In this episode we visit Spring Films who are a twice Oscar nominated London based independent production company, specialising in international co-productions and factual programming for television and cinema.
We speak with their Managing Director and executive producer Richard Melman to learn about how Spring Films operate and what the opportunity is for independent filmmakers to work with them.
Hosted by Karoline Pelikan (@PelikanPictures) and Paul Hulligan (@paulhully).
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Episode guide:
00:57 - Introduction
02:58 - The evolution of Spring Films
08:05 - The type of films they make and films they’ve recently made
12:47 - How they operate
16:31 - How they decide a story is worth transforming into a film
19:00 - advice on getting the films commissioned
23:12 - Supporting and working with independent filmmakers
26:47 - How to approach and sell your film project to Spring Films
35:16 - Whats happens when they agree to work with you, the process
39:32 - What to prepare before approaching them
44:23 - How they try to attract independent filmmakers to approach them and more about how to approach them
45:45 - What they are looking for from an independent filmmaker
46.22 - An example of how they've worked with independent filmmakers (Cool Daddio: The Second Youth of R. Stevie Moore (2019))
50:24 - Advice for independent filmmakers and people wanting to work in the industry