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Film Fatal Report on Caring Responsibilities in the Austrian Film Industry
Congratulations to our friends Film Fatal in Austria, who have recently completed their first study on the compatibility of work and care responsibilities for film industry. Headline: it's fatal! Or as they say: "Filmmaking: be [...]
Creative Residency: March 2023
We know how hard it is to find space in your busy lives to get a chunky piece of work done, so we're back with more residencies. If you're a UK-based writer, director or producer [...]
RENT-A-BIFA!* (Because we’re broke)
Need a gorgeous award to look glam in your next social media post? Or want something extra-special for your office to impress Zoom callers? Or something in your loo to motivate you to JUST [...]
Raising Films Awarded BIFA’s Special Jury Prize
On Sunday 5 December, Raising Films attended the 24th British Independent Film Awards live at Old Billingsgate, where we were honoured to receive the Special Jury Prize. Awarded by the BIFA Main Jury, which [...]
How We Work Now – our report is live
This week, we publish our survey-based report How We Work Now, highlighting the urgent need for collective action addressing the issues faced by screen industries’ carers and parents, exacerbated by COVID-19 yet long pre-dating [...]
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 [...]
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THE RAISING FILMS INTERVIEW: JAMES HENRY
1. What do you do? I’m a full-time scriptwriter, working in television, radio and animation, based in Cornwall 2. Who do you look after? I share childcare with my wife for my two children, Eliza [...]
Choosing to make a feature film in lockdown with three kids
Laura Rees (who participated in Making It Possible 2020) on her decision to do a difficult, stressful and complicated thing at a difficult, stressful and complicated time AKA making a feature film during lockdown... [...]
Interview with Frances Galt to mark publication of Women’s Activism Behind the Screens
So Mayer, one of Raising Films’ co-founders recently interviewed Frances Galt about their new publication Women’s Activism Behind the Screens: Trade Unions and Gender Inequality in the British Film and Television Industries, a look [...]
Am I still a filmmaker?
Ahead of the (online) release of their latest work - AYOUNI - filmmaker Yasmin Fedda reflects on being an independent filmmaker and parent and shares ideas for how things should (and can) change to [...]
Budgets and breastfeeding – our babies don’t mean we can’t get out there and do it!
Producer Victoria Bavister shares the story of the making of her debut and BIFA-nominated feature – COUNTY LINES - from the grind of financing, through to production and eventual release. Read on to find [...]
David Proud on moving from acting to filmmaking (DDA season)
As part of our series of articles to mark the 25th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act Raising Films spoke to David Proud about his experience of moving from actor to filmmaking, the challenges [...]