Sometime last year the news broke that the celebrated short film festival held annually in the French town of Clermont-Ferrand was in trouble. One of the major funders of the festival announced a surprise 50% cut in their subsidy for the 2023 edition - that had already taken place.

In the realm of filmmaking, the advent of mobile technology has revolutionized the way stories are told and visual narratives are crafted.

Smartphones have changed how we make and consume media in our daily lives. But how have they impacted areas of the film industry?

You don’t need a budget when you’ve got a beach ball with legs - and other lessons from bargain science fiction films from history.

Is it still possible to make a festival-worthy film without significant funding and in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis? Absolutely.

Short films are arguably the purest form of filmmaking. They’re projects of unbridled and uncompromised imagination, wrapped in passion and ingenuity, created almost entirely out of sheer will. They’re also incredibly difficult to fund.