If the short film world needs all the backing it can get right now – in the face of a UK arts funding crisis and short film festivals going bust left, right and centre – then genre shorts are in arguably the most need of some love. Not only are they the most underrepresented on the circuit, they’re also a real who’s who of “next-big-thing”s. A goldmine of renegade storytellers, ballsy choreographers, and all-round future commercial artistes who are but one decent budget away from making something seriously explosive.
So Forbidden Worlds introducing their new ‘Genre Filmmakers of the Future’ showcases for 2024 – giving up and comers a chance to project their stuff on the biggest screen in the South West – is a very exciting prospect indeed. And the 12 selected films certainly don’t disappoint, covering a broad spectrum of genre treats from sumptuous animations to stupendously silly B-movie send-ups.
So Forbidden Worlds introducing their new ‘Genre Filmmakers of the Future’ showcases for 2024 – giving up and comers a chance to project their stuff on the biggest screen in the South West – is a very exciting prospect indeed. And the 12 selected films certainly don’t disappoint, covering a broad spectrum of genre treats from sumptuous animations to stupendously silly B-movie send-ups.
- 5/21/2024
- by Ben Robins
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The creators of the $2 billion-grossing Harry Potter movies may be laughing all the way to Gringotts Bank, but the success of the films wasn’t always such a sure thing. “If they had cast American actors or put cheerleaders at Hogwarts — and all these hideous ideas were indeed being pitched and discussed at the time – Harry Potter would have been one movie, not a series,” says Chris Columbus, director of the first two films in the most lucrative movie series in Hollywood history. “It would have just died.”
Thankfully, the filmmakers remained true to author J.K. Rowling’s magical vision...
Thankfully, the filmmakers remained true to author J.K. Rowling’s magical vision...
- 6/30/2011
- by EW staff
- EW.com - PopWatch
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