Paul Blinkhorn
Director
Producer,
Screenwriter.
Great Britain, North West
About Me:
Website:
paulblinkhorn.com
Technical Skills: Writer, Director, Producer, Assistant Director
My Work and Credits:
After Auschwitz (2016)
About:
Hiding from the shadows of the past, Rebeka reflects on the paths not taken, of love lost and the moral obligations of being a survivor.
Official Selection:
Tirana International Film Festival (Tirana, Albania) *award-nominated for ‘Best Documentary’
The Taste Awards (Los Angeles, USA) *award-nominated for ‘Best Short Film or Documentary’
Tryon International Film Festival (Tryon, North Carolina, USA)
AHRC Film Awards (London, UK) *award-nominated for the ‘Inspiration Award’
Awareness Film Festival (Los Angeles, USA)
Universal Film Festival (Kansas City, Missouri, USA)*award-nominated ‘Best Documentary’
Eureka Springs Human Rights Film Festival (Eureka Springs, Arkansas, USA) *award-winning ‘Silver Award’
Immigrants of Spitalfields Festival (London, UK)
Phoenix Film Festival (Melbourne, Australia)
Shorts Off Film Festival (a BAFTA Cymru qualifying festival)
Lake View International Film Festival, (Punjab, India)
Near Nazareth Film Festival (Israel)
Cumbria Short Film Competition *award-nominated ‘Best Original Screenplay’
Pennine Film Festival (Accrington, UK)
Hope Film Awards, (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Food Film Fest (Bergamo, Italy) *nominated for ‘Best Short’
Girls Don't Cry - Persephone's Daughters Film Division, (Minnesota, USA)
Sandbar International Film Awards, (County Down, Northern Ireland), *award-winning ‘Best Documentary’
Official Selection:
Tirana International Film Festival (Tirana, Albania) *award-nominated for ‘Best Documentary’
The Taste Awards (Los Angeles, USA) *award-nominated for ‘Best Short Film or Documentary’
Tryon International Film Festival (Tryon, North Carolina, USA)
AHRC Film Awards (London, UK) *award-nominated for the ‘Inspiration Award’
Awareness Film Festival (Los Angeles, USA)
Universal Film Festival (Kansas City, Missouri, USA)*award-nominated ‘Best Documentary’
Eureka Springs Human Rights Film Festival (Eureka Springs, Arkansas, USA) *award-winning ‘Silver Award’
Immigrants of Spitalfields Festival (London, UK)
Phoenix Film Festival (Melbourne, Australia)
Shorts Off Film Festival (a BAFTA Cymru qualifying festival)
Lake View International Film Festival, (Punjab, India)
Near Nazareth Film Festival (Israel)
Cumbria Short Film Competition *award-nominated ‘Best Original Screenplay’
Pennine Film Festival (Accrington, UK)
Hope Film Awards, (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Food Film Fest (Bergamo, Italy) *nominated for ‘Best Short’
Girls Don't Cry - Persephone's Daughters Film Division, (Minnesota, USA)
Sandbar International Film Awards, (County Down, Northern Ireland), *award-winning ‘Best Documentary’
Photos:
Fun stuff:
Films I wish I had made:
E.T., Goonies, Die Hard, Whistle Down the Wind and Thelma and Louise.
I cried watching:
Elephant Man, In America, The Impossible, Philadelphia.
I left the cinema during:
Star Wars: The Last Jedi - I had no choice as the building's fire alarm was going off...at the point when Leia was floating in space.
Directors I love:
Denis Villeneuve, Mike Nichols, Paul Thomas Anderson, George Clooney and John Hughes.
Actors I admire:
Julie Walters, Sally Field, Robin Williams, Tom Hanks
Writers I Respect:
Alex Garland, Alfonso Cuarón and so many others to mention.
My desert island discs:
Ludovico Einaudi and the complete works of John Williams.
Books I have given my friends:
Stephen Kin's 'Running Man', Roald Dahl's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'
My death row meal:
Cheescake, a pot o fresh coffee and a steak and onion sandwich - in that order.
The best thing I own:
A dictaphone