First Take’s REEL QUEER is an LGBTQiA+ community led 5-year film project (2023-28) working with people from the LGBTQiA+ community living in the Liverpool City Region. It will produce high end drama, documentary and art films, providing training and opportunities for the community to tell their stories their way for screening, socials, streaming, exhibitions, festivals and broadcast.

REEL QUEER provides training to LGBTQIA+ people with no experience right through to existing filmmakers looking to gain more experience. Training is in Scriptwriting, Directing, Camera, Lighting, Sound, Art Design, Composition, Editing, Acting for Camera and Producing. Participants, whilst working alongside professionals, can go on to work on productions of short dramas, microfilms, documentaries and possibly even TV pilots! Culminating in the making of a feature film in 2028! All led by people in the LGBTQiA+ community.

First Take is an award winning film and digital art organisation working in diverse communities. We create work that has real impact and can make a difference. Our work is proven to bring a better understanding to audiences and the wider community and to enable, empower, support and train communities we work with. We have and continue to develop creative ways of making work accessible. Our films are award winning and some of our alumni have gone on to work across the Film and TV industry and community.

There has been a spate of homophobic and transphobic attacks in the Liverpool City Region; there has been a 25% increase in recorded transphobic hate crimes from 2020 to 21. According to official Police Hate Crime figures, the Merseyside region is the highest in the UK for homophobic and 5th for transphobic hate crimes.

By completing this form/Questionnaire you are consenting for your answers to be processed inline with GDPR, for research purposes related to the outcomes of REEL QUEER.

REEL QUEER needs to keep certain personal data to fulfil its purpose and to meet its legal obligations to funding bodies and government. To comply with the law, information must be collected and used fairly, stored safely and not disclosed to any other person unlawfully. To do this, REEL QUEER must comply with all principles set out in the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The GDPR introduces strengthened right for individuals, greater sanctions for breaches and an accountability requirement for data controllers to demonstrate compliance and robust governance. The data controller decides on the nature, scope, context and purpose of processing the data whereas a data processor acts only on instruction from a data controller and processes data on behalf of the data controller. REEL QUEER is a data controller and, in some instances, may be a data processor.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) places restrictions on what can be done with personal data; certain conditions, which include obtaining data subject consent in some instances, must be met before processing can take place. The term processing covers almost anything that is done to data by reference to individuals and the practical implications of these restrictions are wide-ranging.
One of the requirements of current Data Protection legislation is that, by using appropriate technical and organisational measures, personal data shall be processed in a manner to ensure the appropriate security of the personal data, including protection against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage. For further information about GDPR, refer to ICO guidance.
For further information about First Takes GDPR Statement refer to the First Take website.