Ashley Wing wins Best Film award for Poppies

Ashley Wing’s Poppies picked up the Best Film award from the FXhome 2009 awards.

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Two-day, hi-def master class event in Cornwall

Gary Clarke, DOP of, amongst others, Bodyshock: I am the elephant man, Skins second series, Cutting Edge: The Artful Codgers, and Moving Wallpaper, will be at the Hall of Cornwall on April 7 and 8 for a two-day masterclass on High Definition.

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Production company: Blue Ocean Pictures, Cornwall

In the first of our series on production companies, we talk to Colton Sears of Blue Ocean Pictures, about filmmaking in Cornwall, working with actors and Poldark

Blue Ocean Pictures is a partnership between myself and Lester Knight the producer. We met at Camborne college and found we had a similar passion for film,

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Alex White on the making of Deadly Illusions, part three

It’s post production time in Alex White’s round of his first film Deadly Illusions and things aren’t going smoothly, with the film only just about making it to the premiere. Alex’s latest film In the Garden of Terrible Delights premiered in Exeter on February 14

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Alex White on the making of Deadly Illusions, part two

The D+CFilm Show’s very own Alex White has premiered his latest flick In the Garden of Terrible Delights. We caught up with the making of his first film, Deadly Illusions, and shooting doesn’t go as smoothly – or as quickly – as he hoped.

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Alex White on the making of Deadly Illusions, part one

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

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Bicycle Thieves at the Plymouth Arts Centre, plus pre-screening talk

Anna Navas, the Plymouth Arts Centre film programmer, will present the screening of the legendary Bicycle Thieves at the arts centre cinema on Tuesday, February 24. The film’s no a laugh riot, with the feeling that no matter how hard you try there is no escape from the daily grind of existence (some things

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Max Sobol at the Berlin film festival: Thursday

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.

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Make a movie in under two hours with the Third Wave Collective

The Third Wave Collective, who make movies in 90 minutes, will take their whole filmmaking experience onto radio in the Plan9 show on Phonic FM from 2pm to 4pm on Wednesday, February 11, and ask they are calling for people to participate for a fun interactive exercise in creativity.

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