Thank you to our lovely donors so far! 🩷🩷🎬

📸 by James Melia, Jan 2026 ✨

Thank you to all the absolute legends who’ve supported our shoot so far; it means the absolute world to us all. Want to join them? Link below; gofund.me/615aafb6b @eveningcatprods.bsky.social 🩷🩷

Good news! We’ve hopped over to GoFundMe with our latest project 🎬 Support us and join our incredible backers here: gofund.me/615aafb6b

A couple more days to make our goal! 🎬 Help us out and support local filmmaking: www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

Keep the pledges coming! We are SO grateful to everyone who has backed us so far 🎬 www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

Exciting, right? Pledge pledge pledge!! 🩷🎬 We’ve got such an incredible team, who I’m grateful are pouring SO much time and attention into this project. Help support our little project 🩷

Keep on donating and support our film! 🎬🩷

Thank you thank you thank you pledgers!!! 🩷🎬 You can still pledge and make two months of daily posting, endless messages and sleepless nights so so worth it 🎬 It’s going to be so good 🩷

Thank you SO much to those who’ve donated recently to our campaign! We’ve got 9 days to go, an incredible cast and crew prepped and ready to shoot and a gorgeous script that’s been evolving for 3 months. Want to play a part in bringing it to life? Link in the comments 🎬

We’ve been working hard to get everything ready for The Long Player, our next short. Check out the link below to see how you can play a part in bringing the short that we have poured so much of our hearts into to life. Every pledge is IMMENSELY appreciated 🩷 www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

Thank you to our wonderful backers so far! Pledge and share now, to help bring our film to life. We’ve got an incredible team, a wonderful script and an exciting collection of rewards. 🎬 www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

Couldn’t be simpler! Donate through this link to support our newest project: www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

We had a wonderful time last night at Showroom Shorts, Sheffield, screening Requires Improvement alongside other fantastic films. It was lovely to see some of our cast and crew there too! Thanks to SYFN and Showroom Cinema for hosting 🎬

Excitinggggg

📸 James Melia Lush lush start to the year. I 🩷 2026.

We introduced Jack last week, so this week we’re introducing Tina! We’re delighted to have Eleanor May Blackburn joining the cast and cannot wait to see how she brings the character to life. You can still donate to the project here; www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

Thank you to all who’ve pledged so far, we appreciate it so much! There’s still time to donate to the project and play a part in bringing Benjamin Peel’s wonderful script to life. Read director Calvin Duffy’s statement at the link below 🎬 www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

Meet our actors on The Long Player, starting with: Richard Galloway! We’re delighted to have Richard join us as Jack and we cannot wait to see how he brings the character to life 🎬 Reminder- there’s still time to get involved with the film via this link: www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

Step into the world of The Long Player: we’re currently fundraising for our next short, a drama written by Benjamin Peel and directed by Calvin Duffy. Follow the link below and see how you can get involved 🎬 www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

Check out everything The Long Player at the link! 🎬🎬🎬

Our fundraiser for The Long Player with @eveningcatprods.bsky.social is still going strong! 🐈‍⬛🎬 Pledge here and choose from a list of FAB rewards: www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

📸 James Melia

Get involved with our latest film at the link below! Loads of exciting rewards and opportunities for sneak peeks and credits. Check out the director’s statement and more. 🎬 www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

New 📸 from James Melia (swiped from instagram while I’m picking from a pileeee of raws 🩷)

How beaut are these stills!!! 🩷🩷 Producering/actoring on this one 🎬🎬 Full creds @eveningcatprods.bsky.social

WRAPPED: Requires Improvement Dir. Sima Sheibani Prod. Natalie Yates and Alexander Brown for @eveningcatprods.bsky.social DOP. Dan Amity Linsell 🎬🎬

FIRST LOOK: Requires Improvement now on its festival run 🎬 Keep an eye on our website for updates ⭐️

📸 Shepherd Creative for @eveningcatprods.bsky.social

Now that we’re done introducing our actors for Requires Improvement, we thought we’d remind you of the production team behind the shoot! All of their individual bios can be found on our website. 🎬🐈‍⬛

We’re officially ready for our day three introductions- when did that happen?! Day three of shooting Requires Improvement was our busiest day. 📸🐈‍⬛ We were joined by; @natalieyatesx @gemmawindle_actorandsons @thesianmarie @charlie_ralphactor @lewis_fewster1 @brandon._3

Next up; Requires Improvement! Sooo close to finishing the edit, before we head off on our festival run 🎬🎬🐈‍⬛

Starting off our cast intros with the day one cast! First up- Natalie Yates 🎬 Natalie works primarily on screen, working extensively on short films and music videos, while occasionally returning to theatre. She’s recently worked with NFTS, as well as on numerous shorts. See more on our website 🐈‍⬛

We are in the final stages of the Requires Improvement edit, so we thought we’d bring back some of the stills taken by @shepherd_creative_ on the shoot day. Want to see more on the film? We’ve got cast and crew bios, unit stills and a process breakdown; all on our website. 🎬🐈‍⬛

Director and editor of How to Win Friends and Guinea Pig People, @joseph_shep, has kindly broken down his approach to direction. Find his full process on our website. Link in bio. 🐈‍⬛🎬 📸 @shepherd_creative_ on the set of HTWFAGPP, 2024 🐹

April 2025 🎬 📸 creds James Melia

🎬 Fossil Fuel (2024) Dir. Dan Amity Linsell DOP. Suraj Firke Stills. Daniella Sasaki

🎬 Cello for a Shotgun, 2024 Dir. Stephen Edward Reid DOP. Tom Morrison Stills. Steven Eric Parker

🎬 Life at Normanby Hall, 2024 🩷 Prod. Crow’s Eye Productions Dir/DOP. Nicole Loven Wardrobe. Pauline Loven

🎬 Requires Improvement with Evening Cat Productions (2024) Dir. Sima Sheibani Prod. Natalie Yates / Alexander Brown DOP. Dan Amity Linsell Stills. Shepherd Creative

📸 by James Melia