Film FastTrack – Interview

Reece is a BAFTA nominated and RTS award winning producer and founder of production companies ‘Bombito productions’ & ‘Randan’. Reece was selected by Screen International as a Rising Star Scotland.
Reece has produced numerous award winning work, most recently he co-produced two features with the Netherlands – with support from Screen Scotland and the Netherlands Film Fund:
Midwinter Break – a drama based on the book by Bernard MacLaverty starring Lesley Manville and Ciarán Hinds – directed by Polly Findlay with Shoebox Films, Family Affair (NL), Film4, Protagonist and Focus Features. Where Dragons Live by Suzanne Raes – a documentary co-production with Docmakers & NTR (NL) – which premiered in competition at Sheffield Doc fest then IDFA in 2024 and was a Guardian pick as one of the best films of 2025 so far.
Reece works across a varied slate of feature projects that span dram and documentary. Reece is a proud alumnus of EAVE Producer’s Workshop, Rotterdam Lab, BFI Insight, ACE EU mentoring, TRC & Screen Scotland’s Film Fastrack and Torino Film Lab. Reece was recently appointed as the EAVE national coordinator for the UK.
Reece – as his slate attests, is passionate about working with and turning up the volume of queer talent, with a focus on intersectional LGBTQIA+ stories & voices. Reece’s commitment was recognized recently with a business achievement award from Film City Futures for Outstanding Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives, (highlighting efforts to promote diversity and inclusivity in on-screen, off-screen talent, storytelling and company processes).

The biggest thing was the funding – it’s so hard to survive as an independent producer. The stipend, the training, and learning from the other cohort members. Those were the three things.

A lot – especially around myself as a producer and how I’m perceived by the industry and colleagues. That’s huge. My soft skills, like negotiation, knowing how I want to operate as a producer, and knowing when to drop projects – that’s huge as well. All of those things have been massive for me.

Yeah, lots. The AI session was really illuminating – I didn’t know any of that. The leadership training was good. My sessions with John Letham were vital.

Yeah – the challenge was paying myself. I couldn’t afford to work in the industry. I was working in commercials, really long hours, just to pay rent and mortgage. It meant my projects suffered as a result. With the two years I’ve had, I’ve been able to relax and breathe a bit and not chase commercials constantly. I’ve been able to progress projects – which I wouldn’t have been able to do. I wouldn’t be as far along as I am now without the programme.

Yeah – I’d say just holding my own and feeling like I belong in the room. Before this, I often felt that people who were born into it – private school, certain backgrounds – had more right to be there than I did. But now I feel like I do have a right to be there. I’m proud to represent working class people and people from different backgrounds, not just the same 8% who are always in the room.

Yeah – I’ve been speaking to people I met in LA about potentially coming on board some projects. And people I met in London – I’m maybe trying to work with a couple of them. I’ve got LOIs for projects from some execs who work in distribution.

I’d say it was a mindset change. In the first year, I didn’t feel I should be there – I felt like I had the least experience, and everyone else was more professional, had better credits, or had things in production. Then I realised from the feedback – the 360 feedback – that they were impressed by me. That was a revelation. It ties into feeling comfortable in the room with people you perceive as “better” than you. That mindset shift is the biggest thing for me. I definitely would have felt like an imposter without the programme.