June 14, 2013 Leave a comment
Poster for The Tropic of Capricorn
Another packed house at the Banshee this month. Thank you to everyone who came along. It was particularly nice to see so many new faces as well as new regulars who have continued to come along the past few months and all the old faces too – you guys rock! Read more of this post
June 1, 2013 Leave a comment
June is ‘film month’ in Edinburgh and we are delighted to be a part of it.
This month’s screening is a belter, filled with a diverse range of short films; everything from first-time filmmakers to VFX spectaculars, experimental drama to time-lapse photography.
Write Shoot Cut is a part of Screen Education Edinburgh, and as such we are taking an opportunity this month to showcase a film made by young first time filmmakers. Louis Clark‘s The Man With No Name was made through a project we did called Xpress Yourself and is one of 9 short films made by young people aged 12-19 from across Edinburgh. We are releasing all 9 films online, one a day, from Monday 10th June in the lead up to the Edinburgh International Film Festival. You can catch them all at the Screen Education Edinburgh website.
Following this we have Matt Cameron‘s VFX drama Falling Out, Catriona Ruth Paterson‘s Weird Science-esque Girl TM, the BAFTA Scotland Award Winning short film RED from filmmaker Simone Smith, Screen Academy Scotland MA short film The Sun Does Not Exist from Adria Reina and finally, the World Première of the time-lapse landscape beauty that is The Tropic of Capricorn from German based filmmaker and photographer Greg Kiss (who we are also delighted to say is travelling from Munich to attend, along with the composer, Perth-based Philip Curran).
May 15, 2013 2 Comments
I say it every month but wow, what a night, this was literally the busiest night we’ve ever had; people sitting cross legged on the floor, the stairs filled and even people perched at the door and out into the hallway – I was told next time to bring a megaphone so that they could hear me out there. Bloody hell.
I gushed on the night that I do these events for the love of short film and that I couldn’t do it with out all the people who turn up and make it what it is… and I meant it, I really really appreciate it.
We had a slim-line event this month and I think that it worked wonderfully, the last two had been a little over long with a break in the middle but this one just flowed better and there was a lot of feedback saying so. You can consider that noted and I’ll aim for this kind of length going forward.
On the night we had six films and three Q&As. Tom Chick, who unfortunately couldn’t make it, delivered what can only be described as the most eccentric video introduction to a film that anyone has ever seen – it’s so good in fact, I just have to share it with you.
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This podcast includes Q&As recorded live with the filmmakers whose short films screened at the May Write Shoot Cut screening on Monday 13th May 2013 at the Banshee Labyrinth in Edinburgh. The filmmakers are Ciaran Lyons, John McPhail and Neil Hartop.
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May 13, 2013 4 Comments
Screen Education Edinburgh presents, in association with Filmhouse, Write Shoot Cut – Monday 26th August
We are excited to announce a very special Write Shoot Cut short film screening and networking event at the prestigious Filmhouse cinema in Edinburgh during the summer festivals this August.
Being passionate about short film exhibition and championing filmmakers, it feels only right that we should be upping our game and collaborating with one of the best cinema exhibition specialists in the UK.
This collaboration with the Filmhouse will be a showcase of short film talent in Edinburgh, Scotland and beyond and will hopefully, if successful, be the launch of quarterly Write Shoot Cut screenings at the venue. Yes, that’s right, Screen Education Edinburgh and Filmhouse will be hosting special Write Shoot Cut screenings four times a year, giving short filmmakers a new platform to reach an even wider audience.
Don’t worry, we are not abandoning the Banshee Labyrinth or our monthly screenings, we are just adding yet more events to your annual calendar. A new platform for short films and a chance for a new audience to discover exciting new talent, through Write Shoot Cut.
These events shall be curated by Neil, as creator of Write Shoot Cut, and will follow the same submission guidelines as the monthly event.
Screening with take place quarterly, on the last Monday of the month, staring in August with tickets charged at £6 full price and £5 concessions.
If you would like to have your film considered for screening at Write Shoot Cut please check out submissions page.
May 13, 2013 1 Comment
Screen Education Edinburgh presents Write Shoot Cut: Two Minutes Silence Short Film Challenge We are delighted to announce our first short film challenge for 2013 open to filmmakers from across the world. The challenge is simple; make a short film that is no more than two minutes long (including credits) that has absolutely no dialogue in it. You may have atmosphere, noise, sound effects and musical score but no one can speak, no voice over, no subtitles and no words. It’s about telling a story in its simplest visual form. Read more of this post
April 30, 2013 Leave a comment
Let’s talk about the weather because, you know, that’s all there is to talk about in Scotland; “it’s snowing in April”, “I hope we get a summer this year”, “it would be nice if there wasn’t that bitter wind” and so on… in August it’ll be all, “it’s too hot” blah blah (I’m as bad as anyone else when it comes to this)… But who cares, get in a dark room with other people and appreciate some great independent film then you have no idea what the weather is like.
This month we have a fantastic line up to share with you at our monthly short film night, including; two Bootleg Film Festival, Edinburgh winners, a BAFTA Scotland winner, a Digicult funded period piece, a demented music video and the theatrical premiere of a powerful little short film with no dialogue.
As well as this we’ll have four Q&As with local filmmakers; live streamed on the night and podcast recording happening – all simultaneously. It’s a technical revolution here at Write Shoot Cut and who knows how it’ll go but we’re giving it a bash. Read more of this post
April 17, 2013 4 Comments
Following the success of the Bootleg Film Festival, our hosts The Banshee Labyrinth asked me if we’d be up for doing another weekend event in July.
After a few seconds thought, I said – hell yeah – and so for three nights Write Shoot Cut will be throwing a Weekender of independent film goodness in Edinburgh across July 26th, 27th and 28th 2013.
This isn’t Bootleg; not in scale or in programming. It’ll be in the one cinema, in the evenings and we are looking for as much local content as possible, including for the first time; feature films. So if you are an Edinburgh or Scottish filmmaker looking for an audience and a platform to showcase your work, well, this may be the very place. We will of course still be accepting submissions from anyone and everyone and the programme will be made up of the best independent cinema being made right now.
The Weekender will basically be an extension of the Write Shoot Cut monthly nights. 7.30pm start, quality local and international films, Q&As, cheap drinks and networking. Everything you love about our short film night, extended and expanded into a jumbo supersize happy meal.
So submissions are now open.
Do you want to screen your movie at our Weekender? It’s easy. Follow the submission policy for Write Shoot Cut and clearly mark that you are submitting for the Weekender event. You can find out how to submit here.
Submissions for the Weekender will be open until 12pm on Monday 1st July.
There will be a few exciting additions to the event, so keep your eyes peeled. Until then, please spread the word, get your films in and get yourself ready for another awesome weekend of film in Edinburgh.
