https://www.jonnyrandall.co.uk/home daily 1.0 2025-04-26 https://www.jonnyrandall.co.uk/about daily 0.75 2022-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606c503fd5e7d715bfc9f50f/1617711994016-53WNB69Y7T0LRQURWAXL/IMG_4783.jpeg About Hi, I’m Jonny, a Cumbrian freelance filmmaker and community arts practitioner. My creative practice aims to sensitively reflect the authentic stories of people and places. Much of my work is rooted in facilitating and documenting community arts projects and celebrating ordinary lives. I’m a self-taught filmmaker who shoots and edits short documentaries, promotional trailers, animations, music videos and moving image installations. I also deliver participatory workshops in filmmaking, stop-motion animation, theatre and improvisation. One of my core convictions is a belief in the value of creative play and how participatory arts can offer a platform of expression for voices to be heard. I’m fascinated by the stories that we tell ourselves, personally and culturally, and how those narratives shape our individual and collective identities. Also, I collaborate with the Dark Mountain Project as a film editor: curating screening events and facilitating conversations about how the medium of film can respond to the ecological, political and cultural crises of our turbulent times. You can read more about my work with Dark Mountain here. I’m also a member of the Climate Cultures collective: a global network of artists, curators and researchers offering creative conversations for the Anthropocene. I love making new connections with people and organisations and then cultivating those relationships as we explore new creative paths together. Some of my recent projects have been with BBC Arts, BarrowFull, and the poet Em Strang. Take a look around my website and get in touch if you have a project that you’re interested in collaborating on! https://www.jonnyrandall.co.uk/contact daily 0.75 2021-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606c503fd5e7d715bfc9f50f/1623239428397-ER78JFXVK00T1ZIWY5EJ/Adelphi+w%3A+Tom.jpg Contact - Make it stand out Shooting the short documentary Adelphi in 2019. Photo credit: Darren Andrews https://www.jonnyrandall.co.uk/services-workshops daily 0.75 2021-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606c503fd5e7d715bfc9f50f/1623264734428-W02QCAE81D00D4QZKEO9/Me+filming+Cotton_cropped.jpg Services & Workshops Photo by Jenny Reeves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606c503fd5e7d715bfc9f50f/1623269637500-UDMA0031PWGPPW864PKM/Schools+filming.jpg Services & Workshops Photo by Steve Fairclough https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606c503fd5e7d715bfc9f50f/1623262350194-HFJEIGXIJHTO660JU4FQ/BML+hats.jpg Services & Workshops Photo by Darren Andrews https://www.jonnyrandall.co.uk/projects daily 0.75 2025-04-26 https://www.jonnyrandall.co.uk/projects/docs monthly 0.5 2021-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606c503fd5e7d715bfc9f50f/1620902993401-W41BVOEA5SSLI9D7QLKI/Good+Appetite+title+thumbnail.png Projects - Documentaries - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.jonnyrandall.co.uk/projects/shortdocs-l5skm monthly 0.5 2021-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606c503fd5e7d715bfc9f50f/2a1355b1-b788-4007-bfa0-afced1ca68f4/Screenshot+2022-10-17+at+17.01.35.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606c503fd5e7d715bfc9f50f/1620651682844-76QYAVS89MLPSUD42AFF/Patterns+title+thumbnail.jpg Projects - Arts & Events Documentation On The Patterns We Gaze is a time-specific choreography by Ellen Jeffrey. Filmed in Grubbins Wood, Cumbria, in March 2019, the performance takes place in the last of the light, spanning a site's durational shift through nightfall. The work was performed by Jenny Reeves, Lucy Starkey and Aimee Williamson, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and supported by Lancaster University and Cumbria Wildlife Trust. The film has been screened online at the following festivals: Cumbria Dark Skies (2021) Beast Feast (2021) Photography by Rebecca Richards. https://www.jonnyrandall.co.uk/projects/shortdocs-l5skm-ezs5h monthly 0.5 2021-05-25 https://www.jonnyrandall.co.uk/projects/shortdocs-l5skm-ezs5h-mcj3m monthly 0.5 2021-05-25 https://www.jonnyrandall.co.uk/projects/participation monthly 0.5 2021-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606c503fd5e7d715bfc9f50f/1623267213409-JQ5L3MCIM978JJHX4FI8/IMG_3655.jpg Projects - Workshops & Participation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606c503fd5e7d715bfc9f50f/1623267563283-EWEX2TI1Q0BX64OJ2B81/IMG_3667.jpg Projects - Workshops & Participation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606c503fd5e7d715bfc9f50f/1624273501896-TK2YA5ROB8WMAX8CFKJH/4358.jpg Projects - Workshops & Participation - Make it stand out After the Floods (2016) An immersive performance devised with Lancaster’s homeless community in response to experiences of Storm Desmond. https://www.jonnyrandall.co.uk/projects/uncivilised-film monthly 0.5 2021-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606c503fd5e7d715bfc9f50f/1620902062343-6C4BOIUKAO337CB7TL23/Wild+Twins+screenshot.png Projects - Uncivilised Filmmaking - Make it stand out Image credit: Caroline Ross 2021