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All we (or anybody else) seem to be banging on about these days is crowd funding and how it’s the filmmaking wave of the future now. Whilst there are new funding sites popping up all the time, the popular choice for filmmakers lies between Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Both sites are fairly similar in their approach; [...]
Zipangu Fest: Nippon Year Zero
Oh what to do on a chilly Tuesday night in London? The answer you’re obviously searching for is; watch the very best Japanese independent and experimental cinema from the 1960s to 1970s at the inaugural Zipangu Fest. DN’s own Julian Ross has got together with Close-Up Film Centre and Zipangu Fest for a night of [...]
60 Best Blogs for Aspiring Screenwriters
If there’s a single filmmaking fact we can all agree on it’s that this isn’t a career for the faint of heart. Even with talent and determination it can often be an uphill slog so you can never have too many resources to help you on your way. With this in mind bachelorsdegree.org have collated [...]
Grimm Up North Preview
From October 28th to 31st October, independent horror films come to Manchester to have their UK debut at the second Grimm Up North film festival. DN caught up with lovely festival director Simeon Halligan and had a history lesson. Last year Simeon was promoting his directorial feature length debut, low budget shocker Splintered and wanted [...]
The Jarman Award
Last month Spartacus Chetwynd, Ben Rivers, Zineb Sedira and Emily Wardill were named as the four nominees with a chance of scooping Film London’s prestigious Jarman Award; which comes with a handy £10,000 cash prize and commission for Channel 4’s Three Minute Wonder strand. The winner won’t be revealed until the 5th October at the [...]
Reading & Leeds 2010
Yeah, it may be raining and miserable outside, but it’ll take more than that to stop El Vez and I heading off for our annual Cinema Tent screenings with OFVM at the Reading and Leeds music festivals. If you’re a regular here you’ll no doubt recognise some of the films and kick ass directors in [...]
UnderWire: Call For Entries
Not one to rest on her laurels despite the success of YARNfest earlier this year, Gemma Mitchell has teamed up with Gabriella Apicella to present the UnderWire Film Festival. From from 18th – 21st November UnderWire will treat London to four days of screenings and events, focused on the work of female filmmakers, especially those [...]
Help Build The 10th Lego Master
Seems that all of DN’s nearest and dearest are getting busy with the work of filmmaking – which is just as it should be! The freakishly tall and talented Jan Bednarz is kicking off a new Buzz Films feature documentary, The 10th Lego Master and you can give him a helping hand: There are only [...]
Life Just Is: Getting Out There and Doing It
Award winning short filmmaker Alex Barrett, cinephile and sometime DN contributor is nearing production on his debut feature Life Just Is. His cast has just been announced and it’s a belter, including Paul Nicholls and Jayne Wisener who played Johanna in the Burton/Depp Sweeney Todd. Presumably they’ve been drawn in by the calibre of the [...]
Indie Film’s 25 New Faces Revealed
If lists and the freshest talent in film are your thing – they are ours – then, like us, you’ll be poring over Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces list with interest. These are the folks likely to be rocking our screens in the near future so take note.
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