News Archive

2006

October

  • 23rd October
    PROGRAMMING CULTURAL CINEMA: A DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE

    February – June 2007

    The bfi and ICO present Programming Cultural Cinema, a distance learning course. This course offers an opportunity for people interested in cultural cinema exhibition and those working in this field who want to enhance their skills, knowledge and understanding.
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  • 19th October
    UK FILM COUNCIL SHORT FILM COMPLETION FUND 2006/07 LAUNCHES

    The UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund (NCF) is now inviting individual filmmakers and production companies to apply to the 2006/07 Completion Fund. The fund is part of the New Cinemas Fund's programme to enable directors and producers to push their creative boundaries, develop new talent and to invest in short films that illustrate unique ideas and an innovative approach.
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  • 6th October
    THE JAPAN FOUNDATION PRESENTS... BRINGING PICTURES TO LIFE: JAPANESE ANIMATION AND THE WORLD OF KOJI YAMAMURA

    16th October 2006, The Japan Foundation, 10-12 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5EH

    Trees grow out of heads, birds dream of fruit. Koji Yamamura and his strange world will come to the Japan Foundation. Yamamura, one of Japan's most sought-after animators, creates work using a variety of media that has fascinated the world with its surrealism and sheer visual pleasure.
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July

  • 3rd July
    “SHORT FILM SUMMER SCHOOL” BEGINS

    The second action-packed SFSS runs from the 12th-15th July at the Curzon cinema on Shaftesbury Avenue. Short films are a critical starting point for filmmakers (Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, and Andrea Arnold are prime examples) and the industry, providing a chance to show off to producers.
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June

  • 28th June
    AUDIENCE RESEARCH PROJECT FUNDED BY THE BBFC

    Researchers at Aberystwyth University are tackling a set of controversial but important questions, at the request of the British Board of Film Classification. A team of film researchers, led by Professor Martin Barker, is studying the ways audiences understand and respond to films that include scenes of sexual violence.
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  • 2nd June
    FILM STREET A NEW FREE INTERACTIVE WEBSITE FOR PRIMARY AGED CHILDREN

    Film Street is a new exciting, fun website for six to nine-year-olds, designed to unlock imaginations, introduce the joys of film and encourage expression through filmmaking. The website, which went live last month, is full of interactive activities, fresh movie-making ideas, expert advice and endless hours of learning enjoyment plus downloadable teaching and learning activities mapped to the curriculum.
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May

  • 26th May
    DEPICT! 2006 CALL FOR ENTRIES NOW OPEN FOR MICRO MOVIE COMPETITION

    DepicT! is the short film competition which challenges budding filmmakers from around the world to make mini-masterpieces of under 90 seconds, in two categories - live action and animation. Now Watershed's popular filmmaking challenge, part of the renowned Encounters Film Festival, is inviting entries for this year's competition.
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April

  • 7th April
    THE 2006 CHRISI BAILEY AWARD: THE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S MEDIA ARTS AWARD

    For over 15 years the Chrisi Bailey Award has highlighted and rewarded some of the most extraordinary educational work with children using photography, digital arts, video and animation with the aim of drawing attention to the use of media arts as a creative, visual medium across a range of subjects and settings.
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February

  • 24th February
    MEDIA ARTS PROJECTS ACROSS LONDON IN MARCH 2006

    NODE.London [Networked, Open, Distributed, Events. London] is committed to building the infrastructure and raising the visibility of media arts practice in London. Working on an open, collaborative basis, NODE.London will culminate, in its first year, in a month long season of media arts projects across London in March 2006.
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January

  • 31st January
    DO YOU THINK THE DISTRIBUTION AND EXHIBITION OF FILM NEEDS MORE MONEY FROM THE NATIONAL LOTTERY?

    Do you think the distribution and exhibition of film needs more money from the National Lottery? If so, please spare a few moments to read this article and complete the brief online questionnaire to have your say and show your support for film. This is time critical & must be done before the end of February.
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