Sign Of Things To Come by Peter Devonald
Logline: What do you do with something you can’t get rid of?
Genre: Comedy/Drama. Length: 5 and /2 minutes. Screenings/Status: Post Production
Filmmakers: Dir. Jason Edwards.
Year of Production: 2011

Fairy-Tale Of New Islington by Peter Devonald
Logline: A child’s fairy-tale story to oblique images of trash, Islington and greenery.
Genre: Drama. Length: 3 minutes 30 seconds. Screenings/Status: Screened at the Mayton Street Festival 2011. Screened at the Teepee Film Festival at Screen On The Green on 27 August 2011. Shown in competition on 7th September 2011 at the Portobello Film Festival.
Filmmakers: Dir. Ronis Varlaam. Written by Peter Devonald. Sound Design by Cos Chapman. Produced by Peter Devonald & Ronis Varlaam.
Special thanks to Tim McCormick, Peter Courtie and Jenny Daly at Islington Council, Elizabeth Balgobin and everyone at the Cripplegate Foundation.
Year of Production: 2011

Green by Peter Devonald
Logline: A perfect green screen turns white in this poetic essay on all forms of Green.
Genre: Drama. Length: 3 minutes 30 seconds. Screenings/Status: Premiere May 2011 - Selected Social Cinema at The Residence Gallery (www.residence-gallery.com). Screened at the Mayton Street Festival 2011. Shown at an exhibition entitled “Surface” at The Crypt of St Pancras (Church opposite Euston Station) 29 June – 11 July 2011 (http://www.cryptgallery.org.uk/current_exhibitions.htm). Shown in competition on 7th September 2011 at the Portobello Film Festival.
Filmmakers: Dir. Ronis Varlaam. Written by Peter Devonald. Sound Design by Cos Chapman. Produced by Peter Devonald & Ronis Varlaam.
Special thanks to Tim McCormick, Peter Courtie and Jenny Daly at Islington Council, Elizabeth Balgobin and everyone at the Cripplegate Foundation.
Year of Production: 2011

: - ) by Peter Devonald and James Appleton.
Logline: A group of bored teenagers mimic tv shows by making video clips with 3G phones, but peer pressure and a blurred sense of reality lead to a fatal accident.
Genre: Drama. Length: 10 minutes. Screenings/Status: ***Winner of the main Jury prize at The 2008 Wood Green International Short Film Festival*** Selected: Signals International Film Festival. Selected: Reel Islington Screenings 2009 - Holloway Arts Film Festival.
Main Actors: Casting in association with the Norwich Young Peoples Theatre Company.
Filmmakers: Director - James Appleton. Producer - James Appleton.
Prod co/ other details: Signals Media Arts and Electric Eye Productions.
Website: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285276/

BEGGARS BELIEF by Peter Devonald.
Logline: An affluent suited man begs on the street: a man, dressed in rags, admonishes him. Who's life is richer?
Genre: Drama/Comedy. Length: 3 minutes. Screenings/Status: Big Issue Film Festival (Nov 22nd 2004, Prince Charles Cinema), Community TV (Nov 8th-22nd), Triggerstreet (official selection 2004), shown in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, Canada, Senegal and Korea through TresCourts, selected for The Homeless Film Night (Common Place, Leeds, 18 Dec 2005), Nordkapp Film Festival 2005 and Capalbio international short film festival 2005. ***Winner of the Judges Award: Reel Islington Screenings, Holloway Arts Festival 2009***
Main Actors: Adam Robertson and Simon Allix.
Filmmakers: Director - Scott Rawsthorne. Producer - Bernie Costello. Prod co: Diamond Bullets (16mm).
Website: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472613/
WATCH HERE: http://www.nickallixeditor.com/reel/shorts.html

GirlLikeMe by Peter Devonald
Logline: Lucy is young. Lucy is pretty. Lucy is damaged. Living with abusive, dysfunctional parents, her only comfort is strangers and her sidekick Becks: She wants to be a woman, older, independent, but how far will she go?
Genre: Drama. Length: 14 minutes. Screenings/Status: Shot on Super 16 between 15-17th April 2008. ***World Premiere at the 66th Venice International Film Festival***, official Selection - In Competition, Corto Cortissimo. Tuesday, 08 September 2009 17:45 - 18:45. Location: SALA PERLA (Official Screening). Cambridge Film Festival - Best of British 2009. In competition: Encounters Short Film Festival (Bristol) 2009. In competition: 23rd Leeds International Film Festival 2009. ***Winner of the Branchage Jersey International Film Festival "Cutting Hedge" award 2009***. Selected and in competition at Festival D'Angers Premiers Plans 2010. Selected and in competition at the 16th Slamdance Short Film Festival 2010. Selected for the 7th London Short Film Festival 2010 - ICA. AND Rich Pickings presents: Lolita Syndrome. ***Winner of the Best Local Short Film prize at the 8th Wood Green International Short Film Festival 2010.*** Nominated Best Film & Best Cinematography Fuji Short Film Awards 2010. Selected in competition at the Tofifest International Film Festival 2010. Selected in competition at Dokufest 2010. Selected in competition at the Rhode Island International Film Festival 2010. Selected in competition at International Atlantic Film Festival 2010, Vancouver International Film Festival 2010, Syracuse International Short Film Festival 2010 and the 55th edition of the Valladolid International Film Festival 2010. ***Jury Special Mention at the 5th Batumi International Art House Film Festival***. In competition at the FILMINI 4th edition International Film Festival 2010. In competition at the Foyle Film Festival 2010. In competition at the exground Film Festival (23rd Edition) 2010. ***Kyiv International Film Festival "Molodist" Best Short Film Award 2010***. In competition at the 19th St. George Bank Brisbane International Film Festival 2010.
Main Actors: Cast Includes Steven Elder (Vanity Fair, Gallow Walker, Heartbeat, Lost) and Georgia Bourke (Jane Eyre, Doctors).
Filmmakers: Directed by Rowland Jobson. DOP - Robbie Ryan (Wasp, Brick Lane, Red Road, Cubs). Production Design - Helen Scott (Wasp, The Bill, Red Road). Producers Zoe Webster, Victoria Wood, Rowland Jobson and Peter Devonald.
Prod co/ other details: Seefood Film and TV. ***Winner of the London Borough of Haringey Film Award and is funded by Haringey and Film London***.

The Calling by Peter Devonald.
Logline: Two men, two lives, one moment.
Genre: Drama. Length: 2 mins 10 secs. Screenings/Status: Premiere: 7th August 2007 01zero-one, Soho: ***FINALIST (final 5): SUPER SHORTS 2007***. Selected for the fifth round of the New Arrivals competition. Selected for screening and in competition in the 2008 Wood Green International Short Film Festival. Selected Reel Islington Screenings. Selected Holloway Arts Festival 2008. ***FINALIST: VIRGIN MEDIA SHORTS 2008*** - and screened in 212 cinemas for a year. Babelgum - Selected. Selected: Islington Reel Screenings 2009. ***Two-Minute Film Competition***
Main Actors: Robin Mcloughlin and Michael Dacre.
Filmmakers: Director - Jason Edwards. Producer - Andrew Cameron.
Prod co/ other details: Vermilion Films. Super 16mm Anamorphic
Website: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1076787/
WATCH HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=astAGiue26I

THOSE SCURVY RASCALS - One of the writers: Peter Devonald
Logline: Those Scurvy Rascals follows the adventures of three pant obsessed pirates who appreciate all the things a good pirate should: a seaworthy ship, a well worn plank... but they're not interested in treasure - all they want is pants, pants and more pants!
Genre: Animation series. Length: 5 minutes each episode. Screenings/Status: Nickelodeon and other networks. ***Nominated For British Academy Children's Film And Television Award 2006. Winner of two top animation awards at the 10th British Animation Awards ceremony - Best Children's Series and the Children's Choice Award***
Filmmakers: Directed by Oli Hyatt and Adam Shaw. Series creator and main writer: Simon A. Brown
Prod co/ other details: Blue-Zoo Productions and Entara Ltd.
Website: www.thosescurvyrascals.com and http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0921644/

TOAST by Peter Devonald and Kevin Scrantz.
Logline: Ingmar's perfect life of synchronisation comes crashing down when a mundane burning becomes an existential crisis.
Genre: Comedy. Length: 8 minutes. Screenings/Status: Premiere: 8th March, Bradford Film Festival 2006. Selected: Warrington Film Festival 2006. Selected: ***Second in The End Of The Pier Film International Festival 2006***. Selected: The Deep Fried Film Festival 2006. Screened: The Final Cut Film Festival, Brighton 2006. Selected: Heart of Gold International Film Festival 2007, Australia. Selected: 10th Nuit du court métrage/ The Short Film Night of Lausanne 2007. Selected: Islington Reel Screenings 2009 - Holloway Arts Film Festival. Online now: Shooting People:- http://shootingpeople.org/watch/film.php?film_id=73977
Main Actors: Andrew Bumfrey and Gillian Tully.
Filmmakers: Director - Steve Hammal. Producer - Steve Hammal.
Prod co/ other details: Funded by Open Lens/ City-Eye - Screen South. Prod co: Dark Skies Film.
Website: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805699/
WATCH HERE: BBC website and in competiton here: http://shootingpeople.org/watch/film.php?film_id=73977

TRANSMISSION - LOG NO.1, 2 & 3 by Peter Devonald and Ronis Varlaam.
Logline: ”More and more people are beginning to realize that something amazing is going to happen, something that is going to change life on earth for ever. I have decided to go back to where it all began so that I can try to understand.”
Genre: Drama. Length: 6 minutes. Screenings/Status: Premiere of Log No.1. 16th November 2008: Hellenic Centre in Paddington St. W.1. Screen No.2 (The Boardroom). APOCALYPSE NOW: The Red Wire Gallery, Liverpool. 25th July - 8th August.Selected for the Oblong Gallery January 2010. Selected London Film Makers Convention (portobellofilmfestival) at the Roundhouse. ***Shortlisted for the Best Art Film award at the Portobello Film Festival 2010. "Best of the Fest" Portobello Film Festival. Selected Social Cinema at The Residence Gallery (www.residence-gallery.com)

TRANSMISSION - LOG NO.2
Premiere of Log No.2 exhibited at the APOCALYPSE NOW: The Red Wire Gallery, Liverpool. 25th July - 8th August. London Greek Film Festival 2009 - in competition: 30 October/1st November 2009. Selected for the International Experimental Film Festival, Florean Museum, Baia Mare, Romania 2009. Selected London Film Makers Convention (portobellofilmfestival) at the Roundhouse on Sunday 30 May 2010 from 8pm. Selected for Reel Islington Summer Festival 2010 - Whittington Park Marquee, Holloway Road, N19 3NP. Sunday 4th July. As part of Holloway Arts Festival’s ‘Big Day Out’, Reel Islington - Innovation. Selected Social Cinema at The Residence Gallery (www.residence-gallery.com)

TRANSMISSION - LOG NO.3 (MY WAY)
Selected London Film Makers Convention (portobellofilmfestival) at the Roundhouse on Sunday 30 May 2010 from 8pm. Selected for Reel Islington Summer Festival 2010 - Holloway Odeon Cinema.Selected on a loop at the Persona Art Festival (www.personaartfestival.com) from 4 to 8 May at the Rag Factory, 16-18 Heneage Street (off Brick Lane), London E1 5LJ. Shown in competition on 7th September 2011 at the Portobello Film Festival.
Filmmakers: Director - Ronis Varlaam.
Prod co/ other details: Independent Production, Cyprus - UK, 2008. 6.10 min.
Website: http://www.londongreekfilmfestival.com/program16november2008.htm

END OF THE WORLD by Peter Devonald and Kevin Scrantz.
Logline: The end of the world is nigh - and Caroline makes sure her husband knows it.
Genre: Comedy/ Drama. Length: 5 minutes. Screenings/Status: Selected for screening and competition in the 2006 Talent Circle Super Shorts Film Festival. Selected Holloway Arts Festival Big Day Out 2008. Selected for the Reel Islington Halloween Screamings 2009. Screened at the 13th International Short Film Festival 2009 - Nocturne:Apocalypse Wow!
Main Actors: Caroline Jay (Caroline) and Sean Brosnan (Keith).
Filmmakers: Director - James Appleton. Producer - Alex Feakes.
Prod co/ other details: Waveform Films.
Website: http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id=56872D800f3c636209xUv1513192
WATCH HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZxx0orkbCU

JAMES APPLETON REEL

INCLUDES EXTRACTS FROM: End Of The World, :-), Last Place You Look and Goose Sock Blender Wok.

FROZEN by Peter Devonald and Emile Guertin.
Logline: In a future world obsessed with money, image and status, can human emotion ever be bought and sold?
Genre: Drama. Length: 17 minutes. Screenings/Status: Premiere 21 February 2003.
Main Actors: Johan Pearson, Patrick Ross, Claudia Coulter and Maria Mortensen.
Filmmakers: Director - Emile Guertin. Producer - Mark Riley.
Prod co/ other details: National Film School. DigiBeta, mins, Colour, Dolby Digital 5.1.
Website: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480533/

SIXTENTH FLOOR by Peter Devonald and Danny Fox.
Logline: An innovative exploration of depression and teenage angst.
Genre: Drama. Length: 12 minutes. Screenings/Status: in post production.
Main Actors: Lucien Morgan, Lewis Bacchus, Antoinette Sym, Nitzan and Hannah Richards.
Filmmakers: Director - Danny Fox. Producer - Phil Slatter, Danny Fox, Martin McEllroy.

tørst by Peter Devonald and Wajid Malik.
Logline: Josh's life is one of dull mediocrity... but in his dreams he walks upon sand dunes and into the sea.
Genre: Drama. Length: 14 minutes. Screenings/Status: World Premiere: 22nd July 2004: London Film School.
Main Actors: Mackay Crawford and Lucie Dobbing.
Filmmakers: Director - Wajid Malik. Producer - Sivan Sebbag.
Prod co/ other details: London Film School. 6 day shoot. Shot on 35mm. Studio.
Website: http://www.filmcentre.co.uk/search.asp?str=tørst

THE JOURNEY (f.k.a HEAVEN) by Peter Devonald and Katina Medina.
Logline: When a child finds herself lost in 'the plaza', an ambiguous place isolated between heaven and earth, an old man appears to help... But it's the old man who must learn to take the final steps to freedom.
Genre: Drama. Length: 15 minutes. Screenings/Status: Premiere 11th January 2006: Curzon, London.
Main Actor: Lucy Joyce.
Filmmakers: Director - Katina Medina. Producer - S. Chamberlain.
Prod co/ other details: 6 day shoot on 35mm: London Film School.
Website: http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id=510149D2115c23934CNhO328E55A

THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK
'So that's where everything goes...'
Writer: Paul Nash. Script Edited by Peter Devonald.
Waveform Films, s16mm. ***Winner of 2nd place prize at The Interfilm Berlin's - Going Underground 2006***. Selected for screening and competition in the 2006 Talent Circle Super Shorts Film Festival. Showcased by Sony UK for the Playstaton (PSP) - owners can download and watch on their consoles. Selected for the Lund Fantastic Film Festival, Sweden. ***Winner of the Morbegno Film Festival, Italy 2006: "Spazio Immagini"***. Distribution in the UK / US by Dazzle Films and the rest of the world by Interfilm.
Featuring Neil Ashton.
Directed by James Appleton. Produced by Alex Feakes.
Website: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498363/
WATCH HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZMfgEG2r9w

GOOSE SOCK BLENDER WOK
'A scruffy salesman enters an art gallery opening party armed with the latest fashionable commodity...'
Writer: Phil Collinge and Andy Lord. Script Edited by Peter Devonald.
Waveform Films, 3 mins, s16mm. Selected for screening and competition in the 2006 Talent Circle Super Shorts Film Festival. Showcased by Sony UK for the Playstaton (PSP) - owners can download and watch on their consoles.
Featuring ... Alexandra Aitken as Gwendolyn, Adrian Bouchet as Marcus and Peter Arnold as Harry.
Directed by James Appleton. Produced by Alex Feakes.
Website: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756652/

DANGER ZONE
Logline: Jerry (Murray Lachlan Young) is an ordinary office worker, until the day his penis begins to grow to enormous proportions. Plagued with anxiety, he struggles to control it and to protect his new girlfriend from the shock of seeing it... But eventually Jerry has to realise that his penis has plans of its own.
Peter Devonald as Script Editor.
DANGER ZONE: 2004, UK, 12 mins, 35mm, 1.85:1 Ratio.
Prod co. Robber Baron. Dir. Dylan Keeling. SCREENINGS 2004: World Premiere, 2 June 2004 - Prince Charles Cinema, London UK, Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, Pifan, Puchon South Korea, Horror Fiesta, Poland.

DARKEST HOUR
A young woman embarks on a quest to find out about the other woman in her man’s life.
Directed by Yvonne Brisset.

Screened on The BBC Big Screen.

Peter Devonald as Script Advisor/ Consultant.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2006/01/29/big_screen_feb_feature.shtml

LAST CHANCE SALOON
( UK 2003) DV: 8 min. Director: James Appleton, Ensemble comedy. Producer: Michael Mulligan, DP/Lighting Camera: Paul Talan, editor: Frankie Plowright, music/composer: Danny Fromajio, writer: James Appleton, Sphere Media.
Cast: Edel Durnin, Tom Bacon, Napoleon Ryan, Sophia Cliffe, Ben Shafik, Femi Houghton, Naomi Martin, Mike Jewell.
Script Edited by Peter Devonald.
"The characters are inventive and believable and the performances are very strong and naturalistic throughout. The pace is cracking. A very strong piece"
(Darren Bender, Head of Production, Screen East commenting on 'Last Chance Saloon' 2002)