Feb 18: Exclusive insights into Filmmaking and Distribution from the producer...
Go to our Events page to find out more! Just £5 for members and £8 for non-members... http://www.producersforum.org.uk/producers-forum/events/81/in-conversation-with-frank-mannion/ The post Feb 18:...
View ArticleThe initiatives it takes to build a sustainable industry – and why they need...
Our networks are a hive of activity at the moment (early 2014) - and it all goes to show how how much work and involvement it takes to build a sustainable industry here in the region. The Forum aims to...
View ArticleShaping the city’s media landscape: join the Birmingham Film & TV Summit, Mar...
Film and TV summit : Library of Birmingham: An all day invitation event which the Producers' Forum are a partner in! Here are the details from the organisers... and click here to download the booking...
View ArticleRemembering Chris Pinches
I first met Chris in 2002, when I was freshly back in the UK after living abroad. I was looking for some people locally to make films with, and I ran into Chris at Coventry’s Call the Shots. It turned…...
View ArticleProducing cutting edge documentary and why we should be campaigning!
Julia Higginbottom is the co owner of Rebel Uncut and has made her fair share of films from feature length drama to documentary and commercials. She now uses all her time campaigning and has a few...
View ArticleGreater Birmingham Film Strategy Review
Greater Birmingham Film Strategy Review Monday 20th July, Mockingbird Theatre and Bar. Through the winter, consultants from BOP were tasked by the BFI and Birmingham Creative City Partnership to...
View ArticleGetting Your Film into the Festivals
By Steve Rainbow It is almost universally accepted that the best way for a low budget feature film to get noticed is to try and get selected for a film festival. The more prestigious the festival, the...
View ArticleSee “More Canals than Venice” free for Birmingham Heritage Week
The 10th -17th of September means that is Birmingham Heritage Week. There is a large programme of events taking place across the city. This year the event coincides with Heritage Open Days (10 – 13...
View ArticleIn Conversation with Sima Gonsai
In September 2014 Carole Manship was "In conversation with Sima Gonsai" for the newsletter. PF: How did you get into film producing? SG: I originally trained as a classical Indian dancer for 12 years...
View ArticleIn Conversation with Holly Elson
Back in April, Pip Piper caught up with Midlands based director and producer, Holly Elson and to talk New York and vikings... PF: Holly tell us a bit about yourself. HE: I’m a Midlands-based director...
View ArticleUp to mischief with VIX and Mark Pressdee
"We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use it!" has to rate as one of the best band names of a generation. The pop-glam-punk of songs like "Pink Sunshine" and "International Rescue" were a spikey...
View ArticleiWitness goes to Madrid
Steve Rainbow tells us about submitting to the Madrid International Film Festival: My second feature film, iWitness, has just been officially selected for competition in five categories at the Madrid...
View Article2015 – The Year in Review
What would the world of regional filmmakers be like without The Producers’ Forum? I’m not a filmmaker myself, but I can give you a view from where I sit – on the Board of the Forum and as the day… Read...
View ArticleA Good Deal for Sky Arts and a Great Deal for the Forum
I felt very privileged to have an invitation in January to the private premiere of At-Issue, an 8 ½ minute film produced by Drew Roper, Director of Yamination Studios in Digbeth. Drew has recently...
View ArticleSimon Cox talks Star Wars, Red Carpets and Sci-fi
Pip Piper caught up with Simon Cox to find out all about the Star Wars: The Force Awakens London premiere, and the latest news on Kaleidoscope Man. PF: Simon , you went to the Star Wars UK premiere!...
View ArticleIn conversation with Micheal B Clifford
Fiona Joseph interviews Michael B Clifford New member of The Producers’ Forum, Fiona Joseph quizzes BAFTA-winning director and film-maker Michael B Clifford about the creative decisions behind the...
View ArticleFirst Monday starts up again
First Monday was back with a bang for 2016. Carole Manship reports. The monthly networking events took a holiday break and then shot back into life at The Mockingbird Theatre on Monday, 1 February....
View ArticleInternational Youth Film Festival in Langesund, Norway
PF co-founder, Mark Pressdee was recently invited and flown over to be a judge at the International Youth Film Festival in Langesund, Norway. "Wow!" is probably the only word to describe the...
View ArticleLeeches wins International Film Award
Lalit Bhusal, a member of The Producers’ Forum and Director and Producer of Leeches, won the Award of Merit 2015 at The International Film Festival for Family, Public Service, and Against Drug...
View ArticleMember Spotlight: Leyla Caglayan
Producer Leyla Cagayan going all Woody Allen in the streets of New York City Please tell us about SugarMouse Films? I recently started SugarMouse Films, a… Read more...
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