Spreading the Joy

We've been a little quiet recently whilst we've been model making for our upcoming animation 'Window', but our existing films have still been finding their way around Yorkshire...

Back in August both 'Joy' and 'Burnt Trees' were selected for the Chapel Allerton Film Festival at Seven Arts in Leeds, screened on bank holiday Monday. http://www.chapelallerton.org.uk/

This week 'Joy' was screened for the second time at the award winning MiniCine - congratulations to the guys for their well deserved Best Programming award at the British Federation of Film Societies’ film Society of the year awards! http://miniminicine.com/

And just today (29th Sept) 'Joy' and 'A Cinema Near Ewe' were screened as part of Point Blank Theatre Company's 'Lock-In' Festival in association with Sheffield's Festival of the Mind, this screening of local shorts was programmed by our very own Elizabeth Holly Hurt. http://www.pointblank.org.uk/

We'll be back soon with details of our upcoming animation...

Hansel of Film

Shetland Arts is taking a UK-wide part in the London 2012 Festival celebrating the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.  ‘A Hansel of Film – Shetland to Southampton and Back’ is a relay of screenings of short films made by the public in each of the nations and many of the regions of the UK.

Our animated music video for Burnt Trees by Heavy Dials has been selected for screening in two of the locations: Skipton and Aldeburgh.


For more information on Hansel of film visit their website: http://hansel2012.org/about/hansel-of-film

To book your FREE tickets to any of the events go here: http://hansel2012.org/get-involved/attend-an-event

And if you can't make it to Skipton or Aldeburgh, watch Burnt Trees on the Hansel site here: http://hansel2012.org/films/heavy-dials-burnt-trees

Animation Showcase

Saffer & Co film and video production company based in Leeds are releasing their new short film, A Mind's Wood, at a premiere event on Tuesday 22nd May 2012 at the Library Pub in Hyde Park.

As the film is a combination of live action and animation they have also invited us to showcase our work during the networking phase of the evening! Joy, Burnt Trees and A Cinema Near Ewe will be shown on a loop as people arrive and mingle.

The event isn't open to the public but will be a great platform for us to show our work and we would like to thank Saffer & Co for this opportunity.

Take a look at their website here: http://saffer.co/

Burnt Trees at Leeds Young People's Film Festival

We are delighted to announce that Burnt Trees has been selected for the Independent Directions (INDI's) competition, and will be screened at the Young Filmmakers' Day on Monday 2nd April at Hyde Park Picture House; as part of the Leeds Young People's Film Festival.

The Young Filmmakers' Day will be a combination of short film showcases, a live link up to a filmmaker, masterclasses and the INDI's competition.

The event starts at 12pm and Burnt Trees will be screened in the 20-25 age range; this section of this competition will run from 3.30-5pm, and the best thing about it is that it's completely free!

For more details visit the Leeds Young People's Film Festival website here:
http://www.leedsyoungfilm.com/film/young-filmmakers-day/

Joy (Birthday Present #2)

February is our first birthday month, and as promised here's our second birthday present!

On this day last year we started filming Joy; our first animated short, funded by IdeasTap. Therefore we felt it would only be right for our second birthday present to be the release of Joy online!

So far the film has been unavailable online as it has been around a good few screenings, including a showing at the Kerry International Film Festival. We are very proud of the success and feedback we have received from these screenings and now we would like to share Joy with everyone!

So here it is: http://vimeo.com/25470569

enJoy!

A Cinema Near Ewe (Birthday Present #1)

IT'S OUR BIRTHDAY!!!!

It's exactly one year today that we secured funding for Joy and formed enJoy film, and to celebrate we are releasing two birthday presents this month.

Birthday present #1 is a new animation titled A Cinema Near Ewe: our entry to the British Animation Awards sting competition. The only criteria in the competition brief was that the film should include at least one sheep, so we decided on several! This is our first use of dialogue in animation, however this is only to translate the sheep's conversation as we still wanted the action to be driven by the visuals. 

A Cinema Near Ewe is now available on our vimeo page: http://www.vimeo.com/enjoyfilm/acinemanearewe. Look out for our second birthday present later in the month!

Happy Birthday to us!

Burnt Trees Screening!

Exciting News!

Burnt Trees, the music video we made in 2011 for the band Heavy Dials, will be screened at the January edition of Showroom Shorts.

Showroom Shorts is a regular short film screening held in the cafe bar of the Showroom Cinema in Sheffield, and is organised by the South Yorkshire Filmmakers Network (syfn.org). Our first short, Joy, was screened at the event back in September 2011, and we are very pleased to have been invited to return to screen Burnt Trees. 

Burnt Trees is being screened at the event on Tuesday 24th January, 19:30-22:00. The event is free and open to everyone.