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#205: Wed. 2nd Apr 2025
38 Comedy Filmmaking Tickets Left & other Spring Must Do’s for Filmmakers
#204: Tue. 4th Mar 2025
Upcoming deadlines, New Shoots: Awardees, BFI Flare & more.
#203: Fri. 31st Jan 2025
Networking Social, Awards Shortlists, Celebrations & more.
#202: Fri. 22nd Nov 2024
11 days until our Wrap Party, Writing Masterclass & More
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Screenwriting Opportunities, Halloween Releases, Offers & More
#200: Wed. 2nd Oct 2024
Screenwriting Masterclass, Awards Extension & More
#199: Fri. 6th Sep 2024
Upcoming Networking, Masterclasses, Actors Shortlist & More
#198: Tue. 6th Aug 2024
JIJO Masterclass recording, Filmmakers Award, Oppportunities & More
#197: Wed. 3rd Jul 2024
Networking event w/ JIJO, Filmmakers Awards + more
#195: Fri. 3rd May 2024
Actors Awards, Low-Budget Filmmaking Panel, Funds & More
???? March at SP ????
New Shoots: You're Taking The P*** - Making Comedy Films with No Money
Only 38 tickets left for our comedy filmmaking event ‼️‼️????
Join George Moore (Paul Is Dead), Rhys Aaron Lewis (Run Like We), and Tia Salisbury (Not Surgery Hours) for a night of candid insights into making comedy that lands - working smart with what you have. They’ll be sharing how they craft hilarious, stand-out films, get the best performances from actors, and stretch limited resources to the max.
For writers, actors, directors, producers, crew - or for anyone who’s interested in making funny stuff.
Tickets are free, and if you’re not a member, you can bundle in a Shooting People membership with your ticket and lock in our lowest-ever rate of £5.95/month.
Spring Into Action (Or Just a Nice Screening)
Spring is here, the clocks have changed, and there’s no excuse to stay in - especially with all the brilliant events popping up on our calendar. Whether you’re looking to network, learn, or just embrace the weird and wonderful, we’ve got you covered.
- ???? Looking to network in the regions? There's mixers upcoming in Surrey (5 Apr), Hampshire (8 Apr), Manchester (21 Apr), Cornwall (24 Apr), West Sussex (26 Apr) and more.
- ????️ Love a deep dive? There’s a whole talk dedicated to The Cinematography of David Lynch (Wed 14 May, London), exploring the visual language of cinema’s most enigmatic auteur.
- ????️ Feeling adventurous? Ancestral Returns: Collective Filmmaking for Beyond Human Experiences (Sun 4 May, Glasgow) invites you to experiment with lo-fi and Super 8 techniques, create a zine manifesto, and rethink filmmaking as a collective, almost otherworldly experience. Soup and surrealism included.
- ???? Actors, take note: Casting Director Elizabeth Bichard is hosting a workshop with the Film and TV Charity (Tue 20 May, London), sharing insights from her work on Mission Impossible, Kingsman, and more.
- ???? Or just fancy a good doc? The Louis Theroux X Francis Bourgeois premiere & social (Tue 15 Apr, London) brings trains, Theroux, and a Q&A in one strange but brilliant package.
This is just a taste - the events calendar is packed with hidden gems, from grassroots meetups to major industry talks. If you spot something worth sharing, stick it on there and help others find it. And in the meantime, get stuck in!
GO MEMBERS
- Rhys Aaron Lewis is crowdfunding for Beach Toys ????, a surreal drama about a stag holiday gone horribly wrong. Think Get Out meets boozed-up Brits abroad - with a side of existential dread. They're close to making it happen - help push it over the line here.
- Shooters continue to blitz at festivals, with many picking up awards at Manchester Film Festival. Big congrats to Ian Curtis for Hide, Best North West Short; Richard Hunter for Foul Evil Deeds, Best Cinematography – Feature; Jed Hart for Restless, Best UK Feature; Paul Holbrook for Boys Like You, Best Director and Golden Bee - Short; and Milda Baginskaite for Beer, Best Documentary Short. Want to get involved in the action? Post your projects on SP and find the collaborators you need to bring your next film to life. ????????
- Iva Radivojević’s When the Phone Rang had its UK premiere at Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival, blending memory and migration into a hypnotic time loop. The film, set in 1992, follows 11-year-old Lana as she clings to a single phone call - the moment she lost both her grandfather and her homeland. Read the Variety interview here.
- Kai Langford-Do are reaching out for feedback on his script for Part-Time Lovers (looking for some character development help, if anyone’s got time), Mark Stewart is on the hunt for directors to collaborate on creative, boundary-pushing projects and Anton Freire is offering his skills as a colorist to anyone needing post-production magic.
GO LOOK
- Bong Joon-ho, the visionary director of Parasite and Mickey 17, just threw out an unexpected idea: an Alien musical ????????. Yep, you read that right. In a recent interview, he casually mentioned the possibility of merging the sci-fi horror franchise with musical numbers - Xenomorphs bursting into song, anyone?
- Still Love DVDs? Bristol’s 20th Century Flicks is one of the last surviving rental shops in the UK, keeping physical media alive in a world of endless streaming. If you’re after something you won’t find on Netflix, rent a DVD from them and keep a piece of film history going.
- Shout out to the Rich Mix programming team who emailed their Manager on April 1st to say there was a leak in Cinema 1. Oh NO…. Manager arrived very agitated and saw… 20 leeks ???? on the cinema seats. LOL.
- No Other Land, a powerful film by a Palestinian-Israeli collective, captures the destruction of Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank and the unlikely alliance between activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval. Tragically, filmmaker Hamdan Ballal was recently attacked, detained, and hospitalized. Stand with him and the film’s team by signing the petition to protect artistic freedom and ensure his safe return.
GO GET
- The Listening Pitch | Deadline: 21 April
- Northern Heart Doc Fund | Deadline: 22 April
- (Egg)celerator Lab | Deadline: 29 April
- BFI National Lottery Discovery Feature Funding | Deadline: 6 May
GO SUBMIT
- London Short Film Festival | Earlybird Deadline: 6 April
- Edinburgh International Film Festival | Late Deadline: 18 April
- Norwich Film Festival | Regular Deadline: 25 May
- Crystal Palace International Film Festival | Regular Deadline: 3 June
