A year’s preparation; 10 days of festival, and zoom – it’s been and gone. That was the 25thanniversary of Bath Film Festival. And what a festival – so much to be pleased about. Pukka Herbs – makers of the world’s best (and coolest) herbal teas, among other things – sponsored this year’s F-Rated strand, a […]
ROOM – when Oscar season comes around next year, one film that I think will certainly feature on the nomination lists is ROOM, directed by Lenny Abrahamson, written by Emma Donoghue from her own novel, and starring Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay. Any and all of those people deserve to be nominated for their remarkable […]
This year’s IMDb Awards are looking as though they will be the best yet: we have an outstanding line up of judges: Col Needham is the CEO of the IMDb and “the most important Brit in Hollywood – by miles, by millions.” Wendy Mitchell is a Film Programme Manager at the British Council and also […]
We are delighted to announce the shortlist for this year’s Bath Film Festival and IMDb New Filmmaker Award. Congratulations to the following filmmakers: Jan Boon for Big Bird Sebastien Pins for Une passion d’or et de feu Jake Balfour-Lynn for Chinese Treachery Kamila Dydyna for Testimony Matt Bailey & Kelly Wenham for Is It Dead Yet…? We look forward […]
As you probably know, the Bath Film Festival IMDb Script to Screen Award is a beautifully rounded award: people submit their scripts, then the five shortlisted scripts have a rehearsed read through in front of an audience and a panel of industry judges who together choose a winner who is awarded £5000 cash and £2000 […]
I know, 1990 seems like only yesterday doesn’t it? Way back then, multiculturalism was the buzz word of the time, and grunge, rave and hip hop were the defining trends. Goodfellas, Dances With Wolves, Home Alone and Ghost were that year’s blockbusters, and Margaret Thatcher’s 11 year reign as PM finally came to an end. […]
As an aspiring screenwriter I know that I should be working on scripts at every opportunity, that a day shouldn’t go by without me writing and that I need to throw myself in to my craft and get my name out there. I find this extremely difficult to do. I can’t walk away from my […]
I arrived at the beautiful Komedia with the typical mixed broth boiling inside of me – excitement, apprehension and a sprinkle of nerves. Excitement at the privilege of having my work chosen for such an event, but with the nerves and apprehension at the thought of everyone being really bored and bemused when my script, […]
What a night! The shortlisted scripts were performed by the actors from Bath Spa University, we heard about our judges’ careers and tips for screenwriting AND the audience and judges agreed on a winner. The judges were Olivia Hetreed is best known for her screen adaptations of Wuthering Heights and The Girl With The Pearl Earring. Lucy […]
Inspired by the brilliance of the Bath Film Festival screening of The Passion of Joan of Arc in Bath Abbey with 24 musicians etc, we came up with the idea of organising a competition for young people to compose music for short films. The culmination of that brilliant plan came to pass in Komedia on […]
I am amazed and still slightly agog to say my debut short film “Cancer Hair” won the IMDb New Filmmaker Award at Bath Film Festival. It was such as journey to get the film into being, and then into festivals, that when it won this award it was all rather lovely and wholly career affirming. Cancer […]
