The 14th Annual Brainwash Movie Festival

Come one, come all, to the 14th Annual Brainwash

Drive-In/Bike-In/Walk-In MovieFestival,

featuring original shorts from around the world! (Program

specifics are listed below.)

What: The 2008 14th Annual Brainwash Movie Festival
When: Fri. & Sat., July 25th and 26th at 9:00 p.m. each night.

Where: Mandela Village Arts Center,

1357 5th St., Oakland, California, USA.

How: $9/nite, discounts available on our site
-http://brainwashm.com

Wheelchair accessible.

NESTA/UK Film Council Digital Innovation in Film Participants Announced

NESTA and the UK Film Council have named the 12 independent British film businesses who will participate in the Digital Innovation in Film programme. The programme which is jointly run by the two organisations, in conjunction with national and regional screen agencies, is designed to help small independent British film companies to embrace new business growth opportunities through digital distribution.

The companies were selected from 50 entries and represent creative businesses at different stages –incorporating film production, distribution and sales. For the next 18 months they will be teamed up with specialist partners who will help them to develop the content, marketing and digital distribution potential of their films to audiences around the world in new ways. Each organisation will have a specially tailored programme which will include financial/business planning support, identifying and delivering opportunities for new forms of distribution, with the goal of improving the film business’s potential for growth and investment.

The 12 businesses are:

B3 Media
BreakThru Films
Film Export UK
Hollywood Classics
Lux
Metrodome Distribution
Mosaic Films
onedotzero
Revolver Entertainment
Vod Almighty
Warp Films
Zini Limited

Commenting on the announcement, John Woodward, Chief Executive Officer of the UK Film Council says “The digital world is already having a huge impact on the film industry and we will either adapt or fall by the wayside. This initiative is important because it helps to equip a diverse range of different film businesses to succeed on the new frontier.”

One of the chosen businesses Hollywood Classics said “This is a really exciting opportunity for us. We very much welcome access to digital distribution expertise to explore emerging opportunities for new revenue streams, but we also need to be linked in to a broader network of companies who can share their experiences and contacts”.

Jon Kingsbury, NESTA’s Creative Economy programme director added: “Independent film companies are the bedrock of our creative sector. The chosen companies will not only receive vital support for their own businesses, they will also be helping us to design a broader framework of intervention and support for independent film companies across the UK – positioning us as a key player in the global film industry”.



UK Film Council

The UK Film Council is the Government backed lead agency for film in the UK in the UK ensuring that the economic, cultural and educational aspects of film are effectively represented at home and abroad. We invest Government grant-in-aid and Lottery money in developing new filmmakers, in funding exciting new British films and in getting a wider choice of films to audiences throughout the UK. We also invest in training, promoting Britain as an international filmmaking location and in raising the profile of British films abroad.

NESTA

NESTA is the National Endowment for Science, Technology & the Arts. With endowed funds of over £300 million, its mission is to transform the UK's capacity for innovation. It does this in three main ways: by working to build a more pervasive culture of innovation in this country; by providing innovators with access to early stage capital; and by driving forward research into innovation, with a view to influencing policy.

Digital Innovation in Film

This programme is a key part of the DCMS Creative Britain strategy, addresses a critical need identified by the UK Film Council and is a key strand of NESTA’s Creative Economy portfolio. It was launched and endorsed by Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE MP, Minister for Culture, Creative Industries & Tourism, the on 12 March. The pilot programme will assist a portfolio of twelve businesses to explore the opportunities of digital distribution across the independent film sector, improving their investment-readiness and providing strategies for sustainable growth. Key to this programme will be extracting vital learning and disseminating the learning for the industry as a whole. Further details of the launch event can be accessed via NESTA’s website: http://www.nesta.org.uk/digital-innovation-in-film-project-event

RUSHES SOHO SHORTS ANNOUNCE FESTIVAL FINALISTS

Rushes Soho Shorts Festival http://www.sohoshorts.com  is pleased to announce the top three finalists in each of the categories
for the 10th year competition.

The winners will be announced at the awards night at Café de Paris on
Thursday 31st July. The ceremony is the grand finale of the ten-day
festival, and will be hosted by Terry Christian, who will be supported by
presenters including Joseph Fiennes, Jaye Griffiths, Magenta Devine and
award-winning director Tim Pope.

ANIMATION

³Standup²
Joseph Pierce
National Film and Television School

³The Control Master²
Run Wrake
Sclah Films

³Sony Bravia: Play Doh²
Frank Budgen and Darren Walsh
Passion Pictures

SHORT FILM

³Eel Girl²
Paul Campion
Chameleon Pictures

³El Hoppo!²
Marcus Shepherd
Dan Films Ltd

Souljah
Rikki Beadle-Blair
Team Angelica
BROADCAST DESIGN

³Don¹t Let It All Unravel²
Sarah Cox
Aardman Animations

³1 in 7 Children²
Susannah Hayes
Ferocious Films

³BBC iPlayer: Penguins²
Vince Squibb & Darren Walsh
Passion Pictures

MUSIC VIDEO

³Spektr: Things That Go Bump In The Night
Thomas Pors
Simulakrum

³Mika ­ Lollipop²
Bonzom
Passion

³One Eskimo: Hometime²
Lucy Sullivan & Matt Latchford
Gravy Media

NEWCOMERS

³On The Upside²
Peter Bunzi
Peter Bunzl Films

³Love Does Grow On Trees²
Bevan Walsh
Keel Films

³Covered²
Jack Laurance
Covered

DOCUMENTARY

³A-Z²
Sally Arthur
Arthur Cox

³Adi Dassler²
Martin Krejci
Stink

³I Dreamt of Flying²
Alex Bland

Flanders International Film Festival-Ghent

Clint Mansell and Sonus Quartet to perform cult director Aronofsky soundtracks at 
                        35th Ghent Int'l Film Festival

source: Ghent Int'l Film Festival

For the 35th edition of the Ghent Film Festival (7-18 October), Clint Mansell and
Sonus Quartet will be performing atmospheric tunes from Darren Aronofsky films (Pi,
Requiem For A Dream, The Fountain). Like Aronofsky in the film world, Mansell has
garnered an immense cult following for his soundtrack work, known for its dark,
hypnotic beauty. The concert will be held on 16 October in the theatre hall at the
Vooruit.

Clint Mansell started out as the front man for British electronica-punk group Pop
Will Eat Itself. He broke into the world of scoring when his friend, director Darren
Aronofsky, hired him to write the soundtrack for Pi, his debut feature film. Since
then, Mansell has scored Aronofsky’s two other films, Requiem for a Dream and The
Fountain.

Mansell’s unique sense of style is difficult to pin down, a mix of anything in the
minor-key palette available to him, from swelling strings to heavy electric guitar
and tribal drums. For his work on The Fountain, he teamed up with Scottish post-rock
band Mogwai and Kronos Quartet to produce the most exquisite, powerful soundtrack
experience of 2007. Not only did it win him Best Original Soundtrack at the World
Soundtrack Awards, but also the Public Choice Award, voted by film music fans from
around the world. 

For his concert in Ghent, Mansell will be bringing a few special guests along: a
rock band and Sonus Quartet, a string ensemble. They will be performing Aronofsky
film tracks, complete with film clips pulsating in the background.

Tickets: € 16,5 (presale) / € 20 available from Fnac: www.fnac.be  and Vooruit: www.vooruit.be

SHOWCOMOTION YOUNG PEOPLE'S FILM FESTIVAL: UNICEF UK AWARDS WINNERS

WINNING FILMS ANNOUNCED


Organisers of the Showcomotion Young People’s Film Festival have announced
the winners of their short film competition, the UNICEF UK AWARDS.  The
UNICEF UK AWARDS are film awards specifically for short films on the theme
of human rights for children and young people.


Kathy Loizou, Festival Director said: ‘Our youth jury members worked long
and hard yesterday (Wednesday 9 July), viewing the 23 films in the
competition, and debating and discussing who would have the honour of
winning the prestigious UNICEF UK Awards.’ 


UNICEF UK YOUNG FILM MAKER AWARD

The first award is the UNICEF UK YOUNG FILM MAKER AWARD which is for young
film makers up to and including 18 years old.  The Joint Winners are
Past-Caring by Zoe Kyriakou (age 14), Usman Zaman (age 13) & Aiden Troughton
(age 12) and Wrecked by Oscar Forshaw Swift (age 17).



Special Mentions go to Cube Xtra Movie: Friendship made by Sheffield based
Iman Hussain & Jodie Hobson (age 14) and Flash-Back by Cèlia Rozalén & Emili
Taroncher (age 16)


UNICEF UK SHORT FILM AWARD

The UNICEF UK SHORT FILM AWARD is for professional film makers.  The winner
in this section is Doggie by Simone Van Dusseldorp and Special Mentions go
to Felix by Andreas Utta and Goldfish by Joe Wein.


UNICEF UK AUDIENCE AWARD

The UNICEF UK AUDIENCE AWARD is for the best film from both categories voted
by the audience.  The winner is Doggie and Special Mentions go to Goldfish
and Past-Caring.


Showcomotion is at the Showroom Cinema, Paternoster Row, Sheffield S1 2BX
Box Office: 0114 275 7727  www.showcomotion.org.uk
<http://www.showcomotion.org.uk/>

Sheffield Doc/Fest¹s MeetMarket is now open for Project Submissions!

Doc /Fest presents the UK's biggest international documentary marketplace
and its unique pitching initiative: MeetMarket where, in pre-scheduled
match-made one-on-one meetings, documentary makers pitch their newest and
most unique projects to dozens of UK and international buyers, Executive
Producers, commissioning editors and distributors. MeetMarket provides high
quality, original ideas with the possibility to be fast-tracked from
development to production, in a supportive and dynamic setting. The
projected worth of sales in negotiation sparked at MeetMarket 2007 adds up
to £4,321,980, and rising. MeetMarket is a unique and exciting way to pitch
and discuss the projects you¹re most passionate about with the documentary
decision-makers who matter

Online project submissions are now open. Projects can be any stage of
development and applicants can be from any geographic location and
background. Interactive and cross-platform projects are also very welcome.
The deadline for project submissions is September 12th. To see the full list
of confirmed buyers, see http://www.sheffdocfest.com/view/buyerslist . For
more information on applying, email charlie@sidf.co.uk or visit
http://www.sheffdocfest.com/view/meetmarket

"MeetMarket surprised me: I had an extraordinarily creative response to my
film from 23 intelligent men and women who care passionately about
documentaries. They reflected my story back to me and I came out richer ­
not just financially, although I have already been offered money to complete
my film, but in terms of valuing my project." - MeetMarket participant 200

Darryl's Hard Liquor and P0rn Film Festival

Darryl's Hard Liquor and P0rn Film Festival is currently seeking short films for
it's Fall 2008 line-up.
Currently in it's 9th year, Darryl's Hard Liquor and P0rn Film Festival is quickly
becoming the counter culture event on the festival
circuit featuring brilliant short comedy films that spoof sex and porn.
Audiences typically dress up as their most innovative inner P0rn Star and drink
cocktails while watching the films - thus ensuring a good time by all no matter
what!
Always playing to sell out crowds, this year's fest will begin in Toronto on
September 6th (brave enough to go up against the Toronto Film Festival) and move on
to screenings
in New York, San Francisco, Montreal, Vancouver and London.
Submission deadline is August 15 2008.
Toronto Show Saturday September 6th at The Bloor Cinema
Go to www.hardliquorandporn.com for details on submissions.

Note: The 69 Hour Film Challenge will launch on August 20th 2008 - Details soon on
the website.

V International Film Festival «Eurasia»

One of the programmes of V IFF «Eurasia» would be dedicated to “Kazakh New Wave” which emerged 20 years ago and the year 1988 shall be considered the starting point with the release of “The Needle” by Rashid Nugmanov. What was the effect of this “wave”? Who was the part of it? What films did it include? What did it produce for Kazakhstan? This programme of the festival would allow to answer all these questions as well as to discuss the newest history of Kazakhstani cinema. The audience should also expect meetings with film directors – the creators of the “New Wave” films.

«There is no entrance but a magnificent one»

In the late 1980s a number of young people striving for a change in Kazakhstan’s cinema came to “Kazakhfilm” studio. Back then, a philosopher and culturist Murat Auezov was the chief editor and each session of artistic counsel resembled the construction of an intellectual building called cinematography. M. Auezov used to say: «With all absolute or relative achievements of our culture, for the last twenty years the cinema dropped out form the level of cultural Kazakhstani process. That’s why the field of cinematography is positioned as the artistic intelligence’s careful attention zone. It results in the entry of talented people, the accumulation of creative people ready for the breakthrough». He is also the one who said the words that «the state of cinema is so depressive, that there is no entrance but a magnificent one».

The deeds were following the words. Initiated by Goskino headed by Olzhas Suleimenov at that time, film director Sergey Solviev selected students to Kazakhstani workshop, set up at VGIK. And the first students became the representatives of young artistic intellectuals: architect Rashid Nugmanov, historian Abay Karpykov, poet Amir Karakulov, Arabist Bakhyt Kilibayev, philologist Ardak Amirkulov, mathematician Darezhan Omirbayev, playwrights Leyla Akhinzhanova and Alexander Baranov, painter Murat Musin and others. It wasn’t just a group of young men sent to study at VGIK, they were assigned a mission – to create new Kazakh cinema. And when studying came to an end, “Kazakhfilm” studio launched feature film productions of almost all of these students. Moreover, they supported the most challenging and the most unexpected projects. “The Needle” by Rashid Nugmanov emerged in such way becoming the banner of “reconstruction”, «Last Stop» by Serik Aprymov, «Little Fish in Love» by Abay Karpykov, «Home Wrecker» by Amir Karakulov, «The Fall of Otrar» by Ardak Amirkulov, «Kairat» by Darezhan Omirbayev and others. However the “New Kazakh Wave” wasn’t noticed in Kazakhstan, on the contrary the works by the young were harshly criticized. The Wave was spotted and promoted in Moscow and then further on to international film festivals. From the late 80s until the end of 90s almost every festival considered an honor to receive the new Kazakh film.

What did the “Wave” do for the country?

«Kazakh New Wave» was the first to mark independent Kazakhstan on world map. The cinematographers were the first ones to do that in the field of culture. Let’s recollect: when the independence was just declared, the film festivals were already giving out prizes to the films of the country which was absolutely unknown to everyone.

Second of all, it changed the paradigm of art from the soviet to none-soviet. Young independent people who wanted and were able to build their own lives emerged from the cinema. So the minds changed first and then the reality. It’s noteworthy, that our “wave” started earlier than the collapse of Soviet Union. In the late 80s the soviet distribution still operated and, let’s say, the film was watched by 13 million viewers. And that wasn’t just a film about a super hero, the film was about the coming of new time, new heroes, it showed the dying of the outmoded old system.

Third of all – it laid the basis of nation-construction, tearing us away from soviet past and making us look towards what new and independent Kazakhstan should be like.

Let’s take the works of Serik Aprymov as example. Each film of his is a stage in country’s life. “Last Stop” (1989) – the denial of old soviet experience. «Aksuat» (1998) – a very important film in establishing Kazakh self-awareness. «Three Brothers» (2000) – a film, showing post-colonial reflections and, at last, «The Hunter» (2003) – the creation of a new myth about the new\old nation of Kazakhs.

Films by Darezhan Omirbayev also portray the reflections of young individuals in the moment of entering new life. Through his films, the director speaks not only about the change of social formation but also touches upon particularly domestic problems in Kazakhstan. Thus, the films «Kairat» (1991) and «Cardiogram» (1995) concern different spheres – urban and village, and correspondingly, the people speaking Russian and Kazakh. Darezhan addresses the social criticism of the public in his film «Killer» (1998).

If Serik Aprymov works with myths and Darezhan Omirbayev with social problems, Amir Karakulov deals with models of family in his films such as “Home Wrecker”, “Pigeon Ringer”, “Zhylama”, and Ardak Amirkulov works with historical material: «The Fall of Otrar», «Abay», «Farewell, Gulsary». By means of their creations, almost every film director of the “New Wave” covered the entire layer of issues and problems, not to mention the stylistic and artistic quests.

What did it show to the World?

The phenomenon of “Kazakh New Wave” as a social event ended in 2000-2001 with the following films: “Three Brothers” by Serik Aprymov and “Zhylama” by Amir Karakulov. And the film “Zhol” by Darezhan Omirbayev has closed this chapter being an ironical story about the film directors of the “new wave”. Sure enough, we can’t say that “Kazakh New Wave” is twenty years old. We’d rather say that it’s been twenty years since the spring of the “wave” because there isn’t a single cultural movement that would last more than 10-12 years. Italian “neorealism” and the “French New Wave” existed for approximately the same period. The phenomenon is over but directors are still shooting films.

Today is time to take a newer look on the contribution of the “new-wavers” to the culture of independent Kazakhstan. Films by Darezhan Omirbayev participated in competitions of Cannes and Venice and “Killer” received Grand-Prix in the Un Certain Regard programme. Newspapers wrote the following headliners about Amir Karakulov: “Venice from Amir Karakulov to Nagisa Oshima”. Quentin Tarantino handed him the Grand-Prix award for “Pigeon Ringer” at the festival in Turin. Film “Lat Holidays” received Grand-Prix at the film festival in Tokyo. Serik Aprymov’s films ranged the whole world and received many prizes. One of the last prizes – “Nika” was given to his film “The Hunter” for the best foreign film.

The entrance was, indeed, a magnificent one and each one of these film directors deserve to be honored by Kazakh nation and all Kazakhstani citizens, for now Kazakhstan is not only famous for its oil but for highly intellectual cinema as well.

V IFF «Eurasia» programme will include such films as: “The Needle” by Rashid Nugmanov, «The Hunter» by Serik Aprymov, «The Fall of Otrar» by Ardak Amirkulov, “Zhol” by Darezhan Omirbayev, «The Tender One» by Abay Karpykov, «Zhylama» by Amir Karakulov, and also the shot films «Toro» by Talgat Temenov, «Shilde» by Darezhan Omirbayev. The viewers will also get a chance to meet with the creators of these films.

Gulnara Abikeyeva

IFF “Eurasia” Artistic Director

More detailed information on films, programmes, jury, prizes, participants and guests of the film festival “Eurasia” will be available in the next issues of the bulletin and at www.eurasiaiff.kz

LIMELIGHT FILM AND ARTS AWARDS 2009

The East end has officially begun its count down as it opened its doors
for the limelight film and arts awards competition on the 3rd of June 2008.

The ground breaking film and arts awards ceremony which people are
already referring to as the Oscar's of London, welcomed many guests and
local talents to it's prominent launch, addressing the expectations and
goals for this years campaign.

The primary aim is as it has always been to give a platform to those who
are deprived from recognition after working so hard to produce a short
film or other creative works.

The night kicked off with Munsur Ali (Director of Limelight) welcoming
and addressing the guests, expanding on the core aims and objectives
limelight hopes to achieve this year. The main key developments are new
categories, a diverse range of performers for the night which shall
provide all participants with further recognition for their chosen
creative medium.

As usual Richard A. Vangramberg (Head of Production & Limelight Co Event
Director) created a lively and exhilarating promo teaser video which
really captured the prestigious awards ceremony and gave us all a little
taster of what we all can expect at the 2009 awards show. 'With the
tremendous success of the 2008 awards show, we are looking for ways to
improve and continue to build on that success.' – Richard A. Vangramberg

The 2008 limelight Attendees of the launch included music producer Coco
Varma, Tower Hamlets Phil Maxwell, Zak from Canary and many other.

Phil Maxwell Tower Hamlets Waste Education Officer and last years winner
is now one of the official judges of limelight and he was surprised and
honored when he was approached by the limelight team.

Limelight asked him why he choose to be one of the judges and he replied
  "Limelight gives people the platform they need and also limelight
cares the people who have no platform and support and I want to be a
part of something and anything that gives the people support and hand
they need to be recognized".

Zak from Canary Wharf the partner of Limelight was delighted that
Limelight has once again risen to give platforms to local film makers as
well as performers on its second year round. Zak's response to a
question from a guest which "was why are you backing Limelight"? He
replied "if businesses do not back events like limelight then how can we
expect people talents to progress".

Cherry Lee our very own performer of Limelight 2008  once again shared
her wonderful talent with us by giving another live performance for the
guests of Limelight which gave everyone a taste of what's to come on
January 22nd the Limelight film and arts awards night.

Limelight will always aim to be bigger and more fun for guests and
performers as well as submitters promising to provide a platform for
everyone.

The countdown has begun!!!!!!!!!!


22nd January 2009 - The countdown has begun
www.limelightonline.org

USER-GENERATED AND USER-OWNED FEATURE FILM COMPETITION

Calling all Film Buffs, Writers, Directors and Producers…

The Movie Mogul Fund ‘Micro Movie Lab’ competition to a create a user-generated feature film is about to enter its exciting second phase entitled ‘The Writer’s Brief’.

Round 1 – Cherry Bowl: Wining Pitch Announced!

“Negotiating Life” A melancholic life insurance salesman finds his attempts at committing suicide unwittingly thwarted by his disgruntled customers.© Movie Mogul Ltd

Welsh Filmmaker Ryan Hooper won both the Members Award and the Jury Award with his pitch “Negotiating Life.” This idea now forms the basis of the next round of the competition.

Round 2 – The Writer’s Brief

Budding screenwriters have until 31^st July to devise and submit their 500-1200 word story outline, incorporating the title, genre and essence of ‘Negotiating Life’. Subject to members voting throughout August ’08, the top ten ranking ideas then go before a Jury Panel consisting of industry professionals; Huw Penallt Jones from Capitol Films, Ed Thomas from the Fiction Factory, Mark Sandell from Trinity Filmed Entertainment, Olivier Lauchenauer from Pogo Films and John Shackleton of Movie Mogul Ltd.

‘The Writer’s Brief’ main prizes:

• Jury Award - £400 screenwriting commission
• £100 and a share in the film’s profits
• 1 year’s NPA membership (worth £85)
• Members Award - £200
• 1 year’s NPA membership (worth £85)
• Runner-up £50

Further rounds include an open Director and Producer’s call, to bring the vision to life. The production budget of £100k will be raised by members of the website purchasing affordable units at £4.95 each. All winners and unit holders will share in the film’s profits and own it jointly. The film aims to go into production towards the end of the year, under the supervision of participating Jury members.

For further information see www.moviemogulfund.com

Guiding Lights

This week sees some of the UK’s next generation of filmmaking talent teamed with members of the industry’s elite as this year’s Guiding Lights mentoring matches are announced.

Run by Brighton-based Lighthouse, Guiding Lights is part of A Bigger Future, the UK film skills strategy, a joint project set up by Skillset and the UK Film Council. Established members of the industry, including Guiding Lights sponsor Optimum Releasing, and a range of illustrious filmmaker mentors, have been brought together to support the scheme.

Over the year each mentee will develop a one-on-one relationship with their carefully chosen mentor and take part in networking events and masterclasses at venues across the country including the London and Edinburgh Film Festivals.

Guiding Lights puts the full weight of the established industry behind each mentee’s developing talent. Tim Bevan of Working Title Films, chairman of the Guiding Lights steering committee, said:
“Guiding Lights is a great mechanism for bringing new blood into British film as well as being a vital opportunity for those at the top of their game to channel what they’ve learned back into the industry.”

Guiding Lights 08/09 will build on the success of the pilot scheme. Janine Marmot, Director of Film at Skillset said:
“On the back of a truly successful Guiding Lights programme, Skillset is delighted to be supporting this programme once again – which gives participants a unique insight into the film industry with the support of key, dedicated industry mentors with an enormous amount of experience. It is no surprise that this programme attracts exceptional practitioners and exceptional candidates.”

The first Guiding Lights instalment is already proving to have been an enormous boost to the mentees involved. Laura Hastings Smith, a previous producer mentee said:

“The input I have received from my mentor, Graham Broadbent, as a result of being accepted onto 'Guiding Lights' has proved invaluable throughout the process of making [feature film] 'Hunger', which was premiered at Cannes 2008 to great acclaim.”

This year’s 25 successful candidates have been through a rigorous selection process and interest in this year’s scheme has been overwhelming, with a 60% increase in applications of a very high standard.

Sarah Flint, Chief Executive of Lighthouse said:
“We’re enormously excited about this year’s mentees. They have so much talent and so much potential and we know that they will make the most of this fantastic opportunity to accelerate their careers.”

This year’s mentor/mentee matches are:

Producers
Jenny Walker – Paul Webster
Yaw Basoah – Alison Owen
Alex Boden - tbc
Christine Hartland – Damian Jones

Directors
Asitha Ameresekere – Anand Tucker
Nicola Mills – Roger Michell
Rachel Tillotson – David Yates
Rebecca Johnson – Paul Greengrass
Samantha Harrie – Kevin Macdonald
Susan Jacobson – Gillies MacKinnon
Faye Gilbert - tbc
Robert McKillop - tbc

Cinematographers
Faye – Remi Adafarasin
David Raedeker – Barry Ackroyd
Stephanie Hardt – Oliver Stapleton
Urszula Pontikos – Seamus McGarvey

Business Categories
Stephen Spence (Business Affairs) – Andrew Hildebrand
Katheryn Needham (Sales) – Alison Thompson
Alice Stilgoe (Exhibiton) – tbc

Writers
Joseph Hepworth – Frank Cottrell Boyce
Catherine Skinner – tbc
Isabel Anderton - tbc
Rupert Raby - tbc
Keri Collins - tbc
Nicholas Horwood -tbc

Watch upcoming issue of film & festivals magazines as we report on the how the filmmakers develop with a series of exclusive diary reports from the filmmakers themselves.

Cinemagic Call For Young Film Making Talent

The Cinemagic International Film Festival for Young People has launched its annual Young Filmmaker Competition for 2008. The judges are looking for imaginative and original short films made by young people to be showcased as part of the Festival which takes place in Belfast from 13th- 30th November. The Cinemagic Young Filmmaker Competition is free to enter and it is open to young people from across the UK and Ireland aged 4-25 years old.

Cinemagic is dedicated to supporting and encouraging young filmmakers and each year the standard and quantity of films submitted is getting higher and higher. Chris Shaw, Cinemagic Festival Programmer encourages young filmmakers to get involved:

“The annual Cinemagic Young Filmmaker Competition offers young people from across the UK and Ireland the opportunity to submit their films to Cinemagic and have them judged by a panel of industry professionals. Whether you are a first-time filmmaker or developing your skills in filmmaking the competition offers a great platform to showcase your work. The short-listed films in a number of categories will then be screened during the festival. Applicants to the competition will also have the opportunity to participate in a festival masterclass of their choice and attend a series of festival films.”

Application process.
The deadline for entries to the Cinemagic Young Filmmaker Competition is 31st October. Please send a VHS or DVD copy of your film with a completed entry form to Cinemagic Young Filmmaker 2008, Chris Shaw, Cinemagic, 49 Botanic Avenue, Belfast BT7 1JL. Films should be no longer than 15 minutes. Entry forms and regulations can be downloaded from www.cinemagic.org.uk

Motorola announce 'DirectorMe' shortfilm competition winner

BASINGSTOKE - 1st July, 2008 - Motorola today announced that aspiring filmmaker Beau
Fowler from Richmond, London has won its nationwide short film competition taking
the £10,000 first prize. Beau's winning film 'Brotherly Love' - which was shot and
edited entirely on the MOTO Z10 mobile phone - was selected by a distinguished panel
of judges including Empire Magazine, FilmLondon, Ogilvy, 02 and Motorola and will be
reviewed exclusively by Empire. 


The winning film is a humorous short that depicts two brother's arguing over the TV
remote control before descending into a brilliantly choreographed martial arts
sequence that evokes scenes from The Matrix and Star Wars films. "It's been a great
competition and I'm absolutely delighted to win, the Z10 is an amazing breakthrough
and lets filmmakers be creative on the fly. The money will also certainly come in
handy for some other film projects I have in the pipeline," said Beau Fowler.


The two month long two stage contest supported the launch of the MOTO Z10 mobile
phone that allows users to capture, edit and share footage on the move. The
competition gave entrants a unique opportunity to showcase their talents and
creativity in front of peers, family and industry figures.


Twenty finalists were selected from the first round of the competition which
attracted over one hundred entrants.  In the first round entrants were asked to
create a short film based on a 'logline' or abbreviated summary of a film's plot.
Each finalist was issued with the phone with which they were invited to create a
ninety second short film on any subject of their choosing.  The films were all
posted on to a dedicated YouTube channel before the competition deadline. 


"We'd like to congratulate Beau on his success and we hope that this is a platform
for him to pursue his interest in film in the future. We've been amazed by the
quality of the entries throughout and would like to thank everyone who took the time
to enter. One of our aims was to show how easy it is to create, edit and upload a
film from the MOTO Z10 and I think the entries from the final stage proves our
point." said Rachael Ward, UK Marketing Manager, Motorola Inc.


For more information on the MOTO Z10 visit www.hellomoto.co.uk; to see the winning
entry please visit:  http://www.youtube.com/user/motoroladirectorme 

Rushes Soho

Rushes introduces The Adventures of Peter SP¹ Episode Two: Who¹s Made The
Final Cut?

In honour of the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival short list being announced
Peter SP has made a grand return to the stage. Literally!

Episode two was filmed in a controlled environment which made production
time about a day versus five days around London on the first episode. This
meant more care could be taken with lighting, set building and general
finesse.  Episode two required a theatre/stage environment to be created and
because of time restraints, these scenes were filmed on green screen and
digital matte paintings were completed in Flame later. In addition, colour
grading, rig removal and general finessing were completed in Flame. Adam
Watson, Flame artist at Rushes, commented: ³I love working with this
technique, making something from nothing, utilizing desk lamps and fairy
lights to light my scenes, generally just having fun.²

The production music was once again created by Tom Linden at Bulb Ideas. Tom
has worked his magic adding music and foley to the latest Adventures of
Peter SP.

Bulb Ideas creates bespoke music for all media and are delighted to be
involved with Rushes and their Soho Shorts Festival.

The spot can now be seen online on the Rushes Soho Shorts homepage.

The link for Peter SP¹s quick time file is:
http://web.rushes.co.uk/quicktime/soho_shorts_peter_sp_ep02_master_v2.mov

Famous Writer Adds to Allure of MA in Screenwriting

Writer Allegra Huston, daughter of legendary filmmaker John
Huston, has confirmed that she will teach at NUI Galway in November as part of the
Huston School of Film & Digital Media Writers in Residence Programme.  Allegra
Huston will work specifically with the School's MA in Screenwriting students, who
will get a taste of the famous 'Writing Salon' she runs in New Mexico.

 
The MA in Screenwriting was the inaugural programme of the Huston School of Film &
Digital Media at NUI Galway.  The one-year, full-time programme offers training in
screenplay writing, integrated with courses in film history and analysis, supported
by regular film screenings and workshops.  Allegra Huston will take students of the
MA in Screenwriting off-campus to the home of Tim and Máiréad Robinson in
Roundstone, Co. Galway, for an intensive three-day creative workshop.   

 
According to James Finlan, coordinator of the MA in Screenwriting, "Screenwriting
has been in the headlines recently with the Writers Guild of America strike showing
the vital role of the writer in bringing entertainment to our screens.  In Ireland,
the Huston school has established itself as the foremost centre for screenwriting
education.  We have a very high calibre of students, including mature students,
joining our MA course to progress their writing to the next stage.  The Writers in
Residence Programme adds an extra element to the course, allowing our students to
learn from writers such as Allegra Huston, and more recently, Hollywood scriptwriter
Evan Goldberg (Superbad and Knocked Up)."

 
One of those students currently undertaking the MA in Screenwriting is Grace
Jolliffe, who returned to college as a mature student.  According to Grace, a
published novelist and short-film director, "My first love has always been writing
screenplays.  Knowing that there is always something more to learn, I enrolled in
the Huston School of Film & Digital Media in Galway.  It has been a wonderful
opportunity to improve my writing skills and be among fellow writers."


Allegra's father John Huston had a long relationship with the Galway area, his other
daughter Angelica, went to school in Loughrea.  Five years ago, the Huston family
came together to support the creation of the Huston School of Film & Digital Media
and continue to be its patrons.  As part of this support, there are generous
scholarships every year on offer to NUI Galway graduates from the film school at
UCLA. 

The MA in Screenwriting is particularly suited to incoming students with previous
work experience in writing, film or related media fields.  Applications for entry in
September are now being taken, for further information visit www.filmschool.ie

25th Kassel Documentary Film & Video Festival

The 25th Kassel Documentary Film and Video
Festival (November 11 to 16, 2008) invites all
artists, filmmakers, producers, distributors,
gallery owners, universities and institutions to
submit latest works and projects to the different
sections of the festival program.
On six days the festival presents about 230
international documentary films as well as
experimental and artistic works. The media art
exhibition MONITORING, the DokfestLounge with
audiovisual performances and the interfiction
symposium (www.interfiction.org) complete the
festival program. Having this profile the
Kasseler Dokfest annually attracts both a
regional audience as well as professionals of the
film and media industry from Germany, Europe and the rest of the world.
Moreover, the 25th anniversary edition of the
Kassel Dokfest shall be an occasion for taking a
look at the past and future of the festival’s
development as well as documenting the facets of
documentary work that have been presented in
Kassel for the past 25 years. For instance with
the anniversary DVD "Most Touching" including a
collection of international films and videos of 25 years of festival history.

Awards
/ "Golden Key" for the best up-and-coming
documentary of a young director (Euro 5,000, supported by the City of Kassel)
/ "Golden Hercules" for an outstanding production
from the region of Northern Hesse (Euro 2,500,
sponsored by the corporate communications company Machbar GmbH)
/ "Golden Cube" for the best installation of the
MONITORING exhibition (Euro 2,500, sponsored by
the software company Micromata GmbH)
/ "A38-Production Grant" awarded in cooperation
with the Werkleitz Gesellschaft Halle (an amount
of Euro 4,000 is available for allowance in kind)

Entry form and rules of participation at www.filmladen.de/dokfest
Please fill out the comfortable online entry form, if possible.
Deadline for entries is July 21, 2008.

CALL FOR ENTRIES

The Fall 2008 CINE Golden Eagle Film & Video Competition is now open for entry!

Enter before August 1, 2008
and receive a $25 discount on your entry.

THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO ENTER:

Enter online with our online entry form at www.cine.org
Download an entry form to mail or fax to CINE
Call 202.785.1136 to have an entry form sent to you

Early Bird Deadline
August 1, 2008

Final Deadline
August 15, 2008

http://www.cine.org/

WHY SHOULD YOU ENTER?

• The CINE Golden Eagle Award is highly valued within the industry. CINE has been recognizing excellence in film, television, video and new media among emerging and established filmmakers for over fifty years. The CINE Golden Eagle Award represents the esteem of the fellow filmmakers who serve as judges, and is a prestigious mark of excellence and peer recognition.
• Many of the elite members of the film and television industry are recipients of the CINE Golden Eagle Award. For some, like Ken Burns and Steven Spielberg, the Golden Eagle was their first award. Other notable CINE Award-winners include Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Albert Maysles, Spike Lee, Robert Zemeckis, Mike Nichols, Robert Altman, Mira Nair, Mel Brooks and many others. We've also given a boost to many notable journalists, including Walter Cronkite, Diane Sawyer, Barbara Walters, Tom Brokaw and Christiane Amanpour. We are proud to call these remarkable people CINE alumni.
• CINE Award Winners have received thousands of dollars in cash scholarships and product/service grants from CINE sponsors. The Masters Award winner in the Independent Division for 2008 will receive the Henninger Media Services Grant, worth $12,000 in post-production services, and the runner-up will receive an $8,000 grant in post-production services. The Award of Excellence winner in the Student Division will receive a $5,000 film stock grant from Kodak. At the CINE Awards Gala in April, the 2007 and 2008 Masters Series Award winners in the Independent Division became the first-ever recipients of the Henninger Media Services grant , while the 2007 and 2008 recipients of the Award of Excellence in the Student Division received a film stock grant from Kodak, as well as a cash scholarship and rights clearance grant from the Chubb Group of Insurers.

V International Film Festival «Eurasia»

One of the programmes of the film festival “Eurasia”, which will be held in Astana between September 7 and September 13, 2008, will be devoted to Kazakhstan Film premieres. The amount of films produced in Kazakhstan is firmly growing year in and out. Whereas we had only 2 films finished in our country in 2002 – “Leila’s Prayer” by Satybaldy Narymbetov and “Truly Kazakh Story” by Damir Manabay, nowadays there are around 20 full length feature films in production. What other cultural field in Kazakhstan can show such an intensive development? Moreover, cinema begins to be considered as business, field of investment. Box office success of “Racketeer” by Akhan Satayev proved it, backed up by the international success of “Mongol” and “Tulip”.
Essentially, the V International Film Festival ‘Eurasia” will showcase not only the films shot at government-funded “Kazakhfilm” studio, but also the films of private, independent studios. The makers of our domestic motion pictures are directors of different generations, and the films themselves are of various trends and content – from experimental art-house works to commercial cinema. “Kazakhstan Film Premieres” programme will showcase the broadest range of modern domestic films, and the “Film Critics and Journalists Round Table” discussions will analyze the perspectives of Kazakhstan cinema development.
As of today, there are around 11-12 full length feature films completed or to be completed by September.

More info: www.eurasiaiff.kz

Film & Festival Surgery at Rushes Soho Film Festival

The Film & Festivals Surgery was launched at the East

End Film Festival in April this year, where award-winning

producer Mike Chamberlain (Inside Hamas) spent an

afternoon offering free, one-on-one advice to filmmakers.

Film & Festivals magazine is now proud to announce that

the next surgery will take place during the Rushes Soho

Shorts Film Festival, between 23rd and 31st July. The 90-

minute seminars will take place from 1pm at Foyles

Bookstore (113-119 Charing Cross Road, London) each day

and will include film professionals talking about their roles

in the industry.

Experts slated to appear include editor Brian Hovman

(Extraordinary Rendition, Sucker Punch, Hell to

Pay) and director Rob Gomez (Sucker Punch, Hell to

Pay). Themes include Science in Film, Funding Your Films

and Women in Film and Television.

The Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival

runs from 23rd July to 1st August.

For more information visit:

www.sohoshorts.com