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BBC has launched New Music Shorts 2007

Jack — Thu, 17 May 2007 09:37:10 -0400

The BBC has launched New Music Shorts 2007 – an initiative offering aspiring filmmakers a £5,000 budget to make a music-based short film with a professional production company and have it premiered at the BBC Electric Proms festival in October.

Resfest starts tonight

LL — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:49:54 -0500

Resfest, the digital film festival will be running at the NFT until Sunday before touring the country in this, its tenth year.

Festival activities include screenings of shorts and features, seminars, educational sessions, live music and A/V performances, parties and interactive entertainment.

E4 film making comp - urgent short deadline

Jack — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 08:29:24 -0400

To mark the launch of ‘Stop Treating Me Like A Kid’ on E4; we want to know what you think! E4 are inviting you to submit a video with your view on the subject. The best entries will be aired during the credits of the show each week.

Festival Update!

Zara — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 03:57:33 -0400

So now that the World Cup is over, it’s time for a festival update!

The 59th Locarno International Festival will open with Michael Mann’s Miami Vice on August 2.

Short Film Summer School

Zara — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 04:27:20 -0400

Summer makes most people think of holidays, especially students. And students on holiday often think of making short films (well at least those who are interested in film do). So why not combine all of these things and go to the second Short Film Summer School (SFSS) from July 12-15 at the Curzon Soho.

14th Raindance Film Festival Jury

Zara — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 04:21:53 -0400

The 14th Raindance Film Festival Jury has been announced, and it looks very impressive!

If you want your film to be seen by the fantastic jury (including Rock n’ Roll legends Lou Reed from The Velvet Underground, and Marky Ramone from The Ramones; Scottish film director Kevin Macdonald famed for his compelling documentary Touching the Void; US

East London Film Festival

LL — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 13:04:33 -0400

Richard E. Grant's directorial debut Wah-Wah will open the East London Film Festival on 27th April.

Don't miss The Death of Mr Lazarescu, Romanian writer-director Cristi Puiu's profoundly moving 150-minute masterpiece. It has screened at festivals around the world (including London) since making a big impression at Cannes 2005, and no UK theatrical release has been confirmed. Catch it on Sunday 30th April.

Cannes Selection Announced

LL — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:34:35 -0400

With less than a month to go, here's the official selection. There's plenty of cause for excitement.

Competition films include the latest from Almodovar, Coppola (Junior), Del Toro, Linklater, Loach and Moretti - to mention a few. Other points of interest include Richard Kelly's first writer-director creation since Donnie Darko.

Call for entries - Soho Rushes Film Festival

LL — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 07:20:52 -0400

Always great fun, the Rushes film festival is now in its eigth year. They're now on the lookout for this year's films. The categories are eclectic:

SHORT FILM
NEWCOMER
TITLE SEQUENCES
IDENTS

View Sundance Shorts Online

Jack — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:46:12 -0400

This is really cool: Sundance are showing a selection of short films & docs from the 2006 festival on line. If you care, my only slight gripe is that the thumbnails on the table of contents are in the wrong aspect ratio and some of them are stretched. But hey ho, I don't mean to be grumpy... I congratulate Sundance for putting shorts online.

View the films here