Looking for creative people in Manchester looking to get together with others

Happy New Year!

This post on the Manchester Creative Industry group on LinkedIn caught my eye if anyone is interested.

If you have any of the following contacts/skills/ideas/premises/investors/SEO/Website designer Producer/Director/Cameraman/Graphics/Arts/Theatre and would like to get together with others to form an enterprise that will provide a service/s for Media City, let's start talking!

Either contact me and I'll pass on your interest or apply to join the group on LinkedIn directly and join the discussion.

Photographers and Filmmakers Call - Manchester

PapergirlMCR Papergirl Manchester

We need photographers and filmmakers to document the Papergirl Manchester ride. Get in touch papergirlmanchester@gmail.com

Kim Emson - Freelancers and Tax

I thought some of you new freelance creatives might appreciates Kim Emson's Blog on the daunting subject of bookkeeping.

Oh What A Night!

Abandon Normal Devices Festival hit Manchester at the weekend and I attended the extraordinary gallery opening at Cornerhouse, the astronaut’s chair at Cube gallery, but my unreserved delight was being part of the Peaches Christ Midnight Mass screening of All About Evil.

It was a night so controversial it angered the local librarian community – although they might have been in on it!

Not for the faint of heart or stomach (there was a lovely gift of returning food at the end of the night: whoever left it – please leave me off your Christmas list) it featured more fun and frolics than you can shake a sequined gown at and that was just the preshow! The film itself was hilarious, wonderfully acted and a true sensation. I haven’t been part of an audience that enjoyed itself that much...EVER!

So Team Peaches are off to Sitges so if you are lucky enough to catch the whole experience there or even better at the Victoria Theater in San Fransisco itself – check out the website for dates.

AND runs until Friday and the exhibitions until November (Phil Collins) and January (UnSpooling) so do yourself a favour and add some abnormality to your life!

Photos by the deliciously talented Neil Shearer, and the AND Digital team

New feature - Film recommendations

Top 5s or top 10s of films I think you should see!

Current Lists - my highlights from the Edinburgh Film Festival this year.

Next one...Films by women directors

Any suggestions - post here.

Tweet of interest to bloggers/writers

McrLitFest
I'm still searching for volunteer bloggers for #mcrlitfest – it's a fantastic opportunity & you don't have to be a pro to to get invovled

My Documentary : David Vaughan: Black on the Canvas

Hi guys

I am co-producing a documentary about the life of Manchester artist David Vaughan. Obviously I want you to watch it so I won't say too much about him or it, but I am very exicited about it, especially after filming our first interview at the weekend. I'm working with the talented guys of Donkey Stone Films.

If you want to follow us on facebook and twitter it would be a big help to me and you'll also find out about a fascinating artist.

Coming to a social media network near you...

Twitter Facebook

More footage to shoot this weekend and looking to get a trailer out in the world pretty soon.

Your support is appreciated.

Es

For the filmmakers amongst us

The 17th WOW Film Festival (just announced) will celebrate women's achievements in the Screen Industry by opening the Festival on International Women's Day - 8th March 2011.

The WOW Short Film Competition invites entries which are up to 55 minutes long and from any genre …. “ SEEING the world through the eyes of women …”

So if you have a film with a woman director, or, if it is directed by a man, must have women in TWO of the following roles : producer or writer or editor or cinematographer. Then follow this link to submit your film.

best microfilm festival ever! call for entries

Never heard of Depict! shame on you!

There is simply no excuse not to enter this festival if you want to test your narrative skills and legitimately have the word filmmaker on your cv!

See the high calibre of previous entries here and aim high!

Calling animators, storyboarders, graphic artists and scriptwriters: I saw this and thought of you!

indieshorts:

Indieshorts is looking for talented animators, storyboarders, graphic artists and scriptwriters to join our team of talented production and post-production crew.

We are interested in utilising local talent from the North West of England, particularly the Manchester area.

As this project is just starting up we are working on a next to nothing budget, but if we can get the first short made we will be looking to make further films with the possibility of applying for funding. So this means more work for you, with the added bonus of possibly getting paid in the future.

This is going to be great experience so if you feel you could bring something to the project drop us a line with your CV and examples of your work.

Click this link for further details.

Music Video - latest project by Sarah Keeling

You can see more of Sarah's work here:

All The Damn Kids - The Books Stop Here from Sarah Keeling on Vimeo.

Design Jobs

Arts Jobs is always worth a look! A case in point is the Liverpool Design Festival Call for entries.

exposures festival call for entries

Details of the exposures festival and how to enter can be found here.

There are also a sample of previous winners here

The deadline for entry is July 2010

Animation project worth a look

You can follow Kim Emson's (see Animators - right) latest project here

So Who Needs What?

Comment here if you want your project to be added.

Girl Interrupted - A Film By Esther Lisk-Carew

Here's a link to my first film on youtube.

IMDB: Girl Interrupted on IMDB

Screenings:
Manchester Literature Festival - October 2006 : overexposed Adaptation in collaboration with CommaFilm
Brockleywood Nights : February 2008
Submitted to: No Limits Film Festival

Nowhere Street - A Donkey Stone Films Production