About Us
Information about Reel Creatives.
Reel Creatives aims to foster a vibrant community of filmmakers, creatives, and artists by providing a free, inclusive social hub for skill development through monthly competitions and challenges. We strive to encourage creativity, collaboration, and personal growth among our members.
Story First is more than just a slogan; it’s our guiding principle at Reel Creatives. By putting story at the heart of everything we do, we inspire filmmakers, creatives, and artists to think deeply about the narratives they want to share. This focus on storytelling encourages meaningful connections, sparks collaboration, and helps our community create work that resonates and leaves a lasting impact.
Events
Doors open 6:30pm for a 7pm start.
Sunderland | SR1 3BY
Tues February 24th 2026 | 6:30 til 9:30
Get your FREE ticket!
On Tuesday, 24th February, 2026 we will host our 13th FREE monthly networking community hub for local filmmakers, actors, and supporters. All welcome! Any experience, any involvement, always FREE!
Watch and offer feedback on the content created for this season's challenge. Theme: Connection.
Come along and be part of this community hub in which ever way you feel fit.
Current Challenges
Every three months, we set a main creative challenge to inspire filmmakers, actors, writers, and creatives to make something new. Any genre, any style, and any experience level is welcome. Submit monthly or at the end of the 3-month season.
The Main Challenge
- Our main challenge runs in three-month seasons, each built around a central theme.
- You can submit work monthly during the season or wait and submit at the end of the three-month period.
- Deadlines for this season: Friday, 20th February 2026, Friday, 27th March 2026, and the final deadline is Friday, 24th April 2026 for this season's challenge.
- Monthly submissions are typically shared at the following Creative Hub event, allowing space for feedback and iteration.
- Any genre, style, or format is welcome. Work solo or collaborate with others in the community.
- Full details of the current theme, dates, and inspiration can be found on our Current Challenges page.
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Submit your work (finished or unfinished) by midnight and
by the deadlines listed above.
Email your submissions to submit@reelcreatives.co.uk. For video submissions, upload your content to YouTube or a cloud platform and send us the link via email. Or via one of our social media channels.
The 1 Minute Challenge:
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Our mini challenge called
"Done in 60 Seconds"
Your task is to create a complete scene/short that lasts no longer than 60 seconds:
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Tell a complete story in exactly 1 minute — Not one second
under or one second over.
- Your submission could be a short film, a script, a monologue, or something completely different.
- Work solo or collaborate with others in the community – whatever suits you.
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Submit your work (finished or unfinished) by midnight on
Friday, 20th February 2026.
Email your submissions to submit@reelcreatives.co.uk. For video submissions, upload your content to YouTube or a cloud platform and send us the link via email. Or via one of our social media channels. - Submissions will be showcased at our next Creative Hub event, where you'll get feedback and support from the group.
Submit Anything
- This is an open, ongoing challenge with no fixed theme. You’re invited to submit any creative work you’d like to share with the community.
- Submissions can be finished or unfinished, brand new or something you’ve been sitting on for a while.
- Any genre, format, or style is welcome, including short films, scripts, scenes, monologues, or experimental work.
- Work solo or collaborate with others, whatever suits your process.
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Submit your work (finished or unfinished) by midnight on
Friday, 20th February 2026.
Email your submissions to submit@reelcreatives.co.uk. For video submissions, upload your content to YouTube or a cloud platform and send us the link via email. Or via one of our social media channels. - Submissions will be showcased at our next Creative Hub event, where you'll get feedback and support from the group.
Submit Your Work
Use the button below to submit your challenge entry or any other
creative work you'd like to share.
We welcome submissions for feedback and showcase—whether it's a
film, script, monologue, or something else entirely. It doesn’t
have to be related to the current challenge.
⚠️ Please keep submissions ideally under 15 minutes. If your piece
is longer, send us an enquiry by email first.