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How We Work Now – a survey into the impact of COVID-19
Today (Monday 17 May, 2021) Raising Films launched its next major piece of research - HOW WE WORK NOW and asks anyone who works or has worked in the UK screen sector while being [...]
New festival awarded the Raising Films Ribbon
The North East International Film Festival (NEIFF) is the first festival to be awarded the Raising Films Ribbon. Lisa-Marie Tonelli founded the festival during the pandemic and NEIFF went online in 2020, with the [...]
Bringing a young carer’s story to the screen
The latest Raising Films Ribbon award goes to a short film production and its director Marnie Baxter for bringing a story about a young carer to the screen to help lift the isolation often [...]
Supporting working parents and carers
Image: PhotoClub and Photography is Fun after-school clubs, courtesy Digital Voice. The Raising Films Ribbon has been awarded to Digital Voice following an application from Victoria Nunn (who previously worked at Bridge and [...]
Our latest piece of industry research
In early March we released our latest piece of research - BACK FROM THE BRINK, a scoping study (supported by the BFI using funds from the National Lottery) addressing the impacts of COVID-19 reported [...]
Mini Productions – making shorts and supporting parents
Producer April Kelley is the founder of Mini Productions, the latest recipient of our Raising Films Ribbon. Ahead of going into production on two short films - DO THIS FOR ME and JUST IN [...]
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The Watch: DDA season
Raising Films recommends, as part of our DDA season to mark the 25th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act, the following films... Sound of Metal Due for release in spring 2021 2h [...]
Sara Gunn-Smith reflects on the year that was
Sara Gunn-Smith - Marketing and Audiences Officer at Film Hub NI and mother of two – shares their experience of the year that was 2020 – both the lows and the highs, and we’re [...]
To shoot, or not to shoot when baby is on the way
Clare Shields is an independent producer and together with her husband Alex runs Sixty Clicks Productions. The saying ‘it takes a village’ applies so vividly here as Clare and Alex, embarking on their second [...]
The team behind ROCKS talks to Raising Films
Ahead of the release of ROCKS in cinemas across the UK and Ireland this Friday 18 September Raising Films spoke to the creative team behind the film, with the interview conducted by Grace Barber [...]
On identity, film, parenting and caring
Davina Quinlivan, Senior Lecturer in Film, Kingston School of Art, Kingston University, is a mother to two small boys and a carer for her elderly mother. In this piece Davina explains how and why [...]
Overcoming parental, age and gender worries
For our latest community story Carla Buckingham asks, "Am I too old, too female or too ‘Mummy’ to make the cut in TV and film?" This is personal account of the journey Carla took [...]