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Now & Next

Now & Next, a partnership with BBC Arts, Screen Scotland and LUX Scotland, was a talent development scheme that ran between 2019 – 22 focused on nurturing and showcasing emerging creative voices. Now & Next offered artists working in a wide range of disciplines from across Scotland the opportunity to create audio or audio-visual commissions for BBC platforms.

2019 Commissions

Adam Castle

Adam Lewis Jacob

Christian Noelle Charles & Matthew Arthur Williams

Florrie James

Holly McLean

Jessica Docherty

Juliana Capes & Ruth Barry

Kate Robinson

Lucas Chih-Peng Kao

M. E. Smit-Dicks

Michael Lee Richardson

Rhona Foster

Rhona Mühlebach

Robbie Synge

Sion Parkinson

Ross Hogg

Daniel Cook

2020 Commissions

Aideen Doran

Benjamin Owen

Ciaran Pasi

Helen McCrorie

Kathryn Spence

K Patrick & Adrien Howard

Malcolm Mackenzie

Mark Lyken

Mariem Omari & Heather Andrews

Marissa Keating

Rae-Yen Song

Rose Hendry & Isla Badenoch

Sam Firth

Victoria Evans

Wild Tracks Radio with Richy Carey

William Aikman

Zoe Irvine

A composite image of 6 vertical strips containing various artworks: a blue telephone receiver; a figure in a pink hat in a graveyard; a green crystal against a black background; a line illustration of a baby on horseback with red lips and a yellow background; a 3D scan of a train station with the platform labelled 'GRAHAMSTON'; and a white line illustration of a figure holding their knees on a black background.

Now & Next audio presentation

Audio Presentation 1 — 30 September 2023

Now & Next online screening

Online Screening 1 — 31 July 2023

'Grahamston' by William Aikman Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra

News 28 September 2022

‘Grahamston’ (2021), commissioned as part of Now & Next 2020, will be broadcast on BBC Radio Radio 4 Extra’s New Creatives Dramas.
A figure in a neon pink wooly hat and black coat with a large colour obscuring their face, stands in a graveyard in low daylight holding out an audio recorder.

'The Riot Act' by Aideen Doran broadcast on BBC Arts

News 18 August 2022

‘The Riot Act’ by Aideen Doran, commissioned as part of Now & Next 2020, is broadcast now on BBC Arts.
A film still shows a white person with grey hair and a grey beard, wearing a wooly jumper. They are obscured by the winding trunk and branches of a tree covered in lichen.

'Field Notes on Love' by Sam Firth broadcast on BBC Arts

News 15 June 2022

‘Field Notes on Love’ by Sam Firth, commissioned as part of Now & Next 2020, is broadcast now on BBC Arts.

'We know a better word than happy' by Helen McCrorie broadcast on BBC Four

News 2 March 2022

‘We know a better word than happy’ by Helen McCrorie, commissioned as part of Now & Next 2020, will be screened on BBC Four as part of Female Filmmakers Too: BBC Introducing Arts on Sunday 6 March, 8pm, and will subsequently be available to watch on BBC iPlayer.

'Beneath the Movement' by Kathryn Spence featured in Dance: BBC Introducing Arts

News 10 February 2022

‘Beneath the Movement’ by Kathryn Spence, commissioned as part of Now & Next 2020, will be screened on BBC Four as part of Dance: BBC Introducing Arts on Sunday 20 February, 10pm, and will subsequently be available to watch on BBC iPlayer.

'wūûūwūûū' by Rae-Yen Song featured in Animated Shorts: BBC Introducing Arts

News 13 December 2021

wūûūwūûū by Rae-Yen Song, commissioned as part of Now & Next in 2020, screened on BBC Four on 12 December 2021 as part of Animated Shorts: BBC Introducing Arts and is now available to watch on BBC iPlayer.

Now & Next commissions featured in Women in Film: BBC Introducing Arts

News 2 March 2021

We are delighted to announce that two films commissioned as part of Now & Next will be featured as part of Women in Film: BBC Introducing Arts on BBC Four on Monday 8 March, 10pm.

Now & Next 2020 Artists Announced

News 3 November 2020

Following the success of the 2019 commissions, twenty new short form audio-visual and audio pieces have been commissioned by BBC Arts, Screen Scotland and LUX Scotland as part of Now & Next.

Now & Next 2020: Open Call for Applications Round Two

Opportunities 1 September 2020

LUX Scotland is seeking artists and creatives from across Scotland to make new short audio or moving image content for BBC platforms.

Now & Next Application Advice Sessions: Artists Based Outside the Central Belt

Event 3 September 2020

Now & Next Application Advice Sessions with British Sign Language Interpretation

Event 26 — 27 August 2020

Now & Next Application Advice Sessions with British Sign Language Interpretation

Event 21 May 2020

Now & Next Application Support: A Guide to Budgets

Event 20 May 2020

Now & Next Application Advice Sessions: Artists Based Outside the Central Belt

Event 22 May 2020

Now & Next 2020: Open Call for Applications Round 1

Opportunities 4 May 2020

LUX Scotland is seeking artists and creatives from across Scotland to make new short audio or moving image content for BBC platforms.

Now & Next Commissions Broadcast on BBC Four

News 22 April 2020

We are pleased to announce that four Now & Next commissions from 2019 will be broadcast as part of Get Animated! on BBC Four on Sunday 26 April at 10:55pm before being made available to watch on BBC iPlayer.

Now & Next Application Advice Sessions

Event 23 April — 19 May 2020

Watch Now & Next Round One Commissions on BBC Scotland

News 26 June 2019

We are excited to announce that six new short film commissions, made as part of the first round of Now & Next, are now available to watch on BBC Scotland.

Rhona Foster's alice_alice airs as part of the first commissions for Now & Next

News 13 May 2019

We are delighted to announce that alice_​alice, part of the Now & Next short film commissions, will air on Thursday 23 May at 11pm as part of BBC Scotland’s Loop programme.

Michael Lee Richardson and Garry Mac's We Were Always Here airs as part of the first commissions for Now & Next

News 13 May 2019

We are delighted to announce that We Were Always Here, part of the Now & Next short film commissions, will air on Thursday 16 May at 11pm as part of BBC Scotland’s Loop programme.

Juliana Capes and Ruth Barrie's Be Different Today airs as part of the first commissions for Now & Next

News 17 April 2019

We are delighted to announce that the first of the Now & Next short film commissions, in partnership with Screen Scotland and BBC Scotland, will air on Thursday 18 April at 11pm as part of Loop TV episode 1.

Call for Applications now open for Now & Next – Round Three

Opportunities 7 April 2019

Now & Next is a commissioning scheme that will nurture and showcase emerging creative voices, as well as offer established artists a chance to try something new through a series of collaborative artists’ film commissions.

Now & Next – Round One Artists Announced

News 1 April 2019

We are delighted to announce the artists commissioned as part of the first round of Now & Next: Adam Castle, Juliana Capes, Kate Robinson, Lucas Chih-Peng Kao, Michael Lee Richardson, Rhona Foster, and Rhona Mühlebach.

Call for Applications now open for Now & Next – Round Two

Opportunities 2 March 2019

Now & Next is a commissioning scheme that will nurture and showcase emerging creative voices, as well as offer established artists a chance to try something new through a series of collaborative artists’ film commissions.

Now & Next Application Advice Sessions

Event 28 November 2018 — 7 May 2019

Call for Applications now open for Now & Next – Round One

Opportunities 7 November 2018

Now & Next is a talent development scheme that will nurture and showcase emerging creative voices, as well as offer established artists a chance to try something new through a series of collaborative artists’ film commissions.