I'm one part of a north west based filmmaking and screenwriting duo, PARALLEL MADNESS, with Varun Raman.

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IN PARTNERSHIP

FILMMAKING:

2017 saw our first film on the festival circuit, TRANSMISSION, shot on 35mm, selected for the Oscar-qualifying Rhode Island Film Festival, as well as top genre festivals including Fantasia, Brussels IFF and L'Étrange. The film was accepted into over 90 festivals worldwide and won 13 awards along the way.

Watch it here: http://transmission35mm.com

This run included Varun winning The Film Empire's Diversity Mentorship Contest, which has facilitated access to high caliber producers in the US:

https://thefilmempire.com/diversity-mentorship-contest/

 SCREENWRITING:

RUBBERNECKER - 1 Hour TV Pilot, 2020:

(Coverfly's The Red List for top 20 Thriller Television scripts in the world; Runner-up - JumpStart Competition; Semifinals - Screencraft TV Pilot Script Compeition, WeScreenplay TV Contest)

QUEEN + CoUNTRY - Feature, 2019:

(Coverfly's The Red List for top 20 comedy features in the world; Semifinals - We Screenplay's Diverse Voices; Quarterfinals - Screencraft Comedy Contest, Script Pipeline Screenwriting Contest, Finish Line)

HEY HUDSON - Feature, 2018:

(Semifinals - The Film Empire's Diversity Screenwriting Contest; Quarterfinals - Shore Scripts, Scriptapolooza, Screencraft Comedy Contest, TSL Free Screenplay Contest)

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 INDIVIDUAL WORK

FESTIVAL PROGRAMMING:

Fantasia International Film Festival 

Short film screener 2018 - 2020

Two years of screening for the largest genre festival in North America. 

SXSW

Episodics Screener 2019  - 2020

Two years of screening for the go to festival for new TV and webseries pilots. 

SHORT COURSES:

BIFA's - Unconscious Bias - February 2021:

Registered for, this course is upcoming.

PMA's - Budgets Explained - January 2021:

2 ½ hour zoom webinar, hosted by Susan Davies, covering sheduling and cost monitoring using excel

Calling the Shot's - Bootcamp - October 2018:

Hosted at Bristol Bottle Yard Film Studios. Two days of onsite learning about shoot production workflow and safety.

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Looking forward to hearing from you.

All the best,

Tom.

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