Brutality of Fact video launched
I've completed producing the music video The Brutality of Fact, based on the work of Francis Bacon, for the band ART-O-MATIC.
Brutality of Fact video launched
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Blank Canvas selected as quarter-finalist in ScreenCraft Film Fund
Blank Canvas selected as quarter-finalist in ScreenCraft Film Fund
I was excited to find out that Blank Canvas, my short film script containing dialogue in verse – along with its accompanying production plan - was selected as a quarter-finalist in the ScreenCraft Film Fund Spring 2025. This year’s fund had 1100 submissions....
Script given reading for short film featuring dramatic verse
Script given reading for short film featuring dramatic verse
As my next short film Blank Canvas goes into pre-production, here’s a look back at the reading of the script at Rising Phoenix, an arts collective holding a monthly new writing night in the atmospheric Net Loft venue at Brighton Fishing Museum. I knew the founder...
Time & Tide scheduled for TV debut alongside in-depth interview
Time & Tide scheduled for TV debut alongside in-depth interview
Following its successful festival run, Time and Tide: A Trilogy will feature on Indie FilmOnTV!, a series presented by Deborah Espect that introduces films made by independent filmmakers, followed by interviews to explore...
Oxford Shorts screening completes successful festival run
Oxford Shorts screening completes successful festival run
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....
Time and Tide to screen at North East International Film Festival
Time and Tide to screen at North East International Film Festival
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,...
Time and Tide wins Best Cinematography Award at Brighton Rocks
Time and Tide wins Best Cinematography Award at Brighton Rocks
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...
Q&A session at Romford Film Festival
Q&A session at Romford Film Festival
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...
Editing complete on 360 short film The Mirror
Editing complete on 360 short film The Mirror
Editing is now complete for the 360 version of MPT film The Mirror, which stars Isabella McCarthy Sommerville performing at the historic Preston Park Manor, Brighton. The short film – viewable with a VR headset – is a literal reflection of the passing of time, in...
Time and Tide wins Best UK Short at London Independent Film Festival
Time and Tide wins Best UK Short at London Independent Film Festival
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...