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Eat My Shorts

The 2020 Toronto Shorts International Film Festival is under way. Our documentary Wild – A State Of Mind with Nick Liu is being screened in Toronto this week.  Sadly we couldn’t make it

Flogging A Dead Horse

Time for subversion. Today we’re filming with iconoclast Jake Chapman.  Brothers Jake and Dinos are sculptors, printmakers, and installation artists who work together as a duo.  The brothers

Is it a Birdie?

We’re back with the Blue Peter crew. We’ll be busting a happy dance and watching CBBC again for tee time at 17.30 tonight.  Carney and Fleur sent the drone into the skies of Manchester to follow Mwaksy and Adam

Days of Thunder

We’re filming with Blue Peter in Wales today. Captain Carney is drinking in the exquisite vistas of Eryri with the Pedr Glas criw as Adam and Richie go head to head in the latest challenge.  Move over Hamilton and Räikkönen,

Game Changers

We’re in the studio with Matt Hickinbottom today. It’s EC‘s 10th anniversary and we’re here to join in the eye-widening celebrations.  Carney is down in Birmingham‘s Entrepreneurs Circle studios filming Nigel Botterill‘s Virtual 2020 The

Uppsala Did It Again

We’re back with the Nordic Gods. Viking burial mounds ahoy as we send Carney off to Scandinavia to film legendary lyricist and bassist Graham Lewis and his family.  Sound

Freak Yourself

We’ve been shaking it with Stephen Mallinder. Graham and Carney have enjoyed the pleasure of the musician, writer, artist, teacher and doctor’s company.  Down at Hotel Pelirocco we’ve been speaking to Mal

Live Is Alive

We’re in for more treats. Carney is down in Brighton filming for Wire as the live music scene is reignited.  After luxuriating in Stephen Mallinder‘s company he is currently enjoying a

Not Just a Prototype

Working with CMA has been an education. Alongside Mitch Remes, Carney has been working as Director of Photography with the crew at Aston University and the Advance Prototyping Facility.  APF is a new

Secret’s Out

He’s been unmasked. Carney and Fleur aren’t the only dudes with Blue Peter badges… Adam B has been revealed as the 40th Blue Peter presenter and we’ve been thrilled to work with him on

The Courtship

Working on the hottest dating show on the planet. A fresh news article is something like a new scene in a play; and when I

Gamma Rays

We’re back in London Town. Crows Nest are thrilled to be working with CMA Video again this week.  This time we’re up the gherkin with Matt Hickinbottom and Gamma. Gamma is a leading

CaneCo Grenada

CaneCo Grenada A taste of what’s to come. We’ve been working with Cane Co and Renegade Spirits in Grenada, documenting the incredible resuscitation of the

Christmas at Kew

Join The Kew A beautiful sight, we’re happy tonight. Crows Nest Films were delighted to accept a royal (botanical) invitation this Christmas.  The crew are in down

The Big Guns

Sgt Mitchell 105RA This was a military operation. Crows Nest were honoured to film with 105 Regiment on a live firing exercise this weekend.  Captain Carney has

Believe And Achieve

We’re smashing stereotypes with the BBC. We’ve had an absolutely extraordinary day with Team BRIT and CBBC‘s Blue Peter at the Top Gear test track, Dunsfold Aerodrome.  Richie Driss enjoyed a masterclass with Aaron Morgan, J.J. Spencer and the

Christmas At Kew

A beautiful sight, we’re happy tonight. Carney and Cain were delighted to accept a royal (botanical) invitation to film Christmas at the glorious Kew Gardens.  This incredible site is

Proper Job

We’ve been working with EDF in their quest for Net Zero. Cream and Crows Nest Films have made films together for many happy years and were really excited

Capture The Castle

Story Time Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle. Crows Nest Films is once again allied with English Heritage in bringing history to life.  Their inspiring education

A Barrel Of Laughs

Over A Barrel The voice of winter is heard at the door, it’s time to bury the cow horn. Out in the wilds of Ireland, Captain Carney is

Sugar Rush

The team have been keeping it real in the Caribbean this week.

A Biodynamic Masterclass

This is a true masterclass. Carney joined Mark Reynier, John McDonnell and Trevor Harris on this incredible learning journey in Alsace. The group, including 2

O Canada

Toronto Bee or Not to Be We’re raiding the larder of Ontario’s buzzing metropolis. Crows Nest Films crew are still travelling the globe in search of

Wild Abandon

Light Lunch We’re taking inspiration from a landscape of contradictions in Cape Town this week. “On land, at sea, in forests and mountains, there is food all

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