“With discontent spreading and new technologies allowing the ever greater expression of alternative voices, Bristol Radical Film Festival wants to showcase the best short films by individuals or collectives in the UK and further afield.” Details follow: Continue reading
Tag Archives: Festivals
Tropfest
The world’s largest short film festival, Movie Extra Tropfest 2013, is calling for entries! Tropfest offers a fantastic platform for film and media students and graduates to showcase their passion and talent for filmmaking. Entries close on January 3, 2013.
From last year’s finalist films:
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Alex Graham (Wall to Wall CEO) to give lecture
Mon 15 Oct at 6pm, MC2201, Brayford Campus, University of Lincoln.
Visiting Professor for TV Alex Graham: “Sheffield International Doc Fest at 20″
Wall to Wall CEO Alex Graham has been a leading figure in UK independent television production sector for almost 30 years. Continue reading
Class of 2010 graduates steal the show
Six graduates of the Lincoln School of Media have just won a hat-trick of prizes at the 48 Hour Film Project with their film “GLOVE”. Joseph (Joey) Fallon, Jonathan Sankey, Emma Godley, Simon Dunn. Josh Roberts and Ashley Pay, who all graduated in 2010, entered the competition ‘on a whim’.
Competing against a wide range of film makers including 18-strong studio teams from around the UK, the graduates brainstormed on a Friday, filmed all day Saturday and edited up to the wire.
At the UK awards ceremony on 6th October 2012, at the Pheonix Theatre, London – Joseph Fallon won Best Director (with a £5000 Sony camera as prize). The team then won the Audience Award, in a landslide audience vote (prize 2 memberships to the Arts Club in Soho). Finally they won Overall UK Winner, with their film being screened, which then received a huge round of applause. The prize was a trip to Los Angeles next year and entry to the Worldwide competition.
They literally shot to stardom in a few breathless hours! Congratulations to them all. Continue reading
Michael Beddoes employs LSM graduates
Love working with the students and alumni of the Media course at Lincoln, always a good bunch of guys who are passionate and enthusiastic.
Our short film ‘The Third One This Week’ completed the festival circuit after screening at South by South West, the Hamptons and winning a jury prize at Cergy-Pontoise International Student Festival. Launched online for free and became Vimeo Staff Pick.
ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival
From Kadi Lokk: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Early Bird Deadline November 18th, 2012
Whether imagined or real, stories are created everyday, and the world is always in need of a good story. ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival continually searches for the most talented storytellers and cinematic visionaries who make their stories a reality.
ÉCU 2013 will take place in Paris from March 29th to the 31st 2013. www.ecufilmfestival.com. Continue reading
Sheffield Docfest 2012
From Matthew Baren
Sheffield Doc/Fest 13-17th June 2012 is the World’s most exciting documentary and digital media festival, conference and marketplace – attracting the biggest names in docs from the world over. If you have an interest in film and TV, festivals and event organisation or just want to meet new people, work in a fast paced environment, with a fun high-energy team, then we want you!
Thurrock Film Festival
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.
LSM 2011 highlights
It’s been quite a year back on the Brayford:
Andrew Elliott organised a conference, Rethinking Epic, at Lincoln in July, with a line-up that included renowned international scholars in film history (Jeffrey Richards, Robert Burgoyne).
Lincoln Shorts 2012
From Tim Johns:
Submissions open for new Lincolnshire film festival! ‘Lincoln Shorts’ is now accepting video submissions for its second ever event – confirmed to take place at the Lincoln Drill Hall on March 7th, 2012. There are only two criteria for submitting video to Lincoln Shorts – it must have a local connection, and it must be less than five minutes long. Filmmakers can submit their material here