New work in development

Change is a catalyst for creativity. Embarking on a new project we hired studio space in Maida Vale London this year. We also opened our doors to new people, ideas and communities, as we enter pre-production for our debut feature film, Nucleus.

We’re excited to be co-producing Nucleus, our latest work of non-fiction, with Hailstone Films. Planning is key to everything we do and last month we took over The Ranch in Leith to test out some concepts before shooting begins on the Isle of Man (below) next year.

In other news, development producer Charlotte is celebrating a film that she supported being shortlisted for an Oscar. A cerebral and cinematic journey with water as the main character, Aquarela (2019) is playing in cinemas now and can be streamed now on MUBI. 

Melt joins IDFA delegation in Amsterdam

We’ve just returned from a lively week in Amsterdam attending IDFA (The International Documentary Film Festival Awards) in Amsterdam.

Travelling with development producer, Charlotte Hailstone, our dutch voyage was enabled by a bursary from Screen Scotland and the Scottish Documentary Institute.

We met with US and Canadian sales agents and broadcasters, fellow filmmakers, and collaborators from the worlds of music and animation. Out of the 300 films screened and 250,000 tickets sold, Midnight Family (2019) and Honeyland (2019) were our favourites, both distributed by Dogwoof.

The sun poured down on us most days, and the city was a magical place to explore by foot and bike. With 38% of all journeys around Amsterdam are made by bicycle, compared to just 2% here in the UK, we’ve got some serious catching up to do!