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As part of my effort to get some of the Directors Notes’ films out to a wider non-podcast audience whilst trying to become cool by association, I’m getting to curate some films for the Dislocation Festival which is being hosted by VSTM Records in my old stomping ground of Luton.
As well as the afore [...]
In the on-going conspiracy to make me feel bad for never getting organised enough to arrange screenings outside of the annual Reading/Leeds thing, the Film Friends Forever folks are screening the best videos of Vice Magazine’s Spike Jonze helmed VBS.TV.
I’m gonna be going along, but if you plan to join in the fun make sure [...]
The Raindance Film Festival will be moving into its 16th year from the 1st - 12th October, but before it throws open the screening doors, is looking for your shorts and features of all genres from anywhere in the world. The festival takes place in London’s West End and last year’s Jury Prize Winners were [...]
You’d think that running Directors Notes would mean I spend all my time at screenings and hobnobbing with directors, but the sad reality is that most of my filmmaker contact is via Skype, email and screeners, partially because they live in different countries to me, but more often than should be the case laziness and [...]
Checking through my mail this morning I came across a useful link in the Shooting People bulletin for the Free Film Festivals website. As they put it:
Our schedules list free entry film festivals right across the planet, all of which will accept both submission and screening copies on either small gauge film or inexpensive and [...]
Why do I feel the unhealthy, compulsion to spend days obsessing over what 10 out of the 123 films I watched this year (told you I was obsessive!) were my favourites, and why do I have to wait until every day of previous year has passed to ensure I’ve truly seen all the films I’m [...]
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!
Amidst the two weeks of screenings and events that was The Times BFI 51st London Film Festival sat the calm oasis of the filmmakers’ breakfasts, which along with being a perfect opportunity to load up on coffee and croissants for the day, meant that I got to speak to some of the directors with their [...]
Amidst the two weeks of screenings and events that was The Times BFI 51st London Film Festival sat the calm oasis of the filmmakers’ breakfasts, which along with being a perfect opportunity to load up on coffee and croissants for the day, meant that I got to speak to some of the directors with their [...]
Amidst the two weeks of screenings and events that was The Times BFI 51st London Film Festival sat the calm oasis of the filmmakers’ breakfasts, which along with being a perfect opportunity to load up on coffee and croissants for the day, meant that I got to speak to some of the directors with their [...]