MetMail August 2007

Hello filmmakers,

Well at last the sun is shining and summer is finally here! It looks like everyone is out enjoying the nice weather so why not take the opportunity to beat those lazy sunbathers to these great filmmaking opportunities...

1. COURSES: clearing open evening - ba film and One-year practical filmmaking; SHORT & PART-TIME COURSES PERFECT FOR THE AUTUMN; MA in digital games design at university college for the creative arts
2. NEWS: met student shorts screening at edinburgh festival; exclusive offer for met students and alumni on subscription to little white lies
3. SCREENINGS AND COMPETITIONS: stray cinema - open source film premiere
4. JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS: feature film paid runners - beyond the rave; one dot zero festival
5. EVENTS: bfi beautiful south
6. Festivals: one dot zero; santa barbara; sundance; flickerfest; aspen shortfest

1. COURSES

clearing open evening - ba film and one-year practical filmmaking

On Wednesday 22^nd August, the Met Film School is holding an open evening for clearing places on our unique two-year intensive BA in filmmaking and One-Year Practical Filmmaking courses. We have a number of last minute places available on these full-time programmes so if you or someone you know are unsure of what to do this October and are looking for an intensive, practical course, why not come along to this evening and find out what the Met Film School could offer?

The open evening will run from 7pm - 8.30pm. The course presentations will be followed by screenings of a number of student films. The open evening will take place at the Met Film School at Ealing Studios. For details of how to find us please visit http://www.metfilmschool.co.uk/contact

Please RSVP to becky@metfilm.co.uk to book your place.

Date: Wednesday 11^th July
Time: 7pm - 8.30pm
Location: Met Film School, Ealing Studios, London, W5 5EP

SHORT & PART-TIME COURSES PERFECT FOR THE AUTUMN;

Alongside our intensive practical courses we offer a range of short and part-time programmes ideal for anyone wanting to hone specific skills or top of those they already have.

Our part-time courses are ideal for occupying those long winter evenings as they run from 7 until 10pm two evenings per week and last between 14 and 32 weeks. These programmes include Part-Time Producing, Part-Time Acting and One-Year Part-Time Filmmaking.

Our short courses include and 8 week narrative filmmaking course (From Story To Screen in Eight Weeks), an 8 week Documentary Filmmaking course and a 3 Week Editing Programme.

For more information visit www.metfilmschool.co.uk or call Rif Mahmood on +44 (0) 20 8280 9119.

MA in digital games design at university college for the creative arts

From Film to Games - the future of entertainment needs you! Are you interested in shaping the future of game design? If so, the University College for the Creative Arts have a few places left on the MA in Digital Games Design 2007-8. The MA will give you a chance to develop an innovative project portfolio while learning the nuts and bolts of current games design and techniques. Applicants are drawn from a wide variety of backgrounds. Your first degree can be in absolutely anything as long as you can demonstrate a passion for games. The Deadline for application is 25th August 2007. To find out if you are eligible for a number of assisted places for the upcoming September 2007 or to apply email dgd@ucreative.ac.uk

2. NEWS

met student shorts screening at edinburgh festival

Five graduation shorts from recent Met Film School One-Year Practical Filmmaking course have been selected for screening at Edinburgh's Cthefestival 2007. Cthefestival is a new film focused event at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The renowned C Venues are programming a nightly screening of short films throughout the Edinburgh Festival in August. The films that have been selected include Mike Doxford's comically touching story of a mute girl's first kiss in Dumb Love, Martin Christien's beautifully shot music video entitled Queen Of Stone, Alex Tanner's black and white romantic comedy Sweet, Dan Wilson's experimental music video Square Eyes and Henry Howe's innovative Out of Hand which sees chess pieces brought to life as they escape the grasp of their angry players. School Director Jonny Persey comments: "We are thrilled that this number of our student films has been selected. This is a great opportunity for Met graduates to be very well represented at a world-renowned festival".

MET STUDENT's graduation film accepted into cornwall film festival

David Roden, who graduated from our One-Year Practical Filmmaking programme last year, has had his graduation film The Ressurectionist accepted into competition at the 2007 Cornwall Film Festival. The film was shot in association with Screen South on location in Cornwall and stars Guy Siner from Allo Allo and Freya Copeland from Emmerdale. It tells the frightening tale of a care nurse trapped in an abandoned lighthouse with a creepy ageing patient who captures her in a web of revenge and fury. The film will screen at the festival which runs from 9 - 11 November this year.

exclusive offer for met students and alumni on subscription to little white lies

Eschewing hype, gossip and meaningless celebrity, Little White Lies is a magazine that engages with movie lovers who understand that cinema is about broadening your horizons.

Music, travel, fashion and current events are all aspects of the movie-going experience, and Little White Lies is the first and only magazine to embrace them all. It's a tangible representation of the conversation about films that you wished you had. It's a magazine about truth and movies.

Because we love the magazine so much, we have negotiated for all our students and alumni an exclusive subscription offer. If you quote METFILM when you subscribe you will get 7 issues for the price 5. To take up this offer and get your hands on the most honest and beautiful film magazine around visit www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/pages/subscribe.php

3. SCREENINGS AND COMPETITIONS

stray cinema - open source film premiere

Stray Cinema is an open source film and you are invited to the Stray Cinema screening event in London on the 21st of August 2007. This event is the world premiere screening of the top five submissions, and also the director's original cut of the footage. Please find the video invitation here (www.straycinema.com/screening). If you cannot attend the event in person, then please join in online. This is an open invitation, but you must reserve a place on our guestlist. To do so please reply to this email with your full name, and the names of any people you would like to bring with you. Additional to this, we will hold a virtual press conference online on the 20th August 2007, so if you have any further questions about Stray Cinema and/ or the screening event, then please go to our screening page between 9am - 10am or 9pm -10pm (UK time) on the 20th of August. Expect a fun and interactive web environment, where virtual incarnations of members of the Stray Cinema team will chat to you in creepy robotic voices...

4. JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS

feature film paid runners - beyond the rave

Beyond The Rave is a feature-length teen horror being shot in and around Uxbridge (NW London) in September 2007. Directed by promo-director Matthias Hoene, the project is an episodic, internet-based vampire project financed by one of the UK's most prestigious hammer horror houses. Ed is a young soldier who's just been told that he's being sent to Iraq. He's got 24 hours' leave, so he heads off to find a rave. He's successful - but the only problem is that the rave he finds has been organised by a group of very thirsty vampires...

They are currently looking for production runners, art department runners and a boom op to work on this project and would welcome applications from Met Film School graduates. The film is low budget but positions will be paid. Any applications should be made to becky@metfilm.co.uk

one dot zero festival - INTERN
One Dot Zero have a work experience vacancy for someone to help out in their Shoreditch studio starting immediately. Travel expenses will be covered. If you are interested email becky@metfilm.co.uk

5. EVENTS

BFI BEAUTIFUL SOUTH

Tickets are now on sale for the BFI Southbank's August 8th Beautiful South short film showcase. The 7:00pm session will present a selection of works by emerging film-makers chosen through an open submission, and will culminate in an industry panel discussion. This time they will be focusing on festivals, with experts lending top tips on how to get your film shown and seen by the right people, and how to get the most out of these invaluable showcasing opportunities, both in the UK and worldwide. If that wasn't enough - partner Shooting People have presented an exclusive offer for Beautiful South patrons - a massive GBP15 (50%) off an annual membership. With over 33,000 members in the UK and US, Shooting People is the world's largest community of independent film-makers. Details of this discount will be distributed on the night. If you have any questions at all, please call 020 7815 1442. Tickets are on sale at www.bfi.org.uk/nft or call the Box Office o on 020 7928 3232 (lines open 11.30am - 8.30pm)

6. FESTIVALS

ONE DOT ZERO - September 28 - 30 2007 - Submission deadline: 10 August 2007 - Categories: motion graphic, music video, documentary, narrative shorts, fashion, and environment - www.onedotzero.com

SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - February 24- March 3 2007 - Categories: Features, Docs, Animation, Shorts - www.sbfilmfestival.org

FLICKERFEST SYDNEY - January 1 2008 - Submission Deadline: 21 September 2007 - Categories: Shorts - www.flickerfest.com

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL - January 17 - January 27 2008 - Submission Deadline: 7 September 2007 - Categories: Shorts, Feature, Documentary - www.o4e.sundance.org

ASPEN SHORTFEST - April 1 - April 8 2008 - Submission Deadline: December 2007 - Categories: Live Action, Animated and Documentary Shorts - www.aspenfilm.org

Well that's all folks for this month's metmail, but if you have enjoyed it, why don't you pass it on to your friends?

We love to hear what all our students and alumni are up to so do send me an email and tell me about your film related activities, from work in the industry, to your own projects and any festival successes.

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