"The Knowledge" by Anton Califano (Produced by Louisa de Carvalho, ManifestoNYC)

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SMALLS FILM FESTIVAL 2012 Excitement builds… Hold your hats as The Smalls Film Festival 2012 is fast approaching! Over the last seven years our film festival has grown from a 2-day showcase of short films screened on video iPods, all the way back in 2006, to a 5-day extravaganza of film screenings, panel discussions and master classes, with the involvement of some of the leading innovators in independent filmmaking today. While we may have grown bigger and expanded our reach, our dedication to unearthing the best of the world’s short film creators has remained steadfast. With this in mind, our festival would not be complete without a showcase of our latest discoveries in filmmaking talent. Hundreds of films were submitted to compete for top nods in the categories of Comedy, Drama, Documentary, and Music Video. From a selection of incredible entries our esteemed judging panel, including: Elliot Grove (Founder of Raindance Film Festival), Scott Horscroft (VP of A&R Labels, EMI), Derek Thorne (Director of One World Media) and Steve North (General Manager, Dave & Gold at UKTV), has determined which films will be included in this year’s program. Documentary THE HARDEST FIGHT by John Hicks KERI’S TAPES by Rory Alexander Stewart THE BUBBLEOLOGIST by Jan Bednarz SHELTER – A LOOK AT MANCHESTER’S HOMELESS by Michael Staniforth OIL & WATER by Gemma Atkinson NO PLACE LIKE HOME by Gemma Atkinson THE KNOWLEDGE by Anton Califano UK UNCUT by Gemma Atkinson Sept 21st, 6:30PM The Smalls Presents: Official Selection, Documentary (Screening) We are honored to present some of the world's best documentary short films, as chosen by The Smalls and our esteemed judging panel, at this unique screening during The Smalls Film Festival 2012. When our judging for the festival is complete, we will announce the films selected and the screening venue for this event.  http://www.thesmalls.com/festival/about

Watch the "Postcards from East London" films here:

Visit the Postcards from East London website here:

http://www.postcardsfilms.com/pages/intro.html

SHOOTING PEOPLE "FILM OF THE MONTH" COMPETITION

The following films funded by the Eastern Edge Film Fund, which is one of the Film London Borough Film Funds, are taking part in September's Film of the Month competition on Shooting People - a network of independent film creatives. This month's competition is being judged by Danny Boyle (Oscar winning filmmaker and artistic director of the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony).

HOW IT WORKS

The top 5 films which get the most votes in the First Round go through to the final round with 5 other films selected by Shooting People. In the Final Round the votes go back to zero and the top 3 will be judged by Danny Boyle, and a winner selected. Only Shooting People members can vote, but it won't hurt to take a look at the films if you haven't seen them yet and you are not a member!!

Each of these films was Executive Produced by Anton Califano, working with each of the filmmakers throughout the process of script development, production and editing to help develop their talent.

Here are the films:

"Walk Tall" by Kate Sullivan

https://shootingpeople.org/watch/111256/walk-tall

"Moments" by Ida Akesson

https://shootingpeople.org/watch/111255/moments

"The Promise" by Luke Losey / Maverick Litchfield Kelly

https://shootingpeople.org/watch/111252/the-promise

"Knock 'Em Dead" by Danny and Andrew Baxter

https://shootingpeople.org/watch/111253/knock-em-dead

Some good advice from Raindance about working with distributors

http://www.raindance.org/site/10-ways-to-make-film-distributors-hate-your-guts

Some good advice from Raindance about filmmakers and festivals:

http://www.raindance.org/site/16-things-film-festivals-hate-about-filmmakers

SHOOTING PEOPLE FILM OF THE MONTH COMPETITION - AUGUST 2012

Vote for "Still Life" or "Angel Alley" in FINAL ROUND

"Still Life" is a short film funded by the Eastern Edge Film Fund and Exec Produced by me, directed by Nelson & Kuvera Sivalingam.

"Angel Alley" is one of my Postcards from East London one-minute films.

Both have been voted through to the FINAL ROUND of film of the month on Shooting People.

View the films and vote here:

https://shootingpeople.org/filmofthemonth/leaderboard

My "Angel Alley" 1 minute Postcards from East London film made with choreographer Alesandra Seutin is currently a contender for Shooting People's film of the month!!

The top 5 go through to the final round, judged by Plan B!

Feel free to click and add a few more votes to it if you like it!

https://shootingpeople.org/watch/110312/angel-alley-postcards-from-east-london

Eastern Edge Film Fund film "Still Life" directed by Nelson Sivalingam & Kuvera Sivalingam is currently in 1st position on the Shooting People film of the month competition, which this month is being judged by Plan B!!

Watch and vote for the film here:

http://shootingpeople.org/watch/110315/still-life

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Postcards from East London

ANGEL ALLEY

The site of the oldest Anarchist bookshop in the world. The shop is located somewhere between KFC and Whitechapel gallery. This location is a hidden back alley of revolutionary history and protest. But where will it lead us?

Angel Alley from Jo Parkes on Vimeo.

QR codes for Postcards from East London films, try them out!

Devons Estate

Angel Alley

Whitechapel Market

EASTERN EDGE FUND FILM WINS AWARD AT FILM LONDON BoBs AWARDS 2012

"Stop" directed by Paul Murphy, and produced by Mark Downes has won a Special Mention award at the Film London 2012 Best of Borough Awards. This builds on the success in 2011, when the Eastern Edge Film fund won the Jury Award, Audience Award and two Special Mentions. "Stop" was Executive Produced by Anton Califano.

More information here:

http://filmlondon.org.uk/news/2012/july/winner_of_best_of_boroughs_film_awards_announced

Devons Estate

Postcards from East London film, directed by Anton Califano

Here is the first of my "Postcards from East London" films Devons Estate:

A typical estate in Bow. Less than a mile to the London Olympic site. It looks like many other old housing estates. Are they all just the same, or can they be unique?

DEVONS ESTATE - CLICK HERE TO WATCH FILM

Please post this postcard film to your friends and family.....

In 2012, MobileDance and East London Dance came together to deliver Postcards from East London, with teams of artists based in east London and four different community groups from the area. Each community group worked with a different schedule - some meeting once a week for two months, others working intensively over three or four days. The teams had only three hours to shoot each film. 

The result is nine contrasting short films revealing different viewpoints on this vibrant, diverse and rapidly changing part of east London.

The project was funded by High Street 2012, a programme to enhance and celebrate the ribbon of London life that connects the City at Aldgate to the Olympic Park at Stratford in the year of the London Olympics. Postcards from East London was part of Big Dance 2012 in the London 2012 festival, the culmination of the cultural Olympiad.

A recent "vignette" made for ManifestoNYC.

LDN Vignettes: The Knowledge from Manifesto NYC on Vimeo.

Walk Tall  - director Kate Sullivan (Exec Prod: Anton Califano)

Great to see the BFI supporting this short animation doc, funded by the Eastern Edge Film Fund

Winner of Special Mention at the Best of Borough Awards 2011

Click on the link below to see the film:

http://thespace.org/items/e00004tg

A film I edited called "The Middle Men", directed by the very talented Meghan Horvath is going to be on TV in Australia this Wed evening. If you have ever wondered what being middle-aged means to men these days, then give it a watch (providing you are in Australia!). If you are a middle-aged man and not yet ready to admit it, then see if you recognise yourself!!

Wednesday 30th May @ 10 pm

The Biography Channel

Australia 

Here is the link to the television listing: http://www.biographychannel.com.au/featureddetail.aspx?ID=1298

And a link to the film's website: www.themiddlemenfilm.com

Click below to watch my new "vignette" made for Manifesto NYC:

http://www.manifestonyc.com/vignettes/the-knowledge

Great to see the BFI showcasing one of the Eastern Edge funded Films:

Watch Kate Sullivan's "Walk Tall" here if you haven't seen it yet. Share it!!

http://thespace.org/items/e00004tg#

Monday 7th May 2012 @ 6pm Night @ Rich Mix, London , E2

NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

Eastern Edge Film Fund films have previously been nominated and won these awards!

The nominations for this year's awards will also be announced on the night!

http://limelightawards.com/may7th.html

Vimeo Awards 2012

Some very beautiful films:

https://vimeo.com/awards/vote/documentary