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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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://…

HI B sounds good

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…

Available late October.

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

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…

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…

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

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/

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 …

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…

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…

Thanks, Tina.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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

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/…

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…

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…

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 …

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.…

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…

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 - …

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

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…

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…

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, …

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…

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…

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…