DEBUT EVENT 2024

Chichester FilmMakers

Debut Event

27th January 2024

Our First Ever Event

supported by

Chichester Community Development Trust

Guest Speakers:

Adam Ethan Crow

Writer / Director (Lair, Warhol, The Conversation)

Gavin Saville

Lecturer, Virtual & Post-Production, Ravensbourne University

Festival Director (Wild Indie)

co-Founder of Lets Make Films

Grace Couzins

Editorial Assistant, Mission Impossible 6 & 7

Paramount Pictures UK

Agenda - Part I

Introduction To Chichester FilmMakers

Trailer for Lair (Adam Ethan Crow)

Guest Speakers

Adam Ethan Crow - Your journey in to making films with Q&A

Gavin Saville - A film's journey from Development to Distribution

Grace Couzins - Your journey from university graduate to Mission Impossible

What's Next ?

Networking + Refreshments

Agenda - Part II

The Barn - PreProduction Launch

Venue:

Rousillon Park

Community Hall

Chichester

West Sussex

Supported By

Chichester Arts Forum, Lets Make Films, Wild Indie, NewPark Centre,

Chichester Community Development Trust, IMDb

Sponsored By

Chichester Cinema, Chichester International Film Festival

Chichester City Council

Grace Couzins pictured with Eddie Hamilton (Editor)

Adam Ethan Crow (left) with Jack Black (right)

THE BARN

Red Carpet Premiere Screening

Chichester Cinema

4th August 2024

Premiere Photos + Information Are Contained In THE BARN pages

THE BARN (official poster) by Chichester FilmMakers, , featuring Jasmine Thomas.

Chichester Cinema and New Park Film Center

The Barn premiere poster with Jonathan Brooker (left), Lena Richardson (right)

Supported By

Chichester Arts Forum, Lets Make Films, Wild Indie, NewPark Centre,

Chichester Community Development Trust, Old Chapel Production, Sussex Film Office, IMDb

Sponsored By

Chichester Cinema, Chichester International Film Festival

Chichester City Council

ANNUAL EVENT 2025

Chichester FilmMakers

Annual Event

25th January 2025

Chichester Cinema & New Park Film Center

Guest Speakers:

Howard J. Ford

Writer / Feature Film Director with films in the Netflix top 10

Mark Adams

Major Film Festival Director & Film Producer

Stephen Baysted

Film Score & Games Composer

Professor Of Music, University of Chichester

Agenda

Introduction To Chichester FilmMakers

Guest Speaker: Mark Adams

film festival director & film finance

Navigating Cannes Film Festival

Screening: Cannes Uncut

Guest Speaker: Stephen Baysted

film score & games composer

The Importance Of Sound & Music In The Movies

Cinema Screening: The Barn

with Trailers for DarkGame, The Ledge, Escape (Howard Ford)

Projects, Productions, Updates

+

Cast & Crew Calls

Screening: PaperCut (Issie Collier)

Guest Speaker: Howard Ford

film director (Netflix UK top-10)

My Journey In To Blockbuster Film Making

Networking & Refreshments

The Barn by Chichester FilmMakers, Written / Directed by Jonathan Brooker

DarkGame, featuring Ed Westwick, Directed by Howard Ford

Event Photos

Supported By

Chichester Arts Forum, Lets Make Films, Wild Indie, NewPark Centre,

Chichester Community Development Trust, Old Chapel Productions, Sussex Film Office, IMDb

Sponsored By

Chichester Cinema, Chichester International Film Festival

Chichester City Council

SPRING 2025

Chichester FilmMakers

Spring Event

25th April 2025

New Park Film Center, Chichester

Guest Speaker:

Darren Black

Writer / Director / Acting Coach

Associate Lecturer, Creative Industries

University of Chichester

Agenda

Introduction To Chichester FilmMakers

Guest Speaker: Darren Black

Your Journey In To Film Making

Screening:

The Death Of Us (trailer)

Out Of Bounds

with Q&A, Annabella Rich (Writer / Director / Actor)

Projects, Productions, Updates

+

Cast & Crew Calls

VileBites (Chris Millward, Writer / Director)

'Is It' (Jay Natrajan, Writer / Director)

Final Truth (Jonathan Brooker, Writer / Director, for Chichester FilmMakers)

Networking & Refreshments

Event Photos

Supported By

Chichester Arts Forum, Lets Make Films, Wild Indie, NewPark Centre,

Chichester Community Development Trust, Old Chapel Productions, Sussex Film Office, IMDb

Sponsored By

Chichester Cinema, Chichester International Film Festival

Chichester City Council

SUMMER 2025

Chichester FilmMakers

Summer Event

25th July 2025

The Assembly Rooms, North Street, Chichester

Agenda

Introduction To Chichester FilmMakers

Extended Update: Final Truth (feature film)

with BTS Photos from the Chase Scene shoot in May

BTS Video from the Chase Scene shoot

Sneak Peak of the Cleopatra mockup scene

BTS content can be found on the Final Truth project page (click here)

Screenings

Artificial (short film by Theo Palmer-Marshallsay)

The Writ (short film by Ketan Majmudar)

Worn Edges (trailer by Tobey Gannon)

Q&A

Aritificial - Mark Chapman

The Writ - Ketan Majmudar

Worn Edges - Tobey Gannon

Projects, Productions, Updates

+

Cast & Crew Calls

VileBites (Chris Millward, Writer / Director)

Networking & Refreshments

The Write (short film) by Ketan Majmudan

Artificial (short film) by Theo Palmer-Marshallsay

Final Truth (feature film production) by Chichester FilmMakers

The Assembly Room, North Street, Chichester

Supported By

Chichester Arts Forum, Lets Make Films, Wild Indie, NewPark Centre,

Chichester Community Development Trust, Old Chapel Productions, Sussex Film Office, IMDb

Sponsored By

Chichester Cinema, Chichester International Film Festival

Chichester City Council

AUTUMN 2025

Chichester FilmMakers

Autumn Event

25th October 2025

New Park Film Center

Featuring Special Guests

Kate Cheeseman (BAFTA winning Director)

Carol Younghusband (writer for film, TV & Theatre)

Presenting their film BLUE ROOM

Talking about their journey & experiences

And introducing their latest film BETWEEN THE PIERS

Film Screenings

Worn Edges by Tobey Gannon

Solstice by Sam Cooke

Trailer for The Vilebites

Production Updates

The Vilebites (Chris Millward & Paul Burton)

Final Truth, by Jonathan Brooker & Chichester FilmMakers

Introducing New Productions

The Last Crone, by Lisa Strain (Ashton Films)

Across The Quiet, Never Forget, Promotion, by Ryan Lackenby

BLUE ROOM. Written by Carol Younghusband. Directed by Kate Cheeseman

BETWEEN THE PIERS. Written by Carol Younghusband. Directed by Kate Cheeseman

NEVER FORGET (in pre-production) by Ryan Lackenby

ACROSS THE QUIET (in production). Written / Directed by Ryan Lackenby

WORN EDGES. Written / Directed by Tobey Gannon

THE VILEBITES. Written by Chris Millward.

Event Photos

Supported By

Chichester Arts Forum, Lets Make Films, Wild Indie, NewPark Centre,

Chichester Community Development Trust, Old Chapel Productions, ELDR Productions, Sussex Film Office, IMDb

Sponsored By

Chichester Cinema, Chichester International Film Festival

Chichester City Council

WINTER EVENT 2026

31st January 2026

The Assembly Room

North Street

Chichester

All film productions mentioned above (including cast & crew calls) can be found on our listings page by clicking here

BoneKeeper (feature) premiering th March 2026, Glasgow

Films Screened

Reined In (short)

The Body Is Watching Me (short)

Featuring Screened Trailers (see below)

BoneKeeper (feature)

Charlie Shaw's Revenge (feature)

Production Updates

The Last Crone (short)

The Death Of Us (feature)

Automatic (feature)

Final Truth (feature)

Production Launches

Single Player (short)

Divitae

The Writer Comes Home

The Body Is Watching Me (short) released

Charlie Shaw's Revenge (feature) is Released

Trial Of The Greenwood (short) in Development

Event Content

FilmMaker Presentations & Chats (more to follow)

Benny Curtis chats about his latest short film thriller,

THE BODY IS WATCHING ME (short)

Richard Stride talks about his latest film,

REINED IN (short, TV Series)

Howard Ford presents the Premiere for the Trailer of

BONEKEEPER (feature)

Trailer Screenings

Trailer: Charlie Shaw's Revenge (feature)

Teaser: Single Player (short)

Trailer: BoneKeeper (feature)

Teaser: Automatic (feature)

Trailer The Death Of Us (feature)

Supported By

Chichester Arts Forum, Eldr Productions, Lets Make Films, Wild Indie, NewPark Centre,

Chichester Community Development Trust, Old Chapel Productions, Sussex Film Office, IMDb

Sponsored By

Chichester Cinema, Chichester International Film Festival

Chichester City Council

SPRING 2026

Chichester FilmMakers

Spring Event

Sunday 26th April 2026

Networking

Film & Trailer Screenings:

Bleeding Memories (Maddelena Cagol)

Bitter Revenge (Isaac Lawrence)

Wasted (Arron Gumbrell)

Reined In (Richard Stride)

Short Film Screenings:

Futugaze (Freddie Hill)

Invisible (Richard Stride)

Across The Quiet (Ryan Lackenby)

Special Guest Speaker:

Rob Sprackling

Introducing:

Film & Screen Acting Courses (Darren Black)

Production Launches & Updates:

The Promotion (Ryan Lackenby)

Divitae (Alex Fyffe)

A Writer Comes Home (Tyler Gaucheron-Land)

Final Truth (Jonathan Brooker)

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Trailer & Introduction: Rob Sprackling

Guest Speaker: Rob Sprackling (writer | director | producer)

Rob Sprackling

Writer | Director | Producer

Speaking at our Spring 2026 Event about his journey in to story telling, scriptwriting and working with feature length animation projects such as Gnomeo & Juliet, Rob also provides a hint of what it's really like working in Hollywood.

He goes on to describe his typical approach, workflow and tools to writing for film, and answers a number of questions from the audience, including how he made his first $million.

Supported By

Chichester Arts Forum, Lets Make Films, Wild Indie, NewPark Centre,

Chichester Community Development Trust, Old Chapel Production, Sussex Film Office, IMDb

Sponsored By

Chichester Cinema, Chichester International Film Festival

Chichester City Council