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Dinner with Faye Dunaway, October the 3rd, 2008
The Independent Film Trust celebrated the launch of its new programme of celebrity fund-raising dinners on 3 October with the first event in the series, starring Faye Dunaway, at Bentley's restaurant.
The Independent Film Trust celebrated the launch of its new programme of celebrity fund-raising dinners on 3 October with the first event in the series, starring Faye Dunaway, at Bentley's restaurant.
Dinner with Nick Broomfield, April the 28th, 2009
The IFT organised a private fund-raising dinner on the 28th of April with award-winning director Nick Broomfield.
The IFT organised a private fund-raising dinner on the 28th of April with award-winning director Nick Broomfield.
The 2009 Alexander Mackendrick Memorial Lecture at the Raindance Film Festival
On 6 October 2009, director and IFT patron Terence Davies gave the Alexander Mackendrick Memorial Lecture at the Apollo West End cinema, an event which was part of the 17th annual Raindance Film Festival. The lecture was attended by a number of members of the IFT Facebook group who had won tickets in the competition which ran alongside the event.
Terence was interviewed after the event by Fred Hogge, the founding producer of the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) who is now an independent producer with Black Island. Fred dug out a wealth of opinions on film history from one of British cinema's most venerated figures.
Terence has been called many things. Eric Stoltz called him "a Tasmanian devil crossed with Doris Day". He has described himself as looking "like an avocado". But he is perhaps best known, in Mark Kermode's words, as "Britain's greatest living film director". He is also the first Mackendrick lecturer to have himself been taught by the great man, who died in 1993.
On 6 October 2009, director and IFT patron Terence Davies gave the Alexander Mackendrick Memorial Lecture at the Apollo West End cinema, an event which was part of the 17th annual Raindance Film Festival. The lecture was attended by a number of members of the IFT Facebook group who had won tickets in the competition which ran alongside the event.
Terence was interviewed after the event by Fred Hogge, the founding producer of the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) who is now an independent producer with Black Island. Fred dug out a wealth of opinions on film history from one of British cinema's most venerated figures.
Terence has been called many things. Eric Stoltz called him "a Tasmanian devil crossed with Doris Day". He has described himself as looking "like an avocado". But he is perhaps best known, in Mark Kermode's words, as "Britain's greatest living film director". He is also the first Mackendrick lecturer to have himself been taught by the great man, who died in 1993.
Vision Shorts Screening, April the 15th, 2010
On the 15th of April, 2010, the IFT invited its friends to a screening of short films made by the participants of the Vision Shorts run by Portugal Prints, in partnership with the Raindance organisation, and co-funded by the IFT and Westminster Mind.
The screening at the Apollo cinema in London was attended by Councillor Harvey Marshall, representing the Lord Mayor of the City of Westminster, as guest of honour.
Vision Shorts was an eight-week course for about 10 individuals aged 18 to 65, which ran for about four hours each Thursday and was led by Elliot Grove, the founder of Raindance. It involved a general, basic introduction to the filmmaking process, from planning to storyboarding, shooting and editing.
Read more about Vision Shorts in a special feature in The Guardian, 13.4.2010.
On the 15th of April, 2010, the IFT invited its friends to a screening of short films made by the participants of the Vision Shorts run by Portugal Prints, in partnership with the Raindance organisation, and co-funded by the IFT and Westminster Mind.
The screening at the Apollo cinema in London was attended by Councillor Harvey Marshall, representing the Lord Mayor of the City of Westminster, as guest of honour.
Vision Shorts was an eight-week course for about 10 individuals aged 18 to 65, which ran for about four hours each Thursday and was led by Elliot Grove, the founder of Raindance. It involved a general, basic introduction to the filmmaking process, from planning to storyboarding, shooting and editing.
Read more about Vision Shorts in a special feature in The Guardian, 13.4.2010.
