2012 Programme

Readers of this blog can get a sneak peek as the programme for the 2012 Southside Film Festival is now available online here


Print copies will be distributed across the Southside by the 1st of May and we'll be announcing it via facebook and twitter then also.

We're back!

You will be seeing the posters for the 2012 Southside Film Festival pop up all over the Southside this weekend.

The full programme will be launched on 1st May so stay tuned for more details and put the 17-20 May in your diary for some quality Southside films and events.

4 hours to go!

Southsiders! You have until midnight to submit your films to the Southside Film Festival. The film can be made by Southsiders, be about the Southside or just shot here but it must have some kind of Southside connection as the films may be selected for the Southside Audience Award.
We are also looking for short films for another short film screening just added though so do still get in touch if you have anything you would like us to watch for possible selection.
You can send us secure links to your films to southsidefilmfest@gmail.com by midnight tonight!

Southside Filmmakers-last chance to submit-Tues 10 April DEADLINE!

SOUTHSIDE FILM FESTIVAL: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR SOUTHSIDE FILMS

Are you a filmmaker based in the Southside?

Have you made a film about the Southside?

Have you shot a film in the Southside?

If so, Southside Film Festival wants to see your films!

The inaugural Southside Film Festival Southside Filmmaker Award was won by filmmakers Antonia Bain and Gordon Ballanytine May 2011 for their short documentary about the cinema organ in Pollokshaws Burgh Hall. The award was voted for by the audience and prizes were kindly donated by BAFTA Scotland, Screen Academy Scotland, GFT, GMAC and local businesses.

You can submit your film this year for a chance of winning the Southside Film Festival Southside Filmmaker Award 2012. Festival Dates 18-20 May 2012

Submit screeners on DVD only to: Southside Film Festival, 0/1, 18 Clincart Rd, Glasgow, G42 9DJ OR send links to secure password protected video hosting sites to southsidefilmfest@gmail.com

When submitting your film please tell us the title, length, genre and don't forget to include your full contact details.

DEADLINE FOR SOUTHSIDE FILM SUBMISSIONS: TUES 10 APRIL, 2012

Please note you can also get in touch with us if you are not a Southside filmmaker, we are still happy to hear from you!

We are Northern Lights-Southsiders, get involved!

We Are Northern Lights: Scotland’s First Ever Mass Participation Documentary Film

The public are being invited to collaborate on a unique feature-length documentary film about Scotland. Northern Lights is a first in a lifetime mass participation film project funded by the Year Of Creative Scotland 2012, which aims to create a view of Scotland that goes beyond media stereotypes to reflect the lives, hopes and dreams of the people who live - or once lived - on these isles.

The project opened for submissions on 20th March and people of all backgrounds and ages, across all areas of Scotland and the diaspora are invited to respond, with filmed contributions, to three questions:

• What can you see?

• What do you wish you had seen?

• What would you like to see?

The producers intend for many first-timers, as well as more experienced film-makers, to engage with the project, and the website offers resources to help new participants plan and shoot their footage. There will also be numerous workshops taking place across Scotland to specifically support groups considered to be less likely or unable to engage in media or arts projects of this nature.

Videos can be submitted from 20th March until 21st June on the Northern Lights website (www.wearenorthernlights.com). Videos will be featured on the Northern Lights website and YouTube channel, and will automatically be eligible to win one of the Northern Lights Awards. Awards totalling £10,000 are on offer to the most compelling contributions in a range of categories, including the People’s Choice Award for the most popular contribution to the project.

The film will be directed by award-winning documentary film-maker Nick Higgins, who hopes to be surprised by the range of responses to the three questions. He says:

“The idea of inviting people from across Scotland to pick up a camera, film their Scotland and share their lives is hugely exciting to me and we’ve tried to make it as easy as possible for everyone to get involved. Our aim is to create a truly original representation of Scotland, 
taking in everything from the extraordinary to the everyday.”

"For Northern Lights to be achieve this, we need people from all walks of life to get involved. Each submission, no matter how modest, will help to build this epic self-portrait of Scotland in 2012 and we want everyone to be part of it. This is a film about Scotland, so who better to create its content than the people of Scotland themselves?”

Visit the website www.wearenorthernlights.com to submit your video and watch the contributions, and help support the project by following on Twitter and Facebook.