About
Barbara Bargiel is a Polish - British BAFTA Connect 2023- 2016 Film Director & Scriptwriter based in London (UK). She champions females and builds her film crew entirely from women. She has a background as an Artist participating in exhibitions and art projects as: Performance Artist, Photographer & Installation Artist. Initially she made videos for her installations then in 2013 she started making films.
Barbara is a Sundance Institute Collab Fellow in Directing & Writing (USA, 2021- 2022) and during Pandemic she trained in The National Film & TV School ( NFTS, UK, 2020-2021). Then she was selected & completed the BFI SKILL-UP Mentoring Programme for the Neurodiverse/Disable/ Deaf /Writers- Directors set up by the BAFTA Award winning TripleC/ Danc and Screenskills, which is a part of BFI Future Film Skills Programme ( UK, National Lottery Fund, 2021- 2022).
She is a recipient of: Campaign Bootcamp Community Fund for the Future Campaigners to cover part of her NFTS Filmmaking Certificate course fees ( 2021); the Screenskills Bursary ( National Lottery Fund, UK, 2021) and The Film & TV Charity Support & Stop-Gap Grant towards participation in the Sundance Institute Collabs & Cannes Marche Du Film Market for her 1st feature development (UK, 2021/2022).
Since 2013, Barbara has directed several shorts, which showcased and won awards in film festivals worldwide. In 2022 she embarked on writing her 1st feature film with the Sundance Institute, Film & TV Charity and Hospitalfield support. In Summer 2022 she spent 2 weeks as an Artist in Residence Writing her 1st Feature in The Arbroath Courthouse Charitable Community Trust in partnership with Hospitalfield in Angus in Scotland. In 2023 Barbara was selected for BAFTA Connect Programme 2023- 2026, as a Film Director working on her 1st feature film. In 2024 she continues working on her feature.
E-learning
See which ScreenSkills e-learning Barbara Bargiel has completed to improve their skills and knowledge.
Experience
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Writer/ Director
1st Feature in the Development- Script Stage with Sundance Writing Co//ab, Attended GFF Industry Programme with the concept, Cannes gave me Marche Pass to go and Pitch and Film &TV Charity supported the visit partially, Hospitalfield- awarded me 2 weeks Writing Residency to write 1st feature script.
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Writer/ Director
Pitched in Procam take 2 EIFF, applied and accepted based on the script for the Sundance Directing Workshops, Accepted to WFTV Table Read
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Director, Producer
Drama ''Developed in Sundance Collab’s Directing Elements" Production October 2021 Post Production October - March 2022 Completed March 2022 Festival Circuit from April - present: -Winner for the Best Sound Editing- Eastern Europe Film Festival (Romania) -Honourable Mention Award Winner - Reale Film Festival (Italy) -Semi Finalist in category Women Empowerment- San Francisco Indie Short Festival (USA) -Winner in Drama Category - Walthamstow International Film Festival (UK)
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Director, Producer
HUFEN IA
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Scriptwriter
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Director, Actress, Producer
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Producer and Co- Director
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Scriptwriter
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Director
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Director, Producer
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Director, Dancer, Producer
Education and training
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Using social media posts in programmes – rights & legal considerations
ScreenSkills Funded
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Mentoring for mentors
ScreenSkills Funded
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Business Toolkit for film and HETV freelancers
ScreenSkills Funded
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Digital Cities: Idea to screen
ScreenSkills Funded
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Trainee Finder 2023/24 launch webinar
ScreenSkills Funded
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Digital Cities: Selling yourself as a brand
ScreenSkills Funded
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Film and TV Bootcamp Set Ready
31 July 2021 & 1 August 2021
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Addressing unconscious bias: basic awareness in the workplace
ScreenSkills Funded
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Mentoring for mentees
ScreenSkills Funded
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Finding focus and energy when hybrid working... with Michelle Langer
ScreenSkills Funded
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Interview tips and tricks… with Creative Train
ScreenSkills Funded
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Digital Cities virtual: Impactful CVs for the Screen Industries
ScreenSkills Funded
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Navigating the rights minefield: business affairs and copyright... with Ben Green
ScreenSkills Funded
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Supporting trainees for whom English is a second or other language
ScreenSkills Funded
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The psychology of innovative thinking
ScreenSkills Funded
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TripleC DANC mentoring programme for deaf, disabled and neurodivergent writers and directors
ScreenSkills Funded
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Why ScreenSkills Trainee Finder could be the programme for you
ScreenSkills Funded
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Trainee Finder: Spotlight on script supervising
ScreenSkills Funded
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ScreenSkills Employability Panel MA & Diploma level - Film & TV
ScreenSkills Funded
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Digital Cities Virtual: Jobs, Schemes & Opportunities
ScreenSkills Funded
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Working with children as a 1st AD
ScreenSkills Funded
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How to craft the perfect CV… with Creative Train
ScreenSkills Funded
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Trainee Finder: Spotlight on sound
ScreenSkills Funded
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Digital Cities Virtual: Portfolios for Screen
ScreenSkills Funded
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ScreenSkills Employability Toolkit MA & Diploma - Film and TV
ScreenSkills Funded
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Hiring and managing a team for film professionals
ScreenSkills Funded
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Production Unlocked: the crew behind the story: post-production
ScreenSkills Funded
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ScreenSkills Safe Return to Set Seminars - Student productions
ScreenSkills Funded
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First Break - Bronte Film and Television
ScreenSkills Funded
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Developing the art of successful negotiation
ScreenSkills Funded
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First Break - follow up careers advice
ScreenSkills Funded
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Production Unlocked: the crew behind the story: comedy
ScreenSkills Funded
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Neurodiversity: flexibility of thought in TV 2023
ScreenSkills Funded
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Trainee Finder Open Doors: South West
ScreenSkills Funded
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Production Unlocked: the crew behind the story: locations
ScreenSkills Funded
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Mastering feedback for film professionals
ScreenSkills Funded
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First Break Open Doors: ITV
ScreenSkills Funded
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Digital Cities Virtual: Introduction to Set Etiquette
ScreenSkills Funded
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Certificate in Filmmaking
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Coronavirus basic awareness on production training
ScreenSkills Funded
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Mentoring for mentees
ScreenSkills Funded
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Tackling harassment and bullying at work
ScreenSkills Funded
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Mentoring for mentees
ScreenSkills Funded
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Lunch with a Commissioner: Charlotte Moore, Director of Content, BBC
ScreenSkills Funded
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So you want to be...a camera assistant? With Saul Gittens
ScreenSkills Funded
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Facing the blank page with Hazel Marshall
ScreenSkills Funded
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So you want to be a.. floor manager and 1st assistant director? With Marc Baker
ScreenSkills Funded
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BAFTA Albert training with Katy Murdoch
ScreenSkills Funded
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So you want to be...a researcher? With Brittany Borkan
ScreenSkills Funded
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Masterclass: Getting the best out of your contributors with Sue Bourne
ScreenSkills Funded
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Lunch with a Commissioner: Sarah Lazenby, Head of Features & Formats at Channel 4
ScreenSkills Funded
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Workshop with Directors UK: Directing from stage to screen with Josie Rourke and Thomas Hescott
ScreenSkills Funded
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Workshop: CV clinic with Hattie Wood
ScreenSkills Funded
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Workshop: Contributor consent - what you need to know
ScreenSkills Funded
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Managing the risk of Covid-19 in TV Production
ScreenSkills Funded
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How to find a mentor, how to find a mentee with Jane Saunders
ScreenSkills Funded
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Masterclass: The secrets of the edit, with Paddy Bird
ScreenSkills Funded
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Olly Lambert: The seven rules for war reporters and anyone else who is making a film)
ScreenSkills Funded
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ScreenSkills Safe Return to Set Seminars - High-end TV drama focus: Death in Paradise and Pursuit of Love
ScreenSkills Funded
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Workshop: How to write a treatment with Nick Shearman
ScreenSkills Funded
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Workshop: Owning your decisions and work life balance (without the guilt)
ScreenSkills Funded
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Masterclass: How to get the fly on the wall to capture the real story with Simon Ford
ScreenSkills Funded
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Soaps: Getting scripted back In business with John Whiston
ScreenSkills Funded
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Masters of Arts Scenography
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Bachelors of Arts Hons Photography
Certificates
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Mentoring for mentors
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Mentoring for mentees
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Mentoring for mentees
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Tackling harassment and bullying at work
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Mentoring for mentees