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Interview with Victoria Mapplebeck, Director of MOTHERBOARD

Jessica Levick — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:46:10 +0000

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 the WFTV Best Director award. There will be a screening and Q&A at the [...]

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Manjinder Virk on creativity during lockdown

Sally Hodgson — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 13:17:07 +0000

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 creative decisions while balancing childcare and home schooling and how sometimes making films can [...]

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Making radio and being a parent

Sally Hodgson — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 11:25:24 +0000

Ruth Abrahams is an independent Radio Producer and Media Relations Manager whose radio series ‘The New Anatomy of Melancholy’ is currently running on BBC Radio 4. Dr Tamsyn Dent, Raising Films’ researcher, took some time to catch up with Ruth for a socially distanced chat about producing the series. Tamsyn: Can you tell me [...]

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Production babies on Irene’s Ghost

Sally Hodgson — Wed, 01 May 2019 15:55:58 +0000

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 parents on the film's creative team. Over to Iain... Finding a balance with family [...]

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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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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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Interview: Sophie Hyde

So Mayer — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 23:53:26 +0000

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! AN AUDIO MISADVENTURE (Sundance 2011) and LIFE IN MOVEMENT (Australian Documentary Prize 2012), which she also co-directed. Sophie [...]

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How the Film & Television Charity Family Support Fund helped me – Joe McStravick

Admin — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 10:41:26 +0000

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 Arts Council. He recently directed/co-wrote and produced a short film called The Wedding Speech [...]

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Annemarie Jacir on Baby Troubles at Cannes

Admin — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 08:00:09 +0000

Annemarie had two films premiere as official selections of the Cannes Film Festival. One in Venice and most recently Berlinale where W hen I Saw You won Best Asian Film. Founder of Philistine Films, she’s made over sixteen films and collaborates regularly with fellow filmmakers. She teaches screenwriting and works as a freelance editor and [...]

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Testimonial: Ashley Sabin

So Mayer — Sun, 21 May 2017 15:24:57 +0000

Ashley Sabin produces, directs, photographs and edits critically-acclaimed cinematic documentaries that have screened internationally in festivals and on television worldwide at Sundance, Toronto, Cinema du Reel, Rotterdam, Visions du Reel, RIDM, MoMA, and Viennale Film Festivals and on PBS, POV, BBC, CBC, DR, ARTE, and NHK. Her new film Do Donkeys Act? has its UK premiere [...]

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