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29.8.08 'Safe Zone' at the Marbella International Film Festival
‘Safe Zone' has been selected as part of the Official Selection of the Marbella International Film Festival taking place this October in Spain. The festival boasts an eclectic line up on international shorts and features. More good news for the team.
15.8.08 'Safe Zone' at the Portobello Film Festival
Leading on from last year's London Film Makers Convention 'Safe Zone' has been chosen to be part of the Official Selection of this year's Portobello Film Festival and will be screened on the last day of the festival on 14th September at around 5pm at the Westbourne Studios. Good news for the team.
09.8.08 'Smile' at roughcut
O-region, a company based down in Cornwall, have organised a night of music and film called roughcut on the 14th August and will be screening ‘Smile'. The screening will take place at the Sandsifter Bar in Gwithian and starts at 7.30pm. The evening promises a fantastic line up of short films and DJs.
05.7.08 'Safe Zone' at the West Hollywood International Film Festival
‘Safe Zone' has been selected as part of the Official Selection of the West Hollywood International Film Festival which promises to feature cutting edge shorts and innovative features from over 20 countries. Good news for the team.
17.6.08 'Safe Zone' at the Sardinia Film Festival
Writer/Director and half Sardinian Carlo Ortu is pleased to announce that 'Safe Zone' has been selected to be screened at the Sardinia Film Festival at 9 p.m. on the 26th June in Sassari, Sardinia. Of 120 films in the festival 36 have been especially selected and 'Safe Zone' is one of those films.
27.5.08 'Safe Zone' and 'A Man In The Crowd' screenings
Back from what turned out to be an excellent trip to Cannes we are pleased to announce that 'A Man In the Crowd' has been accepted to be part of the Official Selection of the International Festival of Cinema & Technology and will be screened at their Seattle event on Saturday and Sunday July 5th and 6th. More details available at their website.
Furthermore, Cannes in a Van, who kindly screened 'Safe Zone' in Cannes, are also screening the fim as part of their line-up for the first Cannes in a Van Independent Film Festival at The Movieum of London which will run between 1-3 June. The festival coincides with the launch of The Movieum Club, a new space dedicated to people in and around film.
11.5.08 Short Film Corner Program Selection in Cannes
'Safe Zone' has been selected as part of the program 'Shorts "R" Us', presented by Danny Lennon (NFB Canada, www.nfb.ca). This program will be screened in one of the Marché du Film screening rooms (Palais F, in the Palais des Festivals, level 3), at 11:30 am on Sunday May 18th. This screening will be opened to all persons with a Festival de Cannes or Marché du Film badge. The 'Safe Zone' team will be in attendance so come and find us if you are around.
05.5.08 ‘Safe Zone’ at Shortwave
'Safe Zone' was screened yesterday at 93 Feet East in Brick Lane, London as part of the award winning Shortwave showcase and was also voted favourite film by the audience. Thanks goes to the organisers for what was a great event.
31.3.08 ‘Safe Zone’ at the Cannes International Film Festival
We recently received confirmation that ‘Safe Zone' will be screened this May as part of the Short Film Corner at Cannes. The 'Safe Zone' team will be in attendance at what promises to be an exciting event.
12.3.08 ‘Safe Zone’ at the Hull International Short Film Festival
‘Safe Zone' has been accepted to be part of the Official Selection of the Hull International Short Film Festival. More good news for the team.
04.3.08 ‘Safe Zone’ at the Newport Beach Film Festival
Just heard from the organisers that ‘Safe Zone' has been accepted to be part of the Official Selection of the Newport Beach Film Festival.
25.2.08 ‘Safe Zone’ at the Bradford International Film Festival
'Safe Zone' will be screened this Sunday March 2nd as part of the festival. The film will be screened before 'A Month In The Country' starring Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh and Natasha Richardson. The 'Safe Zone' team have their fingers crossed one of these actors will turn up.
21.2.08 ‘Safe Zone’ at the 2nd Annual Show Off Your Shorts Film Festival
Writer/Director Carlo Ortu and Lead Actor Ian Attfield returned yesterday from a successful trip to L.A. for the screening of ‘Safe Zone’ at the 2nd Annual Show Off Your Shorts Film Festival. The screening was held at the prestigious Raleigh Studios in Hollywood. Other highlights of the trip included sipping drinks poolside at the Sky Bar, making the most of the favourable exchange rate and driving around Beverly Hills and looking at how the other half lived.
18.2.08 ‘Jimmy's 15 Minutes’ screened by Final Cut in Brighton
'Jimmy's 15 Minutes' with Matthew Jure and Colin Holt was screened last night at the Studio Bar in Brighton by the Final Cut team. Word is the screening went well and thanks goes to organiser, Jim Lee.
4.1.08 ‘Safe Zone’ at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Part of the Official Selection of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, ‘Safe Zone’ was screened twice over the weekend at two venues in Santa Barbara, California.
24.1.08 ‘Safe Zone’ at the Bradford International Film Festival
Just got word from the organisers that ‘Safe Zone' has been accepted to be part of the Official Selection of the Bradford International Film Festival.
15.1.08 'Safe Zone’ at the Sacramento International Film Festival
Good news. ‘Safe Zone' has been accepted as part of the Official Selection of the Sacramento International Film Festival.
14.1.08 Split Focus At The BFI
In the first of bimonthly sessions at BFI Southbank for 2008, Film Director Ben Blaine hosted a retrospective of work from two up and coming Shooting People members. The hope is not just to show some great films but to get behind those to see some great filmmakers as their style develops.
One of those filmmakers was Carlo Ortu.
For Ben's generous words leading up to the night please check out his blog.
7.1.08 5th London Short Film Festival
'Safe Zone' was screened at the Institute of Contemporary Art during the 'God's Lonely Young Men' section as part of the London Short Film Festival. The film was also nominated for the UK FILM COUNCIL AWARD FOR BEST FILM.
