The dark arts of feature film funding have always been a complete mystery to me and I don’t think I am alone in that regard. It may possibly be down to a peculiarly British sensibility of rank embarrassment at ‘selling yourself.’ Or it might be down to the C Grade I had in my Maths GCSE.Unless your as hideously talented as Nick Cave, who wrote The Proposition in 4 weeks, your script will be the result of months of painstaking, finger bleeding, relationship ending, sanity stretching re-writ...

This report provides a lucid and engaging insight into the emergence of low and micro budget films in the UK over the past five years. Using comprehensive surveys and case studies the report documents the reasons behind micro budget movie growth, its impact on the UK film industry and the key players in its progress.The prevailing message of the report is that micro budget moviemaking is here to stay. It has found a niche in a UK arena dominated by big Hollywood studio releases (which comprise ...

The Writer’s Brief: ***DEADLINE - midnight 31st JULY 2008*** You are invited to tender to write the screenplay for the MMF micro-budget feature film NEGOTIATING LIFE. Genre: Black Comedy Title: ‘NEGOTIATING LIFE’ A melancholic life insurance salesman finds his attempts at committing suicide unwittingly thwarted by his disgruntled customers. Copyright © Ryan Hooper Please su...