Just getting around to watching ALIEN3.

Just seen the trailer for HOW TO SURVIVE THE WILD. Excitement levels rising!

As a writer, it’s not every day you have a feature film begin shooting… andrewdavidbarker.substack.com/p/properly-i...

Oh, and 146,000 views of LAURA LIVING BACKWARDS now! youtu.be/Oagv4Vt8zQg?...

At a film festival today where I’m up for Best Documentary (for THE UNKNOWN REFUGEE) and I have a feature film I co-wrote start shooting tomorrow (IMPROPER BASTARDS). These things don’t happen often so thought I’d just celebrate.

Been seeing a spate of “you’re an idiot if you like this film”. Fuck off. That’s elitist bullshit. There something for everyone out there. People connect to films, books, music, whatever, for different reasons. Yeah, not in the mood this week.

@peterhcameron.bsky.social Hi Peter, I know this is a long shot, but I’m a screenwriter in the UK & I wondered if you fancied checking out a 15 min award-winning time travel short? We made it for £650 & a hell of a lot of favours!! Would love to know what you think. Thanks. youtu.be/Oagv4Vt8zQg?...

"However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light" — Stanley Kubrick, 1968 Trump, Putin, Ukraine, Gaza, Palestine, Ice, Iran, Epstein, Agenda 2030, Aliens, Musk, Thiel, Altman... For Christ sake, I’m trying to get some work done over here! andrewdavidbarker.substack.com/p/why-create...

I think world events are now making me ill in the head.

Today I learned that sharks are older than trees.

Amazing news! The Unknown Refugee was just selected by Coventry Phoenix Film Festival via FilmFreeway.com!

Far out, man… youtu.be/Oagv4Vt8zQg?...

Holy moly! youtu.be/Oagv4Vt8zQg?...

New feature film, HOW TO SURVIVE THE WILD, which I was a screenwriter on, will be coming later this year. The film stars Jördis Richter, Tim Plester, and Richard Brake, and is directed by Adam Park. More details here- andrewdavidbarker.substack.com/p/how-to-sur...

7 days 65,000 views and counting! youtu.be/Oagv4Vt8zQg?...

Unreal. LAURA LIVING BACKWARDS has racked up over 17,000 views (and counting) in just 4 days. So incredible. Thank you to all who have watched it, shared it etc. Please give it a watch if you haven’t already. We’re very proud of it. It was made with a lot of love. youtu.be/Oagv4Vt8zQg?...

@realgdt.bsky.social Hello, sir. Long shot, but fancy watching an award winning time travel short? Time travel with a difference. Made on little more than sheer will, favours, and goodness. Thank you. youtu.be/Oagv4Vt8zQg?...

NEW POST: The Writing & Making of LAURA LIVING BACKWARDS andrewdavidbarker.substack.com/p/laura-livi...

Sunday 15th March, 8pm GMT youtu.be/Oagv4Vt8zQg?...

The multi-award-winning time travel short, LAURA LIVING BACKWARDS, finishes its very successful festival run and will premiere on YouTube at 8pm GMT on 15/3/26. Produced and directed by Kate Horlor and written by myself and Kate, LAURA is time travel with a difference. youtu.be/Oagv4Vt8zQg?...

Remembering producer and screenwriter Debra Hill whom we lost 21 years ago today. Hill was a trailblazer in the industry best known for her work on Halloween, Escape from New York, and Escape from LA. She helped pave the way for women in the industry, and mentored @galeannehurd.bsky.social.

Finished another new screenplay today (bar some final tweaks). This one written with filmmaker David Bryant. Last script for a while now as I’ve returned to a new novel. A DEAD LEAVES sequel.

Filmmaking is not for the faint of heart… andrewdavidbarker.substack.com/p/turn-off-t...

This is all very interesting… and worrying… but it’s here, whether we like it or not. Is this really going to reshape everything? Will I potentially be able to make my novel THE ELECTRIC myself before the end of this decade? youtu.be/OVcFnBCxDC8?...

Orson Welles, AI, London After Midnight, and where we are all heading... possibly... andrewdavidbarker.substack.com/p/ai-after-m...

A great evening at the Spark Filmmakers Showcase. Thank you to Johnathan and all involved in making it happen. Was great to see BABY ON BOARD and LAURA LIVING BACKWARDS on a big screen one final time. Hopefully this will be the first many showcases for filmmakers in the region.

BABY ON BOARD and LAURA LIVING BACKWARDS screen this Monday at the Royal Spa Centre in Leamington Spa. Come along, if you’re local… www.warwickdc.gov.uk/info/20356/a...

@bsky.app THE PROTOS EXPERIMENT. Dystopian Sci-Fi/Horror. Scripted by myself and Brian Avenet-Bradley. Now screening for free on TUBI, FAWESOME, SCREAMBOX, HOOPLA, PLEX and AMAZON PRIME. tubitv.com/movies/10004...

If you're in and around Derby, and a fan of all things spooky and supernatural, then there's bound to be something for you at the UK GHOST STORY FESTIVAL at the end of February! www.derbyquad.co.uk/ukgsf/ #derby #derbyshire #ghosts #ghoststory #ghoststories #spooky #supernatural

“Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.” — Cormac McCarthy andrewdavidbarker.substack.com/p/the-waitin...

I had everything I needed, or wanted, in that moment... Cinemas being torn down, film nuts, first girlfriends, Magnum PI, and the Summer of the Bat. All in this NEW SUBSTACK ENTRY! -- andrewdavidbarker.substack.com/p/august-11-...

There is an erosion of all art happening in the world. AI is one part of it, and an ever-growing part, but all art is being hijacked… NEW POST- My Life as a Failed Novelist. andrewdavidbarker.substack.com/p/my-life-as...

NEW POST - Screenplays, Podcasts & Space Aliens… andrewdavidbarker.substack.com/p/armed-and-...

NEW EPISODE open.spotify.com/episode/6AAE... #filmsky #podcast #cinema #supportindiefilm @adbarker.bsky.social

UPCOMING EPISODES! #filmsky #podcast #cinema #supportindiefilm @adbarker.bsky.social

A year of screenwriting and filmmaking summed up… where will it all lead… One final post… for a while. andrewdavidbarker.substack.com/p/dead-zone-...

Brand New Short Story andrewdavidbarker.substack.com/p/kent-state

This is a find. Pinning this to watch later. youtu.be/ZmbE74w008c

Upcoming screening of the multi-award-winning #shortfilms BABY ON BOARD and LAURA LIVING BACKWARDS. Info here... andrewdavidbarker.substack.com/p/spark-pres...

Something for the season… andrewdavidbarker.substack.com/p/the-winter...

In the first of a possible ongoing series - which I’ve brilliantly titled Trench Filmfare! - I have interviewed my friend and frequent collaborator, David Bryant, about the ups and downs of micro-budget filmmaking and screenwriting… andrewdavidbarker.substack.com/p/trench-fil...

She looked to the vastness of the cosmos. In all that space, she thought, how could there be something on my stairs? She laughed at this, then turned back to the house and all the humour left her… NEW POST NEW POST! Let’s talk ghost stories…. andrewdavidbarker.substack.com/p/society-pl...

I seem to have accidentally outlined a new novel.

Just some idle daydreaming… andrewdavidbarker.substack.com/p/adaptations

It’s been quite a year… andrewdavidbarker.substack.com/p/burnout

NEW POST: The past and creativity exist in similar foreign countries. They are both dreamlike, ephemeral, frustrating, alluring, hurtful, beautiful, full of regret, full of promise. I yearn for them both… andrewdavidbarker.substack.com/p/the-past-i...