YORKSHIRE FILMMAKERS LINE UP FOR NEW TALENT SCHEME (19/12/2007)
Screen Yorkshire, the regional screen agency for Yorkshire and Humber, has announced the successful applicants for their Digital Shorts scheme for 2008. Twenty one individuals from across the region will come together to shoot nine films throughout the spring hoping to follow on from the success of previous years' participants, who have seen their films screened at festivals worldwide from Edinburgh to Cannes.
See below for a list of the projects and filmmakers.
PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT
Writer/Director: Dominic Leclerc
Producer: Diane Whitley
BLUE
Writer: Alison Pennells
Director: Marco Van Belle
Producer: Natasha Arciniega
THIS WAY UP
Writer: Oliver Emanuel
Director: Sarah Punshon
Producer: Sarah Senior
HAMMERHEAD
Writer: Andrew Yerlett
Director: Samuel Donovan
Producer: Prakash Patel
INTO THE WOODS
Writer/Director: Matt Taabu
Producer: Alex Usborne
DAY IN, DAY OUT
Writer/Director: Jez Scott
Producer: David Johnson
PERV
Writer/Director: Joe Morris
Producer: Aine Parkinson
OVERSLEPT
Writer/Director: Jeremy Gee
Producer: Aimee Bowen
THE NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE VIGILANTE
Writer/Director: Darren Bolton
Producer: Emily Bignell
BE A PART OF IT!
If you are interested in building up your crewing experience and would like to have the opportunity to shoot on one of these films, then make sure you come along to our speed crewing event on 16 January in Leeds. Find out more and register here>
The Digital Shorts scheme is run by Screen Yorkshire in partnership with the UK Film Council. If you have any queries regarding the scheme, please contact Francesca Riley, Production Coordinator on 0113 294 4410 or email francesca@screenyorkshire.co.uk. To watch the short films commissioned in previous years on this scheme, visit our showcase section.
View the full press release here
