Youth charity Kikass are seeking creative submissions (virals/short film clips/animations) for What Would You Do For A Pound, over the next month, offering the best entrant contacts and work experience with top creative agencies (as well as over £2,000 of stuff like a Nintendo Wii, i-Pod Video Premiership tickets and career coaching). We’re looking for … [Read more…]
Every month the 7 Inch Cinema folks send out a newsletter highlighting not just what they’re doing but a whole slew of other stuff they think is cool. As such it’s kinda essential and a perfect example of what could go on a blog. They’re in touch with the local scene and they have a … [Read more…]
At some point recently Mark Locke updated his website with a slew of new videos and short films. You’ll remember Mark from the event at the MAC in February as part of the Flatpack Festival with Misty’s Big Adventure as the house band. A fair number of the films shown there are now online, including … [Read more…]
Roys Boys is “an independent film company that was established in the West Midlands in 2006 by two brothers. Neil and Nathan Turner both write, direct and co-produce (along with DOP Jon Lewis) short low budget films.” They’ve got three shorts on their site which are of pretty high quality, not just in production but … [Read more…]
The 2007 Flip Animation Festival has been announced for November 1st – 3rd at Light House and other venues in Wolverhampton. Flip is an eclectic mix of all things animation. Based in the heart of the Midlands the festival provides a wide range of experiences from educational workshops for young people to experimental animation for … [Read more…]
Tonight the regular Screen Forum at Light House in Wolverhampton is a special on pitching at Cannes, supported by Bafta and Screen WM with some quite high profile speakers. May’s forum will focus on pitching and will provide a timely opportunity for those thinking about taking their ideas to Cannes later in the month. The … [Read more…]
Dan Reed’s Straightheads, part funded by the Screen West Midlands agency and filmed in the region, didn’t get the best best of reviews from the press. So, having built up to this moment for a year, how does the director deal with this on his blog? By listing the adjectives for a start: rabid nonsense, … [Read more…]
Foillowing on from the Supersonic vids Chris Keenan has been uploading a shedload of moving images from last years Moseley Folk Festival. 23 are in this account so far including this one of Tunng, featured here because I like Tunng.