Author Archives: Julian Bushell

About Julian Bushell

Founder of Non-Multiplex Cinema and creator of FILM MEANS BUSINESS. Now starting a new way to make film called "Blur the line". It takes the workshop environment of experimentation and learning and marries that with cinema quality equipment, filming at actual locations when possible. The end result is a scene the same as or as close as possible to the quality of a real production.

The Sales Revolution! – film networking and panel event

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The Sales Revolution - film networking and panel event

Tuesday 17th July (7pm – 10pm)
Deloitte Auditorium, 1st Floor, 2 New Street square, London EC4A 3TR

A film each from our panel of four (clockwise in the picture above starting top-right):

HEART OF SKY, HEART OF EARTH (Film Republic) – This documentary brings beautifully into profile the ending, in December 2012, of a great cycle in the ancient Mayan calendar. The Mayan people, their identity still intact, make poignant comparisons between ancient and modern perspectives. Umbrella Films, distributed in Germany.

A SERBIAN FILM (Jinga Films) – This film has been repeatedly banned throughout the world for the horrific and cruel nature of some of its scenes. It’s about a guy who, desperate to feed his family, is exploited by the porn industry and who becomes involved in the staggeringly depraved vision of a porn film director. Picked up by Revolver Entertainment.

COLIN (Left Films) – This staggeringly successful zombie film, distributed worldwide, was made for a reputed budget of £45 and deals with a zombie’s plight, uniquely, from a zombie point of view. A classic of its genre.

THE SAPPHIRES (Goalpost Films) – This film was recently picked up by The Weistein Company and was successfully screened at Cannes earlier this year. It is based on a true story of the 60s, about four Aboriginal girls who, for a while, became Australia’s answer to The Supremes and were sent to Vietnam to entertain the troops. It’s a classic story about youth and music, family and emotion. To be released in November of this year (IMDb).

Our panel of film sales professionals, Nicki Parfitt, Julian Richards, Xavier Rashid and Helen Grace will be answering questions about how they choose films and how they sell them.

Critical information and contact-making in today’s bitterly competitive market.

We would like you to be there. To reserve your place on-line for just £14.95, please go here.

Captive

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Captive
Non-Multiplex Cinema’s award winning short film CAPTIVE is currently in Shooting People’s Film of the Month competition. Please spare a few minutes to check it out at the below link, and if you are a Shooting People member, please vote!!

Here’s the link: http://shootingpeople.org/watch/109785/captive

A hostage thriller with a satirical twist, CAPTIVE has been officially selected and screened at several film festivals around the world and won the Audience Award at Portobello Film Festival. It has also been screened on TVP Kultura in Poland and streamed throughout France by CVS. CAPTIVE was written by Paul Nash and directed by Gus Alvarez. The film stars David Cann (Brass Eye, Jam) and Jonathan Rhodes (Life’s Too Short, Parents).

The Wimbledon SHORTS short film festival

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The Wimbledon SHORTS short film festival

The Wimbledon SHORTS short film festival


The Wimbledon SHORTS short film festival will be screening next Saturday (21st July) at the Polka Theatre in Wimbledon:
http://www.wimbledonshorts.com/

We will once again be bringing you a terrific collection of short films from right across the world, from quirky animations to edgy thrillers and arty experimental films. The only thing this eclectic collection of films has in common is that they are all shorter than 15 minutes! Not only that but, alongside the competition films we will be screening short films from WFC/Wimbledon College of Art short film workshop – so you will get a terrific opportunity to see some of the brightest and best of local filmmaking talent!

We will be awarding prizes for:
WFC Best Film
Best Experimental Film
Best Animation
Best Student Film

But also, the Audience Award selected by the night’s viewers. So don’t miss the event and have your vote!

Tickets may be purchased in advance (£6 for advance bookings, £7 on the night) by phoning the Polka Box Office on 020 8543 8888 or online here.

Doors open at 7pm screening starts at 7.30.

The Bombay Sapphire Imagination Series: Short Film Competition

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Bombay Sapphire Imagine – Oscar-winning screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher gives you his latest script and asks you to direct it. Bombay Sapphire and Tribeca Film Festival are offering 5 budding filmmakers the chance to make that dream a reality. Submit your take on the Imagination Series script before August 1st here: ow.ly/1Obp4o Absent of all director’s notes, such as genre, characters, location etc, we are inviting budding filmmakers to submit a treatment for the script, for the chance to have it produced with a big budget and a premier in 2013. An international judging panel, including Geoffrey Fletcher and other industry leaders assembled by the Tribeca Film Festival, will select five winners from a shortlist of entries. Besides the rare experience of working with film industry folk at the top of their game, the Imagination Series rewards each winner’s imagineering with the budget to make their film and bring it to the big screen. You can find out more about the competition, read the script and submit your treatment here.

BREAKTHROUGH – a brand new panel networking event from Non-Multiplex Cinema

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Breakthrough Intro

a NON-MULTIPLEX CINEMA presentation
Thursday 26th April (7pm – 10pm)

! BREAKTHROUGH !

the panel and networking event for film-makers looking to break through
Deloitte Auditorium, 1st Floor, 2 New Street Square, London EC4A 3TR


A panel of genuine, break-through and breaking-through film-makers, directors, producers, writers and crew, all down to earth, roll-with-the-punches result-makers who never give in.
If you aspire to working at this level and would like to meet key players, come to our breakthrough event and spark up new resolve.


The Panel:
BRIAN CLEMENS – (writer/producer), CHRISTINE HARTLAND (producer/executive producer), SAMUEL CLEMENS (actor/director), GEORGE CLEMENS (director/editor), MARTIN GOOCH (director/writer/DOP) and TREVOR MILLER (writer/director).
Hosted by our in-house presenter; Ruth Doyle (Producer).

This event supports the charities Children with Leukaemia, Cancer Research UK and Help for Heroes

With close to 200 filmmakers expected to attend, don’t miss this great opportunity. Our last event sold out! Drinks served throughout the evening.

Early price is £9.50 (normally £12.50). For more details and to book online, please click here.

International Co-Production: A UK Producer’s Perspective

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Film Means Business is delighted to welcome a fantastic panel line-up, featuring some of the UK’s leading Film industry Professionals. They will be discussing International Co-Production from a UK Producer’s perspective. What is an official co-production? Which territories have signed official co-production treaties with the UK and what are the benefits to co-producing your film with them? What is the British Film Industry’s role? We will hear from 2 of the UK’s prominent, experienced Production companies, about their experiences of working with international partners: the good, the bad and the ugly. For more details and to book online, please go here.

‘UK:Cue’ is a new magazine about British film, theatre and telly

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UK:Cue magazine

Sometimes Hollywood is not everybody’s cup of tea. Sometimes a British accent just hits the spot. Jolly good! ‘UK:Cue’ is a new magazine about British film, theatre and telly on both sides of the Atlantic, is not accent just Jolly good! and celebrates the cultural exchange between Expats and Anglophiles Rejoice! For more information, go to Kickstarter.com and enter UK:CUe or contact Larry JaFFee 917-291-2488, lsjaffee@gmail.com. Fundraising campaign ends Jan. 28.