Our Service Portfolio
Stories that travel, made for hire.
UMA Pictures develops and produces bold, character-driven work in documentary, fiction, and children's film, with broadcast credits and a growing slate of international co-productions. Beyond our own slate, we bring that same craft to other producers, broadcasters, and filmmakers — from a single directing day to a full production, start to finish.
Structural and character-level notes for writers and producers preparing a script for funding or production, from someone who has written her way through a national script competition win and Swedish Film Institute support of her own.
Full script coverage & notes
Room for one-on-one story sessions
Funding-readiness assessment
Rewrite consulting through production draft
Directing and story workshops for film schools, festivals, and production companies, plus one-on-one mentorship for emerging filmmakers — an extension of Uta's ongoing work as a guest lecturer in film at Jönköping University.
Single-day or multi-session workshops
Genre & documentary directing focus
One-on-one mentorship packages
Guest lecture & panel appearances
Uta Arning directs and produces commissioned fiction, children's film, and TV work for other production companies and broadcasters — bringing the same character-first sensibility behind SVT titles like Mischmasch and the BUFF Malmö premiere A Doll Named Glick to someone else's project.
Attachment as director or producer
Development notes & casting input
Full production oversight
Children's film & family content