Shortlist Announced for reed.co.uk Short Film Competition 2012

The reed.co.uk Short Film Competition 2012 has announced its shortlist, with 12 films chosen from more than 500 entries. 

 

The shortlist in full (alphabetically):

• ‘Boss Boot Camp’ by Paul Cook
• ‘Disconnected’ by Tom Edkins
• ‘Gaffer’ by Alex Hinx
• ‘Going Up’ by Francis Annan
• ‘Man Up’ by Caroline Giammetta
• ‘Mourning Rules’ by Daniel Castell
• ‘Moynihan and The Boss’ by Mat Laroche
• ‘My First Time’ by Steve Lennon
• ‘Spider and Fly: Private Eye’ by Oliver Smith
• ‘The Boss’ by Alex Emslie
• ‘The Devil’s Apricot’ by Jonathan Brooks
• ‘The Wireless’ by Mark Fitzsimons

 

The selected films will be put before a panel of judges who will choose the winner of this year’s £10,000 Grand Prix, as well as the Judges’ Commendation award. The shortlist is available to view at reed.co.uk/film where the public can vote online for the People’s Choice Award (£1,000).

The staff of reed.co.uk will select the winner of this year’s Best Animation prize (£1,000). The Best Animation shortlist comprises:

• ‘How to be boss. What Plato says’ by Tim Wilson
• ‘Park Life’ by Lee Parker
• ‘The Boss’ by Mohan Subramaniam

Along with providing a new wave of UK filmmaking talent with an online platform to showcase their work, this year’s reed.co.uk Short Film Competition will screen all shortlisted films at film festivals and events throughout the summer.

Mark Rhodes, Marketing Director at reed.co.uk, comments on how this year’s competition surpassed all expectation:

“The time, the talent and the effort that’s gone into making all of this year’s entries made reaching a shortlist of only 12 films extremely difficult. We had to make some painful decisions.

“I’d like to extend a heartfelt thanks on behalf of reed.co.uk  to everyone who’s taken part in this year’s competition.”

 

Rhodes calls for everyone to get involved by voting for their favourite film:

“We’re excited to be able to show all 12 shortlisted films on reed.co.uk where people can vote for their favourite. The winner of the People’s Choice Award will be awarded £1,000.”

 

All winners will be announced on May 30th at an exclusive awards ceremony and screening at London’s Hospital Club. Full details of this year’s shortlist, including information on how to vote, can be found at reed.co.uk/film.

Further information:

http://www.reed.co.uk/film

http://www.youtube.com/reedfilm

http://www.facebook.com/reedfilm

http://www.twitter.com/reedfilm

Free Reel Romania

 

Free Reel Romania is a non-profit project presented by Free Reel Mobile Cinema, a UK-based initiative of Cinephilia Services Ltd. The project will carry out a six-week programme of free film screenings and short filmmaking workshops in rural communities across Romania that have restricted access to cultural activities, across June and July 2012. The activities are designed to open up a dialogue across a spectrum of local and global issues, and to empower people to have a greater voice within their own community and the wider world. Short films produced in the workshops will subsequently be screened to local communities and toured around Romania as part of the mobile cinema touring programme, as well as being showcased in special screenings at well-established film festivals in Romania and the UK throughout 2012 and beyond.

 

This pilot project is produced in partnership with several established Romanian NGOs, and in collaboration with the NexT International Film Festival in Bucharest and the Transylvania International Film Festival in Cluj. Free Reel Romania also has as its programming partners Astra documentary festival in Sibiu, One World Romania human rights film festival in Bucharest and Open City documentary festival in London.

They are currently appealing for public or private donations to aid in their running costs and they also welcome any offers of sponsorship or collaborative partnerships. For more information, to become involved or to donate please visit the website www.freereel.org or contact jodie@freereel.org.

24 HOURS TO ENTER RUSHES SOHO SHORTS

Get your skates on, because there’s a measly 24 hours left before our entries close. And that’s final – no last minute extensions. So, if you’re just adding the finishing touches to your latest heartbreaking masterpiece, then remember - the deadline is end of the day, Thursday 5^th April.

Work can be submitted here: http://entries.sohoshorts.com

And in case you’re new around here, Soho Shorts is an internationally recognised, London-based short film festival, showcasing the best in new creative talent alongside established industry practitioners, across eight official categories. Work selected for competition will be screened at the ICA from 11^th to 18^th July with the winners being announced at the Awards Ceremony on Thursday 19^th July 2012.

UK FOCUSED CATEGORIES:

Short Film Award – live action work under 15mins, from long standing filmmakers
Newcomer Award – live action work under 15mins, from new filmmakers

FOREIGN FOCUS CATEGORY:

International  Award – live action work under 15mins, from new and long standing filmmakers

GLOBAL CATEGORIES:

Animation Award – animated work under 15mins from new and long standing filmmakers
Documentary Award – factual work under 15mins from new and long standing filmmakers
Music Video Award – promo work under 15mins from new and long standing filmmakers
Long Form Award – live action work under 30mins from new and long standing filmmakers
Pushing Boundaries Award – brilliantly creative, experimental work or branded content under 5mins from new and long standing filmmakers

The competition entry fee is £15. Students £10.
Rushes Soho Shorts has an open submissions policy for all programmes.
Work should have been completed between 1^st January 2011 and April 2012.

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straight 8 Cannes Fringe Screening

straight 8, the film event that invites anyone, anywhere to make a three minute film using just one cartridge of Super 8mm cine film, without re-takes or editing – is back at Cannes Advertising Festival for the 6^th consecutive year.

They’ll be showing the best of their 2012 entries made by people from ad-land, plus the very best films of the year, fresh from their 10^th annual premiere at Cannes Film Festival.

straight 8 2012 is open now, at www.straight8.net/enter.html

The deadline for completed films has been extended to midnight on April 11th, so you can still enter and see your film for the first time in packed cinema in Cannes. 

It’s happening on Fri 22^nd June at the Star Cinema, 98 Rue d’Antibes.

 

Ed Sayers, straight 8 founder:

“straight 8 is a tough but exhilarating filmmaking challenge that all thrill-seekers really should try.  ”Feel the fear and do it anyway”. I’m feeling it.  And doing it”

Joce Capper, Rushes MD:

“straight 8 is a must! The films submitted never fail to amaze you,  it’s inspiring to know that such crazy brilliance & enthusiasm for challenging filmmaking abilities exists. The fun is watching those filmmakers sweat in front of their fellow peers before learning if they have taken a risk too far or  discovering just how far one can really risk it.”

All profits from the screening will go to The Fireflies ride for Leuka, stay tuned to our social networks for ticket details.

2012 BAFTA Nominated Shorts On Tour

Following on from the Orange British Academy Film Awards on 12 February 2012, the nominated short films and short animations will be touring the country.

To check whether the films will be coming to a town near you, visit the page on the BAFTA website

The nominees for Best Short Film (Animated) were:

	ABUELAS Director/Co-Writer: Afarin Eghbal, Producer: Kasia Malipan (9 mins) In Buenos Aires, an old woman looks forward to becoming a grandmother. However, historic events force her to wait over 30 years.
	BOBBY YEAH Director/Writer/Producer: Robert Morgan(23 mins) Bobby Yeah is a petty thug who lightens his miserable existence by brawling and stealing stuff. One day, he steals the favourite pet of some very dangerous individuals, and finds himself in deep trouble. He really should learn, but he just can’t help it.
	A MORNING STROLL Winner Director/Writer: Grant Orchard, Producer: Sue Goffe (7 mins) When a New Yorker walks past a chicken on his morning stroll, we’re left to wonder which one is the real city slicker.

 

The 5 nominees for Best Short Film (Live Action) were:

	CHALK Director/Writer: Martina Amati, Co-Writer: Ilaria Bernardini, Producer: Gavin Emerson/James Bolton (18 mins) When two gymnasts are selected for the National training camp they learn something new about bodies, boys and friendship.
	MWANSA THE GREAT Rungano Nyoni, Gabriel Gauchet (23 mins) An eight-year-old boy who aspires to be a hero embarks upon a journey to prove his greatness,with unexpected consequences.
	ONLY SOUND REMAINS Writer/Director: Arash Ashtiani, Producer: Anshu Poddar (15 mins) A personal drama set in the wake of the violent post-election protests in Iran.
	PITCH BLACK HEIST Winner Writer/Director: John Maclean, Producer: Gerardine O’Flynn (12mins) Follows two professional safe crackers who meet on a simple job to relieve an office safe from its contents. The catch is a light activated alarm system impelling the men to embark on a pitch black heist.
	TWO AND TWO Director/Writer/Producer: Babak Anvari, Co-Writer:Gavin Cullen, Co-Producer: Kit Fraser (8 mins) In a school governed by a strict regime, the pupils are informed that what they had always been taught as fact is no longer true. But when the incredulous students speak out, they are forced to question how far they will go to stand up for their beliefs.

Enter Rushes Soho Shorts Festival

There only 3 weeks left to enter this year’s festival, the deadline is Thursday 5^th April.

Our London-based short film festival will be showcasing the best in new creative talent alongside established industry practitioners, across eight official categories at the ICA from 11^th-20^th July and we’d like your work to be part of it.

UK FOCUSED CATEGORIES:

Short Film Award – live action work under 15mins, from long standing filmmakers

Newcomer Award – live action work under 15mins, from new filmmakers

FOREIGN FOCUS CATEGORY:

International  Award – live action work under 15mins, from new and long standing filmmakers

GLOBAL CATEGORIES:

Animation Award – animated work under 15mins from new and long standing filmmakers

Documentary Award – factual work under 15mins from new and long standing filmmakers

Music Video Award – promo work under 15mins from new and long standing filmmakers

Long Form Award – live action work under 30mins from new and long standing filmmakers

Pushing Boundaries Award – brilliantly creative, experimental work or branded content under 5mins from new and long standing filmmakers

Work can be submitted at http://entries.sohoshorts.com

Rushes Soho Shorts has an open submissions policy for all programmes.

Work should have been completed between 1^st January 2011 and April 2012.

The competition entry fee is £15. Students £10.

Tamasha – Who’s Behind The Wheel?

Tamasha is inviting applications for:
Who’s Behind the Wheel?
A digital video project
Deadline for entries: 6^th April 2012

To coincide with the premiere of Ishy Din’s new razor sharp play Snookered, Tamasha is inviting video submissions (up to 3mins in length) from around the world about the people who transport you on a daily basis. Taxi drivers, bus drivers, train drivers, rickshaw riders… you name it! If they’re somehow involved in getting people from A to B then they want to hear their stories and find out ‘Who’s really Behind the Wheel’!

This is a fantastic opportunity to have your work seen by a wide international audience and be part of a highly anticipated show touring all over the UK.

Selected videos will be screened in front of an invited industry audience at Rich Mix in London at a special event later in the year and one filmmaker will be offered a place on one of the London Film Academy’s Specialised Courses.

More details on how to submit your film and an application pack can be downloaded here:

http://www.tamasha.org.uk/whos-behind-the-wheel/

BAFTA Event – Filmmakers and Brand-Funded Content

Venue: BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LN
9th March @ 6.15pm

Filmmakers have long moved between the distinct worlds of commercial advertising and filmmaking, with advertising often seen as a way of funding film projects or subsidising the filmmaker’s less commercial work. But in the last decade the lines between those worlds have blurred. Advertisers have looked to harness filmmakers’ storytelling skills in new and varied ways – ranging from microbudget budget online commercials to long form ads in which the brand is only peripherally featured, to investing in feature films. In this event, the speakers will explore how and why brands and filmmakers are collaborating more closely, and look at the commercial, creative and ethical questions, as well as opportunities that arise.

Speakers include: BAFTA nominated filmmakers Amanda Boyle (Cast Offs, Skins and Care), Tom Harper (Scouting Book for Boys, The Borrowers), Graham Hodge (Head of Branded Content at LBI whose clients include Sony, Virgin Atlantic and Peroni ) and Eilidh Macaskill (Editor of InStyle UK, who launched Film InStyle, pairing luxury brands and filmmakers for a series of short films).

Book tickets here

 

 

BFI Shorts 2012

Lighthouse is pleased to announce that the BFI Shorts 2012 scheme is now open for applications.

BFI Shorts 2012 is an exciting new UK-wide short film production initiative which will support up to 20 live-action fiction projects with budgets ranging from £25,000 to £50,000. They are looking for a diverse slate of films that tell compelling stories and have the ability to engage, inspire and entertain audiences.

They are now accepting applications from directors, writers and producers who have a track record of making work which demonstrates a distinct voice and strong storytelling ability. The scheme welcomes submissions from talent working across a wide variety of creative disciplines, including film, TV drama, theatre, online drama, commercials, documentaries and artists’ film and video.

The deadline for applications is 5pm, Friday 23 March 2012.

Further information about the application and selection process can be found on their website:
http://www.lighthouse.org.uk/bfi-shorts-2012/about-bfi-shorts-2012