http://www.saxonthefilm.com a film by Greg Loftin Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:39:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At last, Saxonites the world over can mark a special date in the calendar: Monday 8th December 2008. This is the day when SAXON the film will be released officially, following more than three years of perseverance, pain, generosity of spirit, talent, good luck and hard work by all concerned. ... http://www.saxonthefilm.com/saxons-uk-release/ SAXON was nominated Best UK Debut Feature at the East End International Film Festival, and it was the first film in the entire festival to be sold out, weeks before screening, with a waiting list for returns on the night. The buzz attracted BBC London to the venue and director ... http://www.saxonthefilm.com/the-story-continues/ Following recent festival successes in Edinburgh, Israel and Europe, the much anticipated English premiere of guerrilla film SAXON is happening – at the East End International Film Festival. Past big-name premieres here include films by Danny Boyle, Julian Cole, Julian Temple, Richard E Grant’s Wah Wah and the Oscar-winning documentary ... http://www.saxonthefilm.com/east-end/ SAXON won the top award – BEST EUROPEAN DRAMATIC FEATURE – at the European Independent Film Festival held in Paris (14-16 March 2008). This is wonderful news for all the people who made SAXON happen with a homeopathically small budget, plenty of talent, tons of hope and hard work – fuelled ... http://www.saxonthefilm.com/best-european-dramatic-feature/ From Brooklyn to Bucharest, and quite a few places in between, film-makers and film-goers converged on the landmark Bibliothèque Nationale de France for the ECU European Independent Film Festival. Official selection SAXON travelled to Paris, along with other features, shorts and documentaries, newly dubbed with French subtitles. The SAXON Q&A ... http://www.saxonthefilm.com/post-ecu-film-festival/ The latest purring black-cat luck for SAXON: official selection for the European Independent Film Festival, known as 'Europe's Sundance'! With dramatic features from Poland, Kosovo, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Spain and the UK, the European Film Fest just happens to take place in the land of Lumière this year. Paris welcomes ... http://www.saxonthefilm.com/ecu-ff/ SAXON was chosen from literally hundreds of new British films to feature in the British Film Festival in Israel (15th-26th January 2008). As an unexpected bonus, the director and producer were invited to attend the Festival as guests of the British Council. The SAXON duo was given a warm welcome ... http://www.saxonthefilm.com/official-selection/ Alas, no prizes (yet) for SAXON, apart from the Trailblazer award. But The Edinburgh International Film Festival and Michael Powell Award nomination are glittering achievements, considering SAXON’s scarce resources and outsider chances. Not to mention how much press coverage the film has received – most of it hugely positive. This ... http://www.saxonthefilm.com/miracle-workers/ HOT OFF THE PRESS: SAXON has been nominated for THE MICHAEL POWELL AWARD for BEST NEW BRITISH FEATURE. There are eleven films in competition, many of them with well-upholstered budgets and famous actors, so SAXON supporters are kindly requested to cross fingers so hard it hurts. All religions, superstitions and rational/irrational ... http://www.saxonthefilm.com/top-award-nomination/ Edinburgh International Film Festival’s artistic director has officially selected Britfilm SAXON for the 2007 programme and awarded first-time producer Elise Valmorbida the honour of Trailblazer – one of only ten such sparklers in the UK. SAXON’s premiere happens at 21.45 on 22nd August. There’s a second chance to catch it at ... http://www.saxonthefilm.com/saxon-in-scotland/