Announcement of Deaffest’s first Patron: Richard Griffiths
Richard Griffiths accepted the invitation to become a Patron of Deaffest in
February this year.
He would like to have been with us at Deaffest but his time is fully committed as he has just opened in The Sunshine Boys with Danny DeVito at The Savoy Theatre, to rave reviews.
However, he has sent this message:
‘I am sorry that I cannot be with you for this year’s Deaffest. I was very pleased to accept the invitation to become a patron as I believe that the idea of encouraging Deaf people to make films is excellent. To my mind, since film is essentially a visual mode of expression, a Deaf film maker faces exactly the same challenges as anyone else and I would expect a film made by a Deaf person to be at least as good as anyone else’s. I am sure this is true of the films that the organisers have accepted for Deaffest this year. Please accept my good wishes for a successful festival.’
Richard Griffiths in the National Theatre’s Habit of Art, 2010
To mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, Deaffest 2012 will be celebrating in 1950’s style!
We’ve got flags and bunting, live rock and roll, stunning burlesque, even traditionally made jam and cakes! So take a step back in time with us to that golden era and commemorate 60 years of Queen Elizabeth’s reign.
Staff and participants will be putting on the vintage glamour (on Saturday you can get an alluring 50’s hairstyle from Deaf stylist Angelina), so join us in your best 50’s frocks girls (not forgetting that all-important frilly underskirt!) and guys – well, just do your best…
Of course it’s not compulsory to dress up but we hope you will. We look forward to seeing you in all your 1950’s chic!
Diamond Jubilee facts:
The Queen came to the throne on 6 February 1952 and her coronation took place on 2 June 1953. The only other British monarch to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee was Queen Victoria in 1897.
LFS launches FAST FORWARD PRODUCING: The Whole Story
The London Film School has an opportunity for 12 aspiring producers to participate in a series of workshops about producing.
The London Film School has launched a new Skillset-funded programme for producers. Fast Forward: the Whole Story is a complete, modular course for twelve new creative feature film producers, running from June to December 2012.
In nine workshops, sequential but self-contained, twelve selected producer participants will learn from recognised industry experts the detailed reality of each stage of production, and how it connects to the stages before and after. Industry mentors will guide participants as they develop their portfolio to the point where their projects are fully researched and ready to seek development finance. The twelve participants will also have an opportunity to produce an LFS Graduation Film, one of about 35 to 40 made each year at the school. Uniquely, the course incorporates a module on Creative Identity, Self-Presentation and Career Management for Producers, developed for the LFS by creative career coach Shiona Llewellyn, author The Skillset Career Handbook .
Confirmed industry tutors so far include: Amy Hubbard (casting director The Hobbit ); Angus Finney (author The International Film Business ); Colin Vaines (producer Coriolanus ); Ian Hutchinson (Silver Reel Equity); Ian Neil (music supervisor Control , Kick Ass ); John Graydon (RSM Tenon Media);; Keith Northrop (Film Finance & Production, Goodman Derrick LLP); Louise Lawrence (LFS Head of Archive and Library); Luke Randolph (International Film Guarantors); Meg Clark (post-production supervisor 4,3,2,1 , Coriolanus ); Mia Bays (marketing consultant Tsotsi , creative executive, Microwave ); Paul Sarony (line producer Welcome to Sarajevo ); Rebecca O’Brien (producer The Wind That Shakes the Barley ); Steve Clark-Hall (co-producer Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows).
The deadline for applications is Monday 23 April. Please visit their website for more information. or email fastforward@lfs.org.uk
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