Special Events &
Book Launches
Lloyd Kaufman's Make Your Own Damn Movie Master Class
From Production and Financing to Marketing and Distribution
Presented by Lloyd himself, this informative and entertaining two and a half hour presentation will cover everything an up-and-coming filmmaker must know to get their dream projects off the ground. You will learn how to:
- Get started on your first film project
- Find financing
- Understand what's involved in pre-production
- Choose a crew and production group
- Survive both large and small crises
By the end of the two hour course, you’ll leave with dozens of creative and practical tips that are invaluable to aspiring filmmakers and get a real inside look at how it's all done.
Tickets for this event will be sold separately, however festival pass holders will get heavily discounted admission!
Frazer Lee and Joseph Alberti
Urbane and Beyond
Filmmakers Frazer Lee and Joseph Alberti will be here to chat about their new film project URBANE, and explain the ins and outs of actually getting a horror movie off the ground. We expect good things: these guys have already secured Claudio Simonetti for the music, and also Doug Bradley (Pinhead) for the lead role.
We will also be screening some of Frazer's wonderful short films, Red Lines and On Edge.
This is a free event!
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (U)
With live accompaniment by pianist Paul Shallcross
A chance to experience one of the oldest and most influential horror films with a live soundtrack played by silent film accompanist Paul Shallcross.
Please see FILMS section for more details.
Free book launch event
Trash or Treasure? Censorship and the Changing Meanings of the Video Nasties + The Cultographies series
Remember those dodgy car boots sales? Those battered video cassettes with the lurid covers? Remember the newspapers condemning you to Hell for possessing a copy of The Excorcist? We are delighted to have the participation of academic Kate Egan who will be launching her new detailed book all about our favourite subject, the video nasties!
Additionally, academic Jamie Sexton (editor of the Cultographies series) will be here to launch the new range of titles that everyone should own, including books on The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Donnie Darko.
This is a free event so come and have a chat with the experts!
Cultographies Book Series:
Cultographies provides a comprehensive introduction to those films which have attained the coveted status of cult classic, focusing on their particular appeal, the ways in which they have been conceived, constructed and received, and their place in the broader popular cultural landscape.