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We recently chatted with Anais Colpin, Coordinator and Sales Manager at Manifest Pictures about her start in the world of distribution, her current role and short film strategy. Hi Anais. Can you tell us more about your role in distribution? What’s an average day like? Short film distribution takes up where the filmmaker and the producer’s work ends. At Manifest, there are 4 of us: 2 interns that support our work, Andrea, Festivals Manager, and myself, Coordinator and Sales Manager. (…)

Phondupe is the musical outfit of Sydney artist Rich Lucano. His ambient tunes and evocative soundscapes found quite a following amongst restless, locked-in listeners during Covid. His masterful sampling of everyday sounds picked up during his many travels lends itself particularly well to visual art. In fact, as a bit of a film buff, he is looking into pivoting towards film soundtracks. You’ve travelled extensively and have drawn on the places you’ve been to to create and shape your (…)

Alexandra nous rejoint sur le versant FR de la plate-forme. Voici un article d’intro, avec à la clé 2 films tirés au hasard parmis ceux qui l’ont marquée ces dernières années. Lorsque, pré-adolescente, j’ai commencé à demander plus de liberté à ma mère, celle-ci m’a autorisée à sortir sans être accompagnée dans la ville pour aller à un seul endroit : le petit cinéma familial du centre-ville. Je m’y suis donc rendue tous les weekends avec ma meilleure amie, et c’est là que ma passion pour (…)

We caught up with actor Matt Houlihan to discuss his lockdown venture: the very successful YouTube "reaction" series A Brit Reacts To Bollywood. Matt, who was still working right up until last year’s first lockdown - playing Uncle Vanya on stage - talks about his discovery and growing love of Bollywood and Indian cinema, his foray into reaction videos and the impact on the pandemic on his work. Matt’s top film pick for the week is White Tiger, on Netflix, about modern India and (…)

Yiga was recently seen in short film Damage Control, part of Channel 4’s Random Acts: Black History Month. We caught up with her over the phone to chat about her career, networking opportunities and finding work through Instagram during lockdown. Find her on Instagram!

Emerging Filmmakers Night’s Ben Plumb on the craft of acting. EFN’s next live streamed film event will be on Monday 18 May 2020 on Facebook - [Caught in the Act!->https://www.facebook.com/events/278502899851398 ’How do I act so well?’ asks Sir Ian. Andy says nothing. ’What I do is I pretend to be the person I am portraying in the film or play’ he insists, answering himself, a picture of sincerity. ’You’re confused…’ You might recognise this exchange from that scene in Extras, the (…)

Japanese Avant-garde and Experimental Film Festival [JAEFF] producer George Crosthwait picks his three favourite films currently available on streaming platforms in the UK. This time tailored to suit precise days. It’s May and the world is looking lush and vibrant (and empty). So this time I’m recommending three films with particularly striking colour schemes. Viva - BFI Player Watch on: Wednesday (because like a bored 70s housewife, you’ll only get through the rest of the week with (…)

I’ll concede that my selection this week is eclectic but I’ll argue that the three picks are sort of tenuously linked together by their haunting qualities. Read in that what you will. So here’s a series, a doc and a fiction film. DEVS - Available on BBC iPlayer I think "haunting" probably best describes Alex Garland’s miniseries Devs. Absolutely gorgeously shot, Devs is set in some sort of vaguely parallel / mildly futuristic San Francisco, in a world in which quantum computing is in a (…)

Japanese Avant-garde and Experimental Film Festival [JAEFF producer George Crosthwait picks his three favourite Japanese films currently available on streaming platforms in the UK. Visitor Q – Mubi First up is something thoroughly deranged. Takashi Miike’s no-budget tale of incest, domestic violence and lactation, shot on unappealing digital video. It’s a comedy. This won’t come as a surprise to followers of Miike’s career. A famously hard working filmmaker (over 100 films in less than (…)

More top picks from our team. Here are Tommy’s Netflix recommendations. Fartsa Fartsa TV series Trailes-HD with sub from Sreda Production Company on Vimeo. A smart, vibrant Russian drama series about a young group of friends in the Soviet Union, 1961 - exploring the phenomenon of Fartovska, the act of illegally buying and selling foreign goods and currency. This particularly Soviet phenomenon occurred as part of the country’s ‘second economy’ which boosted the prestige of owning rare (…)