All Consuming Love (Man in a Cat) is one of the short films commissioned for Digishorts. Louis Hudson, who makes up Dice Productions‘ animation team, is now hard at work turning a preview/trailer into a fully fledged film.
What’s interesting is how he’s using a YouTube channel to upload little work-in-progress snippets so you can see how he works and how the piece is coming along. Hoping he can keep this up.
In other Digishorts news, three of the filmmakers are looking for producers for their commissioned films.
Another batch of short films from Screen WM‘s Digishorts scheme are set to premiere next week, featuring a hefty wedge of local film talent. There’s a free screening event to see all six Digishorts films at Light House in Wolverhampton on Tuesday 12 January, 6.15 – 8pm, as part of Screen Forum.
The Moon Bird
Names that stick out for me are BAFTA-nominated The Brothers McLeod, who will be showing their dark animated fairytale ‘The Moon Bird‘, and Lewis Arnold, whose film ‘Stained’ is inspired by author Ronnie Thompson’s time served as a prison officer. After the screening there will be a Q&A with some of the filmmakers, so have your hand-raising and poser-posing hats on ready.
To find out more about all of the films on show, visit the Light House website here, and to reserve a free place at the screening, contact info@light-house.co.uk.
There’s a flurry of good film-related stuff going on at the moment and now Screen WM have just launched this year’s digishorts too:
the annual short film production scheme that offers new and emerging filmmaking talent the chance to develop and produce a short film with support and a budget from Screen WM
You’ve got until Monday 10 Nov to get your short film ideas in. A shortlist of 25 ideas will be developed before the final 6 go to production. Go to the digishorts website to grab an application form.
There are going to be roadshows about the West Mids with
a spectacular one day event in Birmingham on Saturday 25th October as part of Hello Digital which will include discussions, screenings and possibly the chance to pitch your project to a panel of industry experts
Which sounds jolly.
*Gratuitous plug alert*
While we’re on the subject of short films, Film Dash is a 48-hour film challenge happening 17-19 October. I’m running it but it’ll be great, honest, and anyone’s welcome to enter. Here’s the Film Dash website.
