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 7, I remember sitting in a [...]
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 along that journey and the power [...]
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 10min Director: Darius Marder Ruben (Riz [...]
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 the first piece in our DDA [...]
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 CASE - April talked to Raising [...]
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 Lottery funds awarded by the BFI [...]
We're delighted to share our latest piece of work with you... Our Creating Inclusive Productions Resource covers the full life-span of a production - from Development & Financing through to Festivals & Distribution, it also includes a case study of a [...]
In this final provocation of the series Samar Ziadat explores the vital need for safe community spaces within the context of the current political climate. Samar is a co-founder of Dardishi, and the project’s Programmer and Coordinator. She is also [...]
Raising Films commissioned Alex J Gardner, an artist and designer, to illustrate the responses to our Raising Our Futures initiative. Alex's gorgeous, powerful and we hope inspiring, linocut response is available as a colouring in sheet [...]
For our fourth provocation Robert Softley Gale, Artistic Director, Birds of Paradise Theatre Company shares his thoughts on adaptability across working life and parenting life. Over to Robert... A few weeks ago my twin boys turned one. I remember thinking way [...]
For our third provocation Sade Banks, founder and CEO of Sour Lemons (a charity that exists to disrupt decision making tables in the creative and cultural sectors), takes some time to talk about leaving secure full-time employment, setting up her [...]
"It is still the single best professional development training and networking I’ve ever done. It completely changed my perception of how to combine my career and parenting; and, most importantly for me at the time, really expanded my network. I [...]
For the second in our series of provocations we teamed up with Dr Erinma Ochu, Curator, Sheffield Doc/Fest Exchange and social entrepreneur Naomi Mwasambili of Chanua and NEUROLOVE. Naomi Mwasambili, through NEUROLOVE, is working in partnership with Dr Erinma Ochu [...]
In 2019 Raising Films launched our report We Need To Talk About Caring at an event in London, we were hosted by Equity and welcomed guests from Carers UK, the Society of Authors, the Film and TV Charity, PiPA, Times [...]
In the first of our series of provocations to mark five years of Raising Films we welcome Carina White from Dope Black Mums on telling black stories not rooted in trauma. Carina is Head of Business & Partnerships, BCOMs (The [...]
Today (Thursday 21 May) Raising Films is five! Raising Films was ‘birthed’ in Cannes back in 2015 and the five founders - Nicky Bentham, Hope Dickson Leach, Line Langebek, Jessica Levick and So Mayer - created Raising Films as a [...]
When the current coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis is over, what will the film and TV landscape look like? We’re all living in extraordinary times, where the intersection of our personal and professional lives has never been more apparent. Extraordinary times, where [...]
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS NOW 9am MONDAY 16 MARCH! Raising Films is seeking to support four writers (either individuals or pairs) by providing a free residency space for the week of Monday 20 to Friday 24 April 2020. We are [...]
One of our ribbon awards during the summer went to Casey Herbert a producer working on her second feature. Ahead of the release of THE LAST RIGHT we caught up with Casey to look back at how the production adapted [...]
The latest Raising Films Ribbon goes to BBC Scotland drama production GUILT and specifically producer Jules Hussey (Brazen Productions). As an experience producer and line producer across projects like CATHERINE THE GREAT (Sky Atlantic) and CALL THE MIDWIFE (BBC), Jules [...]
