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PORTOBELLO
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July - 18 August 2003 |
The Portobello Film Festival is unlike any other. This is filmmaking of the raw and sometimes rude school, passionate, obsessive and above all, experimental.
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Brother Where Art Thou, 2001 |
With a breathtaking programme of over 500 shorts and features, audiences will experience some of the most innovative and culturally diverse filmmaking around. While the focus is on short independent films by new English filmmakers, documentaries, music, animation, drama and travel are just some of the other genres featured.
Showing everything from “A Tribute To Joe Strummer”, featuring rare and unseen Clash footage, to the best in new Iranian short filmmaking; from an Extreme Sports selection to an Italian evening; from club films by Pinkypoos and Kinky Gerlinky to an exciting contemporary South African programme. This year the big emphasis is on pioneering music videos and work from film schools and art colleges.
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| Bella Freud, John Malcovich and Jonathan Barnett, festival director |
Now confirmed are some shorts from the Film Council and the Italian Cultural Institute, multimedia with BowieArt and Red Dog, Bikini Bandits from California with music by Dee Dee Ramone, an Apple seminar on Final Cut Pro, extreme sports shorts from Third Planet, Manga from Japan, a Big Music programme including Wall of Sound, Palm Pictures, Mute, Rough Trade, a feature premiere of ‘The Last Minute’ and lots more.
The festival kicks off with a Gala Premiere and climaxes with three days of Megascreen madness in one of Portobello’s superb local parks. This is cinema alfresco at its best, a superbly programmed festival-within-a-festival, featuring everything from family films, to classics, to independent shorts. Sunshine guaranteed!
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| Duncan Bridgeman & Jamie Catto at world premiere of 1 Giant Leap 2001 |
Free-for-all
Entry to the Festival is free. Free to enter, free to leave, free to think
and free to be…
Submission
policy
We don’t have one - every film submitted is screened. The festival
accepts either shorts or feature length on DVD and video. We’re
especially looking for pieces, which challenge cinematic boundaries but,
above all, inspire and motivate others to create film.
Weekly screenings throughout the year. Find us at portobellofilmfestival.com - where you can download an entry form. Alternatively, we’re at the Video Café, Westbourne Studios, Acklam Road, W10, every Wed from 6 – 11pm.
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| Anita Pallenberg with Jonathan Barnett |
Contacts:
Gen: Jonathan Barnett, Portobello Film Fest, 0208 960 0996, pff@btopenworld.com
Press: Emma Boden-Lee, PR Direct, 020 8282 1662, emma@prdirect.net
Editor’s notes: Portobello Film Festival was
founded in 1996 as a showcase for independent film. One of Europe’s
largest, it provides a mutually supportive platform on which to show films,
share ideas and promote grass-roots creativity.
Useful Links: Official Portobello Film Festival Website
