Film Title: Borrowed Tomorrow Team Phoenix films was pulled together by Ben Phoenix, a producer/director based in Carlisle. The team was assigned “Sci-Fi” and “Heist” as their genres and chose to combine both in their film. Quotes from Team Producer Ben Phoenix: “Having experienced the Edinburgh 48 Hour Film Project early in my career, I […]
Film Title: Medium Hard We’re so lucky and honoured to have taken part in the Manchester edition of the 48 Hour Film Project, (massive thanks to Danielle, Nicholas and their team for the invite and for the amazing opportunity). Producer Aatif Ati Zafar and Director Wes Rashid (with background in short form content and community
Film Title: Her Move The Rain Check Pictures team first met at the 48 Hour Film Project Networking Meet and Greet event at Home Manchester on Monday 20th April, less than a month before the competition. They’d never worked as a team before, and though there was a broad array of industry experience between them,
Film Title: The Mechanics Of Love. “Digital Daydreams,” is a team with very mixed backgrounds who share a passion for filmmaking. This was our second year entering the project. Our overall experience was so rewarding as most of our team doesn’t get to make films regularly, so having the chance to do it in 48
Film Title: Allocation Chicken Noodle Soup is an ever-changing filmmaking team run by me, Hannah Flynn along with my mom, who complains that she can’t think of another story but always does. We love this challenge, we’ve done it ten times. We crave this crazy challenge but we weren’t satisfied with just making one movie a year
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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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