From Benjamin Scarsbrook & Natalie Williams:
Thurrock International Film Festival, 24-30th June 2012
We are a new short international film festival that is taking place in Thurrock, Essex, UK in June this year. We are seeking entries for our festival. This is an open competition that anybody can enter and we have two international categories as well as student/documentary/animation/music video. Full details on our website.
My new episode of Doctors broadcasts on Monday, Feb 27th BBC1 @13:45, where I play 16yr old Hosanna, who has clashes with her god fearing mother.
ALSO The play ‘The Forty Elephants’ that I have co written and co directed will be up and running on March 19th, 20th, 26th, 27th, 28th at The Albany Theatre in Deptford.
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From Kay Hayden:
Gary Numan will release a new DVD, “Machine Music: The Best Of Gary Numan” on 11th June 2012. Fans and film-makers can participate in the Machine Music Tour which runs from late May into early June, by making visuals to be projected during a selection of tracks on the tour. Continue reading
From Susanne Sklepek:
Here is the programme of a two day event I have been organizing in my own department (Nottingham University). Should you be interested in E.European Culture please get in touch with me on ahxss2@nottingham.ac.uk to register.
17 -18 March 2012, University of Nottingham, Department of History, University Park, Lenton Grove Room 18/19
From Sarah Barrow:
We are hosting a symposium on Latin American Cinemas Today, at the EMMTEC, Brayford Pool Campus, University of Lincoln, on 24-25 February.
The event is FREE to all Lincoln staff, graduates and PG students. I’d be delighted if LSM graduates were able to join us at any point.
From Rebecca Weaver:
I graduated from Lincoln in 2010. In 2011 I was lucky enough to get onto the Vision Intake Pool scheme at the BBC (now known as the Production Talent Pool [Ed])
The scheme is coming up again and is open for applications on the 6th February 2012. It’s also a little different this year with three categories to choose from, rather than two, these being: Runner, Production Management Assistant (TV) and Production Management Assistant (Radio). Continue reading
From Colin:
You are invited to a presentation and critique of work in progress.
“Within the post modern critical landscape, has observational still photography lost its potency or is it just too ambiguous and misunderstood?”
6pm, February 6th, Room MC2131, Brayford campus
Regards, Colin
I am currently employed with Gems Tv and Gems Tv Extra, working as a technical operator. Gems TV is a reverse auction shopping channel specialising in jewellery, which broadcasts 24/7 on freeview channel 43. The company also owns Gems TV eXtra and Jewellery Maker. Continue reading
From Dave at Shoreline Scripts:
Shoreline Scripts is the only active standalone screenwriting competition in the UK. We wanted to create not only a competition with awards, but a platform to help get great scripts from around the world into the hands of the producers and companies that have the means to get them made. Continue reading
From Luke Cairns
During a normal working week here at Butchers Hook Video, I’ve come to expect at least a dozen CV’s of young people interested in breaking into the film business in the UK.
Now it is widely known that getting a break in the business is difficult, so in this article I’ll attempt to address this and offer some tips I’ve picked up along my career from lowly runner to corporate video producer working with Fortune 500 companies.