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We are very pleased to announce that the Mutt & Jeff Pictures film ‘COMING HOME‘ has been officially selected to screen in competition in the Brief Encounters Online Award as part of Encounters International Film Festival 2010. More details to come in September.
Hot off the Press: 50/50, from VS1 Productions has also been selected
This is not a BSLBT initiative, but an interesting opportunity for training. See below:
Disabilty and Deaf Arts are inviting Deaf arts & cultural workers – paid or unpaid, who are at a ‘mid-stage’ development to apply for an unique and exciting opportunity. Working within Direct Communication principles, a Cultural Leadership Project is being established to bring together 20 Deaf leaders for three different days over the next six months to learn, share and be inspired from top leaders from within the Deaf community both in the UK and abroad.
Download Application Form on www.dadahello.com
Video and written applications are welcome.
Closing Date: 3rd September 2010
Date of First Network event: 13th September 2010 in Birmingham.
All travel and expenses will be paid.
Text Phone: 0151 706 0365 Voice Phone: 0151 707 1733 Fax: 0151 708 9355
Email: info@dadahello.com
The British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust (BSLBT) is pleased to announce that its specially commissioned programmes for the Deaf Community will for the first time be broadcast on Film4 Channel, the UK’s number one film channel. This is an important additional Freeview slot.
Also launching on Monday 6th September 2010 are new transmission times on the Community Channel.
This will see the BSL Zone being broadcast four times a week across four different channels.
The new transmission details are:
Mondays at 8.45am on Film4 (Freeview channel 15)
Tuesdays at 2pm on the Community Channel (Sky 539; Virgin TV 233)
Thursdays at 7.30pm on the Community Channel (Sky and Virgin as above)
Saturdays at 7.30am on the Community Channel (Sky and Virgin as above)
BSLBT was established in 2008 to increase the amount of sign-presented programming on Digital Terrestrial Television. The BSL Zone went live on the Community Channel on January 21st 2009 and BSLBT has commissioned more than 60 sign language programmes in 18 months.
For more information about all BSLBT programmes, visit www.bslbt.co.uk
Or contact Maggie Swinfen at maggie@bslbt.co.uk
The Boy From Before has been nominated for the San Diego International Children’s Film Festival.
Playwriting competition run by Deafinitely Theatre – click here to download.
Deadline Wednesday 14th July
The Slice of Life Festival in Warrington is screening all the Zoom films this coming Sunday 11th July See their website for more details:
The website is: www.sliceoflife.biz/Sliceoflife/Home.html
Commissions confirmed in June 2010
New commission of:
1 x drama programme from C&B Films
The latest programme commissioning round deadline is 6pm Thursday July 1st.
We want documentary proposals and a Christmas Special. For more details look at our Tender document.
We accept emailed proposals and please do ask any questions before submitting ideas. Email: maggie@bslbt.co.uk
‘Get Out’ the teen animation which formed part of Wicked Kids has been selected for screening at the Marbella Film Festival in October in the animation category
Congratulations to Gamelab
FROM MONDAY 5th JULY OUR 8AM SLOT IS MOVING EARLIER TO 7.30AM
