Barry Ryan, a producer at Warp Films, gave a seminar at the ASFF 2013. He discussed Warp Films' productions over the past 10 years, including shows for Channel 4 and films such as This Is England and Dead Man's Walking. Ryan also provided advice on how to become a successful short film producer, though some found his hour and a half talk to be a little long and monotonous, despite the useful content.

1. Barry Ryan
Producer of Warp Films
Seminar during the ASFF 2013

2. Summary
• Barry gave an hour and a half long seminar in
York’s Theatre Royal. He talked about Warp Films,
what they’re doing, what they’ve done, and he
also talked about how to become a short film
producing success.
• The talk was quite long and
sometimes a little monotonous, but there was a lot
of great content.

3. Warp Films Background
• They have produced
content Channel 4,
created This Is England
(with Shane Meadows),
and then went on to
make Dead Man’s
Walking. On the left is
an infograph displaying
what they’ve managed
in the last 10 years.