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SEX EDUCATION’S KATE HERRON JOINS US! What a year we are having. We love a good old humblebrag – we have had some incredible events withMakeYourFilm, Kino London and our Indie Society night with Shorts On Tap+ London Film Academy, and now we feel like it’s time to get back to our grass roots and have a little quiet time…
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Women in Revolt, Beyond the Visible is a journey across inspiring short films by female filmmakers.
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ALICE LOWE IS OUR FIRST CONFIRMED GUEST Ww love sharing news about other filmmaking organisations – so much so that for the month of April we are teaming up with one of them – MakeYourFilm. Alice Lowe is near and dear to us and we are thrilled she can come along and share her acting and filmmaking experiences,…
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KICKING OFF THE NEW YEAR, WE WELCOME CASTING DIRECTOR LAURA WINDOWS We are 99% sure you’ll already know who Laura Windows is given her extensive credits in casting including all of these movies and television shows shown above…and they are just a few of her many credits. And we would love you to join us…
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We were thrilled when Tree said yes to coming along in August, to Gerry’s Actors Club to share her thoughts on castings and being in the industry for over 19 years. A member of the CDA, and also an ex actress herself, Tree knows a thing or 20 about castings. We hope you can…
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HOW TO MAKE AN AWARD WINNING FILM, GET IN SCREENDAILY + MORE With summer firmly afoot, and castings rolling in, we feel like it’s time to get down and dirty with a few experts on how to make a film. We all know it takes time, and that it’s a grind, with a whole lot of…
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With TweetFest accepting submissions for this year’s film festival right now, we felt it was only fitting to let you all know about another exciting component of TweetFest 2018… This year we have opened up an additional day to include F–Rated films. The F-Rating was introduced by IMDb in an effort to encourage female driven narratives –…
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CASTING DIRECTOR CLAIRE BLEASDALE JOINS US With Cannes fast approaching and the Oscars and BAFTAs recently on, we thought it was only timely to bring in a Casting Director whose short film just WON A BAFTA. Also Claire will be heading off to Cannes for the film festival the very next day, so if…
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This one is a biggie. We have not two, not three, but four agents joining us for an acting agent panel on MONDAY the 19th March. And this will replace our March and April Tweetup as one combined event (given there will be the Easter holidays coming up shortly). So without further ado, meet…
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We are delighted to welcome Andrea Clark Casting and Kate Evans from Kate and Lou Casting along to speak in Feb about all things Casting Directors Association (CDA) and castings. Andrea and Kate sit on the board, and other members include casting directors Tree Petts, Emily Tilelli, Shakyra Dowling and Brendan McNamara (amongst others). Andrea Clark Casting was founded in…
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We are absolutely thrilled to announce this years line up of films for the gala screening and awards night. If you want to see more about our VIP judges, our first round of judges, or the film festival in general, just click here. And without further ado, here are our finalists: BLOWS WITH THE WIND –…
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On Tuesday October 3rd the Zimmerman himself will be joining us to discuss his casting career. Jeremy is one of the busiest CDs in London so we’re extra lucky to have him with us next week at Bar Topolski. More about Jeremy… Jeremy Zimmermann is one of the UK’s leading casting directors and has worked on international productions for the…
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It will be worth breaking away from your holidays early to come and join as at Bar Topolski on Tuesday the 5th September for our incredible voiceover experts talk. We love to share things with our audience that are a little left of the main filmmaking route from time to time, and this month…
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It’s party time and we want you to join us on Tuesday the 8th August for one hell of a party at Bar Topolski. We are taking summer to the bar and celebrating with wine, beers, friends and mingling. Spaces are strictly limited so make sure you book a ticket via this page. Event…
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3 fabulous industry ladies are onboard…! Enough of the mystery! On Tuesday July 4th we have leading actress Lara Peake, producer Nicola Bowen and casting director Shakyra Dowling who make up the team behind indie hit SPACESHIP – A girl fakes her own alien abduction and disappears, leaving her father to search for her…