Title: A Lobster Tale AA Films took on the Manchester 48 Hour Film Project this year, and what an unforgettable experience it turned out to be. What made this project especially unique for us was that the entire team had only really come together over the three weeks leading up to the competition. Abi and […]
In an industry where independent film is simultaneously more accessible and harder to sustain than ever, writer-director Zeshaan Younus represents an unusual case study. His second feature, I’ve Seen All I Need to See, premiered at the Glasgow Film Festival 2026, and it got there not through conventional industry channels, but through a model built
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You’re capable. You’re functioning. You’ve ticked a lot of boxes. So why does something still feel off? If you’ve ever sat at your desk, looked at everything you’ve built, and quietly thought “this isn’t quite it” — you’re not alone. That gap between how life looks on paper and how it actually feels is one
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A new film company based in Manchester and Birmingham is aiming to reshape how independent films are made and distributed across the UK. Founded in April 2025, Twister Pictures is positioning itself as a new kind of film distribution company—one that not only acquires films, but actively build talent pipelines. Led by founder and Sales
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The makers of Don’t Worry About Me made something rare: a film where restraint is a philosophy, not just a workaround. Here’s what the industry can learn from it. There’s a particular kind of courage in making a film about things that actually happened to you — and then deliberately fictionalising them anyway. Steven Louis Arnold, the
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Eight years after his debut feature Hippopotamus premiered at the Manchester Film Festival, Edward Palmer returns with a psychological thriller that signals a filmmaker hitting his stride, and a team worth watching. Palmer used the eight years between features deliberately. A series of shorts served as a directed apprenticeship: one built around an all-female cast
The twelfth edition of the Manchester Film Festival took place 19-29 March at high profile cultural city centre venues, with the annual awards ceremony taking place on Saturday 28 March that celebrated some of the finest emerging talent in the world of cinema. LIFEHACK, directed by Ronan Corrigan, took home the prestigious Golden Bee, while LITTERMATES, directed
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The animation studio quietly building an international footprint from the heart of Scotland At the Glasgow Film Festival‘s “Made in Glasgow” panel — part of a full day of talks celebrating the city’s screen sector and sponsored by production house Blazing Griffin — Andrew Pearce gave a rare look at how his brand new studio
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Talent, Tax Credits, and culture: Inside Halon’s Strategic Expansion to Scotland Halon CEO Chris Ferriter on building a transatlantic pipeline, why talent drove the decision, and how Glasgow fits into a rapidly changing animation and VFX landscape. Part of the Glasgow Film Festival, the Made in Glasgow programme—a full day of panels and events featuring
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Rap has always been obsessed with authenticity: where you’re from, what you’ve lived through, and whether your story is real. But the strange true story behind California Schemin’ raises a question the music industry rarely wants to answer: what happens when the lie sounds better than the truth? The film tells the story of two
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