/Tag: crowdfunder

Mandy Network

2018-11-12T12:59:00+00:00March, 2018|Press|

Our co-founder Hope Dickson Leach spoke to international film community site Mandy.com about becoming a filmmaker, founding Raising Films out of frustration, how we've turned that frustration into action – and what we want to do with the funds we're raised [...]

#RaisingTheRoof Raffle: All the Prizes

2018-11-12T12:59:00+00:00March, 2018|Our Work|

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 [...]

Testimonial: Kerry Fox

2018-11-12T12:59:00+00:00March, 2018|Production Stories|

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 [...]

Testimonial: Amy Neil

2018-11-12T12:59:13+00:00February, 2018|Working in TV|

I'm on a hill not far from Glasgow filming the last day of Trust Me for BBC1, a drama about a nurse, a working mum, who boldly steals the identity of a doctor and starts practicing in A and E. It’s [...]

agnès films

2018-11-12T12:59:13+00:00February, 2018|Press|

Independent feminist film site agnès films, Jessica Gibbons quotes our co-founder Nicky Bentham on why we're running our crowdfunder: Conversations about inclusivity have never been more alive than they are right now, and Raising Films are committed to generating solutions. “Thanks to our [...]

Silent London

2018-11-12T12:59:13+00:00February, 2018|Press|

An extraordinary reminder, in support of our crowdfunder, from silent film historian Pamela Hutchinson that women have a) worked in the film industry since its inception, and b) that the same barriers to sustainable and sustaining careers remain #100Years on. When [...]

Women and Hollywood

2018-11-12T12:59:13+00:00February, 2018|Press|

Over at Women and Hollywood (Happy 10th Anniversary!), Melissa Silverstein writes in support of our crowdfunder, summing up the problems we exist to address: Motherhood shouldn’t prevent women from making films, but it can. Caring for one’s elderly parents or sick [...]

Interview: Sophie Hyde

2018-11-12T12:59:13+00:00February, 2018|Interview|

Sophie Hyde directed, produced and co-wrote eye innovative feature drama 52 TUESDAYS which won the directing award for world cinema at Sundance 2014 and the Crystal Bear at the Berlinale 2014. As a producer, her documentaries include SAM KLEMKE'S TIME MACHINE (Sundance 2015) SHUT UP LITTLE MAN! [...]