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Neil Ben on making life-defining choices (DDA season)
TV Director Neil Ben on how the choices you make define your future, part of our series of stories from contributors to mark the 25th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act. When I was [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Justin Edgar on Disability and Digital Disenfranchisement (DDA season)
Award-winning producer, director and visual artist Justin Edgar offers thoughts on making film more accessible, the longer term effects of our current society-wide lockdown and how it offers the potential for insights. This is [...]
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 [...]
MIP 2020, that’s a wrap!
The latest iteration of our ScreenSkills supported Making It Possible personal and career development programme has now reached an end for our three groups of participants. This programme is supported by ScreenSkills using National [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]