Reel Islington Screenings has opened submissions for its 2009 summer film festival, hosted by London’s Holloway Odeon. Short films, documentary shorts and music videos from all over the world are invited. A selection will be made with an emphasis on the following
criteria:
- Excellence
- Films and filmmakers with a connection to Islington or North London
- Films produced by young filmmakers and community groups
- Films likely to draw a young audience

Please send your film on a DVD along with your contact details to Guy King, Reel Islington Screenings, 1st Floor, Grafton House, 379 Euston Road, London NW1 3AU. Entry is free and the deadline is 28 February 2009. Films of up to 30 minutes in length will be considered but due to time constraints shorter films are preferred. All entries will receive a response from the organisers before 20 March. The film festival takes place on Sunday 28 June and Saturday 4 July 2009.

For more information email guyking5@gmail.com. Reel Islington Screenings is brought to you in association with the Holloway Arts Festival (www.hollowayartsfestival.co.uk).

***Two-Minute Film Competition***
As well as welcoming general submissions, Reel Islington Screenings is inviting entries to the Reel Islington Two-Minute Film Competition.

The theme for this year’s competition is ‘2′ and filmmakers are encouraged to interpret the theme as broadly as they like: The Power of 2, Back2Skool, 2’s A Crowd, 2Morrow, 2Young2Die, My Pink 2Tu, etc.

The length of the film, whether it is documentary or fictional film, should be two minutes or less, shot on mobile phone or video camera, and emailed to guyking5@gmail.com or submitted on DVD to Guy King, Two-Minute Film Competition, 1st Floor, Grafton House, 379 Euston Road, London NW1 3AU. Please include your contact details and note that DVDs cannot be returned. Early deadline is 28 February 2009.

Winning entries will be shown at London’s Holloway Odeon on Sunday 28 June.

Performance and our sponsors Rocket Post are offering some amazing prizes including:
-Screening of the best five films at an exclusive VIP party at BAFTA on March 25th
-£5,000 cash prize to the best film on the night
-£4,500 worth of post-production work for the runner up
The judging panel will include industry experts and BAFTA award winners Clive Parsons and Tony McHale.

Entry is free and we request films to be made between Jan 07 – Nov 08. For more information go to film.performance-insurance.tv

Our final seminar, delivered with the support of Skillset and in associationwith the Film Business Academy, is taking place this Saturday December 6th at BFI Southbank in the Delegate’s Centre.

Topics addressed will include

• Understanding the film competitive environment and your own unique resources
• Information and tips on business planning

There will also be opportunities to steer the conversation towards attendees’ unique areas of interest.

Speakers are:

Natasha Munshi – Assistant Director, Institute for Business Integrity, Wright State University
Emily Corcoran – Consultant, Film and Digital Media Exchange

The fee per seminar is £10.00 for members of Stellar Network and £60.00 for non-members. The fee includes lunch, refreshments and a pack of supplementary materials including speaker presentations, exercises and recommended resources.

Register here –