Candour Productions is a multi-award winning independent production company, based in a beautiful mill on the outskirts of Leeds.

Our passion is to make ‘films that make a difference’ and we specialise in telling stories with warmth, compassion and integrity.

Founded by friends and colleagues Anna Hall, Brian Woods and Jez Neumann, Candour is fulfilling Anna's dream to establish a hub for film-makers in the north and we have a team of journalists and producers who all live and work in the region.

In 2023 we won a BAFTA for Best Factual Series with Libby, are you home yet?; we were nominated for Best Small Indie at the Edinburgh TV Festival Awards 2023 and in 2024 we were on the Winners’ List for Broadcast Best Places to Work in TV.  We pride ourselves on our inclusivity and our filmmakers have won the TV Foundation ‘Debut Director’ Award; the Sheffield Doc Fest ‘Northern Doc’ Pitch and the RTS Yorkshire ‘One to Watch’ Award; as well as being on the Broadcast Hot Shots list 2023.

Candour recently received investment from the UK Global Screen Fund and are part of the Channel 4 Indie Growth Fund.

Candour is a BAFTA winning company and has been nominated for a further 6 BAFTAS;  we’ve also won Highly commended for Grierson Best Single Doc in 2020 and been nominated for a further 3 Griersons and Anna is the only woman to have been nominated in two consecutive years for the BAFTA CRAFT Award for Best Factual Director.

Candour's commitment to diversity:

Candour employs people from a wide-range of different backgrounds - and one of our particular passions is to help female directors stay in the industry - especially when they have kids! Over the last 28 Candour productions, only 2 have been directed by men!!  

Our commitment to diversity is best summed up by Augustine Tanner-Ihm: