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David Sproxton, co-founder of Aardman Animations and executive chairman of BAFTA, has been appointed as chairman of UK short film festival, Encounters.The producer, cinematographer an
stanley kubek d director, whose credits include Chicken Run and the Wallace And Gromit films, will take over from the current chairman
stanley cup Simon Cooper.The years event, which took place in November in Bristol, saw 1500 films from 58 countries compete for 19 awards. Special guests included Andrea Arnold. It is funded by Bristol City Council and South
stanley cup West Screen.Sproxton said: Having been involved with Encounters since its inception 15 years ago, I am delighted to take over from Simon Cooper as chairman who has done an exceptional job, following on from Andrew Kelly, the very first chairman. It will be a hard act to follow and with the current economic climate but Im certainly up for the challenge. TopicsOther FestivalsUK/Ireland No comments Related articles News UK short film fest Encounters rewards Princess Margaret 2009-11-23T15:53:00Z By Sarah Cooper Kazik Radwanskis short film Princess Margaret Boulevard picked up the top prize at the UKs Encounters Short Oqvn Indomina takes The Imposter for North America
Dokument Films, a new dis
stanley cup tributor of independent features for thetheatrical, DVD and digital download markets, has boarded VolkerSchlondorff s Polish Solidarity movement drama Strike under itsinitial slate.The Gdansk shipyard saga is accompanied by John Waters one-man show This Filthy World directed by Jeff Garlin, and the investigativedocumentary RFK Must Die from UK Producer Shane O Sullivan.Dokument is a wholly owned subsidiary of the MPI Media Group, and willbe on the ground at t
stanley cupe he Toronto International Film Festival lookingfor acquisitions. The goal of Dokument is to discover and deliver the best ofindependent cinem
stanley quencher a to a passionate and underserved audience, vicepresident of acquisitions and development Greg Newman said. Around the world, great film-makers are making unique andthought-provoking films, yet the independent film industry has changedso much these last few years that many, even most, of these originaland important films are not being released. MPI is ideally positioned to insure that these films find theiraudience in America. For the past three decades we ve been one of themost successful independent DVD brands in the business, and now we areequally committed to theatrical releasing and new digital mediaopportunities.MPI s catalogue includes Baraka and Henry: Portrait Of A SerialKiller, the German thriller Antibodies, and a restored version ofBecket starring Peter O Toole and Richard Burton.TopicsMarketsSales No comments
