It was such a privilege to be selected for the Raising Film Creative Residency in March this year. Having the time away from all the distractions of home, the school pick up, the washing pile etc. really allowed me to absorb [...]
I’ve just returned from my week in the Dales enjoying one of the generous residencies offered by Raising Films. It was a bit like going back in time - in more ways than one! The village we stayed in had a [...]
We are thrilled to announce a new Raising Films Ribbon, awarded for some brilliant work supporting parents and carers in TV! Director Ella Jones has nominated producer extraordinaire Zorana Piggott, line producer Emma Biggins, and the rest of the brilliant team [...]
We are so proud to support the launch of a new series of online fireside chats with inspiring parents and carers working in the screen industries, hosted by Elinor Coleman of Ask Mother Productions. The first chat, on July 16th at [...]
MOTHERBOARD is a smartphone feature exploring motherhood, filmed over 20 years by BAFTA award-winning director Victoria Mapplebeck. Motherboard charts the joy, pain and comedy of raising a child alone. Motherboard premiered at the London Film Festival in 2024 and won Victoria [...]
What do you do? I’m a full-time scriptwriter, working in television, radio and animation, based in Cornwall Who do you look after? I share childcare with my wife for my two children, Eliza and William, although now they’re twelve and fourteen, [...]
Laura Rees (who participated in Making It Possible 2020) on her decision to do a difficult, stressful and complicated thing at a difficult, stressful and complicated time AKA making a feature film during lockdown... In this piece Laura talks about [...]
So Mayer, one of Raising Films’ co-founders recently interviewed Frances Galt about their new publication Women’s Activism Behind the Screens: Trade Unions and Gender Inequality in the British Film and Television Industries, a look at the history of women’s struggles [...]
Ahead of the (online) release of their latest work - AYOUNI - filmmaker Yasmin Fedda reflects on being an independent filmmaker and parent and shares ideas for how things should (and can) change to support filmmakers as we all slowly [...]
Producer Victoria Bavister shares the story of the making of her debut and BIFA-nominated feature – COUNTY LINES - from the grind of financing, through to production and eventual release. Read on to find out how Victoria balanced filmmaking with [...]
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 [...]
Sara Gunn-Smith - Marketing and Audiences Officer at Film Hub NI and mother of two – shares their experience of the year that was 2020 – both the lows and the highs, and we’re delighted that one of those highs [...]
Clare Shields is an independent producer and together with her husband Alex runs Sixty Clicks Productions. The saying ‘it takes a village’ applies so vividly here as Clare and Alex, embarking on their second short narrative film together, faced a [...]
Ahead of the release of ROCKS in cinemas across the UK and Ireland this Friday 18 September Raising Films spoke to the creative team behind the film, with the interview conducted by Grace Barber Plentie. We're so grateful to Grace [...]
Davina Quinlivan, Senior Lecturer in Film, Kingston School of Art, Kingston University, is a mother to two small boys and a carer for her elderly mother. In this piece Davina explains how and why film is such an important part [...]
For our latest community story Carla Buckingham asks, "Am I too old, too female or too ‘Mummy’ to make the cut in TV and film?" This is personal account of the journey Carla took towards her current status as a [...]
The wonderful Share My Telly Job and The Talent Manager recently ran a live webinar 'Flexible Working in TV: A way through COVID-19 and beyond' with over 500 attendees. In case you were unable to join we're sharing the opportunity [...]
On set for WITH LOVE FROM CALAIS; Annemarie Lean-Vercoe on camera, Manjinder directing her daughter, Lyla. Director Manjinder Virk shares her experience of making her latest film, 23 DAYS, entirely in lockdown with her all-female team, how they collectively made [...]