Hi folks,
A quick SiabS update for September.
1 - Hazel Earle, leading actress of MANCATTAN, is starring in The Killing Of Sister George at Salford's Lowry, Thurs, Fri Sat this week. Info & Tickets can be found here;
http://www.thelowry.com/WhatsOn/EventDetail.aspx?EventId=3976
2 - Pre-Production of BOG-STANDARD (formerly know as "Shat") is well under way. Location is lined up, cast and crew good to go, and the kit is 90% in place. Filming is due to take place in the next fortnight with a mind of the film being finished and screened by the end of October/start of November...
3 - The new Siab Studios website continues to be overhauled, whilst it's "little sister-site" www.mancattan.co.uk is receiving a behind the scenes upgrade. When it goes live, there will be much more content and info than the current website, including info on the latest screenings and the proposed Special Edition DVD
4 - Last Friday's screening of Mancattan at the BBC Club had a fairly decent turn out, with some new faces and some old. Hardly any BBC colleagues (unfortunately) but lots of familiar faces from Manchester's film scene and some old friends. The majority of them seemed to love the film and understand it's origins and roots in guerilla, home grown DIY film-making as well as representing the North West and the talent in the region. One or two guests seemed to expecting a major Hollywood blockbuster (they neglected ALL our publicity and explanations as to what the film actually is about) and so were dissapointed with the film when they were greeted by me, Phil, rainy Manchester, long-takes and footage from a grainy PD-170. But hey, you can't please all the people all the time, despite trying!
5 - KARMA has been submitted to the KINO festival in 2010, but we'll see if it gets accepted at a screening yet.The film's length does cause it a few problems, but if enough of you want to see it, it may persuade the local organisers to jam it in somewhere...
Thanks again folks, next update in October, unless of course anything massive happens in the meantime. Keep on rocking in the free world,
Col
