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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Max Sobol at the Berlin film festival: Wednesday

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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Media-Rich at Hatherleigh. How the mini film festival was born

Talent, enthusiasm and naivety: Geoff Hodgkinson got in touch to explain the emergence of the Hatherleigh Media-Rich Film Festival.

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Max Sobol at the Berlin film festival: Tuesday

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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Max Sobol at the Berlin film festival: Monday

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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The D+CFilm Show hits your screens

The latest in film news from the South West with the D+CFilm Show.

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Max Sobol’s Berlin film festival report. Introduction

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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