Jeanie Finlay
DN SXSW2011 – Sound It Out – Jeanie Finlay
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] It just wouldn’t be right if at least one of our SXSW interviews didn’t come from the musical raucousness that is Austin’s 6th Street and with her record store based documentary Sound it Out I could think of no better fit than our very own Jeanie Finlay. We [...]
Sound It Out: Adventures in Crowd Funding
I was at Sheffield Doc/Fest last week and crowd funding was everywhere, I mean EVERYWHERE! It felt like the thing that was being talk about and discussed more than ever before. A year ago it was a vague notion that was on the periphery of my experience but now I’m acutely aware of it as [...]
Shell Out for Sound It Out
Our very own documentary director par excellence Jeanie Finaly needs your help to bring her 60 minute story of the very last surviving independent record shop in Teesside, to screen: Filmed over 18 months, the film will give an insight into today’s vinyl addict and today’s Teesside, offering a window into the North East. We [...]
Fly on the wall? I don’t want to fade into the background
After another late night of dancing to guilty pleasures in the Showroom bar I was grateful this morning for some kind of lie in. My plan was to book time in the videoteque and catch up on all the films I missed. High on my list were The Living Room of the Nation, the new [...]
Stitch, pitch and the a to z of Britdoc
Showroom Cinema. All Tomorrows parties edit masterclass with Nick Fenton. Truly inspiring. All Tomorrows parties New this year, The mighty Britdoc Bar Stitch and pitch with craftivists. I learnt how to knit again, first time in 20 years. I knitted and pitched, a moment of calm in a crazy festival The a to z chatshow [...]
1000 shots of vodka at the bar right now
Yet another late night post. This time because my iPhone died again after only 12 hours of use. As well as having 4 pitch meetings and taking part in 10×10. I still am yet to watch a single film. Today I saw: Art docs at the chapel Sandwich and lack of chair crisis at the [...]
Meet, meet not quite meetmarket
6 sales agents, 1 lawyer, 1 journalist, 1 film-maker drinks down. 1 pizza and 1 roller disco to go. MeetMarket this way Directors of men who swim Niki, c4int sales agent Nina pope and Karen Guthrie, artists and directors, staying in Sheffield on a house boat. The Sheffield Eye www.jeaniefinlay.com
A late start after a late night
I finally have my delegates pass and goodies. Gave back my delegates bag as I inevitably lose them or pick up one of the other 1800 identical bags at the festival. Am trying to organise my day of meetings with (mainly) sales agents. Excited that at some point today I will meet Phil Parker, the [...]
Who’s who and who are you?
I made it, here’s the obligiatory Sheffield steel welcome. Who’s who at the hubs – awarding the TV sock prize to Axel Arno for best TV commissioner pitch. Charlie Phillips, the beating heart of MeetMarket Jason Daponte, commisioner for BBC Mobile platform and aspiring beekeeper I am ashamed to admit we went to Rutland pub [...]
So near, yet so far
In my haste to finish my various edits for Friday’s dfg group 10 x 10 event – I will be showing a teaser and two scenes from my new film Orion: the man who would be king. I missed the 2.15 train to Sheffield. I had to console myself with a volcano-hot hot chocolate and [...]
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