Making Films Without Permission | Callum Smith on Restless Mind

This week I’m joined by local filmmaker Callum Smith for the first guest episode of The Chaplin Sessions.

Callum is the writer and director (& more) of the short film Restless Mind, and we talk about what it actually takes to turn an idea into a finished film without a huge budget, a production company or anyone giving you permission. Restless Mind touches upon mental health, isolation and getting through and was created the support from the men's mental health charity: Pegasus.

We get into filmmaking, creativity, self-doubt, learning as you go, working with the people and equipment available to you, and why some ideas refuse to leave you alone until you make them real.It’s an honest conversation between two people trying to build creative lives, make work they believe in and figure the rest out along the way.

Restless Mind is expected December 2026.

Check out the trailer here:

www.instagram.com/reels/Db6bLl-Itl0/

Find 7 Hope Studio:7hopestudio.co.uk

Instagram:@7_hope_studio

Pegasus charity link:https://pegasusmenswellbeing.co.uk/

Thanks for listening.

— Chaplin