Easter Egg hunts mean Easter time, a time we try to come up with an interesting blog and this year we think we’ve come up with our best yet so have a read of this because we have hidden a little treat for you in the form of a 14 letter Easter Egg. Really, it’s(…)
Oh hello 2017! Where are you going 2017? Come back 2017! Come back! That wasn’t a year was it? Surely it’s still March, no? I’m genuinely concerned that the clocks are actually speeding up and it’s not just a wistful saying. Regardless, it got us thinking, if you don’t stop to smell the roses every once in(…)
St Patrick’s day is here and we wanted to celebrate with a trilogy of films from Dublin that capture that famous St Patrick’s day spirit that the whole world has come to love. As we know Dublin, Ireland has one of the biggest St Patrick’s Day celebrations in the world, proof of which is highlighted in some(…)
This is your last minute warning to buy pancake supplies! Pancake Day, also known as Shrove Tuesday, is the feast day immediately before Ash Wednesday which marks the start of the 40 days of Lent that lead up to Easter. Which is all very interesting, but more importantly it’s happening tomorrow and if you don’t have all the ingredients to hand(…)
Jack Newman Documentarian, Jack Newman, is the third person in our Director Highlights series. Jack is a breakout film director whose work is grounded within the realm of documentary films, but not as most of us know. Represented by Bullion Productions, he has a rather impressive catalogue of work, generating projects for the BBC, Vice, The Guardian(…)
Fibre Optic news! Recently we were honoured and thrilled to host Hisense ambassador Ruud Gullit. Having played for Chelsea and Newcastle in the 1990s and winning the European championships 1988 with the Netherlands, he is a true legend of the game. Gullit is currently assistant manager of the Netherlands international team. Guts & Glory Films,(…)
Clio Barnard Clio Barnard, the experimental documentary filmmaker and feature film director is the subject of our 2nd instalment of our Director Highlights series. Barnard is a significant new voice in British Cinema. A multi award-winning Documentary filmmaker for her debut “The Arbor”, Barnard made the transition to fiction with a feature film that shares the same name as the Oscar Wilde(…)
Shooting home movies on film RIP. Tangerine, is the name of the first theatrically released movie shot entirely on an iPhone. It marks a significant technical achievement for the filmmakers, but moreover a landmark moment in our shared history of home video, as it demonstrates the power of the camera we carry in our pockets.(…)
Pumpkin carving is a monstrous waste of food Don’t get us wrong, we absolutely love carving pumpkins here! It’s one of those wholesome autumn activities that we look forward to all year, the trouble is, when we’re done, most of the actual pumpkin ends up in the food recycling bin. In fact, the UK wastes(…)
Photographer: Jodi Hinds In the eighth instalment of our Photographer series, we speak with food maestro Jodi Hinds. How did you start in Photography and decide it was the career for you? I ventured through the route of it loving photography since I was a child but never really pursuing it as a career until much(…)