Max Sobol at the Berlin film festival: Friday

Today feels a bit anticlimactic – no more Talent Campus and probably no more film parties I can get into. It’s cold as well, very, very cold. Almost everyone at the market has already given up and gone home or else gone to the nearest bar. I’m left to reflect on things for the

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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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Berlin film festival: images 06.02.09

Max Sobol’s images from Berlin film festival

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ANIMATED EXETER – REPRISE

Animated Exeter is in February, so why this reprise now? One big reason is that deadlines are looming. Film entry deadlines for the 2009 event (which takes place between February 13 and 21) are: Best of the West Student Films* – September 19; Screen Out Loud Amateur and Professional Animators** – September 19; and

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