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| April 2013 | Stephen is the Creative Director of the Britain Cares campaign, working on behalf of Scope. The campaign aims to improve the social care situation for disabled people. The campaign runs for six months on film, online and in Scope’s 250 shops. 'Two Words to Change the World' is the main campaign film and is narrated by Stephen Fry and was created in under two weeks on a minimal budget. |
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| March 2013 | Stephen is running and teaching the Online Video Masterclass. The two-day intensive workshop teaches everything you need to know to craft, craft, publish and promote powerful online videos. For more information please visit onlinevideomasterclass.com |
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| March 2013 | Stephen’s new film for Sustrans is called ‘Love, Actively’ |
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| Dec 2012 | Every year Catsnake Film make a pro bono film for a charity. We partnered with Pimp My Cause to select this year’s charity and, after some tough choices, we picked Single Homeless Project (SHP). |
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| Dec 2012 | 'The Theory of Everything' has been released. Stephen wrote and produced the film with Edward L Dark directing. The film is a brand-funded short film and to promote the launch Lovestruck has a competition to win a trip for two to see the Northern Lights. Enter by 'liking' the film here See behind the scenes photos at facebook.com/CatsnakeFilm |
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| Dec 2012 | Stephen will be holding speed networking sessions on Saturday 8th December at the BFI Southbank as part of the BFI Visionaries programme. To book a session conatct Rachel at BoldFace Productions |
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| Nov 2012 | Stephen will introducing 'A Love Story In Milk' and running workshops for children on 3rd and 4th November across Scotland as part of the Discovery Film Festival: International Film for Young Audiences. These include in Dundee at the Dundee Contemporary Arts centre and in Bo'Ness in the Hippodrome, the oldest cinema in Scotland. |
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| Oct 2012 | Stephen will be running some events at the London Screenwriters' Festival alongside Noel Clarke (actor / writer / director "Kidulthood", "Doctor Who"), Gareth Unwin (producer "The King's Speech") and Lisa Bryer (producer "Last King of Scotland"). |
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| Oct 2012 | Stephen will be running the 'Seven Step Producer' workshop on 6th & 7th October in Ealing Studios. See below for a talk Stephen gave earlier this year |
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| Sept 2012 | 'Lucy's Cycling Treasure Hunt' wins 'Best Viral at the IVCA Clarion Awards. The film was made for Sustrans and Google. The campaign was featured in The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Telegraph, Independent, Metro and Huffington Post. |
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| July 2012 | Two of Stephen's recent films for Friends of the Earth will be shown ahead of feature films at Curzon cinemas this month. "Chloe and Will's Hot Date" will be shown 20th-26th July and " A Love Story In Milk" will be screened between 27th July - 2nd August. |
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| June 2012 | Stephen will be running his Producers' Masterclass on the 9th & 10th June in London with Chris Jones, author of the best-selling 'Guerilla Filmmakers Handbook' series. Find out more and sign up at www.practicalproducer.net |
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| April 2012 | "A Love Story In Milk" has crossed 1 millions views. In other news...
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| Feb 2011 | Stephen will be teaching at the Guerilla Filmmakers Masterclass (18th & 19th February in London). The course is led by Chris Jones, author of the best-selling 'Guerilla Filmmakers Handbook' series. |
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| Oct 2010 | Stephen is the Festival Producer of the London Screenwriters' Festival. In addtion he'll be chairing the following events;
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| Sept 2011 | "A Love Story In Milk" wins 'Best Viral' at the IVCA Clarion Awards. The film has also won a Maverick Movie Award and been nominated at The Smalls and the LA Movie Awards. Up-coming screenings include USA (New York, Mississippi, Washington, California, San Francisco), Ireland, UK and Swaziland. |
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| August 2011 | "A Love Story In Milk" has crossed 750,000 views (across Vimeo, YouTube and other sites). In addtion it's been showcased by Shots and The Reel, picked as a 'Staff Pick' on Vimeo, profiled in Le Monde newspaper, tweeted by Stephen Fry and invited to play at over 20 festivals. |
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| July 2011 | Baseline is being released in 3D on Blu-Ray. |
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| March 2011 | Stephen's second film for Friends of the Earth stars Lily James ("Secret Diary of a Call Girl") and Daniel Rigby ("Eric and Ernie") is complete. Click here to watch sexy home energy efficiency! |
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| Jan 2011 | 'Sign Language' has been long-listed for a BAFTA. Click here for an interview podcast by Chris Jones talking to Stephen about Sign Language and writing. |
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| Nov 2010 | Friends of the Earth describe the viral Stephen made for them as "The most successful video in the history of Friends of the Earth". |
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| Nov 2010 | 'Sign Language' has been nominated for a British Independant Film Award (BIFA). |
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| Oct 2010 | Stephen Follows is the Festival Director of the Super Shorts International Film Festival 2010. This year’s Festival Jury includes Chris Jones, James Callis, Art Malik, Lee Ingleby, Craig Conway and George Morris. |
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| Oct 2010 | Stephen will be charing events at the London Screenwriters' Festival including;
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| Oct 2010 | 'Sign Language' has won the Virgin Media Shorts Competition! We've won a £30,000 short film budget from the UK Film Council and Virgin Media. Plus 'Sign Language' will be screened in UK cinemas.
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| Aug 2010 | 'Baseline' wins Best Film at New York City International Film Festival. More information here.
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| Aug 2010 | Stephen is producing and directing 'Beyond The Brink: European Parkour Tour 2010'. The project stars world-class freerunner Daniel Ilabaca and is supported by Bethesda and 'Brink'. Over three weeks the tour will travel over 4,000 miles, visit eight European cities and highlight some of Europe's best freerunners. You can follow the tour at the blog (parkourtour.com), on Facebook (facebook.com/parkourtour) and Twitter (twitter.com/parkourtour). The final films will be on YouTube from mid-October.
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| Aug 2010 | FreerunningTV.com is Brightcove's Customer Highlight for August.
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| July 2010 | 'Baseline' is available on DVD and Blu-Ray from Play, Amazon, HMV, Zavvi, LoveFilm, Tesco, Asda and other stores nationwide from 12th July. Plus, 'Baseline' is currently the 119th most popular film listed on IMDB according to their MOVIEmeter™.
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| June 2010 | Stephen's feature 'Baseline' is being released in cinemas the UK on 2nd July by Optimum Releasing. The premiere is on the 29th June at BAFTA, Central London. "A rare treat for British cinema; carrying its audience through a tumultuous journey of violence, love and loyalty" MOBO Film Review "Baseline' is exactly the kind of independent passion project that is the future of British film. It was a pleasure to have been involved and it really deserves people getting behind it and showing their support." Dexter Fletcher
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| June 2010 | Stephen launches FreerunningTV.com. Starring Sébastien Foucan, the founder of Freerunning, Freerunning TV shows high quality films for Parkour and Freerunning fans on a weekly basis.
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| May 2010 | Saturday 9th May is the premiere of Stephen's IMAX short film ‘Chasing Cotards’ at the Waterloo IMAX. In attendance will be a number of well-known film personalities and the red carpet is being covered by Living TV. Click here to view the trailer on the Film 4 website. Even Stephen Fry is tweeting about it!
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| May 2010 | Stephen is the editor of the second edition of 'The Little RED Book- A Guide to RED Filmmaking'. The content was written by experts and the book has been approved by Red themselves. 3,000 copies are being given away in Cannes and at subsequent UK film festivals.
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| April 2010 | 'Sign Language' wins the Reed £10,000 competition! In addition the film has had over 150k views in 3 weeks, ringing endorsements from sites like B3TA and is receiving almost 100% positive feedback on YouTube! Reviews includes....
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| April 2010 | Stephen is now based in Ealing Film Studios.
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| Feb 2010 | On Friday 5th February Stephen will answering questions at The Guardian's 'Routes into Screenwriting' event.
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| Feb 2010 | Stephen will be chairing a panel discussion entitled ‘Developing A Project’ on Wednesday 3rd February between 7pm – 9pm at the BFI Southbank. On the panel will include Chris Collins (Development Producer, UK Film Council), Rosie Alison (Head of Development, Heyday Films) and Kate Leys (Script Editor). |
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| Dec 2009 | Stephen Follows is selected as 'One To Watch' in Producing by movieScope magazine. The December 2009 issue features an interview with Stephen.
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| Nov 2009 | Stephen will be chairing a panel discussion called Working with Red for Producers. The event will take place on 10th December and is run by the New Producers Alliance. The evening seminar is geared towards producers, line producers and production managers. It will provide current up to date information in order to manage RED Technology, how best to utilise this format technically, creatively and cost effectively. The seminar will be followed by a Q & A. |
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| Oct 2009 | Stephen will be a Jury Member for the Vineyard Film Festival in Cyprus. The festival takes place between 25th – 28th March 2010 and includes screenings (short and feature films), film workshops and music concerts. Other jury members include actors Jason Connery and Ariel Vromen, casting director Deborah Aquila and composer Gilad Benamram.
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| Oct 2009 | Stephen will be hostng ‘Drop Shot 3' on Wednesday 7th October at the BFI London IMAX cinema. 'Drop Shot' is a regular festival for short filmmakers. We'll be screening seven short films and a Q&A with filmmaker and best-selling author Chris Jones. Free entry, top films and a great opportunity network with loads of filmmakers.
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| Sept 2009 | IMAX film 'Chasing Cotards' has wrapped! Shot on 35mm Vista Vision and finished in IMAX, the film features Olivier Award-wining actor Andrew Scott and rising star Olivia Grant. Well done to director Ed, producer Sam and all of the hard working and committed crew. The film's premiere will be at London IMAX cinema is April 2010.
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| Sept 2009 | A new edition of 'Parkour Journeys' has been released in Australia. 'Parkour Journeys: Across The Globe' is on sale in HMV, Virgin and Leading Edge stores. Visit www.parkourmovie.com.au for more information.
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| June 2009 | In the latest edition of movieScope magazine Stephen explains how short films can be eligible for government Film Tax Relief. Click here to go to a sub-section of this site detailing how shorts can be eligible and the application process.
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| May 2009 | Stephen will be speaking at the UK Film Centre in Cannes on Sunday 17th May at 4pm about RED filmmaking. Other members of the panel include Anthony Dod Mantle (Oscar-winning cinematographer of 'Slumdog Millionaire'), Adrian Sturges (producer of 'The Escapist') and Karen Maarbjerg (producer of Lars von Trier's 'Antichrist' currently In Competition at Cannes).
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| May 2009 | Stephen is currently producing and directing 'Inside Cannes', a web TV show broadcast from the heart of Cannes throughout the Festival and Market. Interviewees include Barnaby Thompson (Head of Ealing Studios) and Jimmy Jean-Louis ('Heroes'). For more information and to watch visit www.insidecannes.com
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| May 2009 | Stephen is the editor of 'The Little RED Book 2009- A Guide to RED Filmmaking'. The book is a primer for filmmakers thinking of shooting on RED and a reference guide for those already doing so. The content was written by experts and the book has been approved by Red themselves. 3,000 copies are being given away in Cannes and at subsequent UK film festivals. To request a copy please contact Stephen.
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| April 2009 | 'Baseline' has been picked up by Moviehouse Entertainment who will be presenting the project at Cannes. Grand Hotel Residence
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| April 2009 | 'Baseline' wrapped! A huge thank you to our hard-working, dedicated and professional cast and crew. The film stars Jamie Foreman, Dexter Fletcher, Zoe Tapper, Gary Stretch, Gemma Atkinson, Raji James and Kellie Shirley is now in post-production.
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| March 2009 | 'Sofa So Good' takes 2nd place in 'The Guardian' YouTube competition. "Deft humour and engaging narrative" "Great style and wit"
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| Jan 2009 | 'Sofa So Good' is one of the 12 shortlisted films in 'The Guardian' YouTube competition. Judges include playwright Mark Ravenhill, musician Natasha Khan (aka Bat for Lashes), artists Gillian Wearing and Isaac Julien, and Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw. The film is featured in today's Arts / Film section of 'The Guardian' (27th January). The winning film will be announced next month.
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| Jan 2009 | Stephen Follows has been elected to the Executive Committee of the New Producers Alliance.
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| Dec 2008 | 'Lord Stabbington' wins the Joss Whedon's 'Dr Horrible' competition! The film appears on the official 'Dr Horrible's Sing-Along' DVD and is now on sale at Amazon.com. The film was written, shot and edited in under 24 hours.
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| Oct 2008 | 'Hourglass' shortlisted at the Raindance Film Festival 2008. Stephen is the Executive Producer and the film stars Julian Glover.
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| Aug 2008 | 'Space Chase' screened at the Victoria and Albert Museum as a part of the 'Get Physical' exhibition.
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| July 2008 | Stephen is the Festival Director of the Super Shorts International Film Festival 2008 (1st - 6th July 2008). The festival was featured in The Guardian, The London Paper, Metro and Time Out. “Comprehensive and cutting edge, Super Shorts is streets ahead of the pack. A festival that cherry picks the very best in international short film"
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| July 2008 | Stephen will be speaking at the panel discussion entitled 'Getting It Out There: Short Film Distribution' on Friday 4th July. Visit www.supershorts.org for details.
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| June 2008 | 'Some Way Through This' wins Silver Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival 2008. Click here to watch the film
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| May 2008 | Stephen will be in Cannes between 14th - 26th May.
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| May 2008 | In Cannes, Stephen will be running his regular free talk "An Introduction To Cannes", offering Cannes-virgins a guided tour of the festival and market. Contact Stephen for more details
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| April 2008 | Stephen will be a tutor on a two day course entitled "How To Make A Micro-Budget Feature Film And Sell It". The course runs 5th - 6th April 2008 and is organised by Intense Productions. Click here for more details here.
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