Today (Friday 30 November 2018) is Carers Rights Day and we are marking the occasion here at Raising Films by announcing We Need To Talk About Caring our 2019 Carers Survey (following on from our Making it Possible survey and [...]
Film programmer Gaia Meucci Astley explains how the uncertainty of freelance work and the logistics of juggling availability for work with childcare was eased with support from the Family Support Fund from The Film & Television Charity. Over to Gaia… Since [...]
Today at the Adelaide Film Festival our sister organisation in Australia unveiled their new report - Honey I Hid the Kids! - exploring the experiences of parents and carers in the Australian Screen Industry. Their findings are so similar to those [...]
The latest industry data, continued inequality and why has there been no change? Written by Raising Films Consultant, Tamsyn Dent August 2018 saw the release of Who’s Calling The Shots, the latest report from Directors UK (DUK) on gender inequality amongst [...]
Thanks to our crowdfunder, Raising Films is embarking on a new phase in its existence. After three years of work as a volunteer-led organisation, with the support of a part-time project manager, we are now seeking to build on our work [...]
Our host for the party and raffle will be Raising Films Ambassador Alice Lowe: Check out the prizes from our incredible sponsors This Mama Does, Picture Hooks (Vivian French), The Old Vic, Bloom & Grow Asia, Indicator/Powerhouse, Film 4 Productions, Peccadillo [...]
I came to the UK in 2015 with a determination to do my masters in documentary directing at NFTS and pave my way into the British film industry. Easier said than done. I was 43, married and a parent to two [...]
Sure, on the face of it, it all sounds incredibly exciting and possibly even glamorous. Writer/producer/actress finally secures finance for feature film she has been trying to get off the ground for years and travels to New Zealand to make it. [...]
Guest post by Dr. Tamsyn Dent The statutory rights for parental leave in the UK are a minefield. In fact, the entire legislative employment framework on workers’ rights is confusing and wildly fails to reflect the realities of working patterns in [...]
Helen was one of Raising Films' greatest behind-the-scenes champions in the last two years. She attended our first family-friendly BFI screening of The Secret of Kells with her two lovely daughters and subsequently became involved in the initial discussions and shaping [...]
Joe is an award-winning Film/Television Director and Screenwriter who works in both narrative drama and documentary. A number of his past projects have been commissioned and/or broadcast by BBC, Northern Ireland Screen, TG4, The Irish Language Broadcast Fund, RTE and The [...]
Rosie is an Artist/Filmmaker who has screened her work at venues including the ICA, Tate Liverpool and Camden Arts Centre as well as the international festival circuit. Rosie is currently in development with her first feature film The Saviours funded by [...]
Raising Films raises awareness of the persistent structural challenges for parents and carers working, or wanting to work, in film and television. We are a community and campaigning organisation working toward a more equal and inclusive creative industry. In July 2017 [...]
With 50 people benefiting from our Making it Possible personal and career development days in 2016, we are delighted to announce that applications are now open for another 36 parents & carers from all roles across the film & TV industry [...]
The Raising Films founders today launched our most wide-ranging report to date to an audience of industry influencers at BFI Southbank. Entitled Raising our Game the report, by Dr Tamsyn Dent, looks at next steps for the Film & TV industry [...]
We took each day as it came during my unpaid maternity leave when I had my second baby. We are not entitled to anything, I thought, this is a result of our chosen careers, the careers we love. I work as [...]
By Dr. Tamsyn Dent, Raising Films' Research Manager In February, Raising Films brought together a group of 50 representatives from across the film and television industries along with delegates from support organisations for a half-day conference to talk about what we [...]
We are delighted to confirm the wonderful Pippa Best and Jan Armstrong have come on board as coaches for our CLOSR Development Programme. Pippa has worked in feature film development and as a script consultant for over 20 years. She project [...]
Applications now open for CLOSR Development Programme for Director/Producer/Writer Parents and Carers in the English Regions CLOSR (Closer to Home) is a response to our 2016 Making it Possible survey, which found two consistent barriers for parents and carers looking to [...]
A deeper dialogue needs to happen between employers and employees of what the day-to-day responsibilities carers undertake alongside their film or television work actually entail. Only then will we start to see a little empathy begin to bloom. In a world [...]