CUT/PRINT

​Looking for your next screen project? A producer to adapt your novel? Your next creative collaborator?

​Then CUT/PRINT is the event you won’t want to miss.

​Hosted by BAFTA and Royal Television Society-nominated production company The Fold and Arts Council England National Portfolio publisher Dead Ink, CUT/PRINT brings together the worlds of books and screen for an evening of ideas, introductions and new possibilities.

​Expect authors, writers, directors, producers, agents, publishers and other creative minds from across the city and beyond — all in one room.

​Come to meet the people who could take your story somewhere new. Light refreshments and networking drinks on us.

​Authors meet producers.
Writers meet publishers.
Directors meet writers.
Ideas meet opportunity.

​Please note this is not an entry level or crew networking event. It is designed to foster connections between above the line creative talent with existing industry experience. You will be required to register your interest for the event and complete a short questionnaire on your industry experience to date. The event organisers will then notify you by Friday 6th November if your expression of interest has been successful.

​Made possible with the support of Liverpool City Council and Liverpool Business Improvement District.

​Come for the stories. Stay for the connections.

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​About The Fold:

​The Fold is a TV and Film production company from BAFTA and RTS nominated, BIFA winning, UK-based Producers Michelle Stein and Jennifer Monks who have a combined 30+years in the industry. The company produces high quality authored work from unique creative voices, serving the UK and global market from their North West of England base.

​The team enjoy enduring relationships with the creatives they work with across multiple projects and formats, including talents such as Moin Hussain, whose first feature premiered at Venice in 2023, BAFTA and BIFA nominated director Ted Evans, alongside supporting other established visionaries and exciting new voices. Current film projects include Theo James Krekis’ debut feature in development with New Line Cinema, Hussain’s and Evans’ second and third features,  Sean Dunn’s debut The Fall Of Sir Douglas Weatherford backed by BBC, BFI, Screen Scotland, Mubi and Charades, the fifth feature from BAFTA and BIFA nominated Filmmaker Babak Jalali’s, Locarno prizewinner Zhannat Alshanova’s second feature, IFTA winner Portia Buckley’s debut feature, Sundance Grand Jury Nominee Mike Forshaw’s debut and TV projects from writers Andy Yerlett and George Kellock.

​The Fold is a dynamic and nimble outfit which also acts as Co-Producers and Service Company for both UK and international productions shooting across the English regions and beyond.

​About Dead Ink:

​Dead Ink is an independent publishing house based in Liverpool which recently celebrated ten years of operation. We like bold, ambitious and unconventional fiction; championing new and emerging writers alongside overlooked and unappreciated cult texts, and we’re particularly interested in writing that pushes at the boundaries of genre and form. Dead Ink’s books and authors have won and been shortlisted or longlisted for major literary prizes, including the Republic of Consciousness Prize, the Nero Book Awards, the Women’s Prize for Fiction, the RSL Ondaatje Prize, the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Edge Hill Short Story Prize. Dead Ink is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation. As a trusted curator of original storytelling and a commercially sharp creative house, Dead Ink invites you to step outside of the mainstream and into something a little more interesting.

​About Liverpool Film Office:

​Liverpool Film Office is the UK's longest-established film office and the driving force behind Liverpool City Region's thriving screen sector. Acting as a one stop shop for film & TV productions, the team supports location scouting, filming permissions, crew and supplier connections, logistics and production support across all six boroughs of the city region.

​Since 2019, more than 1,600 productions have filmed in the region, generating £150 million of economic impact and supporting 5,408 full-time equivalent jobs. The region is also the UK's most filmed area outside London, attracting major productions including Batman, House of Guinness, Time, The Responder and This City Is Ours.

​A Liverpool City Council team, supported by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Liverpool Film Office continues to drive sector growth through strategic investment, skills development and industry partnerships, helping position the region as a major national and international production destination.

​About Liverpool BID:

​Liverpool Business Improvement District is a private, not-for-profit organisation, representing the interests of 800+ levy paying businesses in Liverpool city centre, across three BIDs (Business Improvement Districts) - Retail & Leisure BID and Culture & Commerce BID and the Accommodation BID.

​Liverpool became the first city to have an operating Accommodation BID after a successful ballot from the city’s hotels and serviced accommodation providers. Managed by Liverpool BID and overseen by a board of industry representatives and an Executive Board, the Accommodation BID works to provide a voice for the sector, to invest in destination marketing, improvements to the public realm and security that helps to drive forward the city’s tourism economy.