Optika Film Studios

29/05/2026

Our second award win in this prestigious Festival De Indie our fist for best short film, this time we have won the coveted Golden Squirrel for Film Score, first time in composing for Spencer Shackleton Ma, be proud guys, thanks to and for their collaboration on this short film project. and Shytalk Productions

Spencer Shackleton won Golden Squirrel Award !!! Congratulations !!!

20/05/2026

Canera movement as important as capturing the story, aesthetically plesing and adding production value to the film being produced.

17/05/2026

Many thanks to the judging panel at Festival De Indie for updating us as we now progress from Finalist to Nominee for the Golden Squirrel Award at the Festival. Lucinda Herbert Spencer Shackleton Ma Shytalk Productions

16/05/2026

Thank you Festival De Indie , we've been bumped up to Finalist. congrats team. Lucinda Herbert Rich Telford. Spencer Shackleton Ma Shytalk Productions

15/05/2026

Update on the Festival De Indie we have now been selected for inclusion to the festival. with our short film Rose Glasses. well done team. Shytalk Productions Spencer Shackleton Ma

11/05/2026

Finding out after being selected for the festival, then being notified of being a finalist at the Festival De Indie more to come later on today.

05/05/2026

What a first year we are having, with even more success on the film festival circuit. This time at Cannes.
It's only taken 2 years, but finally We've got a nomination at Cannes Film Awards festival 2026.
The Screenplay - "A Series of Fortunate Events".
Out of thousands of submissions, the project has made it into the top 0.2% of projects, and we now have a chance to win one or more awards on June 27, 2026, directly in Cannes!
The award ceremony is live and will be presenting awards across film, screenwriting, music, and acting categories live in Cannes.
Here's hoping that doors start to open up for us.
Well done to Spencer Shackleton Ma and Shytalk Productions .
Ohh La La, et Sacre Bleu, Does anybody know how to speak French? Cannes Film Awards

04/05/2026

Last week we were commissioned once more to film an event at the Grand Hotel in Blackpool Lancashire on April 30th.
Maggie Oliver was giving an audience talking about her time as a Detective Constable with Greater Manchester Police, and was instrumental in whistle blowing on the cover up by the government and by GMP on the Pakistan Male Grooming gangs who were committing the most henious of sexual crimes against vulnerable children, ra**ng them multiple times, often whilst under the influence of drink and or drugs adminstered to them by there attcjkers and peadophilic abusers, often gang r***d by up to 20 Pakistan men at a time, before being threatened with threats of death or physical violence if they ever spoke out about what they were doing to these vulnerable young girls, caution as some of the film goes into strong detail of some of the abuse these girls endured by there abusers. Please give generously to the Maggie Oliver Foundation, so they can continue there great work with the onscreen QR codes in the film. Thanks to our camera and sound man Spencer Shackleton Ma and Shytalk Productions and to Reform UK and Butcher4South for promoting and organising this event.

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Maggie Oliver Live at the Grand Hotel Blackpool 30th April 2026

24/04/2026

Well done to the four finalists in both Pro and Non-Pro categories. We'll see you in Harrogate in August.

In no particular order ...Your 48 hour film competition Finalists are:
We are looking forward to seeing some of you on Aug 15th 2026
in Harrogate