Festivals – Lucy Nordberg

Oxford Shorts screening completes successful festival run

Lucy Nordberg — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 16:49:52 +0000

The end of the successful worldwide festival run of Time and Tide was marked with a final screening at The Oxford Shorts Film Festival. The event was held in the historic grounds of St John’s College at The University of Oxford, in the newly refurbished auditorium.

The session featuring Time and Tide was called Lost at Sea, encompassing a variety of films inspired by the sea that the festival organisers described as as ‘reflective, calming or a force of nature’. I took part in the Q&A following the session. You can check out the full festival programme here – and the trailer, which includes some shots from Time and Tide, is here

Time and Tide to screen at North East International Film Festival

Lucy Nordberg — Sat, 01 Oct 2022 16:10:00 +0000

Short film trilogy Time and Tide has been selected for the North East International Film Festival (NEIFF), which takes place at venues across Newcastle-upon-Tyne from 18th-20th November 2022. NEIFF is a British Independent Film Award (BIFA) qualifying festival, which means that shorts screened at the festival are eligible to be entered into the BIFA Best British Short Film category.

NEIFF – which is partnered with the European Independent Film Festival – includes one off special screenings of award-winning films with cast and crew Q&A sessions, VIP networking events, educational film-related workshops delivered by industry professionals, together with the three full day screenings of finalist films, all culminating in a Closing Awards Gala.

The full festival schedule will be announced over the coming days at the NEIFF website here

Time and Tide wins Best Cinematography Award at Brighton Rocks

Lucy Nordberg — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 16:56:00 +0000

The Time and Tide trilogy has won the award for Best Cinematography at Brighton Rocks International Film Festival (BRIFF). Many congratulations to the cinematographers Michael O’Connor, Alexx Paul Sherman and Justin Spray! With many of those involved based in Brighton, this was something of a ‘home screening’ and we were able to invite family and friends along, which meant the award felt like a celebration of all the hard work and support we’ve been lucky enough to benefit from while making the films.

There was a short Q&A session after the screening, with me and co-producer Marc Green, John Locke, star of The Last Lighthouse Keeper, Alexx Paul Sherman, cinematographer and editor of The Last Lighthouse Keeper, and Justin Spray, director of The Arena.

The awards were presented by William Nicholson, screenwriter for Gladiator among many other films, who gave a thought-provoking talk before the presentation – with useful advice covering screenwriting, directing and the art of collaboration and compromise, while remaining true to a central vision. Coincidentally, The Arena, the first part of the Time and Tide trilogy, has aspects that were influenced by Gladiator, so this was a particularly resonant session for us!

Q&A session at Romford Film Festival

Lucy Nordberg — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 15:14:00 +0000

I greatly enjoyed attending several entertaining sessions at the Romford Film Festival, where Time and Tide was nominated for Best Short Film. The event – which shows over 180 films annually – is held at the Premiere Cinema multiplex.

I was involved in a Q&A session after the screening of Time and Tide, which explored the creative and technical processes involved in the production. You can watch the Q&A here

A fun highlight was the closing day, where many of the film makers gathered for networking and a group photo on the red carpet – with the added bonus of a bar serving cocktails inspired by some of the films!

Time and Tide wins Best UK Short at London Independent Film Festival

Lucy Nordberg — Thu, 05 May 2022 15:37:00 +0000

Time and Tide has won Best UK Short at the London Independent Film Festival (LIFF). A week after the film’s screening at the Genesis Cinema in Whitechapel, the awards ceremony was presented by the actor Cathy Tyson.

After all the work on the films, it was satisfying to watch the performances of John Locke, Greta Scacchi and Sam West at this inspiring venue. There was an excellent selection of films during the evening, which played to a packed house.

Many thanks to LIFF for this recognition and congratulations to all who worked on all three films, under the direction of Marc Green, Jonathan Stow and Justin Spray.

Time and Tide wins at Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema

Lucy Nordberg — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 15:41:00 +0000

Further to the exciting announcement that Time and Tide was nominated for no less than 9 awards at the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema (IIFC), comes the news that the trilogy has won the IDY Award for Best International Short Film and the Vanguard Award for Cinematic Achievement in Original Music Score for a short film.

The IIFC was held online this year due to ongoing Covid restrictions, including the awards ceremony which was broadcast on 13th March. Roger Taylor chose and presented the winners for best score, while Lesley Paterson presented the international short film awards.

Cast, producers and crew are very grateful to IIFC for the awards and nominations!

Time and Tide receives 9 award nominations at IIFC

Lucy Nordberg — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 19:13:00 +0000

Time and Tide has been nominated for awards in nine categories at the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema (IIFC), which takes place from 8th-13th March in Idyllwild, California.

The festival – which Hollywood Insider calls ‘The Greatest Little Film Festival on Earth’ – is dedicated to showcasing emerging talent in both studio and independent film. The Idy Awards (Idyllwild Film Awards) have become one of California’s most prestigious film festival prizes.

Time and Tide has been nominated for Best Short Film, Best International Short Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Ensemble Cast, Best Screenplay, Roger Taylor Award for Best Original Short Film Score (which is judged by Roger Taylor himself), Best Performance by a Child and the Mary Austin Award for Excellence in Screenwriting.

Due to the constantly changing restrictions and mandates due to Covid in California, IIFC is going virtual again this year, but the MPT team is looking forward to participating as much as possible and watching the films online.

The Mirror selected for Latest Visions TV festival

Lucy Nordberg — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 19:22:00 +0000

Short film The Mirror, performed by Isabella McCarthy Sommerville at Preston Manor in Brighton, is to have its first screening since editing completed. The film has been selected for Latest Visions presents: International Women’s Day, taking place on 4th-13th March.

Latest Visions is run by Northern Visions, Latest TV and Sheffield Live!, which are all community, not-for-profit local TV channels in Belfast, Brighton and Sheffield. The group organises film festivals, both as live events in their venues when possible, but mostly on their TV channels. The festival will also be shown across Kent on KMTV.

The Mirror is scheduled to be shown on the following programmes:

Latest TV and NTV
Sunday 13th March, 9pm
Saturday 12th March,00.30am

Sheffield Live!
Friday 11th March, 9pm
Sunday 13th March, 9pm

KMTV
Friday 11th March, 00.30am
Sunday 13th March, 11.00pm

Latest TV is available in Brighton & surrounding areas on Freeview 7 and Virgin 159. The festival will be livestreamed and accessible all over the world on all the channels’ websites – Latest TV’s is thelatest.co.uk/latest-tv

Further festival success for Time and Tide

Lucy Nordberg — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 11:19:00 +0000

Soon after winning an award at London Rocks, Time and Tide has won second place at the Monologues & Poetry International Film Festival, which highlights individual talent and creativity through monologues, soliloquies, and spoken-word.

The trilogy is being shown in competition for the East/South European International Film Festival, which will take place online this year from 13th-18th December and is viewable with a password, which is available here

The film has been selected by the Global Network for the London Lift-Off Festival. Lift-Off Global Network is an organisation encompassing worldwide live screening events, distribution initiatives, a seasonal awards ceremony, and an active network of indie film creators.