Not a reference to the apocalyptic weather but the title of a new short film I saw before a mixture of snow and alcohol saw me drop into a brief week of hibernation. Produced by Screen East through their Digital Shorts programme “After Tomorrow” is written and directed by Emma Sullivan and produced by Annalise Davis and try as I might I can’t find it online anywhere yet so I can’t provide a link but I’m sure I will in…

The call for entries is now open for the Good Pitch at Hot Docs. The Good Pitch gives filmmakers a unique opportunity to pitch social-issue documentary projects and associated campaign strategies to an audience of NGOs, foundations, campaigners, advertising agencies, brands and media. The Good Pitch at Hot Docs welcomes submissions from filmmakers of any nationality working on documentary projects with a human rights focus. There is no entry fee to apply. Deadline: 20 Feb 2009. Apply at www.britdoc.org/goodpitch. The…

This week we were thrilled to announce the launch of Film of the Month on Shooting People, which recognizes the best films made and uploaded to Shooting People by our members on both sides of the Atlantic. Shooting People Patron director Mike Figgis selected the animated short Zoo by 24 year old Robin Bushell as January’s Film of the Month. The other shortlisted films for January were the documentary Hanging With Frank by David Graham Scott, and the performance piece…

Hallo hallo hallo, what’s this? A brand new film shop opened in the East? Anyone been here yet? http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/cinephilia-greater-london What’s it like?

I’m getting perilously close to the sell-by date on this meme, so having been tagged by both Danielle DiGiacomo and Yance Ford I am finally getting my meme on. Here goes: 1. Favorite feature: Burma VJ by Anders Ostergaard (incredibly powerful, like being punched in the stomach – this shows what documentaries can do that the news simply can’t, it’s not just about footage but about story and characters and context) 2. Most problematic/interesting/thought-provoking feature: Boy Interupted by Dana Perry…