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 [...]
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 [...]