Chuffed to say that Ollie is one of four shorts nominated for best comedy at this years Limelight Film Awards.
Fingers crossed that we pick up a gong on the night. And that Barry from Eastenders is there again.
As part of the TIFF talent lab year I was given the chance to take part in the RBC emerging filmmakers competition. And being the short film sucker that I am, I signed up.
The film had to be on the theme of memory and under 5 minutes. We were also given a budget of $500 CD. So once again, it was only possible to make the film thanks to the talented/generous cast and crew in Scotland. And special thanks to Simon @ MTP for lending us his Arri Alexa.
The rules of the competition state that I can’t giving anything away plotwise. So this is probably the most boring post on here – it’s got tough competition, I know.
All I can say is that it’s a completely different beast from most of my other films. And I’m really happy with how it turned out. Hopefully I’ll be able to screen it in a cinema or festival near you soon.
Here’s the crew in Sunny Govan, Glasgow.
And a still from the credits (just enjoy the font, okay).
I recently directed some ad’s for Irn-Bru and I’m really chuffed with how they turned out.
They were created by the Leith Agency. And the production company was MTP.
The creative team behind ‘New Fella’ were Mark Davies and David Aylesbury.
And the creative team behind ‘Mum’ were Sam Muir and Jim Swan.
DOP: Paul Herley
Colourist: Simone @ Rushes
Sound: Micheal @ Savalas
After seeing Ollie at the LSFF, the Filmkunstfest MV programmers sent me a wee invite to screen it at their festival. Which I gladly accepted of course.
The festival takes place between the 30th of April and the 5th of May. Details will be posted here later
Looks like the wee film that I shot on my phone is off to US again. This time it’s screening at the Mobil Film Festival in San Diego. The screenings take place on the 27th & 28th of April. Details can be found here.
At last, Return To Sender is to make its debut in Germany. And it’s taking place at the short-filmtastic Regensburger Short film week. The programme looks tip top as well – they’re showing the animation wonder that is Oh Willy, so it must be good.
There will be two screenings in the ‘Power Relations’ programme. Details are in this here link.
Gutted that I’m not going to make it, as Regensburg looks like an amazing place. Maybe next year…
Every year the Rennes film Festival focuses on one or two cities and for 2013 they’ve chosen Glasgow and Edinburgh. This involves travelling the local area to screen a selection of shorts. All of which will compete for the Eléphant d’or.
It’s a strong line up with Bafta winners and the likes. So it’s great to see my little no budget film in the mix.
I’ve long been a big fan of the Glasgow SFF. It does the city proud and director Matt Lloyd really know his onions when it comes to both films and festivals.
And I like it twice as much this year as they’re showing two of my films. Return To Sender is screening as part of the Cul-de-sac programme on Thursday the 7th @ 19:00 in the CCA . And Ollie is showing in the Why We Fight programme on Sunday the 10th @ 15:00 also in the CCA.
Both films will compete in the Scottish competition.
Here’s a wee ad that I made for Loveagain.com. The creative was Neil Walker. And it was produced by Lana Donohoe.
Love Again 40sec ALT from Stuart Elliott on Vimeo.
What would you know? The little ‘self portrait’ project that I had to make on a mobile phone as part of the TIFF Talent Lab has made it into a festival. It’s being screened @ The Corcoran Mobile Phone Festival in Washington DC.
The one day festival takes place on Wednesday the 9th of January @ 7pm @ the Corcoran Art Gallery (31).