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News release 28/04/08
Catch Jetsam at Margate Rocks
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| Photo: Simon Wellsford |
Simon Wellsford’s debut feature Jetsam, which recently won ‘Best No Budget Feature’ at the London Independent Film Festival, will be screening at the forthcoming Margate Rocks Arts Festival on Saturday 10th May. The acclaimed thriller was shot entirely on location in and around Margate and has wowed audiences at numerous festivals since its completion last year. Simon Wellsford will take part in a Q&A following the screening. Click here for more
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FUTURE OF FILM ARCHIVES SECURED
As the curtain opened on the Times BFI 51st London Film Festival, Culture Secretary James Purnell announced that the UK Film Council (UKFC) had been awarded £25 million to safeguard the future of the UK’s national and regional film archives. This £25 million fund is in addition to £3 million from the UK Film Council for the UK Digital Film Archive Fund. It will enable the UK Film Council to implement its screen heritage strategy to preserve the visual memory of the UK and ensure access for all. Read all about it here
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Greg Dyke announced as Chair of the BFI
The BFI has enthusiastically welcomed the announcement on 15th March that Greg Dyke is to become its new Chair. Greg Dyke replaces the renowned director, Anthony Minghella, who during his time as Chair introduced a strong new direction that re-energised the BFI, making it more audience facing, spotlighting the importance of the archive and opening BFI Southbank as a ‘rehearsal room’ for the National Film Centre. Speaking about his appointment, Greg Dyke said: “This is an exciting moment to be joining the BFI. My predecessor Anthony Minghella has done a brilliant job in refocusing the BFI in a new direction and my job is to take the BFI’s ambitious strategy to the next level in both the virtual and physical worlds, so that we have a Centre that puts film right at the heart of cultural Britain and makes it the envy of the world.” Read more
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2008 LIGHTNING DOCUMENTARY CHALLENGE
Final Cut has joined forces with the Brighton Festival Fringe to bring UK filmmakers the 2008 Lightning Documentary Challenge. To take part, you need to create a team of 2-4 people who will make a mini-doc of max 2 minute duration about a fringe act allocated to your team at a pre-comp briefing session in Brighton on May 10th. Teams then go out and make a film about their act for delivery to us at the Fringe offices 24 hours later. All completed films will be shown at a special screening event on Sunday, May 11th and our Judging Panel will award prizes. There will also be an audience prize voted for on the night. To enter the competition, visit our website at www.finalcut.gb.com and navigate to the online entry form using the ‘This Month’ menu option. Deadline for entries is 5pm Thursday, May 1st.
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GUIDING LIGHTS – Be Mentored By The Best!
Are you an up-and-coming filmmaker with at least two years’ experience in your field? Have you got the talent and passion to succeed but need high-level contacts to get ahead in the industry? Would you benefit from the support of an established film industry pro? If so, Guiding Lights is for you. Successful applicants will benefit from 12 months of one-to-one mentor support from the best in the business. Guiding Lights mentors include Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Ultimatum), Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland), Nira Park (Shaun of the Dead), Mark Herbert (This is England), David Yates (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Julia Short (Verve Pictures), Patrick Marber (Notes on a Scandal) and Cameron McCracken (Pathé). To find out visit www.guiding-lights.org.uk.
Application Deadline: 5pm, Tuesday 29th April 2008
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News release 16/04/08
Screen South Supported Debut to Premiere
at LIFF
Kill Kill Faster Faster, the debut feature by Director Gareth Roberts which received development support from Screen South in its early stages, has been selected to premiere at The London Independent Film Festival and will be screening at the Curzon Mayfair on April 16th at 6:30. Kill Kill Faster Faster is a contemporary film noir feature inspired by the critically acclaimed novel of the same name by Joel Rose and starring Gil Bellows, Lisa Ray Esai Morales, Shaun Parkes & Stephen Lord. The gala screening will be followed by Q&A with the filmmakers and after party. Congratulations to all the team from Screen South!
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News release 09/04/08
BAFTA / Screen South
preview screening of
CARAMEL
Free Tickets!
BAFTA in association with Screen South and The Duke of York Cinema in Brighton invite you to a preview screening of Nadine Labaki’s Caramel/Sukkar Banat on Sunday 27th April. Based on a screenplay by Rodney El Haddad and Jihad Hojeily and starring Nadine Labaki, Yasmine Elmasri and Joanna Moukarzel, Caramel is an intimate account of five women working together in a beauty parlour. There is a limited number of FREE tickets to be allocated on a first come first served basis. To request your tickets: email regions@bafta.org and include the screening title, date and location with ‘BAFTA SCREENING’ in the subject line.
Sunday 27th April, 11am, Duke of York’s Cinema, Preston Circus, Brighton BN1 4NA
In Arabic and French with English subtitles. We are grateful to Momentum Pictures for permission to screen this film prior to release.
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News release 18/03/08
Cine Euro Launched
Screen South and Skillset’s Cine Euro project-led co-production training programme is now accepting applications. The 9 month training programme will aim to assist 8 UK Producers to develop, market, finance and enable European Partnership for European Co-Productions. The programme will provide networking opportunities through the Cine-Regio Network to introduce like-minded and experienced producers to form European partnerships on feature films ready for co-production. Up-to-date sales and marketing intelligence will be provided by Film Export UK to give producers the best awareness and skills to forge partnerships and complete finance. The key aim is to enable 8 producers to make their feature films with European co-production finance. The cost of the programme will include paid travel and accommodation to attend The Edinburgh International Film Festival (June 2008), Sarajevo International Film Festival/CineLink (August) and Berlin International Film Festival (February 2009). Applications are welcome from producers nationwide.
Cost of the Programme: £1,175
(to include accommodation and travel to three international film
festivals. Bursaries may be available from your Screen Agency)
Application Deadline: 5pm, 17th April 2008.
Find out more.
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The NESTA/UK Film Council Digital
Innovation in Film Roadshow
Film Distribution companies, Sales Agents and Production Companies who wish to exploit their intellectual property directly, with Pete Buckingham, Head of Distribution & Exhibition, UKFC and Jon Kingsbury, Director of the Creative Economy Programme, NESTA. The NESTA/UK Film Council Digital Innovation in Film project plans to team-up film businesses with specialist partners to help them digitise, market and distribute their films to audiences around the world in new ways. Find out more about these opportunities by attending this event on April 23rd from 2pm – 5pm at Brighton’s Lansdowne Place Hotel. Tickets are limited so please RSVP by to Claire.hemmings@screensouth.org
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News release 12/03/08
Black Gold Premieres
On TV
The award winning documentary, written and directed by Marc & Nick Francis and supported by Screen South, premiered on More4 on Tuesday 26th February. Unanimously hailed as essential viewing by the press, Black Gold is an eye-opening expose of the multi-billion dollar coffee industry and traces one man's fight for a fair price. Visit www.blackgoldmovie.com to find out more.
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News release 12/03/08
Kent Filmmaker Wins Scriptwriting Residency In France
We are delighted to report that Screen South supported writer/director Bass Breisch from Canterbury, Kent, has won a scriptwriting residency at the Moulin d’Andé, Normandy, France. This follows on the success of his short film Both, which was officially selected for last year’s Cannes Festival as part of Critic’s Week. The film has gone on to win 30 selections at festivals around the world and was last seen at the Dubai International Film Festival last December. Many of those selections, including Cannes, were made possible by a grant from Screen South and the RIFE Lottery Fund which enabled a 35mm print of the film to be produced. During his residency Bass will have the opportunity to develop his debut feature SPLITS.
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 News release 12/03/08
Screen South Filmmakers
Set To Conquer New
Frontiers
We are delighted to report that no fewer than four Screen South-backed filmmakers have been selected to show their work at the South By South West Festival (7th-15th March), one of the world’s leading Music and Media events based in Austin, Texas. Lewes-based Writer/Director Jerry Rothwell will host the world premiere of his latest documentary Heavy Load. The highly anticipated film looks at the year in the life of the Brighton-based punk band of the same name, whose members include some musicians with learning disabilities. Brighton-based Grant Gee’s award winning documentary Joy Division will also make its US debut. The film takes a look at the lasting influence of the legendary band, whose lead singer Ian Curtis was the subject of last year’s multiple award winning film by Anton Corbijn, Control. Meanwhile, Kat Mansoor who directed last year’s acclaimed digital short Time Piece, will be screening her debut feature Here’s Johnny in the Global Doc Days strand. The documentary looks at the life, Art and…multiple sclerosis of legendary comic book writer John Wagner, the creator of Judge Dredd and 2000 A.D. Finally, we are delighted that the 2007 Screen South Digital Short Odd Shoe, directed by Paul Cotter and written by Claire Bloomfield, has also been selected to screen at the festival. More
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News release 20/02/08
Regional winners announced in BAFTA and
Orange's ‘60 seconds of fame’
The regional winners have been announced for BAFTA and Orange’s ‘60 Seconds of Fame’. Last week, BBC ONE screened the nominated films on their regional and national news programmes and encouraged the public to vote for their favourite. Over 24,000 votes were cast and BAFTA and Orange can now announce the names of the 15 winning filmmakers from the BBC’s Nations and Regions.
Visit www.60secondsoffame.co.uk to find out who won.
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News release 20/02/08
BAFTA’s Best Picture Honour Goes to
Atonement
During a memorable evening celebrating the best cinema of 2007 from across the globe, we are delighted to report that Joe Wright’s Atonement finally triumphed at the Orange British Academy Film Awards, bringing home the coveted Best Film award. Paul Greengrass’ The Bourne Ultimatum meanwhile won two awards on the night, for Editing and Sound. Visit the BAFTA website for a full list of winners.
Next stop the OSCARS!
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News release 20/02/08
Screenwriter’s Festival Tickets on sale
Tickets for the Third International Screenwriters’ Festival go on sale at 17.00pm Monday 18th February 2008. This year there will only be one ticket type, a three day pass and it is available to anyone and everyone. When the tickets go on sale there will initially be 50 early bird tickets available at £300.00 (inc. vat and c/card fees), but once they are gone the price will go up to £330.00 (inc. vat and c/card fees). A countdown on the new Festival homepage will show how many of the 50 tickets are left as they are sold. www.screenwritersfestival.com
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Heavy Load Premiere Announced
Jerry Rothwell’s new documentary feature Heavy Load has been accepted into the South By SouthWest Film Festival – where it will receive its world premiere. The film received development support from Screen South and secured finance at the 2006 Britdoc Documentary. In addition Heavy Load has also been acquired by the BBC. Congratulations from all at Screen South! South by SouthWest runs 7-15th March. Visit www.sxsw.com
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LOTTERY FUNDED FILMS SCORE SUCCESS
AT SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Man on Wire, a feature documentary film by British filmmaker James Marsh and supported by the Lottery through the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund has won two prizes at Sundance, the leading international film festival for independent films. The film recounts Philippe Petit's daring and illegal exploit to walk the high-wire between New York's twin towers and proved a huge hit with both the critics and the public, winning the World Cinema Documentary Jury Prize and the World Cinema Documentary Audience Award. Read all about it here
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From Small Acorns
Hammer & Flame, the Digital Short directed by Vaughan Pilikian and produced by Justin Meiland recently came runner up at the Mediterranean Environmental Awards, part of the United Nations Environment Programme. The jury felt Vaughan tackled a vital and poorly debated human and environmental issue, with sober and elegant style as well as stunning photography. Since its completion in 2005 the film has screened internationally at over fifty festivals, winning numerous awards. Director Vaughan is currently working on a four-part feature documentary based on the themes of Hammer and Flame. Watch this space.
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News release 02/02/08
FILMS FROM THE OSKA
BRIGHT FESTIVAL AT THE
BFI LONDON!
As part of the X’08 London International Disability Film Festival, Carousel will be screening a selection of films made by and for people with learning disabilities, fresh from the 2007 Oska Bright Film Festival. This is a chance for Londoners to see those remarkable films. Saturday the 16th February at 11.30am at the NFT2, BFI Southbank. To book tickets click here.
Oska Bright is produced and presented by Carousel and Junk TV and supported by Screen South. www.oskabright.co.uk
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News release 02/02/08
BAFTA Nominations Announced
The nominations for the Orange British Academy Film Awards were announced on 16th January and we are delighted to report that Joe Wright’s Atonement and Paul Greengrass’ The Bourne Ultimatum, both shot in the region, have been nominated in 14 and 6 categories respectively. Visit the BAFTA website for a full list of nominees. The BAFTA Awards ceremony takes place on 10th February.
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News release 17/01/08
Britdoc Pitching Forum Attracts top
International Investors
Two thirds of the projects pitched at the BRITDOC 07 Pitching Forum look set to receive funding as a direct result of pitching. NHK Japan has come in on 2 films pitched and is interested in one more, whilst WDR Germany has come in on 2 films pitched. Other key players, including ITVS, IFC, Sundance, HBO and Netflix are in all final talks with several of the projects pitched. This follows on the £500,000 of new investment in British documentaries secured after the BRITDOC 06 pitching forum, and the Forum organisers are hoping to exceed this figure following the 2007 event. Among the projects that have directly benefitted from the forum include Isaac Julian's Derek Jarman film, now completed and premiering at Sundance, and Henry Singer's Blood of the Rose, which will start filming early ‘08 thanks to funding picked up at the forum. Finally Tom Roberts has finished filming his Glorious 7th Cavalry, which also picked up funding at the forum.
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News release 17/01/08
IFC picks Screen South supported Doc
Heavy Load, the recently completed documentary by Sussex-based Jerry Rothwell has been picked by the US Independent Film Channel as part of its lineup of premieres for 2008. The powerful documentary, which secured funding following a pitch at Britdoc 2006, follows a punk band made up of musicians with and without learning disabilities. The film also received completion from Screen South. Watch this space!
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News release 17/01/08
Garbage Warrior Selected for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Oliver Hodge’s Garbage Warrior has been officially selected for the forthcoming Santa Barbara International Film Festival (24th Jan – 3rd Feb). The Screen South supported film continues to inspire festival audiences worldwide, ahead of its theatrical release later in the year. Find out more and watch the trailer here
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News release 10/01/08
Special Charity Screening this Sunday
at the KINO
A special charity screening of In Prison My Whole Life will be hosted at the Kino Cinema in Hawkhurst on Sunday 3rd February. Director Marc Evans, will be in attendance at a drinks reception at 6.45pm with the screening at 7.30pm, followed by a Q & A. The film was enthusiastically received at the London Film Festival in November and is currently screening in competition at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in Utah where it is causing quite a stir! All the money from the tickets will be donated to Amnesty International, and so the organizers are hoping to get a full house! Find out more
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News release 10/01/08
Screen South Seeks new Board members
Screen South is seeking two new Board members to assist in the development of the South East Regional Screen Agency as we move into 2008. We would like to hear from people with an interest in the Film and Television industry and also have some experience at Board level. If you would like to be considered for this position please send a letter outlining your interest with your CV / Biog to Jo Nolan, Chief Executive Officer, Screen South, The Wedge, 75 – 81 Tontine Street, Folkestone, Kent CT20 1JR.
Deadline: 12 noon Wednesday 06 February 2008
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News release 03/01/08
Save The World ends 2007 with 18 awards!
Save the World, the short film by Reading-based writer/director David Casals-Roma, has ended 2007 with two more wins, one in Italy at the Festival Cortiamo (Best Short Film), and another one in Spain at the Festival Ca Revolta (Special Jury Mention). All in all the film ended 2007 with a total of 18 awards! Many congratulations to David from all at Screen South! Watch the trailer at www.savetheworldthefilm.com
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Project Pinewood Set To Become World’s First Film & TV ‘Live-Work’ Community
Pinewood Shepperton plc recently announced its intention to seek approval from the relevant planning authorities for it ambitious “Project Pinewood” development plan. This would create the world’s first purpose-built Film and Television ‘live-work’ community and ultimately a cluster for the wider creative industries. Whilst offering an eclectic mix of locations, Project Pinewood would combine the vocational requirements of the national and international film and television industries with the UK Government’s demand for sustainable communities. Check it out
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Cregan Wows Critics in Ireland
Cregan, one of last year’s ‘Long Shots’ Digital Short, won 2nd Prize at the inaugural Waterford Film Festival (16-18th November). This follows on from the film’s selection for last month’s Foyle Festival. Cregan was directed by Steve North, written by Kefi Chadwick and David Irvine and produced by Richard Landy . . . Congratulations to all from Screen South !
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Deep Water wins at the Grierson Awards
We are delighted to report that Deep Water won the UK Film Council Best Cinema Documentary at the 2007 Grierson British Documentary Awards on 23rd November. The film, written and directed by Jerry Rothwell and Louise Osmond, received Screen South support in its early development stages in 2003 as part of the Dreamcatcher scheme, and has won critical acclaim since its UK release in December 2006. The film tells the story of Donald Crowhurst’s tragic attempt at sailing around the world as part of the 1968 Golden Globe race. In addition Deep Water was voted joint-Best Documentary prize at the San Diego Film Critics Society Awards on 18th December. Congratulations from all at Screen South! Deep Water is currently available to rent or buy on DVD.
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South East Talent Selected
for Slamdance 2008
Two regional writer/directors have had their debut feature selected for the Slamdance festival in Utah, USA (17-25th January). Simon Wellsford from Margate will be presenting Jetsam, which premiered at the London Film Festival in October, whilst Sevenoaks-based Oliver Irving will be introducing How To Be. The films were among thousands of entries from over 40 countries. Founded in 1995 Slamdance aims to showcase truly independent films from first time feature directors, and includes among its alumni Steven Soderbergh, Christopher Nolan and Marc Forster. Screen South will be supporting both filmmakers on their trip to Park City.
Visit www.slamdance.com for programme details.
Also visit www.jetsamthemovie.com and
www.howtobemovie.com to read about the films.
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Black Gold makes it
Three BIFAs in a row
for Screen South
Black Gold won the Best Achievement in Production award at the British Independent Film Awards on 28th November. The acclaimed documentary, written and directed by Brighton-based Marc Francis and Nick Francis, received continuous support from Screen South and the RIFE Lottery fund from its early development stages in 2003. Black Gold has received extensive coverage in the world press, notably from The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph in the UK, bringing to light the plight of impoverished Ethiopian coffee farmers in the booming multi-billion dollar coffee industry. The award follows on from another win on 16th November, when Black Gold was voted Best Documentary at the Libertas Film Festival in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The film is now available on DVD. www.blackgoldmovie.com
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Kent’s Kids Films on the Big Screen
Around 100 young people from all over Kent came together today on 13th November to celebrate the premiere of three of their own films, along the theme of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London in 2012. The three films included a news-bulletin-styled parody of three days of sporting (ahem!) excellence from Channel School, Folkestone, a feature entitled ‘Aspiration, Perspiration’ focusing on the Paralympic aspects of the Games – Kent Youth County Council and a black-and-white old fashioned newsreel visit to the Games that took place 100 years ago (Stockholm 1912) which again parodies what might have taken place at those Games – Canterbury High School. The project was funded by Kent County Council and Screen South, and run by Kidnet, a programme who will enable the young people involved to take part in an online International Community of Young Storytellers, providing a fantastic opportunity to realise the international element of a Games, for young people here in our county. Watch the films on Kent TV
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Big Mediabox Update
Mediabox wants as many organisations as possible to receive funding. To ensure the widest possible reach, Mediabox will only be accepting applications to the Mid Mediabox funding strand on 20 November. Funding for Big Mediabox is now closed. We continue to welcome applications for My Mediabox projects. For more information visit www.media-box.co.uk
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News release 20/12/07
Dolphins Preview Announced
Full On Film Productions will be previewing the long-awaited director's cut of Dolphins at Cheltenham Cineworld on 29th Jan 2008 at 7.00 pm. The film was written and directed by Brighton-based Mark Jay and received Screen South support. To find out more about the film visit www.dolphinsthemovie.com.
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News release 20/12/07
Sundance Channel Acquires Garbage Warrior
Oliver Hodge’s documentary Garbage Warrior has been acquired by the alternative Sundance TV Channel, which aims to show the best of independent film to its discerning audience. The Screen South supported film was one of eleven new documentaries selected to appear in the channel’s THE GREEN season, the channel’s environmental strand. The films will begin to air on April 1st, 2008.
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News release 10/12/07
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Brighton School Short
Nominated for
First Light Award
Balfour Junior School’s The Amazing Adventures of The Plastic Bag has been nominated for a First Light Award in the ‘Best Films by 12s And Under’ category. Produced by Shoot It For Yourself Productions and supported by Screen South, the short looks at what happens when plastic bags get carelessly discarded. The 6th star-studded First Light Movies Awards ceremony will take place at the ODEON Leicester Square, London on Tuesday 4 March 2008. The winners will be selected by a distinguished panel of industry professionals and celebrities including Kevin Spacey, Nira park, Stephen Fry, Orlando Bloom and Sam Mendes. See www.firstlightmovies.com for full details.
View the film on the filmstreet website and be in with a chance to win a goody bag by voting for your favourite!
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News release 10/12/07
Canterbury Celebrates the Art of Animation
Supported by Screen South, Canterbury’s inaugural Anifest festival 2007 celebrated the growing animation community in the region. The festival began in April and culminated with a packed day on Saturday 3rd November, when visitors from across Britain enjoyed a range of events at the Gulbenkian Cinema. These included a rare chance to see Suzie Templeton’s award winning Peter And The Wolf, introduced by the director, followed by workshops for all ages, talks and networking sessions.
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News release 10/12/07
SEE Festival Goes From Strength to Strength
Now in its third consecutive year, Brighton’s 2007 SEE Documentary Festival, proved more popular than ever on the week-end of 17-18th November, as part of the CineCity Festival. SEE has received the support of Screen South right from its inception in 2005 and provides a great opportunity for up-and coming talent to meet with established industry figures. This year the festival showcased work by some of the country’s most respected documentary filmmakers, with screenings, seminars and special networking events with industry luminaries Daisy Asquith, Marc Francis, Luke Holland, Marc Isaacs and David Notman-Watt, to name a few. Among the events was ‘Cutting Remarks’, an editing masterclass with one-to-one distribution surgeries, as well as the launch of a prestigious new £20,000 scheme from Brighton’s Institute of Development Studies entitled ‘Real World’, which will be managed by Screen South.
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News release 10/12/07
Portsmouth Screen Success
Portsmouth Screen 07, which ran from 8th-18th November, was hailed as a great success by festival director Roy Hanney. The aim of the Screen South supported event is to promote creative audiovisual arts in the city and this year’s festival was no exception, building on the success of the 2005 and 2006 events. Portsmouth Screen 07 opened with a Gala Night Preview Screening of Kenneth Branagh’s Sleuth at No6 Cinema. The event was attended by local dignitaries, businesses and the filmmaking community in Portsmouth and waiting to greet them as they arrived was a mob of paparazzi; actually students form Chalk Hill Lives, a local internet soap opera and drama school. By far the most popular event was the DV Mission 48hr film challenge which this year saw sixteen teams compete for a range of prizes. Teams drawn from local media professionals, adult learners and students previewed their films to an ecstatic crowd of nearly two hundred people on the closing night of the festival. Watch the films online here
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Documentary Makers To Get REAL WORLD Opportunity
Screen South and the Institute of Development Studies are inviting entries from filmmakers from the Screen South region to make a twelve minute short documentary as part of the new REAL WORLD scheme launched at the recent SEE festival. We are looking for innovative filmmakers who are able to work with internet and digital production methods to reach a global audience. One filmmaker will be awarded a £20,000 budget. Application Deadline: Noon, Friday 18th January 2008 To find out more about this great opportunity click here
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Digital Short Cregan selected for Foyle International Film Festival
We are delighted to report that the 2007 Digital Shorts continue to do well at festivals around the world. The latest news comes with Cregan, selected for the Foyle International Film Festival in Derry, Northern Ireland (23rd Nov – 1st Dec). The film was written by Kefi Chadwick and David Irvine, directed by Steve North and produced by Richard Landy.
Congratulations to all from Screen South!
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News release 26/11/07
Screen South Help Inspire Young People at the Folkestone Literary Festival
Screen South hosted two successful events at this year’s Folkestone Literary Festival. On Wednesday 7th November chairman Graham Benson introduced a unique poetry workshop lead by award winning poet Steve Tasane with the help of Alison Dilnutt, Head of Educaton and Audience Development. The workshop commemorated the 100th anniversary of Humphrey Jennings’ birth, with a particular focus on his film Words for Battle. Over 20 local young people took part in an extraordinary exchange of ideas, inspired by clips of the film. On Friday 9th November Screen South hosted a screening of Black Gold, the acclaimed documentary by Marc Francis and Nick Francis.
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 News release 16/11/07
TUG Wins Again
The 2006 Digital Short TUG has won its second BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY award, this time at the 24fps Festival in Texas. Written by Heather Dixon, directed by David Ward and produced by Adam Coop, the film is a fairytale set in 1890, in which a criminal turned “deck hand” grimly discovers that the truth will always surface; even if it’s not what you’re fishing for!
Congratulations to all from the Screen South team!
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News release 02/10/07
Digital Short secures British Council support
The British Council have recently added the Screen South/UKFC Digital Short In My Head to their list of supported films.
This enables the short film, written and directed by Jamie Shearing and produced by Lysander Ashton, to be promoted at festivals around the world. Watch this space!
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News release 14/02/07
New screenwriting website launched
Screen South-supported writer Felicity Fair-Thompson has launched a new website, www.learnwriting.co.uk. Whether you are writing for page or screen, Learn Writing will aim to answer questions such as: Are you really connecting with your audience? Are you writing for the right market? Why does language matter? Why do your characters do what they do? Does your story start in the right place? Is the ending strong enough? The website will contain details of forthcoming workshops and training courses, held in conjunction with Screen South delivery partner City Eye.
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