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I wish you all a very happy Christmas --- and a merry and successful New Year. THE
CHERUB HOUSE (feature) was optioned by Not A
Number. BEGGARS
BELIEF
won
the Holloway Arts Festival jury award. END
OF THE WORLD
and TRANSMISSION
Log No.1 and 2 screened extensively - including Switzerland, Romania, Liverpool
and London. TOAST
and The
Calling
also screened well this year. There have been further positive developments with
GUY'S
REQUIEM (hopefully to be announced
early in 2010!), as well as different shorts and collaborations - including one
excellent commission almost signed off on... Of course there have also been a
lot of downers, a lot of let-downs, a lot of pain. But let's not go there... :-) The
main news of the year was GirlLikeMe.
Having premiered in Official selection and Official Competition at the 66th Venice
International Film Festival, it won Branchage Jersey International Film Festival
"Cutting Hedge" award. The festival run included Best of British - 29th
Cambridge Film Festivall - SHORTFUSION Arts Picturehouse, selected and in competition
at the 23rd Leeds International Film Festival, and in competition/ screened at
Encounters Short Film Festival, Bristol, UK 2009. 2010
promises much - with three screenings in January and a litany of other things
in the pipeline. Screenings include in competition at the prestigious Festival
D'Angers Premiers Plans 2010, in competition at the 16th Slamdance Short Film
Festival 2010 and selected for the 7th London Short Film Festival 2010 (6pm on
Saturday 9th of January at the ICA - see you there!) Here's
to a great new decade for us all. And in the meantime, happy holidays - and a
joyful and well earned break. Onwards!
Peter Devonald x | 