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Red Sails (2011)

Red Sails © Peter Smith Stock Images

  Directed By:  Michael Maloney Faversham Film Maker Michael Maloney set to screen his documentary Red Sails at the Royal Cinema in Faversham. Filmed at the working Ship Yard in Faversham, the creeks in the Estuary and Redsands Fort, the documentary explores the influence of the Thames Sailing Barge in the development of trade, and [...]

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Cold Warrior

Emily Greenwood

After receiving a small lottery grant from Screen South (South England Film Agency) to direct a short film Sevenoaks based, award winning film writer and director Emily Greenwood has her sights on creating a splash with the release of her feature film Cold Warrior. Produced by the BAFTA nominated company Wellington Films (London to Brighton, [...]

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Kent Films scoop Awards in Halloween Film Competition

best short film - film '58' from Gravesend, Kent

This Halloween saw the 9th annual Two Days Later Short Horror Film Competition finalist’s screening at the Theatre Royal Margate. All entries for the competition are made over two days. They can be filmed on any medium, as long as it’s scary, so even budding film makers with a mobile phone can get involved! 55 [...]

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Swale Film Festival looking for budding directors.

Swale Film Festival Poster

Founded in 2008 as a way to develop interest in film, the festival will take place from Thursday 23rd of February to Sunday 26th of February 2012. Sponsored by Sheppey Matters, a charity that aims to improve health on the Isle of Sheppey, 2012’s event is providing local young residents an opportunity to participate in [...]

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Bursaries Available for Training with Skillset

Clapper Board © kfo

The Skillset TV Fund has announced that it is offering training at a reduced rate for Film and TV Professionals working in the industry. Training is now being offered in two distinct fields. Both these areas are identified as a priority training area: Health and Safety The Production Safety Passport is an industry-led scheme to [...]

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Kent Film Maker to screen new film this month

Leon Chambers

Local production company Third Light Films is set to screen their latest short film this week, Office Romance 2.0, which made its debut at the Cameo in Edinburgh earlier this month. The film is to be shown at the Kino Digital Cinema in Hawkhurst on the 14thof October. Leon Chambers, Director of Third Light Films, [...]

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Star Studded Animation Festival returns for Successful Fifth Year

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Canterbury played host to some of the biggest names in animation at the fifth Canterbury Anifest this weekend. Film makers and animation students were just some of the crowds who flocked to Augustine House this weekend for the festival. Over 1000 people attended this year to enjoy the wide variety of talks, screenings and workshops [...]

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Take Me Out returns to The Maidstone Studios

Take Me Out Logo

The Maidstone Studios will once again be hosting the successful ITV1 series of Take Me Out when it returns later this year for the show’s third series. Each show see’s match maker Paddy McGuinness try and fix-up 30 single ladies with just a few lucky lads who are looking for their dream date. Geoff Miles [...]

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Kent Horror Film to Premier at World Famous Empire Cinema in Leicester Square

The Tapes movie poster © darksidepictures

The latest Camcorder-style horror to hit the silver screen, The Tapes, is set to premier at the Empire Cinema in Leicester Square on the 22nd of September 2011. Following in the footsteps of The Blair Witch Project, the film features the terrifying events that occurred in 2008 when a group of three teenagers decided to [...]

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One to Watch: Local Animation Company going from strength to strength

The Animate and Create Team © Animate and Create

Animation Company Animate and Create has gone from strength to strength over the past year. Formed in 2007, the Whitstable based company scooped the “One to Watch” award at the Canterbury Culture Awards in June this year and Creative Director of Animate and Create Dan Richards had this to say about the company’s first accolade [...]

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