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FILMSTOCK
is more than a film festival...
It is about cinema in its entirety and aims to fuse
the joy of movie going with the art of filmmaking
in one simultaneous experience. It is not place or
person specific but instead is aimed at anybody who
watches or makes films, for whatever reason.
Filmstock International Film Festival takes place
in Luton, UK, from the 1st untill the 15th of June
2001.
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News letter from the 10th of april, 2001
Dear film makers, friends and supporters,
In 3 months time FILMSTOCK 2001 will be upon us. When you
say it like that it isn't long at all, perilously short in
fact. Thankfully everything is coming along a treat with all
the elements fitting into place nicely. Our programme will
be finalised by the start of April and the programmes and
web site programmes will be published then. Tickets will be
on sale from the 1st May, though this is subject to change,
naturally.
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Seasons
This year the festival is focusing on a diverse array
of material. Under the spotlight are the films of David
Lynch and Alan Parker, culminating in a celebration
of the 10 year anniversary of The Commitments;
a season of Blaxploitation films; an introduction to
World Cinema titled Love. Murder. Subtitles.
Our main retrospectives are Villains and films
in tune.
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Justin Doherty and Neil Fox |
Short Film Competition
The response to this year's call for entries has been tremendous,
the sheer amount and quality of films has been incredible
and this years competition, set over the middle weekend of
the festival is sure to be special. The Judges have all been
invited, and we are waiting to hear confirmation from them
all before disclosing any details.
Are you coming to Filmstock ?
We would love to see you at this year's event. In the mean
time, check out our new website - www.filmstock.co.uk
- the first stage of our new face lift is unveiled. Check
it out and let us know what you think.
Take care Best,
Neil and Justin, Festival Directors.
FILMSTOCK
2001: a Zero Balance perspective
Anybody who lived with us through the first FILMSTOCK event
in 2000, from its inception at the beginning of 1999 to the
two awesome weeks in June last year, is a strong person.
It wasn’t easy, far from it. The support we received from
friends and family, but especially local people, was incredible.
At the end of the day we were a couple of young local lads
with a vision and a lot of passion, but nothing else, and
the amount of risks people took for us was humbling indeed.
This year, things have changed. People expect more, as a result
most have pledged more. Now is the time to take FILMSTOCK
to the next level, and start realising the real potential
we know it has. As a result we have decided to run mini retrospectives
to cater for the diversity of our local audience. Highlights
include our Introduction to World Cinema entitled Love.
Murder. Subtitles., a Blaxploitation season and focus
on the work of Alan Parker and David Lynch. These are alongside
our main seasons looking at Villains and Music in the movies
AKA Films in Tune.
Special events are set to include our 10 year commemoration
of the release of Alan Parker’s wonderful The Commitments,
an outdoor screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show
and a talk and screening of Kubrick’s masterpiece 2001:
A Space Odyssey.
Our aims are still very much the same. We want to establish
a festival that caters as much for the people who just watch
and love movies as the filmmakers struggling to make an impact.
That is why we programme the way we do, so that the people
of Luton and the surrounding community, and the people making
the effort to visit from around the globe are treated with
equal respect.
Neil and Justin.
Zero Balance is :
Forgotten Cowboy Productions
Junction 10 Films
Shakin' the Cage Design
Filmstock
Knowing Glance Theatre
Kooky Mainstream Publications
Mean Street Music
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