Creative Futures partner member, Portobello Film Festival (PFF), put on an inspiring, vastly relevant and enlightening film makers convention on 29 - 30 May 2010. If you missed here is a recap of what took place.
London Film Makers Convention (LFMC)
At the 4th LFMC, 120 delegates signed up for the Convention and another 800 casts and crews and members of the public turned up at London's best venue The Roundhouse for a Bank Holiday weekend of screenings and seminars from some of the leading lights of the capital's alt film scene. The overall theme was how easy current digital tehnology makes filmmmaking and distribution but also how important it is to have a quality product and how to get it.
Throughout the 24 hour 2 day Convention the cream of London's contemporary filmmakers screening over 100 brand new movies in the Roundhouse Video Cafe, networked, partied, fed at the wonderful Roundhouse cafe,and shared their enthusiasm in the exciting new medium of digital film technology.
The event was supported by ERDF, Creative Futures, The Roundhouse and Time Out
The Speakers
The convention brought together some the most talented and dynamic digital film makers such as Rock and roll film director Julien Temple, Courrtia Newland (scriptwriting), Jenny Runcre (method acting), Nag Vladermerski (animation), Nic Marcq (making issue driven films with young people), Chris Jones and Greg Hall (low budget film making).
You can find Greg's illuminating hour long talk here
or check out his blog at http://brokebutmakingfilms.blogspot.com/ . Greg talked about making films on very low budgets and getting them shown on TV - BBC2 in his case with his first feature made for $3,500.
Teddy Nhgh and Sascha Damjsanovski spoke about alternative means of distribution and marketing and of their own successes in getting their low to no budget movies respectively sold in HMV and screened at West End Cinemas.
Courttia Newland talked amusingly about the horrors of "development hell" and working with the likes of Menhaj Huda and Noel Clarke. Jenny Runacre gave a masterclass in method acting and discussed and screened some of her work with masters of the art Cassavetes and Antonioni.
Nag Vladermerski talked about latest developments in animation and screened two entries in this year's London International Animation Festival. Nic Marcq talked about making films with excluded youth and offenders and showed his very moving film "Kim" about domestic violence.
Chris Jones gave his wonderful empowering seminar on getting out and making a film, not just talking about it, and told the story of his Oscar shortlisted short "Gone Fishing".
And Julien Temple screened his Paul Weller bio "Find The Torch" made in 2 days on digital film, and discussed the art of making music/rock and roll films and videos.
Want to find more of information about Portobello Film Festival visit their website: http://www.portobellofilmfestival.com/
To find out about upcoming PFF events stay tuned to updates on the Creative Futures website.
