Case study · Newcastle · 2026
Dance of the Macaroni Flowers: a production paid us, and two people went on the job.
A feature directed by Vadim Jean, written by Miriam Jarvis, shot in Newcastle. Futures in Film supplied technical equipment support under a rental and social impact agreement. The production paid for it.
Told under the same four headings as every case study on this site, so you can compare them rather than take our word for it.
The work
Brief, constraint, what was done, what changed.
The brief
A feature production on location in Newcastle needed technical equipment support, and needed a social value commitment it could actually evidence rather than describe. Those two requirements normally go to two different suppliers, and the second one usually arrives as a paragraph in a report.
The constraint
A working feature is the hardest place to put someone who has not done the job. The schedule does not slow down, and a supervised position has to be real work or it is decoration. Most productions solve that by offering a set visit. A set visit is not a credit.
What was done
Futures in Film supplied the equipment and the technical support, crewed, with supervised positions written into the agreement rather than added on goodwill. Ateeb Malik worked the full run as technical and production support. Hayden Hausenloy came in on placement and shot behind-the-scenes video across the shoot.
What changed
Two people finished with a feature credit and a working relationship on a professional crew. The production got its technical support and a social value outcome with names attached to it. The money went to Futures in Film CIC, where the articles lock it in and it funds the work across all five pillars.
Why this one
The film and the agreement are about the same thing.
The story follows a professional ballerina whose career is derailed, who takes work as a support worker and helps a seventeen-year-old with Down syndrome prepare for a dance showcase.
A production about access buying delivery from an asset-locked company is not a loose fit. It is the same argument made twice, once on screen and once on the call sheet.
