With the great diversity in projects and jobtitles, filmworkers skills need to be visible, stackable, transferable and searchable - in order for productions to offer merit based requirement and for freelancers to build careers with lifelong learning.
Charlotte has been working continuously in the film and TV industry for 31 years, with 10 years in production and another 20 years teaching and developing training programs for the audiovisual industry. Currently, she is working with the industry as a whole to define qualifications and career paths for the many professions that make up a full-scale film crew.
Charlotte Gimfalk is the Managing Director of the Swedish national skillsbody for the audiovisual sector; where 12 major stakeholders collaborate in order to promote vocational training, validation, and microcredential certification aiming to create a more merit-based recruitment in film and tv and among freelancers. As a senior standards advisor, Charlotte collaborates with the industry as a whole, to define qualifications and career paths for the many professions that make up a full-scale film crew. In essence;
-Monitoring international occupational standards, creating microcredentials and reporting skills gaps in Swedish film and tv-industry. -Working with educational providers matching learning outcomes to industry qualifications.
In feb 2024, Charlotte helped to register the first Swedish national industry standard for film & tv-workers within the European Qualification Framework.
Charlotte Gimfalk (@CGimfalk) / X