Highlights
Nadira Selected for the 2026 EAVE Producers Workshop
Nadira Murray is a 2026 participant in the EAVE Producers Workshop, one of Europe’s most prestigious training programmes for independent producers. Supported by the European Union and Film Fund...
Rising Stars Scotland 2024: Nadira Murray (producer)
Edinburgh-based film producer Nadira Murray, founder of Sylph Productions, is bringing the voices of first-generation immigrants and refugees to the big screen. Drawing on her own experiences as an...
BAFTA Scotland 2023 : Award Winning Feature Film
The BAFTA Scotland Awards 2023 celebrated the finest talents in Scotland's film, game, and television industries. The full list of winners, showcased on the BAFTA website, highlights the exceptional...
British Film Institute (BFI) & Chanel Filmmaker Awards
The BFI and Chanel Filmmaker Awards have granted £20,000 each to three female directors as part of their commitment to supporting women in the UK film industry. This initiative aligns with the...
BIFA Breakthough Producer, 2022
Hassan Nazer’s Iran-set Winners, in which three film lovers seek the owner of a very recognisable golden statuette, won this year’s Raindance Discovery Award, also scoring the Breakthrough Producer...
BIFA Raindance Discovery Award, 2022
Hassan Nazer’s Iran-set Winners, in which three film lovers seek the owner of a very recognisable golden statuette, won this year’s Raindance Discovery Award, also scoring the Breakthrough Producer...
Recent News
River Dreams, directed by Kristina Mikhailova received the Ecumenical Jury Award in the Berlinale Forum section. Learn more
River Dreams will premiere at the 76th Berlin International Film Festival, 2026.Selected for Berlinale Forum Special, the film is the debut documentary by Kristina Mikhailova. With this selection, Mikhailova becomes the second Kazakh woman director to appear in Berlinale’s official programmes, while River Dreams marks the first Kazakh documentary in the festival’s history. Produced by 24 FPS (Kazakh), Mira Films (Swiss) and co produced by Sylph Productions (UK). Learn more
INTRODUCING THE 2026 European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs PRODUCERS WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS. Learn more
The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford is a dark comedy exploring the thin line between history and fantasy. The debut feature by Seán Dunn will premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Learn more
May 2nd “A further nine features were co-productions with a UK spend of £13.6m (2% of the total UK spend), including Scotch Verdict [formerly Miss Pirie And Miss Woods], directed by Sophie Heldman, a UK/Germany/Switzerland co-production between Sylph Productions, Heimatfilm and Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion, staring Fiona Shaw, Flora Nicholson, Mia Tharia, and Clare Dunne.” Learn more
FLOTSAM feature documentary was accepted to pitch at the Vision du Reels: learn more
Sylph Productions has won the award for Excellence in Scripted Content – Film at the FOCUS Company Business Achievement Awards. Learn more
Nadira Murray is currently involved as an Associate Producer on Seán Dunn’s debut feature film, supported by the BBC, BFI, and Screen Scotland.
June 2 – 7 Nadira was selected to the EURODOC LAB International Lab for Creative Documentary Production, an intensive 1-week insight into the EURODOC program. Organised by Scottish Documentary Institute and Screen Scotland.
April 22 – 27 – Nadira was selected to attend “SCRIPT CIRCLE” – one-week intensive training for Producers led by Franz Rodenkirchen and Françoise von Roy (Solace23).