Movie Money: where it is and how to get it. Once you have a great idea for a film, you'll need some cash to finance your film ...

Upcoming courses and career events for late October and November 2026. January is a wonderful hiding place. You can put your screenplay there. Your first short. Your plan to become a director. That ...

Writing an email to a potential investor takes about ten minutes of your time. Being ready for the reply can take months. That gap catches a lot of first-time filmmakers and even some seasoned ones.

Everybody loves a good twist. Our horror challenge is back, and we’re ready to shake things up with “An Unexpected Twist”. We want to see your original and creative one-minute films that spook and ...

Can a film tell its story without a single line of dialogue? That was one of the questions I wanted to explore when I began making Persian Gulf (2026). The film is a 4-minute-31-second, dialogue-free ...

I’m delighted to say that two debut features from our June 2026 Raindance programme have secured UK theatrical releases: April X and Child.

You already know how to meet deadlines, solve problems and work with people. Here is how to bring those skills into filmmaking.

A stereotype can be useful for about ten seconds. And here are the principles professional use. What are you going to do ...

See which AI tools hold a character's voice consistent across a full microdrama season, including cloned multilingual voice ...

Nina Romain talks to two Brit zombie-meisters who chose to have their heroes taking on the undead in UK shopping centres.

When filmmakers commission a poster from us at COLONFILM, one recurring problem arrives before the design begins: the stills are too small. Someone is investing in artwork for their film, yet the ...

January 2005: Hot Aussie summer. I was scrolling through my emails and came across one requesting volunteers to help out on a music video. It was to be produced in Sydney and starred N’Fa, who, at the ...