Film Festival Category

Film Festival

Filmmakers Dish Festival Dirt with Sqirrl

The regular relationship filmmakers have with film festivals is as outside hopefuls, wishing for acceptance and praying for an award or two along the way.

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Documentary, Film Festival, Music Video

Filmstock 11: Oil City Confidential

Julian Temple completes his documentary trilogy of 70s music, with a beautifully inventive look at British pub rock band Dr. Feelgood.

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Film Festival, Podcasts

Filmstock: This One Goes to 11

With a heavy heart, we speak to Filmstock founders Neil Fox & Justin Doherty about closing the doors on DN's favourite film festival that goes up to 11.

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Film Festival

Filmstock 11: The Best of the Shorts

The Filmstock short weekend has become somewhat of an annual event in my life in recent years and whatever I had planned for my summer or winter (the festival

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Film Festival

Filmstock: Establishing a Film Festival

When you live in a town where the closest thing to independent cinema is Legally Blonde 2 you could be forgiven for upping sticks to London. Instead,

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Documentary, Film Festival

Fly on the wall? I don’t want to fade into the background

After another late night of dancing to guilty pleasures in the Showroom bar I was grateful this morning for some kind of lie in. My plan was to book time in

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Documentary, Film Festival

Stitch, pitch and the a to z of Britdoc

Showroom Cinema. All Tomorrows parties edit masterclass with Nick Fenton. Truly inspiring. All Tomorrows parties New this year, The mighty Britdoc Bar Stitch

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Documentary, Film Festival

1000 shots of vodka at the bar right now

Yet another late night post. This time because my iPhone died again after only 12 hours of use. As well as having 4 pitch meetings and taking part in

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Documentary, Film Festival

Meet, meet not quite meetmarket

6 sales agents, 1 lawyer, 1 journalist, 1 film-maker drinks down. 1 pizza and 1 roller disco to go. MeetMarket this way Directors of men who swim Niki, c4int

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Documentary, Film Festival

A late start after a late night

I finally have my delegates pass and goodies. Gave back my delegates bag as I inevitably lose them or pick up one of the other 1800 identical bags at the

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Documentary, Film Festival

Who's who and who are you?

I made it, here’s the obligiatory Sheffield steel welcome. Who’s who at the hubs – awarding the TV sock prize to Axel Arno for best TV

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Documentary, Film Festival

So near, yet so far

In my haste to finish my various edits for Friday’s dfg group 10 x 10 event – I will be showing a teaser and two scenes from my new film Orion: the

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