Perspectives & Thinking
A running record of what captures my attention — observations on film, creativity, culture, and the business of making things that matter.
Attention spans are shrinking, but the hunger for depth has never been greater. Here's why long-form documentary is having its defining moment — and why the algorithm can't replace it.
Read Full PieceWhen communities tell their own stories, the result is more honest, more powerful, and more lasting than anything an outsider could produce.
Most arts marketing talks at its audience. The campaigns that actually fill seats do something more radical — they listen, and then they echo back.
Not a polished LinkedIn story. The real, messy, transformative experience of being mentored — and what I wish I'd known sooner.
Cinema has always been the great equaliser — but only when we let stories cross borders without being sanitised for mass consumption.
The false choice between artistic integrity and commercial success — and how the best creative work destroys that dichotomy entirely.
It doesn't arrive in a moment of clarity. It emerges slowly — through failure, feedback, and the stubbornness to keep going anyway.
Streaming disrupted the TV commission model. But out of the wreckage, something more interesting has emerged for independent filmmakers.