Ah Men starts April 8th at Phoenix Artist Club

AH Men www.ahmen.co.uk, is a ground breaking musical play that goes on stage for the first time ever in Phoenix Artists Club from 8th – 14th April.. It stars Jenia Emmanuelle as the wife and Lawe James as the husband, who deftly reveals the art of cross dressing to tight deadlines when he transitions from Trevor to Tiffany in less than ten minutes. Lawe James is a seasoned performer and singer on the LGBT circuit. Produced by Noel Wilson Tel: 07930 969249
AH Men is attracting global attention and has been described as wonderful, and one of the few good things to come out of London. Even before the first performance, AH Men is being booked as part of Festivals in Camden, The South East and even Greece. Check out the video promo at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sZcxmBPVVQ. AH Men – The Musical
AH Men is the true story of a woman whose husband had a sex change and portrays an authentic, gentle, humorous and romantic account of the impact that sex change has on partners and families.. Anyone interested in two free tickets to AH Men worth £10 each should email angelsforce@ymail.com with title YES PLEASE I WANT FREE TICKETS. The draw will take place on Easter Sunday.

8th April – 14th April
Show starts at 7.30pm , 7pm Wednesday
Book your ticket in advance to avoid disappointment.

Phoenix Arts Theatre
1 Phoenix Street
St Giles
London
WC2H 8BU

Tickets are £10 each available from www.ahmen.co.uk. Also are 2 tickets for 1 for the 12th April performance.

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Exclusive Interview with Lynne Paris, Writer and Director of AH Men
Q:-This must have been a traumatic experience for you. What made you tell your story publicly?
A:- I was asked to, and because I know how isolated wives of transexuals can feel I decided to go public to reach out and support other women who find themselves in my position. To give them hope and self respect back.
Q:- How do you plan to support wives?
A:- I’ve developed a Helpline network of Counsellors , Relationship Coaches and spiritual resource which will make sense of what has happened to them. It’s a time of growth and transition for wives as well to reach their full potential. It’s hard for women, if their husband wants a sex change, to understand that they can also revolutionise their lives – have their own transition, in a way.
Q :- But surely a wife can refuse to agree to her husband having a sex change unless she feels comfortable with the idea?
A:- You’d expect so, but legislation was passed in Europe making it unnecessary for a man to have the consent of his wife before he has a sex change. A man can be a long way down the treatment route without his wife even knowing. What happened to me could happen to any woman.
Q: How can women access the Helpline?
A:- Details will shortly be published on the AH Men website www.ahmen.co.uk
Q: What are your plans for AH Men?
A:- AH Men is attracting attention from many Diversity Groups, at home and abroad because it explores issues around The Equality Act and Protected Characteristics in a uniquely insightful and humorous way. We’ve received a couple of enquiries about making a film. I guess we’ll just see what comes along.

About Yellobric

Yellobric was set up in 2011 to enable sustainable, long-term economic growth through education in the developing world.
They enrich the lives of thousands of school children in sub-Saharan Africa, many of whom have never had the educational materials to achieve literacy. Leveraging modern technology, they deliver educational texts in a low-cost and sustainable manner to where they are needed most.

Putting a library of eBooks in the hands of developing world children for under £100.

Yellobric is currently focusing on the wide scale distribution of eLiterature as a low cost and effective way of providing developing world children with thousands of eBooks and other educational tools. These are deployed through partner charities with existing operations in schools and communities across the developing world. Yellobric has nine schemes in operation across sub-Saharan Africa. In total 49 devices have been deployed, each with a library of between 400 and 1,600 eBooks. In their first year Yellobric were able to deliver eBooks at around 40p per eBook. For more information: http://www.yellobric.com

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London

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Behind The Scenes Of Total Hell – Launches 22nd April

BTSOTH Main Logo

Behind the Scenes of TOTAL HELL is a feature length mockumentary about a film production, gone wrong. The film follows hapless, egocentric film director “Jamie Gunn” and friends through their filmmaking exploits. The brainchild of filmmaker Andy Wilton, a promos director from the North East of England. The film is based on many of the incidents and bizzarities Andy had witnessed, suffered and caused within the industry. “Behind the Scenes of TOTAL HELL” will be launched free online on April 22nd.  You can see the trailer here

http://youtu.be/KH3-xe2j9X4

The film is being supported by SHOWFILMFIRST and has featured in the Guardian.

Full details can be found on their website

www.btsoth.co.uk

 

Kino Shorts 31: North West Short Film & Networking Event

Announcing the next Kino Manchester Shorts event at the Three Minute Theatre. Full details can be found on the facebook invite here

https://www.facebook.com/events/504552029609029/

Kino at 3MT DETAILS:
Mon 25th March
Doors open 7pm / start 7.30 pm
£5.00 full price
£4.00 concessions (students / unemployed – Id /evidence must be presented).

Participating filmmakers £3 (unless a donation was made when film was submitted in which case the participating filmmaker will have free admission).

Advance reservations recommended by emailing John as seats are limited – but not essentlal as tickets will be available on the door.See more

The Three Minute Theatre

Afflecks Arcade, 35-39, Oldham Street, M1 1JG Manchester, United Kingdom

Kino 49 Coming Soon

Kino 49 is coming up on Wednesday 27th March from 7.30 with another collection of great shorts. There are no themes and no pre-selection of the films they show. They ask only that films be under 6 minutes, on dvd, and include the Kino London logo (just for the screening). They also stipulate that the filmmaker should be there on the night, of course,… to stand up and say “Hi, I made this!” If you’d like to screen at Kino #49 drop Laura a line at screen@kinolondon.com. She’ll need your name, the title and duration of your film and some contact details. The Kino logos are available to download here http://www.kinolondon.com/about/want-to-screen/. The details for the night are Wednesday 27th March at the HORSE HOSPITAL, Colonnade, Bloomsbury London WC1N 1JD Nearest tube: Russell Square (Piccadilly Line) Doors at 7:30pm, films start 8:15pm £4 entry, £3 with flyer (home-printed flyers accepted!) Free Popcorn. The facebook invite is here

https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/events/423379924422464/

 

Kino 48 Coming Soon

Kino 48 is coming up on Wednesday 27th February from 7.30 with another collection of great shorts. There are no themes and no pre-selection of the films they show. They ask only that films be under 6 minutes, on dvd, and include the Kino London logo (just for the screening). They also stipulate that the filmmaker should be there on the night, of course,… to stand up and say “Hi, I made this!” If you’d like to screen at Kino #48 drop Laura a line at screen@kinolondon.com. She’ll need your name, the title and duration of your film and some contact details. The Kino logos are available to download here http://www.kinolondon.com/about/want-to-screen/. The details for the night are Wednesday 27th February at the HORSE HOSPITAL, Colonnade, Bloomsbury London WC1N 1JD Nearest tube: Russell Square (Piccadilly Line) Doors at 7:30pm, films start 8:15pm £4 entry, £3 with flyer (home-printed flyers accepted!) Free Popcorn The facebook invite is here

https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/events/507743839278462/

News About Rushes Soho Shorts 2013

For many years we have helped spread the word about Rushes Soho Shorts, an excellent short film festival held every year in London. Unfortunately, there won’t be one this year and we wanted to forward on their message on this and to thank them for some great films and events.

“Sadly we have to announce that we will not be holding RSSF 2013. The festival has been a passionate commitment for 14 years; the decision has not been easy to make. We sincerely THANK YOU for your support, for entering your films, for coming to our screenings and events. We’ve had a huge amount of fun meeting everyone over the years and truly appreciate all the films that have been entered for consideration – whether shortlisted or not. Having had the opportunity to see everyone’s work has been a huge privilege and biggest highlight of our year, each year. We want to keep our festival family together. While the festival is discontinued the social media sites will remain – continuing to promote news, screenings and events from the short film world and the festival community. There may even be the occasional event we put together. But that is all to come. For now please join us below to stay in contact…

Join us in our new LinkedIn Group: http://linkd.in/UcDNrH

Follow us on our Facebook Fan Page: www.facebook.com/rushessohoshorts

Follow on Twitter @Sohoshorts: http://twitter.com/#!/sohoshorts

Follow us on our Website/Blog here: www.sohoshorts.com

We hope you have a very festive December. Please stay in touch. Keep making shorts!

Yours as always,

The Soho Shorts Team.”

Greenhorn At The Dugout

 

Greenhorn Short Film Festival is happy to announce a short film programme to be screened at The Dugout, an affiliated Inclusive Women’s Arts Festival. The screening will take place on Saturday 2nd March 2013 at the Hoxton Arches between 11.30am – 5.30pm. The film programme will run alongside a day of inclusive workshops, exhibitions, stalls and collaborative projects. The Dugout is organised and run collaboratively by women with and without learning disabilities and Barnet Mencap.

The Dugout aims to…

>provide a platform for female creativity

>support women with learning disabilities to better access artistic opportunities

>provide a space for women to collaborate and share skills

For further details please go to: www.thedugoutfestival.com

 

Raindance Submissions – Now Open

The Raindance Film Festival is now accepting submissions for their 21st annual festival taking place from 25th September – 6th October 2013 in London. They accept narrative and documentary features and shorts, as well as music videos and they’re very proud of their history as a launchpad for new and independent filmmakers. You can submit through their Withoutabox page where you’ll also find their eligibility criteria. Any questions, please get in touch with their team through festival@raindance.co.uk.

Deadlines

– Early Deadline – 17th April

– Regular Deadline – 17th May

– Late Deadline – 1st June

This year will be giving awards for:

Best International Feature

Best British Feature

Best Debut Feature

Best Documentary

Best International Short

Best British Short

Short Film of the Festival

Feature Film of the Festival

The winner of Short Film of the Festival becomes eligible for the Oscar longlist. Last year’s winner, Buzkashi Boys, has just made the shortlist for the 2013 Oscars. Incidentally, they also screened Asad, which has also made the shortlist.

cgiCITY event summary – so many highlights

Hi,

Want to say big thanks to anyone who came down to Non-Multiplex Cinema’s first cgiCITY event. Being the first, like the audience, I didn’t know what to expect.

cgiCITY 5/9/2012

It was really enlightening to see how Will Rockall and John Sellings, who gave the talk, broke down scenes in their films, going through some quite detailed steps. They were like the masked magicians. More…