ACTORS
REQUIRED
Three
actors, two men in their sixties, a woman in her sixties, required
for a play reading of my 30 minute play entitled 'The Neighbour'
on Sunday the 28th October, which I will direct, as part of the
'Tongues and Grooves' event in Portsmouth. This is a one-off performance.
It will be necessary to hold rehearsals in advance of or on the
day of the performance. Travel and general expenses to apply for
the rehearsal and the performance. Please contact Roger Goldsmith
at roger.goldsmith@ntlworld.com
for further details.
The Pérez
de Ayala Annual Lecture
The Guernica Children in Britain
A case study of humanitarian need versus perceived
political expediency
given by Steve Bowles, film maker
Monday 21 May 2007
5:30pm refreshments; 6:00pm lecture
Avenue Campus, University of Southampton
Established
with the generous support of the Cultural Office of the Spanish
Embassy in recognition of the Spanish writer Ramón Pérez
de Ayala, over the years the Pérez de Ayala Annual Lecture
has welcomed a host of distinguished speakers to present at both
the University of Southampton and the University of Portsmouth.
This year,
Modern Languages in Southampton's School of Humanities is delighted
to introduce award-winning Southampton-based film maker Steve
Bowles. Director of Southampton film and media charity 'City Eye'
and graduate of the University of Southampton , Steve produced
and directed the epic documentary film The Children of Guernica,
most recently shown on BBC4 to coincide with the eve of the 70th
anniversary of the bombing of Guernica .
On 26th April 1937 the small Basque town of Guernica was bombed
mercilessly by German planes supporting Franco's army during Spain
's bloody Civil War. The event would later be commemorated by
Picasso's famous painting but the events at Guernica led directly
to the arrival of four thousand Spanish children in Britain -
the largest single influx of refugees ever to arrive in this country
and the first to consist solely of children. The British Government
did not want them here and it was only the pressure of public
opinion that forced it, grudgingly, to allow the children to come.
On the 70th
anniversary of the bombing of Guernica , we hear the remarkable
story of the Basque children - of those who returned to Spain
and those who made Britain their home. It is the story of a remarkable
grass-roots organisation that cared for the children, and the
conflict that this situation generated with a British Government
that saw the children as a political embarrassment.
For more information:
www.basquechildren.org
To attend
There is no charge to attend this event. To register your place
and confirm any special requirements you may have, please contact:
Gail Combes
Administrator, Modern Languages
University of Southampton
T: 023 8059 3974
E:g.combes@soton.ac.uk
Location
The lecture will take place in the James Parkes Building (B65)
on the University of Southampton ’s Avenue Campus.
Car parking
Free parking will be available on the Avenue Campus in any vacant
bay, unless designated for a specific purpose.
Alternatively,
Avenue Campus is a short ride by taxi or Uni-link bus ride from
both Southampton Parkway and Southampton Central stations.
Supported by the Cultural
Office of the Spanish Embassy
Co-operative
Young Film-Makers - Update
Call For Entries - Closing date 6th July 2007
Film Festival - Fri 12th and Sat 13th October 2007
This year's
Co-operative Young Film-Makers takes place on Friday 12 and Saturday
13 October, and the closing date for entries is 29 June.
Each year
Co-operative Young Film-Makers holds a festival at the National
Media Museum in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Over 100 short films
made by children and young people are premiered in front of an
audience of up to 300 people in the big-screen cinema.
This is one
of the UK's leading film festivals for young people. It is run
and funded by the Co-operative Group and is non-competitve and
not for profit.
The festival
offers young people the opportunity to receive feedback and advice
on their work from film professionals, and participants can attend
a wide range of events designed to inspire and encourage their
film-making ambitions.
According
to Edgar Wright, Director of hit films 'Shaun of the Dead' and
'Hot Fuzz', Co-operative Young Film-Makers is a fantastic opportunity
for any young film-maker.
"First
and foremost you get to see your work on the big screen. I saw
all of my early shorts in front of packed houses at the National
Media Museum. It was great and inspired me ever onward."
The festival
is an excellent opportunity for budding film-makers to learn new
skills, try out equipment, chat to experts, network and swap ideas.
http://www.3bears.co.uk/festival/2007.html
Award
winning Southampton-based film maker Steve Bowles' epic documentary
THE
GUERNICA CHILDREN Wednesday, 25 APRIL – 23.00-23.40 BBCFOUR
Seventy
years ago four thousand Basque children were evacuated to Southampton
in the wake of the bombing of Guernica during Spain 's bloody
civil war. With no help from the government of the time, local
people in southern Hampshire organized accommodation, food and
clothes for the refugees.
Five
years in the making - the film tells their extraordinary story
with eye witness accounts, previously un-screened archive film
and dramatic reconstructions.
Following
its broadcast on 25 April there will be a screening in May for
all the Guernica Children and their families who are coming from
all over the world to attend a n e vent at Southampton Solent
University . This event will also provide an opportunity for the
unveiling of a commemorative plaque at Southampton ’s Civic
Centre.
In
June, Southampton ’s Harbour Lights Picture House will be
hosting the cinematic premiere of the film. Free tickets will
be available from Southampton City Council Arts Development Officer,
Christine Rawnsley , on 023 8083 2730.
Steve
Bowles, a director of Southampton film and media charity City
Eye, said
"This
story started in Southampton with the arrival of children from
the Basque region 70 years ago, and it is fitting that the film
should have its first public screenings here where the story began.
The
project has drawn on the skills and support of many local people,
as performers, technicians and local expertise, including magnificent
support form Southampton City Council's Oral History Unit.
This
is a great example of collaborative film making at its best."
City
Eye congratulates Steve on his achievement with this film and
is delighted to offered continued support of his work and its
screening.
The
Skillset Film Skills Fund
has today opened to applications under Continuing Professional
Development (CPD) for the 2007 financial year. They
will be investing up to £1 million in training schemes for
the UK film industry’s existing workforce in a range of industry
identified funding priorities under this programme.
There are
three application deadlines for CPD this financial year:
12 noon, 30
April 2007
12 noon, 14 September 2007
12 noon, 4 February 2008
The funding
programme, guidelines and application forms can all be downloaded
from http://www.skillset.org
If you have
any questions on making an application to Skillset please contact
Sarah Trigg, Film Fund Co-ordinator, on saraht@skillset.org
or call her on 020 7520 5943.
Telling
Stories on TV
the changing ways in which TV reflects “real”
life.
A joint RTS
- Wessex Media Group event aimed at students looking to work in
the screen-based industries.
2-00pm
– 6-00pm - The Media School – Bournemouth University
Wednesday – May 9th
Featuring
Paul
Watson – veteran documentary maker – credited
with inventing the “fly on the wall ” format with The
Family in the 1970s – his most recent programme on alcoholism
Rain in My Heart aired on BBC 2 in December 06.
Alex
Graham – Chief Executive Wall to Wall Productions
– makers of the celebrity lead Who Do You Think You Are and
“reality dramas” such as The Edwardian Country House
and The 1900 House.
Dami
Akinnufi – up and coming independent who has self-funded
her recent documentary about the US rights activist Malcolm X
by working as a presenter on a late night TV phone-quiz show,
beamed to Nigeria from a studio in London .
Plus a Senior
ITV Commissioner.
The session
will include interviews with the panel, clips from their programmes
and lots of opportunity to network and ask questions. It will
also feature an opportunity to view the work of this year’s
student RTS winners together with details of how to enter next
year’s awards.
Places are
strictly limited and upon application only to Lena Samuels on
lena@wessexmediagroup.co.uk
or 01590 671446.
Programme
& Speakers subject to change.
Local
Filmmakers Rise to the Challenge
- PSYCHIC
SPIES
Local filmmakers have got together to make a short film inspired
by the story of Helen Duncan, a Scottish housewife and noted medium,
who was arrested in Portsmouth for witchcraft during World War
2.
Writer and producer Roy Hanney says. “The story picks up
after the war and tells the story of how Prudence, a middle aged
psychic, is drawn into the world of cold war spies when she is
recruited to find a missing secret agent. Accompanied by her spirit
guide she enters the shadowy world of a master spy. Believing
he is in control of the situation, it becomes apparent that the
world of the spirits has a different story to tell.”
The action is all being shot at Fort Widley on Portsdown Hill,
thanks to generous support for the film from the Peter Ashley
Activity Centre. “An example of the great potential for locations
around Portsmouth.” Roy adds as a note.
The idea came about after a chance meeting in the offices of Southampton
Media agency City Eye and the idea grew into a film. Having worked
with City Eye on the production of his last short “The Collector”,
Director Lorne Guy was on the hunt for a project and saw the potential
in the script right away.
Roy agrees that the City Eye connection has been important as
has meeting Production Manager Chris McDermott who feels the film
should be a catalyst. “It’s like a challenge to other
filmmakers to get out and just make a film,” says Chris,
who has a long history in Portsmouth having spent twenty years
in the Navy before working as a professional filmmaker. He believes
there is a lot of local talent around, while many of the local
film and TV professionals have to go to London to work. He adds,
“We want to say, come to Portsmouth to shoot your films”.
Pointing out film and TV costume hire business Sabre Sales in
Castle Street as an example, Art Director Gez Stevens lists all
the benefits of shooting in Pompey, “It’s all here,
you can just get on with it”.
Aimed at short film festivals and DVD compilations, the film should
be on your screens soon. Roy hopes to arrange a premier at the
Churchillian on Portsdown Hill. “They have been so supportive
and are providing all of the catering, so it would be nice to
give them a party in return”.
Watch this space.
Production stills are available on request from Monday 19th March.
If you would like more information contact: Suzi Woodgate, Press
Officer, Darlington Road Films, 36 Darlington Road, Southsea,
Hants, PO4 0NF. Email: suziwoodgate@btinternet.com,
Phone: 07970 473 642
WWW.PSYCHICSPIES.TV
Skillset's
New Talent - Writers' Training Scheme
Skillset’s Film Skills Fund has published a new funding programme
to support a Writers’ Training Scheme for new talent.
The writers training
scheme will foster talented, emerging screenwriters' creative
and commercial skills by providing them with an in-depth understanding
of how the different sectors and functions of the film industry
inter-relate; placements across the film value chain; high level
industry contacts; one-to-one development support and a paid period
in which to hone their craft, supported by the UK Film Council's
Development Fund.
We will make one grant
under this funding programme.
There is a two stage
application process for New Talent - Writers Training Scheme which
is detailed in full in the funding programme. The deadlines for
the two stages are as follows:
The deadline for Letters
of Interest is 12 noon, 30 March 2007
The deadline for full
applications will be 12 noon, 29 May 2007. Only applications who
complete the Letter of Interest stage and are subsequently selected
by Skillset will be eligible to make full applications to run
the scheme.
For the full funding
programme, guidelines and application forms please visit http://www.skillset.org/film/funding/organisations/article_2867_1.asp
BAFTA: A Life In Pictures
An evening with
Virginia McKenna, OBE
In partnership with
SCREEN SOUTH
Tues 24th April 2007,
Cineworld, Newport , Isle of Wight
** FREE TICKETS**
Screen South are delighted
to be working in conjunction with BAFTA in the Regions to host
their second event, a n e vening with Virginia McKenna at Newport’s
Cineworld cinema, Isle of Wight, on the evening of Tuesday 24th
April.
Virginia McKenna, OBE,
is one of Britain ’s best-loved actresses. She has appeared
in numerous award winning theatre, film and television productions
in a career spanning over half a century. Virginia starred in
such classics as The Cruel Sea (1952), A Town Like Alice (1956)
for which she won the BAFTA Best Actress Award, The Smallest Show
On Earth (1957) and Carve Her Name With Pride (1958), for which
she was nominated for a BAFTA Best Actress Award. Other well known
films include Ring Of Bright Water (1969) and Swallows And Amazons
(1974) but perhaps her best remembered performance came when she
starred opposite her husband Bill Travers in the award winning
Born Free (1965).
Following a drinks
reception at 7.00pm with introductions from BAFTA Chief Operating
Officer Kevin Price and Screen South Chairman Graham Benson, the
evening will begin at 8.00pm where Virginia will be introduced
by and in conversation with, film producer Duncan Kenworthy, OBE,
about her life and career, which will be extensively illustrated
with clips.
This event is part
of BAFTA: Life in Pictures, a strand of events celebrating the
art of film exploring a major and distinctive contribution to
the artistic development of the film form. This is a very special
event in the film world as it enables a creative force in the
industry to have a personal voice. The first lecture in September
2006 was given by Paul Greengrass followed by Anthony Minghella
in September, then Cate Blanchett in December 2006 at the Academy.
If you’d like
to apply for FREE tickets for what promises to be a memorable
evening please contact regions@bafta.org or 020 7292 5858.
FREE COURSE
for Under Employed Creative Graduates
The Creative Graduate into Companies Initiative, a European Social
Fund Project operated through the University College for the Creative
Arts is running a series of FREE Career Management workshops in
partnership with Southampton City Council. The workshops are targeted
at creative industry graduates who are unemployed or working for
less than 16 hours per week living in the South East of England.
Please
download flyer for more information HERE
(PDF)
SCREENING
OF THE WITCHES HAMMER
To celebrate
the launch of Southampton based filmmaker's James Eaves' DVD of
The Witches Hammer , the Alexandra Public House in Southampton
will be screening the film in March.
Please click on the poster above for further details.
GO MAKE! 'nonsense
on stilts'
Digital Media
commission - call for entries from Dada-South and Lighthouse
Dada-South
and Lighthouse Brighton are jointly inviting submissions from
a Deaf or disabled artist or artist group to create a digital
artwork or moving image piece in response to the phrase 'nonsense
on stilts'.
All artists
must define themselves as Deaf or disabled, be over 18 years old
at the time of application, live or work in the South East region
and should preferably have some experience delivering quality
work and of working through a project from start to finish. We
are particularly interested in supporting work which is innovative
and risk-taking or process-driven.
The winning commission will receive £5000. This is to cover
artists' fees, bespoke training, materials, and installation costs.
Both organisations will provide support to the artist in the development
of this work, and to meet the artist's access requirements, where
appropriate.
The deadline
for the submission is 5pm on Friday 16th February 2007. Interviews
for the commission will take place on February 28th 2007.
For further
information and a full commission brief or if you would like this
information in a different format please contact:
Noëmi
Lakmaier, Artist Development Manager, Dada-South, PO Box 136,
Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 9AD, Email: noemi@dada-south.org.uk,
Mobile: 079 4904 2880
You can also
visit www.dada-south.org.uk
and www.lighthouse.org.uk
to find out more about the organisations.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
- Bargate Monument Gallery
FREE Exhibition
opportunity for video artists, film makers and animators.
*Short Deadline - 8th December - respond quickly or miss out!
Southampton
based arts organisation a space are pleased to announce the first
opportunity for a screen based media artist to exhibit in our
dedicated screening room at the Bargate Monument Gallery.
This is an
opportunity to show a short film or showcase a complete show reel
of your work in our central Southampton location. The showing
will run from the 31st Jan to 11th March 2007; to run concurrently
with our main exhibition installation by sound artist Charlotte
White.
The opportunity
is open to film makers, animators or video artists working on
any theme and presenting work in DVD or other digital media format.
The selected work will be displayed on a flat screen LCD display
in our dedicated screening room.
Application
Format: Applications should include a CV, short statement to support
your work (500 words), and examples of the work to be shown. Please
include a stamped self-addressed envelope for the return of all
disks.
Application
Deadline - Friday 8th December.
To be considered for exhibition all applications must be received
by a space by this date.
The selected film maker must be able to provide a 'show ready'
exhibition disc to a space by Friday 26th January.
Please send
all applications to:
The Exhibitions
Officer
The arts organisation a space
Bargate Monument Gallery
High Street
Southampton
SO14 1HF
Email info@aspacearts.org
Telephone 02380 338778
UK FILM
COUNCIL SHORT FILM COMPLETION FUND 2006/07 LAUNCHES
The UK Film Council's
New Cinema Fund (NCF) is now inviting individual filmmakers and
production companies to apply to the 2006/07 Completion Fund.
The fund is part of the New Cinemas Fund's programme to enable
directors and producers to push their creative boundaries, develop
new talent and to invest in short films that illustrate unique
ideas and an innovative approach.
This is a £50,000
fund to support short films that have already been shot but lack
the funds to finish. You can now apply to this fund and the closing
date for entries will be Friday 17 November 2006.
Maya Vision International
is the managing company responsible for short-listing and selecting
the films in consultation with the NCF and will oversee all aspects
of the completion process to contractual and physical delivery.
Maya Vision International has produced a diverse range of dramas,
documentaries, short films and feature films since it was formed
in 1983, and has always been committed to supporting and nurturing
emerging filmmakers across a variety of genres.
Eligibility
You can apply for funding
from the Completion Fund if:
• you are an individual
aged 18 years and over and a national or resident of the UK or
you are a company registered and centrally managed in the UK ;
and
• you have made
a short film which requires completion funding and which:
· will have
a final running time of less than 12 minutes (exceptionally 'short'
films of longer duration may be considered); and
1. has been edited
to a rough-cut or beyond and is available for viewing on DVD (or
VHS); and
2. has main elements
(e.g. producer, writer, director, location, story) which are substantially
British in nature; and
3. when completed will
be capable of being fully cleared for cinema, television, internet
and festival exhibition throughout the world.
The Completion Fund
is for genuine completion of a short film. It is not a 'print'
fund and applications to transfer a finished film from one format
to another format for the purposes of exhibition are not eligible
for funding and will not be assessed.
For full details, guidelines
and application forms see:
www.mayavisionint.com
and the UK Film
Council’s website: www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/filmmaking/shorts/completionfund
A reminder again –
the final date for us to receive entries is Friday 17 November
2006.
HORROR SCI-FI FEATURE ‘BANE’ REQUIRES RUNNERS
Southampton
based runners required for Amber Pictures latest sci-fi horror
feature ‘Bane’.
These roles
are non-paying and should be taken for experience only. Shooting
dates are Oct 21st to Nov 12th 2006. We are shooting on HDV.
Please email
us with your CV and details ASAP to info@amberpictures.co.uk
For more information
about Amber Pictures please go to www.amberpictures.co.uk
Portsmouth
filmmaker looking for assistance
Roger Goldsmith-
Biography.
I am a 'new writer'
in my middle age, having given up engineering to write and make
films. I recently won the first prize for medium length plays
in the Margaret Langford playwriting competition. During May and
June this year I attended a film school at Ealing studios, where
I made my first short, a three-hander comedy entitled 'Helping'.
Whilst my main interest is writing screenplays for TV and film,
a number of which I am trying to find funding for currently, I
have the desire to make a number of short films myself. The two
projects listed below are my two projects for next year, whilst
developing further screenplays.
'Speechless'
I plan to make 'Speechless' in Portsmouth, next spring. A short
film (10 mins max.) telling the story of a stammering schoolboy,
bullied by one of his classmates. I have contacted local schools,
and will be developing contacts with them post the summer holidays.
I anticipate that the shoot will be 2/3 days maximum. The locations
will be inside the school, the playground and external areas,
in a chauffer driven car, and the interior of a house. I am looking
for a DOP and sound recordist for the shoot, and a Runner. I do
not have any equipment, and will therefore require the crew to
provide kit. I would like to film on DVD HD.
'Wedding Shots'
The same requirement for a crew applies to 'Wedding Shots', another
short film I plan to make next spring. 10-12 minutes in length,
the film comprises of two scenes, a wedding reception scene (a
pub room will facilitate) and a suburban house. The film tells
the story of secrets uncovered by a Mother about her new daughter-in-law,
when she plays back a camcorder inadvertently left on during the
wedding reception. The location of this film I have yet to establish.
It could be shot in Portsmouth, but could equally be shot in London.
Roger can be
contacted via email: roger.goldsmith@ntlworld.com
UPDATED:
SKILLSET FILM FUTURES BURSARY SCHEME
Skillset Film
Futures now offer grants to individuals for either:
Please see
www.skillset.org/film/funding/bursaries/
for more detailed information including the Guidelines and an
application form.
JOHN HANSARD GALLERY HOSTS RISING INTERNATIONAL STAR OF VIDEO ART
Ergin Çavuþoðlu:
Point of Departure
John Hansard Gallery
4 May – 17 June 2006
ADMISSION FREE
Mesmerising, elegiac
journeys: Ergin Çavuþoðlu’s film installations
transform the gallery experience into something immersive and
compelling.
Raised in Bulgaria
as part of the Turkish minority and now based in London, Çavuþoðlu
combines multiple projections and viewpoints, filmed in diverse,
often marginalised locations. More ‘poetic description’
than documentary, these works reflect upon shifts in the global
geopolitical order, often drawing upon the artist’s own personal
experience of migration.
The exhibition features
two new works - Point of Departure and Adrift. Point of Departure
was filmed in both Stansted Airport and Trabzon Airport, Turkey,
and contrasts the experience of transit and travel through the
perspectives of two characters. Weaving together footage from
both, he allows us to look again at the apparently ‘everyday’
act of crossing frontier points: these ‘non-places’
become strange, beautiful and unsettling.
Adrift provides a counter-point
to Point of Departure's linear storyline. Intertwining footage
shot across Europe and the United States, projected images cut
between cities and seascapes, where disparate characters drift
into apparently endless journeys. Intense and rhythmical, the
work probes the history of migration, forced or otherwise.
For further details
about the exhibition, visit www.hansardgallery.org.uk/exhibition/current.html
Find out more about the artist at:
www.ergincavusoglu.co.uk
PRIVATE VIEW:
Wednesday 3 May, 6.00-7.30pm
Join us for a free glass of wine and a chance explore the show.
All welcome.
Point of Departure
is co-commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella and Northern Gallery
for Contemporary Art. Supported by Arts Council England and The
Henry Moore Foundation with additional thanks to Haunch of Venison.
John Hansard Gallery
University of Southampton
Highfield
Southampton
SO17 1BJ
Tel: 023 8059 2158
Fax: 023 8059 4192
Email: info@hansardgallery.org.uk
www.hansardgallery.org.uk
Gallery Opening Hours:
Tuesday-Friday: 11.00am-5.00pm
Saturday: 11.00am-4.00pm
Women in Digital
Entertainment: FREE Training for Women
Marketing Me Dates: Sat 20 May (part 1) & Sat 9 September 2006
(part 2)
Are you stuck in a career rut? Or perhaps you haven't even got your
foot on the ladder yet? Does working in the industry just seem an
impossibility? Maybe you've had a career break to start a family
and feel you've lost your edge. Or maybe it's time for a promotion,
but you're not sure how to make it happen? If this sounds like you
then Marketing Me can teach you the art of being employable, confident
and daring to enough to keep going until you succeed.
On the first course of 10 women:
• 3 started their own business,
• 1 pitched to BBC Children's dept,
• 2 got their first work placements,
• 5 women said the workshop had changed their life!
If you want your career to move in the right direction book now
for the next dates in May...
Other FREE workshops include:
Project Development & Pitching Date: Sun 21 May (part 1) &
Sun 22 Sep (part 2)
Be Your Own Boss – Make Your Own Films & Projects Date:
Sat 20 May 2006
HDV Camera Training Dates: Sat 20 / Sun 21 May 2006, Sat 24 / Sun
25 June 2006
Personal Branding & Networking Date: Sat 24 June, Sat 9 September
2006
Introduction to TV & Film Producing Date: Sat 24 June / Sun
25 June 2006
Summer Networking Event Date: TBC
All of these FREE events are run as part of the Women in Digital
Entertainment (WiDE) project. Funded by the European Social Fund
and the University College for the Creative Arts to support women
working in, or forging a career in the South East regions digital
media industries.
Would you like £150 towards the cost of Training?
Bursaries are available of up to £150 towards the cost of
training workshops and courses with other organsiations to help
you develop your technical, business or personal skills. Further
financial help is available to support travel & childcare costs
and for training that leads to a qualification.
For further information and details of how to apply, visit the website
www.wide.ucreative.ac.uk
Nerin Hodgson, Project Co-ordinator E-mail:nhodgson@ucreative.ac.uk
Tel: 01252 891477.
Free Training
for young people who want to work in Television
TVYP is an excellent educational and development scheme open to
18 – 21 year olds which provides the opportunity of FREE
training for a career in Television. Each year it offers 150 successful
applicants access to top industry professionals and gives them
a comprehensive introduction to TV, through masterclasses, workshops
and careers talks. It takes place from 24-28 August 2006, alongside
MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. With
the exception of travel to Edinburgh, all expenses are paid. See
www.tvyp.co.uk for more information
on how to apply. Closing date for entries is Friday 5 May 2006.
This is for everyone
You can make a difference; we want to make sure that we get plenty
of applications from young people of all cultures and backgrounds.
Do you know any Writers, Journalists, Sound or Lighting Technicians,
Photographers, Creative Ideas people, Directors, Video and Film-makers,
Researchers, Presenters, Stage producers or Digital enthusiasts?
Please make sure that the young people you work with get to hear
about this great opportunity.
Spread the word
Do you know anyone who works with young people who are great at
passing information around and would be a good "Ambassador"
for TVYP? Can you include our information on your website, in
your newsletter or mailout? Can you display some flyers and posters?
If you have any ideas on spreading the word about TVYP, we’d
love to hear from you!
Free presentations and application workshops about TVYP
If you can organise a group of more than 30 young people 18 –
21 yrs old who have a serious interest in working in Television,
we can organise a presentation and application workshop for them
in your region.
For more information please contact me on 0208 674 1625 / 07950
527517 (during office hours only) or email lindatvyp@yahoo.co.uk
WESSEX
MEDIA GROUP NEXT EVENT
Venue Bournemouth
Media School - Room W240
6-00pm - Refreshments and Networking - 6-45 - Session
Producing
Content for New Markets - Opportunites Provided by the Digital
Marketplace
A discussion with John Dale and Ben Pullen
John Dale produces digital content for the public services, business,
retail and leisure sectors as well as media for public spaces.
He has wide experience of TV production for ITV, digital strategy
development for the BBC and has been an advisor to HMG Cabinet
Office on developing content for niche channels.
Ben Pullen
combines acting with speculatively producing drama for a range
of markets, both mobile and static. He is currently involved in
a 15 minute drama shot on HD which he hopes to put on to mobile
media via short episodes as well presenting a full version to
other markets. He says he's learned a lot since the project began
five months ago.
The session will:
consider the kinds of content which are likely to do well in this
emerging marketplace;
offer practical experience of the possibilites and pitfalls;
discuss possible business models;
reflect on rights management issues generated by working in this
way.
For more information
and to reserve a place, please contact Lena Samuels on 08000 856
207 or email her on lena@wessexmediagroup.co.uk
GENE WILDER: FOR OR AGAINST? Arches Artists' Event
Remember what fun we had in the Cave last summer? Well here it is,
the Cave's first event of 2006, all welcome:
Love him? Hate him?
Can't decide? He's a one-man conundrum.
Come on down to the film debate
GENE WILDER: FOR OR AGAINST?
Stand by for a glittery-suited
compere, 'This is Your Life'-style video messages from far-off
friends
and clips from all those great/awful films Stir Crazy, Hear No
Evil See No Evil, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory etc. to
help convince the crowd.
Come and make your
stand:
free entry
4pm
Sunday 30th April
The Cave
Arch 10
Old Cattle Market
Terminus Terrace
Southampton
SO14 3FE
Map here:
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=50.8986&lon=
-1.3962&scale=5000&icon=x
Call 023 8021 1381 if you get lost and we'll come and retrieve
you.
This event is the Arches
artists' contribution to EAT, Southampton's festival of Emerging
Artistic Talent http://www.eatsouthampton.com
29th April, 30th April, 1st May 2006
We might even screen
some short films made by us, without Gene's input.
Skillset
has re-launched the TV Freelance Fund and Film Skills Fund with
new priorities for 2006.
Now open to
applications are:
Skillset
TV Freelance Fund
Continuing
Professional Development
This programme supports freelance professionals already working
in the UK television industry by funding organizations to develop
and deliver targeted training across the TV industry.
For more information please see: www.skillset.org/tv/funding
Skillset
Film Skills Fund
Continuing Professional Development
Designed
for experienced professionals, this Funding Programme gives funding
to organizations to deliver training that develops the careers
of practitioners across the industry. We also offer Innovation
Bursaries to fund research and development into new training ideas.
Training
Linked to Production
This
programme supports the career development of professionals working
in the UK film industry by funding organizations to deliver UK-wide
training linked to production for both experienced and newer practitioners.
Organizations applying to deliver these programmes must have contractual
links to production finance and/or output deals with a film distributor
or broadcaster.
For more information please see: www.skillset.org/film
REWIND
FILM FESTIVAL
The Rewind festival will
bring amateur film making to a National audience, providing a centre
of debate and a resource for those breaking into film.
If you are an enthusiastic
film maker and are interested in having your work displayed at
Rewind, please go to http://www.rewindfilm.co.uk/index.htm
to enter your film.
Closing date
for enteries is 21st April 2006
The top three
films will be screened at Harbour Lights Picture House in Southampton
on Tuesday 9 May 2006.
WESSEX MEDIA
GROUP
Writing and Developing Material for TV Drama on 9th March 2006
TV Writer
Ashley Pharoah (Wild at Heart, Life on Mars, Where the Heart Is)
will talks about the processes of getting ideas, stories and adaptations
on to TV and reflects on the range of relationships that that
entails with Commissioners, Producers , Script Editors and Directors.
Wild at Heart starring Amanda Holden and Stephen Tomkinson is
currently running on ITV 1 on Sunday nights at 8-00pm.
Lecture Hall
W241, Weymouth House
Bournemouth Media School,
Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus,
Poole, Dorset BH12 5BB
Please note
that Refreshments and networking will commence at 6pm and the
session will start at 6.45pm
For more information
or to reserve a place contact:
lena@wessexmediagroup.co.uk
or call 08000
856 207
DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING COMPETITION
LAUNCHED BY CHANNEL 4, ITN & BRITDOC
Emerging filmmakers
to pitch ideas using inspiration from ITN archives; winning films
screened on Channel 4 and at new documentary film festival Britdoc
2006
Thursday 23rd February: Channel 4, ITN and BRITDOC have teamed
up to create a new documentary competition for emerging filmmakers,
with winning entries broadcast on Channel 4 and screened at the
inaugural Britdoc 2006 documentary festival.
ITN is offering free use of its archive, which contains over 700,000
hours of footage dating back from 1896 to the present day. Entrants
should prepare a pitch for a 3 minute documentary on the theme
The Bicycle, using inspiration from the archives. The four best
ideas will be commissioned by Channel 4 and broadcast in its 3
Minute Wonder slot. The filmmakers will also be invited as guests
to the first BRITDOC festival (July 26-28th) where the films will
be screened.
Please note that the date of competition launch is Thursday 24th
February, entries cannot be submitted online before this date.
Please see attached release for further information and entry
details of competition. For further press information or to request
word version of release please contact Lyndsey Honour; lyndsey@wordofmouthfilms.org,
07989 945 066.
Y'D Screen
is an exciting new scheme for emerging Directors.
South East Dance and
Youth Dance England are currently searching for 4 Directors to
direct four Channel 4 co-commissions.
Working with selected
youth dance groups, each director will create a new low budget,
3-minute dance short for broadcast at the end of the year.
This is a rare opportunity
for emerging directors with an interest in dance film and video
to explore ideas that utilise the skills and talent of their selected
youth dance groups.
Interested applicants
should attend an Information Session introducing both the genre
and commission process at: Channel Four, London. 15:30 –
18:00 Friday 10 March.
To register email ed.cooper@southeastdance.org.uk no later than
Friday 3rd March
The deadline for applications
is 17:00 Friday 24 March 2006
For more information
see the attached press release & contact:
Y’DScreen
South East Dance
Medi@
9-12 Middle Street
Brighton BN1 1AL
E-mail: ed.cooper@southeastdance.org.uk
Read Press Release HERE
2006 BRIGHTON FESTIVAL – CALL FOR FILMS
This is a first call for submissions to the Final Cut short film
screening events in this year’s Brighton Festival, taking place
from May 6th – 28th inclusive.
Final Cut is one of the UK’s most successful independent short
film exhibitors and will be organising the festival's main film
event which includes a special ‘first-film’ section for
the first time. During the festival month, they expect to showcase
over 70 new shorts from local, UK and international film-makers
and introduce audiences to innovative image-based performances such
as ‘Netjacking’, ‘ReelSpeak’ and ‘Oddfellows
Casino’. They are also organising several additional film-related
events, including a ‘speed-pitching for documentaries’
day (more about that later).
All screenings include their innovative ‘Trailer Trash’
section of teasers for new and soon-to-be-completed shorts, plus
film-inspired VJ sets from top Brighton video artists.
If you are interested in submitting a film and/or trailer, please
visit their website at www.finalcut.gb.com for advance details of
the screening programme and a downloadable submission form.
The deadline for receipt of films is Friday, April 21st.
FINAL CUT IS SUPPORTED BY THE FILM COUNCIL, SCREEN SOUTH, LIGHTHOUSE
ARTS & TRAINING, BRIGHTON FRINGE ARTS PRODUCTION, AWARDS FOR
ALL, FACILITATE, KOMEDIA FACILITIES AND CITY CINEMA SCENE
Dance for the Camera Screening at the Flicks Short Film Cafe
(Chichester Cinema @ New Park)
Weds. February 22nd 2006
Dance on Film – Moves on Tour
‘Moves’ is a brand new strand at the Commonwealth Film
Festival that explores all dimensions of movement - from ballroom
dancing to contemporary dance, from hip-hop to strip-dancing. This
selection from Moves takes you across the planet to countries as
varied as Canada, Uganda, Australia and England.
http://www.commonwealthfilm.com/page.asp?id=2645
Roy Hanney
The Flicks Short Film Cafe
www.aalto.co.uk/flicks/
FREE Workshops
and Training Bursaries for Women
Women in Digital Entertainment,
known as WiDE, an initiative run by the University College for
the Creative Arts is pleased to announce the first of a series
of WiDE Weekends.
Women in the South
East's digital media industries are now able to access a number
of free workshops to brush up on their skills and to make them
more desirable to the industry.
On the weekend of 28
& 29 September 2006, four exciting and highly practical workshops
will be available including 'Building, Growing & Maintaining
Your Network', ;Project Development & Pitching', 'Marketing
Me' & and introductory course to animation software, 'Softimage|XSI'.
A large number of Bursaries
of up to £150 are also available to contribute towards the
costs of training with other organisations with a reputation for
high quality, up to date industry training.
The initiative is open
to women living or working in the South East region of England
and free workshops and bursaries will continue for a further two
years.
For more information
and details on how to apply, please contact
Nerin Hodgson, Project Co-ordinator on 01252 891477,
email wide@ucreative.ac.uk or visit www.wide.ucreative.ac.uk
RELAUNCH OF SKILLSET FILM FUTURES BURSARY SCHEME - NEW PRIORITIES
NOW EASIER
TO APPLY - MORE TYPES OF TRAINING WILL BE COVERED
Film Futures
makes grants of up to £800 to individuals with 2+ years
experience in the film industry to attend training in the following
priority areas:
· Business
Skills
· Technical
and Craft Skills
· Health
and Safety
There is no
deadline for applications, however your course must not start
earlier than five days after we receive your application. It is
also advised that applications can take up to four weeks to process.
Please see
www.skillset.org/film/funding/bursaries/
for more detailed information including the Guidelines and an
application form.
Innovative
job share scheme launched for women in film
LONDON: A
groundbreaking initiative to help women film practitioners returning
to work was announced today by Skillset, Sector Skills Council.
Timeshift will provide job sharing roles on film productions for
teams of eight women with an allowance paid towards child care
cost in addition to their salaries. The unique scheme is a part
of A Bigger Future, the UK Film Skills Strategy, a five year joint
initiative by Skillset and UK Film Council, funded by lottery
money and industry investment, to address creative and skills
development within the film industry.
Judy Counihan,
Director of Film at Skillset, said:
“Timeshift
is a landmark scheme set to break the mould in film production.
Skillset’s research shows that women are under-represented
in the production world, especially older women. And we all know
the difficulties in juggling career and family responsibilities
but this is especially true for women working in film where the
freelance working patterns and irregular hours can make it impossible.
This scheme will help female talent fulfil their potential and
help the industry hang on to the experienced and skilled practitioners
it needs to go forward.”
Skillset’s
and the UK Film Council’s 2005 Feature Film Production Workforce
Survey found that women make up 33% of the workforce. 35% of women
earn less than £20,000pa compared to 18% of men. In the
higher salary brackets 30% of men earn £50k+ compared with
16% of women. This is despite women being more likely to be qualified
to graduate level than men (60% compared with 39%). There were
almost no women in the camera, sound, electrical and construction
departments while the majority of those working in make-up and
hairdressing were women.
Candidates
for Timeshift should have a minimum of 3 years working experience
and must apply in teams of two in the following grades:
· Production
Accountants;
· Assistant
Production Accountants;
· Production
Coordinators;
· Boom
Operators;
· Production
Design Assistants;
· Costume
Assistants;
· Art
Department Assistants;
· Prop
Buyers;
· Locations
Assistants;
· 3rd
AD’s;
· Assistant
Editors.
For further
information and to download an application form please visit:
www.skillset.org/timeshift
or contact Arit Eminue on arite@skillset.org
Timeshift
is backed by the European Social Fund Equal Programme.
A Bigger Future
addresses the skills development of all jobs across film from
script development through to exhibition (screening films in cinemas),
covering both new entrants and professional development for the
existing workforce. For more information on all A Bigger Future
film skills initiatives visit www.skillset.org/film
Freedom for Freelancers
Do
you want to be released from the financial constraints that are
stopping you from accessing training?
Do you desire
the freedom to grow professionally without high interest payments?
Are you tired of emptying the piggy bank to make sure you have
the right skills for your industry?
If you answer yes to any of the above then you MUST visit www.skillset.org/freelancefreedom
to access up to 80% funding for training and development opportunities.
More opportunities to train for less!
Four training providers offer courses on which funding for freelancers
is available*:
o VFX | Fundamentals
o CG | Production Workshop
o Shake School
o The Craft of Non-Linear Editing
o Encountering High Definition
o Avid 239
o Avid 320
o Creative Alchemy
o Digital Animation: Maya -Technical
o Digital Animation for Producers
o Camera Skills: Sony PD150 Operation and Shooting
o DV Shoots
o Camera Skills: DV Shooting and Final Cut Pro Editing
o Camera Skills: DV shooting and editing -(PD 150 & Avid DV
Xpress)
o Camera Skills: Shoot, Edit, Stream
o Web writing
*places subject to eligibility please see website for further
details
October
Flicks Short Film Cafe
City Eye:
Wednesday 26th October 2005
City Eye promotes
video production within Southampton and the surrounding area and
works with a wide range of people in the community on video projects.
Tonight they will be screening work by local filmmakers commissioned
through City Eye's Production Award Scheme.
The Flicks
Short Film Café is an informal environment for screening:
films produced by local filmmakers; touring programmes of shorts,
curated evenings; and a networking event for people passionate
about
film and filmmaking. The Flicks aims to celebrate the production
of short films and inspire an active filmmaking culture in the
region. Evenings start around 7.30 with a social drink in the
bar before the
screening begins.
Often a filmmaker
or curator will host the evening answering questions and introducing
the films. The first half of the evening is usually around Forty
Five minutes with a Twenty minute break before
concluding with the second half of the show. After the screening
many of the regulars retire to the Nags Head to discuss the evening's
films and network with other filmmakers.
In The Studio,
Chichester Cinema at New Park Community Centre
8pm – 10.30pm (Bar opens 7.30pm)
Every 4th Wednesday of the month from Sept 04 – May 05
Entry £3 - Concessions £2
Tickets available on the door or in advance from the box office:
01243 786 650
www.aalto.co.uk/flicks/
CONTACT: 07714 159 646 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR EMAIL
flickscafe@yahoo.co.uk to be added to our mailing list.
Supported by `The Volunteering Fund (University of Chichester)
SHORT
FILM COMPETITION
Short Film Competition for filmmakers in the Screen South Region.
Deadline: 18 November 2005
An opportunity to win £1,000.00 and an excellent chance for
industry exposure.
For more information http://www.theinsight.co.uk/feature8_oct05.htm
CALL
FOR SHORT FILMS
Propeller TV is a new national channel for film and television talent,
soon to launch on Sky Digital. The channel will showcase the best
new talent, to a potential audience of hundreds of millions of viewers
across Europe through the Sky Digital platform. It was launched
on September 9th at IBC, the World Media Trade Show in Amsterdam.
The Film First
strand of the channel is looking for short films to be considered
for broadcast. They can be any length and genre. You don't have
to be Spielberg to be considered for the channel, you
could be an independent filmmaker or even a community-based group.
Please send
films on DVD for broadcast consideration to:
John Offord, Propeller TV, c/o Screen Yorkshire, 46 The Calls,
Leeds LS2 7EY
Any questions
to mailto:john@propellertv.co.uk
(or) call +44 (0)7724 243680.
Check out our website http://www.propellertv.co.uk
THE ANNUAL WRITERS' WEEKEND CONFERENCE
ISLE OF WIGHT 2005
28th - 30th October
Speakers include Screenwriting guru Phil Parker; Eleanor Roseblade
DMS Films; Script Consultants Merle Nygate and Gary Sutton; Award
winning Michelene Wandor; Producer, writer, director soaps and series
Jim Hill; TV Comedy writers Keith Lindsay and Ray Allen; agents:
Dench Arnold, Rochelle Stevens, Blake Friedmann, and more: Beverley
Birch senior commissioning editor Hodder Children's books, Michelle
Magorian, author of Goodnight Mr Tom, Alison Habens, Sam North,
Janet Mary Tomson - all novelists...and there's poetry, writing
for magazines....
Don't miss this fantastic weekend of seminars, workshops, Q and
A, One to One help with your own project, and the opportunity to
make great new contacts. The Isle of Wight is just 2 hours from
London and the hotel is right opposite Sandown beach.
Date: 28th - 30th October. Price including the full weekend programme,
your accommodation and all meals £230. For full programme
information and booking form go to www.writeplot.co.uk
or email felicity at writeplot.co.uk
THE GUERNICA
CHILDREN
BBC SOUTH INSIDE OUT
26 September
2005. 7.30 BBC1
Director/Producer - Steve Bowles
In May of
1937 two young sisters - Carmen and Josefina - boarded a ship
in Bilbao destined for Southampton. They were amongst four thousand
other Basque children who were fleeing the horrors of the Spanish
Civil War. It was, to this day, the largest single influx of refugees
ever to arrive in this country and the first to consist solely
of children.
The British
Government did not want them here but in the wake of the bombing
of Guernica it was forced to yield to public opinion and allow
them to come, on the condition that no public finance would ever
be made available to support them. With the Government refusing
to help in any way, it was left to an enormous voluntary organization
to look after the refugee children.
Like most
of the refugees, the two sisters expected their stay to be brief.
But the Civil War dragged on. When the war did finally end there
was practically nothing to go back to and Britain was to become
home for the rest of their lives.
Nearly seventy
years on, Carmen and Josefina who made their homes here in the
south, relect on an extraordinary chapter in history and pay thanks
to the ordinary people that helped to care for The Guernica Children.
CHIPPING NORTON
SHORT FILM FESTIVAL: 1 OCTOBER 2005
MICROCHIPS COMPETITION
Submissions Required
Short films of 10 mins or less
Junior competition and 16+ competition
Finalists will be judged by a professional panel and screened at
the one-day short film festival at Chipping Norton Theatre, Oxfordshire
on Saturday October 1st
Judges confirmed to date: Roger Mainwood (Animator/Director behind
many classics including The Snowman, When the Wind Blows, Stressed
Eric and Kraftwerk's Autobahn video) Gary Shenton (Oxford Film and
Video Makers) Tony Jopia (Director/Producer)
Contact sarah@chippingnortontheatre.co.uk for further details and
an entry form
Deadline 23/09/05
This project has been enabled by Screen South and the RIFE Lottery
Funding Programme
CALL
TO ARTIST, FILM AND VIDEO MAKERS
City Eye is pleased to be supporting Laura
Joy and DJ B of Future Remix who are putting together a touring
package of experimental film and video work, and are asking artists
from Southampton and the surrounding areas to submit work for
the collection. Screenings will take place in Southampton and
other venues throughout the UK.
Deadline:
Monday 17th October 2005
Films should
be no more that five minutes long, and sent as either authored
DVDs or in digital file formats such as .mpeg, .mov or .avi.
If you have
any questions, then please do not hesitate to contact us.
Laura Joy:
laurajoyful@yahoo.co.uk
Future Remix: info@future-remix.com
City Eye: admin@city-eye.co.uk
+ Please do not send files by email.
+ Send hardcopy submissions to:
Laura Joy
The Arches Studio
Unit 10
The old Cattle
Market
Terminus Terrace
Southampton
SO14 3FE
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