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Hi shooters,

Any recommendations for short documentary funds in the UK?
I know a few for feature length work, but any for short/mid-length films?

(I know this a rare thing, but …

Thanks Paddy I've of course already looked through shooting people's handy funding section.

Cheers

Can anyone recommend some festivals to enter it to please? Ideally ones with 'microfilm', 'shot on iphone', etc categories

Thanks

Ben

Hi Ben, we/ Shiny Awards also welcome smartphone films - any films under 5 minutes. You also get feedback from three of the commercial industry companies in our huge jury network,…

Up Studios is a central London studio equipped with camera, lighting equipment. We’d like to shoot a diverse range of short, narrative dramas utilising the studio and its faciliti…

Thanks Craig, I'll send you an email.
P.

The event will take place once a month. Ideally , I'm looking for a writer but others considered too.

The basics that you would need to do are:

Help me to:
Find a venue – privat…

Hi,

We're a little over a week into our Indiegogo campaign for our Feature film, Occurrence at Mills Creek. We have some recognizable talent attached - Betsy Lynn George from Bi…

Hello good people,

I'm working on a feature film and we are using the content of around 50 books to be used as props by the characters to help the plot and have more interesting …

I agree with Paddy - mockup will be easier than permissions. Though if the work is out of copyright you should be OK. Might work if they hunting lost treasure, not so much if buil…

I have a little ‘arts funding application’ fatigue so decided not to apply for ifeatures this year. Now I’ve seen a few of the previous films made through the scheme which are all…

I totally sympathise with the funding application fatigue! My view is that what matters in this undustry is playing the long game. You might not get an instant directing career th…

Looking to build a team for the London Sci-Fi 48hr Film Competition coming up on the 13th April.

I'm a Director, I've had a lot of experience with this competition and I'm lookin…

HI Miren, the best place to find collaborators is by posting into Production > Get People. This will allow shooters to directly apply for the role and we can post the role into…

I wrote and made a short that has just been screened at the respected Starburst International Film Festival, with my lead actor picking up Best Performance award. Last month I sa…

SAW was a proof of concept of their feature length idea presented as a self-contained short film... It got them the funding they needed to make the feature... They didn't "stretch…

...to join forces on a drama feature targeting topics like mental health and transgender issues. I'm a writer/producer with several bigger-scale shorts and a micro-feature under m…

Hi Magdalena,

If you’re looking for people to collaborate with, the most effective way of reaching other members is to list your project in the Production part of the site. You c…

Would you place Lift Off London above Raindance?

In regards to comparing LiftOff to Raindance, they are not even in comparable leagues. Elliot Groves, Raindance is now considered by many to be one of the top ten film festival co…

Hi Shooters,

Hope you're all well.

I am potentially shooting a short thriller in the next few months set in a multi-storey car park. This is for an all-night shoot.

Just resea…

Tricks of the trade! Thanks for sharing, all.

Be clear from the outset that you're not a big-buck (or even a small buck) feature with all the paraphernalia involved.

They will (…

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Hi People,

1) I need to have a stock ticker effect in a scene of my financial crime…

Thanks for the detailed answer Benjamin, I appreciate it.

I'm an experienced writer-director (see www.citizensmith.net) and I'm looking for a producer/partner/collaborator to work with on a feature project. It is an adaptation of an amaz…

Thanks Paddy - yes all rights in place. Will drop you a line re PM/LP once things are aligned. Chris

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I'm an experienced writer-director (see www.citizensmith.net) and I'm looking for a producer/partner/collaborator to work with on a feature project. It is an adaptation of an amaz…

Hi Christopher, the most effective way to find collaborators on SP is over on Production > Get People. Best of luck!

I have a 25 min rough cut edit of a short documentary series, and I have an funding source who's willing to invest as long as I can convince him the documentary film 25-min series…

Many thx

Is this a rant? I think more than a few people will be frustrated that Shooters allows posts for work to be made without giving the location for the work ‘Great Britain’ is not a …

Hi Mick, thanks for flagging this. We understand how essential it is to be aware of the project's location and although depending on the roles it might be either working remotely …

You're an actress / an actor. Why would you join a low budget production where you most likely don't earn much? Is this only something that acting students do? To gain experience …

An additional point =- when I started putting my C.V.together my agent advised against listing too many student flicks since it tended to make the C.V. look 'amateur'. So I restr…

Hi there!

My name is Ira, I’m a filmmaker, editor and colourist based in London. Last few months I've been trying to find people to participate in my project which is free music…

Hi there!

Writer and director calling potential co-producers/producers for a brainstorming discussion about an incoming new production (short film, strong coming on age drama 20 …

Hi Paddy,

Thank you! I have a great script of different style and mood, more a classic strong drama, and I'd love to meet up with talents there!...I already have some interesti…

Hi,

I'm a writer/director who have worked on both indie and bigger budget productions in Asia and Europe (Death Note, High & Low, The Outsider...).
I have been studying scr…

Hi Noemie! check your messages inbox ;)

We are doing a monthly discussion on current events and obviously Brexit is the big one atm. Looking for people willing to take part who are opinionated and ideally believe in Bre…

Like we said Nat, wrong place. It's a decisive subject and your video will add to the noise and won't add any substance but good luck with it.

P.S. The BBC have been accused cou…

I'm a London based Director, I like to direct crime, drama, thriller, comedy, dark comedy, realism films. My most successful short film "The Hood" has been very successful online …

Hi Reece, I have a short thriller/dark comedy I wrote. Not much dialogue as it's meant to visually stimulating. It's 2.5 pages should be around 4-5 minutes with 4 characters 2 loc…

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