‘TOUR OF THE HOUSE’ SCOOPS MOBILE MOVIE AWARD- Winner of Nokia Shorts 2006 Handset category revealed -A short film which takes the audience on a house tour with a criminal twist was announced as the winner of the Nokia Shorts 2006 Handset category at the Raindance Film Festival last night.The

Slingshot wins £100,000 grant from Skillset.Grant will fund development and training programme for up to eight digital filmmakersslingshot, the all-digital film production and distribution company, has won a £100,000 grant from Skillset to fund an innovative development scheme for writers, directors and producers.The “Training and Development into Greenlight” scheme is

The cultural association Filmstudio90 with the help of Ronzinanti announce the fourth edition of Cortisonici, a shortfilm festival which will take place in March 2007 in Varese, Italy. Short must not have been shot before January 1, 2006.In order to participate to the festival, film should match the following requirements:last

unique scriptwritING competition launched todayBY NIK POWELLchance to win £3,000Opportunity for aspiring scriptwriters to Make their Mark in FilmA new nationwide competition to encourage and support young British scriptwriting talent has been launched today (23 August 2006) by film producer/director and Director of the National Film and Television School, Nik

UKscreen would like to announce an increase of server space for showreel, music and film uploads to members.Showreel uploads:Now all members can upload a showreel in different sizes.Verified member: up to 1 MBSilver member: up to 2 MBGold member: up to 5 MBPremium member: up to 10 MBExtraPremium member: up

The regional and country finalists for The National Lottery Awards 2006 have just been announced, and some of the UK’s most innovative film projects will now be competing in a public vote against a wide range of Lottery funded initiatives to decide the UK’s favourite National Lottery funded projects.The National

BBC New Music ShortsA new filmmaking initiative from the BBC21 July 2006. A new filmmaking initiative called BBC New Music Shorts was launched today. BBC Electric Proms, BBC Film Network and BBC New Talent are offering a challenge to new filmmakers to develop original and creative ideas around music filmmaking

Battle for the Fort “Overwhelmed” by EntriesUK’s Biggest Battle of the Bands Rescheduled due to Popular Demand17th July 2006 The ‘Battle for the Fort’, the UK’s biggest ever battle of the bands, has been moved to September due to an overwhelming flood of entries from aspiring rock stars across the

Weak culture body needs more muscleA lack of funding and resources are seriously undermining the London Cultural Consortium’s (LCC) potential to influence and promote arts, heritage and sports in the capital, a London Assembly report says today1.So far, the LCC has proved to be merely a ‘talking shop’, making little

Call For Entries to the Stella Artois Film Awards 2006The 19th Seagate Foyle Film Festival (SFFF) will run from the 10th - 19th November 2006, once again playing host to the competition for the increasingly sought after Stella Artois Film Awards, where hundreds of films compete for outstanding recognition as