Last night, Channel 4 News aired air a short film I've spent the last five months putting together about Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, or FASD. This is a range of lifelong disabilities that can occur when a mother drinks while their child is in the womb.

Screenwriters and filmmakers do not get an easy ride when making a name for themselves and when they're trying to break through in the industry.

How brief that was. Directing is addictive. With only a four-day shoot, wonderful actors included, you feel as if you've only just warmed up before it's over.

The cameras role this week, and McGann and Pickup head the cast for this short film based on the story by Graham Greene. They join Owen Brenman (Doctors/One Foot In The Grave) and Natasha O'Keeffe (Lip Service) in a psychological thriller, the story of which was written in 1939.

Today saw the second part of the short film competition and a screening of She-Monkeys. though the real stand out for the evening was Las Acacias, a s...

Things begin to take shape when you see your crew growing. What's even better is when your production designer and director of photography are friends...

So we're now well into pre-production for A Little Place Off The Edgware Road. Having written the script over a year ago, I'm itching and scratching to get to principal photography! Being a fan of Graham Greene's works and in particular the screen adaptations of his stuff it feels like a privilege to actually adapt a story of his.