After months of travelling the world’s film festival circuit BREADMAKERS will be screened closer to home at the Heartland Film Society’s Autumn Scottish Film Weekend in Aberfeldy. The screening will take place on Saturday 25th October 2008 at Dewars Distillery, Aberfeldy. The audience vote for their preferred film and the winner receives the “PALM DEWAR” with an appropriate prize.
Heartland Film Society (HFS) was formed to enable the showing of films on a big screen in an informal and friendly atmosphere. In 2004, HFS won the British Federation of Film Societies Best New Film Society award. The judges made special mention of the novel and unique method (the bean-o-meter) that HFS uses to evaluate the success of each film shown. Not only that but it received commendation for the programme notes issued for each screening.
HFS is run as a self-funding venture – fees cover only the cost of putting on films and the hire of the Locus Centre. Why not join? You don't have to join in advance – just come along to any of the performances. More details at: www.heartlandfilmsociety.org.uk
Is the dough in the right place?
Sunday, 20 July 2008
Monday, 30 June 2008
First in Athens
Breadmakers has won best short documentary at the 2nd Emotion Pictures International Documentary Festival on Disability, Athens, Greece.
The festival, composing of documentary films focusing exclusively on issues of disability, is organised by the Secretariat General of Communication – Secretariat General of Information, in collaboration with the Greek Film Centre.
The aims and objectives of the festival remained the same, those being, the use of documentary films as a medium that puts on the map issues of disability by artists from around the world and walks of life; to increase public awareness and promote the inclusion of disabled people.
Director Yasmin Fedda was suitably delighted. "It's always good when your work is recognised."
The festival, composing of documentary films focusing exclusively on issues of disability, is organised by the Secretariat General of Communication – Secretariat General of Information, in collaboration with the Greek Film Centre.
The aims and objectives of the festival remained the same, those being, the use of documentary films as a medium that puts on the map issues of disability by artists from around the world and walks of life; to increase public awareness and promote the inclusion of disabled people.
Director Yasmin Fedda was suitably delighted. "It's always good when your work is recognised."
Another Good Write Up
Another good write up . . . I think.
Geschäftiger Alltag in der Bäckerei Garvald in Edinburgh. Zwölf Menschen mit unterschiedlichen Lernschwächen arbeiten hier. Yasmin Fedda deckt die sozialen Beziehungen der BrotbäckerInnen auf, die in diversen Sprach- und Zeichensystemen miteinander kommunizieren.BREADMAKERS entstand im Rahmen der Filmförderungsinitiative "Bridging the Gap" des "Scottish Documentary Institute".BiografieYASMIN FEDDA ist libanesisch-kanadischer Abstammung. Sie studierte Visuelle Anthropologie an der "Universität Manchester". Ihr Abschlussfilm über ein Kloster in der syrischen Wüste wurde weltweit auf zahlreichen Festivals gezeigt. Neben Projekten in den USA und dem mittleren Osten gab Yasmin Fedda in Newcastle einen Filmworkshop für junge Asylbewerber. Ihre Filme stehen in der Tradition des "Cinéma Vérité" - ihre Vorbilder sind Jean Rouche und Peter Brosens.
Geschäftiger Alltag in der Bäckerei Garvald in Edinburgh. Zwölf Menschen mit unterschiedlichen Lernschwächen arbeiten hier. Yasmin Fedda deckt die sozialen Beziehungen der BrotbäckerInnen auf, die in diversen Sprach- und Zeichensystemen miteinander kommunizieren.BREADMAKERS entstand im Rahmen der Filmförderungsinitiative "Bridging the Gap" des "Scottish Documentary Institute".BiografieYASMIN FEDDA ist libanesisch-kanadischer Abstammung. Sie studierte Visuelle Anthropologie an der "Universität Manchester". Ihr Abschlussfilm über ein Kloster in der syrischen Wüste wurde weltweit auf zahlreichen Festivals gezeigt. Neben Projekten in den USA und dem mittleren Osten gab Yasmin Fedda in Newcastle einen Filmworkshop für junge Asylbewerber. Ihre Filme stehen in der Tradition des "Cinéma Vérité" - ihre Vorbilder sind Jean Rouche und Peter Brosens.
Friday, 23 May 2008
Breadmakers heads to Russia
Breadmakers has been selected for the XVIII International Documentary, Short and Animated Films Festival "Message to Man" in St Petersburg, Russia. The Film festival takes place between the 15th and 22nd June 2008. It is the only international festival of this kind that exists in Russia.
The festival program includes International competition, National documentary film competition "Gateway to Russia" and special programs. Nearly 2500 submissions from almost 90 countries were sent for pre-selection.
Films produced in 2007-2008 were eligible for participation in the International and National competitions. Competition screenings and special programs will be shown in "Dom Kino" and "Rodina" film centres. Special programs will also be presented in "Dom Kino" and other theatres throughout the city.
The festival program includes International competition, National documentary film competition "Gateway to Russia" and special programs. Nearly 2500 submissions from almost 90 countries were sent for pre-selection.
Films produced in 2007-2008 were eligible for participation in the International and National competitions. Competition screenings and special programs will be shown in "Dom Kino" and "Rodina" film centres. Special programs will also be presented in "Dom Kino" and other theatres throughout the city.
Sunday, 20 April 2008
International Women's Film Festival Dortmund / Cologne
Breadmakers has been selected for the International Women's Film Festival Dortmund / Cologne in April 2008.
With the recent merger of the Feminale and femme totale - the two famous film festivals originally set up in Cologne and Dortmund in the 1980s - one of the most significant women's film festivals in the world has now come into being: the International Women's Film Festival DortmundCologne. Unique in Germany, the IWFF provides a perfect platform for the presentation of the latest film developments and trends as they relate to women working in all areas of film production. Not just women film directors but women cinematographers, film-music composers and other women filmmakers are given an unrivalled opportunity to showcase their latest work.
Based in the Rhine & Ruhr area, one of the world's largest metropolitan regions, the festival is open to all genres and styles. It takes place once a year, with the location alternating between two major and cultural important cities in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne and Dortmund. The structures there that have organically grown over the last twenty years will guarantee that the tradition of expertly presenting the work of women involved in film production will be continued.
With the recent merger of the Feminale and femme totale - the two famous film festivals originally set up in Cologne and Dortmund in the 1980s - one of the most significant women's film festivals in the world has now come into being: the International Women's Film Festival DortmundCologne. Unique in Germany, the IWFF provides a perfect platform for the presentation of the latest film developments and trends as they relate to women working in all areas of film production. Not just women film directors but women cinematographers, film-music composers and other women filmmakers are given an unrivalled opportunity to showcase their latest work.
Based in the Rhine & Ruhr area, one of the world's largest metropolitan regions, the festival is open to all genres and styles. It takes place once a year, with the location alternating between two major and cultural important cities in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne and Dortmund. The structures there that have organically grown over the last twenty years will guarantee that the tradition of expertly presenting the work of women involved in film production will be continued.
Friday, 18 April 2008
Pangea Day
Breadmakers has been selected to be part of Pangea Day.
On May 10, 2008, Cairo, Dharamsala, Kigali, London, New York City, Ramallah, Rio de Janeiro, and Tel Aviv will be linked to produce a 4-hour program of films, music and speakers. The program will be broadcast live at the same time across the world. The program will be broadcast live to the world through the Internet, television, digital cinemas, and mobile phones.
According to the festival organisers, "Pangea Day plans to use the power of film to bring the world a little closer together."
Pangea Day was created in 2006 when documentary filmmaker Jehane Noujaim won the TED prize. Jehane wished to use film to bring the world together. May 10, 2008 will be the first Pangea Day event.
On May 10, 2008, Cairo, Dharamsala, Kigali, London, New York City, Ramallah, Rio de Janeiro, and Tel Aviv will be linked to produce a 4-hour program of films, music and speakers. The program will be broadcast live at the same time across the world. The program will be broadcast live to the world through the Internet, television, digital cinemas, and mobile phones.
According to the festival organisers, "Pangea Day plans to use the power of film to bring the world a little closer together."
Pangea Day was created in 2006 when documentary filmmaker Jehane Noujaim won the TED prize. Jehane wished to use film to bring the world together. May 10, 2008 will be the first Pangea Day event.
Iowa City for Breadmakers
Breadmakers was recently screened at the Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival.
ICDOCS is an annual festival committed to engaging their Iowa audience with the world at large through films that explore the boundaries of documentary and non-fiction filmmaking. The festival showcases independent, high-quality short non-fiction films from around the world, providing valuable screen time for rarely seen work, as well as providing the community the opportunity to see movies they would usually not get to see.
ICDOCS was founded in 2001 with the mission of serving as a catalyst for positive change and fostering dialogue on a range of contemporary issues, both international and local. They are a non-profit, all volunteer-run organisation whose board of directors programmes approximately 10 hours of short works in competition for a ‘Best of the Festival’ award as well as other cash prizes, and sponsors special out-of-competition screenings and events, including screenings by distinguished jurors.
In 2008, ICDOCS teamed up with the Mission Creek Midwest Festival in order to provide a weeklong event showcasing literature, music, and film.
ICDOCS is an annual festival committed to engaging their Iowa audience with the world at large through films that explore the boundaries of documentary and non-fiction filmmaking. The festival showcases independent, high-quality short non-fiction films from around the world, providing valuable screen time for rarely seen work, as well as providing the community the opportunity to see movies they would usually not get to see.
ICDOCS was founded in 2001 with the mission of serving as a catalyst for positive change and fostering dialogue on a range of contemporary issues, both international and local. They are a non-profit, all volunteer-run organisation whose board of directors programmes approximately 10 hours of short works in competition for a ‘Best of the Festival’ award as well as other cash prizes, and sponsors special out-of-competition screenings and events, including screenings by distinguished jurors.
In 2008, ICDOCS teamed up with the Mission Creek Midwest Festival in order to provide a weeklong event showcasing literature, music, and film.
Monday, 14 April 2008
Wolverhampton Disability Film Festival
Breadmakers will be shown at the Wolverhampton Disability Film Festival on Saturday 19th April at 2pm.
The Wolverhampton Disability Film Festival is run by the Light House Cinema in Wolverhampton City Centre. It is run in association with Outside Centre - a local Disability Arts Charity headed by Dr Paul Darke. The Arts Council of England and Screen West Midlands are the main funders of the film festival.
Yasmin said, "This is the sort of festival I always wanted Breadmakers to be involved in." More details at: www.disabilityfilmfestival.eu
The Wolverhampton Disability Film Festival is run by the Light House Cinema in Wolverhampton City Centre. It is run in association with Outside Centre - a local Disability Arts Charity headed by Dr Paul Darke. The Arts Council of England and Screen West Midlands are the main funders of the film festival.
Yasmin said, "This is the sort of festival I always wanted Breadmakers to be involved in." More details at: www.disabilityfilmfestival.eu
BAFTA Scotland and BAFTA Cymru present...
BAFTA Scotland and BAFTA Cymru have joined forces to create a programme of award winning, emerging new work. The screening will take place at The Celtic Media Festival, Radisson SAS Hotel, Galway, Ireland, on Friday 18th April 2008.
SCOTLAND:
Breadmakers (Yasmin Fedda, 10mins)
At a unique Edinburgh bakery, a community of workers with learning disabilities makes a variety of organic breads for daily delivery to shops and cafes in the city. The workers interact using individual expressions, repetitive speech and sign language, revealing intricate social relationships with each other and their support workers. In what can seem a chaotic workplace, there is a mix of sounds that can approach levels of white noise amidst the carefully structured everyday process of bread production.
Butterfly (Yulia Mahr, 12mins)
When Gemma was born the midwife said she was the fairest child she'd ever seen. Not long after she was diagnosed with albinism, a melanin deficiency which causes very fair hair and skin, and poor eyesight. This rare and intimate portrait explores Gemma's perspective about her condition which has often made her an outsider - but equally determined to lead a normal life. "I'll never be able to drive a car, but that's about it," she says as she climbs the highest indoor climbing arena in Europe. A film about a courageous woman accepting difference.
How to Save a Fish from Drowning (Kelly Neal, 12mins)
How to Save a Fish from Drowning is a quirky film about the death of white rural America told through the voices of three old men fishing on a frozen lake. In a landscape cloaked in snow and hovering in a bright nothingness, they escape their wives, chew the fat about another neighbour having had to sell his farm, and they wait....
WALES:
Mummy's Boy (Nicholas Davies and Oskari Korenius, 15 mins)
When a twelve year old MARK discovers a drowned sheep he experiences a traumatic reminder of his brother's death. Driven by anger at his grief-stricken mothers inability to recognise his suffering, he destroys the shrine -like sanctuary she has created in her deceased son's room
Beryl, Y Briodas a'r Fiedo ( Joanna Quinn & Les Mills, 9 mins)
On acquiring a new Digi Video Cam Beryl becomes obsessed with the art of filmmaking using it to articulate her desires. Dreams and thoughts as a video diary. As "cineaste par excellence" she agrees to video the wedding of her friend Mandy, seizing the opportunity to "strut her stuff filmically" with disastrous and often hilarious results.
SCOTLAND:
Breadmakers (Yasmin Fedda, 10mins)
At a unique Edinburgh bakery, a community of workers with learning disabilities makes a variety of organic breads for daily delivery to shops and cafes in the city. The workers interact using individual expressions, repetitive speech and sign language, revealing intricate social relationships with each other and their support workers. In what can seem a chaotic workplace, there is a mix of sounds that can approach levels of white noise amidst the carefully structured everyday process of bread production.
Butterfly (Yulia Mahr, 12mins)
When Gemma was born the midwife said she was the fairest child she'd ever seen. Not long after she was diagnosed with albinism, a melanin deficiency which causes very fair hair and skin, and poor eyesight. This rare and intimate portrait explores Gemma's perspective about her condition which has often made her an outsider - but equally determined to lead a normal life. "I'll never be able to drive a car, but that's about it," she says as she climbs the highest indoor climbing arena in Europe. A film about a courageous woman accepting difference.
How to Save a Fish from Drowning (Kelly Neal, 12mins)
How to Save a Fish from Drowning is a quirky film about the death of white rural America told through the voices of three old men fishing on a frozen lake. In a landscape cloaked in snow and hovering in a bright nothingness, they escape their wives, chew the fat about another neighbour having had to sell his farm, and they wait....
WALES:
Mummy's Boy (Nicholas Davies and Oskari Korenius, 15 mins)
When a twelve year old MARK discovers a drowned sheep he experiences a traumatic reminder of his brother's death. Driven by anger at his grief-stricken mothers inability to recognise his suffering, he destroys the shrine -like sanctuary she has created in her deceased son's room
Beryl, Y Briodas a'r Fiedo ( Joanna Quinn & Les Mills, 9 mins)
On acquiring a new Digi Video Cam Beryl becomes obsessed with the art of filmmaking using it to articulate her desires. Dreams and thoughts as a video diary. As "cineaste par excellence" she agrees to video the wedding of her friend Mandy, seizing the opportunity to "strut her stuff filmically" with disastrous and often hilarious results.
Friday, 4 April 2008
Breadmakers in Krakow
Breadmakers has been selected for the Krakow Film Festival, which takes place in Krakow, Poland, from 30th May to the 5th June 2008. Krakow Film Festival is the oldest film festival in Poland, organised every year since 1961.
In the early 1990's, due to the political and economic transformations which caused a drastic decline of film production, the Krakow festival went through a crisis, as a result of which the national competition ceased to be organised for a number of years. It was only in 1997 that it was restored and since then both festivals have been held jointly every year in late May and early June.
The fact that the Krakow Film Festival has been officially recognised by FIAPF, the European Film Academy and the AMPAS only confirms its reputation in its field.
Consequently, the films awarded at Krakow are automatically eligible for the European Film Awards and the Oscars in the short film category. The Krakow Film Festival is also a member of the European Co-ordination of Film festivals, the association of Europe’s most prestigious film festivals.
In the early 1990's, due to the political and economic transformations which caused a drastic decline of film production, the Krakow festival went through a crisis, as a result of which the national competition ceased to be organised for a number of years. It was only in 1997 that it was restored and since then both festivals have been held jointly every year in late May and early June.
The fact that the Krakow Film Festival has been officially recognised by FIAPF, the European Film Academy and the AMPAS only confirms its reputation in its field.
Consequently, the films awarded at Krakow are automatically eligible for the European Film Awards and the Oscars in the short film category. The Krakow Film Festival is also a member of the European Co-ordination of Film festivals, the association of Europe’s most prestigious film festivals.
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