Never Actually Lost will be screened at the Bolton Film Festival today at 5pm today in the Light Cinema! This is followed by a QnA with its director Rowan Ings and Doc Society’s Hannah Bailey - be sure to check out this moving and emotive short film!
Special Mention in the Hollywood Reporter's round up at TIFF!
"Finally, Toronto and Telluride both offered a welcome taste of Mark Cousins' epic, 14-plus-hours documentary Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema... every moment of it was revelatory... calling attention to some extraordinary-looking film."
Women Make Film - The Filmography
Women Make Film draws on over 300 films to sketch its new road map through cinema. For the cinephiles out there, click below for an attachment of every film referenced. A perfect resource to find new cinematic treasures!
Watch the Trailer for Women Make Film!
As it approaches its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, it’s with great pleasure that we can share Women Make Film’s first trailer inviting you into this 14 hour cinematic journey
Watch here:
Enjoy!
Women Make Film at TIFF!
It is with great pleasure and excitement that we can announce TIFF will be screening all 14 hours of Women Make Film: A Road Movie Through Cinema.
The 14 hour epic draws an alternative history of cinema through films directed exclusively by women, challenging the widely accepted and male dominated canon of cinema’s development as an art form. This new cinematic odyssey is forged using over 300 films and narrated by Tilda Swinton, Jane Fonda, Adjoa Andoh, Sharmila Tagore, Thandie Newton, Kerry Fox and Debrah Winger.
Speaking to Indewire, TIFF Docs programmer Thom Powers spoke of the film’s potential to alter common perceptions: “I think that the film is going to rewrite film history and how we understand the role of women directors.”
https://www.indiewire.com/2019/08/tiff-documentaries-2019-women-make-film-1202164317/
Never Actually Lost Underwire Festival Screening and Award Nomination
Following its screening at the Edinburgh International Festival, Never Actually Lost has been selected by the Underwire Festival to be screened as part of its “Other Worldy Tales” collection on 21st of September 2019 - celebrating films which play with reality.
It is also with great pleasure that we can announce that Underwire has nominated Never Actually Lost in its editing category!
Never Actually Lost Screened at the Edinburgh International Film Festival
It’s with pleasure that we can say that Never Actually Lost will be screened at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. A beautiful short exploring memory and rediscovery - check it out!
Eminent Monsters Invited to the Traverse City Film Festival
Its with immense honour that we can announce that our feature documentary Eminent Monsters has just been invited to Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival.
Eminent Monsters to be screen at the UN
On 26th June our feature documentary Eminent Monsters will be part of a special event at the United Nations Human Rights Council. Led by UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Professor Nils Melzer, Eminent Monsters will be used as a catalyst to open discussion on the definition of torture in member states
Never underestimate the power of a good film
Orphans Reunited
Our new documentary ORPHANS Reunited has released on BBC Scotland and iplayer, revisiting Peter Mullan's debut film, Orphans, 20 years after its release.
Peter Mullan and the cast reminisce over the film that changed their lives: telling the story of its production, a changing Glasgow and the film's raw and powerful portrayal of grief which continues to resonate with them to this day.
Harry Birrell: Films of Love and War - GFF 2019 Audience Award Winner!
We are delighted to announce that Harry Birrell: Films of Love and War won the Glasgow Film Festival’s 2019 Audience Award! Enormous gratitude to all those who watched and voted for this deeply moving portrait of one man’s incredible adventure and filmmaking obsession.
Six Films Commissioned for the 2018 Scottish Shorts Programme
Scottish Film Talent Network is delighted to announce the six short films commissioned for the New Talent Scottish Shorts 2018 programme.
Supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland and the BFI (awarding funds from the National Lottery), this talent development programme targets Scottish based writers, directors and producers with bold and exciting stories to tell to international audiences.
The following six shorts will receive individual budgets of £15,000 and go into production later this year:
1. DARK ROAD (Drama)
Writer/Director: Rory Gibson; Producer: Douglas Cox
2. DUCK DAZE (Black Comedy/Drama)
Writer: Julia Taudevin; Director: Alison Piper; Producers: James Heath & Tom Gentle
3. EXPENSIVE SHIT (Drama)
Writer/Director: Adura Onashile; Producers: Ciara Barry, Rosie Crerar & Alia Ghafar
4. ONCE UPON A TIME IN NORTH GLASGOW (Drama)
Writer/Director: James Price; Producer: Dave Gilles
5. LUCKY STAR (Drama)
Writer/Director: Russell Davidson; Producer: David Neilson
6. THE FABRIC OF YOU (Animation)
Writer/Director: Josephine Self; Producer: Calum Hart
The six shorts were selected from 13 filmmaking teams who undertook a series of development workshops and masterclasses throughout June and July focussing on story, script and production led by producer Paul Welsh, DigiCult, and supported by producer Carolynne Sinclair Kidd,Hopscotch Films. The 13 teams pitched their projects to an industry panel comprising of representatives from Scottish Film Talent Network and Creative Scotland.
Two of this year’s selected filmmakers are graduates of last year’s SFTN Write4Film programme. Adura Onashile and Julia Taudevin, both award winning playwrights and theatre-makers, participated in the inaugural year that helped introduce to screenwriting six established writers from other artforms. Adura’s short will be produced by Rosie Crerar and Ciara Barry, BFI Vision Award Producers who are supported for their work with new and emerging filmmakers. James Ley, another playwright from the 2017 edition of Write4Film, is also developing his first feature film with SFTN.
Holly Daniel, Executive at Scottish Film Talent Network, said: “This is the fourth edition of the SFTN Scottish Shorts programme and we continue to be amazed and excited by the high level of talent that submit to take part. As always it was a difficult decision but we feel the range and mix of voices being supported this year are outstanding and will produce a fantastic selection of short films. Having two SFTN Write4Film alumni in the selection is a brilliant example how of how professional development can help talented Scottish writers from other mediums bring their skills and voices to film..”
Ross Mckenzie, Screen Officer at Creative Scotland, said: “Again this year we were presented with a range of high quality projects that have benefited from intensive development over the course of the Scottish Shorts workshops. The six projects commissioned for production demonstrate great depth and deal with a range of issues that we expect will resonate with audiences at home and internationally. We’re delighted to be offering these teams the opportunity to realise their vision and make high quality films that will showcase Scotland’s creativity to the world, and support the selected filmmakers in making the important next step in their careers. ”
This is the fourth edition of the Scottish Shorts programme under SFTN. Previous participants have benefitted from the production of their first funded work to help progress their careers.
The full press release can be found on the SFTN website.