Thursday 15 January 2009

South African Links

The Writing Studio and ScreenAfrica they both look like good starting points.

Monday 12 January 2009

Clubbed the film


I know this is blog is about short films but I had to post about the feature film my friend is distributing and getting its premier in Birmingham tomorrow.

Official site here.

Andrew MacDonald Masterclass Edinburgh

From Rough Cuts (sign up at Scottish Screen if you haven't already).

Date: Friday 16 January 2009
Time: 2-5pm
Venue: Studio 2, Screen Academy Scotland Production Centre, School of Arts and Creative Industries, Napier University, 2A Merchiston Avenue, Edinburgh, EH10 4NU

Andrew Macdonald is a producer, perhaps best known for his collaborations with screenwriter John Hodge and director Danny Boyle, including Shallow Grave (1994), Trainspotting (1996) and A Life Less Ordinary (1997).
Together with Duncan Kenworthy, he is also the founder of DNA Films, the production company responsible for The Parole Officer (2001), 28 Days Later (2002) and Sunshine (2007). He is the brother of director Kevin Macdonald and the grandson of filmmaker Emeric Pressburger.

For a full list of his work, please visit www.imdb.com/name/nm0531602.
For more information and to book your place, please e-mail info@screenacademyscotland.ac.uk.