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There’s a new kid in town…!

There’s a new kid in town…!

By on April 15, 2009 in Festivals

There’s a new kid in town, when it comes to online film festival support systems, called B-side, and its being rapidly adopted by lots of festivals. Frankly I have been swamped over the last few months and when I got an email from a festival saying ‘you should add your information to B-side…’ I must [...]

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Gone Fishing plays for students in Flagstaff, Arizona

Gone Fishing plays for students in Flagstaff, Arizona

By on April 15, 2009 in Festivals, Gone Fishing, Guest Blog, Screenings

A question I am often asked about the video webisodes is, ‘how do you film then when you are on your won…?’ in short, I grab someone and put the camera in their hands and say, can you point this at me please? And away we go. Occasionally, I am lucky enough to find a [...]

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Great Write Up on IndieFest.com!

By on April 14, 2009 in Festivals, Publicity

While I was in LA I did a great interview with IndieFest.com. It was just after I got back from Heart Of Gold and the weird jetlag combined with the very large café latte I had just drunk made for a particularly entertaining phone conversation with the delightful journalist, Laura Lee. It went live just [...]

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Can we have… the most obscure, low quality format available please?

Can we have… the most obscure, low quality format available please?

By on April 14, 2009 in Festivals

I try to be as prepared as I can, and I try to carry around with me the technology to deal with anything that is thrown at me. I have recently been tested to the max by a film festival though. They can’t handle 35mm. OK. So they want a DigiBeta NTSC or other tape. [...]

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Postcard from Guest Blogger Cathy Arton, Casting Director repping Gone Fishing at the ONFilm Festival, Virginia!

Postcard from Guest Blogger Cathy Arton, Casting Director repping Gone Fishing at the ONFilm Festival, Virginia!

By on April 13, 2009 in Festivals, Gone Fishing, Guest Blog

FROM GUEST BLOGER, Catherine Arton, Casting Director for Gone Fishing While Chris was at The Heart Of Gold film festival in Gympie, Queensland, I am at a film festival with a lot of heart!  On Wednesday 18th of March I get an email from Chris, telling me that we have been selected to be in [...]

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A story of courage from Australia to inspire us all..

A story of courage from Australia to inspire us all..

By on April 11, 2009 in Guest Blog, Inspiration

During the Heart If Gold Festival I met three film makers who had made a film on a cell phone called ‘Mankind Is No Island’, which had gone on to win many awards. Greg and Jason were around for the full festival and I interviewed them on the blog here (which also includes the film). [...]

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The Tapping Guru…

The Tapping Guru…

By on April 10, 2009 in Guest Blog, Inspiration

Gone Fishing Producer, Ivan Clements (aka The Ivanator), has developed a side career in ‘Tapping’, a therapy that can tackle all kinds of issues, from joint pain to headaches, phobias to sleeping disorders. Ivan has created his own blog and web presence to promote this therapy that he says has changed his life! I have [...]

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It’s never been bloodier in Hollywood!

It’s never been bloodier in Hollywood!

By on April 9, 2009 in Hollywood

'It’s never been bloodier in Hollywood!' That’s what my Manager, Andy Trapani, said to me when I met him for a sit down at a mid sized agency in LA today. There is a real sense of fear in the business with ever decreasing opportunities and the credit crunch forces the movie business to downsize. [...]

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Gone Fishing plays MethodFest AND Lake Arrowhead Film Festivals!

By on April 7, 2009 in Festivals, Gone Fishing

What an incredible couple of days that followed getting back from Australia… MethodFest and then a few days later, Lake Arrowhead! Meeting so many great new film makers, directors and even movie stars. What a wild ride… Sadly though, as you can probably pickup from the video, I am so tired now, and kind of [...]

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The Heart of Gold Film festival, Gympie, Australia, The COMPLETE WEBISODE

By on April 6, 2009 in Awards, Festivals

As is now customary, I have edited ALL the webisodes from the ‘Heart Of Gold Film Festival’ together, along with the ‘Performance Awards’ in London, into a single webisode. The sheer scale and diversity of this webisode – the behind the scenes, the interviews with film makers, the shooting on opposite sides of the planet [...]

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The Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass, The Aussie View

The Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass, The Aussie View

By on April 5, 2009 in Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass, Guest Blog, Training

After the dust is settling on The Heart Of Gold Film Festival, I thought I would share with you some of the comments I received from the film makers who attended the two day Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass Redux! It seems the new first day, which is about much deeper and I believe important issues, [...]

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Heart Of Gold, the Conclusion…

By on April 3, 2009 in Festivals

This final webisode from the Heart Of Gold Film Festival was edited partly in Australia and LA, and even a bit on the plane! I had to come back to LA directly as I had the MethodFest Film Festival AND the Lake Arrowhead Festivals this week in California. I was sad to say goodbye to [...]

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Heart Of Gold Opens with TGFMM

By on April 1, 2009 in Courses, Festivals, Gone Fishing

Less than 24 hours after flying into Australia, I was lined up for my two day Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass. I can tell you I was quite nervous as among the group were film makers who had been cameramen for 40 years, actors with over 50 features under the belt and a director searching for [...]

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