Bram Stoker International Film Festival

Posted by on May 2, 2009 in Bram Stoker, Horror Films, Whitby Film | 0 comments

Just a quick reminder to all our readers that Whitby has its very own Bram Stoker International Film Festival.

Here’s part of the festival’s mission statement:

The Bram Stoker International Film Festival established in order to provide more opportunities and exposure for filmmakers, screenwriters, Sci-Fi and games developers working within the horror, science fiction and suspense genres, as well as to draw more attention to WHITBY by means of our annual Film Festival.

It’s great to see that Whitby is attracting such quality events and this can only be a good thing for the town and its inhabitants.

Oh… and the website is entertaining too!

Click here to visit: Bram Stoker International Film Festival

Let me know what you think or if you have any thoughts about Whitby being used for filming, festivals, etc.

Alan

Whitby in Shorts goes global

Posted by on Mar 13, 2009 in Whitby Film | 0 comments
Here’s some up-to-date news I received about the great new Whitby in Shorts short film festival.  Whitby is a fantastic place for filmmakers and there’s loads of talent in the area as well.  The website goes live very soon.  Check it out…

The BRAND NEW “WHITBY IN SHORTS” web-site goes online, and open for ENTRIES.
From Friday late afternoon/early evening, the world will be watching as the new site goes online, promoting Whitby’s very own nine-day wonder:


240 short-films, (the twenty best in each of twelve Genres) will be screened at five star venues around the town, competing for top Awards and Prizes. So if you have a short-film (3 -15 minutes in length) then join in the Wississiffi spirit and enter the Festival;
“WHITBY IN SHORTS” is a community-driven community-serving non-profit initiative that has already paid its own way, brought a lot of business to the Coliseum, and raised well over a thousand pounds for the Whitby Dog Rescue (unfunded by national or local government).
It’s not a coast thing – IT’S A WHITBY THING! And everybody is welcome to be a part of it.
Already LOCAL sponsors are coming forward to support the event, and other LOCAL organisations are getting involved in the Wississiffi FRINGE EVENTS CALENDAR.
So visit the new web-site over the weekend. Find out more. Find out how you can help.  IT’S A WHITBY THING!
PLUS

“WHITBY IN SHORTS [3]”

Whitby COLISEUM Friday 13th March ’09 – 7:30pm.

Admission: £5

Concession: Under-18s £2.50

Bar – Cafeteria


Third in the increasingly popular series of monthly local film nights at The Coliseum, “WHITBY IN SHORTS [3]” offers a diverse programme that includes drama, social comment, animation and documentary, with films from (alphabetically):

Nancy Eadington

Chad Hodgson

Craig Hornby

Sarah Macmillan

Alex McCormack

James Mernagh

Maria Silmon

Jan Te?itel

Christoph Warrack

And, of course, Sarah Macmillan’s great little ‘making of’ movie

“’Behind the Scenes’ at WiS ‘Movie-in-a-Day’ Hands-On Workshop”.

You walk down the street and you hear people talking . . . “Wississiffi, wississiffi, wississiffi, wississiffi . .”

It’s more than a whisper – it ‘s a ROAR!

Let’s hear it for  “WHITBY IN SHORTS”

Small World

Posted by on Oct 25, 2008 in Whitby Film | 0 comments

I’ve jutr received this email from Nigel Ward and Helga Marrs about a new film called Small World which was shot in Whitby.

If you’re in the area, why not go and see it?

Just thought you might be interested to hear that our new film – SMALL WORLD, shot exclusively in Whitby & the Esk valley – is finished and will be screening at The Coliseum in Whitby on Sat 22nd & Sat 29th November, in aid of Whitby Dog Rescue.

It’s turned out really well and we are entering it in film festivals all over the world.
Please try and come along – I think you’ll enjoy it – loadsa music – cast of thirty local actors/actresses!

Cheers – and please, please, help spread the word!

Nigel Ward & Helga Marrs

http://www.eskvalley.com/event-diary/november.htm