You’re probably all presented out at the moment, but we’ve got the perfect gift for your someone special for St Valentine’s day. This year’s Animated Exeter kicks off the day after Cupid’s sting pulling.
So what better way than to treat your loved one to the best festival of animation around. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, for more details visit the Animated Exeter site.
Every film needs that special little touch, and make-up artist Justine Gillard is all set to get involved. If there are any film projects out there that need a solid foundation (ho ho!), then you could do worse than getting in touch. Visit her Finishing Touch website to find out what she’s all about.
If you’ve made a film based around the theme of ceramics and ceramic artists, the increasingly credible Appledore Arts festival is after your work.
But that’s not all, the summer event which attracts literally lots of people is also calling for films based on its theme of the year (Earth), films produced by young people, films produced by South West-based filmmakers, and there’s even an open category.
The closing date is for submissions is February 26. For more details visit the Appledore Arts website.
Of course, our favourite film about ceramic artists is Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire. Or possibly not.
Exeter-based feature, The Darkness Of Joe, is on the lookout for male actors in the two main parts of the film. If you’re interested, drop us an line and we’ll pass on your details. Email info@dandcfilm.co.uk
We know there are groups of young filmmakers out there, and if they get their heads together they could get up to £25,000 to make between two and four films of up to 10 minutes long.
Of course, that’s the maximum grant, match funding is needed and a track-record of making films needs to be in place, yada, yada, yada, but the Studio Award from First Light Movies is up for grabs and the deadline of Tuesday, January 15 is fast approaching.
Check out the First Light Funding pages to find out what’s it’s all about, and you could even apply for the Pilot Award, for £5,000 – ideal for first time filmmakers.
This time last year, we were banging on about Loose Change, Dylan Avery’s online 9/11 documentary asking ‘honest questions’ about the collapse of the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001.
Questions like why were there reports of multiple explosions in the towers? Why did the plane crashing into the Pentagon (and for that matter, the United 93 crash) leave no evidence of an actual plane? Why did the footage of Bin Laden admitting the attacks bear no resemblance to existing pictures of
the man?
Admittedly, the whole 9/11 truth movement seems to have lost a lot of momentum these days, following campaigner David Shayler’s sudden, and very public, realisation that he’s Jesus (yeah, thanks for that, Dave) and a gimcrack, hastily thrown together and morally bankrupt BBC documentary.
However, our sister site PRSD spoke to last survivor out of the World Trade Center and 9/11 truth campaigner William Rodriquez (absent from the BBC doc, since you ask) when he visited the South West in February and we know who we believe.
He said it was the 9/11 Commission Report that made him determined to challenge the official story.
Up until that point he believed the US government would provide answers to his, and other witnesses’, questions. William’s testimony to the Commission, which was heard behind closed doors, was not included in the report.
“I realised they used our tragedy to further a power grab against the population,” he told PRSD. “We have seen that 9/11 has been a catalyst for political change worldwide; a catalyst for the war on terrorism.
“If the truth of 9/11 is told, their whole story and the foundation of the war on terrorism will fall into pieces. The whole concept of what they are selling us will crumble.”
Indeed, it’s hard to get excited about the much-lauded likes of In The Valley Of Elah, The Kingdom and Lions For Lambs when it appears everyone’s lost interest in asking why we’re actually in Iraq in the first place.
Which is why we’re mentioning Avery’s film again - at least until Morgan Spurlock’s mooted Bin Laden interview turns up (don’t hold your breath).
The third version of Loose Change is available on DVD and will cost you $20 or something, so maybe check out the free second version. It was our film of the year last year and, as promised, it’s our film of the year this year.
Yknow, that or Knocked Up. We can’t decide.
Click below to watch the latest Loose Change trailer and then let us know your thoughts. Happy new year, D+Cineastes!
