A Gift for Dickie

A Gift for Dickie is an ambitious and inspiring project, which aims to provide the legend that is Richard (Dickie) Attenborough with the funds needed to make the film of his dreams (What is the Film Project?).
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Filmstock #8

As a Lutonian and a devoted film fanatic, I rarely get excited about the choice of films I get to view in my hometown. However, once a year I get 11 days to get truly excited about, the Filmstock festival. For those of you that don’t know what Filmstock is…shame on you!
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After all this, won’t you give me a smile?

As part of the warm up for the Filmstock Film Festival (which starts today – Thursday 1st November), its originators Neil Fox and Justin Doherty have been running a series of screenings and events under the name of Filmelab. It was at one of these events on a recent Friday night, I had the pleasure [...]

Clandestine – Justin Doherty

Clandestine (2006)
It is said that the soul leaves the body through the back of the neck, naturally, in death. And that it cannot leave, or be taken, until this time.
Clandestine, both a homage to French crime thrillers of the 1960s and a contemporary mystery, follows an ageing thief, a soul stealer, contemplating his history before [...]

DN Ep 001: Clandestine – Justin Doherty

Here it is the first ever episode of the Directors Notes podcast!

We kick things off with an interview with Justin Doherty of ZeroBalance about his short Clandestine, a contemporary mystery and a homage to French crime thrillers of the 1960’s.