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Simon Rumley is one of the UK's leading independent filmmakers. Having directed a handful of shorts, he completed the structurally unique Strong Language which was released by the BFI in 2000. This was the first part of a youth trilogy set in London during the 1990s which was followed by The Truth Game and Club Le Monde, both of which were released theatrically in the UK and garnered top critical acclaim. In 2004 he directed the award winning short The Handyman starring Greta Scacchi which won Best Short at Sitges in 2006 as well as a handful of other prizes. In 2005 he wrote, produced and directed the genre-bending cult phenomenon The Living and the Dead. This premiered at Rotterdam Film Festival in 2006 and went on to play over 40 festivals worldwide, picking up 16 awards including best film at Austin's FantasticFest and Special Jury Prize at Sitges. In 2009 Rumley travelled to Austin, Texas to shoot Red White & Blue, a slacker revenge movie starring Noah Taylor. This also premiered in Rotterdam, received its North American Premiere at SXSW and has since won various awards around the world including Best International Feature at Fantasia and Best Film at Boston Underground. |
Participants 2010
Anna Arnman is a PhD in film studies at Linneaus and Lund Universities. In her thesis Hellraiser - On Clive Barker’s film (Ellerströms, 2005) she looks at horror films in general and more specifically at Hellraiser and its relationship to the body, house, sexuality, gender and religion.
Benjamin Hessler, author, was born 1978 in Bochum, Germany. His first foray into writing was a dramatization of Dracula – at the age of 12.
Faye has been involved in video and film production since her teens, working in nearly every department, most regularly as editor. She has worked in her home town Edinburgh, very briefly in L.A., but mostly in London.
London born Jake West has worked extensively as both a director and writer in the film and television industry since 1993. His 1998 debut movie RAZOR BLADE SMILE – “a neck-ripping, bra-busting, blood-spurting vampire ride”, won ten international awards and made a considerable profit selling virtually every territory in the world.
Producer / director / screenwriter of documentary based reality shows for Scandinavian TV. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in film and writes a monthly column for movie magazine Cinema.
Michael Tapper, film critic ( Sydsvenskan), cinema studies scholar (Lund University) and encyclopaedist (Nationalencyklopedin)...
Olof Hedling teaches Film Studies at Växjö University and at Lund University, in Sweden. Currently he is involved in a research project that concerns European regional film production. He also co-ordinates Lund University's Master's Program in Film and Media Production which is located in Ystad.
A Classics scholar at Balliol, Phillip Bergson founded the Oxford Film Festival, G.B.'s first competition for features recognised by the F.I.A.P.F., and directed its six editions.
Sara teaches film and screenwriting at the College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, California. She is an award winning screenwriter and has authoured three books, including Splatter Flicks: How to Make Low Budget Horror Films.
Simon Rumley is one of the UK's leading independent filmmakers. Having directed a handful of shorts, he completed the structurally unique Strong Language which was released by the BFI in 2000.
Directed and co-wrote the horror film Lyckantropen that was screened at the 2003 SCREAMFEST L.A. He also teaches advanced storytelling at film schools in Stockholm, Sweden. |
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