Press and media
Press and media.
A community interest company at Pinewood Studios, opening the screen industry to people it has left out, built on fifteen years of technical and production work inside HETV drama and feature film. Its method is production simulation: working units that behave like real ones. Press enquiries: press@futuresinfilm.com, deadline in the subject line.
Company facts
The details that belong in a standfirst.
The production-simulation method was built on a 2021 pilot run by Pixeleyed Pictures in Blackburn with Darwen. Please attribute the pilot to Pixeleyed Pictures.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Legal name | FUTURES IN FILM C.I.C. |
| Company number | 14621615 |
| Structure | Community interest company, limited by guarantee, asset-locked, registered in England and Wales |
| Registered office | 167–169 Great Portland Street, 5th Floor, London W1W 5PF — correspondence only |
| Operating base | the Ken Adam Building, Pinewood Studios |
| Where we work | Pinewood is the base. Hubs in London and Liverpool; work across England, Wales and Scotland |
| Press contact | press@futuresinfilm.com |
Futures in Film Ltd is not us. MR Helix Ltd, Pixeleyed Pictures Ltd and Screen Sisters CIC are separate companies. Please attribute work to the company that did it.
Subjects
Subjects.
Entry routes into the screen industry
What stops a capable person getting a second and third job.
Production simulation as a training method
Running a training exercise as a working unit: call sheet, risk assessment, chain of command, kit and turnaround.
Faith inclusion and cultural safety on set
Prayer, diet, dress, observance and family obligation planned into a schedule. We wrote a production standard for it.
Shooting on 35mm
Stock, lab time, processing capacity, and how a film shoot schedules.
AI tools and workflows in production
Where the tools help a department and where they are oversold, from inside camera, sound, edit, VFX, art, production and virtual production.
The North West screen sector
Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, Manchester and Sheffield.
What we will not comment on
What we will not comment on.
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Interviews, images and filming
Interviews, images and filming.
Requests go to press@futuresinfilm.com: the outlet, the angle, the deadline and whether you need pictures. Programme and access enquiries go to the same address.
Ateeb Malik, Technical and Production Lead
Kit, prep, what happens on a unit, shooting on 35mm, and applied technology in the camera department.
Images, filming and consent
Stills of our own units, crew and kit, with captions and credits. Filming is welcome with notice; Pinewood issues passes ahead of the day. Consent is asked for separately from a person’s place and can be withdrawn.