Asylum claims two awards

Congratulations to writer/director Joern Utkilen who has won two awards for his short film Asylum (produced by Carolynne Sinclair Kidd and Matthieu de Braconier).

Asylum won the audience award at Festival du Film de Vendome and Best Short Award at Bergen International Film Festival.

To follow more news on the film, follow Asylum on facebook.

Or say congrats to Joern on his Twitter page.

Project 101 to feature Clara Glynn and John Archer

Hopscotch filmmakers Clara Glyn and John Archer have been selected as part of a collective of 40 artists to feature short films in Project 101, New York. The installation features 101 silent films of exactly 101 seconds long and will be displayed on an array of monitors in the store front space.

The exhibit will be on from 4th-25th November 2011, 501 Lex at 47th St. For more information visit www.thelabgallery.com

 

Standing ovation for Mark Cousins at Toronto International Film Festival

Here's the band of avid audience who attended every day of the five days premiere of The Story of Film: An Odyssey at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Indiewire called it 'orgiastic' in its review and find out what the audience thought here.

Travelling to Toronto!

For more information and screening times see the website here.

We also have an exclusive sneak peak behind the scenes of the making of The Story of Film. When Mark filmed in Ouagadougou with his crew, the locals did everything they could to help out!

Story of Film: The Jib shot from Hopscotch Films on Vimeo.