Movie Awards Round-up

It was a night of celebrations on Sunday, reports Reuters as the vampire movie “Twilight” swept the board at the MTV Movie Awards in LA. It came away with five awards including best movie and best kiss.

The late Heath Ledger was posthumously awarded Best Villian however one of the surprises of the evening was that “Slumdog Millionaire” walked away empty-handed, having been nominated in six categories.

The highlight of the evening was the much-talked about stunt that saw Sasha Baron Cohen’s character “Bruno” landing in Eminem’s lap. It was later revealed that this stunt had been wholly scripted and Eminem was in on the gag from the start.

Check out the full article on Reuters
http://uk.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUKN3141592220090601?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0

…and you can see the full winners list here: http://uk.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUKTRE5500KT20090601

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.

New Film and Movie Search Engine

We’ve created a custom Google search to help people search for film and movie news and information.  You can use it at http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=018436150521358100921:fft8th8lcok&hl=en.

You can also get the code to add it to your web page or you can add to your iGoogle page.

Please let us know if you have any suggestions about the websites we should add to it, or would like to volunteer to contribute.

We’ve also incorporated the search into a Google Gadget, that has five feeds, three of which are changable, to bring you the latest film news and release information.  You can preview the Gadget and use the search on our Film Search page.

Contacting Us
There are a number of ways you can contact us.  As well as using the contact form on our website, you can email info@ownafilmcompany.com or text us on +44 7624 80 81 82. Just make sure you start your text with the keyword FILMS.

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

Final Harry Potter Film to be Released on 15th July 2011

According to Hollywood Reporter, the final Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II, will be released on 15th July 2011.

There are only seven books in the Harry Potter series, but the seventh has been split into two films because of it’s length.  So far
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix have been released.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is due to be released this year.

Go to http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3iaeb1c24de37000ac20fef32401fdbe0a for the orginal story.

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

Super Shorts 2009 Submissions are now open!

After last years hugely successful festival with some excellent entries and appearances from Asif Kapadia, Allan Niblo, Dean Craig and Chris Jones we are proud to announce that The 2009 Super Shorts International Film Festival is now officially accepting submissions!

SHORT FILM COMPETITION

The Short Film Competition is the centre piece of the Super Shorts festival. Shortlisted films are screened at the Odeon Covent Garden. All films under 30 minutes are eligible, including live action, documentary and animation.

The shortlisted films are viewed by the Festival Jury and winners are picked for the following awards;

The winner of each category is awarded a trophy and industry prizes related to the award. For example, the editing award is supported by Avid who are offering software worth £1,000’s. The ‘Best Short Film’ award includes a cash prize of £1,000 ($2,000).

SHORT FILM SCRIPT COMPETITION

The scripts will be shortlisted by a script professional and the top ten scripts will be shown to our Festival Jury. Our Festival Jury will be made up of industry professionals and recognisable industry names.

MUSIC VIDEO COMPETITION

Our aim is to find innovative, original music videos from around the world. The winning film will be awarded the ‘Best Music Video’ award along with yet to be announced prizes.

Visit supershorts.org.uk for more.

Good News For The British Film Industry

LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) – Cinema admissions hit 162 million in 2007, up four percent on 2006 and reversing a two-year decline, the UK Film Council said on Monday.

Box office receipts were also up, rising eight percent to 821 million pounds versus 762 million in 2006.

According to the council, British films accounted for 29 percent of the total UK box office, up from 19 percent in 2006, and were led by “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”, the biggest film of the year earning over 49 million pounds.

Full article at http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKL2181926620080721

Tracey – OwnAFilmCompany.com