making it possible Archives - Raising Films https://www.raisingfilms.com/tag/making-it-possible/ Supporting parents and carers in the UK screen sector Wed, 05 May 2021 16:38:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.raisingfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-raising-films-favicon-32x32.png making it possible Archives - Raising Films https://www.raisingfilms.com/tag/making-it-possible/ 32 32 Choosing to make a feature film in lockdown with three kids https://www.raisingfilms.com/choosing-to-make-a-feature-film-in-lockdown/ Wed, 05 May 2021 16:38:01 +0000 https://www.raisingfilms.com/?p=26947 Laura Rees (who participated in Making It Possible 2020) on her decision to do a difficult, stressful and complicated thing at a difficult, stressful and complicated time AKA making a feature film during lockdown... In this piece Laura talks about the power of a community, the balance between parenting and retaining a professional sense [...]

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]]> Mini Productions – making shorts and supporting parents https://www.raisingfilms.com/mini-productions-making-shorts-and-supporting-parents/ Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:34:30 +0000 https://www.raisingfilms.com/?p=26556 Producer April Kelley is the founder of Mini Productions, the latest recipient of our Raising Films Ribbon. Ahead of going into production on two short films - DO THIS FOR ME and JUST IN CASE - April talked to Raising Films about the working practices herself and her business partner Sara Huxley, have put [...]

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]]> Sara Gunn-Smith reflects on the year that was https://www.raisingfilms.com/sara-gunn-smith-reflects-on-the-year-that-was/ Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:39:50 +0000 https://www.raisingfilms.com/?p=26599 Sara Gunn-Smith - Marketing and Audiences Officer at Film Hub NI and mother of two – shares their experience of the year that was 2020 – both the lows and the highs, and we’re delighted that one of those highs was participating in Making It Possible. Sara also shares her hopes and ambitions for [...]

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]]> MIP 2020, that’s a wrap! https://www.raisingfilms.com/mip-2020-thats-a-wrap/ Wed, 02 Dec 2020 11:31:42 +0000 https://www.raisingfilms.com/?p=26018 The latest iteration of our ScreenSkills supported Making It Possible personal and career development programme has now reached an end for our three groups of participants. This programme is supported by ScreenSkills using National Lottery funds awarded by the BFI as part of the Future Film Skills programme. We took Making It [...]

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]]> ScreenSkills Making It Possible 2020 in association with Raising Films https://www.raisingfilms.com/making-it-possible-2020/ Fri, 19 Jun 2020 09:32:30 +0000 https://www.raisingfilms.com/?p=23311 "It is still the single best professional development training and networking I’ve ever done. It completely changed my perception of how to combine my career and parenting; and, most importantly for me at the time, really expanded my network. I met my feature film producers through the scheme, as well as a high-end TV [...]

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]]> Fighting the inner battle and carving out time https://www.raisingfilms.com/fighting-inner-battle-carving-out-time/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 09:56:53 +0000 https://www.raisingfilms.com/?p=22512 One of our Making It Possible participants - Kirsty Robinson-Ward - kindly took some time out to share her thoughts on how the parent/work/life balance affects women across every career stage, how carving out dedicated (and guilt-free) time to focus on work can bring something extra to parenting, how the battle can often come [...]

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]]> ScreenSkills Making It Possible 2019 in association with Raising Films https://www.raisingfilms.com/making-it-possible-2019/ Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:42:06 +0000 https://www.raisingfilms.com/?p=19078 Read this page in Welsh Mae’n bleser gan Raising Films gyhoeddi ein bod yn cynnal ein diwrnod poblogaidd o ddatblygu personol a gyrfa, Making it Possible, i bedwar grŵp yn ystod mis Hydref a mis Tachwedd eleni. Caiff Making It Possible 2019 ei gefnogi gan ScreenSkills gan ddefnyddio arian y Loteri Genedlaethol a ddyfarnwyd [...]

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]]> Lorna Martin on Making It Possible and her new TV series https://www.raisingfilms.com/lorna-martin-on-making-it-possible-and-her-new-tv-series/ Mon, 08 Oct 2018 12:30:08 +0000 http://www.raisingfilms.com/?p=15705 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 also an award-winning journalist, formerly Scotland Editor of The Observer and columnist for Grazia [...]

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]]> How to make a film during school hours https://www.raisingfilms.com/how-to-make-a-film-during-school-hours/ Mon, 01 Oct 2018 14:31:55 +0000 http://www.raisingfilms.com/?p=15405 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 a film while their children were at school. A Deal With The Universe is [...]

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]]> Testimonial: Kate Cheeseman https://www.raisingfilms.com/testimonial-kate-cheeseman/ Mon, 19 Mar 2018 11:26:48 +0000 http://raising.leap.eco/?p=4401 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 the job I loved and had fought so hard to succeed in. That day [...]

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