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600 INDEPENDENT FILM PREMIERES
The Festival is a unique showcase for emerging filmmakers. The 600 mostly short films come from all over the world – including the UK, Spain, Germany and African countries. This is where tomorrow's top film makers get their first taste of the limelight.
FILM FESTIVAL FIRST NIGHT, THURSDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER – WORLD PREMIERE
Greg Hall stepped into the spotlight at the Sarajevo Film Festival in 2004 when he was just 22 with his debut film The Plague, subsequently screened on BBC 2. Now he’s premiering his third feature, S.S.D.D. (Same Shit Different Day) a slice of life set in recession-hit London.
Greg is available for interview.
Other highlights of this year’s programme include:
- The London Film Makers Convention, 7th to 12th September at Westbourne Studios. Over 200 new films by London filmmakers.
- Weekend matinee screenings of family films like Nanny McPhee & The Big Bang, Alvin & the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakwell, and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
- A specially commissioned work by historian Tom Vague about the history of art and artists in Notting Hill and Portobello, available on the Portobello Film Festival website.
- The Awards Ceremony. The best of the best will be named at the Awards event on Sunday 19th September 6.30 to 10pm at the Pop Up Cinema. All welcome for the final Film Festival 2010 knees-up.
Here are some of the highlights of the 15th Portobello Film Festival. For interviews with filmmakers and artists, photographs and more information, contact:
Jonathan Barnett at pff@btopenworld.com, 07774 180 989
Ken Macdonald at ken@groveworks, 07977 924 218
The full Festival Programme is available now at http://www.portobellofilmfestival.com/
The Portobello Film Festival (one of the biggest independent film festivals in Europe) is in it's 15th year and provides free events and screenings at various venues in and around Notting Hill and Portobello Road. The actual venues are varied, ranging from bars, parks, art galleries and cinemas. Film buffs will get to see the latest and greatest works from up and coming talent alongside more well known and established film directors.
The Portobello Film Festival itself was originally launched in 1996 as a reaction to the slow down of the British film industry. It now provides a forum for new film-makers and gives exposure to movies on many different formats. Often it is spoken that the cutting edge films shown at the festival demonstrate ideas and designs that are shown in later released more mainstream presentations, proving the talent and skills of the Directors exhibiting over the event.
The Festival is normally held anually for 2 weeks around the end of August to the middle of September. Contact:
Portobello Film Festival
Unit 11 Acava
54 Blechynden Street London W10 6RJ
Tel. 020 8960 0996
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