GOOD REVIEW ALERT!

Following a screening of Ellen Love last Wednesday at Manchester's 24:7 Theatre Festival, we've stumbled across a rather splendid review, so felt compelled to share...

"Forming part of the Manchester 24:7 Theatre Festival, 'Visual Pleasures' provided an evening of clips from both Mancunian and national contributors and turned-up more than a few lovely surprises...

It was back to art school as Ben Barton’s ethereal Gothic sonnet The Return of Ellen Love hit the screen. Filmed on super 8, the film served as a great video to the accompanying score of Jennifer Harris’s 'Black Eyes', and was a welcome respite from the drama that had gone before. Described by its creators as a 'dark and romantic visual poem', this was five minutes of alternative fun that served the crowd well."

Excerpted from The Rattle

IMAGINE ALL THE PEOPLE...

Next Friday July 31st you can watch a hand-picked compendium of the Roundeye films as part of the Imagination Collaborations event, being held at The Loggerheads in Nottingham.  

To quote the organisers: "A new phenomenon is here - a night that will blur the edges and remove the borders to bring together everyone for the sake of creativity. From live performance and artwork to films and visualisations."  

Be there or be square from 8pm my friends - entry is 100% gratis!

LETS DISCUSS FILM...

Pinch punch, first day of the month...

On August 1st you can see a brand-new cut of the Roundeye film Uphill for Jesus at the Discussions On Film premiere event, held at The Corridor, Hackney Road, London. They've called it "visually exquisite" and of course, we agree.

The night is going to be screenings from filmmakers, video artists and film architects, followed by conversation - beginning at 8:30pm.

This is from the gallery website:

Against the backdrop of our seemingly ever more secularised lives, evangelism is enjoying a resurgence; partly imported with arriving immigrant communities, it is now familiar a part of the texture of cities such as London, with religious buildings and representations springing up around the city... does this growth also reveal something about where modern man finds himself?

PREPARE TO LAUNCH - THE 24:7 THEATRE FEST

Ellen Love returns to Manchester next week, this time for the city's 24:7 Theatre Festival. It's part of The Hub After Hours line-up - a kind of fringe event to the main festival, with music performances, films, lectures and more...

The Return of Ellen Love is one of eight films selected for 'Visual Pleasure: An Evening of Short Films' held at New Century House next Wednesday 22nd July 2009. It's a late one folks - doors at 9pm - but admission is free!

"Accompanying the unveiling of Heartless, a new short film by Pylon Pictures, will be other delicacies from the world of filmmaking and art. So, grab your beverage of choice, sit back and let your senses be tingled…"

For more info visit the 24:7 Theatre festival website, then click on The Hub.

WORKING IT IN WALES, OUR LATEST FESTIVAL...

The Roundeye films have found their natural home - screenings at music festivals!

Yes 'The Cinema of Small Gestures' - the swooping title for all the films directed by Ben Barton - have been very popular of late in the cinema tents of various fests from Athens to Cambridge.

The latest is the Workhouse Festival - a three-day event which runs from 10th to 12th July in Powys, Wales. They will be screening a hand-picked selection of the films, including The Return of Ellen Love, Uphill for Jesus and Insects.

This year the cinema tent promises "a variety of shorts, feature and documentary films from around the globe, offering a portal into new worlds from some of the best young, up-and-coming and radical film making talent."

For all the details, visit the Workhouse Festival website [HERE]

or read the BBC profile [HERE]