The 10th Rushes Soho Shorts Festival is Calling for Submissions
The entry form for this year’s Rushes Soho Shorts Festival can now be downloaded at www.sohoshorts.com
Celebrating the best director in each of the six categories Short Film, Animation, Documentary, Music Video, Newcomer and Broadcast Design, the festival has built a phenomenal following and maintains a significant bridge between the independent and commercial film making communities.
Encouraging the continuous growth of the festival, the 10th year will see in excess of 12 guest programmes showcasing the best work from the UK and abroad, seminars and lectures are planned with networking events, receptions, a Bar-B-Q, boat parties and there are rumours of a drive-in movie!
Joe Bateman, Festival Director comments, “It’s our 10th year, we’re looking to make it count. We’ve received an overwhelming tide of support after 2007, and while riding that we realise we need to firmly establish the foundations of the festival, what it is and what it’s becoming. There are many opportunities presenting themselves so it’s an incredibly exciting time at the moment.”
The festival provides most programmes and events for free, intending to encourage, inspire and promote talented filmmakers to the wealth of production companies and organisations in and around London.
It’s free to enter and entries are accepted up until Friday 25th April 2008.
Further Information can be found at www.sohoshorts.com
Or for press and festival programme information please contact:
Joe Bateman
Festival Director
Rushes Soho Shorts Festival
66 Old Compton Street
London
W1D 4UHU
020 7437 8676
Notes:
- Call For Entries will close on Friday 25th April 2008
- The Festival is extending its run to 10 days; Wednesday 23rd July to Friday 1st August
- The Awards Ceremony will be held on Thursday 31st July 2008
- The delegate centre and main venue will be Curzon Soho, with further screenings in cinemas and bars across the West End and London
- Festival Schedule includes events with Straight 8, APA, Shorts International, BBC Film Network, First Light, Fourdocs, Adcritic.com, Encounters Film Festival, Kodak, Wellcome Trust, Dazzle Films, SONY and the Australian Short Film Festival
- Programme information will be released at the end of June
- The 2007 Festival spokespeople were: Nick Broomfield & Geraldine James
- The 2007 Awards were presented by: Charles Dance, Rita Tushingham, Miranda Richardson, Tamar Hassan, Nicky Hambleton-Jones, Dawn Porter, Jodie Albert, Angellica Bell, Matt Barbet, Michelle Dewberry, Will Mellor, Gail Porter, Don Boyd and Simon McBurney.
- Previous patrons have included Bill Nighy, Ray Winstone, Charles Dance, Alison Steadman, Jimi Mistry, Michael Sheen, Sean Pertwee, Leslie Phillips, Jack Dee, David Soul, Stephen Wooley, Patsy Palmer, Natalie Press, Graham Norton, Ashley Walters, Jamie Winstone, Stephen Daldry, Abi Titmus, Marc Evans, The Pipettes and Zoe Telford
Entry Criteria are:
- Films must be no more than 12 minutes without credits
- Films must have been completed between 1st January 2007 and 25th April 2008
- Films should be submitted on DVD with the entry form
- A SAE should be sent with entries if they are to be returned
The competitive categories are:
- The Documentary Award
- The Short Film Award
- The Animation Award
- The Music Video Award
- The Broadcast Design Award
- The Newcomers Award