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Bristol UNESCO City of Film community responds to COVID-19

UNESCO / Bristol City of Film

Covid-19 is causing unprecedented changes for us all, but we’re proud to see so much resilience from the fantastic film community in Bristol City of Film.

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Stories From Our City

Stories From Our City

In September 2019, Bristol24/7 teamed up with further education provider boomsatsuma to launch a new initiative to address the lack of diversity in Bristol’s creative industries and give six young people in Bristol the opportunity to take part in a new film-making project.

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Bristol-produced Bait brings home BAFTA

Bait by Mark Jenkins, with producers Kate Byers and Linn Waite

Huge congratulations to the team behind Mark Jenkin’s Bait, the debut feature from Bristol-based Early Day Films, which has won the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director and Producer.

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Presenting our new showreel

Bristol UNESCO City of Film showreel

We’re delighted to share with you the first Bristol City of Film showreel, celebrating the outstanding talent, productions, festivals, events and educators that make Bristol a world-class UNESCO centre for film and the moving image!

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Channel 4 Creative Hub in Bristol opens for business

PIC mid Bristol launch: Alex Mahon and Mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees at the Channel 4 Bristol Creative Hub, 15th Jan 2020

Channel 4 officially marked the opening of its new Creative Hub in Bristol last night at an event for staff, producers and partners from the region to launch the new offices based in Bristol’s Finzels Reach.

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BAFTA Nominations for Bait and A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

BAFTA Nominations for Bait and A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

Bristol City of Film is celebrating this week as two films produced by the city’s production companies have picked up a total of three nominations for this year’s BAFTAs.

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“Bristol deserves a BAFTA for the best place to make drama”

The Trial of Christine Keeler filming in Bristol Corn Street area © Ecosse Films BBC photo credit Ben Blackall

Ecosse Films’ six-part drama The Trial of Christine Keeler, which takes a fresh look at the 1960s ‘Profumo Affair’, will premiere on BBC One on Sunday 29th December, following its extensive shoot at The Bottle Yard Studios and a host of Bristol locations earlier this year.

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European Cinema Night visits Bristol with System Crasher preview

Bait Producers Kate Byers Linn Waite with System Crasher Producer Frauke Kolbmuller. Photo credit: Chelsey Cliff

Watershed was one of only two cinemas in the UK to host this year’s edition of European Cinema Night with last night’s special free preview of the German arthouse hit System Crasher followed by a Q&A with the film’s producer Frauke Kolbmüller.

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Nick Park talks 30 years of Wallace & Gromit with Mark Kermode

Conversation with Nick Park in Bristol

On 23rd October, legendary animator Nick Park sat down for a special interview marking 30 years of Wallace & Gromit, with film critic Mark Kermode and Professor of Film Studies at Exeter University Linda Ruth Williams.

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Bristol’s first Black owned TV production company launches

Blak Wave

Blak Wave, spearheaded by Michael Jenkins and Dr Mena Fombo, will be the first of Bristol’s 140 TV production companies to be black owned.

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Seven Worlds, One Planet: Bristol preview with Sir David Attenborough

Seven Worlds, One Planet preview

After a public ticket ballot that saw more than 80,000 people apply for tickets, it was a packed auditorium of 300 that settled in for the Bristol preview of Seven World One Planet at Showcase Cinema de Lux on 23 October, introduced by Sir David Attenborough.

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Guest blog: Hear Our Stories

Babbasa staff

Eddie Bingham, Communications and Fundraising Lead at Bristol-based social enterprise Babbasa, describes the Hear Our Stories short film, which tells the stories of ethnic minority individuals who are excelling in Business and Entrepreneurship.