Exclusive: East End festival moves to spring dates for 2018.
London’s East End festival (Eeff) is to introduce a £10k cash prize for directors in development on their second films.
The inaugural prize will be awarded during the 2018 edition of the festival, which will take place during the spring. Submissions will open during Eeff 2017 in June.
The festival’s inaugural Mind The Gap Transit Film Award will be given to a project that “resonates with Eeff’s ethos and dedication to supporting fresh and challenging voices in cinema”.
The award was created in partnership with director John Jencks, whose second feature The Hippopotamus will have its European premiere as the opening night film of Loco London Comedy Film Festival in May 2017.
Jencks will donate all future profits he earns as director of The Hippopotamus to the on-going fund.
“Making my first feature was hard. Making my second was 100 times harder, but unlike...
London’s East End festival (Eeff) is to introduce a £10k cash prize for directors in development on their second films.
The inaugural prize will be awarded during the 2018 edition of the festival, which will take place during the spring. Submissions will open during Eeff 2017 in June.
The festival’s inaugural Mind The Gap Transit Film Award will be given to a project that “resonates with Eeff’s ethos and dedication to supporting fresh and challenging voices in cinema”.
The award was created in partnership with director John Jencks, whose second feature The Hippopotamus will have its European premiere as the opening night film of Loco London Comedy Film Festival in May 2017.
Jencks will donate all future profits he earns as director of The Hippopotamus to the on-going fund.
“Making my first feature was hard. Making my second was 100 times harder, but unlike...
- 4/5/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Hellboy actor Ron Perlman and Suffragette director Sarah Gavron among jury to select winning features.
Female filmmakers have swept the awards at the 15th East End Film Festival (June 23 - July 3) for the first time.
The films, which also each focus on a female protagonist, include As I Open My Eyes, Sonita, Adult Life Skills and The Third Dad.
“It’s fantastic to see so many women represented,” said Eeff director Alison Poltock. “With women making up less than 14% of filmmakers in the UK, it shows that whilst the quantity may be low, clearly the quality is extremely high.”
Leyla Bouzid’s As I Open My Eyes won the festival’s best feature prize. The film, which centres on an 18-year-old girl who fights family pressure in Tunisia, was chosen by a jury comprising Eeff director in residence Tolga Karaçelik (Ivy), film writer and producer Kaleem Aftab, Bangladeshi filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, Us actor Ron Perlman...
Female filmmakers have swept the awards at the 15th East End Film Festival (June 23 - July 3) for the first time.
The films, which also each focus on a female protagonist, include As I Open My Eyes, Sonita, Adult Life Skills and The Third Dad.
“It’s fantastic to see so many women represented,” said Eeff director Alison Poltock. “With women making up less than 14% of filmmakers in the UK, it shows that whilst the quantity may be low, clearly the quality is extremely high.”
Leyla Bouzid’s As I Open My Eyes won the festival’s best feature prize. The film, which centres on an 18-year-old girl who fights family pressure in Tunisia, was chosen by a jury comprising Eeff director in residence Tolga Karaçelik (Ivy), film writer and producer Kaleem Aftab, Bangladeshi filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, Us actor Ron Perlman...
- 7/6/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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