Film Squad

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Launching Film Squad 2024 - The bridge between theatre and film makers!

What's included?

  • Attend 4 Masterclasses with industry professionals on film-making
  • Attend 2 story building workshops to develop your ideas
  • Work towards a web series, with encouragement and support from DCT to have a future life after the term finishes
  • Have 4 weeks creation time to make your film
  • Make films on a zero budget - empowering yourself to make it happen
  • Develop and hone creative ideas and techniques for film
  • Be a part of a large artistic community
  • An online screening
  • Extra: Exclusive invitations to attend community events and socials
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Who is it for?

Playwrights - who would like to transfer and adapt their script ideas for film.
Directors - who want to develop their film making skills and be armoured with a talented team.
Actors - who want to harness their skills for film and be a part of an exciting new film project.

Film Squad is a bridge for theatre makers to learn more about film making, and to bring the skills used for the stage, to the screen making process.

When and were?

Tuesday evenings 6pm - 9pm online workshops
In person filming

Take Part - £300 per term

To apply for Film Squad please fill in the application form, letting us know if you are an actor, writer or director.  Fee for Film Squad is £300.

Wherever you are in the world you can develop your film-making skills from the comfort of your own home and connect with creatives within your artistic community. Workshops take place online, filming takes place in person.

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Dates

Starting November 2024. Only 24 places available in total.

Express your interest in finding out more, and apply via our online form or email us at info@directorscuttheatre.co.uk

4 writers places
4 directors places
6 actors places (4 in each film)

A brief history on the success story so far!

The Film Squad is a new programme, inspired by the success of The Film Club we ran in 2021, that was born after our artistic community of theatre makers became a film community in 2020 during the global pandemic and lockdown, where over 100 artists each term came together to take part in online workshops across the globe, developing skills and making short films. Inspired by this explorative and exciting journey.

"Stay Outta Sight" (SOS) was a no-budget collaborative short film project created by members of the Director's Cut Theatre Company film club during one term!

All groups attended a series of film-making workshops followed by creation time of their short films.

Filmed in an almost empty office in Margate, the film shows sinister messages appearing on every computer screen and mobile phone: Do Not Go Outside. Do Not Look Out Your Window. Stay Outta Sight. Was it real or a workmates' prank? Who do you trust – the people that surround you or your own lying eye?

Shown as part of the DC End of Term Films on You Tube, it received such high reviews that they decided to enter it into festivals with great success!  It was a Quarter Finalist at the Big Apple Festival in New York and won a Silver Award for Best Indie Short at the London Movie Awards.

Since then, Simon and Anya have worked together with Teresa Espejo to film another short film, "Happy Hour", written by Linda Morse from the writers club starring actors from the London and Brighton group with supporting artists from the whole DC community.  The festival circuit has seen it winning an award for Best Screenplay at the Rob Knox Film festival and Best Thriller Short at the Big Fridge Film Festival shown at the Curzon Cinema in Soho.  Simon and Teresa have now released a trailer for their new film 1992 which will be starting their festival run soon!

Actor and Producer Anya Sayadian said that she was "So absolutely grateful to Director's Cut Theatre Company for bringing our award winning team together during the DC Film club.  It's certainly stretched my producing and casting skills, providing other creative strings to my bow.  So proud of what we have achieved and who knows what other projects it might lead to!"

You can watch SOS below:

Credits and Awards

Cast and crew
  • Director - Simon Fisher
  • Producers - Simon Fisher, Anya Sayadian and Director's Cut Theatre Company
  • Writers - Carol Cooper, Mitch Day, Kate Danley
  • Photography - Andrew McDermott
  • Editor - Andrew McDermott
  • Cast - Alex - Liam Scarth & Gloria - Anya Sayadian
SOS - Festival information
  • London Independent Film Festival
    London
    April 3, 2022
    Official Selection

  • Lift Off Global Network
    London
    March 31, 2022
    First Time Filmmaker Sessions - March 2022
  • London Movie Awards
    London
    Official Selection
  • WINNER - Silver Award - Indie Short Film
  • London Director Awards
    London
    Official Selection
  • QUARTER FINALIST - Big Apple Film Festival and Screenplay Competition
    New York
    United States

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