INDIE ACTS/CRIES FROM THE FRONT LINE

There are few greater challenges in the creative world than trying to make a feature film.

To paraphrase maestro Stanley Kubrick, "It is a bit like trying to stage a circus in a Volkswagen while racing down a motorway in a rainstorm at night ... if you are lucky."

Yet every day some bold new spirit sets out on the journey, risking life, limb, friendships, partners and any semblance of a bank balance to take that crazy ride.

Why do they do it? How do they do it?

In case you are tempted to take to the road, Britishfilm-magazine asked some recent travellers to share their experiences. How they dared to step up to the camera and lived to tell the tale.