About Chocolate Films Workshops
Our story
Chocolate Films was founded in 2001 as a video production company with a difference. We wanted to make a production company that ran more like an arts organisation or theatre company - one that provided outreach and learning alongside professional productions.
We started as a team of two alternating our work in production with workshop projects. Soon both sides of the company grew and so did the team. By 2007 we’d teamed up with producer Duncan Kenworthy to lead the BBC’s filmmaking competition at Pinewood Studios, which included two weeks of appearances on Blue Peter and by 2012 we’d been actively involved in many of the outreach programmes of the Cultural Olympiad.
As time moved on, we became a separate company and social enterprise in our own right, supported by Chocolate Films.
Our rich expertise in engagement and outreach has made us a leader in the world of youth film making. We work with arts organisations, schools, young offenders insitutions, PRUs, and many more groups to encourage creativity and share skills.
Our team
Our workshops are led by professional filmmakers from Chocolate Films’ in-house team. Our team is skilled and experienced in working with adults, young people and a range of special focus groups. All of our filmmakers are DBS checked, have had safeguarding training, and many of them are also first aiders.
Our values
As a Social Enterprise, our mission is to make filmmaking and animation accessible to people of all ages, skill levels, and backgrounds. We firmly believe that filmmaking is for everyone. We facilitate workshops across the UK and around the world in a variety of settings, from our own studio, classroom, and youth clubs to museums, galleries, heritage sites, and businesses large and small.
From the start, our founders were determined to build a video production company with a clear purpose: helping to make future generations of filmmakers more diverse. Over 25 years later, we subsidise workshops for many young people and vulnerable adults every year.
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