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 [...]
Back in 2015 Mark Radcliffe came along to a Raising Films networking event. Also in 2015 the Raising Films founders met Charlotte Riley at an industry event. Both Mark and Charlotte talked about their ideas for an on-set childcare provision, [...]
We've had a flurry of applications from a range of brilliant organisations, productions and festivals over the past weeks. Full insights and stories to follow but in the meantime, put your hands together for: THE LAST WORD - family-friendly feature production, produced [...]
Read this page in Welsh Mae’n bleser gan Raising Films gyhoeddi ein bod yn cynnal ein diwrnod poblogaidd o ddatblygu personol a gyrfa, Making it Possible, i bedwar grŵp yn ystod mis Hydref a mis Tachwedd eleni. Caiff Making It [...]
If you’ve seen any pictures or videos of the British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), you might be led into thinking that BIFA is a fairly big organisation with an impressive central London office and maybe some screening rooms to boot. [...]
We are super thrilled to share news that we have awarded two Raising Films ribbons over the past month... Our first ribbon goes to the British Independent Film Awards... The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) highlight and reward the best, [...]
On the back of our We Need To Talk About Caring report launch we called out for responses and commitments from the wider film and TV industries to acknowledge and support the needs of carer. We are delighted to share [...]
On the same day as we published our We Need To Talk About Caring report we also unveiled the Raising Films ribbon. Launching the ribbon is a long-held ambition and it forms part of our ongoing commitment to address the [...]
Raising Films has published We Need to Talk About Caring the first investigation into carers working in the UK film and TV industries. The survey and subsequent report highlight the particular impact that caring responsibilities have on those within the [...]
The third instalment from our writers in residence, who took the opportunity of a free week-long residency space for focused work. These residencies were made possible by the generosity of three members of our community with holiday cottages they donated [...]
Here's the second in our mini-series from the writers who took part in our free week-long residencies. Our aim was to help writers who needed some focused time away from their caring responsibilities to advance or complete a writing project, [...]
Cannes Marché du Film launches scheme to support delegates attending with children The Cannes Film Festival and Marché du Film announced on Tuesday that they are launching a new initiative, aimed at supporting film industry professionals in attendance with babies [...]
Back in January we announced our support for six writers through the provision of free week-long residency spaces, to be taken up in March. Our aim was to help writers who needed some focused time away from their caring responsibilities [...]
The launch of our Carers Survey prompted two people working in production to get in touch with their experiences. We're grateful to be able to share their stories here... Male, working in production How long have you been caring [...]
We're delighted to welcome Ming Ho to our Advisory Board. In addition to her extensive career in writing for film, TV and radio Ming brings with her first hand experience of being a carer. She writes, speaks, and campaigns on dementia [...]
Two Intern positions are available at Raising Films to assist with our We Need To Talk About Caring survey. The two positions are: • Design/Marketing Intern • Research/Writing Intern These roles are ideal for anyone looking to gain experience in design/marketing [...]
To mark the launch of We Need To Talk About Caring we're posting the experience of sandwich caring from someone in our community - a female, working in production as a Director / Writer... We thank them for sharing their [...]
We Need To Talk About Caring Through our Carers Survey we want to help people acknowledge and recognise the caring they do, or have done in the past. We want to know how best to support these people providing care [...]
Ahead of the launch of We Need To Talk About Caring, our survey into caring within the screen industries, we invited our community to share their experiences of caring. Huge gratitude goes out for the openess and willingness shown by [...]