Thursday 28 May 2009

WORD! THE BENNIES AT THE LONDON WORD FESTIVAL

What is that I see before me, poor Yorick? Why it looks like the two Bennies being projected onto Daz-white laundry that is hanging in some art gallery. What could it be?

Well… as a bit of a sideline Roundeye project, an image of the two Bennies (Ben Barton & Jennifer Harris) was used as part of ‘My T-Shirt Says’, an art installation at the London Word Festival.

Held on Mother’s Day last March, the event “snatched text from people’s T-shirts and used it to create found poems for an image-sound-word installation and performance”. Phew!

Big thanks to Karen McCarthy, the artist behind this project. Her published poem was based on Benny B’s ‘XYZ Generation’ t-shirt, which surely has a few moth bites by now…

FRISCO FEVER!

We’ve just had late notice of two screenings over the pond in San Francisco, for the Cinematheque Avec night, a new event held at the Hotel Utah, 400 Bryant Street.

Both Uphill for Jesus and The Return of Ellen Love will be shown later today, Thursday May 28th at 8.30pm.

It’s described as “a mingling of indie films with original music from SF-based songstress, Brittany Shane” whose new album Have Heart Live Young comes highly recommended!
Ms Shane will introduce each film as well as providing the musical entertainment with her band.


Plus, continuing the (accidental) trend for the Roundeye film screenings – they’ll be free popcorn too!

Monday 25 May 2009

ELLEN LOVE IN EDINBURGH!


Yep, Ellen Love is the girl that just keeps on giving! The undead star of our underground offering The Return of Ellen Love, captured on super grainy super 8, is fast becoming our most popular personage to date!

The flick has been chosen as one of “the best films shown over the past six months” by The Pictures, London’s best subversive film night, and so is heading north for an offshoot event at The Bowery in Edinburgh.

This free night out is bolstered with free popcorn – so bring a date this Sunday May 31st at 5pm to The Bowery at the city's Roxy Art House.


P.S. We can’t even see the word ‘Bowery’ without thinking of the devilled demi-god of everything bad taste, Leigh Bowery, our idol, hero and favourite former resident of Sunshine. RIP Leigh x


Thursday 21 May 2009

ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR!

Roundeye’s nearly-cult classic The Return of Ellen Love has been selected for the delectable Strawberry Fair Film Festival 2009 - Cambridge's finest festival held every year on the Midsummer Common.

Late at night under the Big Top Tent on Friday 5th June, Ellen will be the penultimate film of the evening.


This year's Strawberry Fair will include ten fantastic short film programmes over two days – and is just part of Cambridge’s best free festival – and yes I said FREE!


Read the film programme here: [1] or peruse what the BBC has to say about the whole event here: [2]

Sunday 17 May 2009

SPEND ANOTHER NIGHT AT THE PICTURES


Last year we were delighted to be part of the line-up for the first ever Pictures Underground Film Night - and we're happy to be returning with The Return of Ellen Love and Dance of the Coward - this Wednesday 20th May at Bardens Boudoir, Stoke Newington High Street, London N16*

Please come and support this crowd of moviemakers, dreamers, cinephiles and budding underground stars, s'il vous plait!

Showtime is 7pm and not only is it free entry - but it's happy hour all night long too - so get happy you wannabe Candy Darlings!



*Sadly we can't make this one because we're otherwise engaged at the Kent University student film night - but we hope to make it to the next one where there's been a whisper that we may be screening some other films...

Wednesday 13 May 2009

TASTE THE 'CABARET SORBET' THIS FRIDAY!

A selection of Ben Barton’s short films from the Roundeye oeuvre will be screened this Friday May 15th as part of the Cabaret Sorbet, Nottingham's night of alternative arts absorption.

Be prepared to enjoy an evening full of music, poetry, performance art, short films, dance, comedy, theatre and even a spot of body art if you're lucky.


It all kicks off at 8pm at The Art Organisation, 21 Station Street, Nottingham (next to the train station) and we’re promised that a beautiful selection of brewed beverages will be available from the famous Tea Bar, although feel free to bring copious amounts of your own booze, if you so desire…


Saturday 2 May 2009

FEELING HUNGARY? - BRITISH SHORTS IN BUDAPEST...

The Return of Ellen Love, which had its premiere this January at the Lichtspielklub Film Festival in Berlin is one of the few films to be taken on tour to Budapest, as part of the festival's 'British Shorts' programme.

"The festival aims to bring a taste of contemporary British films to a Hungarian audience. It includes films from students from the National Film and Television School, London Film Academy, Royal College of Art, London College of Music and Media, and also from young professionals" (we'll be the latter then!)

Throughout the two-day event lecturers from the University of Bedfordshire will be running a filmmaking workshop, and after the screenings there will be a set by DJ InfraGandhi.
The Return of Ellen Love
will be shown on the last night of the festival, May 21st.

It's not our
first time in Hungary either - we screened Uphill for Jesus last year at the Szeged Super 8 Film Festival.

There are lots of thanks needed for this: to all at the Lichtspielklub Film Festival, the British Embassy in Hungary and the guys here at the University of Befordshire.

Go to british-shorts.com for more info.