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Edinburgh Film Festival Director Bids Farewell
Hannah McGill has decided to step down from her role as artistic director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. McGill has been at the helm of the EIFF since 2006 and curated her first film festival in 2007. Prior to that she was a programme consultant for the festival for five years.
Digital Revolutions: £10,000 Social Media Short Competition
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, today announced the launch of the “Digital Revolutions” short film competition, with Sheffield Doc/Fest, the biggest documentary film festival in the UK and Crossover, an international digital media and content programme.
Artists Cinema Shorts 2010 hits Cannes ahead of UK Regional Picturehouse release
A collaboration between ICO (the Independent Cinema Office) and LUX has led to the commissioning of seven International artists to produce a series of short films which have been shown in Cannes in the past week alongside feature films like the thriller The Ghost and British satire Four Lions.
Sony Seeks 3D Film Content Competition
Sony is running a competition for budding 3D filmmakers (closing date: 9 July 2010). The winning entries will be used on its in-store demo Blu-ray disc and given to purchasers of its new line of Sony BRAVIA 3D TVs.
Under Surveillance : A question of Privacy
"Erasing David" is an interesting documentary film exercise in seeing just how much information is contained on you and I, by big companies and governments around the world.
Adobe CS5 Promises 64-bit Powered Speed Boost
Adobe's new line of editing suites - CS5 - were launched with great fanfare on Monday. Among them is the video editing package, Production Premium CS5, which looks to build on the strengths of Adobe Production Premium CS4, as well as iron out some of its wrinkles.
Edinburgh Animation The Illusionist To Open Film Festival
Edinburgh-set animated feature The Illusionist is to open Edinburgh International Film Festival 2010 on 16th June. The opening gala will also be the inaugural EIFF premiere for the Edinburgh Festival theatre.
New Venue For Edinburgh Film Festival
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) will be rolling out the red carpet at the Festival Theatre for the first time this June. The theatre has secured £245,000 in funding from the Scottish Government to install new digital cinema facilities.
Climate Change Trailer Competition For Earth Hour
WWF-UK is calling on budding filmmakers to enter a competition and win £1000 cash by making a short video about Earth Hour, a global call for action against climate change.
It's Hurt Locker's Night At the Oscars
The Hurt Locker was expected to fare well at the Oscars, but even the team behind the Afghanistan-set feature looked like they never dreamed of doing quite as well as this. In the end, they took six Oscars, including the big two - Best Picture and Best Director, for Kathryn Bigelow (as I predicted in my Oscars preview).