News & Screenings

Cranleigh Voted the Old Way: Hands Up!

Our QR code had a night off. At Cranleigh Arts, some of the audience didn’t have phones, so we did it the proper old way: hands up, and we counted…

Jevan Chowdhury: From 50 Million Views To A Seven-Minute Drama

Director — When You Left Me

Jevan Chowdhury is a London native who has reached over 50 million people through Moving Cities, his dance-docu-series about the identity of cities. He has worked with the United Nations,…

Martin Hemingway-Moseley: Ten Years To Make One Film

Writer · Director · Producer — A Memory Owed

Martin Hemingway-Moseley started writing A Memory Owed more than ten years ago. The spark was his close relationship with his grandfather and a lifelong passion for WWII. Over time the…

Aisha Schliessler: One Sculptor, One Muse, Twenty Years

Director — A Great Love

Twenty years, one muse. Sculptor Charlie Langton has given his career almost entirely to the horse. That singular focus is what drew director Aisha Schliessler to make A Great Love.…

Jack Shepherd: The Director Who Cast Real Brothers

Writer · Director · Cinematographer — Yakka

Jack Shepherd wanted two brothers who were actually brothers. So he skipped the usual route and went for street casting. Over 150 applications came in. Auditions ran for three days…

Day One: Taxis, Strangers And A Sudden Rain

Indecent Expenditure shot its first day on location in Kensington and Chelsea on Saturday 3 October.

Day one. Saturday 3 October. Indecent Expenditure is officially in production. Filming a satire about the property elite on a real Kensington and Chelsea street sounds glamorous. In practice it…

A Night To Remember At Leatherhead’s Own Audience Film Festival

The evening showed us our mission to promote young, emerging filmmakers is supported by the public.

On Wednesday 30 September, The Leatherhead Theatre hosted Aevolum Cinema Presents: “Cornered”, an evening of award-winning short films. The audience was curious, warm and truly supportive of our initiative and…

Indecent Expenditure Locks Cast, DoP, And Files For Kensington Filming Permits

Indecent Expenditure has crossed a real threshold. Most of the cast is now confirmed, a director of photography is attached, and the production has filed its permit application to film…

Lady Thurloe Is Not Lady Macbeth. She's Macbeth.

If you've ever looked at a house so large you wondered who could possibly want to buy it, Indecent Expenditure is for you. Writer-director Peter Leon Brookes has been building…

Earlybird Deadline: 30 August — Submit Your Film To Aevolum Cinema Presents

Your film did the festival run. Here's where it goes next. Aevolum Cinema Presents is open for submissions on FilmFreeway, and the earlybird deadline lands this Sunday, 30 August. We…

Indecent Expenditure Launches On Kickstarter Next Tuesday, September 1

We're writing this from a busy, exciting, slightly nerve-wracking point in the life of Indecent Expenditure. The script is done. Cast members are confirmed. The team is assembled. And next…

Aevolum Heads To Newcastle For BFI FAN CON 2026

Aevolum is heading north. As a Film Hub South East member of the BFI Film Audience Network, Aevolum will attend BFI FAN CON 2026 — the national conference for UK…

Dan Hertzog — Working In The Wee Hours

Writer · Director · Cinematographer

Some filmmakers arrive by the straight road: film school, then films. Dan Hertzog took the scenic route, and it shows in everything he makes. He was nine years old, growing…

His Parents Fought Housing Injustice In Court. He's Taking It To Screen.

Indecent Expenditure is Peter Leon Brookes' new satire of wealth elites — a hilarious, pointed look at how the super-rich are cocooned from the hardships of ordinary life. “Added to…

Heidi Nyburg — On Her Own Terms

Writer · Director

Heidi Nyburg didn’t come to filmmaking through film school or a runner’s badge. She spent years as a product manager, working from Silicon Valley to Napa Valley for companies including…

Cornered Picks Up Press Coverage Ahead Of Leatherhead Screening

Cornered — screening as part of Aevolum Cinema Presents at The Leatherhead Theatre on 30 September 2026 — has been picking up press coverage ahead of the night. The story…

Meet The Thurloes: House-Hunting With Aevolum's Newest Satire

A record 4,793 people slept rough on a single night in England last autumn. Average UK house prices now run 7.2 times average income. Against that backdrop, Aevolum's newest film…

A New Wave Of Independent Film Arrives In Surrey As Aevolum Cinema Presents Returns With "Cornered" At The Leatherhead Theatre, On 30 September 2026

Surrey, UK — Aevolum Ltd, the independent film production company behind Aevolum Cinema Presents, returns to The Leatherhead Theatre on Wednesday 30 September 2026 with “Cornered”, the latest evening in…

Kitty Harper — Breaking The Rules

Writer · Director · Composer

Kitty Harper didn't wait for permission to direct. She didn’t walk this path: runner, assistant, script supervisor — before anyone let her call action. Kitty Harper did it backwards. Her…

Steve Ramsden — The Journey Home

Writer · Director · Cinematographer

Some filmmakers talk about going home. Steve Ramsden built a career on the belief that anywhere can be home — and then returned to where it all started. Pay Back,…

Indie Filmmakers Gain New Global Edge as Aevolum and I Ain't No Herb Jackson Studios Collaborate

Two independent production companies — Aevolum and I Ain't No Herb Jackson Studios — have announced a collaboration dedicated to supporting independent filmmakers from screenplay development through to distribution and…