about
Little by Little Films is an Emmy®-winning independent production company and home for talent development. We’re dedicated to brilliant storytelling by and about under-represented voices, and founded by award-winning producer and director Lindsey Dryden. We make acclaimed films for platforms including Netflix, PBS, BFI, BBC, Channel 4 and Tate. We’ve won awards from the Emmy’s to the Webby’s, and at festivals from Sundance to Sheffield Doc/Fest.
With a particular focus on the perspectives of women, LGBTQ+ folks, and deaf and disabled people, we tell screen stories with artistry and originality, while nurturing world-class talent. We provide industry training, consulting and advisory that enriches representation and accessibility. And we offer commercial production services led by authentic teams of under-represented talent. First and foremost, we’re driven by extraordinary, illuminating storytelling, and we’re helping to make screen storytelling more equitable, one story at a time – little by little.
Our award-winning productions include:
From the Queer Futures collection, The Callers (2024, Frameline/Criterion Collection/The New Yorker), with Multitude Films
Emmy®-winning documentary series Trans In America (2018, SXSW/ACLU/Condé Nast them)
Sundance Special Jury Award-winning feature documentary Unrest (2017, Netflix/PBS)
Short doc Jackie Kay: One Person Two Names (2017, Tate Queer British Art)
Narrative short Little Ones (2013, nominated Best Producer, Underwire)
Feature documentary Lost and Sound (SXSW, 2012), nominated Best Female-Directed Film at Sheffield Doc/Fest
We’re proud to have executive produced award-winning films by brilliant LGBTQ+, disabled, BIPOC and women filmmakers including:
Guardian documentary short Dear Mamma (2024), directed/produced by Sky Neal and edited by Dara McLarnon
Guardian documentary short Little Warrior (2022), directed by Paul Sng, produced by Sarah Drummond, with executive producer Irvine Welsh
Channel 4 RandomActs short Whose Voice is it Anyway? (2022), directed by Kate Caryer and produced by Dominique Unsworth
Channel 4 RandomActs short (Un)fit to Work (2022), directed by Yasmin Godo and produced by Jamie McCallum
Short documentary Tegan (2022) for Netflix UK Documentary Talent Fund, directed by Ngaio Anyia and produced by Aodh Breathnach
Feature documentary Ahead of the Curve (2020, Frameline) directed by Jen Rainin and produced and co-directed by Rivkah Beth Medow
BIFA-nominated narrative short The Forgotten C (2020, The Uncertain Kingdom) written and produced by Jessi Gutch and written and directed by Molly Manning Walker
Our latest talent development programmes include:
In partnership with Channel 4 — ‘How to be Disabled in TV’ and ‘How to Hire, Include, and Progress Disabled Employees and Freelancers’
In partnership with BFI Network South West and Blak Wave — New Voices, annually since 2020
Our recent campaigns and consulting include:
Training teams of filmmakers at Archewell Productions, HTYT and Academy Award®-winners Violet Films and Grain Media
The FWD-Doc Toolkit for Inclusion & Accessibility: Changing the Narrative of Disability in Documentary Film, in association with Doc Society supported by Netflix
The FWD-Doc Engagement Pack, in association with the BFI Doc Society Fund
Little By Little Films is supported by the BFI’s Film Fund with a Vision Award.
