July 2010
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The Shutdown will be screening in competition at Dokufest in Kosovo on 4 August.
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If you’re in Glasgow on Monday night (that’s the 5th of July), come along to the 13th Note and see The Shutdown as part of Initial Itch.
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The Shutdown is screening next week at the Curtas Vila do Conde Film Festival in Portugal.
June 2010
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The Shutdown will screen in New York City as part of the Rooftop Films “Industriance” screening this Friday 2 July.
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The Shutdown wins again!
The Shutdown won Best Documentary Short at Palm Springs International Shortfest. See the coverage on The Wrap and on IndieWire.
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Tomorrow’s Fairground (directed by Peter Gerard & produced by Andy Green) is screening next week at the Palace Film Festival in Balchik, Bulgaria.
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Last minute news - we have some films showing at the Leith Festival this week. The Shutdown is on tonight at 7:30pm and Tomorrow’s Fairground (directed by Peter Gerard and produced by Andy Green) is screening on Sunday. Both screenings are at the Word of Mouth Cafe just off Leith Walk in Edinburgh.
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The Shutdown will screen at the Palm Springs International ShortFest on the 23rd June.
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Fell, a short film by Peter Gerard, is now on FleetFlicks - watch and vote for it there.
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Motion/Static was selected to screen in Porto as part of the Best Shorts extension of the IndieLisboa Film Festival.
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The Shutdown screens today at The Guardian Hay Festival.
May 2010
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Feature development grant from Scottish Screen
Scottish Screen recently confirmed its investment in Accidental Media with a development grant for their proposed feature film ideas. Accidental Media’s team of writers (Alan Bissett, Peter Gerard and Adam Stafford) will work with Andy Green and London-based consultant Anita Lewton to develop highly innovative feature film treatments this summer.
“We are determined to turn our skills...
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Distribution deal for The Shutdown
During the Cannes Film Festival, Accidental Media signed a distribution deal for its award-winning film “The Shutdown”. Hamburg-based Short Film Sales will handle global distribution for the film directed by Adam Stafford and written by Alan Bissett.
Returning from Cannes, editor/producer Peter Gerard says, “We are thrilled to be working with a boutique short film distributor...
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Accidental Media is proud to announce that Andy Green has been selected as one of six producers to participate in the new Features Scotland programme, supported by Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scottish Screen and the Scottish Government. Andy Green will attend Edinburgh, Toronto, London and Berlin Film Festivals to attend masterclasses, workshops and meetings with industry professionals....
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The Shutdown is also in competition at the Vienna Independent Shorts festival, with a screening on 28th May.
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The Shutdown will screen at The Guardian Hay Festival on 3rd June. The annual festival of literature and arts takes place in Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales.
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The Shutdown will be on in New York City as part of the Rooftop Films series on 2 July.
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Accidental Media will again be in Cannes for the Marché du Film. Please get in touch if you would like to arrange a meeting between the 13th and 16th May.
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The Shutdown is showing on the 3rd and 12th of June at the Sydney Film Festival.
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The Shutdown won the Best Short Documentary Prize in the Golden Gate Awards at the San Francisco International Film Festival! Read the full coverage on Indiewire.
April 2010
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Check out the Montage Film Podcast for an interview with Peter Gerard, director of Just to Get a Rep.
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Our IndieLisboa screenings have been announced. Motion/Static, directed by Peter Gerard, is in the Emerging Cinema section screening on the 26th and 29th April. The Shutdown, directed by Adam Stafford, is in the International Competition with screenings on the 24th and 29th. Adam will introduce the first screening and will be a guest DJ at one of the festival parties, so if you’re in Lisbon...
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Screening dates for The Shutdown at RiverRun Film Festival in North Carolina have been announced: 17, 23, 24 & 25 April.
March 2010
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Just to Get a Rep special edition DVD is now...
The Special Edition double-disc DVD of Just to Get a Rep - the definitive graffiti/hip-hop documentary - is a true collectors’ item, featuring slick packaging design and loads of bonus materials. It is finally available to order, exclusively from our website for only $19.99. Get your copy now.
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Fistful of Roses wins BAFTA Scotland New Talent...
Fistful of Roses - directed by Leo Bruges & produced by Peter Gerard - won the BAFTA Scotland New Talent Award for Best Factual. The film features an original score by Adam Stafford.
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Both Motion/Static and The Shutdown have been invited to screen at IndieLisboa Film Festival.
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The Shutdown will screen in competition at the prestigious Oberhausen Short Film Festival on 1 May.
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The Shutdown is in competition at San Francisco International Film Festival. It will screen on 25 April and 5 May.
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We have posted updates to the Babel’s Market blog. Read the latest news about our upcoming feature documentary and follow us on Facebook.
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The Shutdown will screen in competition at RiverRun International Film Festival in Salem, North Carolina.
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The Shutdown will be screening at Dallas Film Festival on the 11th and 12th of April.
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Go Short Festival have announced their screening schedule. The Shutdown screens on 18, 19 and 20th March.
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Triple nominations at BAFTA Scotland New Talent...
We are very excited to announce our three BAFTA Scotland New Talent Award nominations. Both The Shutdown and Fistful of Roses are competing in the Factual category and the “Stand Off” music video for Le Reno Amps is up for the music video award. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on 19 March in Glasgow.
February 2010
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The Shutdown returns to the Netherlands in March for the Go Short Film Festival in Nijmegen.
This week we will be in Berlin for the EFM/Berlinale. Get in touch if you would like to meet us.
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WatchIf you haven’t seen it already, check out our music video for “The Stand Off” by Le Reno Amps.
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The Shutdown has been selected for ZagrebDox documentary festival in Zagreb, Croatia (28 Feb - 7 Mar).
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The List has written a nice preview for our Shutdown event in Bo’ness, and The Skinny lists it as one of their top five February film events. Don’t miss it tomorrow night!
January 2010
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New Yorkers: The Shutdown screens tonight at 6:30pm at Doctruck at Studio-X.
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"The Shutdown" special event in Bo'ness on 4th Feb
Accidental Media presents a multimedia experience at the Bo’ness Hippodrome featuring Adam Stafford and Alan Bissett.
Novelist and playwright Alan Bissett (‘Boyracers’) will read from his latest novel. Filmmaker and musician Adam Stafford (front man of the band ‘Y’All is Fantasy Island’) will follow up with a live music set. The evening will conclude with...
December 2009
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The Shutdown screening in New York City
The Shutdown will be part of the “Land and Noise, Space and Silence” program at Doctruck at Studio-X on Thursday January 14th at 6:30pm. If you’re in New York, don’t miss it.
"Tomorrow's Fairground" was on BBC iPlayer →
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“Tomorrow’s Fairground”, the short documentary produced by Andy Green and directed by Peter Gerard will be broadcast on BBC2 Scotland on 16 December at 23:20. The film was made for the Bridging the Gap scheme run by the Scottish Documentary Institute.
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Reviews pouring in for The Twilight Sad video
The music video we produced for The Twilight Sad is already getting hyped: Stereogum, Pitchfork, Surfing on Steam, Strange Glue, Prefix, and plenty more. “Seven Years of Letters” is directed by Adam Stafford.
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Pitchfork likes our Twilight Sad video →
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An interview with Peter Gerard is featured in the latest issue of Scotcampus magazine, about the distribution of Just to Get a Rep. The magazine is available throughout Scotland in December.
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November 2009
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IDFA screenings
Anyone going to Amsterdam for IDFA, please come along to see our 2 films in competition:
MOTION/STATIC (directed by Peter Gerard & produced by Andy Green) Sun 22 Nov 19:45 Tuschinski 4 (world premiere) Mon 23 Nov 12:45 Munt 13 (industry) Wed 25 Nov 13:15 Munt 11 Sat 28 Nov 19:45 Munt 10
THE SHUTDOWN (directed by Adam Stafford & produced by Peter Gerard & Leo Bruges) ...