About Hidden Art Films

About Hidden Art Films.

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An independent production company working with emerging and established filmmakers across fiction and documentary, live action and animation.

The company

Hidden Art Films is an independent production company based in the North West UK, founded in 2014 by Adam Gregory Smith. We work with emerging and established writers and directors across fiction and documentary, in live action and animation, from shorts to features.

Film is made through collaboration. A story begins with someone seeing the world in a particular way, then grows through the ideas, skill and commitment of everyone who joins it.

We are interested in films that connect with an audience: through laughter, discomfort, recognition or something they cannot quite put into words. Our job is to help filmmakers find the practical route from the story they want to tell to the film they want to make.

Bold filmmakers.
Lasting partnerships.

That work takes time. It means developing ideas, asking difficult questions, bringing the right people together and staying with a project through the long days, late nights and changes of plan.

We want to build relationships that last beyond a single production—giving filmmakers room to develop their voices and make the next piece of work.

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Founder & producer

Adam Gregory Smith

Adam came to film from a background in marine biology, bringing a curiosity about people, their environments and the stories that shape them. He founded Hidden Art Films in 2014 to build a home for new voices and collaborative filmmaking.

His work spans fiction and documentary, live action and animation, including short films and feature development. He is particularly interested in the relationship between a filmmaker’s ambition and the practical decisions that allow a project to move forward: who needs to be involved, how the work can be made and where it might find its audience.

Adam’s industry development includes the Edinburgh International Film Festival Talent Lab, Reykjavik Talent Lab, four years with BFI NETWORK × BAFTA Crew, and Creative UK’s Creative Enterprise and Market Trader programmes.

Through Producer’s POV, he also works with emerging filmmakers on their projects, careers and production challenges—sharing experience, questioning assumptions and helping them identify a useful next step.

Mentoring with Producer’s POV ↗

The practical side of making films

Making a film means navigating creative decisions, practical constraints and plenty of uncertainty. Producer’s POV brings a producer’s perspective to that process, offering mentoring, project feedback and troubleshooting for new and emerging filmmakers.

Founded by Adam Gregory Smith and operated through Hidden Art Films Ltd, Producer’s POV draws on the experience of developing and producing films. It is a place to ask questions, test assumptions and work out the next practical step for your project or career.

Support is shaped around the filmmaker: a focused conversation about a specific problem, or a longer mentoring relationship as a project develops.

For writers, directors and producers, this can mean understanding how a pitch is assessed, preparing materials, considering a project’s practical demands or identifying the decisions that need attention first.

Alongside individual support, Producer’s POV shares resources and practical approaches to the work of producing. The aim is to help filmmakers make informed decisions and move forward with a clearer sense of what their project needs.

Looking for mentoring or feedback? Explore Producer’s POV. Looking for a production company to consider your film? Use the Hidden Art Films project pitch form.

Explore mentoring at Producer’s POV ↗

Mentoring

Individual conversations focused on your project, career and next decisions.

Project feedback

A producer’s perspective on your pitch, materials and the questions a project raises.

Troubleshooting

Practical discussion of the creative and production challenges holding you up.

Documentary in development

Adam is producing The Useful Time Machine, a feature documentary directed by Eno Enefiok. The project was selected among the final 15 for The Whickers Film & TV Funding Award 2026.

Eno on developing the film ↗

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Pitch a project

Tell us the story.
And why it’s yours.

We’re interested in distinctive characters, clear writing and directorial voices, and stories with a reason to exist. Introduce the idea, where you’re based and the partnership you’re seeking. We’ll ask for fuller information if we want to take the conversation further.

Review your pitch before sending it securely to Hidden Art Films.

Please answer every part of each required question. Where a question contains several parts, cover each one; “not yet decided” is a useful answer.

01 / Introduce yourself

Your name *

Email address *

Where are you based? *For example: Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom; or Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria. No street address needed. Your location helps us understand how we could work together and which regional funds or schemes might be relevant to a collaboration.

02 / Introduce the project

Project title *

Format, genre, intended runtime & current stage *Please answer all four parts: format, genre, intended runtime and current stage. If something is undecided, write “not yet decided”.

Logline *Maximum 500 characters.

Short synopsis *0 / 250 words

Your role & any key collaborators *

What are you looking for from Hidden Art Films? *

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Your pitch summary

Check your answers and remove any script links before sending. Review your answers, then send your application below.

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Quiet Carriage

Hidden Art Films.

Festivals we’ve screened at.

Our films

The Snip

Hope Is Lost

Quiet Carriage

Talk Radio

Blue

The Red Ball

Paparazza

Safe Space

The Backseat

The Insecurities of Dill

Meat Market

S*!T

Dole The Series

Stories finding their audience.

Hope Is Lost

Quiet Carriage

Talk Radio

The Snip

Bold filmmakers.Lasting partnerships.

Talk toHidden Art Films.

About Hidden Art Films.

The company

Bold filmmakers.Lasting partnerships.

Adam Gregory Smith

Mentoring

Project feedback

Troubleshooting

Documentary in development

Start witha conversation.

Send an enquiry

Have a film to pitch?

Screenings & press

Work with us

Find us on Instagram & YouTube.

North West UK.

Tell us the story.And why it’s yours.

Your pitch summary

Paparazza

Finalist selections

Festival selections & programme history

In the press.

Published features

Safe Space

Blue

The Useful Time Machine

S*!T

The Snip

The Snip

Hope Is Lost

Hope Is Lost

Hope Is Lost

Hope Is Lost

Quiet Carriage

Talk Radio

Talk Radio

Paparazza

The Insecurities of Dill

Meat Market

The Backseat

The Red Ball

Adam Gregory Smith / Hidden Art Films

Hope Is Lost

The Insecurities of Dill

The Insecurities of Dill

Dole: The Series

Blue

The Snip

Festival archive, film by film

Commissions, support & industry recognition

Press & screening enquiries

Stay closeto the stories.

Bold filmmakers.
Lasting partnerships.

Talk to
Hidden Art Films.

Bold filmmakers.
Lasting partnerships.

Start with
a conversation.

Tell us the story.
And why it’s yours.

Stay close
to the stories.