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Curtains

16 Feb

Shall we meet in Paris on the morn?

The European Independent Film Festival has just announced its Official Selection for the fifth edition of the festival.

Amongst the 67 films from 27 countries competing for their awards is Curtains, which was directed by Dan Jemmett & Julian Barrett.

Filmmakers will be competing for 22 awards, including “Europe’s Best Independent Film 2010”. The jury includes director’s Audrey Najar and Frederic Perrot (France), Cannes Film Festival award-winner Joao Salaviza (Portugal) and filmmaker Dunja Kusturica (Serbia).

In addition to screenings, attendees can participate in workshops hosted by industry professionals including scriptwriting, editing, acting and directing.

The festival takes place March 12-14 at Cinema Le Grand Action and Le Triomphe, both located in the heart of Paris’ Latin Quarter.

For more information and a full list of the 2010 Official Selection, go to: www.ecufilmfestival.com

Kim Noble Up For Chortle Award

16 Feb

Kim Noble‘s live showcase Kim Noble Will Die has been nominated in the Best Show catagory at this year’s Chortle Awards.  Noble, who is perhaps best known for his appearances as Jim in Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, and also cropped up in Man To Man With Dean Learner and series three of The Mighty Boosh, usually alongside his comedy partner Stuart Silver, returned with his first live show for five years, to rave reviews – including this one from The Times.

The Chortle Awards themsleves showcase a variety of comedic talents, from the virtually unknown to big names like Russell Brand and Dylan Moran.  Up and coming sensation Tim Minchin is also up for an award, as is the man who first put Noel Fielding & Julian Barratt together on stage, Stewart Lee.

You can vote for your favourites on Chortle’s website, where this is also a vote for the Best Venue going on.  Check it out!

Time Called For The Persuasionists?

16 Feb

Simon Farnaby‘s latest project, The Persuasionsists, has struggled to find an audience and ended up buried in graveyard slots over the last week.

The show, which featured the Bunny & The Bull star alongside cult favourites Adam Buxton and Iain Lee, was heavilly publicised and believed to be the BBC’s answer to Channel 4′s The IT Crowd – offering popularist sitcom with a sprinkling of surreal comedy.  However, after the first few episodes scored some of the lowest Appreciation Index scores of all time (a system used in British television in which a sample audience rates the show out of 100 to determine quality), the plug was quickly pulled.

The last three episodes were removed from the schedules, and dotted around in graveyard slots for the past week, airing on Monday 8th, Friday 12th and Saturday 13th respectively.

At present, the dvd featuring all the episodes is still planned, scheduled for a July release date.  It’s currently listed for preorder at Amazon here: The Persuasionists [DVD] – however, dvd releases of announced programmes have been pulled previously, and given the show’s disasterous performance, there’s always the possibility that this will quietly slip from the schedules.

All six episodes are also up for viewing on the BBC’s iPlayer service until this Saturday evening.  For what may be your only chance to see this show, visit the iPlayer links below.

Episode One: Cockney Cheese | Episode Two: The Handsomeness | Episode Three: The Charity | Episode Four: Diet Stuff | Episode Five: Being Creative |Episode Six: The Australianess

Episodes 1-3 expire at 11:29pm on Saturday 20th February, with episodes 4 & 5 expiring at 11:49pm the same day.  Episode 6 will expire at 12:14am on Sunday 21st February. All episodes will be available for 30 days if downloaded.

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