Somme Tales has just won the user-generated media prize at the Medea Awards 2017 You can watch the ceremony here: http://www.medea-awards.com/home – the announcement is at about 22 minutes 30 seconds. Fantastic news!
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I first met with Education Manager Rachel Hillman and her team in February 2016. At the meeting they set out that they wanted to make a film about the Battle of the Somme with young people in schools. After spending a few weeks thinking over the project. Which included looking at videos on You Tube,…
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During the summer I met with Jai Tyler, education manager at The Photographers Gallery. We met at the gallery which is situated in a great position just behind Oxford Street, in Ramilies Street. Jai asked me if I could devise a workshop for young people interested in using their DSLRs for film making. My approach was to keep down the…
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Last night the Hidden Heroes film makers went to the 2015 Limelight Awards. The event took place at The Troxy, a beautiful Art Deco cinema a short walk from Limehouse DLR. Secret Cinema has used it for many of their screenings, for Casablanca they recreated Rick’s Bar. I do wish I could have seen that. On…
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The 2015 Limelight Film Awards nominations have been announced and HIDDEN HEROES has been nominated in the category of Best Animation. The Limelight Film Awards is an annual short film competition, followed by a red carpet awards ceremony, attended by film makers, celebrities and TV/ Film personalities. The Awards are now in their seventh year. There are 12…
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Hidden Heroes got a second public screening at the Somewhereto_ film night on Friday 17th April, 2015. The event took place as Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, E1 5JL London. Two of the young film makers were able to attend with their parents and the occasion inspired them to start thinking about their next films. Second Home is an…
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I started ENFIELD50FILMS on a bit of a whim. Over the next few months it will be interesting to see where it goes, I’m going to do a small amount of targeted publicity, both online and off to see what gains interest.
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