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A documentary about recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury - exploring the realities & diversity of a healing brain. Crowdfunder still open! ⏬ #TBI #braininjury
Wow... Fundraising is hard! We've recovered & are feeling pretty proud to have reached our basic target 🎯🙏🏻🧠💪🏻 We send huge thanks to all who've supported our #film so far!! Now on to the next phase, plotting & planning the filming schedule! #TBI #braininjury #documentary
Shared Brain Circuit Links Insomnia, Anxiety, and Depression A large brain imaging study of over 40,000 people has revealed overlapping and distinct neural abnormalities in insomnia, depression, and anxiety. All three disorders were linked to reduced cortical surface area,…
Join us at the 100th Anniversary Meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons, 12th-16th October 2026. Register your interest by scanning the QR code or visiting sbns.org.uk/event-calendar… #NeurologicalSurgeons #SBNS100
We took our notebooks to the beach to process all our learnings from #Raindance2025 but, fell asleep on the beach, certainly a good way to relax after 10 days of hard networking, watching the festival God, swimming in the sea is good 😁
The @Raindance #FilmFestival: fabulous & utterly relentless. But boy were we glad to get back to the People's Republic of #Brighton & #Hove on the w'end! #heatwave #beach Excellent new venue configuration this year meant a high concentration of creative abundance to connect with
We need action from govt, not words. Too many people affected by neurological conditions are still facing a reality where their needs are not met. Please sign our open letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and tell him: act now bit.ly/ActForThe1in6
Great time at @Raindance #FilmFestival last week & a½. Learning, watching, listening, talking. So fab to catch up with some fave people, & meet new ones. Made some wonderful international filmmaking friends, & brill connections. Big love to #Raindance2025 team, esp Bryce & Billy!

"A man tries to defeat AI...using AI. ' Producer Sini with US filmmaker, Daniel Freed. His film "I Hope This Helps" takes the piss out of AI. It's on tonight at 9pm, & Thursday 3pm, @vuecinemas Piccadilly, as part of the @Raindance #FilmFestival. So looking forward to seeing!

FTP HQ are at the 33rd @Raindance #FilmFestival, making friends & influencing people (hopefully!). Our Ben here with our new pal, Canadian director Nick Wernham. Looking forward to seeing his #film "The Lost Episode" tomorrow night! raindance.eventive.org/schedule/the-l… #horror #London #indie

It's been a while since we've tweeted. We're on the post production tip, never fear. Stops, stalls, and re-starts, & even a break for producer Sini. Everything takes longer than you expect. Welcome to #indie #film, folks. Ben's cooking us up a #Beltane fritata this Friday eve!

20/31 #BrainInjuryAwarenessMonth #BIAM Eager to start talking about #PostTraumaticHeadache #PTH @I_B_I_A #IBIA2025!! Looks like a full house! @ChantelDebert #DrSOrr #DrAHarris @meeryo @alexanol @daviddodick @neurodoctad @ahsheadache @UCLANeurology @uclachildneuro
A film we saw & loved at @Raindance 2024, Satu: Year of the Rabbit, has hit selected cinemas this week. Excellent news. We made friends with its editor, Nick Saunders during the fest. Brill & moving film; go see! #independent #film @BIFA_film @WeAreDN @MichaelRosser

Happy New Year! from FTP HQ - heading to the first @Raindance Boozin'n'Schmoozin of '25 on Monday, via a good nosh up in Chinatown. The event was most convivial and fruitful - was that the full moon at play? 🌕🍷 Looking fwd to connecting further with our new friends! #indiefilm

Alot of our film production has involved train platforms, so here we are on yet another one, wishing you all a Happy New Year. It's full steam ahead in the new year for post production! 🚂🎊 #indiefilm #documentary #producers #fixitinpost @Raindance

Glad that @axainsurance did not repatriate someone who was in a Coma from a TBI when patients are not safe to travel. I was in this situation 2010 and had great travel insurance who put me in the care of an excellent neurosurgeon who was 100% focused on safety and good outcomes
Outrageous idiocy from @axainsurance. What did the call centre numpty think was happening - an extended holiday perhaps??! #braininjury is irreversible, and if US medics say a patient can't be repatriated, that is a serious thing. theguardian.com/money/2024/nov…
We understand the grave importance of the Glasgow Coma Scale re repatriation safety. Our Co-Producer Ben was only safe for repatriation once stable on the GCS. With an icy refuelling stop in Iceland his medical team told him he bolted upright when the plane doors were opened.#TBI
Outrageous idiocy from @axainsurance. What did the call centre numpty think was happening - an extended holiday perhaps??! #braininjury is irreversible, and if US medics say a patient can't be repatriated, that is a serious thing. theguardian.com/money/2024/nov…
FTP HQ sharing some laughs with commercials & film editor Nick, this summer at #London's @Raindance #FilmFestival. Thrilled to report that he's now working with us on our #documentary edit. We're psyched; he's a cool dude. #braininjury #TBI #ABI #independent #film #brighton


This is something @MoJGovUK has an obligation to be aware of and legislate accordingly @ShabanaMahmood
5/ Here's a paper by the aforementioned Hope Kent & Prof Huw W from @UniofExeter for your (re)edification. #prisons justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprobation/w… @HouseofCommons @ShabanaMahmood @StanGilmour @Keir_Starmer @hmpps @UKParliament #documentary #indiefilm
Here's to Vicky and her recovery from her motorbike crash! Although men/boys are the predominant statistic in sustaining #braininjury from risk activities/behaviour, noone is immune from injury. Our #documentary highlights the prevalence in society of #ABI. #braininjuryawareness
"Know that you are worthwhile" Vicky Rothwell sustained catastrophic injuries in a motorbike crash. As a Day One volunteer, she is now making sure others like her are never alone during their recovery. Read Vicky's 'Dear me' letter to her past self: dayonetrauma.org/major-trauma-a…
The government's early release prison scheme to tackle prison overcrowding starts today. We know this is a worrying time for survivors and some will need to make new plans to guarantee their safety. Here's what you need to know 👇
5/ Here's a paper by the aforementioned Hope Kent & Prof Huw W from @UniofExeter for your (re)edification. #prisons justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprobation/w… @HouseofCommons @ShabanaMahmood @StanGilmour @Keir_Starmer @hmpps @UKParliament #documentary #indiefilm
As the UK Government sets to release prisoners due to overcrowding, we here at FTP-HQ can't help but wonder why the previous govt didn't implement the BISI screening tool when it was presented to them by Dr @PitmanIvan ... @UKParliament @Keir_Starmer @ShabanaMahmood @StanGilmour
4/ .how did the Tory govt blithely ignore the burgeoning and now acute situation? They put it in the 'too hard' basket. We know that what you ignore will persist. Build more prisons? NO. Implement programmes, like the BISI, to help free up 45-60% of prison space. @HouseofCommons
2/ Vulnerable #TBI survivors are being unnecessarily imprisoned due to a broken infrastructure - MPs were presented with the opportunity and data to make positive changes, and most definitely ease #prison #overcrowding. #documentary @Raindance @sheffdocfest @HouseofCommons