Be Inspired Films

12/04/2025

Today is International Day for Street Children.

About 10 years ago, the team at Be Inspired Films had the privilege of working with the Railway Children charity to make a film in India highlighting the incredible work they do to protect and support young people living on the streets.

Many children who run away or are trafficked end up at railway stations, alone, vulnerable and afraid.

Railway Children are there, meeting them where they are, offering safety and support.

We were proud to play a small part in helping to tell their story.

06/04/2025

Is your business built to serve, or just to sell?

The future belongs to businesses that build real relationships.

The latest episode of Storytelling for Social Impact is live, and it’s packed with insights.

Our host Ravinol Chambers sat down with Vinay Parmar a globally recognised thought leader and speaker on customer experience, to explore what it really takes to create lasting connections with your customers, your community, and your team.

Here’s what they covered:

💡 How AI is changing the way we build relationships

🤝 Why consistency is underrated and essential for trust

🗣️ The power of proactive communication and genuine care

🌍 How shifting communities are reshaping the way we connect

💬 Why your customer stories are more powerful than you think

❤️ And a personal story from Vinay that beautifully ties it all together

Vinay brought so much warmth and wisdom to this conversation, along with practical takeaways you can use straight away.

Have a listen and let us know what resonates with you.

Link in the comments

04/04/2025

Get curious about your story and the story of your business.

Start looking for the breadcrumb trails and see what clues emerge.

Start to put the jigsaw pieces together and see the picture start to take shape.

Start talking about the story out loud it will start to make more sense bit by bit.

Something magical happens in the interplay between your brain, your mouth and your heart and another person or persons who are receiving what you’re saying that gives new shape and clarity to what you’re saying.

04/04/2025

“The future of better business isn’t out there somewhere. It’s inside each and every one of us.”

It was an honour for our founder Ravinol Chambers to close the B Inspired: The Journey to Better Business with B Corp event this week.

We came together not just to learn about certifications or frameworks, but to explore something deeper.

How we can build businesses that align with our values?

How we can take meaningful steps, no matter how small, towards creating a positive impact in the world?

He shared his own story of ‘Stockbroker to Monk to Moviemaker’ trying to balance profit and purpose, business and impact.

For years they felt like opposing forces.

But events like this remind us all, that they belong together.

Better business isn’t about being perfect. It’s about getting curious.

Following the clues.

Starting where you are, and taking small, natural steps forward.

And perhaps most importantly, it’s about the power of story.

Our stories connect us.

They move us.

And they shape the future we want to create.

If you were there, I’d love to know ‘what’s the one thing you’re going to act on this week?’

Let’s make our stories count.

30/03/2025

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” — Anaïs Nin

If you are feeling the creative flow of spring and have a video project you would like to bring to life, get in touch for a chat.

Spring always sneaks up on me.

One day it’s grey skies and cold mornings.

The next, daffodils are bursting up everywhere.

Birdsong replaces the grey hum.

And the beautiful light returns.

Even here in the UK where we’re never quite sure if it’s spring or just a slightly warmer version of winter, I feel the shift.

Ever more so as I get older.

A quiet sense of hope.

A feeling that something new is possible, even about to come.

The world’s felt heavy lately.

Unpredictable.

Divided.

Exhausting at times.

But spring reminds me that:

Light follows dark.

Growth follows stillness.

And change, however slow, is always coming.

So here’s to longer days, fresh energy, and stories waiting to be told.

If you’ve been holding something back, an idea, a project, a conversation, maybe this is your moment to let it bloom.

28/03/2025

Big Night Tonight!

“Educating girls changes futures, but unless boys and men change too, the cycle continues.”

Tonight in Belfast, we’re screening A Girl Can Touch The Sky, our award-winning documentary on gender equality and education in India, as part of the Imagine! Belfast Festival of Ideas & Politics.

This film isn’t just about girls fighting for their right to learn.

It’s about the bigger picture, the families, the communities, the boys and men who must be part of the shift if real change is going to happen.

It’s been described as heartbreaking yet hopeful.

And if you’re in Belfast, I’d love for you to come and be part of the conversation.

All the details are in the link in bio

28/03/2025

“Educating girls changes futures — but unless boys and men change too, the cycle continues.”

Tonight in Belfast, we’re screening A Girl Can Touch The Sky — our award-winning documentary on gender equality and education in India — as part of the Imagine! Belfast Festival of Ideas & Politics.

This film isn’t just about girls fighting for their right to learn. It’s about the bigger picture — the families, the communities, the boys and men who must be part of the shift if real change is going to happen.

It’s been described as heartbreaking yet hopeful. And if you’re in Belfast, I’d love for you to come and be part of the conversation.

All the details are on the link below

Director Ravinol Chambers’ inspiring journey exploring gender equality, education and the voices driving change in India.

26/03/2025

We made this film 10 years ago about a beautiful temple in London called Bhaktivedanta Manor.

It was gifted by George Harrison of the Beatles to the Hare Krishna devotees.

It’s called Sanctuary For The Soul.

I think many of you will appreciate what they have developed there in light of your own spiritual path (whatever shape or form that takes).

If anyone is interested (London people in particular), its a great day out to enjoy the beautiful grounds and visit the temple, feed the cows, see their vegetable growing projects and maybe even go down the slides in the playground after having some delicious vegetarian food 😄

I hope you like it - https://vimeo.com/117579822

Produced and directed by Be Inspired Films

DOP: The wonderful Maddison

This is "Bhaktivedanta Manor - Sanctuary for the Soul" by Be Inspired Films on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

25/03/2025

“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence. It is to act with yesterday’s logic.”
– Peter Drucker

In January, I began a journey.

Not a course.
Not a retreat.
A true deep dive.

Into consciousness.
Into leadership.
Into myself.

Alongside 40 incredible humans from around the world, we’re training in conscious leadership for the next three to five years.

Four immersive modules a year.
Six weeks a year.
All held in the beauty and stillness of Mallorca.

This is not about better productivity or performance hacks.

It’s about rewiring the very foundation of how we lead.

Letting go of ego structures.
Examining beliefs.
Meeting the parts of ourselves that hold us back.
And opening to a deeper presence, so we can lead with clarity, courage, and compassion.

We’ve just completed our second module and the transformation already feels profound.

I’m deeply grateful for this path.
It’s hard.
It’s honest.
And it feels essential.

Because the world doesn’t just need more leaders.
It needs more conscious ones.

13/03/2025

“Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.” - Albert Einstein

Academic success is important.

But is it enough?

In today’s world, young people need more than just knowledge.

They need commercial awareness and the skills to navigate the workplace.

The confidence to think critically, collaborate, and solve real-world problems.

We loved working with Commercial Education Trust to create this powerful video.

Their mission is to ensure young people are not just exam-ready, but work-ready.

🎥 Watch the video to see why commercial education matters more than ever.

Let’s prepare the next generation for success—inside and outside the classroom.

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08/03/2025

Watch 'A Girl Can Touch The Sky' film FREE this whole weekend.

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2025, we are making our multi-award-winning documentary film available to watch free of charge this whole weekend (until 7 am Monday 10th March).

Please enjoy.

“The voices of girls and young women in this movie remind us of the urge and urgency for equality and education right now. It also beautifully highlights working with men and boys as an important step towards change”

Malala Yousafzai, Activist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

“The voices of girls and young women in this movie remind us of the urge and urgency for equality and education right now. It also beautifully highlights working with men and boys as an important step towards change” Malala Yousafzai, Activist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

05/03/2025

That was embarrassing 😳

I had a very kind invite tonight to the Film Stories podcast live by Simon Brew of Den of Geek fame.

Film stories magazine in hand I was standing near the entrance when four people came in together and came straight toward me.

The lead person came straight up to me and said ‘hi, how are you?’ as if they knew me and hadn’t seen me in a while.

I thought ‘oh no they must know me and I have no idea who they are.’ My memory is not great, I was frantically trying to figure out who they were and where we met.

I proceeded to shake hands with his whole group and then the lead person said ‘thanks so much for the invite’.

I immediately realised they had mistaken me for someone else, probably Simon.

I awkwardly tried to explain and we all giggled slightly embarrassedly and went our own ways.

I’m in the show now. It’s really good.

Simon is a mega film nerd and knows everything about film. He’s also very funny and is building a community of film loving folks in Birmingham.

Check out the amazing work he does at

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