Little Scraps of Filmmaking | Tomas Leach | Substack

Gifts from an Aunt and a younger me

Reframing ambition and surrounding yourself with art

Jan 15 • Tomas Leach

Rules, Principles, Whimsy

An accumulation of thoughts that power a film.

Jan 6 • Tomas Leach

A scrap-endium.

Eight posts from the past year that are the heart of Little Scraps

Dec 29, 2025 • Tomas Leach

Christmas complications

Highlights from a year of change

Dec 23, 2025 • Tomas Leach

Legacies and advent calendars.

Process, elves and what survives us.

Dec 16, 2025 • Tomas Leach

Top posts

We are all going to the cinema, right?

Sep 23, 2025 • Tomas Leach

Refresh. Refresh. Pretend to not care.

Oct 15, 2025 • Tomas Leach

What Do You Call Yourself?

Oct 7, 2025 • Tomas Leach

Ease Down the Road

Jun 24, 2025 • Tomas Leach

Into the un-knowing.

Nov 28, 2025 • Tomas Leach

Interviews

A conversation with Elaine McMillion Sheldon. PART TWO.

A website for your film, collaboration, and trust

Aug 13, 2025 • Tomas Leach

How Much Do You Say, and How Much Do You Leave Out?

A conversation with James Sturm about adapting his book Off Season

Jul 22, 2025 • Tomas Leach

What do you do after Black Mirror?

Chris Barrett on gut instinct and balancing ambition with family

Jun 3, 2025 • Tomas Leach

Champions need champions

On having the right kind of filmmaking supporter

Apr 17, 2025 • Tomas Leach

Little Scraps of Filmmaking

Little Scraps of Filmmaking

All the little scraps of ideas and thoughts that go into making films and being a human being at the same time.

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