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Colin Brown Is Appointed British Film Commissioner

Jack — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 05:34:29 -0500

The UK Film Council have recently announced the appointment of Colin Brown as British Film Commissioner.
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edeverett — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:52:50 -0500

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

Zara — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:49:37 -0500

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...!

Zara — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:15:17 -0500

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

Zara — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:31:02 -0500

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...

Zara — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:07:58 -0400

BIFA announced their nominees yesterday at the launch event held a Soho House.

Nokia Shorts Classic Finalists Announced

Zara — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:19:28 -0400

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

edeverett — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:37:57 -0400

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"We love animation and we just know you do too. We're proud of Odd Job Jack and we've put lots of work into our show. Our art deserves to live beyond broadcast and who better to give a free gift to than the entire planet?"

Nokia Shorts Competition Launch

Zara — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 06:29:25 -0400

Now here's a challenge - make a film which is no more than 15 seconds long!

The Nokia Shorts 15 Second competition launches this Thursday at 18:30 at the Cineworld Trocadero. The event features a Q&A with Kevin Macdonald ( Touching The Void ) and a retrospective of 40 previous entries. How often can you say that you've seen 40 films in under 25 minutes? If you'd like to attend, please email nokiashorts@raindance.co.uk

555 Pop Promos

Zara — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:57:44 -0400

Flophouse Films, who generously paid for The Boards' equipment, have teamed together with Shooting People to bring you a competition to make a pop promo.