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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.

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Film for Learning Training underway in 10 Bristol Primary Schools

Teachers participate in their Film for Learning induction at Engine Shed

The new academic year may be well underway for students, but this October teachers from ten Bristol primary schools are beginning their own learning journey that will see them become professionally trained to use film as a teaching tool.

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Films at Bristol’s Festival of the Future City

Film Noir and the City written by Mel Kelly

This year’s Festival of the Future City (16-18 October 2019) features a fantastic film programme featuring “classic utopian films about cities; cities in silent cinema; and documentaries on New Towns, democracy, the housing crisis and the anthropocene”, plus a season of classic film noirs.

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Guest Blog: Are we witnessing Bristollywood in the making?

Filming of Poldark in Bristol

James Durie, chief executive of Bristol Chamber & Initiative at Business West, reflects on the growth of Bristol’s TV & film economy.

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Wildscreen launches Back from the Brink competition

Pine Marten

Wildscreen, the Bristol-based conservation charity behind the internationally-renowned Wildscreen Festival, has partnered with Back from the Brink to launch a new competition inviting the public to grab their cameras and share the nature that lives around them.

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UCCN Annual Conference 2019, Fabriano, Italy

UCCN Annual Conference 2019, Fabriano, Italy

Bristol City of Film’s Natalie Moore has returned from the XIII Unesco Creative Cities Network Annual Conference (10-15 June 2019), which was this year hosted by Fabriano, City of Crafts and Folk Art. The conference was opened on 10 June by the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Matterella, who welcomed UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Creative Cities Monica Francesca Merloni … Read More

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Official Bait Trailer released ahead of UK Premiere

Bait

The BFI has released the official trailer for Bristol-produced feature Bait, which is due to premiere in the UK on Friday 21 June at Edinburgh International Film Festival where it is nominated for the 2019 Michael Powell Award for Best British Film.  Directed by Mark Jenkin and produced by Bristol company Early Day Films, Bait was the only UK film selected … Read More