crowdfunder Archives - Raising Films

Case Study: Miranda Bowen Travels from Prep to Post on The Last Post

So Mayer — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 09:52:26 +0000

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 ask Jeth, my Congolese unit driver, counsellor and spiritual healer(!) to step on the [...]

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Mandy Network

So Mayer — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 18:05:43 +0000

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 from our crowdfunder: For example, I heard recently when I was in Berlin, from [...]

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#RaisingTheRoof Raffle: All the Prizes

So Mayer — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 17:45:40 +0000

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 Pictures, Third Films, Eon Productions,Cuckooz Next, Lexi Cinema, Rachel Jackson London, Moms in Film [...]

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Testimonial: Kerry Fox

So Mayer — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 09:20:04 +0000

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 that line in the budget, because I have a 17 year old. In one [...]

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Film & Television Charity Family Support Fund Awardee Piotr Bernas

Admin — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 20:21:51 +0000

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 beautiful children. I was at the brink of quitting my studies just before my final [...]

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Film and Television Charity Family Support Fund Awardee Emily Corcoran

Admin — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 09:00:16 +0000

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. Regardless that she has an 8-month-old baby. I discovered at the end of three [...]

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Testimonial: Farrah Drabu

So Mayer — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 09:00:33 +0000

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 a defined break to have my kids. Honestly though I have found every step [...]

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In Conversation: Ivana and Gillies MacKinnon

So Mayer — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 09:00:20 +0000

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 Billy MacKinnon. Ivana MacKinnon is a producer, and the founder of Stray Bear Productions. [...]

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“We asked for workers, we got people instead” (Max Frisch)

So Mayer — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 20:40:56 +0000

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 the 21st century. Tracy Brabin, Labour MP for Batley and Spen, is proposing a [...]

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Sunshine Jackson on founding Amplify Pictures

So Mayer — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:57:02 +0000

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 with her crew. This may sound like a small thing, but its implications are enormous. [...]

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