FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER
Lighthouse News
1. Digiville: Chameleon - Artist talk & panel discussion 4th
2. Cineville: A Legal Toolkit for Filmmakers
3. Love & Mobsters - Film Quiz
4. Call for Applications - Screening Bursaries
Regional News
1. SEE Festival 2009 - Tickets on sale and special launch screening
2. Pitching for Docs - SEE 2009
3. Z1 Shooting and Directing for Filmmakers - 70% Skillset Subsidy
4. Dance for Camera Nights
5. Performance Art School with Victoria Melody
6. Love in a Paper Bag - Animation Event, Hove
Lighthouse News
1. Digiville : Chameleon - Artist talk & panel discussion
Wednesday 4th February
6.00pm: Doors and Bar
7.00pm: Artist Talk
Venue: Lighthouse, 28 Kensington Street, Brighton BN1 4AJ
Entry: FREE
Tina Gonsalves will be talking about her work and practice, including her mind-reading technology work, Chameleon.
Contributing to the talk will be leading neuroscientist Dr Hugo Critchley and Director of SCAN, Helen Sloan.
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2. Cineville: A Legal Toolkit for Filmmakers
Monday 9th February
6.00pm: Doors and Bar
6.30pm: Event Start
Venue: Lighthouse, 28 Kensington Street, Brighton BN1 4AJ
Entry: FREE
To pre-book a place please call 01273 647197 Monday–Friday 10am–6pm For enquiries please email: info@lighthouse.org.uk
For many filmmakers, knowing and protecting your rights as well as understanding the legal issues involved in properly putting a film together can be daunting, making it tempting instead to focus on the artistic side of filmmaking. But you do so at your peril.
This is an opportunity for screenwriters, directors and producers to get to grips with the main legal issues and contracts that form part of the process of filmmaking, and make sure they cover all of their legal bases.
A Legal Toolkit for Filmmakers will be presented by Leighton Lloyd who qualified as a solicitor in 1999. Leighton is a specialist in film finance and production, particularly international co-productions (by treaty), TV finance and production, and music (publishing and concerts). He is an expert in film tax structures and is active in raising capital to produce films based on equity, tax structures. Leighton has been the lead lawyer for major banks on films such as Hotel Rwanda and The Merchant of Venice (staring Al Pacino), and the lead production lawyer on films such as The Secret of Moonacre (released in cinemas on Feb 6th). Before becoming a lawyer he was a successful independent concert promoter.
3. Love & Mobsters - Film Quiz
Thursday 12th February
6.30pm: Cocktail Happy Hour (2-for-1)
7.00pm: Quiz Start
Venue: Lighthouse, 28 Kensington Street, Brighton BN1 4AJ
Entry: £2.00
Spaces are limited, please book in advance contact Emma 01273 647197 Monday–Friday 10am–6pm or emma@lighthouse.org.uk
Lighthouse presents the Love and Mobsters Film Quiz.
On the 80th Anniversary of the St.Valentine Day Massacre, we invite you to join us for our very own Rom/Com & Gangster Film Quiz.
Cocktails! Great prizes! Fun! Let's play film quiz!
4. Call for Applications - Screening Bursaries
Lighthouse is offering four Screening Bursaries to filmmakers from the South East region wishing to show their work to an invited audience.
The bursaries offer the opportunity to use our Digital Lounge, located at Lighthouse in central Brighton, free of charge. The Digital Lounge is a multi-purpose flexible space that can accommodate up to 50 people, equipped with a high-spec projector .
The successful applicants will be selected through an open application and selection process.
If you are interested in applying for a screening bursary, please send the below information by Monday 2nd March 2009 to info@lighthouse.org.uk with the subject heading ‘Screen Bursaries’:
- a brief synopsis of the film
- the purpose of the screening and intended audience
- your preferred date (please provide up to 4 options) and timings
- the format you wish to screen your film from
- your contact details
If you require further information regarding our screening/projection facilities please send them to the above email address.
Regional News
1. SEE Festival 2009 - Tickets on sale and special launch screening
Documentary fever will once again be hitting the streets of Brighton and Hove From Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd February with the return of SEE, The Brighton Documentary Festival. Screen South and BAFTA will be hosting a special preview screening of Robert Cannan and Corrina McFarlane's acclaimed Three Miles North of Molkom to mark the launch of the event on the evening of 20th Feb. To buy tickets and view the packed programme visit www.seefestival.org.
2. SEE 2009 - Pitching for Docs
See Festival 2009 is offering emerging filmmakers a fabulous opportunity to bounce their ideas off an established sounding board of industry experts. This small scale, intimate session will be perfect for up-and-coming filmmakers who are looking to experience the world of pitching for the first time, or for those that would like the practice with the execs in a friendly environment, and for free! Hosted by Hannah Patterson, winner of Britdoc 08 Short Pitch for Shelter in Place the panel will feature Jo Lapping from BBC Storyville, Aysha Rafaele from Channel 4's First Cut, Lina Prestwood from Current TV and Rebecca Frankel from Fourdocs.
To Enter: Please send through a one page treatment to see@seefestival.org by Friday 6th February.
3. Z1 Shooting and Directing for Filmmakers - 70% Skillset Subsidy
28/29 March 2009 - Skillset Film Fund Sibsidised
Beginners + Intermediate
£195 + VAT (Rate Card Price: £650)
Book online at www.dvtalent.co.uk Or call Nina on 0207 267 3826
4. Dance for Camera Nights
Dance for Camera Nights is a quarterly artists’ forum which invites artists and industry professionals to discuss issues pertinent to the art form and the development of artistic practice.
Thursday 5 February Lighthouse, 28 Kensington Street, Brighton, 6-9pm
Guest speaker: David Hinton, screen dance artist and South East Dance Fellow 2009. Chaired by Professor Liz Aggiss (University of Brighton). Also featuring a work-in-progress sharing with artist Lucy Lungley. Please register your place by emailing catherine.long@southeastdance.org.uk or calling 01273 645263.
5. Performance Art School with Victoria Melody
Gain the knowledge and confidence to make performance art.
Sessions feature The Live Art Developments-Performance Pack, documentation, site-specific, performance for camera, fitting a performance into a given theme, and performance in a public space. Basic materials are provided. Victoria Melody makes site-specific and audience participatory performances and video works. She has been commissioned and shown internationally. 6 Wednesdays 7pm – 9pm, 18 Feb 2009 – 25 Mar 2009 Price: £70/£60 contact: anna@phoenixbrighton.org www.phoenixarts.org
6. Love in a Paper Bag - Animation Event, Hove
What better way to kick-start 2009 and a new season of Paper Bag nights, than with a good-old loved-up night celebrating Valentine's Day? A selection of films inspired by love and romance, by a variety of animators from across the world will be complimented, as always, by live music from Sharon Lewis (www.sharonlewis.net). As if this wasn't enough, party boys The Recess will be providing a unique mix of disco-dancing, smooth-moving music in time-honoured tradition. Love In A Paper Bag, 8th February @ The Brunswick, Hove. Doors 6:30pm Tickets £5 www.paperbaguk.com - www.brunswickpub.co.uk
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