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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• THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, JOHN CLEESE INTERVIEW
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 the […]
Award-winning director to return to South Devon and the View From Here
Award-winning director Jerry Rothwell is set to return to South Devon for this year’s View From Here film festival, which takes place throughout South Devon from December 1 to December 5, when his documentary Heavy Load is shown at the Alexandra Cinema, Newton Abbot, on Thursday, December 4 at 7pm.
• PAUL ANDREW WILLIAMS TO DIRECT 28 MONTHS LATER?
Rumour has it that South Devon’s own Paul Andrew Williams is set to direct 28 Months Later – the second sequel to 28 Days Later (we’re guessing you worked that out already).
• DOH CANADA
Ben Stiller talks about Canadian Comedy in Megan Raney’s latest feature It’s been almost a year since we told you about former Plymouth student Megan Raney’s latest feature documentary called The History Of Canadian Humour: If It’s Not Too Much Trouble (read our original story).