Many thanks for all the excellent Birthday and Christmas messages.

May I wish you all an excellent Christmas and a wonderful and successful 2012.

Seasons Greetings!

Due to numerous requests, a few links to some of my short films online down the years. Several have cameos by myself - a prize for anyone that spots them all! More films will be added when they've finished their festival runs.

The Calling
FINALIST (final 5): SUPER SHORTS 2007. FINALIST: VIRGIN MEDIA SHORTS 2008*** - and screened in 212 cinemas for a year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=astAGiue26I

END OF THE WORLD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZxx0orkbCU

THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK
I only script edited this - but well worth a watch. Winner of 2nd place prize at The Interfilm Berlin's - Going Underground 2006. Winner of the Morbegno Film Festival, Italy 2006: "Spazio Immagini"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZMfgEG2r9w

TOAST
Second in The End Of The Pier Film International Festival 2006
http://shootingpeople.org/watch/film.php?film_id=73977

.357 and BEGGARS BELIEF
Scroll down - bottom two links are mine. .357 Winner: Best drama - New York International Independent Film & Video Festival &.Evening Standard Pick Of The Day. Beggars Belief - Winner of the Judges Award: Reel Islington Screenings, Holloway Arts Festival.
http://www.nickallixeditor.com/reel/shorts.html

Green and FAIRY-TALE OF NEW ISLINGTON
Screened at the Mayton Street Festival on 11 June 2011.

TRANSMISSION (Dir. Ronis Varlaam) and GirlLikeMe (Dir. Rowland Jobson) have played around the world in about 30 major international festivals. TRANSMISSION Log No.1 was shortlisted for the Best Art Film award and played as part of the "Best of the Fest" at the Portobello Film Festival.

The major awards and kudos went to GirlLikeMe - which I wrote and coproduced. This year we have won the Kyiv International Film Festival "Molodist" Best Short Film Award: a really excellent festival, with the award ceremony live online at the Ukrainian National Opera House. The film also received a Jury Special Mention at the 5th Batumi International Art House Film Festival, and was the winner of the Best Local Short Film prize at the 8th Wood Green International Short Film Festival 2010. We are grateful in particular to David Waterson and Haringey Council for their support of our film.

GirlLikeMe has also played so many wonderful festivals, and we have to thank the support of the ukfc and the British Council for helping its amazing run. We also wish to thank Fuji film who shortlisted us for the Fujifilm Shorts 2010 in two categories - ‘Best Film’ and ‘Best Cinematography’ - and released the film on their excellent short film DVD.

This year has also seen the making of some excellent new short films to be premiered in the New Year. Particularly exciting are The Adventure of the Lonely Can (dir Steve Hammal) and featuring quite amazing CGI by Henrik, Green (dir. Ronis Varlaam) and the wonderfully surreal and fantastic Sign Of Things To Come (dir Jason Edwards).

Also this year I've been commissioned to write a film for Filmclub, which should be released shortly. There are more short films in the can, and I am thankful to work with such wonderful and talented people. Reel Islington, which I am cochair, had another successful year including excellent screenings at local venues, Whittington Park and the Odeon.

This year has been great for feature films too, including GUY'S REQUIEM optioned by Mark Engels. 3LA2T F1LMS. There are other feature developments, but I don't like to announce anything till everything is greenlit... which as you know can be a VERY long process! But certainly getting there, so fingers crossed for the future.

So, seasons greetings to you all. And may 2011 be happy and successful to each and every one of us.

Best wishes, Peter Devonald

SCREENED THIS MONTH: GirlLikeMe Selected in competition 28th October 2010: 19.55 at the excellent Molodist Festival.

SCREENED THIS MONTH: The "Best of the Fest" Portobello Film Festival wrap party is on Thursday 21 Oct. at Inn on the Green starting at 6pm. Admission is free. All welcome! TRANSMISSION - Log No.1 will be shown between 10 and 11p.m.