Our Carers Survey is now live
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 [...]
Experiences of caring
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 [...]
Raising Films Writer Residencies: Spring 2019
Raising Films is seeking to support six writers (either individuals or pairs) by providing a free residency space for the week of Monday 25 to Friday 29 March 2019. We are aiming to help those who need some focused time [...]
We need to talk about caring…
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 [...]
Plugging the gap between freelance income and regular nursery costs
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 [...]
Raising Films Australia publish report
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 [...]
Responding to the latest industry data on gender inequality
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 [...]
Work With Raising Films! Project Manager and Communications Manager
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 [...]
#RaisingTheRoof Raffle: All the Prizes
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 [...]
Film & Television Charity Family Support Fund Awardee Piotr Bernas
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 [...]
Film and Television Charity Family Support Fund Awardee Emily Corcoran
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. [...]
“We asked for workers, we got people instead” (Max Frisch)
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 [...]
A tribute to Helen North
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 [...]
How the Film & Television Charity Family Support Fund helped me – Joe McStravick
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 [...]
Film and Television Charity Family Support Fund Awardee Rosie Toner – On Bridging their Childcare Needs
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 [...]
An Open Letter to the UK Film Industry on Addressing Harassment and Discrimination
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 [...]
Making it Possible 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 [...]
Raising Films launch #RaisingOurGame
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 [...]
Kerri Burbidge on the Film and Television Charity’s Helping Hand for a Two-Partners-in-Film Family
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 [...]
Raising Our Game: Raising Films’ First Conference – and Next Steps
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 [...]