Prevention, Holby City, JM Barrie's Neverland, 9/11 (Ken Loach short film), The Little Prince , Red Cap, Mysti , Song For A Raggy Boy, 28 Days Later, and Unconditional Love.
