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GMAC is delighted to announce twelve new filmmakers and producers for the fourth year of the micro budget short film commission programme, Little Pictures, funded by The National Lottery through Screen Scotland.  The selection process is now complete, and GMAC is...

Thirteen participants from marginalised and under-represented communities have graduated from Screen Start, GMAC Film’s new screen sector employability programme.   After an extensive outreach process in 2022, and with funding from Screen Skills, Screen Scotland and...

GMAC Film is thrilled to announce David Williams as Acting Creative Director of the company. His wealth of experience will support the smooth-running of GMAC and build a foundation upon which the company will progress to another level.    Mark Langdon,...

Earlier this month, the eighth annual Screen Talent Europe Pitching Forum took place at The Norwegian Short Film Festival in Grimstad.  Eleven young emerging filmmakers presented their projects in front of a jury and audience, with Little Pictures filmmaker...

Monday 22nd May saw an official Parliamentary screening of Little Pictures short film, All Up There, co-chaired by filmmaker Bonnie MacRae and Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP.  All Up There was screened at a parliamentary event which platformed a number of women campaigning...

GMAC Film announces the OBE-awarded and BAFTA-winning Paddy Higson as its first Patron.  Paddy Higson has been a noteworthy name in the film and television industry since the 1970s - producing, line-producing and exec producing drama, including Gregory’s...

In 2019 we were very fortunate to have had a young graduate student from the University of Glasgow working with us to help on comms - Alexandru Contras, and earlier this year he learned from our newsletter that I was retiring, so he sent me a copy of an interview that...

We are thrilled to announce twelve new filmmakers and producers for the third year of our short film commission programme, Little Pictures.  Little Pictures, which is run by GMAC Film and funded by The National Lottery through Screen Scotland, has just finished the...

On Friday 30th September, GMAC Film were delighted to host a screening event and panel discussion with renowned filmmaker and media activist, Ken Fero, and the families of Sheku Bayoh and Allan Marshall.   Two decades ago, the police tried to silence Ken’s...

GMAC Film is delighted to welcome the renowned filmmaker and media activist, Ken Fero, to Glasgow where his new film Ultraviolence will be screened. Two decades ago, the police tried to silence Ken’s fearless documentary Injustice. Twenty years...

On Wednesday 17th August, Culture Secretary Angus Robertson and President of Screen Talent Europe, Mette Bihl, visited GMAC Film to meet with staff and alumni.   Earlier this year GMAC Film was unanimously accepted as a new member of the Screen Talent...

“We are excited to announce that BBC Scotland have come on board to support 2 Screen Start participants to take part in the 2022/23 programme. We want to invite other industry partners to join the BBC in supporting this important training initiative. Please get in...