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• VIEW FROM HERE FILMMAKING WORKSHOPS

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Spreading the word of film through encouraging and educating those who are interested is a key part of the ethos behind the View From Here film festvial. Why? Because, not only is it fun but it teaches techy and communication skills… er… and it sets up the region as the nurturer of the next batch of hot new filmmaking talent around - check out the next Roger Deakins, Peter Richardson or Nick Park.

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• DEPP AS MAD HATTER: EARLY PICTURES

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Early pictures of Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton’s forthcoming Alice in Wonderland – you know, the one we’re extra interested in ’cause some of it’s being filmed in Antony House, Torpoint – suggest a certain Vivienne Westwood look, along with, what Aint it Cool News claims is: “A kind of Kabuki Theatre mised with Tim Burton’s trademarked gothic style.”

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• VIEW FROM HERE FILMMAKING WORKSHOPS

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

A series of workshops have been on the go throughout South Devon during the run up to the View From Here, the celebration of moving image that takes place throughout South Devon between December 1 and December 5.

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• IMAGINARY FRIENDS AT TWO SHORT NIGHTS

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

The films from the Imaginary Friends project, which took filmmaking to young people who don’t have easy lives, will be premiered at the Two Short Nights Film Festival at the Exeter Phoenix, on Friday and Saturday November 28 and 29.

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• TWO SHORT NIGHTS PROGRAMME

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Two Short Nights, the Exeter Phoenix Media Centre’s annual short film festival is back, bringing the best of this year’s local, national and international short films to Exeter, supported, of course, by D+CFilm, with our own international open screening kicking off events on Friday, November 28 at 6.30pm.

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• 48-HOUR FILMMAKING CHALLENGE FOR TWO SHORT NIGHTS

Thursday, November 13th, 2008


Filmmaking is big business – it took two years, involved over 500 cast and crew, and cost $225,000 000 to make Quantum of Solace. But what can you do with 48 hours, a handful of mates and a budget big enough to keep you fuelled with coffee for the weekend?

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• THE LAST PICTURE SHOW

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

It’s estimated that some 300 small independent cinemas will struggle to find the reddies to convert from 35mm polyester film to digital.

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• JOHNNY DEPP WILL PLAY THE MAD HATTER

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Johnny Depp has confirmed he WILL play the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton’sforthcoming Alice In Wonderland.

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• COMEDY BEGINS IN EARNEST

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

The English Riviera International Comedy Film Festival has already hit the ground running with two showings of the Oska Bright films at South Devon College, but what chuckle fests in are in line for the rest of the week?

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• BRIAN STORM

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Torbay Council is to screen The Life Of Brian for the first time this weekend - despite banning it some 28 years ago.

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• EVIL UNDER THE SUN

Friday, September 19th, 2008

Most of this year Evil Under the Sun could be considered wishful thinking (more like Evil Under the Umbrella), apart from today of course, which is why it’s wonderful for an open screening of the Agatha Christie film Evil Under the Sun, at Oldway Mansion tonight at 7.40pm.

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COMEDY LOW DOWN

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

A comedy film festival is serious business, as you can tell from the recently released line up for next month’s English Riviera International Comedy Film Festival.

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THE WAY WE LIVE

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

They don’t make em like they used to. And as if to prove it, Jill Craigie’s 1946 film The Way We Live is making another appearance at the Plymouth Arts Centre, on Tuesday September 9 at 8.30pm.

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ASHLEY WING’S EFFECTS BREAKDOWN #2

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

We were going to call this ‘how to make crispy, shredded duck’, but thought that would be misleading - the make up people who worked on Ashley Wing’s Between the Lines talk about creating crispy shredded man, afterall, which puts us in mind of Neil Diamond’s famous song about canabalism, Cracklin’ Rosie. Nevertheless, this is part two of the DVD-style behind the scenes movie from Ashley Wing, whose latest film, Poppies can be seen at a festival near you, soon.


Tomorrow: Our summer sojourn into Animated Exeter begins


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ASHLEY WING’S EFFECTS BREAKDOWN #1

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Have you ever wondered how to make the South Hams, Devon, look like a Second World War battlefield setting? Even if you’re one of the few people who haven’t, this first part of a behind-the-scenes look at the wonderful world of post production, make up and other such wizardry on Ashley Wing’s Between the Lines is a fascinating insight in the dark arts of making movies.


Tomorrow: Part two of Ashley Wing’s Effects Breakdown


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