Industry insight
smartphones in documentary filmmaking: An interview with elke sasse
Elke Sasse is a filmmaker whose titles include THE CORONA DIARIES, THE WAR ON MY PHONE, and #MYESCAPE - all three documentaries focus on footage shot by real people, taken on their mobile phones.
You don’t need a budget when you’ve got a beach ball with legs - and other lessons from bargain science fiction films
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.
The conscientious filmmakers’ guidebook with Sharon Ryba-Kahn
Academic and short filmmaker Sharon Ryba-Khan shares the importance of audience education in a consumerist world.
Online opportunities
Networking these days isn’t just about working a room, it’s also getting the most out of online opportunities too.
Talk is cheap but talking is priceless
Connecting to other filmmakers is paramount on every filmmaker’s journey - but how do you do it?
THE WOMEN CHANGING FILM FROM WITHIN
Women’s Day arrives in early March each year not long after the major awards ceremonies of BAFTA and The Academy. So it’s perfectly placed as a litmus test to see how the film industry is improving representation of women both in front and behind the camera.
Female-identifying filmmaker focus: Mahdie Toosi
A day dedicated to representing half of the population is a challenging task. One could see International Woman’s day as an opportunity to praise society’s journey with women’s rights and for others a day to highlight the many issues that still occur.