Good Day Ladies and Gentlemen,
Clocks go forward for Spring this weekend, so time for some workspace tidying and edit suite file cleaning. You could even give yr camera lenses a good wipe. Then sit back and work out what you’re going to shoot in all the extra daylight.
‘Til next time
A fitting tribute.
Kate Taylor, Editor
Hull Film, organisers of the Hull International Short Film Festival, is poised to evolve over the coming months with the appointment of a new Director. Laurence Boyce, who has been involved with Hull Film since it’s inaugural event in 2000, will take over from previous director Esther Johnson in April.
Laurence Boyce has been involved with film for almost 10 years. After graduating with a BA in Film and Literature from the University Of Warwick, he has worked since 1999 as a programmer for the Leeds International Film Festival, where he was responsible for Shoot (the LIFF Short Film Programme) and UK Film Week. He has also organised the annual National Young Filmmakers Award Day, a part of the Leeds Young People’s Film Festival and contributed programmes to other organizations on a freelance basis. He is also an award-winning film journalist who has written for such respected magazines as Hotdog and Little White Lies as well as being the resident DVD reviewer at Netribution.co.uk and writer of the film section for Northern Exposure.
Hull International Short Film Festival Director Laurence Boyce said: “Having been involved with Hull Film since its inception, I’m looking forward to the opportunity to build on the success achieved by my predecessors. With the support of the board and myself, Hull Film is set to provide a dynamic programme of film on a year round basis for the people of the region whilst also continuing to stage a Film Festival of international quality and significance. Hull Film will aim to play a large part in helping to realise the potential of the city of Hull as not only a place for the exhibition of a diverse and wide ranging series of films but also as a hotbed of creative and talented filmmakers.” NFN says “Nice one, Laurence!”
Micro-Budget Feature Filmmaking (MBFF) is an intensive training programme that has been designed by North West Producers and Directors and the Media CoVE to give you the skills needed to produce a nano/micro-budget feature film that competes internationally, i.e. your film sells around the world and makes a profit. Quite simply, the 7-day workshop has been created for filmmakers that intend to make their feature films on a minimal budget without accessing traditional feature film finance routes.
The objectives of the MBFF workshops have been set in response to the substantial increase in nano/micro-budget feature films that are being shot, but not achieving any form of significant sale. The programme aims to: *develop your understanding of where nano/micro-budget feature films compete within the global business of feature film *build your skills necessary to produce and sell a nano/micro-budget feature film internationally MBFF is looking for ambitious filmmakers who are determined to become the ‘new guard’ in nano/micro-budget filmmaking.
Studio Artois in partnership with Channel 4’s wonderful 3 Minute Wonder series is launching a Short Filmmaking Competition for this year’s BRITDOC Festival.
They are looking for 4 fresh perspectives on recycling in all its forms: what can be recycled, the people involved and how the process works. Films can be character-led, based on the science or celebrating the power and beauty of recycling – or something that they haven’t thought of yet. They can be funny, angry, educational, musical, political – whatever you think works. You can plan to shoot on any kind of camera and they welcome ideas that mix documentary with animation, with music video, with poetry, photography or illustration.
The 4 WINNERS will be given the resources and professional assistance to make their film during May and June. The 4 finished films will be shown on Channel 4 and at the BRITDOC Festival in July. Apply with your idea at: www.britdoc.org/foundation/recycling.php Deadline for Entries: 14th April 2007
Liverpool Film Festival Company in partnership with Future Shorts are holding their monthly screening at FAB Bar,32 Hope Street,Liverpool on Tuesday 27th March,from 7.30pm. This month’s Future Shorts presents a particulary strong programme of critically acclaimed short films.
Leading the way is rising director Miranda bowen’s atmospheric ‘Honeymoon’ featuring Emily Fox and funded by the UK Film council and Film Four as part of the Cinema Extreme programme. Other featured shorts is the political film ‘Ticko’ (The T-shirt) a Czech made film which ’scooped’ the international jury award at Brief Encounters Film Festival,as well as the haunting ‘Even if she had been a Criminal’-set just after the second world war ended it tells the tale of a woman who collaborated with the Germans in occupied France.
Plus other short films,and free popcorn and bingo. Al this for just £3. PLUS: Liverpool Film Festival Company are looking for locally made short films to add on to their monthly Future Shorts Film night. Films must be of a very high standard and on DVD or DV tape,and sent to 37-45 Windsor Street,Liverpool L8 1XE. There is no submission fee.
There’s just one week to go before the 8th Leeds Young People’s Film Festival and tickets are going fast. It has the very best new films for all the family to enjoy plus the chance to re-discover some classics on the big screen.
The Festival kicks off this coming Thursday 29 March with the UK Premiere of the THE UGLY DUCKLING AND ME!, a hilarious and clever update of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. Other animated treats on offer throughout the Film Festival include THE THREE MUSKETEERS, a modern and inventive puppet animation that tells the story of the bravest swordsmen in France and COWBOY BEBOP the crazy Japanese anime about The Bebop Crew who must save the world from a deadly virus.
And if the plethora of new films aren’t enough for you, then the crop of classic titles will also be on hand to delight you and your family. LABYRINTH, TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE and BICYCLE THIEVES will all be presented in their glory on the big screen whilst DIRTY DANCING will have a screening which will provide an embarrassment-free environment where parents and carers can relax and enjoy the film while babies and toddlers are free to be themselves.
So come and along to enjoy movies old and new and experience the joy of the cinema with all your family. And, for those interested in a more practical experience, the Film Festival is giving you the chance to get involved with a host of exciting workshops about the moving image industry taking place across the city, including 1 DAY FILM CHALLENGE, SCRIPT WRITING and COSTUME DESIGN. More information is available at www.leedsfilm.com.
Tue 27 March, 8pm. Cornerhouse, 70 Oxford Street, Manchester. Box Office: 0161 200 1500. SUNSHINE Preview WITH Q&A. Kevin Bourke (Manchester Evening News) will lead a Q&A with actor Benedict Wong (Dirty Pretty Things) and Dr. Brian Cox, Scientific Consultant for SUNSHINE and Research Fellow in the High Energy Physics Group at Manchester University, before this preview of the new Danny Boyle film.
The Religion + Ethics department is looking for 2 team assistants – one to work on Heaven + Earth and the other to work in the Documentaries area. 4-6 months fixed term contract/ attachment
EXPERIENCED MERSEYSIDE BASED PRODUCER REQUIRED for feature film FROM THE PIT OF MY STOMACH set in Manchester. Director Ray Kilby attached www.raykilby.com. Please contact RAYNA CAMPBELL (Writer) at raynacampbell@hotmail.com or 07949 775550 for further information as soon as possible.
I’m looking for “voice actors” for a short film I’m looking to make shortly. The film will have no physical actors but a series of voices coming out of the answerphone, male, female, young, old (all adults), and I’m looking for around 10 people to record for this.
Recording will take place in Didsbury, hopefully on a weekend in the near future. No payment I’m afraid, but a credit, food and drink whilst you attend, and bus fare – and a copy of the film when its completed. Ideally I’ll do it all on a single Saturday/sunday in April. The story that the film is based on (and basically the script) “What’s Happened to Larry?” is online here. Interested actors should get in contact via e-mail on adrian.slatcher@gmail.com Thanks, Adrian
