It is our mission to bring new and exciting, genre redefining stories to a large diverse audience, whilst subverting expectations, surprising viewers, and honing a uniquely original voice.
After a decde of producing award winning short films we are now developing and producing long-form, we are uniquely poised to harness the next generation of cinematic talent.
Amongst our awards and nominations our films have been awarded a 2015 Royal Television Society award, a 2022 Annie award nomination and in the same year a BAFTA short animation award long-list.
Jack Pollington
Co-Founder & Producer.
Jack is a 2021 NFTS MA Producing for Film and Television Graduate.
He founded Fancy a Jam Pictures with Alex Forbes whilst studying at the University for the Creative Arts.
In the decade since, Fancy a Jam have produced over a dozen award-winning short films from a diverse range of talented filmmakers in association with several funding bodies including the Channel 4 Random Acts, Creative England’s iShorts, Screen South, Sky Arts, the BFI Network, the National Film and Television School, and the UK Arts Council.
His debut feature film as co-producer is Small Gods, a Uganda set project in collaboration with Sovereign Films Production.
Richard Priseman
Producer
Richard is a UK-based film producer with a growing slate of feature projects. His short films have played at BAFTA winning festivals including Flickers’ Rhode Island, Raindance, and BFI Flare.
After entering the industry in film accounting, Richard studied a Producing MA at the NFTS, graduating in 2022. Following a year at a small TV production company, he worked for the sales agent Bankside Films in acquisitions & development. In 2026 he joined Fancy A Jam.
Alex Forbes
Creative Director & Co-Founder
Alex grew up in Northampton, UK and started his creative journey by creating videos with his friends, only a few of which weren't terrible.
He studied Film Production at the University for the Creative Arts where he co-founded Fancy a Jam Pictures.
Alex wrote and directed I Dream of Zombies. The short starred Game of Thrones' Joseph Altin and was funded by Screen South Ignition Network for Channel 4's Random Acts platform. It premiered on Thursday 10th of November as part of the second series of the Random Acts TV Programme. It was subsequently featured on the comedy reaction show Gogglebox.
Alex has a screenplay -- Desperately Seeking Satan -- in development with Circus Studios.
Fancy a Jam Pictures is a member of Pact.