Ticket to stardom - bollyidol
An exciting opportunity for talented young people to star in a Bollywood musical in the new year.
Open auditions for a brand new Bollywood musical:
Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th March 2004 at Lounge One, Leicester.
YOUR chance to sparkle
Do you have the talent, commitment and determination to make your dreams of stardom come true with BollyIdol? Calling all upcoming actors, dancers, singers, comedians, musicians, producers, and costume and jewellery designers! This is YOUR ticket to stardom.
May 2004 marks a special time for young talent to dazzle in the limelight at prestigious venues including the Y Theatre in Leicester and the Watermans in London. The producers of sparkling Bollywood musical 'Precious Bazaar' are looking for a cast of 5 female and 3 male, who can act, dance or sing, a new Asian comedian, Bollywood style music producers, a costume
and a jewellery designer.
Auditions for the cast will take place on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th March at Lounge One in Leicester. A panel of mainstream Asian celebrities will judge the entrants. The judges will shortlist 24 of the best talent (3 entrants per character) who will be filmed again for an online vote at BBC Leicester.
Precious Bazaar is opens at the Y Theatre in Leicester on Tuesday 04 May and runs until Friday 07 May 2004. The production moves to Watermans in London for four nights from Thursday 13 May until Sunday 16 May 2004.
Rehearsals will take place in Leicester and are scheduled for weekends and evenings during April 2004.
Your next step: To secure your place at the auditions in March, download an application pack from the BollyIdol website. Complete and submit it with your recent photograph.
More information: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bollyidol
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
RHODES HOSTS THE FOURTH ANNUAL ECOCINEMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The Greek island of Rhodes is to play host to the 4th annual Ecocinema International Film Festival from 1st - 6th June 2004.
The festival, which will take place at the Municipality Public Theatre in Rhodes Town, is devoted to environmental cinema and invites documentaries, shorts and feature films with environmental and ecology themes.
Entries come from around the world including Europe, Australia, Asia and the USA, where they are viewed by a pre-selection committee before being reaching the festival. The deadline for 2004 entries is 1st March. Once selections have been made, all competing directors will take part in press conferences and question and answer sessions before and after the screening of their film.
Ecocinema is dedicated to encouraging conservation issues and issues related to the natural, human and built environment. Prizes are given to films which demonstrate an innovative approach to conservation issues, as well as for their overall artistic qualities.
One of the key aims of the festival is to create a web of professionals associated in the production of environmental and ecological films. The aim is to ensure the survival of these types of films; film sales have been conducted by representatives at previous festivals.
For more information about the 2004 festival or for an entry form, visit www.ecocinema.gr and for more information about the island of Rhodes visit www.rodosisland.gr
The Greek island of Rhodes is to play host to the 4th annual Ecocinema International Film Festival from 1st - 6th June 2004.
The festival, which will take place at the Municipality Public Theatre in Rhodes Town, is devoted to environmental cinema and invites documentaries, shorts and feature films with environmental and ecology themes.
Entries come from around the world including Europe, Australia, Asia and the USA, where they are viewed by a pre-selection committee before being reaching the festival. The deadline for 2004 entries is 1st March. Once selections have been made, all competing directors will take part in press conferences and question and answer sessions before and after the screening of their film.
Ecocinema is dedicated to encouraging conservation issues and issues related to the natural, human and built environment. Prizes are given to films which demonstrate an innovative approach to conservation issues, as well as for their overall artistic qualities.
One of the key aims of the festival is to create a web of professionals associated in the production of environmental and ecological films. The aim is to ensure the survival of these types of films; film sales have been conducted by representatives at previous festivals.
For more information about the 2004 festival or for an entry form, visit www.ecocinema.gr and for more information about the island of Rhodes visit www.rodosisland.gr
Shooting Stars 2004
EUROPEAN FILM PROMOTION PRESENTS
TOMORROW’S STARS TODAY
6 FEBRUARY - 8 FEBRUARY 2004
AT THE BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Prepare to be dazzled - the next generation of European movie stars are stepping into the spotlight…
Shooting Stars - the initiative run by the European Film Promotion, which is mainly financed by the MEDIA programme of the EU - will spotlight the hottest new acting talent in Europe at the 2004 Berlin International Film Festival.
A series of special events will take place at the opening weekend of the festival to focus the attention of the film industry on tomorrow’s young acting stars, today. The Shooting Stars are those actors and actresses nominated by EFP member organisations who have demonstrated considerable talent and presence in their projects to date - and are now tipped to
become international stars of the future.
The talent of the Shooting Stars will be recognised by the industry with the presentation of the Studio Hamburg Shooting Stars Award, handed out by the Berlin International Film Festival Director Dieter Kosslick on stage of the Berlinale Palast.
German Shooting Star 2003 and European Film Award Winner 2003 (Best Actor & Public Award for best acting), Daniel Brûhl (Good Bye, Lenin!), says “Shooting Stars really helped me to gain the first step on the international platform. It put me, so to speak, in the right place at the right time.”
Shooting Stars 2004 is supported by Volkswagen, the main partner of the Berlin International Film Festival. As well as supporting the project financially, Volkswagen will also be providing cars for the Shooting Stars.
PRESENTING THE 2004 SHOOTING STARS
AUSTRIA - GEORG FRIEDRICH
Nominated by: Austrian Film Commission
Key Films: Dog Days (2001), The Piano Teacher (2000)
BELGIUM - LUBNA AZABAL
Nominated by: Wallonie Bruxelles Images
Key Films: Exils (2003), Viva Laldjérie (2002)
CZECH REPUBLIC - ANA GEISLEROVÁ
Nominated by: Czech Film Center
Key Films: Supertex (2003), England (2000)
DENMARK - SONJA RICHTER
Nominated by: Danish Film Institute
Key Films: Open Hearts (2004), In Your Hands (2003)
FINLAND - IRINA BJÖRKLUND
Nominated by: Finnish Film Foundation
Key Films: Honey Baby (2004), Land of Love (2003)
FRANCE - ZOÉ FÉLIX
Nominated by: Unifrance
Key Films: La Beuze (2003), French Men (2002)
GERMANY - MARIA SIMON
Nominated by: Export-Union of German Cinema
Key films: Goodbye, Lenin! (2003), Lichter (2003)
GREECE - ALEXANDRA AIDINI
Nominated by: Greek Film Centre
Key Films: The Weeping Meadow (2003), Wrong Century (2000)
HUNGARY - ESZTER ÓNODI
Nominated by: Magyar Filmunió
Key Films: Hukkle (2001), A Kind of America (2001)
ICELAND - TOMAS LEMARQUIS
Nominated by: Icelandic Film Centre
Key Films: Noi the Albino (2003), Dramarama (2001)
IRELAND - ANDREW SCOTT
Nominated by: Irish Film Board
Key Films: Dead Bodies (2003), Saving Private Ryan (1998)
ITALY - FILIPPO NIGRO
Nominated by: Filmitalia
Key Films: A Luci Spente (2003), Facing Window (2002)
LATVIA - KRISTINE NEVARAUSKA
Nominated by: Baltic Films
Key Films: You’re Sexy When You’re Sad (2004), Handful of Bullets (2002)
LUXEMBOURG - TOM LEICK
Nominated by: Film Fund Luxembourg
Key Films: The Merchant of Venice (2004), The Emperor’s Wife (2002)
NORWAY - AKSEL HENNIE
Nominated by: Norwegian Film Institute
Key Films: Wolf Summer (2003), Buddy (2003)
PORTUGAL - ÂNGELO TORRES
Nominated by: Instituto do Cinema Audiovisual e Multimédia (ICAM)
Key Films: Fado Blues (2003), Preto e Branco (2002)
SPAIN - ELENA ANAYA
Nominated by: Instituto de la Cinematografia y de Las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA)
Key Films: Talk to Her (2002), Sex and Lucia (2001)
SWEDEN - ANDREAS WILSON
Nominated by: Swedish Film Institute
Key Films: Evil (2003)
SWITZERLAND - MICHAEL KOCH
Nominated by: Swiss Films
Key Films: Ready, Steady, Charlie! (2003)
THE NETHERLANDS - THEKLA REUTEN
Nominated by: Holland Film
Key Films: Rosenstraße (2003), Twin Sisters (2002)
UNITED KINGDOM - EVA BIRTHISTLE
Nominated by: British Council
Key Films: Ae Fond Kiss (2004), Timbuktu (2003)
For more details visit: www.efp-online.com
EUROPEAN FILM PROMOTION PRESENTS
TOMORROW’S STARS TODAY
6 FEBRUARY - 8 FEBRUARY 2004
AT THE BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Prepare to be dazzled - the next generation of European movie stars are stepping into the spotlight…
Shooting Stars - the initiative run by the European Film Promotion, which is mainly financed by the MEDIA programme of the EU - will spotlight the hottest new acting talent in Europe at the 2004 Berlin International Film Festival.
A series of special events will take place at the opening weekend of the festival to focus the attention of the film industry on tomorrow’s young acting stars, today. The Shooting Stars are those actors and actresses nominated by EFP member organisations who have demonstrated considerable talent and presence in their projects to date - and are now tipped to
become international stars of the future.
The talent of the Shooting Stars will be recognised by the industry with the presentation of the Studio Hamburg Shooting Stars Award, handed out by the Berlin International Film Festival Director Dieter Kosslick on stage of the Berlinale Palast.
German Shooting Star 2003 and European Film Award Winner 2003 (Best Actor & Public Award for best acting), Daniel Brûhl (Good Bye, Lenin!), says “Shooting Stars really helped me to gain the first step on the international platform. It put me, so to speak, in the right place at the right time.”
Shooting Stars 2004 is supported by Volkswagen, the main partner of the Berlin International Film Festival. As well as supporting the project financially, Volkswagen will also be providing cars for the Shooting Stars.
PRESENTING THE 2004 SHOOTING STARS
AUSTRIA - GEORG FRIEDRICH
Nominated by: Austrian Film Commission
Key Films: Dog Days (2001), The Piano Teacher (2000)
BELGIUM - LUBNA AZABAL
Nominated by: Wallonie Bruxelles Images
Key Films: Exils (2003), Viva Laldjérie (2002)
CZECH REPUBLIC - ANA GEISLEROVÁ
Nominated by: Czech Film Center
Key Films: Supertex (2003), England (2000)
DENMARK - SONJA RICHTER
Nominated by: Danish Film Institute
Key Films: Open Hearts (2004), In Your Hands (2003)
FINLAND - IRINA BJÖRKLUND
Nominated by: Finnish Film Foundation
Key Films: Honey Baby (2004), Land of Love (2003)
FRANCE - ZOÉ FÉLIX
Nominated by: Unifrance
Key Films: La Beuze (2003), French Men (2002)
GERMANY - MARIA SIMON
Nominated by: Export-Union of German Cinema
Key films: Goodbye, Lenin! (2003), Lichter (2003)
GREECE - ALEXANDRA AIDINI
Nominated by: Greek Film Centre
Key Films: The Weeping Meadow (2003), Wrong Century (2000)
HUNGARY - ESZTER ÓNODI
Nominated by: Magyar Filmunió
Key Films: Hukkle (2001), A Kind of America (2001)
ICELAND - TOMAS LEMARQUIS
Nominated by: Icelandic Film Centre
Key Films: Noi the Albino (2003), Dramarama (2001)
IRELAND - ANDREW SCOTT
Nominated by: Irish Film Board
Key Films: Dead Bodies (2003), Saving Private Ryan (1998)
ITALY - FILIPPO NIGRO
Nominated by: Filmitalia
Key Films: A Luci Spente (2003), Facing Window (2002)
LATVIA - KRISTINE NEVARAUSKA
Nominated by: Baltic Films
Key Films: You’re Sexy When You’re Sad (2004), Handful of Bullets (2002)
LUXEMBOURG - TOM LEICK
Nominated by: Film Fund Luxembourg
Key Films: The Merchant of Venice (2004), The Emperor’s Wife (2002)
NORWAY - AKSEL HENNIE
Nominated by: Norwegian Film Institute
Key Films: Wolf Summer (2003), Buddy (2003)
PORTUGAL - ÂNGELO TORRES
Nominated by: Instituto do Cinema Audiovisual e Multimédia (ICAM)
Key Films: Fado Blues (2003), Preto e Branco (2002)
SPAIN - ELENA ANAYA
Nominated by: Instituto de la Cinematografia y de Las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA)
Key Films: Talk to Her (2002), Sex and Lucia (2001)
SWEDEN - ANDREAS WILSON
Nominated by: Swedish Film Institute
Key Films: Evil (2003)
SWITZERLAND - MICHAEL KOCH
Nominated by: Swiss Films
Key Films: Ready, Steady, Charlie! (2003)
THE NETHERLANDS - THEKLA REUTEN
Nominated by: Holland Film
Key Films: Rosenstraße (2003), Twin Sisters (2002)
UNITED KINGDOM - EVA BIRTHISTLE
Nominated by: British Council
Key Films: Ae Fond Kiss (2004), Timbuktu (2003)
For more details visit: www.efp-online.com
Alex Cox/Hurricane Films BBC Schools film
BBC Children’s Education recently commissioned award-winning production company, Hurricane Films, to make a 30-minute drama from feature director Alex Cox, (best known for Repo Man and more recently Revenger’s Tragedy).
The film, I’m a Juvenile Delinquent - Jail Me! was transmitted on 15th January 2004.
The film throws the spotlight on reality television, using it as a model to help young people think about how they take control of their own lives. For broadcast in the BBC Schools overnight Learning Zone slot, the drama focuses on a group of fifteen year-olds who are manipulated into committing crimes for a TV audience hungry for more and more outrage on screen, the ultimate in bad reality television. Aimed at 14-16 year olds, it is to be viewed with guidance from a teacher who can lead a debate on the issues raised.
BBC Schools Commissioner, Karen Johnson, says: This modern morality play continues BBC education’s strong support for Citizenship issues, in the same vein as the BAFTA award-winning Offside. We look at a world in which questions about empowerment, control and manipulation are addressed, allowing teachers and pupils to debate where power lies in an apparently free society. Set in the frothy/lightweight context of teen life, the drama offers different views of free choice and determinism, to inform and enrich classroom debate about our own rights and responsibilities - and ramifications of the choices we make on behalf of other people, as well as ourselves.”
Producer Sol Papadopoulos, whose last drama for the department - Dead Drunk - won an RTS Education Award in June 2003, commented: “Jail me! is a powerful spoof about social responsibility and the impact of reality TV on a young audience. The film will undoubtedly generate lengthy discussion and I’m sure young people will appreciate Alex’s take on the world.”
BBC Children’s Education recently commissioned award-winning production company, Hurricane Films, to make a 30-minute drama from feature director Alex Cox, (best known for Repo Man and more recently Revenger’s Tragedy).
The film, I’m a Juvenile Delinquent - Jail Me! was transmitted on 15th January 2004.
The film throws the spotlight on reality television, using it as a model to help young people think about how they take control of their own lives. For broadcast in the BBC Schools overnight Learning Zone slot, the drama focuses on a group of fifteen year-olds who are manipulated into committing crimes for a TV audience hungry for more and more outrage on screen, the ultimate in bad reality television. Aimed at 14-16 year olds, it is to be viewed with guidance from a teacher who can lead a debate on the issues raised.
BBC Schools Commissioner, Karen Johnson, says: This modern morality play continues BBC education’s strong support for Citizenship issues, in the same vein as the BAFTA award-winning Offside. We look at a world in which questions about empowerment, control and manipulation are addressed, allowing teachers and pupils to debate where power lies in an apparently free society. Set in the frothy/lightweight context of teen life, the drama offers different views of free choice and determinism, to inform and enrich classroom debate about our own rights and responsibilities - and ramifications of the choices we make on behalf of other people, as well as ourselves.”
Producer Sol Papadopoulos, whose last drama for the department - Dead Drunk - won an RTS Education Award in June 2003, commented: “Jail me! is a powerful spoof about social responsibility and the impact of reality TV on a young audience. The film will undoubtedly generate lengthy discussion and I’m sure young people will appreciate Alex’s take on the world.”
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