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 It has only been a week since I first posted about this event but it is worth a classic KM UK ‘quick reminder’, where ‘quick’ means the usual long ramble.
The short film The Coin starring Kathryn and Christopher Lloyd (Back To The Future) will be making a screening appearance at the Portobello Film Festival in London on Saturday (6th Sept). It will be one of nearly 30 films shown under the banner ‘French Films’. The collection is an eclectic mix ranging from 5 minutes to nearly 1.5 hours, and from the U (universal, i.e. suitable for all ages) to 18 certificates.
Based on my own guestimate and a Tweet by director/writer/producer Fabien Martorell’s the other day, The Coin could be shown at around 3pm. I’m not sure if Fabien is basing his figure on something he’s been told, worked it out like me, or read it here.
A key element of the Portobello Film Festival that I managed to not really mention previously was the fact that it is free. Free as in no charge, no tickets. Age restrictions do apply of course, and no doubt all venues have capacity limits as well.
 The 2014 Portobello Film Festival started last week and continues on until Sunday the 14th of September. Events are held in venues around Portobello Road in the W11 area of west London. Check the official website for more details.
If you will be attending The Coin screening please come back and let us know what you thought. Friends of the site Tianna and Diane both wrote reports for KM UK of their experiences at local film festivals. See them here and here respectively.
 This one’s for the Brits and apologies for the comparatively short notice.
Last week director/writer/producer Fabien Martorell let it be known that his short film The Coin had been added as an official selection in the Portobello Film Festival. Not surprisingly the event is based around London’s famous Portobello Road, in the even more famous Notting Hill area of the UK capital.
 The Hugh Grant/Julia Roberts rom-com Notting Hill was partly filmed there and gave a taste of second-hand clothes, books and antiques market stalls and shops that Portobello Road is best known for.
Fabien was, not surprisingly, keen to tell the world but, for what ever reason, the official website for the festival was more reluctant. It was only last night that The Coin was added to updated lists of the various film programmes that will be on offer when the event opens later today (7pm, 28th Aug). Note that the official programme (a downloadable PDF on the site) does not include The Coin, probably due to its late inclusion.
The short film starring Kathryn and Christopher Lloyd (Taxi) gets a screening on the 6th September at the Westbourne Studios (242 Acklam Road, W10 5JJ) in an 11 hour film programme starting at 12 noon under the title “French Films”. Obviously The Coin‘s connection to France is Fabien himself. If, and it is a big if, the mixed bag of short and long films were to be played in the order shown and the timings are correct then The Coin would make an appearance at around 3pm.
The Portobello Film Festival runs until the 14th of September. More details can be found on the website here.
Any of you Londoners, or those in London, in the area the weekend after next? If so, we love to hear about your experience.
 Our reporting on all things The Coin-related has been going at such a pace this year (impressive for a short film made in 2012) that to not mention it for a few weeks feels like a long time.
 So, we must mention again the project’s march through the festivals forthwith.
This is just a quick reminder that Fabien Martorell’s award winning 8 minute long piece starring Kathryn and Christopher Lloyd (Stacked) will be screened on Saturday (August 2nd) at the San Antonio Film Festival.
As is normal for short films at festivals The Coin will be shown as part of a set of five at the City Base Cinema, Military Drive, San Antonio, under the title Block 2 Shorts. Inspiring.
The other films on that bill include a dramas about a couple in the throws of a marital crisis and woman that may or may not being trying to help, a pair of astronauts who’ve been sharing a lot of personal space returning home, someone trying to get rid of an unwanted family member, and grieving widow visit by an angel. The Coin is, of course, about neglected child meeting a homeless man. Hilarity ensues all round.
The festival start on Monday and runs through to Sunday night. Full details and tickets are available via the official website HERE.
If you get a chance to see The Coin at the SAFF please let us know. We’d love to hear from you, just as we did from readers Tianna and Diane when the film was shown at film festivals local to them.
Just a quick reminder that The Coin will be screened as part of the ‘Local Shorts’ programme at the Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood, tomorrow night (17th July).
‘Local’ because the film makers are all based locally, though, like The Coin‘s writer/director/producer Fabien Martorell they may not all be born/bred in the region.
‘Shorts’ because none of the films are particularly long, but then you knew that. The longest two on the bill of eight are listed as 20 minutes in duration. The total running time looks to be around 90 minutes, give or take.
As mentioned previously the event starts at 7:30pm at the Hollywood Boulevard-located theatre.
More details and ticket booking facilities can be found on the American Cinematheque website.
For those that can’t wait until the beginning of August to see the short film The Coin there’s good news.
The film has been included in a collection of short films to be shown at the famous Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California, in a couple of weeks. You may recognise the theatre as the one where the première of Cougars, Inc. was held at back in 2011.
Under the banner of ‘Local Shorts’, because all the directors are based in LA, a total of eight films will be shown, three of them are LA premières.
The screening will start at 7:30pm, Thursday, 17th July at the venue on Hollywood Boulevard. Tickets are $11.
You can find more details on the American Cinematheque website. A word of warning: if you choose to watch the trailer for It’s A Lovely Day, don’t do so if you have a headache 
Thanks to Fabien Martorell (the writer/director/producer of The Coin) again for letting us know.
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