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May 25 • 11 tweets • 2 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
PRODUCERS - We’re looking for feature film projects to co-produce. Please read this thread carefully as the remit is quite specific. Please RT! #film #ukfilm #filmproducers
1/ Looking for UK producers who have produced at least one feature film above £500k budget.
2/ Projects need to be very clearly identifiable genres: Rom-Coms, Comedies, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thrillers. We are NOT looking for Dramas, Horror, Coming-of-Age, Grey Pound or Art-House at this time.
3/ Mainstream and commercial. If it’s a fit for public funds, it’s not right for this. Not dumb but not overly-complex proposals. Audience-friendly.
4/ Ideally in the $10m-$20m budget range (and genuinely, not inflated to fit). Higher is better than lower (but not my much please!).
5/ At least 1 strong British element, eg setting, lead characters/cast/writer/director.
6/ Ideally at script stage but well-developed treatments also work. We would look to co-develop.
7/ Can have attachments but not debut directors please. If debut/emerging cast attached will need scope to cast bigger names around them. Please be realistic about level of attachments in relation to budget.
NB: We are not looking for writers/directors who are producing their own projects for this call-out and the project MUST come via an attached, established producer. We’re not looking for projects that don’t already have a producer on board.
We’re aiming to fit into that space that isn’t highly catered for in the UK, so this is ideal for those with ambitions of slightly bigger films, that they have struggled to get going in the UK indie film space.
Please make sure you and the project fit ALL the criteria above, it’s quite a specific thing we’re aiming for. DMs are open for log- lines initially and more info will be requested if we’re interested. Thanks all!

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May 23
Random thread of Thoughts on Cannes this year:
1/ First year back here since before COVID and seemed busy if a little more muted than it was. Parties and drinks all felt more restrained (not a bad thing).
2/ Haven't heard of any major deals being struck (many seem to have been done pre-festival) but the sales agents I spoke to said that there was decent business being done, if not spectacular. Seemed to be a good showing from indie distrib buyers.
3/ Some concern over potential SAG strike and how that may affect other markets. Some producers considering moving production schedules back, but no outright panic.
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Dec 31, 2022
Went down an AI rabbit-hole this week. In under 30 mins, I had an AI create an original idea for a film, write a treatment, suggest a cast list, build a basic pitch deck and create a poster image. Now...
...whilst all of this was fairly basic, it was impressive that it managed to identify the key things needed in each and if I'd been sent these by a person, I'd have had no idea that it was all created via AI.
On the one hand, this is scary as hell. The number of jobs this type of AI will end up replacing is too numerous to count. I have really mixed feelings about applying this to the film and TV industries but it's clear that it's here and we'll start seeing it in use within a year.
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Oct 4, 2020
I’ve met many filmmakers who over the years have told me “they don’t care about the money” and “you focus too much on the business side of things”. There’s a reason for that. Without a viable system of financing and revenues, you won’t get paid. You won’t do this for a living.
The news about Cineworld is devastating and will likely be followed by more chains. It’s not Bond’s fault. It’s not the studios fault. It’s not the general public’s fault. This pandemic has already decimated the aviation and travel industries. It’s just another casualty.
We live in a world where there is now so much audio-visual content that it’s become hard to justify the cost of going to a cinema anyway. Younger audiences are happy enough to watch 2 hours of free tik tok videos rather than £15 to go watch a film in cinemas.
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Oct 3, 2020
It’s basic economics. If there’s no product to sell, the business isn’t viable. There’s no way government grants will keep cinemas afloat until Easter. We’re seeing a sea-change in the film business, as models adapt to direct to digital.
It will mean lower budgets as there won’t be the revenues to prop up $200m films. Could also mean digital platforms commission films as opposed to licensing them.
It won’t be the end of cinema, art-house will still be a viable business and perhaps in a few years, after the pandemic, there will be a desire to reopen larger cinemas, but for the immediate future, film won’t be primarily for theatrical.
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Sep 4, 2020
Any other indie producers interested in banding together to use the new Government Kickstarter scheme to offer 16-24yo’s a 6 month job placement? Would need enough of us to offer a minimum of 30 jobs. Government pay for 25 hrs pw. Reply to this thread and I’ll see if it’s viable.
Thanks to everyone who has expressed interest in the Government Kickstarter scheme. There’s been huge interest and it’s going to take a lot of admin to set up, so we’re working on a coordinated industry approach that will work for everyone.
I’ll be creating a simple google form in which you can register your interest and we can then get in touch as soon as the programme is up and running. It’s great to see so many companies get behind this.
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Aug 30, 2020
Will write a full blog post in the next week or two but here are some quick summary points of my thoughts on filming shorts under Covid guidelines:
Producer and Covid supervisor need to be two separate people, it’s too much work. You’ll need the supervisor on early in prep to get across everything.
Social distancing - you can enforce 2m rule but it will get regularly broken, so plan needs to include risk mitigation.
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