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The Coin Goes Off Piste

falun2015_logo_180x180That’s not what I said!  Read it again :-)

Bit out of nowhere this one.

Fabien Martorell’s short film The Coin yesterday started a series of nightly screenings at an event running alongside the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015, currently being held in the Swedish city of Falun.

Falun is about 115 miles (180km) north west of Sweden’s capital Stockholm.

When you have a big thing like a world championship taking part in a region you need to entertain the many visitors during the time they are not watching the sport.  Cultural festivals, concerts etc. are often put on do just that.

The Bryggcaféet café in Falun has teamed up with the Peace & Love Film Festival to host the screening of a short film festival each evening from 6pm.  With The Coin there are six other films from around the world, including Smog Journeys from China and Matthew Modine’s Jesus Was Commie.  The screenings continue until the end of the championships on the 1st of March.

Thanks to Fabien for dropping this bombshell early on a Saturday morning :-)

Information about the short films on the official website P&LFF website HERE.

21st February 2015 | Category: Festival, Film, News, The Coin | Leave a comment

Kathryn @ Art Directors Guild Awards 2005

adga_006Awards seasons, like the one we are in the middle of, could easily give you the impression it is all about actors, actresses and directors.

The big ceremonies like the Oscars and the BAFTAs are largely made up of presentations in those categories.  They’re the ones that get all the publicity.  It is understandable that the people you see on the screen, and the person considered responsible for where they are placed within its borders, get all the attention.

However, film-making involves a lot of different disciplines, and I’m not talking Fifty Shades Of Grey-style discipline.

Amongst the many awards events at this time of year is the Art Directors Guild Excellence In Production Design Awards.  The 19th running occurred a couple of weeks ago, at the end of January.  Production designers for, amongst others, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Birdman, Game Of Thrones, and The Big Bang Theory won in various categories.  Even the Oscars won an award.  Have we reached the (no pun intended) stage where award shows are winning awards?

Back in 2005 Walk The Line was the big hit movie talking all the plaudits, and an ADG award.  TV series Rome and TV movie Empire Falls were also recipients.

Actually, everyone was a winner in 2005 because Kathryn attended that year.  So far, this event has evaded this site like some evade taxes.  We’re closing that loophole right now!

14 photos of Kathryn at the Art Directors Guild Awards in 2005 are now in the KM UK Gallery.  Thanks to smallbarbie for her help with these.

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17th February 2015 | Category: 2005, Awards, Gallery Update, Public Appearance | Leave a comment

The Coin Is Speechless

speechless_film_festival_logo_180x180No, The Coin, the short film by Fabien Martorell, has not been turned into a silent movie.  Though, having said that, it could work as one.

I was aware this news was coming but Fabien let the cat out of the bag a little earlier than expected.  It’s festival week on KM UK!

In this case ‘speechless’ refers to the Speechless Film Festival, which is held in the city of Mankato, Minnesota.  Mankato is around 70 miles (115km) south of Minneapolis.  One of its claims-to-fame is featuring in the TV series Little House On The Prairie as a nearby trading town.

The remark above about The Coin possibly working as a silent film is not a throw-away one.  The focus of the Speechless Film Festival is communication via the visual medium of film, regardless of the language used in any dialogue.  Fabien’s strong imagery should serve his short film well.

This, the 3rd annual SFF, is scheduled to take place over two days in the latter half of March.  More details as we get them.

Information about the festival can be found on the official website HERE.

12th February 2015 | Category: Festival, Film, News, The Coin | Leave a comment

Short. Sweet. April Shower

short_sweet_film_fest_cleveland_937x861Mere hours after yesterday’s post about the non-appearance of the ‘Short. Sweet. Film Fest‘ event over the weekend there was a break.  Announcements have been made.

A coincidence?  I’ll leave that for you to decide.

The festival has been moved to the 10th-12th April of this year and it will be held in the new ‘Alex Theater At The 9’.

‘The 9’ is a re-development of the former Ameritrust complex in Cleveland, Ohio.  Finished last September the site now contains apartments, offices, a hotel and various entertainment venues, including the Alex Theater.  In fact the number of different elements totals… wait for it… 8… and that one :-)

Details of the ‘Short. Sweet. Film Fest’ schedule are not yet available, so we don’t know exactly when you’ll be able to see The Coin, but there is plenty of time for that.

Tickets for the festival are available via the official website HERE.

11th February 2015 | Category: Festival, Film, News, The Coin | Leave a comment

Short. Sweet. F.A.

short_sweet_film_fest_cleveland_937x861Two weeks ago I posted that another screening of the short film The Coin was pending.

Writer/director/producer Fabien Martorell had told us that his long-running 9 minute production was to be shown at the ‘Short. Sweet. Film Fest’ in Cleveland, Ohio.

The information at the time was the the event would take place over the weekend just gone, the 6-8th of February.

However, there was some evidence that the festival had been moved to a similar long weekend date in early April.  It wasn’t clear though.

With the initial dates having now passed us by I think it is safe to say that the ‘Short. Sweet. Film Fest’ was a no-show in February.  It’s one thing for a film to not make it, but a whole festival?

Hopefully things will become clearer as the alternative time arrives and the good burghers of Cleveland will get their chance to see Kathryn, Christopher Lloyd (Deadly Games) and the (not so) young (now) Jack Ryan Shepherd in action.

KM UK will of course bring you more details when we can.

We now return you to your normally scheduled…

10th February 2015 | Category: Festival, Film, The Coin | Leave a comment
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