Be Part of the Legend – Funding our First Feature

Aim: We’re making our first feature film this year—no safety net, no studios. Just a community of indie filmmakers. But we need your help!

The best stories are the ones made by people who truly care. This is one of those stories. And we want you to help us tell it.

We're Making Our First Feature Film!

We want you to join us. 

In 2020, five of us from the Midlands— with all our own stories, quirks, and a bit of chaos — decided to do something crazy: make a film. No funding. No studios. Just a group of people who were passionate to do something, and maybe a bit stubborn about getting it done.

We made it happen. And we realised we might just be stronger together. 

We created Forgotten Birthday Films.

And here we are, a few years later, still making. We're a little bit older, a little wiser, and a much bigger group— It hasn’t always been easy — in fact, it’s mostly been hard. But every time we’ve finished a project, we’ve walked away with new lessons, new laughs, and, most importantly, a deeper sense of community. We’re not just a team — we’re a bunch of weird, wonderful humans who found something bigger than ourselves.

Now, we’re about to make our first feature film. And we want you to be part of it. No, really. We do.

"I AM KING VERNON"

A coming of age set in the heart of an abandoned Snowdonia. Funny, Dark, and wants nothing more than to be like one of the Western films Vernon's dad used to watch.

Why support us?

We're always honest, we don’t have deep pockets. We don’t have the biggest crew or the most polished gear. But what we do have is heart, and a whole lot of it. We’re a team of people who pour everything we have into what we make — and we’ve been doing it for years, just because we believe in this stuff. We believe in what we create.

And we want you to believe in it, too. By supporting us, you’re not just backing a project — you’re joining our little filmmaking family. You’re becoming part of something real, something that’s built on trust, passion, and the kind of friendship that gets things done, even when the odds are stacked against us.

We are Forgotten Birthday Films. A group of people who love making films, but even more than that, love the people we’re making them with. We don’t have the studio backing, but we’ve got each other. And that’s powerful.

Join us and be part of our biggest journey yet.

Your support will help us cover essential production costs; every penny counts towards making this film as incredible as we know it can be.

£5,000 will go a massive way, but upwards of £10,000 is the true goal.

Funding method

Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made by 1st August 2025 at 5:00pm