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Twenty budding young filmmakers from East London are set to reveal the secrets of filmmaking at East End Film Festival on 6th July with a documentary about their experiences of making a movie together. For the past three months, they have been learning from a group of award-winning Romanian filmmakers including director Radu Muntean (Tuesday, After Christmas: The Paper Will be Blue), scriptwriter Alexandru Baciu (Boogie; Tuesday, After Christmas), editor Catalin Cristutiu (California Dreamin’; Everybody in Our Family), and actress Anamaria Marinca (BAFTA winner for Traffic mini series; 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days). They have been participating in the East Meets East initiative created jointly by the Romanian Cultural Institute and Four Corners centre for film and photography to help nurture new skills for disadvantaged youngsters living in the Olympic boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Greenwich, Newham, Waltham Forest, Barking and Dagenham.

Under the supervision of Four Corners’ technical manager Lynn Turner, the group have documented the creative path that these workshops have taken as they explore the filmmaking production process and learn about team work. The film includes interviews with some of the Romanian mentors as well as the participating youngsters themselves. The short documentary of their endeavours will premiere at the Rich Mix cinema with all the young filmmakers in attendance.

This is the first time that the Romanian Cultural Institute has initiated such a unique partnership aimed at developing stronger cultural links between London and Romania The Institute has also supported a number of cultural projects as part of the Olympiad Festival which highlight some of the country’s great contemporary artists.

The East Meets East project is screening at East End Film Festival at Rich Mix on 6th July.

Tickets available from Rich Mix box office: 020 7613 7498 or online: www.richmix.org.uk/film

Full Festival details: www.eastendfilmfestival.com

Charleston, South Carolina native Daniel Bostic recently starred in an important short film entitled “Crash” that tackles the important topic of driving while distracted. Whether it result from texting, talking on the phone, talking to passengers, or even eating in the car, distracted driving, especially among teens is becoming more common and more dangerous.

“Crash” was shot in Benson, North Carolina with the help and cooperation of the Benson Fire and EMS Departments. “Crash” was produced by Jason Bullock of Backwards Man Productions, a production company based in Johnston County, North Carolina that delivers quality, cost-effective productions with state of the art equipment. “Crash” chronicles the tragic effects of driving while distracted and the impact that such actions have on both driver and the people left behind.

Crash Trailer from Backwards Man Productions on Vimeo.

“Crash” will be shown to high school students throughout the country to bring home to them in the most realistic fashion the real dangers of driving distracted and practicing unsafe driving practices. All involved in the film hope that it will make a strong impression on the young people who watch it and in the process save lives.

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www.danielbostic.com
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Network Releasing will issue a new soundtrack of the silent Alfred Hitchcock classic THE LODGER, composed and performed by acclaimed, multi-award winning musician and composer Nitin Sawhney with the London Symphony Orchestra. The soundtrack will be available to own on 23 July 2012, RRP £12.99 and coincides with a world premiere of a digital restoration of THE LODGER. This has been lovingly restored and will screened in conjunction with the new score at the Barbican on 21 July 2012 courtesy of Network Releasing and the BFI.

Alfred Hitchcock’s first thriller, “The Lodger: The Story of the London Fog” was made in 1926 and written by Eliot Stannard. It stars matinee heartthrob Ivor Novello as a mysterious lodger suspected of being the serial killer known as the Avenger, who has a taste for young blondes. He rents a room at the Brownings’, whose daughter happens to be dating the detective investigating the murders. Made for the then newly created Gainsborough Studios THE LODGER was heavily influenced by the German expressionist movement and films such as “The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari” and “Nosferatu”. Such inspiration can be seen in Hitchcock’s stylized angular shots and heavy use of light and show, which are designed to reflect the mental states of the characters. THE LODGER has been digitally restoredfrom the existing negatives and is set for theatrical release on 10th August 2012, followed by the Blu-ray and DVD in September 2012.

Talking about the new score Sawhney says, “I always hoped to follow in the footsteps of the great Hitchcock composer, Bernard Hermann. He has been one of my major heroes and influences since I was a kid. What I find amusing is that, since I am scoring a silent Hitchcock film from 1927, Bernard Hermann will now posthumously follow in my footsteps instead! As a long serving judge for the Ivor Novello awards I was delighted to be scoring the one Hitchcock film that features Ivor Novello himself. A film that has all the earmarks of a genius director making his first foray into the world of suspense, this is a gift to score and I am enjoying the process more than I even imagined. I can’t wait to hear the London Symphony Orchestra play it.”

The world premiere of the newly restored The Lodger, with the live score performed by Nitin Sawhney and the London Symphony Orchestra will take place at The Barbican on July 21st.

EDIT – Here is the artwork…