LoveLove Films are delighted to announce that our MD and Producer Georgina Hurcombe has been selected to take part in Animated Women UK’s acclaimed Helen North Achieve Programme 2018.

The Helen North Achieve Programme is an intensive introduction to strategic career management for women in VFX and animation. Funded and supported by Creative Skillset, Disney, Turner Broadcasting, Escape Studios and The Mill, the programme addresses real challenges and barriers in order to help women in animation and VFX fulfil their potential.

The programme is run by acknowledged career development experts, informed by in-depth industry research and input from renowned VFX and animation experts including Louise Hussey, Executive VFX Producer at Double Negative and Beth Parker, Senior Manager, Production (Animation) EMEA at Disney.

The goal of this highly interactive programme is to help participants to help themselves by developing a much greater understanding of how to manage their own careers within a supportive network of like-minded professionals.

74% of females over the age of 30 working in animation and VFX in the UK feel that they have or will experience career barriers relating to their gender, which is why Animated Women have offered the opportunity for 24 women (12 from the VFX sector and 12 from the animation sector) to take part in The Helen North Achieve Programme. Animated Women have taken on 8 women at an early stage in their career; 8 experienced practitioners looking to progress their careers; and 8 women who have already achieved a lot but are still seeking to reach their full potential, with a genuine interest in helping less experienced women to build fulfilling careers in their sector.

LoveLove Films’ MD Georgina Hurcombe said of being selected for the Helen North Achieve Programme; “I am absolutely thrilled to have been selected to take part in Animated Women UK’s Helen North Achieve Programme 2018! It’s a great opportunity to meet other women in animation and VFX and having that support from a woman like Beth Parker from Disney is amazing!”

To find out more about the Helen North Achieve Programme 2018: http://www.animatedwomenuk.com/animated-women-achieve-programme/