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Colin Brown Is Appointed British Film Commissioner
| Author: | Jack |
| Date: | Fri, 08/12/2006 - 11:34 |
| Category: | News > General |
Here's a snippet from 4RFV :
The UK Film Council have recently announced the appointment of Colin Brown as British Film Commissioner.
Quick Links
| Author: | edeverett |
| Date: | Wed, 06/12/2006 - 21:52 |
| Category: | Comment > General |
Links are what makes the internet great, so here are a few for your browsing pleasure:
Is this the inspiration for the Sony's bouncing balls?
http://www.e-cr.co.uk/crblog/?p=300
"Ubois cites a recent European video-archiving study that found TV tape storage begins to degrade after 20 years. That means 70 percent of existing TV footage will be gone by 2025. Imagine if 70 percent of existing books were going to be burned by 2025." The problems faced by US television researchers
Nokia Shorts/BIFA Best 15 Sec Short winner announced
| Author: | Zara |
| Date: | Thu, 30/11/2006 - 12:49 |
| Category: | Events > General |
A (very) short film about a disastrous ballet audition scooped a prestigious BIFA (British Independent Film Award) at a glittering ceremony in London last night. The super-short film, by Katherine Taylor from London was voted winner of the 2006 Nokia Shorts competition by the judges and won the BIFA for ‘Best Fifteen Second Short’.
And the winners are...!
| Author: | Zara |
| Date: | Thu, 30/11/2006 - 10:15 |
| Category: | Events > General |
Last night saw stars and leading figures of the British film industry turn up to celebrate the British Independent Film Awards at Hammersmith Palais, London.
In its ninth year, the British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) have established themselves as one of the most important awards ceremonies in the British film industry and are regarded as the kick-off to the Awards Season. The BIFAs celebrate the best of British talent, including Helen Mirren who is this year’s Variety UK Film Achievement Award recipient.
User Generated Content
| Author: | Zara |
| Date: | Mon, 13/11/2006 - 18:31 |
| Category: | Comment > General |
The buzz word at the moment is citizen journalism. CNN provides these journalists with their own weekly program, the BBC invites people to submit their news, and July saw the first Citizen Journalism Awards. Of course Citizen Journalism is nothing new, but the demand for this type of content appears to be on the rise. So much so that it is being branded as a genre - 'social media'.
And the nominees are...
| Author: | Zara |
| Date: | Thu, 26/10/2006 - 08:07 |
| Category: | Events > General |
BIFA announced their nominees yesterday at the launch event held a Soho House.
Nokia Shorts Classic Finalists Announced
| Author: | Zara |
| Date: | Wed, 25/10/2006 - 16:19 |
| Category: | News > General |
Today is an exciting day for Nokia Shorts Classic! The finalists have been announced!
So what makes this especially exciting? Well, for starters a Classic category finalist becomes a nominee for a Best 15 Second Short BIFA and the filmmaker gets to attend the awards with a guest!
Three Links
| Author: | edeverett |
| Date: | Tue, 25/07/2006 - 21:37 |
| Category: | Comment > General |
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