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Filmwire Spotlight: Jermaine Canute Edwards

Born in Jamaica and raised in Nottingham, Jermaine Canute Edwards worked as a camera operator on titles like ’71 and Pride whilst honing his cinematography skills on a number of short films. Last year saw his first two feature works as cinematographer – My Father’s Shadow and Ish – win awards at both the Cannes and Venice film festivals respectively. As My Father’s Shadow hits UK cinemas, we caught up with Jermaine after a very busy twelve months.

18 Feb 2026

Filmwire Spotlight: Charlie Dennis

Raised in Staffordshire, filmmaker Charlie Dennis turned heads with his 2021 short film Silent World, starring deaf rapper Signkid.

29 Sep 2025

Filmwire Spotlight: Alistair Clark and Anna Griffin

One of the East Midlands’ genuine success stories when it comes to indie filmmaking is Wellington Films, a production company based at Nottingham’s Broadway Cinema whose titles include indie hits like London To Brighton, The Levelling and A House In Jerusalem.

3 Jul 2024

Filmwire Spotlight: In The Court of the Crimson King

Birmingham born filmmaker Toby Amies spent much of his early career working for MTV before moving back to the UK, where he directed his first feature length documentary The Man Whose Mind Exploded in 2013. His new film In The Court Of The Crimson King is a perfectly eccentric account of the band Crimson King and their complex founder Robert Fripp.

19 Apr 2023

Filmwire Spotlight: Dorothy Towers

Born in Birmingham, artist Sean Burns has spent significant time delving into the social history of his home city. His latest project – Dorothy Towers – is a 16mm film about the city’s Clydesdale and Cleveland residential tower blocks, which have long been the home of a large LGBTQ+ community.

7 Sep 2022

Filmwire Spotlight: Sonita Gale

Born in Wolverhampton as part of a working class migrant family from India, director Sonita Gale has an insider’s view on the immigrant’s experience in the UK. Her sobering new documentary Hostile examines the Conservative government’s ‘hostile environment’ approach to immigration, one which – as we discuss with Gale below – actually has its poisonous roots in Birmingham.

7 Feb 2022