Basically, Lo to No Budget Filmmaking didn’t exist when I started Raindance in 1992. Everyone was shooting on 35mm. You had to. The video cameras at the time were expensive and bulky to use. Shooting on film also meant costly lab expenses. Film editing on a Steenbeck or Movieola and time consuming. To make a […]
Henry Moore was one of the most successful and recognised visual artists of the 20th century. I had the great pleasure of meeting and working with when I came out of art school in Toronto in the 1970’s. My sculpture teacher in Toronto, Wyndham Lawrence, himself the son of a Welsh miner, was one of […]
re·mark·a·ble [ri-mahr-kuh-buhl] adjective 1. notably or conspicuously unusual: extraordinary: a remarkable change. 2. worthy of notice or attention. I get invited to do a lot of guest speaking and generally my hosts want a few simple sharp film facts wrapped in an uplifting and inspirational package – not exactly a happy pill, but similar I […]
For our last venture into Filmmaking Tips, the ever so resourceful and smart Kathryn Butt and I have decided to finish off this era of films and joy by sharing what we think are the things that make a strong and successful filmmaking career. When you are making films, think about the things that go […]
Joseph Adesunloye is an award winning British-Nigerian Filmmaker. He was nominated for the BFI IWC Schaffhausen Filmmakers Bursary Award at the 60th BFI London Film Festival in 2016. The following year Joseph was longlisted ‘Best Debut Screenwriter’ for the prestigious BIFAs (British Independent Film Awards) where his film White Colour Black was longlisted for a total of two […]
Recently, the first produced script I wrote to be produced (with an actual budget), wrapped in the Netherlands. Its title “Bijltjesdag” (probably not pronounced how you’d think) is a Dutch expression which means “Day of Reckoning” – and feels particularly apt as the last twelve months have yielded several days of reckoning for myself and […]
I had a memorable, somewhat unusual upbringing on a farm near Markham, Ontario just outside Toronto. My parents were members of a rare Protestant sect – an Anabaptist group including Mennonites, Amish, Mennonite Brethren, Hutterites and many other Anabaptist groups. Congregations worldwide embody the full scope of Mennonite practice from “plain people” to those […]
I have been running Raindance Film Festival for over 30 years, and the British Independent Film Awards since 1998. Over the years I have been really fortunate to meet hundreds of exceptionally talented, smart and wise people from all walks of life and from all over the world. In my own life and career, I […]
On New Years Eve 2009, I looked at all the work I had done outside my day job and was pretty pleased with myself. I asked myself how many hours a week I had managed to devote exclusively to my private ambitions of drawing, painting and creative writing. The answer was a paltry 2 hours […]
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