Archive for May, 2010

Win loadsa moolah (£50k) with Pepsi

Thursday, May 27th, 2010 posted by Helen Jack

It’s a tight one, but if you have a few hours free between now and Saturday 29 May, get some friends together, grab a ball and make a short film.

Pepsi are looking for short films that are about football, be it you inyour local park or something more adventurous.  Once that’s in the (digital) can, upload it to the site and pester everyone you know to vote for it.  The film with the most votes will be awarded £50,000 and a team of experts to create a once in a lifetime football experience. Hmmm, intriguing.

Media That Matters – London premiere

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 posted by Helen Jack

US non-profit organisation Media That Matters showcases short films on the most important topics of today, using film to inspire action and change. Every June, MTM presents a new selection of shorts and this – hurrah! – is their tenth year. For those of you who are London-based, there’s even more reason to “hurrah!” as MTM makes it’s UK debut on 4 June at the Frontline Club. Co-presented with Shooting People and Working Films, the jury-selected collection of films look at a broad range of human rights and social justice issues from the experience of transgender youth to health care in the US and racial prejudice.

There’s a great programme of eleven short docs (and one intriguing experimental short that explores the tyranny of the beauty industry through puppets!). Host, Robert West, will be joined by one of the subjects from Joel Engardio’s Justice Denied: Voices from Guantanamo’ for a Q&A after the screening.

Think this is going to be a pretty top night. For tickets and more information on the films, visit the Frontline Club’s event listings.