We've had a great online launch for Valentine and in the last three days since we went online been featured by these briliant publications below.
Saturday Shorts by Muldoon, described as "Quality" at AINT IT COOL NEWS
Valentines Day Comedy Shorts, described as "Moving" at THE BRITISH COMEDY GUIDE
Featured on the ASFF: AESTHETICA FILM FESTIVAL BLOG
INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTORS NOTES
INTERVIEW WITH WRITE-SHOOT-CUT
Super excited to say that today Valentine has launched online in the run up to Valentines Day via the lovely team at Hunger Magazine and Collabor8te.
I did an interview for both which can be read below.
Double Rainbow along with screening at the BAFTA & Oscar-qualifying Flickerfest in Australia this month, it will also be screening at the London Short Film Festival in London in their Fucked Up Love 2: Gentle Disasters programme... continuing on the thread of programme titles that make me think I might have relationship issues.
The second Fucked Up Love programme takes a darker look at love and relationships. Tickets HERE
Super excited that VALENTINE will be having it's Australian premiere at the Oscar & BAFTA-qualifying Flickerfest in Australia.
We are screening in their LOVE BITES programme on the 17th Jan at 8:45 which says it looks at "A quirky short journey through the joys & pitfalls of modern relationships"
Tickets HERE
On Tuesday 13th January at 14:00 I spoke on the Cinema Jam and LOCO Film Festival panel at the London Short Film Festival industry day to speak about directing improv. I was not crying at the photo might suggest.
I was on the panel with brilliant improv comedian Paul Foxcroft (Drifters, E4) and award-winning comedian Cariad Lloyd (The Cariad Show, BBC3). We spoke about how improvisation can influence and inspire film directors at every stage of filmmaking.
We screened my improv comedy short Open House the end, which Paul Foxcroft is the lead in. We made the short back in 2013 as part of a 48-hour competition. I had always been an admirer of improv from afar but this was my first experience of working with improv comedians. I also met Briony on the film who I've since gone on to be shortlisted for iFeatures with and write a screenplay with and been well and truly sucked into the world of improv as a performer so even if it's a bit rough around the edges it's very special to me.
Open House has been featured by ShootingPeople, described by Raindance film festival as "Funny and entertaining" and won ShootingPeople's Film of the Month in September in 2013, picked by head of Warp Films Robin Gutch.
The very nice team at Film Shortage have launched the trailer for Rest Stop today on their site.
SEE IT ON FILMSHORTAGE SITE HERE
I got this morning from very talented graphic designer Andrew Visser who also designed my poster for me on Valentine. Kate happy.
Super psyched that Valentine made with Birthday Girls Genia Sophie and shot by Rob Savage is one of 46 shorts, selected from over a 1000, screening tomorrow at this years Couch Fest Films Voted by MovieMaker magazine as, "One of the top five coolest short film festivals"
Couch Fest is a film festival that is hosted worldwide in people's houses all on one day.
Selected films HERE
Last night before beginning our festival run we had our private screening for REST STOP at Warner Brothers De Lane Lea.
It was a chance for everyone who had worked on the film to come watch it on the big screen and for friends and industry see what we'd been locked away working on. The night was a great success and we packed out all three screenings. The film was introduced by our mentors Jonathan Wakeham and Saskia Schuster.
Rest Stop was made on a year-long mentor scheme with LOCO London Comedy Film Festival with Sky Comedy, in which three emerging comedy filmmakers were mentored on a film project and offered advice by comedy industry experts. Rest Stop was mentored by Sky Comedy Commissioning Editor Saskia Schuster, who has executive produced a number of shows including Yonderland (Sky 1) and Little Crackers (Sky 1). Rest Stop stars Ben Willbond (Horrible Histories, The Thick of It) in the lead role.
Photos from the event below, my co-writer Monica Heisey was stuck in Toronto so we have used the magic of photoshop to put her in the pictures. It's like she was really there.
With mentor Saskia Schuster
Delighted that VALENTINE, has picked up another nomination. This time for our amazing producer, Genia Krassnig, who is nominated for Best Producer at the Underwire Film Festival, Ringmasters screening on the 13th November at the Yard Theatre in London. The award is supported by Women in Film and Television (UK).
We are also screening alongside the very awesome He Took His Skin Off For Me, which is a favourite of mine from Palm Springs and I highly recommend checking out.
More details of the screening and tickets
I have also been asked to speak on the "Two Steps Ahead Panel" on Underwire's Women Write Comedy Training Day. Produced in association with Euroscript, at Underwire Festival and made possible by the support of Creative Skillset.
I am talking alongside screenwriter and playwright Kefi Chadwick (short Sex Life at Tribeca Film Festival) and screenwriter and playwright Hannah Patterson (play Playing With Grown Ups, nominated for Off West End Award for Best New Play). We will be talking about our careers and different routes into earning a living off writing.