Just recieved the announcement that my Filmaka Short Film FRANCIS has been selected in the Cornish Shorts competiton at the Cornwall Film Festival 2009.

http://www.cornwallfilmfestival.com/cornish-films-in-competition

We are proud to announce that award-winning feature film ENCOUNTERS has just been listed on Amazon.com
for pre-order.

Winner of Best Feature Film Award at ReelHeART International Film Festival, Toronto; Cornwall Film Festival, UK; Cheap Shot International Film Festival, Los Angeles

Release date is November 24th.

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ELEPHANT BOY and FRANCIS have been selected to screen at the FEAST ON FILM event at MOOR’S BAR, Crouch End on Tuesday 8th September.

Pat Kelman will be in attendance to answer questions in what is often a lively and enthusiastic evening of film and conversation.

Link to Moor’s Bar
57 Park Road, Crouch End, London. N8 8SY

The very lovely people at Kino London have added a report on their August screening, that featured SAY SOMETHING, STUPID.

Pat Kelman, writer and director of the film was in attendance, as was lead actor Ben Kettner and Imaginative Leap regular DOP Imran Uppal.

The film was very well received as part of a very strong programme of shorts, and Pat has promised to bring another film to the event when it transfers to the Vibe Bar in Brick Lane next month.

Photos © Kino London

Pat Kelman’s film SAY SOMETHING, STUPID screened tonight at KinoLondon #8. London’s premiere “open mic” screening night had a packed house ready for some sweet, fun films.

Happily the film was received very well, and Pat has promised to bring another film along next month.

The ReelHeART International Film Festival, Toronto, today jointly awarded the Best Film Award in the ReelTube category to Pat Kelman’s Filmaka shorts FRANCIS, THE LETTER GAME and ELEPHANT BOY.

The ReelTube category was added to the Festival lineup this year for films made specifically for the internet.

This is the second time Pat Kelman has been honoured by the Festival, winning the Best Feature Film award in 2005 for ENCOUNTERS.

Pat is, as you can imagine, delighted with the news.

In 2006 TAIL SLATE gave ENCOUNTERS three stars out of four, calling the film:

“… entertaining and emotional. The performances were terrific, with a relaxed realism that made the film all the more dramatic. I also think it would be easy for most people to find a connection to one or more of the characters as they struggle to find companionship and romance in this cold modern world.”

ENCOUNTERS is due for US and International DVD release in November 2009.

Details are yet to be confirmed, but Pat Kelman’s feature film ENCOUNTERS has been acquired by Celebrity Video Distribution for DVD release in the US and internationally.

The DVD is provisionally due to ship in November.

Full details when we have them.

From www.flickernow.com:

The 2005 Cornwall Film Festival was a huge success.

Thank you to all the filmmakers, the guests who took workshops, discussions, o­ne-to-ones, masterclasses and Q&A sessions, the Festival Board, sponsors and all participants.

The 2005 Cornwall Film Festival Prize Winners are:

• Delabole Slate Best Film of the Festival – Pat Kelman with his bittersweet feature called ENCOUNTERS.  Pat was very emotional when George and Thesselie Hamilton of Delabole Slate handed him his award.  Having just returned to Cornwall after 10 years of working away from home he was very heartened and moved by the result and vowed to keep it o­n his desk.
• Delabole Slate Best Student Film of the Festival.   For the second year running a University College Falmouth student has won the prize – Russell Hancock triumphed with SUNDAY BENCH.

“We’ve had such an amazing response during the Festival, I’m so pleased that we are now attracting talent scouts from all over Britain who want to see what we’ve got in Cornwall. I believe that the Festival has been a great inspiration as I am receiving many enthusiastic calls and emails and we definitely got more people engaged in the Festival than in previous years.” Lucy Frears – Festival Director 2005.

Pat Kelman’s Filmaka Jury Level winner SAY SOMETHING, STUPID recieves its London premiere on Monday June 22nd.

ELEPHANT BOY played there last month to great acclaim, so this should be a great night.

Details:

KINO #6 – Monday June 22nd, 2009
HORSE HOSPITAL, Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 1HX
Tube: Russell Square
£4 on the door, filmmakers get in free
Doors at 7pm

Link to KINO LONDON