About the Awards

The John Brabourne Awards are a stepping stone for new talent driven to further their experiences and careers in all aspects of film and television. The awards also seek to help those disadvantaged in some way, either through lack of funds or set-backs due to illness or accident.

There are two types of award, the CTBF awards and the sponsored awards.

The CTBF awards provide cash sums of between £1,000 and £5,000 to assist with training, rental of equipment, or the costs of travel, rent, bills or childcare.

The sponsored awards offer new talent direct access to essential industry experience, through paid work experience at leading companies and/or access to training, equipment or materials, and in some cases a mentor.

Since May 2007 launch of the awards the CTBF has been able to secure substantial support from the film and television industry, with companies such as Kodak, Arri Media, Channel 4, ITV, Endemol UK and Turner Classic Movies all contributing to the awards. The scheme has a total of 16 corporate sponsors offering 12 different awards, with an overall value of around £200,000.

25th of June 2008 The John Brabourne Awards will celebrate its first successful year in a high profile ceremony held at St James's Palace in the presence of top industry executives and our first award winners.

We have just completed the judging for 2008 for the CTBF awards.

Other sponsored awards are still open and entries need to be in by 31st March 2009 with the exception of the ITV award which will be 28th February 2009.