Director-writer Greg Loftin, well underway with a new screenplay, has been offered an encouraging script development opportunity…
The European School for Young Performers, The Movieum and Sarah Berger are proud to present a rehearsed reading of Greg Loftin’s THE HAND FACTORY in the exciting new venue of The Debating Chamber in County Hall. Enjoy this startling gothic tale about a divided family where the women make hands and the men make trouble.
So here’s a date for your diary: 7.30pm, Tuesday 1st December. Admission is free. You can call to add your name to the guest list on 07984 226097 or turn up on the night, if there are places left. After the show, you can mingle with cast and crew in the bar.
Recent airings for SAXON: a special offer on the dvd/book for NPA (New Producers Alliance) members, and an enthusiastic crowd at the producer’s ‘Making of a guerrilla film’ presentation at Bucks New University.
In March, SAXON director Greg Loftin attended the European Independent Film Festival in Paris, in his new role as competition judge and critic. Saxonites will remember that this time last year SAXON was in competition – and won the coveted award of Best European Dramatic Feature. All great news for the guerrilla film that came from nowhere and ended up somewhere.
More news from Paris: actor Paul McNeilly (SAXON’s elusive boxer character ‘Kevin’) featured in a film called Zebra Crossing which won the Film of the Festival prize at the ECU Film Festival.
Back in London, this April watch for the update of the SAXON website publicity section with the many positive reviews and articles generated by the film’s dvd release earlier this year. The coverage has been extensive and positive. And it continues! Famous film critic Kim Newman describes SAXON as “endearing”, “amusing” and “distinctive” in May’s issue of EMPIRE magazine. Happy spring news indeed.
The New Producers Alliance and Sillwood Films get together for a ‘how-to’ evening… How to make a successful guerrilla film, that is. Meet the makers, hear their story (eye-patch, twins and all), pocket the new dvd and book, plus your chance to win Final Draft software!
AN EVENING WITH THE MAKERS OF SAXON
WHO: director-writer Greg Loftin (NPA member), producer Elise Valmorbida (NPA member), distributor Simon Savory (Peccadillo) & publisher Charles Boyle (CB Editions)
WHEN: 7.30 pm, Tuesday 17th February 2009
WHERE: Molinare, 34 Fouberts Place, London W1F 7PX
HOW TO BOOK: Call NPA on 020 76130440, or email Chiara Ventura at events@npa.org.uk
TICKETS: £10 NPA members, £20 non-members
