Indielab reveals cohort for West Yorks TV and Arts & Culture Export Labs
We are delighted to announce the cohort chosen to take part in our first-ever TV and Arts & Culture Export Lab programme in West Yorkshire. The two programmes which will host 20 creative companies in total from across the region are delivered in partnership with Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (the LEP), which supports the growth of the screen sectors in West Yorkshire through The Creative Catalyst.
A total of Twelve production companies have been selected for the TV Export Lab and between them they have delivered numerous popular TV shows including 12 seasons of Discovery's super-rating 'Wheeler Dealers', Channel 4’s drama ‘A Happy Ending’, MTV’s reality series ‘Teen Moms UK’ and docu-series ‘Take Us Home: Leeds United’ for Amazon Prime. The chosen participants are;
Air TV
Art of Truth
Attaboy TV
Atypical
Button Down
Candour Productions
Curley Vision
Fettle Animation
Pageful Productions
Rainbow Trout Films
The City Talking
True North
Several of the successful companies selected for the TV Export programme are existing Indielab alumni, having participated in the inaugural West Yorks TV Accelerator programme earlier in the year.
Eight companies from the Arts & Culture sector have been selected for the inaugural West Yorks Arts & Culture Export Lab, spanning theatre, cinema, dance and opera, having delivered projects such as ‘Aeons: a Sound Journey for Newcastle’ for The Great Exhibition of the North and Beethoven’s opera, Fidelio. The cohort consists of;
Dark Horse
Jazz North
Live Cinema
Northern Broadside Theatre
Opera North
Phoenix Dance Theatre
South Asian Arts
Mind the Gap
Both the TV and Arts & Culture Export programmes, which represent a first for the region, have been designed to facilitate and accelerate the export of West Yorkshire’s burgeoning creative sector by giving companies the insight to enable them to identify and understand the international opportunities within their individual sectors and create robust export strategies.
Victoria Powell, Indielab’s founder and programme director, says: “This is an exciting time for the creative industries in West Yorkshire; with the continued commitment to invest in the nations and regions of the UK we aim to support West Yorks’ creative industries to the next level through the delivery of these programmes. Working with our partners from across the TV and Arts & Culture sectors, we have designed a targeted Export programme that will provide participants with the knowledge, skills and expertise needed to successfully position, monetise and manage their content in the global marketplace.”
The two Export Programmes will deliver targeted modules over a three-month period, commencing in September 2022. Through a programme of coached sessions and 1-2-1’s with industry experts, participants will learn about global market trends, access bespoke advice for their business and open opportunities in the main export markets for their content, with access to OneMip, MIPCOM’s online networking platform. In addition, companies will have access to Indielab Connect, the social network launched in spring 2020 in response to the COVID-19 lockdown.