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Film Festival Costs Rising…

Film Festival Costs Rising…

By on January 13, 2009 in Festivals

I just did a tally on film festival submissions, and the figures are quite startling. So far we have submitted to just over 50 festivals, many of which charged a submission fee (anywhere bewteen $20 and $80 on average). As of today we have spent just over £1,600 on submission fees alone. Add to that [...]

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If You Build It They Will Come…

If You Build It They Will Come…

By on January 11, 2009 in Funding

Extraordinary news! We have managed to secure corporate sponsorship for our endeavours over the next few months! What does this mean? In short, we can make sure that we attend all the big events and that we can video blog it fully. But you were already doing that I hear you say. Yes, you are [...]

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Appointing the sales agent

Appointing the sales agent

By on January 9, 2009 in Agents, Sales

In the next day or so, I will be making my choice over who represents Gone Fishing for international sales and distribution. Only two companies are in the running, both have very good reputations and deals to offer, and both I like very much. We need to deal with this now as in the coming [...]

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Gone Fishing DVD comments

Gone Fishing DVD comments

By on January 8, 2009 in DVD, Gone Fishing

I have been getting feedback from people who have bought the DVD, on the movie and the whole package, and I thought I would share some of them with you… Remember, if you want your own copy in PAL or NTSC, you can still buy it here…  And if you are new to the blog, [...]

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Variety Hits The Streets!

Variety Hits The Streets!

By on January 7, 2009 in Publicity

I walked into the office at Ealing Studios today to a barrage of emails and calls regarding the Variety article. I had known about this since last week, but it’s just hit the streets in print, and it’s a WHOLE PAGE! This is very good PR for us as Variety is one of the top [...]

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California Dreaming!

By on January 6, 2009 in Festivals, Gone Fishing

(Either JavaScript is not active or you are using an old version of Adobe Flash Player. Please install the newest Flash Player.) Gone Fishing has now been accepted into a number of new festivals, which is great news. Certainly the glitziest of these festivals is the Santa Barbara Film Festival that is running this month [...]

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Final FREE Xmas PodCasts on 2 Documentaries…

Final FREE Xmas PodCasts on 2 Documentaries…

By on January 4, 2009 in Documentary, Podcast

In the final of our Christmas Podcasts, we have a documentary double bill for you. Last year I interviewed Australian film maker Simon Van Der Spoel about his self funded and very successful doc about Aussie Spitfire Pilots, ‘Spitfire Guardians’ – the trailer is above. Since then it’s been mastered to DVD and you can [...]

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Gone Fishing Seminar Near Completion

Gone Fishing Seminar Near Completion

By on January 3, 2009 in Courses, Gone Fishing

I have spent the last few days working very hard on the Gone Fishing seminar that we shot at BAFTA last January – I want to be able to launch this seminar on the anniversary of the premiere when it was recorded. I always knew it was going to be a big job, but it [...]

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2009 Arrives with GREAT NEWS!

2009 Arrives with GREAT NEWS!

By on January 1, 2009 in Gone Fishing, Publicity

As we welcome in 2009, I was delighted to get notice of two separate articles about Gone Fishing in two very prestigious film journals. First off is a great write up in Daily Variety, a piece about how short films contend for the Oscars. It’s really great news for us. You can read the article [...]

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