Tag: film

Paying to watch paint dry

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Congratulations to Charlie Lyne, who’s latest documentary ‘Paint Drying‘ has cleared the BBFC censors in the UK. Financed on Kickstarter the ten hour feature film explores the condition of a wall after it has been painted and a slow decent to a hellishly dry state. Paint Drying is the result of aKickstarter campaign aimed at highlighting the “prohibitively expensive” cost of presenting cinematic works for classification. The BBFC charges a £101.50 submission fee and £7.09 per minute of film. However, it is obliged to sit through every single frame of material, so Lyne decided he’d make the censors work for their money. He

Kickstarting ‘Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story’

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Documentary film maker Steve Sullivan: Whatever happens with the Kickstarter campaign, however much we raise, if we can reach at least the minimum target then there will ultimately be a feature length documentary about Chris Sievey and Frank Sidebottom. Whatever budget the film is ultimately made for I believe Chris and Frank’s fans, as well as his family and friends, will be happy with the documentary and it will be a fitting tribute to Chris himself. Kick in a quid, you get a picture, and it’ll be far funnier and true to life than ‘Frank‘.

SXSW Film Preview Podcast, with Janet Pierson

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Janet Pierson is on the end of the line in our final preview of South by Southwest. Taking over from Matt Dentler at SXSW Film, Janet is no stranger to film-making (having been involved with many films, including Clerks and Roger & Me to name two), and her enthusiasm for the challenge of the Film Festival is clear for all to hear. [audio:http://techconf.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_sxsw_20090313_03.mp3] Show Notes – MP3 File – RSS Feed

My Edinburgh Twestival Documentary

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If all goes well, I’ll be stepping out on stage as this post goes lives, which means that the debut of my short ‘Documentary’ on Charity:Water for the Edinburgh Twestival is getting its premiere. You may recall I asked for people to pass a glass of water around yesterday – this was the reason. My thinking went something like this – for a charity event to not have some heart-wrenching documentary that makes you cry just before asking you to give as much money as you can is just not very British. Therefore, as the host of the event, it

Why SXSW Film Does Not Suck for the Press

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Hmmm, not sure what to make of Hollywood Blogger Jeffrey Wells attack on the organisation of SXSW Film. Pointed out by SXSW Baby, his blog post has three main points that say more about him than the Austin festival. There are no press screenings. The movies mostly suck. The press office is a joke, nobody knows anything, and the press pass is useless… Oh, and the film press office won’t help you if you want to check out a couple of the music events. You’re on your own, and on your own dime. Having been under the ‘press’ banner for