Last week we offered you the chance to win £100 by entering Submission of the Week.

After an extended opening submission period, the time has come to select our first winner!

Congratulations to Anne Widdop, whose…

Northern Lights workshops will be taking place across Scotland to encourage people to pick up their cameras or mobile phones and share videos about their lives, hopes and dreams.

First up is Dumfries & Galloway. From Monday 5 May there will…

Northern Lights workshops will be taking place across Scotland to encourage people to pick up their cameras or mobile phones and share videos about their lives, hopes and dreams.

First up is Dumfries & Galloway. From Monday 5 May there will…

Guest editors will be live on the site through May and June picking out their favs and offering feedback on the submissions so far — this is your chance to get your work in front of our experts.

All Scottish personalities,…

Throughout the Northern Lights submission period we will be organising workshops around the country to help you create your submissions. But did you know that you can host your own?

If you have been thinking about submitting…

Want to have your film in front of funny-man Sanjeev Kohli (Navid from ‘Still Game’), film critic Hannah McGill, Inbetweeners producer Chris Young, or feisty journalist and commentator Lesley Riddoch? Now is your chance! The £10,000 award fund has been divided into categories…

Want to take part in Northern Lights and win £100?
We are launching a weekly competition called ‘Submission of the Week’, where you can win £100 for taking part.

Each week, beginning now, we will select a winner from the best direct…

Sanjeev Kohli (Navid from ‘Still Game’) and ‘pals’ have very kindly made some ‘how-to’ videos for our site. So if you are looking to get hints and tips on preparing, shooting or uploading your video, get inspired, or even just…

We are excited by our first workshop taking place yesterday – delivered by Diversity Films. Participants made their own videos and uploaded them to the Northern Lights website.  Soon, we will be hitting the road and taking different types of…

Northern Lights is open for more submissions! There won’t be another feature film but we will showcase all submissions on the website, championing some of the best ones on a regular basis, so keep ‘em coming!

There is a…