Archive | October, 2008

The Turner Classic Movies Awards Ceremony

If you are having trouble watching this video, try here on Vimeo or here on YouTube. Watch the video first… No really, watch it! OK, so it’s all over. We won third prize and I am personally very happy that LEAVING, a powerful, sensitive and incredibly researched and directed film took the first prize. It [...]

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Gone Fishing Nominated for a BIFA!

Gone Fishing Nominated for a BIFA!

Great news! Were are officially nominated for Best Short Film in the British Independent Film Awards, 2008 (BIFA). This is the eleventh year they are running and the event promises to be both star studded and exciting. Gone Fishing is nominated alongside four other short films, two of which I have seen, and both of [...]

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Fathers Day is a SUCCESS!

Some of you may recall, a good friend of mine, Johnny Newman, made a short film called Foster which played at Rhode Island (and Johnny tipped me off about the suitability of RI for Gone Fishing). This short film took him on a rollercoaster ride to Hollywood… you can read the blog entry here. Recently, [...]

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JoJo and Varmints

When I was at the Rhode Island Film Festival, on the opening night when Gone Fishing screened, there was an astonishing animated short film called ‘Varmints’. It was directed by a guy called Marc Craste and self funded. He is part of a commercial animation studio in central London called StudioAKA, and Varmints, again funded [...]

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Marlyn meet Oli…

Marlyn meet Oli…

I got an email this morning from Oli Lewington. Some of you who have kept up with the blog may know that Oli suffers from Cystic Fibrosis and last year, before shooting Gone Fishing, he wrote to me. I had posted a blog about my fears of failure, and Oli wrote to me encouraging me, [...]

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Trailers, Awards and Festivals

Trailers, Awards and Festivals

 The Internet Movie Database, IMDB, has just made a minor leap that is well overdue – you can now upload trailers and clips to the site – it works, and the quality is terrific. You can view the Gone Fishing page on IMDB here, and the trailer too. If you have not yet voted on [...]

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Meet Marlyn Mason, Force Of Nature!

Meet Marlyn Mason, Force Of Nature!

One of the great things about Film Festivals are all the new friends you make. It’s a wonderful democratisation, where everyone, superstar or newcomer, can prop up the bar together and just share in the joy of movies. New allegiances are forged (famously Tarantino and Rodriguez met on the festival circuit), and that in turn [...]

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Gone Fishing in Moviescope Magazine

Gone Fishing in Moviescope Magazine

This months Moviescope magazine is carrying a feature that I wrote about Gone Fishing and what I have learned on the journey. You can buy it in print, or you can sign up for the free digital edition and get access to it online. It was quite a hard feature to write as I had [...]

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Read Film Festival Secrets Here For Free!

Read Film Festival Secrets Here For Free!

Yesterday I got an email from a fellow author about his blog and a book that he has written. The book, Film Festival Secrets, is about getting the most out of your film festival experiences and is available as a free – YES YOU CAN READ IT HERE – JUST CLICK ABOVE! How incredible is [...]

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It's a tough job, but someone has to do it!

NOTE – We have withdrawn the video now until the calendar is launched! Watch the Blog for more details! The video says it all really… The calendar shoot was a VERY long day and among everything else going on, really put a strain on my life. BUT, by making this calendar, we will be raising [...]

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Living day by day…

Right now, I am just surviving the busiest two weeks of my entire life. And I use the word ‘surviving’ reservedly. I have just had a really tough day, and I am now bracing myself for an all night session on the job I am completing… All will become clear in the coming days, and [...]

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Tea, biscuits and a short film…

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Help us CRACK THE THUNDER!

Help us CRACK THE THUNDER!

We need your help… Gone Fishing has been nominated for the British Thuderclap Awards, and it’s an email vote… So please, can you go to their site, here… …scroll down to Gone Fishing and click on the Vote For Chris Jones button. Alternativley, just click here to send a blank email and add CHRIS JONES [...]

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More opportunities arise out of Dinard

More opportunities arise out of Dinard

 Yesterday I wrote about how Variety ran a short piece on their site, which in turn precipitated interest from Miramax… you can read the Variety piece here. Well 24 hours later, I got an email that was almost EXACTLY same, but this time, from Working Title here in the UK. They have already agreed to [...]

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Dinard, new opportunites arise…

Dinard, new opportunites arise…

During the festival at Dinard, I made a whole pile of new contacts and built some good new relationships. One new relationship is with a reporter from Variety magazine, and over dinner on the closing night, we discussed among many things, the Oscars and Gone Fishing. He said he would see if he could put [...]

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