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SHAWAFA is a short film about a woman who visits a Shawafa, a Moroccan witch, seeking a remedy for the dangerous lust she has for a man she works with. Has this man cast a spell …

My suggestion, Marcie, is to get the film in the can, then you have something to show potential backers for post. Your indiegogo suggests you're looking for funds for lights and …

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

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…

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…

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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

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…

Dear all out there,

I need to fix the subtitles document (SRT) into a more suitable format for VIMEO before release my short online abd also to embedd it into my in development …

Mark I am so sorry i just noticed your message now...thank you for your time and advice!

I have a job coming up which will mean a short flight from England to Ireland. I have heard horror stories of kit on budget airlines. Im after a travel tripod for a small Sony PXW…

Thanks, had bad experiences with that brand but will look into it

I've been doing some research into crowdfunding and trying to understand how to motivate people to support a campaign.

With my own (indiegogo campaign), so far it's only been my …

Hi,

I think in the early days of Kickstarter etc, getting a signed script or to spend a day on set (as part of the reward) was new and exciting to many non-filmmakers. Nowadays i…

Producer looking for a 1st AD for a shoot in Glasgow, all travel expenses etc paid but with top ARRI equipment and crew, very high production values and a BAFTA screening. If you…

Hi Angela,

the best place to find crew would be within >Production > Get People as Shooters tend to be most active there when looking for work/projects.

Thanks,
Dorothy

Hi! My name is Ira, I'm a documentary filmmaker and editor. Last year I started doing colour grading aiming to learn to do it at professional level. I'm not a complete beginner bu…

Hi! Thanx for your response. I'm based in London and I do grading in Davinci Resolve 15. Please, send me email if you have further questions and to see my showreel. Thanx!

Hi - I've directed pop promos and produced Shorts in the past, but I'm now looking to concentrate my efforts into my first feature. This year. Please send me your scripts! (Yes,…

Hi David,

I just sent you an email with my project Tank Dust.
If you feel the project is suitable for you, don’t hesitate to get back to me.

Kind Regards,

Matteo Valentini
Scre…

Dear Shooters.

According to your useful feedback regarding my film, I would like to grab the opportunity and seek help from anyone who would be interested in composing a piece of…

Dear Shooters.

The role for a Composer has been filled.

Thank you very much for your response.

Alexandra!!!

Hi All,

As a freelance videographer and photographer, music video production is something I would like to specialise in. However, it proves to be incredibly difficult!

Since gra…

Oops - back to the actual question ;-) Be a runner for anything, talk to camera and electrical depts, they might take a trainee for a video, then you're in the right place to net…

Art department/Art student/Production designer - great location to showcase new talent

I know people do get cross about "looking for" with no budget but we are a small team of ne…

Hi Lucy,

this sounds like a great project!
If you're looking for a person with particular skill or interest you might want to consider also posting about this in the Production…

I'm an award winning screenwriter with a number of shorts and features available. I've written a number of (now) produced shorts which have a good track record with festival runs.…

Hi Dorothy, I've also posted there too. Just covering another base. :)

We're planning on going to Japan for about a week to shoot part of a documentary.
As it stands we're thinking of bringing all our own kit: DSLRs, few lenses, Zoom + boom, video t…

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Livs script is a story about love, betrayal, moving on and tragedy. It takes us through the complexity of LIV'S relationships with her ex boyfriend ( Kelly) and therapist (Marie) …

Hi Comfort, the best place to find a producer is over on Production > Get People. Thanks, Molly