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OMG! It’s Ashley Wing’s latest short

By D&CFilm, on Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Hot on the heels of his Best Film win in the FXhome awards, Ashley Wing has completed his latest film, a three-minute short called OMG about how our lives are controlled by mobile phones.

Win £1,000 for your climate change film

By D&CFilm, on Thursday, February 26, 2009

There’s £1,000 up for grabs for filmmakers who can find an innovative way to showing climate change.

Truro’s James Marsh wins Oscar for Man on Wire

By D&CFilm, on Tuesday, February 24, 2009

James Marsh from Truro, picked up an Oscar for his documentary Man on Wire.

Alex White on the making of Deadly Illusions, part one

By D&CFilm, on Thursday, February 19, 2009

Alex White’s short film In the Garden of Terrible Delights was premiered Kinky and Quirky’s burlesque Valentine’s Day bash in Exeter, on… er… Valentine’s Day. To celebrate with our own hunk of love, we thought we’d take a gander at some of Alex’s experiences making his first film, Deadly Illusions. Take it away Alex

Max Sobol at the Berlin film festival: Thursday

By D&CFilm, on Saturday, February 14, 2009

The day kicks off with a lecture about the Berlinale Co-Production market. Described as a facility for putting together financiers and filmmakers, this is something that you apply for before the festival and it sets up two days of meetings about your project.

Max Sobol at the Berlin film festival: Monday

By D&CFilm, on Tuesday, February 10, 2009

I manage to start up an email dialogue with a London-based company about the film. Sadly, they’re predominantly involved in sales, but they seem interested and at least I can get some advice from them for later down the line.

Max Sobol at the Berlin film festival: Friday

By D&CFilm, on Saturday, February 7, 2009

My Attorney advises me over breakfast that I misspelt the word Attorney quite horrifically yesterday and spends several minutes playing Eternal from Youtube on his laptop. Embarrassing in many ways.

• SCREENS WORKSHOPS FOR ACTORS TO BEGIN ON JANUARY 10

By D&CFilm, on Monday, December 29, 2008

Screens, new screen acting courses designed to give actors important techniques for on-screen impact, kicks off on January 10, at the Exeter Phoenix.

• THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, JOHN CLEESE INTERVIEW

By D&CFilm, on Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Klaatu Barrada Nikto, might be something you’d expect John Cleese to have said back in his Python days. But the catchphase (!) is one that made the The Day the Earth Stood Still famous (or was it the other way round), and Sir Cleese (surely he’s been Knighted by now) plays Dr Barnhardt in