|
March 2010
Grace
is complete! The UK Film Council & Screen East will
host an industry screening this month at the Charlotte Street
Hotel, London and then onto the festivals, watch this space!
More
good news, Stand
& Deliver has been selected for the 8th Hull
International Short Film Festival, not only that, but it is up
for the Anthony Minghella Award for Best UK
Short. It will screen on 24th April at Reel Hull Screen,
further information will be available on our screenings
page.
We're
also in the early stages of planning a special screening of all
our recently completed shorts. This will be in Cambridge
this April & will feature Grace,
Cape
& Waving
at Trains as well as some other surprises.
Hoopla!
To
the top
January
2010
Happy
New Year!
To
the top
December
2009
Grace
has wrapped, and we're off on holiday. Post-production
will continue and an industry screening to follow in March 2010.
We
had to take a little break from post-production on Cape
to make way for Grace,
but you'll be able to see both of them next Spring.
To
the top
October
2009
As
October draws to a close, the Grace
shoot is halfway there. We had the very bad luck of a
swine flu outbreak, and had to push the remaining shoot days to
December.
To
the top
September 2009
Cape
(formerly Cape Wrath) has wrapped and is now in
post-production. It has to be said, this has been my
favourite film so far for so many reasons. We kept it
small, just six of us and a people carrier. Up to Cape
Wrath and back again in just five days with a cast of one, the
wonderful Emma Deakin. This film was made with the support
of a fantastic, supportive crew who really believed in me, &
trusted me (we had just a one page outline to work from. I
look forward to sharing it with y'all.
In
other news, we're now casting for Grace,
and in the grips of pre-production. Lots to do, so best
crack on.
To
the top
August
2009
Grace,
a UK Film Council/Screen East Digital Short is now in
pre-production. With Tenner director David O'Neill
at the helm, we shoot in October this year.
To
the top
July
2009
All
of a sudden, we're in pre-production on short film Cape
Wrath, shooting late August 2009. More to come on
that...
Add
to that the news that Stand
& Deliver has its cast & crew screening this month in
Cambridge and its first stop will be Born Shorts International
Film Festival in Denmark in August, and we're looking at a
lively summer season here at mad&bad.
Remember
to check out the
screenings
page for more news on where to see mad&bad films.
To
the top
June
2009
Waving
at Trains has received completion funding from the UK Film
Council and will be premiering at Encounters Short Film Festival
in November 2009.
To
the top
May
2009
Stand
& Deliver is now complete and had its first outing in
the Cannes Short Film Corner. Watch this space for future
screenings & festival news.
To
the top
March
2009
mad&bad's
Emily Blickem will be introducing a special screening of short
films from the opening night of 2009's Birds Eye View Film
Festival at Cambridge's Arts Picturehouse Cinema. This
will be followed by a screening of our magical musical One
Little Step with Q&A. This is part of a wider
celebration of female filmmakers taking place across the country
on Sunday 8th March.
To
the top
February
2009
With
Waving
at Trains in post-production, we're getting busy with the
development of a number of feature films. Keep an eye on
the website for news.
To
the top
January
2009
We've
wrapped on Waving
at Trains!
To
the top
November
2008
Straight
off the back of The
Scouting Book for Boys, mad&bad films went into
production on short film Waving at
Trains. A co-production
between Made
Up North Productions, Screen
East & Chimichanga Films & starring Pete
Postlethwaite. You can read more about
it in our 'in
production' section very soon.
To
the top
October
2008
Well,
hello there! So, what's been happening round these parts
then? Busy times I tell you. September and a lil bit
of October were spent at Broadland Sands Holiday Park where
Emily was working on feature film The
Scouting Book for Boys. A gorgeous flick produced by Celador
Films, written by
Jack Thorne and directed by Tom Harper, stars Thomas Turgoose,
Holly Grainger, Rafe Spall and Steven Mackintosh among many
other familiar British talents.
To
the top
September
2008
A
quick 'hi there' to let you know that we were featured in
Cambridgeshire's Agenda magazine this month. Read
the article here.
To
the top
August 2008
It
may seem like we've had a summer break but no, it's just been
too busy round these parts to post any news. Emily has
spent the last 6 weeks kicking it loose in The GY on feature
film Malice in
Wonderland. It seems that her early film
career may yet be spent shooting in this Norfolk coastal resort
as there are plans to return to those shores with more
projects. A number of films in the pipeline but nothing to
wow you with yet, we are however, very pleased to announce that One
Little Step has been selected to play at NY's
Drive-In Film Festival this August. Schedule to be
announced.
To
the top
May
2008
mad&bad
film's Emily Blickem recently completed her role as Production
Manager on short dark comedy 'Curtains'. Written &
directed by Julian Barratt & Dan Jemmett, produced by Bafta
award winning Warp Films in association with Made Up North
Productions, and starring the fantastic Mr Bob Goody, 'Curtains'
is set in Great Yarmouth and tells the story of Barry Shepherd,
a worn out Punch & Judy man.
After
50 years working the wooden dolls, it's time for a splashy
puppet finish, an adieu. As things begin to fall apart
around him, Barry's life becomes increasingly pervaded by the
reality of his violent and tawdry profession. Drinking and
cursing his way unrepentantly onwards , he continues with the
show. Even as it threatens to destroy him and take his
soul...
'Curtains'
was funded by Screen East Xcellerate and FilmFour and will be
screened on FilmFour later this year.
To
the top
April
2008
mad&bad
film's Emily Blickem will be teaching a filmmaking
workshop in the grounds of Cambridge's beautiful botanical
gardens. The workshop will take place on 1st/2nd
April. For more information, visit the Cambridgeshire
Film Consortium's website.
To
the top
March
2008
This
month sees mad&bad films moving into pre-production on the
short skit, The Whiskey Ballet, a taster from the forthcoming
feature Happy-Go-Lucky.
We've
also assisted with locations, cows and pigs on the Eye
Cue Films project, Second Chance. Currently in
pre-production, the film, directed by Clint
Dyer and starring Alison
Steadman, Julian Sands & David Harwood will shoot in Hertfordshire this
April. Emily Blickem will be location managing on the
shoot.
To
the top
February
2008
A
Valentine's Day treat for all you romantics, One
Little Step screens as part of the Super M'8 event in
Cambridge alongside a host of other films for all you lovers out
there. Followed by a Q&A with director/producer Emily
Blickem
Also
this month, The
Snug continues their Movie Mondays. Every week you can
catch a classic movie preceded by a locally made short film,
absolutely free. At the premiere event on 4th February,
you get to see One
Little Step followed by the original Italian
Job.
To
the top
January
2008
Happy
New Year!
To
the top
December
2007
Happy
Holidays! We're taking a well deserved break.
To
the top
November
2007
November
brings with it some exciting events and screenings culminating
in a pre-Christmas networking extravaganza hosted by mad&bad
films at The Boxtree in Cambridge. With local films and talks
from a variety of key industry figures based in around the
Cambridge area, it's an event not to be missed. Also in
November, we have The
Horsemen at CAN International Film Festival and Guilty
selected to screen at the 30th Starz Denver Film
Festival.
To
the top
October
2007
It's
education month at mad&bad films, with Emily heading off to
talk all about it at a couple of film festivals, First up,
she is teaming with Sam Burton at Screen
East to screen Guilty,
a 2007 Digital Short, and talk about film production at the
Aldeburgh Children's Film Festival. Then it's off to
Colchester for Emily to give a talk on film networking at the
Signals Film Festival.
To
the top
September
2007
It's
a busy month for mad&bad films with screenings
all over the place. First up, we have Blood
on his Hands top and tailing the month at the prestigious LA
Shorts Fest and Raindance in London. The
Horsemen is off to Southern California, screening at the
SoCal Independent Film Festival on 8th September. Then
slap bang in the middle, One
Little Step is off to London having been selected for the
Angel Film Festival. Phew!
To
the top
August
2007
The
Horsemen has been selected to screen at The Roxy, London as
part of Film Connections on 15th August at
7pm.
To
the top
July
2007
We
were delighted to find out that our films, One
Little Step and The
Horsemen, were both selected to screen at the Stamford Film
Festival. What could be better than that? Well,
winning an award of course. While our short sweet seaside
musical One
Little Step swept away the Audience Choice Award, The
Horsemen came a close second.
To
the top
June
2007
For
those Cantabrigians
who missed out on the spectacular Cannes Film Festival, we're
screening all four films just for you, and it's completely
free. Pop along to the Boxtree on 14th June to see One
Little Step, Guilty,
Blood
on his Hands and The
Horsemen.
To
the top
May
2007
We're
off to Cannes! Four mad&bad films are screening in the
Short
Film Corner this year, how proud we all are. This
should be exciting enough but we were dead chuffed to be able to
catch U2's red carpet performance and a preview of their new
concert film U23D,
great stuff.
To
the top
April
2007
The
cast & crew screening of One
Little Step takes place at The Loft in Cambridge, followed
by a belated wrap/director's birthday party combo.
To
the top
March
2007
One
Little Step premieres at Ladyfest. A very warm reception
from the audience and critics alike, you can read the review
here.
To
the top
|
