Apply for our Autumn 2026 cohort
Thank you for your interest in ManifestWorks.
We are currently accepting applications. Our application deadline is Friday 21st August 2026 for the Autumn 2026 cohort.
For those admitted, full-day classes are held every Saturday at locations throughout London.
Please carefully read FAQs before completing the application.
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To be eligible for participation, we require those admitted:
Be able to prove legal eligibility for work in the United Kingdom.
Avoid any activities that undermine the high professional standards of ManifestWorks.
Be impacted by or have experience of homelessness, prison and/or care.
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Once your application is completed, you will automatically be considered a candidate for acceptance.
For those applying to our programme, we review candidates’ applications and publicly available information to make a case-by-case assessment of each candidate prior to their acceptance into the programme.
Our application process involves a mandatory orientation and interview. If you commit to orientation or an interview and you don’t attend, or you don’t get accepted, we ask that you reapply.
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We decide who to admit based on our ability to train and place course graduates into freelance employment in the film industry in London. Our admissions team includes ManifestWork staff, people with lived experience of prison, care and/or homelessness and working film industry professionals. This collective experience helps us determine those we are best able to support.
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If you are accepted, and if you do well, our goal is to have you working as a freelance Runner during the cohort and certainly after it.
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If there are legal or logistical circumstances that inhibit class participation or placement in work, or you are engaged in other full-time commitments (college, another job training programme, a job you don't want to leave), it will limit your ability to take full advantage of ManifestWorks.
Anyone unable to participate in ManifestWorks is welcome to reapply for a future cohort.
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For questions about the status of your application, email: jessie@manifestworks.org
At ManifestWorks we believe that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity, respect and fairness. We are deeply committed to fostering an inclusive culture where different voices, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.
Please click the button below to begin the application. Note that the application has 7 sections in total.

