ACTION ON THE SIDE

Weekend Filmmaking

Supporting independent filmmakers to tell their stories with opportunities, training, and community

1 day to the event

AOTS Team: Sci-Fi London 48

Sat 26 Apr

Location is in London, TBA

Action On The Side is producing a team for this competition. Contact us before registering.

6 days to the event

Cinema SoundEX 2025

Thu 01 May

Virtual Project: take part anywhere!

Experiment and Collaborate: the exercise for Composers and Filmmakers. In just 2 months, you'll have 2 showreel pieces.

133 days to the event

AOTS September 2025 LONDON

Fri 05 Sept

Location is to be confirmed

Make a short film in just one month with Action On The Side. The bespoke filmmaking project

The Action On The Side 48 HR Film Competition

182 days to the event

The Action On The Side 48 HR Film Competition

Fri 24 Oct

Take part from anywhere in the world!

Get your team together and make a short film in just 48 hours!

WHO WE ARE

Weekend Filmmaking

MAKING TIME TO SHOOT

Action On The Side is structured to allow people who are passionate about film to team up and make films, even if they have to fit it around work or studying. If you want to work on your project throughout the week too then we won’t stop you!

LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE..

..and non-like minded people. Film is a collaborative medium and works best when everybody brings their own areas of expertise to a project. We aim to mix talent from one field with others outside their usual circle of contacts.

FINISH IT

Lack of a deadline can lead to projects dragging on and on. The intensive (but not impossible) constraints of Action On The Side force filmmakers to be realistic with their aims and results in a finished piece of work at the end of the month.