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.
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By D&CFilm, on Saturday, February 14, 2009
Sore head today. I managed to make it into the British Council party last night. I had forgotten that they have a short film of mine that they send out to international festivals so, with a bit of smooth talking, a business card and a smile I make it in. It’s quite a large
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By D&CFilm, on Friday, February 13, 2009
Talent, enthusiasm and naivety: Geoff Hodgkinson got in touch to explain the emergence of the Hatherleigh Media-Rich Film Festival.
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By D&CFilm, on Tuesday, February 10, 2009
So, I’ve reached the halfway point of my stay, the rain has started to come down and there are only two days of the excellent Talent Campus left. That might sound a little downbeat but the truth is that things are just dandy!
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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.
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By D&CFilm, on Saturday, February 7, 2009
In the inner sanctum at the film Market I nurse a fresh orange juice (which cost almost twice as much as a beer!) and do some research regarding the films that I want to try and catch. For the moment I’m just waiting and watching, like all good hunters should, I’ll scope the joint
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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.
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By D&CFilm, on Saturday, February 7, 2009 The latest in film news from the South West with the D+CFilm Show.
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By D&CFilm, on Thursday, February 5, 2009 In the first of his series from The Berlin film festival, Devon filmmaker Max Sobol explains just what he’s doing there – other than looking for £400,000 for his feature, that is.
So, it’s 2009, Obama is president, Britain has spent the last few days under a carpet of snow and we’re in the
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