November 2005
 19th Leeds Film Festival
UK Jewish Festival
Kent Writer's Circle
The London Children's Film Festival
Bradford Animation Festival
Whitstable's Alternative Oyster Film Club
Northern Lights Film Festival
Cornwall Film Festival
The SEE Festival
Kent Screen Networking Session
Cinecity Digital Shorts
11th Bristol International Short Film Festival
British Independant Film Awards
Independent Film Parliament Presents Local Film Culture
7th Disability Film Festival
GNER 19th Leeds Film Festival - 3 - 13 November
www.leedsfilm.com
UK Jewish Film Festival 2005 - 5th - 17th November
www.ukjewishfilmfestival.org.uk
Kent Screen Writer's Circle -
6 November
Orange Street Music Club, Canterbury, 2pm
www.kentscreen.co.uk
The London Children's Film Festival 2005 - 9th - 20th November
From the opening gala of Chicken Little , the programme includes such films as Boy Called Twist, Greyfriars Bobby, Mad Hot Ballroom, Love + Hate, and a Sing-a-long of The Little Mermaid.
Book online at www.barbican.org.uk/lcff/ or call the box on 0845 120 7531
Bradford Animation Festival - 16th - 19th November
BOOKING FOR FESTIVAL PASSES CLOSES THIS FRIDAY!
There's only a few days left for you to buy a festival pass for the animation event of the year. A festival pass is by far the best value for money, allowing you to pre-book events and screenings for free so you can guarantee a seat. It also includes invites to the opening and closing night parties and an exclusive festival bag.
Booking for passes will close on Friday November 11th at 5.00pm.
BUY ONLINE or phone Box Office on 0870 70 10 200.
PLEASE NOTE: ALL TICKET HOLDERS MUST BE IN THEIR PLACE 5 MINUTES BEFORE THE EVENT START TIME, OR RISK LOSING THEIR PLACE
WORKSHOPS SOLD-OUT
The Digital Artistic Anatomy and Scriptwriting Workshops are now all sold-out. We still have a few tickets left for the Peter Lord, Phil Dale, Graham Jack and Clare Kitson talks though. Returns may be available on the day, 5 minutes before an event is due to start.
VIDEO CLIPS ONLINE
Watch clips from the BAF05 official selection online . More clips to be added later this week.
AUDIENCE AWARD
After you've watched all the films in competition at BAF 05, vote for your favourite from all categories to decide who wins the Audience Award.
You'll be given a voting form on arrival. Please tick your favourite film, complete the survey on the back and drop it into one of our voting boxes.
All completed surveys will be entered into a prize draw to win a framed ' Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit ' poster, signed by director Nick Park and producer Peter Lord.
Voting closes at 12pm on Saturday 19th November.
BAF 2005 DESKTOP WALLPAPERS
Spruce up your computer desktop with one of our eye-catching BAF wallpapers , featuring the official festival illustration by the immensely talented, Marek Jugucki.
VOTE ONLINE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE ANIMATION
Voting for the Best Web Animation award closes promptly on 19th November 05 at 12.00pm. Watch all five shortlisted films online and vote now.
VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE ANIMATION NOW
Whitstable's Alternative Oyster Film Club ... - 18th November
Showing in November, in conjunction with Music for
Change, two films about very different styles of
contemporary music: Cool and Crazy, a charming
portrait of a male voice choir in a tiny northern
Norwegian town, and the story of The Ramones, rock
brothers that never were, in End of the Century.
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Friday 18 November, 7.30 pm
Cool and Crazy
(Knut Erik Jensen) Norway/ Sweden/Finland 2001 105mins
cert 15)
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Saturday 19 November, 7.30 p.m
End of the Century
(Jim Fields) USA 2003 150 mins cert 15)
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Café open from 6.30
Screenings at the Horsebridge Centre, Whitstable.
For this special weekend only, tickets can be
purchased on the door £4/3 concessions. Membership for
the 2005/06 programme of 16 films including special
events is £20. Members can purchase tickets for
friends on the night at £4/3 concessions.
Contact us: alt_oyst_cult@yahoo.co.uk
Northern Lights Film Festival - 18 - 19 November
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
www.nlff.co.uk
Cornwall Film Festival - 18 - 20 November
Falmouth Arts Centre
Box Office 01326 212 300
The SEE Festival, Brighton - 19 - 20 November
Documentary Festival
Sussex Arts Centre
www.seefestival.org
Kent Screen Networking Session - 20 November
11, Church Street, Folkestone, 4pm
www.kentscreen.co.uk
Cinecity Digital Shorts Screening - 23 November
Hanbury Arms Ballroom, Kemptown, Brighton
8pm, admission £4
www.finalcut.gb.com
www.screensouth.org
'Brief Encounters' 11th Bristol International Short Film Festival - 23rd - 27th November
www.brief-encounters.org.uk
British Independent Film Awards - 30 November
www.bifa.org.uk
The Independent Film Parliament Presents Local Film Culture, Global Exchange - 30th November 2005
Institut Français, London
A one-day event on policy for a thriving, diverse film culture
A government review of film policy is currently underway in the UK. Globally, UNESCO has launched a unique initiative to sustain diversity in the marketplace. This day offers the chance to debate what policy can deliver, and to offer independent feedback to the government review.
National and international speakers, active in filmmaking and policy, will lead the debate. Panellists will include Québécois actor, Pierre Curzi; cultural analyst Baroness Lola Young; author of “Blockbusters and Trade Wars”, Peter S. Grant; the director of the National Film and Television School and Acting Chairman of The European Film Academy Nik Powell; Head of bfi Education, Cary Bazalgette and Director of Dochouse, Elizabeth Wood.
What policies do we need to keep our film culture diverse and thriving?……Should festivals be the best chance to see the range of international cinema?…..Is there enough support for productions below the tax-break line?…..What role for broadcasters in a pay-to-view era?…..
Will international policy keep faith with tomorrow’s viewers? What can the moving image offer as an architect of ideas and understanding in our diverse society?
REGISTRATION: please email or contact the IFP office on (44) 207 690 0124. On-line registration available mid-October.
Ticket prices: £40 (Individuals), £75 (institutions), Concessions available.
IFP MAILING LIST: to add your name email: development@filmparliament.org.uk
1. The Independent Film Parliament
This Parliament is an excellent initiative. We need more debate to achieve a sustainable, independently-minded cinema; to focus support for home-grown production, and to promote maximum collaboration with European partners and initiatives.
Nik Powell, Deputy Chairman of the European Academy and Director of the National Film and Television School
The IFP is a consultative forum for our most innovative, independently-minded film practitioners to feed back on policy affecting film. It launched at the Cambridge Film Festival in 2003 and focuses especially on the needs of the so-called specialist/cultural film sector. This sector includes experimental film, artists film and video, animation, documentary, cross-over feature, and films whose budgets generally fall below the taxbreak line.
Patrons: Baroness Lola Young; Tilda Swinton; Sally Potter; Michael Nyman; Alex Cox
Principal Aims:
- to be a consultation partner in audiovisual matters covering film & broadcasting alongside other organisations such as The UK Film Council, The British Screen Advisory Council, The Creators’ Rights Alliance, PACT, The Director’s Guild of Great Britain, BECTU …..
- to serve the specialist/cultural film sector, addressing a wide range of film forms including artists’ film and video, documentary, student production, animation and feature film
- to feedback from different areas of the specialist/cultural sector including education & training, development & production, exhibition & distribution
- to include regional, cultural, and ethnic issues of diversity
- to archive documentation & keep debate open on future policy options with regard to UK, Europe & beyond
Organisation: The IFP is a charity led by its steering committee of industry professionals & 4 trustees:
Holly Aylett: Holly Aylett – Managing Editor, Vertigo Magazine, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at London Metropolitan University
Ian Christie: Ian Christie – Vice President, Europa Cinemas; Professor at Birkbeck College, University of London, film historian
David Kelly: Producer and director of The European Co-Production Bureau
Dr Carole Tongue: Former MEP, President of Cities and Cinemas European Network, visiting Professor at London Institute and consultant on European audio-visual policy
7TH DISABILITY FILM FESTIVAL - 30 November to 4 December
National Film Theatre
Information: www.disabilityfilm.co.uk/pages/dff7/festival7.htm
Tel: 020 7691 4203
Email: caglar@ldaf.net or cristina@ldaf.net
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