Today (Friday 3 May 2019) is the release day of independent documentary IRENE'S GHOST, directed by Iain Cunningham. To celebrate and mark the release we spoke to Iain about his own experience of parenthood and how the production supported other [...]
Marnie Baxter shares her experience of combining acting and working behind the camera on her short film BAD MOTHER, plus the juggling act of balancing parenting with filmmaking and why being a mother adds another dimension to her work. I’ve [...]
We grabbed some time with Emily Atef, director of 3 DAYS IN QUIBERON, to ask her about the process of making the film, her experience of working in TV and the ongoing challenges of balancing all the aspects of a [...]
With an established career in film and media, writer and producer Duncan Paveling started a family, discovered Raising Films and during the production of his debut feature MY FERAL HEART provided care for a member of his extended family. We're [...]
It's been a year since Nicky Raby launched her podcast Doing and Dreaming - now on episode 90 and a top 100 business podcast on iTunes. We sat down for a chat with Nicky about her move from acting to [...]
There are plenty of stories here on the Raising Films website about how film festivals can get it so very wrong when it comes to accommodating attendees and delegates with children, so we are delighted to share this most excellent account [...]
We caught up with Lorna Martin, one of our Making It Possible alumni, ahead of the broadcast of her new TV series. Lorna is the writer and co-creator, with Sharon Horgan, of the comedy drama Women on the Verge. She is [...]
Here at Raising Films we’re finalising our approach to giving recognition to those people, productions, companies and organisations working in the spirit of what Raising Films stands for. We anticipate this recognition will take the form of a mark that [...]
We caught up with the creative team behind A Deal With The Universe, a feature documentary that premiered (to standing ovation) at last year’s Flare Film Festival, to talk about the team’s history with Raising Films and how they made [...]
Screenwriter Amy Rich talks to us about how a serious illness and long-term care for a family member can simultaneously put the brakes on creativity while inspiring cathartic output. This is the first in a series of stories from our community [...]
Nearly 18 months ago, I took part in the first Making It Possible event put on by Raising Films and went for a wonderful day in Edinburgh. It was a day that gave me the courage and direction to return to [...]
Cape Town, December 2016 I have just completed my fourth week of prep for BBC commissioned, Peter Moffat scripted The Last Post. It is half six in the evening and as the incendiary South African sun subsides behind a mountain I [...]
Change comes from within. We set up Early Day Films to focus on the projects and talent we believe in. The purpose of having our own company was in part to develop how we wanted to work especially when we were [...]
I'm not yet a full-time producer, just an aspiring one who has managed to shift her paid work to around the industry rather than outside it. I stupidly started my film-making and parenting journeys within a couple of years of each other [...]
I’ve just been doing my 2018 budget, something I haven’t properly done since 2010, and I’m comparing what everything cost me today to then – back then, childcare was £5, 000 for the year, and this year, hooray, I didn’t have [...]
When I set up Bridge + Tunnel Productions in 1998 I wanted to ensure that while we expected a lot of our employees (filmmaking is challenging), we would also ensure that our staff received one of the best work situations possible. [...]
I didn’t really ever factor in being a parent combined with being a creative. Although I anticipated being a parent would impact my career in a negative way - I did my best not to let it by never really taking [...]
Gillies MacKinnon is a Scottish filmmaker and painter currently living in London. His most recent feature film is Whisky Galore (2016), and his award-winning films include Hideous Kinky (1997), Regeneration (1996), and Small Faces (1995), which he wrote with and which was produced by his brother [...]
It was a manic Monday in the To Know Him production office – 7 days from the start of principal photography. I was about to go out on a tech recce and I got the text! Michelle (my producing partner) had [...]
I was lucky enough to hang out briefly with the American director Jill Soloway (we share some close friends in LA), and I’ve followed her career with much admiration. One of the things she does on set is have a daily emotional check-in [...]