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Minister for Short Film, Mr Ed Vaizey, talks about Dolphins, Danny Boyle and his death row meal – spaghetti bolognese

Posted Tuesday, August 9th, 2011

Shooters, as most of you know, we’ve invited the UK’s Minister for Culture Mr Ed Vaizey to be our “Minister for Short Film” this August. We approached Mr Vaizey as we wanted to introduce him to you lot – the core of independent film creatives in this country. We also wanted to open up a dialogue between government and the indie film industry so we could learn from the man shaping British film culture and vice versa. We thought a

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Free Shooters screening of new 3D Herzog film

Posted Thursday, March 10th, 2011

Shooters, We have a special treat for you. Think of it as an early Easter present. We’ve teamed up with the good people at Picturehouse Entertainment to present a special free screening of Werner Herzog’s hugely anticipated 3D documentary CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS at the Museum of London. All attendees are invited to browse the Museum of London’s Prehistoric exhibition prior to the event, with Deputy Keeper in Palaeolithic and Mesolithic material at the British Museum, Jill Cook, providing a

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Sally Potter discusses her Webby nomination

Posted Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

RAGE Trailer Shooters, You may have read recently on Shooting People that one of our patrons, Sally Potter, has been nominated for a prestigous Webby award. Sally is up against major players such as SONY and HBO in the race for the award for her film RAGE. Here, she explains why clinching the award for a low-budget independent production would be important for all filmmakers. If you agree, now is the time to have your say and vote. Here’s Sally…

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