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Vote for The Retirement Village

By MarBelle ⋅ February 21, 2010 ⋅ 11 comments

The winners for tonight’s Bafta Awards, maybe sealed in their envelopes and out of our hands, but you’ve still got the power to elevate a new filmmaker to award winning status. The BAFTA members panel has whittled down a plethora of entries to three nominees, which are now open to a public vote to decide [...]

Mixtape – Luke Snellin

By drgonzolives ⋅ February 19, 2010 ⋅ One comment

I’m normally dubious of corporate short film competitions. You know, the ‘make a two second short featuring our brand in 14 minutes yada yada yada’. It was with trepidation then that I checked out the Virgin Media Shorts winner Mixtape by Luke Snellin. It came recommended by the wonderful Electric Literature magazine though so I [...]

Ctrl.Alt.Shift

By MarBelle ⋅ January 9, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

As normal I’ve been a little slack in getting a post up about this, but that’s in no way a reflection of my enthusiasm.
Ctrl.Alt.Shift is a youth initiative that’s challenging young filmmakers (aged 18-25) to tackle the issues of poverty and injustice through their creativity. The five winning treatment directors will get the opportunity to [...]

Nobody’s Perfect

By MarBelle ⋅ July 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Nobody’s Perfect is a newly launched charity short film competition that’s open to 16 – 25 year olds interested in directing, producing, acting, writing or composing regardless of previous experience.
Submitted material will be judged by musician Sandi Thom (‘Punk Rocker’), actors Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy in Harry Potter), Tom Hardy (Band of Brothers), JJ Feilds [...]

Hotel Harabati Competition

By MarBelle ⋅ April 20, 2008 ⋅ One comment

A few days ago it was my pleasure to interview French director Brice Cauvin about his feature debut, the excellent Hotel Harabati, which you may recall appeared in both Miss D’s and my top ten lists of 2007. I’ll be posting clips from the film and our interview in a few days, but right now [...]