Win Tickets to the UK Charity Premiere of Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation

We’re holding a very quick competition to give away two tickets to the UK Charity Premiere of Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation. The compeition will run from 3pm Saturday 25th April to 9pm on Sunday 26th April 2009, so be quick – that’s just 30 hours to enter.

The UK Charity Premiere of Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation will take place on Tuesday April 28th at Vue West End, Leicester Square, London and you could be there for free.

This comptition is open to registered user of OwnAFilmCompany.com only and is for a pair of tickets to the Premiere. No travel or other expenses are included.

For more information, and to enter, visit OwnAFilmCompany.com.

Guardian Student Media Awards

“The Guardian Student Media Awards have sought out the very best student writers, designers, broadcasters, editors and photographers for over 30 years.

And this year one of those people could be you.

Enter the 2009 Guardian Student Media Awards and soon you could be playing against real media heavyweights including the likes of Andrew Rawnsley, Rankin, Jonathan Freedland, Rachel Newsome and Emily Barr – all previous winners. Along with 100s of others, these guys were mere mortals like you before making it big in the media.

As well as choosing individual and category winners, our esteemed panel of judges will pick out one overall winner who displays particularly outstanding talent and promise. That person will undertake an extended six-week work placement at the Guardian and receive a subsistence allowance of £1,650.”

The categories, instructions and application forms are all on http://www.guardian.co.uk/student-media-awards-2009.

Watch the Worlds Largest Film Premiere Online

“The Age of Stupid” will be launched on March 15th in a solar cinema tent in the park in Leicester Square, and simultaneously at more than 60 other venues, including The Eden Project and a kids-only event in Fulham. As an INclusive, rather than EXclusive, premiere, the public can buy tickets (£10) to their local cinema and watch the green carpet arrivals and post-film Q&A live by satellite link-up from London. The whole event – but not the complete film, obviously – will also stream live on the internet and in Second Life.

All the Leicester Square venues have sold out, including the solar powered tent, but you can still watch the film simultaneously at other venues, along with the the green carpet arrivals and post-film Q&A live by satellite link-up from London.  If you can’t make it to one of the other venues, you can watch everything, except the film, live online at www.ageofstupid.net/premiere_webstream or in Second Life at www.oneclimate.net/stupid_premiere.

With a capacity of over 16,000, the Guinness Book of Records will hopefully soon confirm The Age of Stupid as the largest ever film premiere. The event is supported by the UK FIlm Council.

See Age of Stupid Press Release for more information.

Written by Tracey, OwnAFilmCompany.com

Great Night for Brits at The Oscars

British film took home a total of 11 Oscars last night, with Slumdog Millionaire winning and incredible 8 awards, and Kate Winslet finally getting that best leading actress oscar.

Slumdog Millionaire won:

• Achievement in cinematography (Anthony Dod Mantle)
• Achievement in directing (Danny Boyle)
• Achievement in film editing (Chris Dickens)
• Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) (A.R. Rahman)
• Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) (“Jai Ho” Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar)
• Best motion picture of the year
• Achievement in sound mixing (Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty)
• Adapted screenplay (Simon Beaufoy)

The Duchess took Achievement in costume design (Michael O’Connor) and Man on Wire took Best documentary feature, bringing Britains total to 11.

See www.oscars.org for a full list of results.

Tracey – OwnAFilmCompany.com

Student Film Competition

The Jay Sanders Film Festival is a yearly event in which the finalists in the Movie Gallery Student Film Competition are publicly presented and judged. This year’s festival will be held Thursday April 2, 2009 beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the theatre auditorium of the Auburn University Hotel & Dixon Conference Center, 241 S. College St., Auburn, AL 36830-5400, USA.

Visit http://media.cla.auburn.edu/cmjn/festival/index.html for full details.

Photos From Our Launch Party

If you’ve been to this blog, or visited our website lately, you will know what we had a launch party for our new website, last Thursday.  It’s a bit difficult to write up a launch party – it was a party – there were drinks and food and music and people – but luckily we have photos to do the write up for us.

The party did include an auction of film memorabilia, in aid of Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), registered charity number 1050845.  We had planned on a silent auction, but as you can see from the photos, that didn’t really work,  so we held an impromtu normal auction.  Most of the items sold and the four that didn’t, are available for online auction now.

These photos were kindly taken by Tony Halford of Tony Halford Photography.

Last Night’s Launch Party

A big thank you to everyone who came to our party last night, especially those who bid on the auction.  Photos coming soon, but in the meantime here’s the raffle and auction results:

Auction

Autographed In Person 16X20 Photos

• Sean Connery, James Bond – Reserve: £250 Sold for £250
• Robert DeNiro, Raging Bull – Reserve: £225 Unsold – contact us if interested
• Jack Nicholson, The Shining – Reserve: £200 Sold for £235

Autographed In Person 11X14 Photos

• Angelina Jolie – Reserve: £95 Unsold – contact us if interested
• Johnny Depp & Orlando Bloom – Pirates of the Carribean – Reserve: £150 Unsold – contact us if interested

Autographed In Person 8X10 Photos

• Heath Ledger – Reserve: £185 Unsold – contact us if interested
• Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, Men In Black – Reserve: £45 Sold for £50
• Orlando Bloom, Pirates of The Caribbean – Reserve: £35 Sold for £50
• Keanu Reeves, The Matrix – Reserve: £25 Sold for £50
• Kevin Bacon, Death Sentence – Reserve: £20 Sold for £22.50

Autographed In Person Boxing Glove

• Sylvester Stallone, “Rocky” – Reserve: £150 Sold for £170

Raffle Winners

• Two tickets to Thriller Live, donated by Adrian Grant, Producer of Thriller Live.
  Won by Maureen Judge
• Alfred Hitcock DVD Boxset, donated by OwnAFilmCompany.com.
  Won by Matt Evans
• The Audrey Hepburn Collection DVD Boxset, donated by OwnAFilmCompany.com.
  Won by Lee Gibbons
• Alyson Hanigan Autographed In Person Picture, donated by OwnAFilmCompany.com.
  Won by Jayesh Panchmatia
• Drew Barrymore Autographed In Person Picture, donated by OwnAFilmCompany.com.
  Won by Andrew McDonough
• Avon Bond Girl 007 Gift Set, donated by OwnAFilmCompany.com.
  Won by Tony Halford

More Film Memorabilia Announced

As we have already said, to celebrate the launch of our new website, we are having a launch party at Oxygen in London’s Leicester Square, on January 8th 2009. The party will include a silent auction, of film memorabilia, and business card raffle,  in aid of the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), registered charity number 1050845.  Visit www.ownafilmcompany.com/party for full details and free tickets.

We announced the first few auction items, a few days ago.  We have now secured the follwoing items as well:

AUTOGRAPHED 16X20 Photos
Jack Nicholson – The Shining
Sean Connery – James Bond
Robert DeNiro – Raging Bull

AUTOGRAPHED 11X14 Photos
Angelina Jolie
Johnny Depp & Orlando Bloom – Pirates of the Carribean

AUTOGRAPHED 8X10 Photos
Heath Ledger

AUTOGRAPHED BOXING GLOVES
Sylvester Stallone – “Rocky”

Raffle Prizes Announced

As we have already said, to celebrate the launch of our upcoming new website, we are having a launch party at Oxygen in London’s Leicester Square, on January 8th 2009. The party will include a silent auction, of film memorabilia, and business card raffle,  in aid of the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), registered charity number 1050845.  Visit www.ownafilmcompany.com/party for full details and free tickets.

These are the raffle prizes we have so far:

• Alfred Hitcock DVD Boxset, donated by OwnAFilmCompany.com.
  Psycho, Frenzy, Rope, The Trouble With Harry, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), The Birds, Topaz, Marnie, Vertigo, Rear Window, Torn Curtain, Shadow Of A Doubt, Saboteur, Family Plot. RRP £89.99.
• The Audrey Hepburn Collection DVD Boxset, donated by OwnAFilmCompany.com.
  Breakfast At Tiffany’s, Sabrina, Funny Face, Paris When It Sizzles,Roman Holiday. RRP £49.99.
• Alyson Hanigan Autographed In Person Picture, donated by OwnAFilmCompany.com.
• Drew Barrymore Autographed In Person Picture, donated by OwnAFilmCompany.com.
• Avon Bond Girl 007 Gift Set, donated by OwnAFilmCompany.com.
• More items TBA, so keep checking back…

The raffle will cost £1 per entry and all entry fees will go to CRY.  If you are interested in donating items, please email party@ownafilmcompany.com.

Come to Our Launch Party with Charity Film Memorabilia Auction

To celebrate the launch of our upcoming new website, we are having a launch party at Oxygen in London’s Leicester Square, on January 8th 2009.

The party will include a silent auction in aid of the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), registered charity number 1050845.

Visit www.ownafilmcompany.com/party for full details and free tickets.