Category Archives: Film

kuchu

The trailer for an award-winning film about the inordinately brave folk risking their lives to advocate gay rights in Uganda.

In Uganda, a new bill [the Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act 2014, previously known as the ‘Kill The Gays Bill’] threatens to make homosexuality punishable by death. David Kato, Uganda’s first openly gay man, and retired Anglican Bishop Christopher Senyonjo work against the clock to defeat state-sanctioned homophobia while combating vicious persecution in their daily lives. But no one is prepared for the brutal murder that shakes their movement to its core and sends shock waves around the world.

Related: Despite new law, Ugandan cleric openly ministers to gays (CTV News)

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cuckoo

Marie Caffrey writes:

I am a producer of an award winning drama webseries called CUCKOO. 
On Friday I head over to Los Angeles because CUCKOO is screening at 2 festivals there ! LA Webfest & Hollyweb! This will be like the Hunger Games of Webseries! We are also in the running for best drama Award!

Wayward teen Niamh Keegan sees a digitally ‘aged’ photo of an abducted baby in the newspaper and thinks she recognises herself… Is she just projecting her fantasies, or has Niamh inadvertently stumbled on to something more sinister?

Directed by Danann Breathnach. Written by Nikki Racklin & Danann Breathnach.

View the complete series here.

driven

A 2014 short directed by Ian Thullier.

DRIVEN is a short film set in contemporary Ireland. It is the story of THOMAS, a man in his 40s, whose apartment is going to be repossessed by the banks. Upon hearing this news from his bank manager, we go on a journey with Thomas as he spends his last night at home in his apartment, and eventually he decides to make a stand, against the banks and the government.

Starring Phelim Drew. Produced by Kathryn Kennedy.

(Thanks Ian)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irxTFObMYH8

A diligently researched and rather excellent (if largely Hollywood focussed) montage by Scott Ewing, who (prior to suddenly disappearing from Vimeo) sez:

The following montage chronicles the evolution of film from its conception in 1878 by Edward J. Muybridge to the Lumiere brothers in 1895. Georges Melies a trip to the moon in 1902 was a total game changer and from there we go to the first theatrical releases starting in 1920-2014 … this portion of the montage is chronological. There are some notable films which are absent from the montage such as the Great Train Robbery (1903), The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) and Birth of a Nation (1915). These and many others were either impossible to find or did not fit in with the creative direction of the montage. There is also a Dumb and Dumber (1994) dancing clip between Tropic Thunder and 500 Days of Summer … this was intentional I assure you.

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