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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
THE BARN
Red Carpet Premiere Screening
Chichester Cinema
4th August 2024
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
SUMMER 2026
Chichester FilmMakers
Summer Event
Saturday 25th July
The Assembly Room Theatre
North Street, Chichester.
A BIG thank you to everyone that came to this event
and especially our guest speakers
Oliver Hollingdale and Craig Standon
who came to talk about their EPIC fantasy feature film
The Realm Of Eldervin
More content from the event will appear here shortly after the event
Trailers Included:
The Realm Of Eldervin
Time & Tide
The Death Of Us
The Attack Of The Astroharvester
Bitter Revenge
Short Film:
Second From The End
Film Production Updates:
Single Player (short) - PostProduction
Divitae (16mm Short) - PreProduction
The Writer Comes Home - Cast & Crew Calls Due Shortly
Final Truth (feature by Chichester FilmMakers) - Cast & Crew Calls Due Shortly
Film Production Launches:
Echoes Of The Past (short) - Development
A Tale Of Two Witches (short & docudrama) - Development
Production Film Releases:
Bitter Revenge
A Requiem For Desire
The Tormented
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 2026
Chichester FilmMakers
Autumn Event
Saturday 31st October
The Assembly Room
North Street, Chichester.
Content will appear here after the event
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
WINTER EVENT 2027
30th January 2026
The Assembly Room
North Street
Chichester
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 2027
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
SUMMER 2027
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 2027
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
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