My Wonderland a ‘special mention’ for a magical film.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kate Rowles’ short film ‘My Wonderland’ (Home Video 8) received a Special Mention for the Anthony Minghella Award for Best UK Short 2011 at Glimmer: Hull International Short Film Festival. Here she talks all about her craft, importance of film festivals and the story behind how ‘My Wonderland’ came to be.

Glimmer and the festival mentality

What is a festival mentality and is it present here in Hull? (Opinion piece)

Glimmer 2011 Highlights

Everyone who came to Glimmer 2011 will have noticed film cameras and stills equipment at many of the screenings and events.

Finnish film tops the table at 48 Hour Film Challenge

Interview with Joonas Makkonen and Tero Saikkonen from Tornio in Finland; winners of the first ever Glimmer 2011 48 Hour Film Challenge for the excellent film short ‘Quiet You

The theme for the  48 Hour film challenge announced at the launch of Glimmer 2011 inside the Glimmer Cinema was ‘Independent‘ and the responses from participants were screened on the Saturday 8th October at 9pm at Fruit. (‘Quiet You’ stills used by permission Joonas Makkonen)

This Be the Bridge

Dave Lee is a successful filmmaker from Hull with 20 years experience. His portfolio varies from; a series on Sky about clay- target shooting; numerous corporate projects and many other film shorts.  He was nominated for a Royal Television Society Award for ‘Here’ a Larkin25 film commission. Dave Lee’s second Larkin inspired film ‘Bridge for the Living’ recently won the Award for Best Film in the Hull Competition at Glimmer International Short Film Festival 2011. When he dropped round to the Hull Film office a few weeks after the festival (Hull’s 9^th short film festival curated by Hull Film) I began by asking him about how he began in film.

Tony Hill serves up a magical visual feast at Glimmer 2011

Tony Hill’s work is renowned for its sculptural quality and for his ability to present the world in unique ways. He is particularly known for constructing bespoke camera rigs in order to achieve incredible special effects, long before the use of digital editing and computer aided cinematography.From the 6^th – 9^th October the director and filmmaker Tony Hill returned to the city of Hull where he was once a lecturer, as retrospective artist for Glimmer 2011

Super 8 a derelict medium? (Now with added interview)

Is Super 8 a derelict medium? Not for foley artists Matt Wand and Ben Gwilliam it’s not. In almost darkness we sat in a very full Middleton Hall witnessing the nostalgic magic of Super 8 film spliced together on a whirring projector. (more on the subject of darkness later)

Launch of Glimmer 2011

Glimmer 2011 launched last night. We marvelled at Tony Hill’s contraptions in the live art space and delighted in pulling the lever to make the giant rig arc through the air as it swung from one side to the other.

And what about that mesmerizing installation? “The Pool’ at RED Gallery of Contemporary Art, Hull didn’t see it? Red will be open from 12-4pm on Osbourne St throughout the duration of Glimmer 2011.

GLIMMER 2011

GLIMMER 2011 Hull’s 9th International Short Film Festival   6th – 9th October

Tony Hill the retrospective artists arrived in Hull on Monday and now here we are with just 1 day to go and the phone hasn’t stopped ringing all morning.