Four weeks to go… Yesterday I said to London Screenwriters Festival manager David Chamberlain that ‘we are entering the vortex…’ Having organised many similar events in the USA, he smiled back knowingly… ‘yes we are…’ So for me, the coming month is going to become crazier and crazier as we attempt to get our 75 [...]
Be part of the biggest event in Europe for professional screenwriters, The London Screenwriters Festival 2010
The last few weeks have been pretty intense as I have worked hard with our team, putting together the London Screenwriters Festival 2010. While the website seems to be in constant evolution, it is pretty much there now. And I have to say I am giddy with excitement at the line up we have. Make [...]
Gone Fishing at the Performance Short Film Competition
From guest blogger Eddie Hamilton When Chris asked me to go along with Vernon and Ivan to represent Gone Fishing at the first Performance Short Film Competition on 25th March 2009 and shoot a special edition blog webisode I was thrilled. We were shortlisted down to the final 12 out of over 400 short films [...]
Emails about the Rhode Island Film Festival
Since returning from Rhode Island, I have received a huge number of emails on all manner of subjects. I thought I might share a few with you… There's nothing I can really put into words about how I feel about your project, we've all felt loss, and your film speaks to me, especially with my [...]
Watch The Kodak Awards Screening VideoBlog
So the Kodak Screenings have begun, and yesterday I attended the afternoon screenings and we made this short video here. I am attending again today, and will be there during the week at various points too. If you can make it, we would love to see you there. Go on, you know you want to [...]
Help us win the 2008 Kodak Awards!
The Kodak 2008 Awards are now underway, and we need your help and support TO WIN with ‘Gone Fishing’! Gone Fishing is down to the final 8 films, and the best film is an audience award. So, we need you and EVERYONE you know, to get to a screening and vote for our movie. Most [...]
Downconverting for Kodak Awards
I am just preparing Gone Fishing for the Kodak Awards. Sadly, the film can only be screened on DigiBeta, which is much lower resolution than the HDCam or 35mm copies we could have used. This is a pragmatic choice on behalf of the festival organisers and Kodak, as not all of the films being screened [...]
Gone Fishing Selected For Kodak Awards
Great news! Gone Fishing has just been selected for two major events. First off is the prestigious UK 2008 Kodak Awards. I just got an email from the organizers and here’s what it said… ‘The Kodak Short Film Competition Judging is now complete. I would like to officially congratulate you in being one of the [...]
Win and come on a two day Negotiation Course worth £1,250!
LEARN NEW TACTICS TO POWERFULLY 'GET THE BEST DEAL'! We are delighted to announce that we have secured TWO places on a terrific Negotiation course run by The Negotiation Academy, valued at £1,250 each… and you could win one! I did this course myself last year and found it to be extremely useful, highlighting many [...]
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