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The Filmmatrix Launches and holds Future Shorts Film Festival in Canterbury – tickets just £3

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    The Filmmatrix is a new filmmaking community and network initiative for students and industry starters which offers creative opportunities, workshops and online networking to its members. The first of these creative opportunities is the Future Shorts film festival which will be held at the Gulbenkian Theatre in Canterbury on 31st May at 9pm. Future Shorts [...]

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Danny Potts’ crime thriller Piggy set for general release!

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Kent locations used: Maidstone, Gravesend Piggy is a dark thriller and is tough, shocking and utterly compelling, it is directed by Keiron Hawkes and produced by Danny Potts. The story looks at the downward spiral of a young man, Joe, grieving over the murder of his brother. Joe, played by Martin Compston (The Disappearance of [...]

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Thank you to our 1000 Twitter followers!

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 A big thank you to each and every one of our Twitter followers, as we have now reached over 1000! Make sure you follow us as we bring you all the news from the film, media and creative industries including funding information, training and job opportunities as well as upcoming festival and competition submissions. If you [...]

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Creative Business Base – Free 6-month Creative, Business and Entrepreneurial Development Programme

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DEADLINE REVISED 2 April 2012 before noon Screen South is looking for 8 Creative Business Teams to develop their feature length scripts, entrepreneurial skills and businesses. The teams can be existing businesses or newly formed partnerships but with a minimum of 2 people maximum of 3 people per team. The chosen teams will be invited [...]

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Fancy a Laugh???

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  Don’t miss the 2 Day Laughter festival where you can see 15 Kent film entries and a cameo by comedy legend Harry Hill on Saturday 31st March at the Theatre Royal Margate 2:30pm Kent Media Company Beeping Bush Productions bring back 2 Day Laughter for its fifth year. The quirky film festival is a [...]

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Dover Arts Development film Watermark gets full house at preview

The preview screening of Watermark - Domenic de Vere( Watermark Co-author) Clare Smith (DAD) Marianne Kapfer (Watermark Director) Adam Harris (Advance Digital DVD Mastering) Robert Bernard (Watermark Crew) Andrea Morris (Watermark Crew) Cassie Beckley (Watermark Crew)

The preview screening of Watermark © DAD Watermark is a documentary feature film about Buckland Mill, the historical paper mill inDover. It was produced by Dover Arts Development (DAD) and part-funded by the Kent Film Office through the Kent Development Fund. The preview took place on 6th March 2012 at and the audience included various [...]

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Kent Fire and Rescue Service launch “Hot Shots” film competition

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The Kent Fire and Rescue Service have launched a film competition called ‘Hot Shots’ which is open to all 15-21 year olds living inKent.  There are a number of prizes up for grabs and the winner will get to see their film used in future safety campaigns – young creative’s ofKent: don’t miss out on [...]

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From Soup To Nuts preview screening

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From Soup To Nuts © Tim Leandro From Soup to Nuts is a documentary which explores the passion, humour and camaraderie of those that work at The Goods Shed, a unique mix of food hall, restaurant and market in Canterbury. An exclusive preview screening of the film was held at The Gulbenkian Cinema in Canterbury [...]

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Short film Magwitch premiers at Rochester Cathedral

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Magwitch featuring Samuel Edward Cook and Candis Nergaard © Viola Films Magwitch is a short film, inspired by Charles Dicken’s Great Expectations and premiers at Rochester Cathedral on Saturday 11th February – don’t miss it! Magwitch was made by Viola Films to celebrate Charles Dickens bicentenary – his 200th birthday is on 7th February 2012. [...]

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Do you want to be in the upcoming feature film Les Miserables? Universal Extras are seeking supporting artists for the musical feature film Les Miserables with major stars Russell Crowe (Gladiator), Amanda Seyfried (Red Riding Hood), Hugh Jackman (X-Men), and Anne Hathaway (The Devil Wears Prada). They are looking for two different roles: Role 1 – men [...]

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