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Original Post from Jim Read
Things to know about the SP website

Dear all,

A quick reminder on the website!

The site’s live until October 31st, so now’s the time to make those last connections and save anything you want to keep.

Want t…

12 hours ago
Original Post from TIANA LINDEN
Most recent response from Jim Read
Please help with the name of this short!

I'm desperate to find the name of a short that SP showed at their yearly networking event in Shoreditch. I think it was 2022/2023

It was a 'nature documentary' (or shots of na…

1 response, most recent 2 days, 9 hours ago.

Hi Tiana - would it be The Leerie? Trawling through the archive and might fit the bill (believe! - terrible I don't remember - we screened it)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4…

Original Post from Keith Symons
Behind the scenes photography

Hey folks, available now!

Please reach out for behind the scenes photographic services and save my details for future collaborations.

Many thanks
Keith

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Keith Symo…

1 week ago
Original Post from David Pearson
Documentaries wanted for London private screening

I am an award winning director putting a private cinema screening together to raise interest and coverage in short docs and have my own film and a director friend
(Emmy and Osca…

1 week, 2 days ago
Original Post from Benjamin Hart
Most recent response from DON CLOVIS JOYTO FILMS UK LTD
Looking for a killer Treatment/Pitchdeck for your Film or TV Series?

You can check out my previous work on the Secret Meeting website where I have helped others create successful pitches to production companies and funding institutions.

https://…

2 responses, most recent 2 weeks ago.

HI B sounds good

Original Post from Keith Symons
Available for stills photography - Short films, stills, low budget, behind the scenes, tv, theatre,…

Hey there SP community. I'm immediately available for photographic assignments. Short films, stills, low budget, behind the scenes, tv, theatre, music, videos, promos.

I docume…

1 response, most recent 3 weeks ago.

Available late October.

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Keith Symons Photography
Unit Stills, Graduations, Portraiture, Real Estate, Sports & Events
www.keithsymonsphotography.com

https://www.link…

Original Post from DON CLOVIS JOYTO FILMS UK LTD
Im looking for Line producer, who can make also Budget sheet

nee line producer for script for feature film
+31 650814134 www.joytofilms.com

3 weeks, 1 day ago
Original Post from Jenny Lee
Most recent response from Tabitha Vermont-Spirite
Festival dilemna: Balancing Powerful Insights and Harmful Oversights

One of the films in this year’s I Will Tell International Film Festival carries an interesting tension: its insights on one theme were truly transformative, yet some remarks on an…

1 response, most recent 3 weeks, 6 days ago.

Oh Jenny, this is exactly the gnarly, beautiful mess that makes film worth bothering with, isn’t it?

Stories aren’t tidy pamphlets - they’re wild hedgerows full of brambles an…

Original Post from DON CLOVIS JOYTO FILMS UK LTD
Most recent response from Alwyne Kennedy
shooting peoples will stop

I received recently a note that after sooooooooooo many years, SHOOTING PEOPLES WILL STOPPED ????

1 response, most recent 1 month ago.

You missed the email and the long thread regarding it? Here's the thread: https://shootingpeople.org/qna/q/sp-changes-endings-are-overrated-this-community-is-brilliant-x/

Original Post from Matthew Lawes-Wickwar
Most recent response from Syra Malik
Emerging Voices Film Foundation - short film fund open!

Emerging Voices Film Foundation Short Film Fund 2025 opens today!

The short film fund, now in its 9th year, is open to emerging filmmakers from underrepresented groups in the …

1 response, most recent 1 month ago.

Hey Matthew, I am interested to apply plus could i get your contact details sent to my email address pls? Nytisihx@gmail.com. I am looking to network with producers cos I'm workin…

Original Post from Alwyne Kennedy
Swearing and film festivals.

I'll soon be shooting a short film, a dark comedy that has the F word a number of times. Do film festivals have a general policy when it comes to such language? Would I be excludi…

4 responses, most recent 1 month, 1 week ago.

Thanks, Tina.

Original Post from James Sanger
Most recent response from Kilian Pettit
help needed making reels and videos content...

Hi there,

I’m an artist developer / record producer.

I’m looking for young visually savvy film makers who can help create reels and social media content.

I have a residen…

1 response, most recent 1 month, 1 week ago.

Hi James,

Hope you are well. My name is Kilian Pettit, I am a filmmaker/videographer and musician from Ireland, based in London. I'd be interested in chatting to you regarding…

Original Post from Darren Roberts
Most recent response from Tina Walker
What to do as a writer if your film likely isn't getting released?

Hello

My name's Darren and I've found myself in a very frustrating position.

I wrote a film which was produced and completed, unfortunately due to a very long and complicate…

9 responses, most recent 1 month, 1 week ago.

I’d be tempted to lean into the story of the film itself when talking to agents or producers. A finished project tied up by messy execs? Sadly, that’s a pretty familiar chapter in…

Original Post from Lynwood Shiva Sawyer
End Credits Generation? End Crawl

Probably my last post before SP slips into the mists of history and we slip amidst despair.
Finally posting a sardonic comedy short about what happens when Disney engulfs the Com…

2 responses, most recent 1 month, 2 weeks ago.

Hi, Howard,
That is so cool. Bless your heart and many thanks.
I can provide an XLSX, Word or PDF, whichever is most convenient for you.
All the best from Brixton.
Shiva

Original Post from Abayomi Oniyide
FILM PREMIERE

We’re screening our new action short film My Brother’s Keeper on Thursday 12th September at 8:30 pm at Rich Mix Cinema, Shoreditch!

The film tells the gripping story of two bro…

1 month, 2 weeks ago
Original Post from Tabitha Vermont-Spirite
Most recent response from Theo Angel
Lost in the fascist forest... looking for funding advice.

Hey shooters,

So I've been on a miraculous and unexpected (even for myself) adventure, which led me onto an exciting (but rather mad) idea for a documentary. I have some questi…

3 responses, most recent 1 month, 3 weeks ago.

if you have a public element to it say with SUTR you could get some funds from https://www.artcry.co.uk/ as they're all about politically urgent art

Original Post from Andy Hudson
Most recent response from George Wright
Add yourself to crew directories!

Hi everyone –

Just thought I’d share something I only clocked recently. I signed up to Screen Yorkshire’s crew directory ( https://www.screenyorkshire.co.uk/production-support/…

3 responses, most recent 1 month, 3 weeks ago.

Mines a bit of a shambles over in Norfolk, I just found not many people are listed and I've never been contacted through it.
https://www.norfolkscreen.co.uk/cast-and-crew-direct…

Original Post from Keith Symons
Where is the best place to find photographic work?

Hey folks, making the most of my SP membership while it's still active. Does anyone recommend a service or crew directory I can use to find units stills/photographic work?

I've…

1 month, 3 weeks ago
Original Post from cath le couteur
Most recent response from Laura Jane Sessions
SP Changes: Endings Are Overrated & This Community Is Brilliant X

Hi all, in case you missed our announcement about our closure later in the year, I’ve posted it here again below. Meanwhile, we’re cracking on with a very busy schedule. Hope to …

34 responses, most recent 2 months ago.

I'm gutted to hear SP is closing its doors. I started in the industry 28 years ago and have been a SP member since the start. It's has been a resource, a jobs board and community.…

Original Post from Adam Cowie
Made this short on a few days notice after my original film got postponed

Hello all,

So, as mentioned this wasn’t the film I originally planned to make. I was set to shoot a totally different project over two weekends, but three days before the shoo…

2 months ago
Original Post from Phoebe Cleghorn
Life after Shooting People?

It feels like I'm betraying Shooting People by asking this here, but I've found it to be SUCH a wonderful community and fruitful resource for finding work, that I wanted to ask - …

5 responses, most recent 2 months, 1 week ago.

Thank you for sharing these resources, Cath - I'll take a look!

Original Post from Lynwood Shiva Sawyer
Most recent response from cath le couteur
Need Your UK Festival advice

O Great Benevolent and Omniscient SP Hive,
I'm joining you all in the sorrow and mourning, but before they turn off the lights:
Students at the University have lensed a brillian…

8 responses, most recent 2 months, 1 week ago.

Yes we will Ray - totally agree it will be helpful for us to do this.
It'll just be a slimmed down read only version (ie no posting/bulletins etc) and it will also include the fu…

Original Post from Keith Symons
Designing for people. Documenting life.

My work bridges design and photography, each rooted in curiosity, empathy and a drive to communicate with clarity.

My photographic work explores life, unfiltered, intentional, …

2 months, 2 weeks ago
Original Post from Franz von Habsburg FBKS MSc
Screening of Girl on a Motorcycle

A great film - one of my favourites, with the psychodelic sequences! I knew Jack very well as he became patron of my Brighton Film School. Marianne was not his first choice, how…

2 months, 3 weeks ago
Original Post from Joe Gipps
Most recent response from Zak Mills
Beginner Screenwriters?

Hi is else anybody here just starting out as a screenwriter, not doing anything professionally but just trying to get some practice?

I've written two 1 scene screenplays to pra…

1 response, most recent 2 months, 3 weeks ago.

We have a screenwriting meeting every Wednesday at 7:00 pm GMT (UK) online.

All welcome.

ZOOM Link - https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88385357758

For more information, email in…

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