Rushes Soho Shorts Festival programme
Rushes Soho Shorts Festival, celebrating its 13th year, is proud to announce the Official Festival Programme for 2011. The non-profit event, which will take place from 20th to 29th July, is recognized as one of UK’s best Short Film Festivals, with an equal focus on emerging and established talent.
The festival will open with feature documentary POM Wonderful presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, directed by Morgan Spurlock. The documentary explores the potential for product placement in financing films, a source of funding that is increasingly applicable for short format work. The film will be one of three features presented during RSSF 2011, all of which relate directly to short format filmmakers. 148 new short films from 27 countries have been selected for this year’s eight competitive categories: Long Form, International, Newcomer, Short Film, Documentary, Animation, Music Video and Broadcast Design. The Official Competition Screenings will be held at The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), with tickets now on sale. These will be joined by Fujifilm Shorts nominee’s with all winners being announced at the Awards Ceremony will be held on Thursday 28th July 2011.
The Festival Highlights:
• The Hospital Club Presentations, Deluxe Soho Seminars, Apple Store Panels:
Experienced filmmakers and leading figures from throughout the industry feed back their opinions and advice on everything from pitching, financing, marketing and distribution, to the more technical aspects of sound and film production, working with actors and script writing. In a range of free weekday seminars, moderated panel events offer practical solutions and discussion in five key areas of creativity in short form media: Advertising, Documentary, Animation, Short Film and Music Video.
Come and hear what the experts think, with panels comprised of representatives and leading lights from throughout commercial sector, including Nexus Co-Founder Chris O'Reilly, DDB Creative Director Neil Dawson, Studio AKA Creative Director Philip Hunt, Agile Films Head of Development Kristian Brodie, and more from Pulse, Blink, Passion Pictures, and Ridley Scott Associates.
• BAFTA & Rushes Short Filmmakers Market:
We're also combining with BAFTA for a third year of collaboration, presenting a day of discussions, debates and declamations, with all-day screenings, talks and seminars and an industry market featuring top media and film organisations from the UK and beyond.
Join us and institutions including the Royal College of Art (RCA), National Film and Television School (NFTS), London Film Academy (LFA), London Film School (LFS), Kingston University, and Skillset to find out about how a Cannes Lion award winning campaign comes together, if shooting your next project in 3D is worth it, how to establish yourself as a commercial or music video director, make the jump from short films to features, what the future holds in your field or just how best to raise your game, then there's an event for you.
To book, visit http://bit.ly/iC0sGr
• Films In Competition:
Films this year include the sensational teaser trailer for the gore-flecked zombie game, Dead Island and the mesmerising newcomer God View, whose shock ending isn't the only thing that contributed to its win at the East End Film Festival. The short film, Dust, propels us up into space while the animation, Four, burrows into the soil of changing seasons and Deeper Than Yesterday takes us to the depths of the ocean and of the human condition. Featuring actors this year include John Hurt (Alien, the Elephant Man), Phyllida Law (Much Ado About Nothing), Tim McInnerny (Black Adder, Notting Hill) Dexter Fletcher (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), John Atterbury (Gosford Park), and Peter Capaldi (The Thick of It), among others. Elsewhere, you'll find fashion designer Paul Smith, vampires stalking the streets of Shoreditch, and performances in the music video category from David Lynch, Gorillaz, Jessie J, The xx, Take That, and many, many more.
To book, visit:
http://www.ica.org.uk/29443/Seasons/Rushes-Soho-Shorts-Festival-2011.html
• Non-Competitive Film Programmes:
Non-competitive programmes will feature UK and international selections from Philips’ Parallel Lines, Aesthetica Shorts, Curtocircuito (Spain), Hollyshorts (USA), Kerry Film Festival (Ireland), Renderyard (UK/Spain), Shorts Film Festival (Australia), Cinefiesta (Puerto Rico), Noche De Los Cortos (Peru), Cine Las Garzas (Panama), Dazzle Films (UK),View Festival (Italy), Reed.co.uk (UK), DC Shorts (USA), Bornshorts (Denmark), Kirin Short Cuts (UK), Digicult/ Creative Scotland, straight 8 and Streetwise Opera: Fables (UK).
All events and full booking details can be found on our website:
