Reece Cargan completes BFI Insight: producer development programme

Reece was selected as one of the 12 producers taking part in the British Film Institute's Insight: Emerging Producer Programme 2023.

BFI Insight

Insight was a 6 month professional development programme that aimed to equip producers with the confidence and ability to realise their creative and business ambitions. It was ran in collaboration with BFI NETWORK and delivered by Screen Yorkshire.

The programme

The programme started in January 2022 in Sheffield where all of the producers met and continued for the following 6 months across different cities, with regular online learning in-between.

Covering all areas of production, such as financing, marketing, distribution and business planning. All producers also took part in the European Film Market in Berlin.

The selection

The selected participants stood out to the panel because of their commitment to producing, with an exciting slate of long-form projects in development and scope for them to benefit from the professional development opportunity that the Insight programme presents.

More information

More on the programme and those selected can be found on the BFI site.

Ghoul Friends wins best pitch in Poland

Bombito's Young Adult TV series in development 'Ghoul Friends' won best pitch at Kids Kino Industry Forum in Warsaw. The project was presented by Bombito producer Reece Cargan who also accepted the award.

Reece Cargan pitching at Kids Kino

Kids Kino

The forum is Poland's first international event for films and TV series aimed at a young audience and is part of the Kids Kino International Film Festival.

The award

Ghoul Friends won the m:brane Exchange Award for the Best Pitch at Kids Kino Industry.

"m:brane selected Ghoul Friends because it’s a challenging and inspiring story, told in an exciting context. We’re really looking forward to seeing this TV series".

The award was given by Lennart Ström, Managing Director at m:brane. The award is an invitation to pitch at the m:brane forum in Malmo in March 2023.

The series

Ghoul Friends is Young Adult TV series of 10 x 30 minutes. It is an LGBTQIA+ Paranormal thriller - with a healthy dose of comedy.

Synopsis

"Sent from LA to spend the summer in rural Yorkshire, American teen Mia discovers there’s more to England than she thought when she starts to fall for a girl haunted by a vengeful ghost".

Background

We received funding from Screen Yorkshire's FLEX Development Lab and from the British Film Institute’s Young Audience Content Fund to run a writers’ room. During the room we worked with a group of amazing writers to discuss, dissect and construct our first season. Following this we collated our pitch deck, show bible and detailed episode outlines. ​​ Please get in touch to view our materials.

GHOUL FRIENDS heads to Warsaw

Exciting news on our Young Adult TV series Ghoul Friends by writer Catherine Wignall. We are heading to Warsaw in September to pitch the project at Kids Kino Industry.

Writer Catherine and Producer Reece Cargan will head to Poland to pitch to commissioners and industry insiders.

Ghoul Friends

Teen influencer Mia puts her heart and soul on the line to save her ex-girlfriend from an angry ghost.

Background

The project was initially developed on the FLEX programme with Screen Yorkshire and further developed following the programme.

The project is being supported with development funding from the BFI Young Audience Content Fund. We are running a writers room at the end of August 2022 to further hone the series and then head to Poland to pitch.

Kids Kino

View the information page on the Kids Kino Industry website.

Get the pitch deck

For information on the project or to view the pitch deck please email reece@bombito.co.uk