Bunny and Clive LA Shorts screening

Bunny and Clive will be screening as part of the LA shorts Festival on Wednesday, August 9th at 9.55pm. Amazing to see it on the big screen again.

 

2016 London Film Festival screening

Bunny and Clive was screened at the BFI SouthBank as part of the London Film Festival on 13th October 2016 and again on 14th October, at the Hackney PictureHouse. The LFF is an incredible festival with an awesome selection of films and events. Definitely worth a few or more days off to attend…Free Fire, Lion, Arrival, Manchester by the Sea, Nocturnal Animals…the first few pages of the 114-page festival guide.

It was great to see it play to a packed NFT1 – their biggest screen (with the volume turned right up) – in front of fellow film makers, members of our cast and crew, contributors to the KickStarter campaign and festival goers.

Just to say it again – the film looked amazing and the audience reaction was brilliant. It’s a great experience to watch the film with so many people.

Bunny and Clive Premiere at the 2016 BFI London Film Festival

Bunny and Clive will have its premiere screening at the London Film Festival on 13th October at BFI SouthBank, more info, tickets etc. at their site here. It will screen as part of the BFI London Calling showcase of 8 short films selected from the 20 funded.

Those involved with those 20 short films were invited to a collective screening at BFI last week. I’ve been to some great festivals before but the all day screening was one of the best and most enjoyable collections I’ve seen. If you’re just into your films or about to apply for next year’s London Calling I seriously recommend you catch either of the two BFI screenings on 13th or 14th of October.

SouthBank is buzzing – it’s a brilliant place for a festival, a short walk from either Waterloo station or Embankment tube/Charing Cross Station/Trafalgar Square. Best of all, if you don’t mind RnB turned up to 11 and the rumble of trains above, there’s possibly the best burger in town.

Foyle Film Festival

Luckily even a ‘de-icer v plane’ collision couldn’t stop me from getting to Derry and getting a taster of the Foyle Film Festival. Unfortunately it did prevent me from seeing the other ‘Light in Motion Awards’ programmes on the Saturday.

It was worth the cold, the trains, planes and automobiles to get there…

– to see ‘The Fundamentals’ on the big screen. I was nervous and I needn’t have been. It looked amazing. The Sony FS7 stood its ground in the company of Reds and Alexas used on the other shorts.

– to see the other 5 short films in the programme. More regrets about missing the other programmes. This film festival can programme. When you leave a festival saying ‘next year I’ll come for a week’ you know it’s been a good one.

– to meet some of the other film makers. It’s great to talk shop, get feedback, and maybe hook up for future projects. Great to have a motivational boost and a ‘creative-juices’ winter power up. The only official networking event I could see was the day before.

– to affirm that a short film can be made that competes with others with official funding, bigger budgets, more toys and bigger crews.

– to see a bit of Belfast and Derry, the amazing countryside inbetween, hear about the next three seasons of  Game of Thrones being filmed with Barry’s neighbours as extras, and hear yarns about U2 and Van Morrison turning up at the pub. The locals are great!

Short films to look out for:

NippleJesus dir. Jake Lushington
Killing Thyme dir. M J McMahon
Noticed dir. Limor Diamant
Night of the Stalker dir. Shant Hamassian

The Fundamentals screening at the Foyle Film Festival

Great to hear that The Fundamentals has been selected as part of the Light in Motion Awards section of the Foyle Film Festival. Very excited to be attending the festival with Oscar®, BAFTA and BIFA affiliation for the first time and looking forwarding to networking in the pub afterwards.
The opening track from the film can be heard here
Screening at the Nerve Centre on 4.45pm Saturday 21st November 2015 – part of 3 short film programmes that afternoon. Amazing value at £3 a ticket/programme.

Filming ‘The Fundamentals’

‘The Fundamentals’ screening at the 2015 Austin Film Festival

‘The Fundamentals’, starring Sonya Cassidy and Nicola Sloane, is being screened at the brilliant 2015 Austin Film Festival on Friday 30th October at the Rollins Studio Theatre.

It was a pleasure to DP and work on the soundtrack on this short film: great crew, amazing location, getting to know the Sony FS7 and yet again to be in the company of awe-inspiring actors.

BAFTA Nominations and 1946

So now the nominations are all over I can say that ‘1946’ was long-listed for a nomination in the short film category. Up early this morning to watch the live broadcast of the nominees for best short film – no mention – then having to dig through the BAFTA press announcement to find the nominations.

The tears and chest beating are over. No sour grapes. Here are the nominations for the 2015 BAFTA short film. Congratulations to them all!

‘Boogaloo and Graham‘ – funding from Northern Ireland Screen through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the BFI

‘Emotional Fusebox‘ – Developed by Creative England and the BFI it was the first commission nationally out of the new BFI NET.WORK talent development programme.

‘The Kármán Line‘ – funded by the BFI and Virgin Media

‘Slap’ –  Vimeo – National Film and Television School (UK) project.

‘Three Brothers’ – Film London/London Calling project

‘1946’ being in the run for a BAFTA short nomination was a sweet surprise when I heard a while back. I had a great time being involved in its production but was never sure how it would do in competition. Too close to the action? Obviously a nomination would have made everyone’s day, so, what have I learnt from this? Is my next short script going to be about a ditzy female refugee living in a Glasgow council estate making films on her iPhone in her underpants and learning life lessons from her pet chicken? Maybe. Should every project or script be submitted to the BFI or regional film initiatives like Film London or Creative England? I don’t think so.

Anyway…(cue stiff-lipped inspirational music) 1946 was a self-funded, non-production company independent short film. I have no idea how we bagged the amazing actors and the insanely beautiful locations and the crew who turned up at uncivilized hours and grafted for a cup of coffee and a bun. To all those out their making films out of the ‘system’, having to explain credit card purchases and weekend absences to their loved ones, battling the weather and public transport to arrive on set in time,  living the dream – I salute you. Next year the BAFTA nomination will be yours!

Happy New Year.

1946 screening at The 5th Anniversary Willfilm Festival

More info here

1946 at Leeds International Film Festival

‘1946’ is screening at the Leeds Film Festival on Saturday 15th November 2014 @ Hyde Park Picture House – part of their ‘Short Film City’ programme.

‘1946’ screening at the Austin Film Festival

The short film ‘1946’ is screening at the Austin Film Festival on Thursday October 24th in the Short Program 2 Back and Forth. Hoping for Oscar glory.

1946 starring Kevin McNally and Hugh O’Conor

Production pics here

Music from the film