Short Films: Premiere - Black Dog plus The Making of Parts 18 UK Premiere
Black Dog
The Making of Parts
Sunday 19th November, 6.15pm (T)
The fabulous Orange North Star Short Film Award has grown directly out of the Northern Lights Festival’s annual film challenge which has offered regional talents the chance to create new short films each year that the festival has run.
The winner of the Festival Prize in 2005 was writer director Ian Fenton. A year on from winning the prize, Ian’s short film Black Dog is complete and ready for its world premiere at the 2006 Northern Lights.
The evening is shared with the regional premiere of the new film by Dan Elliott. In 2003 Dan wrote and directed the multi-award-winning Fender Bender as part of the first Northern Lights Digital Film Challenge. His new short film, The Making Of Parts, has just scooped the coveted Prix UIP for Best European Short at Venice Film Festival 2006.
This is your chance to see both of these fabulous new films and meet the directors behind them in this special double bill! This event will include a FREE glass of wine, the screening and your chance to meet the directors!
Black Dog 18 UK Premiere
Director: Ian Fenton, Short, 10 minutes, UK, 2006.
A chilling drama about 14-year-old Chris, who is sent by his father to take a tonic to his ailing grandfather on the far side of the city. Nothing can prepare him for the journey of discovery that lies ahead.
The Making of Parts 15 UK Premiere
Director: Daniel Elliott, Short, 15 minutes, UK, 2006.
A tale of a man's love and tenderness, which he once shared with his wife, is now slipping away from him. A touching, stunning story tinged with sadness.
Orange North Star Short Film Award
At Northern Lights Film Festival 2005 we launched our film production prize. It offered a local filmmaker the opportunity to win a MASSIVE £30 000 to make a short film that will be presented at this year’s festival. Ian Fenton’s fantastic short film Black Dog will be screened for the first time on Friday 17th November during the festival’s Industry Summit and then throughout the festival in the Tyneside Cinema’s Digital Lounge.
This year we’ve made the award open to all filmmakers throughout the nation and with the support of Orange we have created the BIGGEST short film production prize in UK, the Orange North Star Short Film Award. The winner of this award will be announced at this year’s festival and will win £40,000 in financial support and donated professional services.
The winning project will be produced by the multi-award-winning, local company, Yipp Films (The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off, Bollocks To Cancer) and will be world premiered at Northern Lights Film Festival 2007.
For more information about the award go to the FIlm Award page or email Tine Munk of yipp Films, tine@yippfilms.com
