PIONEER TO SPONSOR THE BBC FOUR WORLD CINEMA AWARD
AND
BBC RADIO 3 AWARDS FOR WORLD MUSIC EVENTS
It was announced today that Pioneer GB Limited would be the new sponsor of both the BBC FOUR World Cinema Award and BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music in 2006. This means that Pioneer becomes the first sponsor of both Awards events.
Next year?s World Cinema Award ceremony will be held at the National Film Theatre on January 26th. It will be broadcast on BBC FOUR at 9.00pm and will be repeated several times over the following month. The ceremony will be presented by Jonathan Ross and will be attended by members of the film industry, celebrities, the media and the public.
Over 120 film critics, reviewers, festival directors and cinema bookersvote on their favourite international foreign language film of the year.. From this, a shortlist of 6 films is drawn up and a high-calibre jury decides the winner. Previous jury members have included actors Gillian Anderson and Robert Carlyle, Oscar-winning director Kevin MacDonald and singer Bjork. The list of nominees for 2006 will be announced January 6th.
Last year, the Award was won by ?The Return? - directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev and winner of several international awards including ?Golden Lion Best Film and Best First Film?(Venice 2003) and ?10 Directors To Watch? (Variety).
2006 is the fifth year that the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music take place. This annual global music awards event is a celebration of the best live music from all four corners of the world . The list of winners will be announced on February 25th in London and will be followed by a Poll Winners concert on April 7th at Brixton Academy.
The Awards consist of 10 categories including Club Global, Africa, Newcomer, Americas, Middle East and Album of the Year. To commemorate the event, Union Square Records will release an album of Awards for World Music CD in March.
David Goldesgeyme, BBC Head of Sponsorship, said:
?We are delighted that Pioneer has agreed to sponsor these two prestigious awards events. Pioneer's involvement reflects the truly international nature of these events and we look forward to making the 2006 awards even bigger with their support"
Hiroshi Seki, Managing Director of Pioneer GB Limited said:
?Pioneer is honoured to be working with the BBC on these prestigious Awards events. The relationship between the two brands reflects cutting edge innovation in all industries. We are delighted to become the first ever sponsors of these events.?
Friday, December 23, 2005
Thursday, December 22, 2005
Secret Game in Xbox 360 Advert
The latest Xbox 360 advert has a hidden game within it that can be accessed by pressing the red interactive button on your digital remote.
With the aim of engaging viewers in the world of Xbox 360, on pressing red the viewer is presented with a high-energy and fast- paced video that reveals the games and features of the new Xbox 360.
Finding a way into the hidden game is harder but if you keep your eyes on the movie (especially the scene with the yellow car) you may notice the word 'EGG'.
To get past level one, you need to use the keypad on the Sky remote control spell out egg (3,4,4).
Level 2: Once there you will see a couple of lambs saying "ofni" and you will need to work out what button on the remote to press to get you through.
Level 3: The final level is the hardest, but Easter eggs had to start at some time. There are seven eggs and one egg has a bow with "Yyyy" written on it. You have to work out what four digits to press to crack the game.
Depending how far you get through the levels, you can get an award for Novice,
Skilled, Masterful, and Legend and you can have your game tag registered on the
advert.
Leading DiTV agency Weapon7, in collaboration with digital agency AKQA, has
created the interactive launch campaign for Microsoft's Xbox 360. The initiative
airs nationally on Sky on the 22nd of December and will run for a month. The
spot can be accessed through four different commercials and the Sky a-z.
Stephen McGill, Head of Marketing for Xbox UK, says: "In this instance the
medium of digital TV has given us a fantastic opportunity to show the world of
Xbox 360 and be able to excite and engage a traditionally exclusive audience.
Weapon7's idea is inspired from the core gaming audience and is a truly
innovative way to add an extra element of engagement and talkability."
"This commercial is the first in DiTV to allow viewers to play with the
advertising," says Steven Hess, managing partner of Weapon7. "For those who
choose to go deeper into the ad, they will discover that there is more to it
than meets the eye. However, we're not giving away any secrets."
The latest Xbox 360 advert has a hidden game within it that can be accessed by pressing the red interactive button on your digital remote.
With the aim of engaging viewers in the world of Xbox 360, on pressing red the viewer is presented with a high-energy and fast- paced video that reveals the games and features of the new Xbox 360.
Finding a way into the hidden game is harder but if you keep your eyes on the movie (especially the scene with the yellow car) you may notice the word 'EGG'.
To get past level one, you need to use the keypad on the Sky remote control spell out egg (3,4,4).
Level 2: Once there you will see a couple of lambs saying "ofni" and you will need to work out what button on the remote to press to get you through.
Level 3: The final level is the hardest, but Easter eggs had to start at some time. There are seven eggs and one egg has a bow with "Yyyy" written on it. You have to work out what four digits to press to crack the game.
Depending how far you get through the levels, you can get an award for Novice,
Skilled, Masterful, and Legend and you can have your game tag registered on the
advert.
Leading DiTV agency Weapon7, in collaboration with digital agency AKQA, has
created the interactive launch campaign for Microsoft's Xbox 360. The initiative
airs nationally on Sky on the 22nd of December and will run for a month. The
spot can be accessed through four different commercials and the Sky a-z.
Stephen McGill, Head of Marketing for Xbox UK, says: "In this instance the
medium of digital TV has given us a fantastic opportunity to show the world of
Xbox 360 and be able to excite and engage a traditionally exclusive audience.
Weapon7's idea is inspired from the core gaming audience and is a truly
innovative way to add an extra element of engagement and talkability."
"This commercial is the first in DiTV to allow viewers to play with the
advertising," says Steven Hess, managing partner of Weapon7. "For those who
choose to go deeper into the ad, they will discover that there is more to it
than meets the eye. However, we're not giving away any secrets."
Friday, December 09, 2005
IN-FUSIO MOBILE GAMES AVAILABLE ON i-mode?
IN-FUSIO joins O2s growing number of i-mode content providers
30th November 2005: O2 has today announced it has partnered with IN-FUSIO to provide award-winning mobile games to i-mode consumers in the UK. The partnership sees IN-FUSIO's site available immediately and features an exciting line up of mobile games helping IN-FUSIO to build a close relationship with increasingly mobile consumers. The site offers mobile consumers access to IN-FUSIO's play+ mobile games on its i-mode site. As an official partner, IN-FUSIO will be available through i-mode's intuitive interface under Games on the i-mode menu.
The partnership forms part of i-mode's unique content structure through which IN-FUSIO will be able to further develop and deploy sophisticated, secure commercial content to consumers. It allows IN-FUSIO to expand its revenue opportunities by selling its content through O2's generous revenue sharing model. As a service IN-FUSIO will collect its revenue from subscription based services billed directly through the users phone bill permitting it to concentrate on its core business. i-mode is a flexible business model that facilitates both subscription based and non-subscription based content.
IN-FUSIO, which already supplies Java games to O2, is among the first game sites to be launched on the i-mode service from O2. Having already launched on six
i-mode portals across Europe the announcement further confirms IN-FUSIO's leading position as a developer and service provider for mobile games.
IN-FUSIO's Play + on i-mode will launch with mobile games including: South Park, Zoo Tycoon 2 Mobile, Terminator I'm Back, Banjo-Kazooie Missions, Solitaire Gold and Age of Empires II Mobile.
Grahame Riddell, Head of i-mode Marketing for O2 UK said: "We are pleased to be working with IN-FUSIO to offer its mobile games to our customers. IN-FUSIO has managed to capture the benefits of i-mode and joined the i-mode ecosystem to offer its users a compelling mobile experience. O2 wants to make developing mobile content as attractive and as easy for businesses as possible. The building of a strong content community both on and off portal will be critical to the success of the services. Our research clearly shows that consumers are willing to look at and pay for mobile content, and expectations are tied closely to a user's experience of the Internet. Use will be driven by periods of downtime, communication applications, like e-mail, and situational driven use, when information is needed instantly. The overriding point for consumers is that convenience is key."
Udi Jacobi, Director of Sales, EMEA and South America for IN-FUSIO adds: "Following the successful launch of our Java games with O2 earlier this year we are delighted to be selected as one of the first mobile game offerings, at launch, on the i-mode service from O2. IN-FUSIO's strategy has always been to provide the consumer with an easy-to-use and fun mobile game experience. This partnership will enable us to reach even more mobile gamers with a service and playability that millions have already come to expect."
Animazoo UK Opens New Motion Capture Studio in Brighton
Animazoo UK ( http://www.animazoo.com ), manufacturer of the world famous Gypsy range of motion capture systems, has opened a new motion capture studio in Brighton.
Already attracting a stream of international visitors, the studio offers users the latest motion capture technology with expert operators to ensure projects run smoothly. Thanks to state of the art Gypsy systems, the studio can handle applications that are impossible using traditional studio based optical systems. The Gypsy approach to mocap results in faster, more productive capture sessions. With minimal data cleaning, more usable data is captured per session, which saves time and money for customers.
The systems record rotational motion data directly from the actor and are adept at capturing small and subtle movements that are a challenge for camera based setups. And production is not restricted to a confined space ? the Gypsy can even capture outdoors. Generating quick, clean data, the Gypsy makes for an efficient production schedule.
Sam Berey, sales and marketing director at Animazoo, comments: "Our studio further cements Brighton?s well deserved reputation for digital media production. Already branded 'Silicon Beach' for its high quality digital output, the city is an ideal home for our state of the art motion capture production house."
UK EXIBITORS DEFINE TOMORROW?S TECHNOLOGY
AT THE 2006 INTERNATIONAL CES
UK exhibitors shine out at the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, USA January 5- 8 www.CESweb.org
7 December 2005 - The very latest technology from some of the UK?s top consumer electronics companies will be on show at the world?s largest consumer electronics tradeshow, the 2006 International CES ? run by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) in Las Vegas, 5-8 January 2006.
CES showcases consumer technologies including wireless devices, electronic gaming, digital imaging, home entertainment, digital audio and video, mobile electronics, broadband, content media, home networking and information technologies. Some highlights of what?s on show from the UK include:
Atlas (Scotland) Ltd. one of the leaders in research, development and the production of audio visual and high fidelity interconnect leads and cables will be launching its new range of HDMI cables and Hyper speaker cables. Using the newly developed Teflon dielectric the Atlas hyper cables out perform rivals in improved fidelity and price. www.hifi.org.uk.
Another consumer technology leader from Scotland Wolfson Microelectronics is a global supplier of mixed-signal semiconductors for digital audio and imaging applications. At this year?s show Wolfson will focus on portable audio - look out for its innovative new amplifier technology which not only provides portable hi-fi audio but also extends critical battery life.
www.wolfsonmicro.com.
Revolver the producer of high quality loudspeakers will launch its new AudioVue Hi-Fi Home Entertainment Series to the US market. AudioVue?s slimline design is available in light or dark cherry real wood veneer and with fully shielded drive units this sturdy MDF cabinet construction gives improved sonic efficiency. www.revolveraudio.com .
Troy Innovations manufactures a full range of design led LCD and plasma support accessories. New at the show is the LCDST200 with a sturdy yet contemporary silver and chrome construction that suits LCD screens up to 36? and offers two toughened glass shelves, cable management and a universal LCD screen fixing plate. Also on display the LCD436 is suitable for screens up to 34? offering the versatility of a pivot arm and all the usual facilities of a LCD wall mount with the addition of a screen power pack holder.
Audio Acoustics will be launching its range of Radical Nexgen loudspeaker and cable systems. CES visitors will have the chance to see and hear the Fundamental-k2, a range of speakers set to redefine expectations, allowing the listener to hear music without the intrusion of the transducer's interpretation. With a frequency response of 20Hz - 43KHz
(+ / -3dB) the Fundamental-k2 boasts features such as special drivers with resonance control, a four-layer double membrane laminate enclosure and sapphire tweeter. Also on show is the Sapphire Ti-C, a next-generation loudspeaker which removes the transducer from the equation altogether and comes with a deep-lacquer metallic finish, created using an elaborate 16-gel CoatTM process that takes a total of 14 days to complete.
www.audioacoustics.co.uk
London based Oregan Network has developed IPTV and home networking software solutions that enable delivery of video, audio, images and data over IP (Internet Protocol) networks to a range of convergent media appliances. Visitors to the Oregan stand will see
demonstrations of a range of home entertainment devices powered by its media connectivity solution Oregan Media Browser. Network DVDs, Digital Media Adaptors and Set Top boxes and gaming consoles are transformed into web-enabled connected products capable of receiving information, entertainment and advertising and sharing downloaded media on the home network. www.oregan.net
On display for the first time is uConnect Plus from Manchester based VoIPvoice, a leading manufacturer of consumer VoIP hardware. uConnect Plus is a USB-powered PSTN to VoIP adaptor which embodies integration software from VoIP voice to use with Skype and has been selected by the CES as an Innovations Honoree in the online /Internet category.
Visitors will also be able to view demonstrations of the new Cyberphone?W. This USB handset with full traditional telephone functionality is affordable, simple and effective to use when making Skype connections and with wideband circuitry inside the phone making calls
is as clear as playing MP3 files. www.voipvoice.com
Loc8tor Ltd will be launching a revolutionary new product that ensures you?ll never mislay
or lose any of your important possessions again. loc8tor is the first product of its type on the market using miniaturized tags as a homing device. loc8tor has two modes: Locate lets you find any tagged item up to a range of 500 feet (150 metres) using directional, audio, visual and vibration technology, guiding you to within 1 inch (2.5cms) of your lost item. Alert prevents things from getting lost in the first place: when a tagged item moves out of your pre-set ?safety zone?, loc8tor lets you know immediately what?s missing and can direct you to where it?s gone. Completely portable, lightweight and easy to use, with tags similar in size to a postage stamp. loc8tor launches with two models in the range - the loc8tor pack and the loc8tor Plus pack. www.myloc8tor.com
British mains conditioning specialist IsoTek will again be displaying their range of US specific products, with an exclusive product launch of Sigmas, a hybrid of their award winning Titan and Nova models. Visitors to their room will be able to view a wide range of products starting at just 30 GBP. The company are also looking to expand their already growing US dealer base and build upon the success that they have achieved throughout
Europe and the Asia Pacific markets. www.isoteksystems.com
Imagination Technologies will be showing its IP including TV and mobile products and its latest technologies: A multi-standard HD video decoder that, rather than relying on multi-cores to handle multiple standards, supports all major standards (JPEG, H.264, WMV9, VC1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX) from a single IP core, at highest profile, on a single device.
The latest mobile phone application processors utilising PowerVR MBX 2D/3D graphics technology. A scalable universal shader PowerVR graphics architecture for superior 3D and video. A multi-standard mobile TV platform that supports DVD-H (USA and Europe), T-DMB (Asia and Europe) and ISDBT-ss (Japan) to enable roaming-mobile TV handsets. HD TV/DVD/Bluray image enhancement IP that offers superior image quality from a small silicon area. www.imgtec.com
AT THE 2006 INTERNATIONAL CES
UK exhibitors shine out at the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, USA January 5- 8 www.CESweb.org
7 December 2005 - The very latest technology from some of the UK?s top consumer electronics companies will be on show at the world?s largest consumer electronics tradeshow, the 2006 International CES ? run by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) in Las Vegas, 5-8 January 2006.
CES showcases consumer technologies including wireless devices, electronic gaming, digital imaging, home entertainment, digital audio and video, mobile electronics, broadband, content media, home networking and information technologies. Some highlights of what?s on show from the UK include:
Atlas (Scotland) Ltd. one of the leaders in research, development and the production of audio visual and high fidelity interconnect leads and cables will be launching its new range of HDMI cables and Hyper speaker cables. Using the newly developed Teflon dielectric the Atlas hyper cables out perform rivals in improved fidelity and price. www.hifi.org.uk.
Another consumer technology leader from Scotland Wolfson Microelectronics is a global supplier of mixed-signal semiconductors for digital audio and imaging applications. At this year?s show Wolfson will focus on portable audio - look out for its innovative new amplifier technology which not only provides portable hi-fi audio but also extends critical battery life.
www.wolfsonmicro.com.
Revolver the producer of high quality loudspeakers will launch its new AudioVue Hi-Fi Home Entertainment Series to the US market. AudioVue?s slimline design is available in light or dark cherry real wood veneer and with fully shielded drive units this sturdy MDF cabinet construction gives improved sonic efficiency. www.revolveraudio.com .
Troy Innovations manufactures a full range of design led LCD and plasma support accessories. New at the show is the LCDST200 with a sturdy yet contemporary silver and chrome construction that suits LCD screens up to 36? and offers two toughened glass shelves, cable management and a universal LCD screen fixing plate. Also on display the LCD436 is suitable for screens up to 34? offering the versatility of a pivot arm and all the usual facilities of a LCD wall mount with the addition of a screen power pack holder.
Audio Acoustics will be launching its range of Radical Nexgen loudspeaker and cable systems. CES visitors will have the chance to see and hear the Fundamental-k2, a range of speakers set to redefine expectations, allowing the listener to hear music without the intrusion of the transducer's interpretation. With a frequency response of 20Hz - 43KHz
(+ / -3dB) the Fundamental-k2 boasts features such as special drivers with resonance control, a four-layer double membrane laminate enclosure and sapphire tweeter. Also on show is the Sapphire Ti-C, a next-generation loudspeaker which removes the transducer from the equation altogether and comes with a deep-lacquer metallic finish, created using an elaborate 16-gel CoatTM process that takes a total of 14 days to complete.
www.audioacoustics.co.uk
London based Oregan Network has developed IPTV and home networking software solutions that enable delivery of video, audio, images and data over IP (Internet Protocol) networks to a range of convergent media appliances. Visitors to the Oregan stand will see
demonstrations of a range of home entertainment devices powered by its media connectivity solution Oregan Media Browser. Network DVDs, Digital Media Adaptors and Set Top boxes and gaming consoles are transformed into web-enabled connected products capable of receiving information, entertainment and advertising and sharing downloaded media on the home network. www.oregan.net
On display for the first time is uConnect Plus from Manchester based VoIPvoice, a leading manufacturer of consumer VoIP hardware. uConnect Plus is a USB-powered PSTN to VoIP adaptor which embodies integration software from VoIP voice to use with Skype and has been selected by the CES as an Innovations Honoree in the online /Internet category.
Visitors will also be able to view demonstrations of the new Cyberphone?W. This USB handset with full traditional telephone functionality is affordable, simple and effective to use when making Skype connections and with wideband circuitry inside the phone making calls
is as clear as playing MP3 files. www.voipvoice.com
Loc8tor Ltd will be launching a revolutionary new product that ensures you?ll never mislay
or lose any of your important possessions again. loc8tor is the first product of its type on the market using miniaturized tags as a homing device. loc8tor has two modes: Locate lets you find any tagged item up to a range of 500 feet (150 metres) using directional, audio, visual and vibration technology, guiding you to within 1 inch (2.5cms) of your lost item. Alert prevents things from getting lost in the first place: when a tagged item moves out of your pre-set ?safety zone?, loc8tor lets you know immediately what?s missing and can direct you to where it?s gone. Completely portable, lightweight and easy to use, with tags similar in size to a postage stamp. loc8tor launches with two models in the range - the loc8tor pack and the loc8tor Plus pack. www.myloc8tor.com
British mains conditioning specialist IsoTek will again be displaying their range of US specific products, with an exclusive product launch of Sigmas, a hybrid of their award winning Titan and Nova models. Visitors to their room will be able to view a wide range of products starting at just 30 GBP. The company are also looking to expand their already growing US dealer base and build upon the success that they have achieved throughout
Europe and the Asia Pacific markets. www.isoteksystems.com
Imagination Technologies will be showing its IP including TV and mobile products and its latest technologies: A multi-standard HD video decoder that, rather than relying on multi-cores to handle multiple standards, supports all major standards (JPEG, H.264, WMV9, VC1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX) from a single IP core, at highest profile, on a single device.
The latest mobile phone application processors utilising PowerVR MBX 2D/3D graphics technology. A scalable universal shader PowerVR graphics architecture for superior 3D and video. A multi-standard mobile TV platform that supports DVD-H (USA and Europe), T-DMB (Asia and Europe) and ISDBT-ss (Japan) to enable roaming-mobile TV handsets. HD TV/DVD/Bluray image enhancement IP that offers superior image quality from a small silicon area. www.imgtec.com
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
JAPANESE CINEMATOGRAPHER SHOJI UEDA AND HIS ?ASIAN EYES?
Bangkok, THAILAND ? In addition to the annual Crystal Lens Award, the BKKIFF?s Cinematographer?s Day this year will also give recognition to master cinematographers in Asia through its new segment: ?Asian Eyes?, a celebration of excellence in cinematography in Asian films. A newly created Golden Kinnaree award ? the Asian Eyes Award ? will be bestowed to Japanese cinematographer Shoji Ueda at the festival?s Awards Gala ceremony in February 2006.
Mr. Ueda ? also known as Masaharu Ueda ? worked most closely with the Japanese auteur Akira Kurosawa in films such as Kagemusha, Ran, Dreams, Rhapsody in August, Madadayo, and After the Rain. He was honoured with 3 Japan Academy Prizes for Best Cinematography, as well as
multiple nominations. In the west, his work in Ran (in collaboration with Takao Sait?) earned him nominations for Best Cinematography for the BAFTA and the Academy Award. Among his noteworthy body of works are also Takashi Koizumi?s Letter from the Mountain and Hideo Onchi?s Warabi no
kou. Mr. Ueda previously attended the BKKIFF in 2004 as one of the guest speakers in its first edition of Cinematographer?s Day, but the 2006 event will be the first time that his expertise in the field is celebrated in full.
?Asian Eyes?, a special half-day segment of the seminar programme, is conceived as a response to the recent cinematographic achievement in Asian films such as South Korea?s Sympathy for Lady Vengeance and Thailand?s Citizen Dog. These meticulously-crafted works have become signature
for the new current in Asian cinema which is gaining more and more influences in the global scale.
Bangkok, THAILAND ? In addition to the annual Crystal Lens Award, the BKKIFF?s Cinematographer?s Day this year will also give recognition to master cinematographers in Asia through its new segment: ?Asian Eyes?, a celebration of excellence in cinematography in Asian films. A newly created Golden Kinnaree award ? the Asian Eyes Award ? will be bestowed to Japanese cinematographer Shoji Ueda at the festival?s Awards Gala ceremony in February 2006.
Mr. Ueda ? also known as Masaharu Ueda ? worked most closely with the Japanese auteur Akira Kurosawa in films such as Kagemusha, Ran, Dreams, Rhapsody in August, Madadayo, and After the Rain. He was honoured with 3 Japan Academy Prizes for Best Cinematography, as well as
multiple nominations. In the west, his work in Ran (in collaboration with Takao Sait?) earned him nominations for Best Cinematography for the BAFTA and the Academy Award. Among his noteworthy body of works are also Takashi Koizumi?s Letter from the Mountain and Hideo Onchi?s Warabi no
kou. Mr. Ueda previously attended the BKKIFF in 2004 as one of the guest speakers in its first edition of Cinematographer?s Day, but the 2006 event will be the first time that his expertise in the field is celebrated in full.
?Asian Eyes?, a special half-day segment of the seminar programme, is conceived as a response to the recent cinematographic achievement in Asian films such as South Korea?s Sympathy for Lady Vengeance and Thailand?s Citizen Dog. These meticulously-crafted works have become signature
for the new current in Asian cinema which is gaining more and more influences in the global scale.
Saturday, December 03, 2005
FORMER CARNABY STREET CLOTHES DESIGNER TO THE STARS MAKES SECOND STELLAR CAREER IN CLAY
The work of a remarkable woman, Sally Tuffin is on sale at Bonhams next Design Sale on December 7. Where her Carnaby Street creations once clothed Pop Royalty, she now designs pots that are acknowledged by experts to be stars in their own right.
Paul McCartney and the Beatles were once clients at `Foale and Tuffin', buying her cutting edge clothes, as were all those who could claim to be part of the scene in 1960's Britain. Now at the age of 70 Sally Tuffin has once more made a name for herself - with clay - and this time she rivals not Mary Quant but the illustrious names of 20th century British pottery, such as Clarice Cliff and William Moorcroft.
Each year Bonhams Design Department commissions unique one-off works by Sally Tuffin, and at this sale on December 7 at New Bond Street, no fewer than 16 of her bold clever items are on sale among the hundreds of other items on sale.
Perhaps one of her most striking works is titled `March of the Penguins' - a piece which features no fewer than 40 individually modelled black and white birds edging their way down an ice flow, circling closer to the sea and then casting themselves adrift. This arresting work is estimated to attract bids in the region of £1,500 to £2,000 but Design Department Director, Mark Oliver, says: "We were not surprised to get a winning bid of £11,000 for one of her pieces recently. She is up there with William Moorcroft, Clarice Cliff and Henry Doulton. But she is working now and her contemporary work is already attracting prices in the league of these giants of the ceramics world."
Lot 525 'March of the Penguins', a vase, is a slightly tapering vessel painted in pale blue/green to resemble an iceberg, applied with a spiralling slope with a procession of penguins queueing up to dive into the sea, decorated by Marcus Jubb, thrown by Rory McLeod, models by Alan Pepper 18cm high, stamped and painted marks, with 'ST des' and number B72.
Lot 532 'Octopus' is another vase with a sea theme. This tube-lined and painted with two of the large creatures, four of their tentacles gripping the rim, decorated is by Heidi Warr, and thrown by Rory McLeod. It is 35.5cm high, stamped and painted marks, with 'ST des' and number B66. Estimate £500-600.
Mark Oliver adds: "We identified Sally Tuffin about five years ago as someone exceptional. She has a remarkable eye, whether producing fashion designer clothes or eye-catching ceramics. Her work will doubtless continue to enthral an ever growing group of loyal enthusiasts."
The work of a remarkable woman, Sally Tuffin is on sale at Bonhams next Design Sale on December 7. Where her Carnaby Street creations once clothed Pop Royalty, she now designs pots that are acknowledged by experts to be stars in their own right.
Paul McCartney and the Beatles were once clients at `Foale and Tuffin', buying her cutting edge clothes, as were all those who could claim to be part of the scene in 1960's Britain. Now at the age of 70 Sally Tuffin has once more made a name for herself - with clay - and this time she rivals not Mary Quant but the illustrious names of 20th century British pottery, such as Clarice Cliff and William Moorcroft.
Each year Bonhams Design Department commissions unique one-off works by Sally Tuffin, and at this sale on December 7 at New Bond Street, no fewer than 16 of her bold clever items are on sale among the hundreds of other items on sale.
Perhaps one of her most striking works is titled `March of the Penguins' - a piece which features no fewer than 40 individually modelled black and white birds edging their way down an ice flow, circling closer to the sea and then casting themselves adrift. This arresting work is estimated to attract bids in the region of £1,500 to £2,000 but Design Department Director, Mark Oliver, says: "We were not surprised to get a winning bid of £11,000 for one of her pieces recently. She is up there with William Moorcroft, Clarice Cliff and Henry Doulton. But she is working now and her contemporary work is already attracting prices in the league of these giants of the ceramics world."
Lot 525 'March of the Penguins', a vase, is a slightly tapering vessel painted in pale blue/green to resemble an iceberg, applied with a spiralling slope with a procession of penguins queueing up to dive into the sea, decorated by Marcus Jubb, thrown by Rory McLeod, models by Alan Pepper 18cm high, stamped and painted marks, with 'ST des' and number B72.
Lot 532 'Octopus' is another vase with a sea theme. This tube-lined and painted with two of the large creatures, four of their tentacles gripping the rim, decorated is by Heidi Warr, and thrown by Rory McLeod. It is 35.5cm high, stamped and painted marks, with 'ST des' and number B66. Estimate £500-600.
Mark Oliver adds: "We identified Sally Tuffin about five years ago as someone exceptional. She has a remarkable eye, whether producing fashion designer clothes or eye-catching ceramics. Her work will doubtless continue to enthral an ever growing group of loyal enthusiasts."
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
SADDLE UP WITH UNIVERSAL’S GREAT NEW
JAMES STEWART WESTERNS COLLECTION
RIDE HIGH this autumn with some of the finest Westerns ever made! While not strictly a cowboy actor, legendary star Jimmy Stewart played in some of the finest westerns ever made. Now Universal Pictures is delighted to round up seven of the best in this fabulous new collection.
The James Stewart Westerns Collection will be available this autumn exclusively through HMV at a retail price of just 39.99.
SHENANDOAH (1965, 101 minutes)
James Stewart stars as a peace-loving Southern farmer who tries to stay neutral during the American Civil War. But when his youngest son is kidnapped by the Union soldiers, the landsman is finally pulled into the bloody conflict. With Doug McClure, Katharine Ross and George Kennedy.
NIGHT PASSAGE (1957, 89 minutes)
When the local railroad becomes the constant target of a band of desperadoes led by Whitey Harbin (Dan Duryea), officials recruit Grant McLaine (Stewart) to guard the payroll from further robberies. The trouble is, the gang's most skilled and lethal gunslinger, the Utica Kid (Audie Murphy), just happens to be Grant's kid brother.
THE FAR COUNTRY (1954, 93 minutes)
Set in 1896 at the start of the Klondike Gold Rush, James Stewart and Walter Brennan play a loner and his sidekick who figure to get rich by selling a herd of cattle at a fancy price. However, they are soon caught up in a conflict with the local lawman (John McIntire) and his henchmen.
BEND OF THE RIVER (1952, 89 minutes)
Man-with-a-past Stewart guides a band of pioneers from Missouri over the Oregon Trail to a new life in the Columbia River basin. When the settlers are cheated out of their supplies and cattle, Stewart crosses rivers, climbs mountains, and out-guns greedy hijackers to ensure their survival through the first winter. With Arthur Kennedy and Rock Hudson.
DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (1939, 94 minutes)
James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich star in this hilarious western send-up. As Thomas Jefferson 'Tom' Destry Jr, a mild-mannered deputy who doesn't like guns, Stewart is called to restore order in the hopelessly corrupt frontier town of Bottle Neck. He soon meets alluring saloon girl Frenchy (Dietrich), who belts out 'The Boys in the Back Room' while winning the hero’s heart.
WINCHESTER ’73 (1950, 89 minutes)
Frontiersman Lin McAdam (Stewart) is attempting to track down both his father’s murderer and his one-of-a-kind rifle, the Winchester ’73. This leads to a rousing series of adventures for McAdam, as the weapon passes through the hands of such desperate characters as a crazed highwayman (Dan Duryea), an immoral gunrunner (John McIntire), a savage young Indian chief (Rock Hudson) and McAdam’s own murderous brother (Stephen McNally).
THE RARE BREED (1965, 93 minutes)
In the 1880s, widowed Englishwoman Martha Price (Maureen O’Hara) and her daughter Hilary (Juliet Mills) come to introduce the Hereford cattle into the American West. The women hire Sam "Bulldog" Burnett (James Stewart) to help them transport their lone bull to a breeder in Texas. But the trail is fraught with danger…..
JAMES STEWART WESTERNS COLLECTION
RIDE HIGH this autumn with some of the finest Westerns ever made! While not strictly a cowboy actor, legendary star Jimmy Stewart played in some of the finest westerns ever made. Now Universal Pictures is delighted to round up seven of the best in this fabulous new collection.
The James Stewart Westerns Collection will be available this autumn exclusively through HMV at a retail price of just 39.99.
SHENANDOAH (1965, 101 minutes)
James Stewart stars as a peace-loving Southern farmer who tries to stay neutral during the American Civil War. But when his youngest son is kidnapped by the Union soldiers, the landsman is finally pulled into the bloody conflict. With Doug McClure, Katharine Ross and George Kennedy.
NIGHT PASSAGE (1957, 89 minutes)
When the local railroad becomes the constant target of a band of desperadoes led by Whitey Harbin (Dan Duryea), officials recruit Grant McLaine (Stewart) to guard the payroll from further robberies. The trouble is, the gang's most skilled and lethal gunslinger, the Utica Kid (Audie Murphy), just happens to be Grant's kid brother.
THE FAR COUNTRY (1954, 93 minutes)
Set in 1896 at the start of the Klondike Gold Rush, James Stewart and Walter Brennan play a loner and his sidekick who figure to get rich by selling a herd of cattle at a fancy price. However, they are soon caught up in a conflict with the local lawman (John McIntire) and his henchmen.
BEND OF THE RIVER (1952, 89 minutes)
Man-with-a-past Stewart guides a band of pioneers from Missouri over the Oregon Trail to a new life in the Columbia River basin. When the settlers are cheated out of their supplies and cattle, Stewart crosses rivers, climbs mountains, and out-guns greedy hijackers to ensure their survival through the first winter. With Arthur Kennedy and Rock Hudson.
DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (1939, 94 minutes)
James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich star in this hilarious western send-up. As Thomas Jefferson 'Tom' Destry Jr, a mild-mannered deputy who doesn't like guns, Stewart is called to restore order in the hopelessly corrupt frontier town of Bottle Neck. He soon meets alluring saloon girl Frenchy (Dietrich), who belts out 'The Boys in the Back Room' while winning the hero’s heart.
WINCHESTER ’73 (1950, 89 minutes)
Frontiersman Lin McAdam (Stewart) is attempting to track down both his father’s murderer and his one-of-a-kind rifle, the Winchester ’73. This leads to a rousing series of adventures for McAdam, as the weapon passes through the hands of such desperate characters as a crazed highwayman (Dan Duryea), an immoral gunrunner (John McIntire), a savage young Indian chief (Rock Hudson) and McAdam’s own murderous brother (Stephen McNally).
THE RARE BREED (1965, 93 minutes)
In the 1880s, widowed Englishwoman Martha Price (Maureen O’Hara) and her daughter Hilary (Juliet Mills) come to introduce the Hereford cattle into the American West. The women hire Sam "Bulldog" Burnett (James Stewart) to help them transport their lone bull to a breeder in Texas. But the trail is fraught with danger…..
Film Night at the Amersham
29 Oct. 2005 : Amersham Arms, 388 New Cross Rd (opposite. New Cross station), SE14 - 8pm-2am.
Essentially, a night of fresh filmmaking talent with an emphasis on the music featured - some are promos, others are about bands and some use the medium of sound as an integral device that brings the most out of the visual element.
The directors are music fans and individuals whose passion is cinematography and they are trying to forge a career with their exceptional talents - and it is only a matter of time before they are commercially recognised.
The established names of Radiohead and Patrick Jones are juxtaposed with the so-called 'unknowns' - the next generation of movers, shakers and big industry players to form an intimate night of honest expression, creativity and entertainment all glued together with exceptional VJ talents.
Doors open at 7pm
29 Oct. 2005 : Amersham Arms, 388 New Cross Rd (opposite. New Cross station), SE14 - 8pm-2am.
Essentially, a night of fresh filmmaking talent with an emphasis on the music featured - some are promos, others are about bands and some use the medium of sound as an integral device that brings the most out of the visual element.
The directors are music fans and individuals whose passion is cinematography and they are trying to forge a career with their exceptional talents - and it is only a matter of time before they are commercially recognised.
The established names of Radiohead and Patrick Jones are juxtaposed with the so-called 'unknowns' - the next generation of movers, shakers and big industry players to form an intimate night of honest expression, creativity and entertainment all glued together with exceptional VJ talents.
Doors open at 7pm
Monday, October 24, 2005
BLAZE TO RELEASE PSP XPLODER MOVIE PLAYER AND MEDIA CENTRE FOR SONY PSP
MANAGE YOUR MEDIA
Fire International today announce the release of their new PSP Xploder Movie Player and Media Centre PC software and USB cable for the new Sony® PSP console.
PSP Xploder Movie Player and Media Centre is a movie conversion, media management and game enhancement kit available for anyone with a PSP console, connecting your PC to the PSP and giving you full control.
Skinned with a stylish intuitive interface, PSP Xploder Movie Player and Media Centre gives you access to a full suite of functions that are easy to use and allow you to:
Manage media files and PSP Game saves.
Import CD collection to MP3 for playback on PSP
Automatic naming of Artist, Album and Tracks of your imported CD
Convert your PC movie files (MPEG 1 & 2, AVI, MOV etc) for playback on PSP
Copy, Delete, Download and Upload saves and media files between PC, Memory Stick and Online database.
Drag and drop MP3’s from iTunes straight into PSP Xploder Movie Player and Media Centre
Catalogue your MP3’s by artist or genre on PC, and then simply copy to your PSP
Copy, delete and backup your PSP compatible movie files.
Backup important files to PC, and save storage space on your Memory Stick.
Included Cheat saves allow you to Unlock Levels, Access New Characters, Tracks and more.
Uses proprietary PSP save format- .gsp.
Arrange your JPG’s running order and copy to PSP
Rename .JPEG extension files to JPG for PSP compatibility
Displays Game name and save name- No need to decipher the PSP game save name system (Save folders for Ridge Racer for example are called “ULJS00001100”)
Drag and Drop files for ease of use.
Rename, add or edit game save descriptions.
Capacity bar to show available free space on Memory Stick.
PSP Xploder Movie Player and Media Centre online capabilities help keep you updated with the latest XSaves and the freshest media content:
Download latest XSaves for new releases- get ahead in your new games instantly
Download new Media and gamesave content for playback on PSP.
RSS Feed keeps you constantly updated letting you know the latest XSaves and media files available for download
Unique Internet login system helps prevents piracy
Comprehensive search function across online database
Managing Director of Fire International, Jason Cooper said “PSP Xploder Movie Player and Media Centre is the most comprehensive media management and game enhancement tool available for PSP owners, and is a must for anyone with a PC and PSP.“
PSP Xploder Movie Player and Media Centre will be available at the end of Q2 and will cost £19.99.
It is released it to coincide with the release of the new Sony PSP, we have recently launched our Xploder Movie Player and Media Centre for the PSP. This software allows you to manage all your movies, music, photo and GameSaves on your PC and just drag and drop to your PSP. Functionally, just imagine iTunes for PSP. Any movies you drag to your PSP are automatically converted to the required format, and the Media Centre will also manage all your MP3’s and iTunes music files – you can even import your own music CD’s and the online database query automatically completes the Artist, Album and track names.
You can manage your photos and images and also, download the latest game and cheat saves from www.xploder.net for the latest games.
A USB 2.0 Hi-speed data transfer cable is also included which also doubles as a USB charger, so the PSP is charging while it downloads the relevant content. It all comes packaged in limited edition metal packaging. Xploder Movie Player and Media Centre is already receiving good reviews in the specialist gaming press as the ultimate media management solution for your PSP.
Xploder Movie Player and Media Centre is very easy to use. All your movie and media files are stored in the PC Window and the simple drag and drop interface makes it a simple operation to get your movies, music and media onto your PSP Memory Stick.
They are also primary distributors for the range of Lexar Branded PSP Memory sticks; these are 1GB (512 MB and 256 MB They have an exclusive arrangement whereby Xploder Media Centre Lite software (RRP £9.99) is included with every Lexar Memory Stick. They offer a total solution for any one that wants to download any kind of media to a PSP.
Although the products are available from PSP stockists, hese products are available directly from their website (one of the most popular gaming websites in the UK by the way…!) at: www.xploder.net
MANAGE YOUR MEDIA
Fire International today announce the release of their new PSP Xploder Movie Player and Media Centre PC software and USB cable for the new Sony® PSP console.
PSP Xploder Movie Player and Media Centre is a movie conversion, media management and game enhancement kit available for anyone with a PSP console, connecting your PC to the PSP and giving you full control.
Skinned with a stylish intuitive interface, PSP Xploder Movie Player and Media Centre gives you access to a full suite of functions that are easy to use and allow you to:
Manage media files and PSP Game saves.
Import CD collection to MP3 for playback on PSP
Automatic naming of Artist, Album and Tracks of your imported CD
Convert your PC movie files (MPEG 1 & 2, AVI, MOV etc) for playback on PSP
Copy, Delete, Download and Upload saves and media files between PC, Memory Stick and Online database.
Drag and drop MP3’s from iTunes straight into PSP Xploder Movie Player and Media Centre
Catalogue your MP3’s by artist or genre on PC, and then simply copy to your PSP
Copy, delete and backup your PSP compatible movie files.
Backup important files to PC, and save storage space on your Memory Stick.
Included Cheat saves allow you to Unlock Levels, Access New Characters, Tracks and more.
Uses proprietary PSP save format- .gsp.
Arrange your JPG’s running order and copy to PSP
Rename .JPEG extension files to JPG for PSP compatibility
Displays Game name and save name- No need to decipher the PSP game save name system (Save folders for Ridge Racer for example are called “ULJS00001100”)
Drag and Drop files for ease of use.
Rename, add or edit game save descriptions.
Capacity bar to show available free space on Memory Stick.
PSP Xploder Movie Player and Media Centre online capabilities help keep you updated with the latest XSaves and the freshest media content:
Download latest XSaves for new releases- get ahead in your new games instantly
Download new Media and gamesave content for playback on PSP.
RSS Feed keeps you constantly updated letting you know the latest XSaves and media files available for download
Unique Internet login system helps prevents piracy
Comprehensive search function across online database
Managing Director of Fire International, Jason Cooper said “PSP Xploder Movie Player and Media Centre is the most comprehensive media management and game enhancement tool available for PSP owners, and is a must for anyone with a PC and PSP.“
PSP Xploder Movie Player and Media Centre will be available at the end of Q2 and will cost £19.99.
It is released it to coincide with the release of the new Sony PSP, we have recently launched our Xploder Movie Player and Media Centre for the PSP. This software allows you to manage all your movies, music, photo and GameSaves on your PC and just drag and drop to your PSP. Functionally, just imagine iTunes for PSP. Any movies you drag to your PSP are automatically converted to the required format, and the Media Centre will also manage all your MP3’s and iTunes music files – you can even import your own music CD’s and the online database query automatically completes the Artist, Album and track names.
You can manage your photos and images and also, download the latest game and cheat saves from www.xploder.net for the latest games.
A USB 2.0 Hi-speed data transfer cable is also included which also doubles as a USB charger, so the PSP is charging while it downloads the relevant content. It all comes packaged in limited edition metal packaging. Xploder Movie Player and Media Centre is already receiving good reviews in the specialist gaming press as the ultimate media management solution for your PSP.
Xploder Movie Player and Media Centre is very easy to use. All your movie and media files are stored in the PC Window and the simple drag and drop interface makes it a simple operation to get your movies, music and media onto your PSP Memory Stick.
They are also primary distributors for the range of Lexar Branded PSP Memory sticks; these are 1GB (512 MB and 256 MB They have an exclusive arrangement whereby Xploder Media Centre Lite software (RRP £9.99) is included with every Lexar Memory Stick. They offer a total solution for any one that wants to download any kind of media to a PSP.
Although the products are available from PSP stockists, hese products are available directly from their website (one of the most popular gaming websites in the UK by the way…!) at: www.xploder.net
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Black World Autumn Season
bfi (British Film Institute) Black World, the six-month initiative highlighting black creativity talent in film and television, represents just the first step in an ongoing commitment by the bfi to reach out to new audiences across the country.
Black World enters its fifth month with a new line-up of projects with a particular focus on providing creative learning opportunities for young people and professionals and new opportunities to see classic films as well as latest releases.
To mark Black History season (October and November) bfi Black World have joined forces with Film London to present Pioneer Pictures, a tour of landmark feature films by the first generation of black film talent. The three films provide historical reflections of black London and the directors and cast of the films will be on hand to discuss the makings of the films. Pressure, directed by Horace Ove, (1975) deals with the realities faced by Britain?s first Caribbean generation and is popularly regarded as the first black British feature ever made. Black Joy (1975) directed by Antony Simmons, is a wry comedy following the adventures of a naïve Guyanese man new to London and Burning an Illusion (1981), directed by Menelik Shabazz, is a sensitive and entertaining love story which traces a young black couple?s growing political awareness. Pioneer Pictures will also be touring to key cities around the UK
Burning An Illusion has been released on DVD as part of bfi Black World. The DVD release of Pressure will follow on 24 October. Black Joy is also available on DVD released by Fremantle Home Entertainment. Online student notes have been produced for Burning an Illusion and Pressure by bfi Education and are available from www.bfi.org.uk/education/teaching/blackworld.
Also in partnership with Film London, bfi Black World will launch New Horizons, a professional development project for emerging and mid-level black producers. Supported by Middlesex University and the Times bfi London Film Festival, New Horizons aims to address some of the issues raised in recent research that shows inequalities within the industry. New Horizons Newcomers will be held at Middlesex University on October 8th and 9th 2005. The programme will comprise of practical discussions centred on the role of the producer including developing fiction and factual projects, raising finance for shorts & features, marketing and distribution. Guests include representatives from a variety of funding agencies, independent producers and directors. New Horizons Masters is aimed at mid-level producers and will take place during the Times bfi London Film Festival. Participants will take part in an international masterclass with award-winning producer Effie T Brown (Executive Producer of Jane Campion?s In the Cut) and receive an Associate Delegates Pass to the festival.
Also during the Times bfi London Film Festival, the David Lachappelle's knockout documentary Rize has been branded a bfi Black World gala. An intimate, extraordinarily fresh portrayal of the LA dance phenomenon, ?krumping?, Rize shows dancers moving at what seems like impossible speed, busting frantic, aggressive moves to booming hip hop, mixing eclectic dance styles, from ballet to African and sporting distinctive make up and costumes. Rize is as striking and brilliant as Lachappelle?s fashion photography. A series of festival education events also fall under the bfi Black World banner including an educational screening of the Sundance Festival winner Hustle and Flow (Dir: Craig Brewer) and the South African adaptation A Boy Called Twist (Dir: Time Greene). Both screenings will be accompanied by introductions by guest speakers. The Focus on South African Cinema panel will provide an opportunity for young audiences to engage with this region?s developing industry.
In 1959 Black Orpheus introduced the world to the music, sensuality and colour of Rio de Janeiro?s Carnival and gave jazz hipsters a new, infectious style ? the bossa nova. Based on a Brazilian play and inspired by the legendary Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, Marcel Camus? dazzling second feature won both the 1959 Palme d?Or at Cannes and the Oscar for best foreign language film in 1960.
This enduring classic will be seen at its best in the new print to be released on 4 November by bfi Distribution.
Black Music on TV, a season of in-depth documentaries and rare performance footage covering various genres of black music, looks back at some of the greatest artists in blues throughout October. I Hear the Blues was one of the earliest UK programmes to showcase American Blues artists. Memphis Slim introduces a terrific line-up including Lonnie Johnson, Muddy Waters and Otis Spann. Tempo: The Blues Came Walkin', documents the 3rd American Folk/Blues Festival with performances from Sonny Boy Williamson, Lightnin? Hopkins, Howlin? Wolf and more. Blues and Gospel Train hosts outstanding performances from Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee and Cousin Joe Pleasants and Nothin' but the Blues joins blues legends in the studio with performances from Big Joe Turner, Mississippi Wallace, Little Brother Montgomery and Junior Wells.
Lastly, The Blues Keep Comin?, shows BBC clips from the 60s to the 80s, including John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Etta James, BB King and Taj Mahal.
To support the Black World TV season, broadcast journalist and critic Jacqueline Springer will present four illustrated talks on the cultural impact of cinema on modern black music. Contemporary Black Culture: How Soundtracks Saved the Day will look at how reggae's cinematic reputation evolved, discover the growing importance of the movie soundtrack and why the rise of the rapper-actor has taken so many by surprise. Also as part of the bfi?s ongoing educational programme, Floella Benjamin presents Coming to England, a stunning film adaptation of her autobiographical account of her journey from Trinidad to Britain in the 1960s. A question and answer session will follow.
A new youth project pioneered by bfi Black World is Nu-Visions, a web micro-site created for young people (16-24 year olds), by young people. Featuring articles, reviews of events, films and DVD?s, information on how to get into the industry, and diaries from key industry players, the micro-site will launch in October. Housed on the bfi Black World main site, Nu-Visions will provide a space for young creatives to further develop their interest in film, television and the related arts.
Produced by Arts Council England Visual Arts department and decibel, Necessary Journeys explores the ways in which art connects with film and the moving image. Artists working across a variety of art forms embark on a series of journeys - historical, physical and creative. Fernando Arias? search for a non geographical home takes him to the most remote tip of South America, while Ralph Hoyte travels across Japan and Oreet Ashery returns to Israel to examine the Palestinian Right to Return. Through the artists in residence programme, national and regional film and photography archives open up their collections to poet Jackie Kay, digital artist Keith Piper and artist, writer and researcher susan pui san lok. Each artist has the opportunity to excavate, recreate and re-imagine the past, present and future, in their chosen medium. Necessary Journeys will be brought to life as a book in November with new writing by Bernardine Evaristo, Kitty Hauser, Sukhdev Sandhu and Sarah Wood. The book will be illustrated by original artwork and visual documentation created by the artists involved throughout the project. All artists will discuss and present their work at a major international symposium at the Tate Modern on the 11th and 12th of November which includes guest speaker Caryl Phillips.
Finally, the Black Screen Icons on-line project, led by Every Generation Media, will soft launch at the end of the initial Black World project phase in November. Launching next year, Black Screen Icons will provide a public opportunity to vote for the nation?s favourite black film and TV director, actor and composer with special focus on British screen talent. Headed up by a campaign led by British talent such as June Sarpong and Ashley Walters, Black Screen Icons will provide a unique learning opportunity with wide appeal.
For full details and screenings visit www.bfi.org.uk/blackworld
Full details of bfi Black World programme, tickets and prices can be found at www.bfi.org.uk/blackworld.
BLACK WORLD
bfi Black World, a major national initiative from the British Film Institute celebrating black creativity in film, television and the moving image, launched in June 2005. The Black World programme includes over 50 national and regional events including cinema tours, DVD releases, educational events, film screenings and TV seasons at the bfi National Film Theatre (NFT), VJ performances, club nights and on-stage interviews and debates. Highlights so far have included a five-city preview of Mario Van Peebles? film Baadasssss!, an onstage interview with legendary director Ousmane Sembene, a Barbican Film season dedicated to pioneering director Horace Ové and a five-month NFT focus on the representation of black music on television. bfi Black World is part of a longer-term initiative to diversify audiences and content for the British Film Institute. A legacy will be formed out of this stage of the initiative to consolidate and build for future years.
PIONEER PICTURES
London Dates and Events. All events are free. Please check below for booking details
13 Oct, 6.30pm Pressure Stratford Library
15 Oct, 2pm Pressure Rio Cinema. Dalston
Q&A with Director Horace Ové
20 Oct, 6.30pm Black Joy Stratford Library
22 Oct , 3pm Pressure Islington Central Library
Q&A with Director Horace Ové
25 Oct, 7pm Pressure Mayor?s Office, City Hall, Southwark
27 Oct, 6.30pm Burning An Illusion Stratford Library
29 Oct, 6pm Pressure Venture Community Association.
Notting Hill
Q&A with Director Horace Ové
8 Nov, 7pm Black Joy The Deptford Albany. With short films by
local black filmmakers from Lewisham
9 Nov, 7pm Burning An Illusion The Deptford Albany
Q&A with Director Menelik Shabazz
18 Nov, 7pm Burning An Illusion Mayor?s Office, City Hall,
Southwark
23 Nov, 6.30pm Black Joy Mayor?s Office, City Hall, Southwark
Panel Discussion with the directors and cast
from the three films
Venue & Booking Information
The Deptford Albany, Douglas Way, Deptford SE8 4AG
To book call 020 8692 4446. Enquiries digitalinfo@thealbany.org.uk
Islington Central Library, 2 Fieldway Crescent, Islington N5 1PF
Telephone 020 7527 6980. No Booking required. First-come first-seated
Mayor?s Office, City Hall, The Queens Walk SE1 2AA
To Book call 020 8539 7913 Email: info@3ci.co.uk. Booking Essential
Rio Cinema, 107 Kingsland High Street, Dalston E8
Telephone 020 7241 9410. No Booking required. First-come first-seated
Stratford Library, Hopkins Room, 3 The Grove, Stratford, E15 1EL
To Book call 020 8430 6890
Venture Community Association, 103A Wornington Road, London W10 5YB
Telephone 020 8960 3234. No Booking required. First-come first-seated
NEW HORIZONS ? NEWCOMERS ? BREAKING THROUGH
Venue: Middlesex University
Saturday 8th October Sunday 9th October
Start: 10:30am Start: 10:30am
End: 8.45pm End: 5pm
NEW HORIZONS ? MASTERCLASS
Deadline for Applications: Friday 7th October
Effie T Brown Masterclass & Networking Event? October 31st
THE bfi TIMES LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
Festival runs from 19th October ? 3rd November
Rize: Director David Lachapelle (2005)
October 22nd 21.00 Odeon West End
October 30th 14.15 Ritzy, Brixton
For full list of film programme and education events go to www.lff.org.uk
Nft EDUCATION EVENTS
Coming to England
October 12th 10.30am- 12.30pm
Contemporary Black Culture: How Soundtracks Saved the Day
4- 18 October
For more information see www.bfi.org.uk/nft/education
BLACK MUSIC ON TV
I Hear the Blues
Mon 3 Oct 8.50 NFT2; Sat 8 Oct 6.20 NFT2
Nothin? But the Blues
Tue 4 Oct 8.50 NFT2; Sat 15 Oct 6.20 NFT2
The Blues Keep Comin?
Sun 16 Oct 6.20 NFT2; Tue 18 Oct 8.40 NFT2
bfi (British Film Institute) Black World, the six-month initiative highlighting black creativity talent in film and television, represents just the first step in an ongoing commitment by the bfi to reach out to new audiences across the country.
Black World enters its fifth month with a new line-up of projects with a particular focus on providing creative learning opportunities for young people and professionals and new opportunities to see classic films as well as latest releases.
To mark Black History season (October and November) bfi Black World have joined forces with Film London to present Pioneer Pictures, a tour of landmark feature films by the first generation of black film talent. The three films provide historical reflections of black London and the directors and cast of the films will be on hand to discuss the makings of the films. Pressure, directed by Horace Ove, (1975) deals with the realities faced by Britain?s first Caribbean generation and is popularly regarded as the first black British feature ever made. Black Joy (1975) directed by Antony Simmons, is a wry comedy following the adventures of a naïve Guyanese man new to London and Burning an Illusion (1981), directed by Menelik Shabazz, is a sensitive and entertaining love story which traces a young black couple?s growing political awareness. Pioneer Pictures will also be touring to key cities around the UK
Burning An Illusion has been released on DVD as part of bfi Black World. The DVD release of Pressure will follow on 24 October. Black Joy is also available on DVD released by Fremantle Home Entertainment. Online student notes have been produced for Burning an Illusion and Pressure by bfi Education and are available from www.bfi.org.uk/education/teaching/blackworld.
Also in partnership with Film London, bfi Black World will launch New Horizons, a professional development project for emerging and mid-level black producers. Supported by Middlesex University and the Times bfi London Film Festival, New Horizons aims to address some of the issues raised in recent research that shows inequalities within the industry. New Horizons Newcomers will be held at Middlesex University on October 8th and 9th 2005. The programme will comprise of practical discussions centred on the role of the producer including developing fiction and factual projects, raising finance for shorts & features, marketing and distribution. Guests include representatives from a variety of funding agencies, independent producers and directors. New Horizons Masters is aimed at mid-level producers and will take place during the Times bfi London Film Festival. Participants will take part in an international masterclass with award-winning producer Effie T Brown (Executive Producer of Jane Campion?s In the Cut) and receive an Associate Delegates Pass to the festival.
Also during the Times bfi London Film Festival, the David Lachappelle's knockout documentary Rize has been branded a bfi Black World gala. An intimate, extraordinarily fresh portrayal of the LA dance phenomenon, ?krumping?, Rize shows dancers moving at what seems like impossible speed, busting frantic, aggressive moves to booming hip hop, mixing eclectic dance styles, from ballet to African and sporting distinctive make up and costumes. Rize is as striking and brilliant as Lachappelle?s fashion photography. A series of festival education events also fall under the bfi Black World banner including an educational screening of the Sundance Festival winner Hustle and Flow (Dir: Craig Brewer) and the South African adaptation A Boy Called Twist (Dir: Time Greene). Both screenings will be accompanied by introductions by guest speakers. The Focus on South African Cinema panel will provide an opportunity for young audiences to engage with this region?s developing industry.
In 1959 Black Orpheus introduced the world to the music, sensuality and colour of Rio de Janeiro?s Carnival and gave jazz hipsters a new, infectious style ? the bossa nova. Based on a Brazilian play and inspired by the legendary Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, Marcel Camus? dazzling second feature won both the 1959 Palme d?Or at Cannes and the Oscar for best foreign language film in 1960.
This enduring classic will be seen at its best in the new print to be released on 4 November by bfi Distribution.
Black Music on TV, a season of in-depth documentaries and rare performance footage covering various genres of black music, looks back at some of the greatest artists in blues throughout October. I Hear the Blues was one of the earliest UK programmes to showcase American Blues artists. Memphis Slim introduces a terrific line-up including Lonnie Johnson, Muddy Waters and Otis Spann. Tempo: The Blues Came Walkin', documents the 3rd American Folk/Blues Festival with performances from Sonny Boy Williamson, Lightnin? Hopkins, Howlin? Wolf and more. Blues and Gospel Train hosts outstanding performances from Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee and Cousin Joe Pleasants and Nothin' but the Blues joins blues legends in the studio with performances from Big Joe Turner, Mississippi Wallace, Little Brother Montgomery and Junior Wells.
Lastly, The Blues Keep Comin?, shows BBC clips from the 60s to the 80s, including John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Etta James, BB King and Taj Mahal.
To support the Black World TV season, broadcast journalist and critic Jacqueline Springer will present four illustrated talks on the cultural impact of cinema on modern black music. Contemporary Black Culture: How Soundtracks Saved the Day will look at how reggae's cinematic reputation evolved, discover the growing importance of the movie soundtrack and why the rise of the rapper-actor has taken so many by surprise. Also as part of the bfi?s ongoing educational programme, Floella Benjamin presents Coming to England, a stunning film adaptation of her autobiographical account of her journey from Trinidad to Britain in the 1960s. A question and answer session will follow.
A new youth project pioneered by bfi Black World is Nu-Visions, a web micro-site created for young people (16-24 year olds), by young people. Featuring articles, reviews of events, films and DVD?s, information on how to get into the industry, and diaries from key industry players, the micro-site will launch in October. Housed on the bfi Black World main site, Nu-Visions will provide a space for young creatives to further develop their interest in film, television and the related arts.
Produced by Arts Council England Visual Arts department and decibel, Necessary Journeys explores the ways in which art connects with film and the moving image. Artists working across a variety of art forms embark on a series of journeys - historical, physical and creative. Fernando Arias? search for a non geographical home takes him to the most remote tip of South America, while Ralph Hoyte travels across Japan and Oreet Ashery returns to Israel to examine the Palestinian Right to Return. Through the artists in residence programme, national and regional film and photography archives open up their collections to poet Jackie Kay, digital artist Keith Piper and artist, writer and researcher susan pui san lok. Each artist has the opportunity to excavate, recreate and re-imagine the past, present and future, in their chosen medium. Necessary Journeys will be brought to life as a book in November with new writing by Bernardine Evaristo, Kitty Hauser, Sukhdev Sandhu and Sarah Wood. The book will be illustrated by original artwork and visual documentation created by the artists involved throughout the project. All artists will discuss and present their work at a major international symposium at the Tate Modern on the 11th and 12th of November which includes guest speaker Caryl Phillips.
Finally, the Black Screen Icons on-line project, led by Every Generation Media, will soft launch at the end of the initial Black World project phase in November. Launching next year, Black Screen Icons will provide a public opportunity to vote for the nation?s favourite black film and TV director, actor and composer with special focus on British screen talent. Headed up by a campaign led by British talent such as June Sarpong and Ashley Walters, Black Screen Icons will provide a unique learning opportunity with wide appeal.
For full details and screenings visit www.bfi.org.uk/blackworld
Full details of bfi Black World programme, tickets and prices can be found at www.bfi.org.uk/blackworld.
BLACK WORLD
bfi Black World, a major national initiative from the British Film Institute celebrating black creativity in film, television and the moving image, launched in June 2005. The Black World programme includes over 50 national and regional events including cinema tours, DVD releases, educational events, film screenings and TV seasons at the bfi National Film Theatre (NFT), VJ performances, club nights and on-stage interviews and debates. Highlights so far have included a five-city preview of Mario Van Peebles? film Baadasssss!, an onstage interview with legendary director Ousmane Sembene, a Barbican Film season dedicated to pioneering director Horace Ové and a five-month NFT focus on the representation of black music on television. bfi Black World is part of a longer-term initiative to diversify audiences and content for the British Film Institute. A legacy will be formed out of this stage of the initiative to consolidate and build for future years.
PIONEER PICTURES
London Dates and Events. All events are free. Please check below for booking details
13 Oct, 6.30pm Pressure Stratford Library
15 Oct, 2pm Pressure Rio Cinema. Dalston
Q&A with Director Horace Ové
20 Oct, 6.30pm Black Joy Stratford Library
22 Oct , 3pm Pressure Islington Central Library
Q&A with Director Horace Ové
25 Oct, 7pm Pressure Mayor?s Office, City Hall, Southwark
27 Oct, 6.30pm Burning An Illusion Stratford Library
29 Oct, 6pm Pressure Venture Community Association.
Notting Hill
Q&A with Director Horace Ové
8 Nov, 7pm Black Joy The Deptford Albany. With short films by
local black filmmakers from Lewisham
9 Nov, 7pm Burning An Illusion The Deptford Albany
Q&A with Director Menelik Shabazz
18 Nov, 7pm Burning An Illusion Mayor?s Office, City Hall,
Southwark
23 Nov, 6.30pm Black Joy Mayor?s Office, City Hall, Southwark
Panel Discussion with the directors and cast
from the three films
Venue & Booking Information
The Deptford Albany, Douglas Way, Deptford SE8 4AG
To book call 020 8692 4446. Enquiries digitalinfo@thealbany.org.uk
Islington Central Library, 2 Fieldway Crescent, Islington N5 1PF
Telephone 020 7527 6980. No Booking required. First-come first-seated
Mayor?s Office, City Hall, The Queens Walk SE1 2AA
To Book call 020 8539 7913 Email: info@3ci.co.uk. Booking Essential
Rio Cinema, 107 Kingsland High Street, Dalston E8
Telephone 020 7241 9410. No Booking required. First-come first-seated
Stratford Library, Hopkins Room, 3 The Grove, Stratford, E15 1EL
To Book call 020 8430 6890
Venture Community Association, 103A Wornington Road, London W10 5YB
Telephone 020 8960 3234. No Booking required. First-come first-seated
NEW HORIZONS ? NEWCOMERS ? BREAKING THROUGH
Venue: Middlesex University
Saturday 8th October Sunday 9th October
Start: 10:30am Start: 10:30am
End: 8.45pm End: 5pm
NEW HORIZONS ? MASTERCLASS
Deadline for Applications: Friday 7th October
Effie T Brown Masterclass & Networking Event? October 31st
THE bfi TIMES LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
Festival runs from 19th October ? 3rd November
Rize: Director David Lachapelle (2005)
October 22nd 21.00 Odeon West End
October 30th 14.15 Ritzy, Brixton
For full list of film programme and education events go to www.lff.org.uk
Nft EDUCATION EVENTS
Coming to England
October 12th 10.30am- 12.30pm
Contemporary Black Culture: How Soundtracks Saved the Day
4- 18 October
For more information see www.bfi.org.uk/nft/education
BLACK MUSIC ON TV
I Hear the Blues
Mon 3 Oct 8.50 NFT2; Sat 8 Oct 6.20 NFT2
Nothin? But the Blues
Tue 4 Oct 8.50 NFT2; Sat 15 Oct 6.20 NFT2
The Blues Keep Comin?
Sun 16 Oct 6.20 NFT2; Tue 18 Oct 8.40 NFT2
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Get Lost
On October 13, 2005, Titan a publishing a new magazine about the TV series Lost.
UNEARTHED TREASURES
You may think that all of Lost's secrets are buried deep beneath the island's treacherous terrain... but not so. Every issue of Lost Magazine, Writer/Supervising Producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach will provide exclusive teasers about the future that faces the survivors. It's time to dig deep...
16 EMMY NOMINATIONS FOR ABRAMS' SHOWS!
Alias received four nods, and Lost was the most-nominated drama series, receiving 12 nods at the 57th Annual Primetime Awards... Check out Lost Magazine for the very impressive list of nominations from 'Outstanding Drama Series' to 'Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series' and more!
Read more Lost news in issue #1 & every issue of Lost Magazine.
PLUS...
WELCOME TO THE ISLAND
Co-Creators, Executive Producers and Co-Pilots of Lost, J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof, invite you to the launch of the show's official magazine...
THE PASSENGERS
The plane itself holds many mysteries. For this first exploration of the doomed flight, we take a closer look at some of the passengers we have come to know.
MATTHEW FOX & EVANGELINE LILLY
The actors take five from playing Jack and Kate to pause and reflect on the tempestuous first 40 days they've been Lost... See below for a sneak preview.
DOMINIC MONAGHAN & EMILIE DE RAVIN
Troubled rock star, Charlie, and new mom Claire, face new fears as they enter season two. We discover what led the actors here...
CREATURE FEATURES
Camera angles, CGI enhancement, and power of sound design - discover how the production team hints at 'The Monster's' identity...
MEET... DAMON LINDELOF
Lost Magazine has its own 'Others'... the puppet-masters of the show, and we're after the secrets they hold...
FIRST LOST FAN EVENT
In true 'flying under the radar' fashion, every issue we will be getting deep under Lost's skin. Were you at the first Lost convention?...
VOICES FROM THE FUSELAGE
Fans feeling Lost from all over the world have sent in their thoughts by Priority Mail, Morse code, email, smoke signal and carrier pigeon...
NEW TRANSMISSIONS
Exclusive news about the very latest developments from Lost's Writers' Office right here, dug up for your analysis...
CALLING ALL BUDDING FILM CRITICS
If you have started to work in film journalism and would like to kick-start your career then the Young Film Journalists Scheme is for you. Designed to help people gain a better understanding of the ins and outs of film writing, the scheme will provide you with the opportunity to review different kinds of films and meet a diverse range of people from within the film industry
As part of the GNER 19th Leeds International Film Festival (taking place Thursday 3 November – Sunday 13 November, 2005) three students will work on the Film Festival’s daily newsletter. Duties will include reviewing films, writing up festival events and interviewing the international array of filmmakers and actors who will be attending as guests of the festival. For more information on the festival go to www.leedsfilm.com.
As well as guidance from newsletter editor Ian Winterton, guest mentors, including Neil Young (the chairman of the Guild Of Regional Film Writers) and Laurence Boyce,a member of Fipresci who has taken part in a similar scheme in Berlin, will be on hand to lend their expertise and career advice. In addition, students’ writing will be published every day on the website of Fipresci, the International Federation of Film Critics and on the website of the Guild Of Regional Film Writers. The cost of travel and accommodation for successful applicants will be met by the scheme.
Potential students must be:
• Aged 18-26
• UK residents
• Available to stay in Leeds for the duration of the festival
To enter please send film reviews that have already been published to:
YOUNG FILM JOURNALISTS SCHEME
c/o Ian Winterton
31 St Matthew’s Road
Brixton
London
SW2 1NE
Or email: ianwinterton@aol.com
Closing date for all entries is 5pm on Friday 21 October, 2005.
If you have started to work in film journalism and would like to kick-start your career then the Young Film Journalists Scheme is for you. Designed to help people gain a better understanding of the ins and outs of film writing, the scheme will provide you with the opportunity to review different kinds of films and meet a diverse range of people from within the film industry
As part of the GNER 19th Leeds International Film Festival (taking place Thursday 3 November – Sunday 13 November, 2005) three students will work on the Film Festival’s daily newsletter. Duties will include reviewing films, writing up festival events and interviewing the international array of filmmakers and actors who will be attending as guests of the festival. For more information on the festival go to www.leedsfilm.com.
As well as guidance from newsletter editor Ian Winterton, guest mentors, including Neil Young (the chairman of the Guild Of Regional Film Writers) and Laurence Boyce,a member of Fipresci who has taken part in a similar scheme in Berlin, will be on hand to lend their expertise and career advice. In addition, students’ writing will be published every day on the website of Fipresci, the International Federation of Film Critics and on the website of the Guild Of Regional Film Writers. The cost of travel and accommodation for successful applicants will be met by the scheme.
Potential students must be:
• Aged 18-26
• UK residents
• Available to stay in Leeds for the duration of the festival
To enter please send film reviews that have already been published to:
YOUNG FILM JOURNALISTS SCHEME
c/o Ian Winterton
31 St Matthew’s Road
Brixton
London
SW2 1NE
Or email: ianwinterton@aol.com
Closing date for all entries is 5pm on Friday 21 October, 2005.
Monday, October 03, 2005
JVC’s GY-HD101E camcorder used to film footage for the “Used Car Roadshow”
Experienced broadcast cameraman selects JVC
London, 03 October 2005 - The JVC GY-HD101E camcorder is been used by lighting and broadcast cameraman Tom Paterson of Forager Films Limited, to shoot programme footage for the “Used Car Roadshow”.
Produced by Daisybeck Productions, based in Leeds, the Used Car Roadshow has been traveling all over the UK meeting buyers and sellers, offering tips and advice. The show is broadcast on Men and Motors, Sky Programme Guide 136 and is scheduled to continue right up until Christmas. It has been running since June 2005 and is broadcast every Monday at 8pm and then repeated on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 1pm.
Tom Paterson has 16 years of cameraman experience in primetime broadcast television and has worked on BBC’s “Ground Force” series. Tom explains how the JVC camera is being used. “Footage is shot using three cameras including the JVC GY-HD101E camera. With each show's links needing to be shot in one 12 hour period at a major car event around the country, it is crucial to be able to inter-cut between the three cameras.”
“The GY-HD101E came into its own with its easy hand-held operation. Working in the confined space of car interiors is made easy by the GY-HD101E's reduced size and simple additions like the lockable recording button on the handgrip and the flip-out LCD screen,” comments Tom Paterson.
The 1/3-inch 3-CCD GY-HD101E camcorder from JVC has HDVTM and DV in & out, and is supplied as standard with a detachable 1/3-inch bayonet mount 16x Fujinon lens. This allows the cameraman to work with a wide variety of professional lenses. The convenient menu operation makes it easy to set time code at the beginning of a tape. The camera is lightweight enabling it to be easily either shoulder mounted or hand held.
“I found the professional lens on the front of the JVC camera very easy to operate. The camera is of a solid construction and the controls and switches are all in established places and within easy reach. The combination of the camera and the new IDX-100E power pack allows up to 4 hours recording time and provides an even balance when the camcorder is positioned on the shoulder. A lightweight Teletest (2.4 GHz) audio and video transmitter is also used.”
“Whilst the camera was not used in 720p mode, (the production was not equipped for HDV editing) it performed extremely well in DV mode and performed favorably compared with other camcorders previously used on this production.”
Ian Scott, Director, Pro Video Operation UK at JVC Professional Europe comments, “The GY-HD101E has been put through its paces on this production and has proved its ease of use, versatility and quality of output. This combined with the low cost of ownership make it an extremely effective tool for television productions.”
FIRST BLACK & ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL IN BRISTOL
(Thu 13 - Sun 16 Oct 2005)
Split Screen, Bristol’s first combined Black & Asian Film Festival, kicks off on Thursday 13 October 2005. Expect a stunning selection of international features, shorts and documentaries from Africa, the Caribbean and the fringes of Bollywood through to local shorts and archive footage from days gone by. The festival is a collaborative city wide effort between Arnolfini, BBC Bristol, British Empire & Commonwealth Museum, Kuumba, South West Screen and Watershed which aims to give greater prominence to black and Asian filmmaking in the South West and inspire local talent.
The film festival, forming part of Black History month, will take place at various Bristol venues including Arnolfini, Watershed and Timbuktu Club.
The Split Screen programme at Watershed will include highlights from the bfi's Mama Africa touring programme, which features some of the best of African female talent from Moussa Sene Absa’s acclaimed feminist melodrama Madame Brouette to award-winning shorts such as Jacqueline Kalimunda’s Histoire de tresses (About Braids). Watershed will also play host to a screening of One Love directed by regular collaborators Rick Elgood (Dancehall Queen) and the legendary Don Letts (The Clash: Westway to the World), which started life as a musical stage show in Bristol.
Arnolfini will feature the latest and best films from Asia’s most recent wave of filmmaking talent. Michael Smith and Vishal Rawlley’s Asian Vibes Bombay and Asian Vibes London (India/France) explore the new musical sounds of India in unique documentaries that combine underground video aesthetics, archival Bollywood clips and an exploratory documentary approach. The festival will screen The Rising, the latest film from acclaimed director Ketan Mehta which charts the epic tale of Mangel Padney and India’s historic 1857 military uprising against Imperial rule, with Bollywood star Aamir Khan in the role of the fearless leader of the Indian rebellion.
There'll also be a chance to attend free hands-on film workshops, masterclasses, seminars, and meet the movers and shakers in the business.
The festival will open with Screen Shift - a showing of short films by highly regarded local Afro Caribbean artists, funded by South West Screen and Kuumba. This showcase of vibrant and compelling work is part of a positive drive to promote local artists and nurture their filmmaking talent. A number of BBC productions from BBC Bristol and the BBC Asian Programmes Unit will also be screened showcasing the very best of black and Asian talent within the BBC.
British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, BBC Bristol and Watershed are supporting a unique project called Empire Re-presented. The aim of the project is to work with four local artists to compose a music score and write a piece of poetry for two films to be created using archive footage from India and Africa. This will be shown in the main foyer at Watershed for the duration of the festival.
Carlton Romaine, Forum Officer at Kuumba said, “We have an excellent partnership, which is now supporting a real positive drive to bring black and Asian film work to prominence. I look forwarded to Split Screen becoming a major part of Bristol’s exciting festival & cultural calendar scene”.
Caroline Norbury, Chief Executive at South West Screen said, “Split Screen is a hugely exciting festival and forms part our aim to make diverse, distinctive and dynamic films available for all communities in the South West. We created the Screen Shift part of the festival to enable local Afrikan Caribbean artists the chance to develop films that could be viewed by a large audience.”
Maddy Probst, Exhibition Co-ordinator at Watershed says: “We’re really pleased to be part of this city wide programme of Black & Asian screenings and workshops. We’re particularly excited about showcasing filmmaking talent emerging from the South West alongside international work such as the bfi’s Mama Africa tour which features some of the best of African female talent behind and in front of the camera.”
Maithreyi Nandakumar, Media Education Officer at the British Empire and Commonwealth Musuem said, “This is a brilliant opportunity for local artists to access the Empire museum’s extensive archive of over 800 hours of film footage”.
(Thu 13 - Sun 16 Oct 2005)
Split Screen, Bristol’s first combined Black & Asian Film Festival, kicks off on Thursday 13 October 2005. Expect a stunning selection of international features, shorts and documentaries from Africa, the Caribbean and the fringes of Bollywood through to local shorts and archive footage from days gone by. The festival is a collaborative city wide effort between Arnolfini, BBC Bristol, British Empire & Commonwealth Museum, Kuumba, South West Screen and Watershed which aims to give greater prominence to black and Asian filmmaking in the South West and inspire local talent.
The film festival, forming part of Black History month, will take place at various Bristol venues including Arnolfini, Watershed and Timbuktu Club.
The Split Screen programme at Watershed will include highlights from the bfi's Mama Africa touring programme, which features some of the best of African female talent from Moussa Sene Absa’s acclaimed feminist melodrama Madame Brouette to award-winning shorts such as Jacqueline Kalimunda’s Histoire de tresses (About Braids). Watershed will also play host to a screening of One Love directed by regular collaborators Rick Elgood (Dancehall Queen) and the legendary Don Letts (The Clash: Westway to the World), which started life as a musical stage show in Bristol.
Arnolfini will feature the latest and best films from Asia’s most recent wave of filmmaking talent. Michael Smith and Vishal Rawlley’s Asian Vibes Bombay and Asian Vibes London (India/France) explore the new musical sounds of India in unique documentaries that combine underground video aesthetics, archival Bollywood clips and an exploratory documentary approach. The festival will screen The Rising, the latest film from acclaimed director Ketan Mehta which charts the epic tale of Mangel Padney and India’s historic 1857 military uprising against Imperial rule, with Bollywood star Aamir Khan in the role of the fearless leader of the Indian rebellion.
There'll also be a chance to attend free hands-on film workshops, masterclasses, seminars, and meet the movers and shakers in the business.
The festival will open with Screen Shift - a showing of short films by highly regarded local Afro Caribbean artists, funded by South West Screen and Kuumba. This showcase of vibrant and compelling work is part of a positive drive to promote local artists and nurture their filmmaking talent. A number of BBC productions from BBC Bristol and the BBC Asian Programmes Unit will also be screened showcasing the very best of black and Asian talent within the BBC.
British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, BBC Bristol and Watershed are supporting a unique project called Empire Re-presented. The aim of the project is to work with four local artists to compose a music score and write a piece of poetry for two films to be created using archive footage from India and Africa. This will be shown in the main foyer at Watershed for the duration of the festival.
Carlton Romaine, Forum Officer at Kuumba said, “We have an excellent partnership, which is now supporting a real positive drive to bring black and Asian film work to prominence. I look forwarded to Split Screen becoming a major part of Bristol’s exciting festival & cultural calendar scene”.
Caroline Norbury, Chief Executive at South West Screen said, “Split Screen is a hugely exciting festival and forms part our aim to make diverse, distinctive and dynamic films available for all communities in the South West. We created the Screen Shift part of the festival to enable local Afrikan Caribbean artists the chance to develop films that could be viewed by a large audience.”
Maddy Probst, Exhibition Co-ordinator at Watershed says: “We’re really pleased to be part of this city wide programme of Black & Asian screenings and workshops. We’re particularly excited about showcasing filmmaking talent emerging from the South West alongside international work such as the bfi’s Mama Africa tour which features some of the best of African female talent behind and in front of the camera.”
Maithreyi Nandakumar, Media Education Officer at the British Empire and Commonwealth Musuem said, “This is a brilliant opportunity for local artists to access the Empire museum’s extensive archive of over 800 hours of film footage”.
Saturday, October 01, 2005
I’M THE ANGEL OF DEATH
AKA
PUSHER III
UK RELEASE OCTOBER 24TH - BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
Nicolas Winding Refn’s Pusher trilogy began with his first feature in 1996. This year, he releases two sequels to the original With Blood on My Hands and I’m the Angel of Death.
Set at the very bottom of the Copenhagen underworld, the PUSHER series turns the idea of a trilogies on its head, each instalment more vigorous and complex, the stories takes a minor character and throw the audience into the depths of their psyche.
The third film I’M THE ANGEL OF DEATH AKA PUSHER III focuses on the trilogy’s original villain Milo.
Far from a thuggish brute, Milo first appears, he is now a henpecked, doting father, plagued by a demanding daughter Milena, her idiot fiancé and Milo’s listless henchmen. It doesn’t help when he poisons his flunkies with some poorly cooked samosas.
With no one left to help him, Milo is forced to deal simultaneously with business problems, the party and his Narcotics Anonymous meetings.
A classic black comedy, I’m the Angel of Death seduces its audience with its intense humour.
I’M THE ANGEL OF DEATH a.k.a. PUSHER III will premier at the BFI Times London Film Festival on the 24th October 2005.
AKA
PUSHER III
UK RELEASE OCTOBER 24TH - BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
Nicolas Winding Refn’s Pusher trilogy began with his first feature in 1996. This year, he releases two sequels to the original With Blood on My Hands and I’m the Angel of Death.
Set at the very bottom of the Copenhagen underworld, the PUSHER series turns the idea of a trilogies on its head, each instalment more vigorous and complex, the stories takes a minor character and throw the audience into the depths of their psyche.
The third film I’M THE ANGEL OF DEATH AKA PUSHER III focuses on the trilogy’s original villain Milo.
Far from a thuggish brute, Milo first appears, he is now a henpecked, doting father, plagued by a demanding daughter Milena, her idiot fiancé and Milo’s listless henchmen. It doesn’t help when he poisons his flunkies with some poorly cooked samosas.
With no one left to help him, Milo is forced to deal simultaneously with business problems, the party and his Narcotics Anonymous meetings.
A classic black comedy, I’m the Angel of Death seduces its audience with its intense humour.
I’M THE ANGEL OF DEATH a.k.a. PUSHER III will premier at the BFI Times London Film Festival on the 24th October 2005.
Friday, September 30, 2005
INTERNATIONAL MANGA AND ANIME FESTIVAL IMAF 2005
October 21st – 25th 2005
County Hall
Riverside Buildings
Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7PB
Free Entry
Opening Times 10.00 am – 6.00 pm every day plus
exclusive screenings from 6.00 pm
The organisers of IMAF 2005, the International Manga and Anime Festival at London’s County Hall on the South Bank from October 21st – 25th, have just released some exciting new details of the Festival programme.
Junko Mizuno, one of Japan’s leading Manga artists whose work is seen on everything from T-shirts to nightclub décor will be speaking* at an IMAF workshop in the Debating Chamber. Junko has an impressive international following and is perhaps best known for her work in PULP and her full-length Manga version of Cinderella.
Paul Gravett, the UK’s greatest expert, journalist, curator, lecturer and broadcaster on comic art, and author of the seminal work ‘Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics’ is a guest speaker at the Festival and he’ll be hosting a range of seminars*.
On-screen in the Debating Chamber, Streetfighter - Alpha Generation – will be enjoying its Europe Premiere at a special evening screening*. Tickets are £5.00 each or £4.00 for students and concessions. There are special screenings of Millennium Actress, Mobile Suit Gundam and Spriggan*, and the Debating Chamber will also be showing almost continuous child-friendly free film screenings during the day.
The pioneering Sweatdrop studio team is participating at IMAF 2005, running drawing workshops through the Festival to help budding Manga artists perfect their skills. The workshops will be held in the impressive Atrium at County Hall.
There are some outstanding trade stands with many big names in Manga and Anime attending, including ADV Films, Neo Magazine, J-Pop, Cartoon Passion, Japan Journeys, Blackwells Bookshops and Letraset.
The Eyeko cosmetics house will be there with their new japanime-inspired makeup range, as well as Garnier with its Manga haircare range.
If you want to know what you would look like with a completely different haircut and bold new make-up, Manga-style, you can pop into the Festival photo-booth, choose your look, and record it on camera.
The IMAF Exhibition is going to be even bigger and better than expected, and visitors will be able to see some fabulous entries to the IMAF competition including artwork from artists all over the world.
There will be delicious food at the Festival Café, including Japanese speciality Sushi and Bento boxes.
If you want to arrive at the Festival looking the full part (cosplayers excepted), IMAF are offering personalised top quality Festival hoodies at £25.00 for advance sale on their website at www.imaf.co.uk, but you’ll need to order these quickly if you want them to arrive in time.
*Please note that dates and times of these events are to be confirmed.
October 21st – 25th 2005
County Hall
Riverside Buildings
Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7PB
Free Entry
Opening Times 10.00 am – 6.00 pm every day plus
exclusive screenings from 6.00 pm
The organisers of IMAF 2005, the International Manga and Anime Festival at London’s County Hall on the South Bank from October 21st – 25th, have just released some exciting new details of the Festival programme.
Junko Mizuno, one of Japan’s leading Manga artists whose work is seen on everything from T-shirts to nightclub décor will be speaking* at an IMAF workshop in the Debating Chamber. Junko has an impressive international following and is perhaps best known for her work in PULP and her full-length Manga version of Cinderella.
Paul Gravett, the UK’s greatest expert, journalist, curator, lecturer and broadcaster on comic art, and author of the seminal work ‘Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics’ is a guest speaker at the Festival and he’ll be hosting a range of seminars*.
On-screen in the Debating Chamber, Streetfighter - Alpha Generation – will be enjoying its Europe Premiere at a special evening screening*. Tickets are £5.00 each or £4.00 for students and concessions. There are special screenings of Millennium Actress, Mobile Suit Gundam and Spriggan*, and the Debating Chamber will also be showing almost continuous child-friendly free film screenings during the day.
The pioneering Sweatdrop studio team is participating at IMAF 2005, running drawing workshops through the Festival to help budding Manga artists perfect their skills. The workshops will be held in the impressive Atrium at County Hall.
There are some outstanding trade stands with many big names in Manga and Anime attending, including ADV Films, Neo Magazine, J-Pop, Cartoon Passion, Japan Journeys, Blackwells Bookshops and Letraset.
The Eyeko cosmetics house will be there with their new japanime-inspired makeup range, as well as Garnier with its Manga haircare range.
If you want to know what you would look like with a completely different haircut and bold new make-up, Manga-style, you can pop into the Festival photo-booth, choose your look, and record it on camera.
The IMAF Exhibition is going to be even bigger and better than expected, and visitors will be able to see some fabulous entries to the IMAF competition including artwork from artists all over the world.
There will be delicious food at the Festival Café, including Japanese speciality Sushi and Bento boxes.
If you want to arrive at the Festival looking the full part (cosplayers excepted), IMAF are offering personalised top quality Festival hoodies at £25.00 for advance sale on their website at www.imaf.co.uk, but you’ll need to order these quickly if you want them to arrive in time.
*Please note that dates and times of these events are to be confirmed.
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS
Mini Masterpieces, the national competition which offers filmmakers the chance to screen their film at Brief Encounters International Film Festival, is still open for entries.
For the third year, Calling the Shots is offering Mini Masterpieces in partnership with South West Screen, Northern Film and Media, EM Media and North West Vision. Forty filmmakers from across the partners regions will be selected to pitch their ideas to industry professionals on Wednesday 19th October 2005. From this, two filmmakers from each region will be selected to develop scripts and finally one winner from each region will get an all-expenses paid trip to the city to create their movie with a team of professionals. Their productions will be screened at the Brief Encounters Short Film Festival.
The competition is still open for filmmakers and South West Screen, the public agency that promotes film, television and digital media in the region, welcomes pitch proposals from filmmakers.
For more information please contact Emma Blackburn at South West Screen on Emma.Blackburn@swscreen.co.uk or 0117 9529977. The deadline for receiving the pitch proposal is 12 noon on 7th October 2005. Details of the pitch criteria can be found at www.minimasterpieces.org.uk.
Jeremy Howe, Head of Short Drama at BBC said, “Mini Masterpieces is a great opportunity to escape from development hell and make a film in one hit - from pre-production to a screening in front of an audience in less than a week is a sure fire way of concentrating your mind as a film maker.”
Caroline Norbury, Chief Executive of South West Screen said, “South West Screen supports Mini Masterpieces and importantly Calling the Shots, the company behind it, because it provides a unique opportunity for local, talented filmmakers to get their work made and seen by a large audience.”
Lexar Launches Memory Stick PRO Duo™ Gaming Edition For Sony® PSP™ Gamers To Save Music and Video
Limited Edition Will Include Popular PSP Xploder™
Media Centre Lite Software
London, September 2005 – Lexar Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: LEXR), a world leader in advanced digital media technologies, announced Memory Stick PRO DuoTM Gaming Edition, a high speed memory card with capacities suitable for the popular Sony® PlayStation® Portable (PSPTM) gaming and multimedia handheld, allowing gamers to experience the total capabilities of the PSP console beyond gaming.
A limited edition, and available initially in Europe, Memory Stick PRO Duo Gaming Edition will include the popular XploderTM Media Centre Lite Software. A Windows® based application, Xploder Lite, from BLAZE, is a media management solution with a simple interface to easily drag and drop files, copy, upload and view content on a PSP. With the Memory Stick PRO Duo, the added software makes it easy to download game saves and cheats, download video and listen to music.
“Consumers are looking for ways to maximize their experience whether it’s playing Midnight Club III, saving video from this summer’s X Games or listening to Green Day,” said Fraser MacDonald, Product Marketing Manager at Lexar. “Lexar’s Memory Stick PRO Duo with the added Xploder Lite software makes it possible to enjoy the gaming experience and easily organize and navigate video and music capabilities of the Sony PSP.”
Available from major retailers, video game outlets and online stores, Lexar’s Memory Stick PRO Duo Gaming Edition will offer the high capacities, high-speed performance and reliability necessary to maximize use of the PSP as a multimedia centre.
Lexar’s Memory Stick Pro Duo Gaming Edition will be available from September 1st 2005 in 256MB (£34.99), 512MB (£49.99) and 1GB(tbc) formats at most retail stores and comes with a lifetime warranty. Customers are able to upgrade from the included Lite version of Xploder to the full version, PSP Xploder Movie Player and Media Centre, via www.xploder.net. The full version allows for the conversion of movie files from a PC to the PSP.
The eighth IFFR Trainee Project for Young Film Critics of the
International Film Festival Rotterdam offers three young (under 30
years), motivated and talented film critics a chance to get acquainted
with the Rotterdam festival and the independent cinema of the world.
The project was created in 1998 motivated by the fact that young and
upcoming film critics get less opportunities to explore this range of
cinema and the festivals, like the International Film Festival
Rotterdam, that present it. The IFFR also organises trainee projects for
young film producers (Rotterdam Talent Lab) and young filmmakers from
Europe (Passions & Promises).
In the past seven editions we have welcomed trainee film critics from
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China,
France, Hungary, India, Italy, Lithuania, Russia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, UK
and USA.
Mila Voinikova (Bulgaria), participant in 2000: ‘If it wasn’t for the
trainee project I would have never had the chance to visit a big
festival like this. I met lots of interesting people, saw films from all
over the world, and was inspired by the spirit of the festival for my
future work. It was very interesting to hear discussions of experienced
critics. And since the trainee project, the editors leave me more
freedom in writing and choosing films.’
What to expect:
We offer three young film critics a press accredi¬ta¬ti¬on, budget hotel
accommodations during the festival and (part of) their airfare according
to their country of origin. The trainees are allowed to use all the
press facilities and will have time to explore all aspects of the
festival, the film and exhibitions program¬me as well as the debates and
talk shows. The trainees will operate among hundreds of international
critics, and are supported to meet filmmakers and industry representatives.
We want the selected film critics to really participate in the festival:
attend the FIPRESCI Jury-meetings, contribute to the IFFR Daily Tiger
and/or report their experiences on the IFFR website. In addition, they
should work on articles to be published in their home country. The three
trainees will form a small team, supported by the IFFR Press Office and
Daily Tiger Editorial Staff.
Criteria for application:
Age under 30 years / Fluent command of the English language (written and
spoken) / Demonstrable experience in film criticism (printed media,
radio/television, online) / Not yet established enough to profit from
facilities as attending international festivals outside your country /
Have agreement(s) with printed and/or online media to publish a report
or reports on the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2006.
Your application should include all of the following documents and
information:
• a motivation letter to support your application: explain why this
project and the Rotterdam festival appeals to you.
• your resume (CV) including your contact details and date of birth.
• up to three proofs, signed with your name, of recent work published on
(independent) film or film festivals (including English translations).
We appeciate receiving complete copies of your affiliation with your
articles or reviews.
• Information about your affiliation(s) (title, name of chief editor,
address, phone, fax, email account, periodicity, circulation, web
address, estimated page views per month).
• a recommendation letter (on company letterhead) of your principal
affiliation’s editor assigning you to cover IFFR 2006 and confirming
that your IFFR 2006 report will be published.
Deadline for applications: Friday November 11, 2005, notification before
Dec 9, 2005
We will confirm receiving the application to you and to your (chief) editor.
Applications can be send by email to press@filmfestivalrotterdam.com
and/or by regular mail to IFFR, Attn. Press Department, PO Box 21696,
3001 AR Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
International Film Festival Rotterdam offers three young (under 30
years), motivated and talented film critics a chance to get acquainted
with the Rotterdam festival and the independent cinema of the world.
The project was created in 1998 motivated by the fact that young and
upcoming film critics get less opportunities to explore this range of
cinema and the festivals, like the International Film Festival
Rotterdam, that present it. The IFFR also organises trainee projects for
young film producers (Rotterdam Talent Lab) and young filmmakers from
Europe (Passions & Promises).
In the past seven editions we have welcomed trainee film critics from
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China,
France, Hungary, India, Italy, Lithuania, Russia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, UK
and USA.
Mila Voinikova (Bulgaria), participant in 2000: ‘If it wasn’t for the
trainee project I would have never had the chance to visit a big
festival like this. I met lots of interesting people, saw films from all
over the world, and was inspired by the spirit of the festival for my
future work. It was very interesting to hear discussions of experienced
critics. And since the trainee project, the editors leave me more
freedom in writing and choosing films.’
What to expect:
We offer three young film critics a press accredi¬ta¬ti¬on, budget hotel
accommodations during the festival and (part of) their airfare according
to their country of origin. The trainees are allowed to use all the
press facilities and will have time to explore all aspects of the
festival, the film and exhibitions program¬me as well as the debates and
talk shows. The trainees will operate among hundreds of international
critics, and are supported to meet filmmakers and industry representatives.
We want the selected film critics to really participate in the festival:
attend the FIPRESCI Jury-meetings, contribute to the IFFR Daily Tiger
and/or report their experiences on the IFFR website. In addition, they
should work on articles to be published in their home country. The three
trainees will form a small team, supported by the IFFR Press Office and
Daily Tiger Editorial Staff.
Criteria for application:
Age under 30 years / Fluent command of the English language (written and
spoken) / Demonstrable experience in film criticism (printed media,
radio/television, online) / Not yet established enough to profit from
facilities as attending international festivals outside your country /
Have agreement(s) with printed and/or online media to publish a report
or reports on the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2006.
Your application should include all of the following documents and
information:
• a motivation letter to support your application: explain why this
project and the Rotterdam festival appeals to you.
• your resume (CV) including your contact details and date of birth.
• up to three proofs, signed with your name, of recent work published on
(independent) film or film festivals (including English translations).
We appeciate receiving complete copies of your affiliation with your
articles or reviews.
• Information about your affiliation(s) (title, name of chief editor,
address, phone, fax, email account, periodicity, circulation, web
address, estimated page views per month).
• a recommendation letter (on company letterhead) of your principal
affiliation’s editor assigning you to cover IFFR 2006 and confirming
that your IFFR 2006 report will be published.
Deadline for applications: Friday November 11, 2005, notification before
Dec 9, 2005
We will confirm receiving the application to you and to your (chief) editor.
Applications can be send by email to press@filmfestivalrotterdam.com
and/or by regular mail to IFFR, Attn. Press Department, PO Box 21696,
3001 AR Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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