Mark Forbes
@scotsfilmmaker.bsky.social
Scottish filmmaker.
Filming 4th Feature 2026
Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?
Memories of Mortlake
Tristan V Christan
Mother & Wild
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4361982/
Filming 4th Feature 2026
Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?
Memories of Mortlake
Tristan V Christan
Mother & Wild
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4361982/
Pinned
Mark Forbes
@scotsfilmmaker.bsky.social
· Oct 27
𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲? BFI/Doc Society/BIFA Do not support working-class voices. You have weakened us. I've been trying to make it a more inclusive industry. You have sadly missed that.
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My next screening of my award-winning feature documentary,𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝘁: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆? is screening at The Garden Cinema on 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝟲𝗽𝗺, 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝘄𝗼 with a 𝗤&𝗔.
www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/quiet-o...
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My next screening of my award-winning feature documentary,𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝘁: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆? is screening at The Garden Cinema on 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝟲𝗽𝗺, 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝘄𝗼 with a 𝗤&𝗔.
www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/quiet-o...
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Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry? + Q&A / The Garden Cinema
The UK film industry has historically and systemically failed to represent people from working-class backgrounds. This is the focus of Scottish filmmaker Mark Forbes’ new documentary Quiet On Set: The...
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January 29, 2026 at 10:15 PM
My next screening of my award-winning feature documentary,𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝘁: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆? is screening at The Garden Cinema on 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝟲𝗽𝗺, 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝘄𝗼 with a 𝗤&𝗔.
www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/quiet-o...
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My next screening of my award-winning feature documentary,𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝘁: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆? is screening at The Garden Cinema on 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝟲𝗽𝗺, 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝘄𝗼 with a 𝗤&𝗔.
www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/quiet-o...
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My next London film screening of Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry? will be on Monday 9th February 2026 at 6pm at Screen Two at the The Garden Cinema. I had a sold out screening with the London Breeze Film Festival last October!
www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/quiet-o...
www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/quiet-o...
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January 12, 2026 at 8:23 AM
My next London film screening of Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry? will be on Monday 9th February 2026 at 6pm at Screen Two at the The Garden Cinema. I had a sold out screening with the London Breeze Film Festival last October!
www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/quiet-o...
www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/quiet-o...
The class glass ceiling in the film industry has just been exposed www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
The class glass ceiling in the film industry has just been exposed
Maxine Peake and Paul Laverty feature in Mark Forbes’ new documentary Quiet On Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?
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December 17, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The class glass ceiling in the film industry has just been exposed www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Thank you to Abla Kandalaft for doing my last interview with The Canary for 2025 for my third documentary feature about classism inside the UK film and TV, the biggest discrimination and nobody likes to talk about it. Please the interview below.
𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬
www.thecanary.co/.../17/quiet...
𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬
www.thecanary.co/.../17/quiet...
www.thecanary.co
December 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Thank you to Abla Kandalaft for doing my last interview with The Canary for 2025 for my third documentary feature about classism inside the UK film and TV, the biggest discrimination and nobody likes to talk about it. Please the interview below.
𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬
www.thecanary.co/.../17/quiet...
𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬
www.thecanary.co/.../17/quiet...
A fantastic supportive article penned by the wonderful journalist Nan Spowart from The National Newspaper for my special screening of Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry? this week in Glasgow with GMAC on Thursday 4th December 2025.
Tickets are available here: lnkd.in/ex-7bDPa
Tickets are available here: lnkd.in/ex-7bDPa
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November 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
A fantastic supportive article penned by the wonderful journalist Nan Spowart from The National Newspaper for my special screening of Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry? this week in Glasgow with GMAC on Thursday 4th December 2025.
Tickets are available here: lnkd.in/ex-7bDPa
Tickets are available here: lnkd.in/ex-7bDPa
Well, it looks like the city of Glasgow is showing me the love and support once again. Thank you to GMAC for believing in me. GMAC Film, Trongate 103, Glasgow
Thursday 4th December | Doors at 6.30pm, Screening at 7pm
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Thursday 4th December | Doors at 6.30pm, Screening at 7pm
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November 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Well, it looks like the city of Glasgow is showing me the love and support once again. Thank you to GMAC for believing in me. GMAC Film, Trongate 103, Glasgow
Thursday 4th December | Doors at 6.30pm, Screening at 7pm
@glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
@glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social
Thursday 4th December | Doors at 6.30pm, Screening at 7pm
@glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
@glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social
𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲? BFI/Doc Society/BIFA Do not support working-class voices. You have weakened us. I've been trying to make it a more inclusive industry. You have sadly missed that.
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@bifa-film.bsky.social
@filmlondon.bsky.social
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October 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲? BFI/Doc Society/BIFA Do not support working-class voices. You have weakened us. I've been trying to make it a more inclusive industry. You have sadly missed that.
@networkfhsw.bsky.social
@bifa-film.bsky.social
@filmlondon.bsky.social
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Here are some photos from my fourth film festival screening .of my documentary feature, Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry? at the London Breeze Film Festival on Thursday 23rd October 2025.
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October 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Here are some photos from my fourth film festival screening .of my documentary feature, Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry? at the London Breeze Film Festival on Thursday 23rd October 2025.
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Screening Thursday 23rd October 2025 at the Garden Cinema.
October 17, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Screening Thursday 23rd October 2025 at the Garden Cinema.
Next Film screening in London in 10 days time.
October 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Next Film screening in London in 10 days time.
Thank you so much to the London Breeze Film Festival for my fourth film festival selection and the film. I have also qualified for the British Independent Film Awards @bifa_film
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The Garden Cinema, Screen Three, 39-41 Parker St, London WC2B 5PQ
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The Garden Cinema, Screen Three, 39-41 Parker St, London WC2B 5PQ
September 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Thank you so much to the London Breeze Film Festival for my fourth film festival selection and the film. I have also qualified for the British Independent Film Awards @bifa_film
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The Garden Cinema, Screen Three, 39-41 Parker St, London WC2B 5PQ
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The Garden Cinema, Screen Three, 39-41 Parker St, London WC2B 5PQ
I am looking forward to my third film festival screening at the Bournemouth International Film Festival in early October for my documentary feature about the biggest discrimination inside the UK film industry.
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August 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I am looking forward to my third film festival screening at the Bournemouth International Film Festival in early October for my documentary feature about the biggest discrimination inside the UK film industry.
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My second feature documentary Tristan v Christann at the 30th Portobello Film Festival this Sunday 31st August at the Muse Gallery, 269 Portobello Road, London, W11 1LR www.portobellofilmfestival.com/2025/aug31mu...
I think the screening time is around 9pm, but best to arrive there for 8.30pm.
I think the screening time is around 9pm, but best to arrive there for 8.30pm.
August 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
My second feature documentary Tristan v Christann at the 30th Portobello Film Festival this Sunday 31st August at the Muse Gallery, 269 Portobello Road, London, W11 1LR www.portobellofilmfestival.com/2025/aug31mu...
I think the screening time is around 9pm, but best to arrive there for 8.30pm.
I think the screening time is around 9pm, but best to arrive there for 8.30pm.
I hope people at the West Lothian Film Festival enjoyed watching my documentary feature film about the classism inside our film industry! Its a conversation which needs to keep going!
July 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I hope people at the West Lothian Film Festival enjoyed watching my documentary feature film about the classism inside our film industry! Its a conversation which needs to keep going!
My documentary feature film is screening this Sunday.
Thank you so much to the Galway Film Fleadh for opening the first and second doors.
Tickets are available here: lnkd.in/e_8FBdNC
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Thank you so much to the Galway Film Fleadh for opening the first and second doors.
Tickets are available here: lnkd.in/e_8FBdNC
@galwayfilm.bsky.social
#galwayfilm
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@screenireland.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 9:25 AM
My documentary feature film is screening this Sunday.
Thank you so much to the Galway Film Fleadh for opening the first and second doors.
Tickets are available here: lnkd.in/e_8FBdNC
@galwayfilm.bsky.social
#galwayfilm
@irishfilminstitute.bsky.social
@screenireland.bsky.social
Thank you so much to the Galway Film Fleadh for opening the first and second doors.
Tickets are available here: lnkd.in/e_8FBdNC
@galwayfilm.bsky.social
#galwayfilm
@irishfilminstitute.bsky.social
@screenireland.bsky.social
Very proud to say that my documentary feature has been selected for its third film festival, the Bournemouth International Film Festival and has been officially selected for the Documentary Feature Strand. Thank you so much for your support.
July 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Very proud to say that my documentary feature has been selected for its third film festival, the Bournemouth International Film Festival and has been officially selected for the Documentary Feature Strand. Thank you so much for your support.
I am looking forward to meeting my Irish friends from 11th July to the 14th July and the world premiere of my documentary feature film is screening at the Pálás cinema Screen two on the Sunday 13th July at 3.15pm at the Galway Film Fleadh.
Galway Film Fleadh
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Galway Film Fleadh
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July 5, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I am looking forward to meeting my Irish friends from 11th July to the 14th July and the world premiere of my documentary feature film is screening at the Pálás cinema Screen two on the Sunday 13th July at 3.15pm at the Galway Film Fleadh.
Galway Film Fleadh
#FilmFleadh
Galway Film Fleadh
#FilmFleadh
I am very sad the great actor Micheal Madsen has died. We met at a film screening at the Raindance Film Festival in London in 2014. First impressions were we got on very well. Micheal was genuine. We hung out for a few drinks and talked about Scotland and his ex-wife. I will miss you, Michael
July 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I am very sad the great actor Micheal Madsen has died. We met at a film screening at the Raindance Film Festival in London in 2014. First impressions were we got on very well. Micheal was genuine. We hung out for a few drinks and talked about Scotland and his ex-wife. I will miss you, Michael
See you all soon at the Galway Film Fleadh for the world premiere of my documentary feature, Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry? which is screening on 13th July at 3.15pm at the Palas cinema, Screen Two.
@galwayfilm
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Meet the filmmakers! Director Mark Forbes | QUIET ON SET: THE CLASS DIVISION IN THE FILM INDUSTRY?
YouTube video by Galway Film Fleadh
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July 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
See you all soon at the Galway Film Fleadh for the world premiere of my documentary feature, Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry? which is screening on 13th July at 3.15pm at the Palas cinema, Screen Two.
@galwayfilm
m.youtube.com/watch?v=QSCG...
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If anyone would like to see my documentary feature at the Galway Film Fleadh which is being screened on Sunday 13th July 3.15pm at the Pálás Cinema Screen 2. Address: 15 Merchants Rd Lower, Galway, H91 F6DF.
www.galwayfilmfleadh.com/project/quie...
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QUIET ON SET: THE CLASS DIVISION IN THE FILM INDUSTRY? - Galway Film Fleadh
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June 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
If anyone would like to see my documentary feature at the Galway Film Fleadh which is being screened on Sunday 13th July 3.15pm at the Pálás Cinema Screen 2. Address: 15 Merchants Rd Lower, Galway, H91 F6DF.
www.galwayfilmfleadh.com/project/quie...
@galwayfilm.bsky.social
@uniofgalway.bsky.social
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The Galway Film Fleadh released their 37th edition of their festival for 2025 and on page 88 is the world premiere of my film which is screening on 13th July. Thank you so much Galway Film Fleadh team for supporting my work
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June 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The Galway Film Fleadh released their 37th edition of their festival for 2025 and on page 88 is the world premiere of my film which is screening on 13th July. Thank you so much Galway Film Fleadh team for supporting my work
@galwayfilm.bsky.social
@galwayfilm.bsky.social
Amazing news! Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry? was just selected by West Lothian Film Festival via FilmFreeway.com!
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June 24, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Amazing news! Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry? was just selected by West Lothian Film Festival via FilmFreeway.com!
Being selected in the Galway Film Fleadh for my world premiere of my documentary feature film about classim inside the UK film and TV industry is one of my proudest moments in my filmmaking career.
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June 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Being selected in the Galway Film Fleadh for my world premiere of my documentary feature film about classim inside the UK film and TV industry is one of my proudest moments in my filmmaking career.
#galway
#working-class
#scotland
#galway
#working-class
#scotland
I really want to attend my first ever Galway Film Fleadh festival for my world premiere screening of my third feature film documentary, Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry? I will greatly appreciate anyone's generosity.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/marks-galw...
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Mark's Galway Film Fleadh 2025 Trip!
To raise funds for travel and accommodation at this year's Galway Film Fleadh film festival in Galway.
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June 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I really want to attend my first ever Galway Film Fleadh festival for my world premiere screening of my third feature film documentary, Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry? I will greatly appreciate anyone's generosity.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/marks-galw...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/marks-galw...