Simon Nicholls, The Courtyard's Head Projectionist, cautions on demystifying the dream factory by entering the hot, sweaty din that is... the projection box. Read all about it in Notes from the Projection Room, his first post for The Courtyard's recently launched blog.
Our long overdue thanks to Simon for doing such a grand job during Borderlines. He's absolutely right when he says, "The projectionist’s job is one where the better you are at it the less you get noticed". We didn't notice a thing...
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Dates for Borderlines 2010 confirmed
The next festival will take place from Friday 26 February - Sunday 14 March, earlier than ever, brrrr!
Without the luxury of the roof of a central office over their heads, the entire Borderlines team got straight down, today, to the serious business of planning another major rural film festival.
Without the luxury of the roof of a central office over their heads, the entire Borderlines team got straight down, today, to the serious business of planning another major rural film festival.
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
Anvil (the band) make it to Cannes
It appears that films can engender happy endings even while eschewing them. On the back of the documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil the hapless (till now) heavy metal band have been performing the live Anvil Experience to happy cinema audiences across the US. And acquiring some famous fans.
For more, see this Guardian report from Cannes.
Despite the petitions, it doesn't look as though they're playing Glastonbury however...
For more, see this Guardian report from Cannes.
Despite the petitions, it doesn't look as though they're playing Glastonbury however...
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