Activism and new UK Film: How The Underground Recreated The Hero : Written By Jane Mcconnell     Jane McConnell @janemcconnell  and @futureartists May 8th 2012, Salford, UK   In Emily James’ Just Do It, we watch news packages from major news outlets interlaced with POV footage from protestors scaling the giant cooler chimneys at the Ratcliffe Power Station. For a UK audience, a film like Just Do It is particularly subversive – even controversial. The protests were decade-defining – it…

The Sundance win is pretty amazing for us. We both really didn’t expect the film to get the kind of response that it has- all pretty mind blowing. Extranjero evolved from various other shorter and longer scripts we had been throwing around for a while. We had become stuck on a sort of sketch, the image of a man in a 90s shellsuit floating above a street. That was our starting point, everything evolved naturally around that visual. Working as…

As the London Short Film Festival hurtles towards its 10th anniversary in January 2013, Festival Director Philip Ilson takes stock of what is ostensibly a career in film programming, covering a period of nigh on 20 years, and considers what informs and drives his approach to curating screenings. My first lesson in film curating was the strength of anti-curating; or rather the open-access short film screenings at the nineties Exploding Cinema nights in South London. There would be an array of super 8 films…

We know there are loads of you out there who love a bit of suspense, possibly followed by bucket-loads of gore, so to celebrate the forthcoming release of terrifying new horror Silent House on May 4th, we‘ve teamed up with Studio Canal to give you the chance for your short to be featured on the DVD release of Silent House. The winner will also receive a one year Cineworld Unlimited card. Your film can be a self-contained short or an…

The top 3 films on our leaderboard at midnight on the 30th of April will be sent off to maverick of Documentary Cinema Nicolas Philibert. This month there is the added prize (or privilege) of being screened at Open City Film Festival’s opening night this Summer so vote wisely for your favourites. Here’s what the filmmakers had to say about their shorts, the competition and the prospect of having their film put infront of Nicolas Philibert. Tired of Playing Basket Ball – Sam…

#OCCUPYMEDIA.   One Film Versus The World. The Lost Generation. They occupied Wall Street. NY. DC, Chicago. London. …What if they occupied the media? #occupymedia New Manchester film The Lost Generation is the UK’s newest feature film to be released independently – at the end of the world – on the 20th December 2012, which takes a searing look at freedom, cyberwarfare and our idea of celebrity.         FILM SYNOPSIS “Think of a law. She’s broken it. Think of…

Hot Docs, North America’s largest documentary festival, conference and market, will take place from 26 April to 6 May this year.  With over 150 documentaries being screened at the festival, it is no surprise that Shooting People members are amongst the lucky nominees.  Take a look and see who is a part of Hot Docs 2012 festival. Poull Brein brings the talent of a 62 years-old musician who dreams of making it big in Charles Bradley: Soul of America.  The…

Recently, the SXSW Jury and Audience Award winners were announced and amongst the winners were three Shooting People members.  Congratulations to all those nominated, as well as to those who won! Winner of the Documentary Short Jury Award was Seth Keal with his documentary Catcam.  Following the cat around all day was easy when it had a camera tied to its collar.  Seth Keal’s film has been officially selected at numerous other festivals, such as the Tribeca Film Festival.  Good job Seth! Tali Yankelevich…

At the Guardian Open Weekend on Saturday there were contrasting talks from two heavy hitting British directors – art-cum-filmmaking darling Steve McQueen, and Shooter founding patron and prolific creative, Mike Figgis. This represented both a generational leap, as well as two considerably different approaches to auteur cinema.   Mike Figgis’ move to Hollywood in the 1980’s, started a promising and rather lucrative career (think million dollar movie deals), peaking with an impressive four Oscar nominations for Leaving Las Vegas. This quite predictably…

Tribeca Film Festival The Tribeca Film Festival brings together the most talented filmmakers from across the globe to New York City to showcase their work.  Since the first festival in 2002, there have been over 1300 film screened from over 80 countries.  This festival is a must for all filmmakers.   Some Shooters have been selected to show their films in this years upcoming festival in forms of documentaries, shorts, and narratives.   Those with films in the documentary category include…