Wax 'n' Reels - August

WAX ‘n’ REELS is nigh on upon us! This month is set to be an Animation Spectacular!

They have: Ralph Colmar. Xeena Cooper. Dave Cropley (of fishboy films and DJ cropmaster flex fame).

Sunday August 3rd. Upstairs in The Lansdown on Clifton Road from 7pm. £3 Entry for non-members.

The iconic lounge legend that is DJ Phatwa will once more ensure that all intermissions are accompanied with foot-tapping, head noddin, body bobbing musical goodness.

Five Minutes of Mystery - call for entries

Call For Entries!

Calling all mysterious moving-image makers, enigmatic engineers of the silver screen! Five Minutes of Mystery challenges you to create and submit short films around a theme of mystery. Part of ‘The Compass of Mystery Festival’, Five Minutes of Mystery will bring together film-makers from far and wide to exhibit their work here in Bristol.

Judged by a panel of industry experts, awards will be for Best Film, Audience Award, Local Film-maker and Youth Award.

Entries must be no longer then five minutes in length. Submissions will be accepted in the following formats: DVD, Mini DV or as full quality DV QuickTime files. Submission to be accompanied by Five Minutes of Mystery Entry Form, and sent to: Compass Film, 9, Walton Street, Easton, Bristol, BS5 0JG no later than 15th August 2008.

Good luck!

The Duchess - BAFTA Preview Screening!

THE DUCHESS – PREVIEW SCREENING FOR CINEFORMATION

Cineformation have been allocated tickets for the exclusive BAFTA preview screening of The Duchess, in partnership with South West Screen and Picturehouse Cinemas. The event will take place on Wednesday 27 August at 19:30 at The Little Theatre Cinema, Bath.

As well as a fantastic cast including Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes, the feature directed by Saul Dibb has particular significance as parts were filmed in Bristol & Bath and some Cineformation members have already had a behind the scenes look during our Locations event with Location Manager, Jamie Lengyel.

The Duchess features Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire (Knightley) who, like her direct descendent Princess Diana, was beautiful, glamorous and adored by the public. But while beauty and charisma made her a household name, one thing always escaped her: love.

TO REQUEST FREE TICKETS: email regions@bafta.org and include the screening title, date and location with ‘BAFTA SCREENING, CINEFORMATION OFFER’ in the subject line. Tickets are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Missed the Bristol Filmmakers Festival?

If you couldn’t make it to Watershed & Arnolfini for the Bristol Filmmakers Festival at the end of June, you can now rest easy. Click here to read Veronique Martin’s write up.

Watch the Documentary event with Anthony Wonke

Many thanks to Rich Warren, Jo Barker & Lou Applegate for filming the event, and to Michael Bower for editing it together.

To see more films from Cineformation, check us out on youtube.