editor Archives - Raising Films

Testimonial: Farrah Drabu

So Mayer2018-11-12T12:59:12+00:00February, 2018|Post-Production Stories, Production Stories, The Long Read|

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 [...]

In Conversation: Hope Dickson Leach, Alice Lowe and Rachel Tunnard

So Mayer2018-11-12T12:59:13+00:00February, 2018|In Conversation, Post-Production Stories, Production Stories, The Long Read|

So the stats are in and only one in every million directors gets to make a second feature - and chances are four hundred times lower if you’re a woman. (There are real stats about this but I can’t [be bothered [...]

Testimonial: Ashley Sabin

So Mayer2018-11-12T12:59:37+00:00May, 2017|Festivals & Industry Events, Post-Production Stories|

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, [...]

Kerri Burbidge on the Film and Television Charity’s Helping Hand for a Two-Partners-in-Film Family

So Mayer2018-11-12T12:59:37+00:00May, 2017|Our Work, Post-Production Stories, The Family Support Fund|

We took each day as it came during my unpaid maternity leave when I had my second baby. We are not entitled to anything, I thought, this is a result of our chosen careers, the careers we love. I work as [...]

Interview: Zeb Achonu

So Mayer2018-11-12T12:59:37+00:00April, 2017|Interview, Post-Production Stories, Working in TV|

Zeb Achonu is an Associate Member of the Guild of British Film & TV Editors (GBFTE) and has extensive experience in editing across a wide range of genres, most notably factual and entertainment. She spent 9 years working for the BBC [...]

Interview: Desperate Optimists

Admin2018-11-12T13:00:08+00:00October, 2016|Interview, Post-Production Stories, The Long Read|

Desperate Optimists are Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor. Born in Dublin, Ireland, they studied theatre in the UK in the late 80s. From 1992 to 1999 they toured six internationally acclaimed devised theatre shows. Between 2000 and 2003 they directed a number of [...]

Testimonial: Olivia Hetreed

Admin2018-11-12T09:30:46+00:00May, 2015|Post-Production Stories|

I had my children in the 90s and I was working as a freelance film editor at the time. I found it very challenging to work the long hours required and care for small children. When they were very small it [...]

Testimonial: Karen Sztajnberg

Admin2018-11-12T09:32:03+00:00May, 2015|Post-Production Stories|

Don’t Look East My first feature as a screenwriter starts with a woman describing a sex act on the back of a motorcycle. My eight year old son accepts that he won’t be able to attend my screenings but whenever I [...]