I Won’t Go is an intimate portrait of a determined, lively and thoroughly unconventional elderly woman. It features Oli, an eccentric ex-headmistress in her nineties, who now lives isolated and housebound in her condemned country cottage; her only real companion is a small Shetland pony named ‘Baby’. What follows is a moving and surprising account of her life, from her unexpected past as a former millionaire through to her daily struggles to keep her independence despite age and infirmity. Ultimately, the film ask who is responsible for elderly care, and who is to decide where, and how we should live our final days.

The documentary was shot over the course of seven years by LoveLove Films’ managing director Georgina Hurcombe. Georgina was inspired to produce this documentary after living close to Oli as a child. Oli used to teach Georgina afterschool reading and writing skills.

After producing an 8 minute short Georgina received further funding from Channel 4’s 4Docs initiative to expand I Won’t Go into a lengthier and more in depth exploration of Oli. The final documentary features a wide variety of prestigious behind the scenes talent, including Henry Dalton the multi award winning documentary associate producer; Tony Palmer, an Emmy and RTS winning editor and Alex Baranowski a Tony award winning composer for the Royal National Theatre.

Upon completion the film went to a wide range of national and international film festivals, including opening for the Oscar qualifying Edindocs festival and the Prague based One World festival. It subsequently secured distribution rights with Terra Nova Films in America, where it was screened in select venues with the purpose of highlighting issues effecting the elderly.

In regards to the final product Michelle Mitchell, a Director of Age UK, said the following:

“By telling the emblematic story of an older person’s fight for her independence, this documentary film shines a powerful light on the dilemmas many of us will face in old age, such as whether, when and where to look for support, and the challenges our society faces in meeting the care needs of an aging population.”

It was recently launched online on Vimeo’s on demand service, where it can be rented for up to 48 hours for £2.12

We’re incredibly pleased that I Won’t Go has been launched on this new platform and hope the documentary is enjoyed by a large new audience.

Watch I Won’t Go Online Here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/iwontgodocumentary

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Breaking into the media industry can be a difficult thing to do but it is greatly rewarding and a lot of fun. Below you’ll find some helpful tips and points that will help you on your way up the ladder.

Using Social Media

Keeping your social media profiles up to date is a great way to self-advertise and make connections with audiences and people in the industry. By posting updates about current projects it will keep people interested throughout the process of production and informed of your involvement and commitment. It may be useful to have a professional Twitter account alongside your personal one that you can advertise on your business cards which is also an effective way of networking with people in the industry. You can then use your profile to showcase your work as well as using it as an efficient way to get feedback on your projects for the future. Although your professional account may be separate to your personal account, it is vital that you adjust the privacy settings on your personal profile to ensure professionalism. Many people actually change their name online in order to distinguish between the two and to make the personal profile harder to find. Those embarrassing photos from last weekend’s night on the town may not be attractive to potential employers! The Media Forward UK Twitter feed is a useful account to follow, posting opportunities and advice for graduates getting into the media industry. There are endless other similar companies such as UNIT List, My First Job In Film, My First Job In TV, The Network and MediaVolt.

Keep in contact with your peers

They say it’s “who you know, not what you know” and sometimes this can be true. Keeping in contact with your peers can give you some great opportunities and knowledge that you may not have been aware of without them. By helping each other out on projects and getting others’ opinions on them, it will help to improve your work by getting a fresh pair of eyes on a project you have seen over and over again.

Contacts and Networking

Making contacts is essential within the media industry, so try to meet as many people as you can. The ‘Shooting People’ website is a helpful site that provides a calendar of events across the country that would work as a perfect opportunity to make connections and see a variety of work. Other organisations that host networking events are Cinema Jam, Women in Film and TV UK, The BFI, Channel 4’s 4Talent, Bafta Guru and Creative England. Exchanging business cards makes you professional and memorable – something vital to get into the industry.

Placements and Work Experience

Work experience and placements are the perfect way to get an honest insight into the industry while giving you a great chance to get involved in some exciting projects. You may not be able to just walk into your dream job, so you should branch out and try new things. Starting lower down the ladder is a valuable way to learn from all departments and see what every role consists of which could perhaps help you decide what you might want to try in the future. Taking up a new role that you may not have done before or feel particularly confident in could actually turn out to be something you really enjoy, so don’t hesitate to try new opportunities. By making these connections with production companies, it will open up doors for you in the future and will make your CV stand out.

Make your own stuff

For someone with a real passion for media and breaking into the industry it will give you a great chance if you make your own projects in your spare time. It can be amazing fun and not only will it give you practice and a chance to create the projects you want to make, it will enable you to enter competitions, festivals and attend events such as The Cinemagic Young Filmmaker Competition, which you can enter here.

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Goldfishing is, as the puntastic title implies, a British comedy film, which focuses upon John Davis, a forty two year old resident of the little town of Littleton. His window washing business is failing, and has racked up massive debts. He hides this fact from his wife, Sarah, who herself hides that she is too proud to go onto a Job Seekers Allowance after losing her own job. John’s luck appears to change when he takes his son Brendan fishing, and manages to stumble upon a gold bar. John turns to his recently deceased father’s friend “Uncle” Pete for guidance, who just so happens to be a petty crook. Pete embroils John into a deal where he must retrieve much more gold from the lake very soon or face having his legs broken by mobsters.

This film is adapted from the novel “The Golden Tench” by Rod Norris, and the script has been written over two years, and has seen much development. Now after seven drafts it is finally ready to enter production.

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