First London Screening Of 'Janapar' Coming In June

I wrote recently about my developing plans for Janapar, and I know that there are lots of people who’ve been waiting to see it. So I’m really chuffed to announce a free ‘movie night’ next month, especially for my blog readers, on a late-June weekend in a central London venue.

Film Blog: "Janapar" Official Trailer Released Today

After a lot of head-scratching, many re-scripts, and two failed editing attempts in November and January, James and I sat down on Thursday last week with a gallon of coffee and spent a rather wired day in front of a few hundred hours of footage and a copy of Final … Continued →

Film Blog: In Search Of The Premiere - Encouragement From The Film Festival Circuit

Responses from the world’s major film festivals are beginning to trickle in. We’ve been making submissions since last autumn, and now we’re beginning to learn what has already been learnt by thousands of independent filmmakers before us: little short of a miracle will get an unknown, independent, first-time filmmaker a … Continued →

Film Blog: Why Expedition Films Fail (And How You To Make Yours Better)

A great number of expeditions and adventures are filmed, especially now the equipment to do so is cheap and accessible. But few projects ever reach the screen. My own film, Janapar, might well become one of them. Whinge, moan, etc. So far, James and I have received four rejections from four … Continued →

Film Blog: International Film Festivals - One Way To Tell The Story?

There are a number of possible routes to go down in order to put something like this in front of as many pairs of eyes as possible. The easiest would be to upload the thing to Youtube, hit ‘Publish’, and move on. But to take something to a wider audience? To … Continued →