2 Days Later Short Filmmaking Competition 2009 Launched

20th June 2009

Now in its seventh year, supported by Screen South and KCC Arts Investment Programme, this week sees the launch of 2 Days Later 2009, complete with a fully re-vamped website that contains full information, a trailer for this year’s event, and the opportunity to view previous year’s award winning films.

The aim of the competition is to devise and produce a chilling 10 minute short film within 48 hours. Entrants are required to feature three items from a given list as part of their film productions.

Featured on ITV Meridian & BBC Local News, Kent has proven itself a hotbed for showcasing talent, with a back-catalogue of over 200 films made especially for the competition from all over the UK and Europe. This year’s films will be screened at The Halloween Screen Event in the haunted Theatre Royal Margate, on October 31^st2009.

Since the competition began in 2003, the organisers have been pleased to see many of their first-time filmmakers go on to train and succeed in careers within the media industry; with some, such as Herne Bay’s Russell Gomm, to then form Aurora Pictures and win Best Film in the Kent Film Festival 2008. Dominic Currie, from Surrey, who first cut his teeth in filmmaking as a regular and very successful competition entrant, won the Mark Ravenhill Guardian You-Tube Film Challenge 2008, to receive a year’s mentoring by top Channel 4 TV producers.

Previous Nottingham based Best Film 2007 winner Shawn Robert-Smith’s The Soldier, succeeded to gain national cinema release with Showcase Cinemas in October 2008

‘Horror was the obvious choice for our festival, as it appeals to the novice filmmaker and everyone can have a go. It’s about accessibility. We want people to not get too worried or scared about the process of making a film, and not spend too much time or money on it either. As we tell them – All you need is a camera and a bottle of ketchup!”

….says Mick Etherton, Director of Beeping Bush…..

“It’s amazing how many enquiries we receive each year from all over the globe. We get fantastically well made films of all types, from traditional zombie flicks to more sophisticated psychological productions. Films made with digital stills cameras, and one past entry was actually awarded BEST FILM 2007 by our Film Industry Judging Panel, made on only a mobile phone!”

This year’s judging panel is still to be confirmed, but previous judges have included
Kim Newman , multi-award-winning journalist, author & broadcaster; contributing editor to ‘Empire’ and ‘Sight & Sound’ magazines

James Moran, Screenwriter, Severance; Torchwood; Dr Who

Jo Nolan, Chief Executive Screen South -UK Film Council Regional Screen Agency

Barry Basset, Managing Director of VMI High Definition and Broadcast,

John McGhie, Director of Programmes Kent TV

Philip Ilson, Co-Director, Halloween Short Film Festival / Shorts Programmer, Curzon Soho and a member of Film Network’s Industry Panel.

Mike Shaw, Freelance Film correspondent &Founder/editor-in chief of The Void, entertainments’ website

Prizes will be awarded in a variety of categories including Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Actor. There will also be an audience vote for most Popular Film. The filmmakers are competing for the opportunity to develop their career by winning a week’s hire of Broadcast Quality High Definition full camera kit from Soho sponsors VMI High Definition and Broadcast,

Entrants can access the competition brief at www.2dayslater.co.uk. The closing date for entries is 5pm, Wednesday 30th September. The lead producer must be 18 or over to enter.

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