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Hi. Leaving my beloved London for a year or two and following my wife to Bangkok. Anyone worked out there? I wont have a work permit but I'm keen to work for free on interesting p…

Hi
I have tried posting to the bulletins, but not got on there yet.

It's proving more difficult than I'd imagined on SP to at least post a message out to producers & director…

Thanks for that Marlom. Will check that out. Any other SP suggestions?

Hi Shooters!

My name is Rohit, early this year I produced a short film called 'Rosy'. 'Rosy' is a short film about a young womans troubled life and how she uses dance to escape h…

Hi Diana

i have made sure to submit the film to the festival. Thank you

I’m looking specifically for filmmakers who identify as being in ‘recovery’ from addiction, MH, trauma or who have disability, are LGTB or BAME for exciting opportunity. Email me…

Hi Madeleine, MH and trauma are what I've written about in my book. I will email you to discuss further.
Thank you.
Fabia

Hey everyone,

I have been working on a short documentary (a family portrait) since last year and had a crowdfunding page up that introduced my contributors, the idea and storyli…

Are you a BECTU member? You could ask them, free legal advice.

I'm looking for a writer / collaborator who'd like to work on ideas for TVC, online commercials and micro short stories.
My reel vimeo.com/matusthefirst

Hi Matus,

I've written various adverts for big brands (PlayStation, Shell, Chevy etc) and have experience ghost writing on some other adverts incl. a phone brand. I've also writt…

Looking for feedback on your feature screenplay?

I am an NFTS trained script editor, I have read for screenplay competition Shore Scripts since 2015 and have previously worked in…

Hi all –

So, I've been thinking for a while about organising a small British film festival. For context, I'm not really doing any film work these days but run a podcast productio…

Hi Angela – yes, a coffee would be great. I'll try and email you now as find the DMing on SP impossible...

Hey

I’m shooting part of a micro budget short in London on Sunday 4th August. Trying to find a sort of yard or abandoned warehouse where we can shoot a scene in a parked car. Bud…

The guys at Belt Craft studios are super lovely and can be accommodating to smaller budgets if it's non-commercial. Not sure you can get a car in there but I think I've seen a lar…

I am shooting some new material for my showreel as an actor, pretty much bootstrapping everything on my own and am asking for help and/or recommendations! I have the scripts and c…

hey,
I start shooting a micro budget short, 'Worse Than Family' on the 14th August.
It’s a 4 night shoot - dusk til dawn.
I need somebody to record sound at 3 locations in Londo…

Hi Aiden, if you're looking for a sound recordist for a particular project the best place to post would be Production > Get People where shooters actively look for work - these…

Being bi myself, I have found it very odd that a so called oppressed minority has become so intolerant and touchy. I wonder why this is.
My main concern is the practice, by some i…

And could you give me a bit of the basics that I'd need to know about exporting files in Premiere, especially if I want to screen the film. What's the best export file to use? Tha…

I am a recent graduate in photography,film & media where I started out as a documentary & Event photographer and then by chance ended up on a set of a film where I fell in…

@Darryl Calvert I think a part of the problem is that it is oversubscribed - everyone wants to be shooting BTS, the competition is high from anyone with a camera wanting to give i…

I want to learn how to edit and I think a short course would be good. I'm considering the Central St Martins course (one week, £600), but I'd like to know what other options there…

Thanks Andy and David - appreciate the replies. I'll look at both those links.

Hi,
Sorry but since there presently isn't a topic for freebies I'm starting this one. Please feel free to add to it if you have a free piece of filmmaking kit that you no longer n…

@Darryl Calvert
Hi Darryl, Great there yours then. If you let me know your address please I'll get them off to you in the post?
Kindest regards Ray @UKFILM_CO
PS are you on Twitter

LiveTree.com have launched a new concept in audiences watching and participating financially in film and television productions. They have also launched a free to enter on-line fi…

Hi Mikel
Try their P.R. lady Daniella on dw@livetree.com
Tegan

Hello Everyone,

My name is Steven Wyatt and i'm a Cinematographer looking for Producers and Directors to work/collaborate with on short or feature film projects.

I am based in t…

Thank you! - i've messaged you.

Hi All!

Does anyone have any recommendations for approx 200 seat short film screening venues in London? We would love to put on a high quality screening for our Kickstarter backe…

Only 100 seats, but the Courthouse Hotel in Soho (opposite Liberty) is a nice screening space with a proper projectionist.

Hi just wondering if there are any background extra or production opportunities.That could use my help.

Hi All,

The line I've heard from Sundance is that if a short is ten minutes or less it doubles the chance of being programmed, and that anything over 10 minutes (10 to 15 minut…

I'm curious, does this rule also apply to short documentaries? I've got a short documentary that is currently 25 minutes long but I'm looking to cut it down as much as possible. 1…

Any writers in South London who want to collaborate on Urban Comedy, Thriller & Drama scripts?

Films like Kidulthood, Adulthood, Friday, Baby Boy, Do The Right Thing, Boyz I…

Hello Mark, good to hear from you. I'll send you some samples of my work.

Location wanted in the London or South East area which had a Japanese feel to it for a Japanese style short ghost story film shot over a day or two. Possible involvement in the pr…

This looks good. Thanks.

I finished writing a one-location film called Kitchen. The film talks about a refugee suffering from PTSD/Psychosis struggles to obtain asylum in the UK. Early on a Friday night a…

Hey Bashar, no worries and best of luck! I don't personally know of anyone specialising in securing funding I'm afraid

Hi people I have a keen interest in background extra-modeling and also drama.Im signed up to a couple of casting agencies and looking for more opportunities.Dose anyone know a for…

Mandy.com too have lots of film stuff that falls into the low/no paid category. And for the no paid work, it's free membership.