LATITUDE FESTIVAL

Morning Echo will be playing in the Music & Film Tent at this fantastic, Sunrise Coast Festival in a couple of weeks. Do go along or encourage your friends to drop by for our screening.

4pm on Saturday 17th July in the Music & Film Tent

WISCONSIN SCHEDULE

We've also got our screening in Madison -

We're playing as part of Shorts Programme 'Friday @ Monona Terrace' on Friday April 16th @ 7.15pm in the Monona Terrace Convention Centre

Please send all Wisconsin friends our way!

EAST END FILM FESTIVAL

We now have the screening details for the EEFF.

Morning Echo will be playing as part of 'New UK Talent 2: Sons & Daughters' at Cineworld West India Quay on Monday 26 April @ 7pm

"A showcase selection of films from across the country split into four parts. Part two looks at sibling relationships and growing up."

OLE WINS ARTS FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP

I was thrilled to hear that our cinematographer, Ole Bratt Birkeland, has just been named as the 2010 recipient of the Arts Foundation Fellowship for Cinematography. Congratulations Ole!

MADISON, WISCONSIN

We're thrilled to be heading off to the MidWest for the Wisconsin Film Festival. Alas I won't be going along in person, but consider this the MidWest Premiere.

EAST ENDERS

Another chance to see the film in London - for those of you who may have missed the last screening. Dates still to be confirmed, but start researching routes to the East End as that's where we're going.

CINEQUEST SCREENING DETAILS

Shorts Program 2: Dark, Deep and Dangerous

Five unique views come together to explore the ways in which pain, loss and misunderstanding all come crashing down on the unsuspecting. Sudden arrivals, desperate departures, doomed relationships and the strange collide in these tales by master filmmakers from around the world. Dealing with situations ranging from the complexities of dating and commitment to the difficulties of negotiating relationships both international and interpersonal, these sometimes dark, sometimes experimental and often troubling shorts come at you from all corners of the Human Experience. - Christopher Garcia

SCREENINGS:
Thursday 25th Feb @ 9pm in Camera 3
Sunday 28th Feb @ 9pm in Camera 3

BEST FEMALE CHARACTER

On Saturday night at the LSFF, Morning Echo won the Best Female Character award for Christine Moffat played by Kerry Fox. The award was judged by directors of Women in Film and Television and Club des Femmes. Brilliant news.

CINEQUEST

We're back off to California in February to take part in CINEQUEST - a completely fantastic film festival.

Screening details to come... check back in soon.

London Screening - MORNING ECHO AT THE LSFF

The projector with sharp teeth is back... and we are overjoyed to be back with it.

Morning Echo is screening as part of the Femmes Fantastiques Programmes which will take place at the ICA on Saturday 9th January @ 6pm

Please go along and support the film. Take friends, family, etc etc.

Sadly I can't be there as I'm watching my brother getting married in the West Country, but I know the Festival will look after you and the programme will be packed full of fantastic films.

Tickets are available from the ICA.

CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE ARRIVES

FUN-A-LORUS

Quite frankly the most fun you can have with your clothes on, I returned to my favourite film festival in the world last week for another excellent time complete with Southern hospitality. And I managed to only have one pulled pork sandwich this time, which I'm hoping will save my guts for another movie, another festival, another year.

I kicked off my festival with a High School Screening where the students had an interactive approach to film viewing. As Morning Echo rolled, the audience screamed out 'DIVORCE!' as Chris and Donald argue in the kitchen, and laughed out loud at the cat and dog antics. I did get the question 'Where did you get the idea from?' twice though, so I obviously need to work on my answer to that one.

Although it clearly wasn't the reason to travel to North Carolina, I was happy to catch up with some Scottish films that I haven't managed to catch at home. Adrian and Finlay's film MA BAR was screening and in attendance was editor Mark Jenkins. And out on its own, Matt Hulse's FOLLOW THE MASTER screened to a happy audience at Jengo's Playhouse.

I got to catch BOMBER, PRECIOUS and WAITING FOR ARMAGEDDON and then it was my public screening in Jengo's. Greeted with fully adult laughter this time, it was wonderful to see the film with a totally new audience, and I was aware that this is the first festival I've been to with this film. I couldn't be more chuffed about how it went down.



Although I missed dance extravaganza Dance-A-Lorus on opening night, I did get to catch the show on Saturday morning. Awesome awesome. In new-to-me venue City Stage where you feel like you're in the court room from To Kill A Mockingbird.


Finally, a festival ain't a festival without a little bit of competition. And though there are no official prizes at Cucalorus, I was thrilled to walk away with the crown of Musical Chairs Champion. And a bunch of new friends. Thanks-a-lorus y'all.

BAFTA/LA RECOGNITION @ MILL VALLEY

Mill Valley Film Festival gets more awesome every day. Morning Echo is playing in the 5@5 section of the festival - 5 short films at 5pm every day. Every year this section takes its programme titles from the songs of a musical performer. This year's chosen artist is Morrissey. Love it.

And so the programme we're in is called: The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get

Rad.

Even cooler, if possible, is that every year BAFTA/LA recognises excellence in short film among the films from the 5@5s - and this year we've been honoured with a Certificate of Excellence.

Fantastic news.

AUSTIN, TEXAS

One of my favourite festivals, ever since The Dawn Chorus won Best Student Narrative Short there, it's great news they've selected Morning Echo to play at the Austin Film Festival.

The Festival takes place at the same time as a Screenwriters Conference, and so the focus is always on storytelling. If you know anyone who is going, please let them know to check out SHORTS 7 - playing at the following times:
Friday 23rd October @ 9pm at the Hideout
Wednesday 28th October @ 9pm at the Hideout

Meanwhile, you can do your bit for the film, and register as part of the b-side community online, and review the film - to encourage more people to come to the screenings. Go to: http://aff.bside.com/2009/ or click on the link opposite.

WOODSTOCK SCREENING DATES

MORNING ECHO will be screening as part of the NURSERY CRIMES shorts programme:



Friday 2nd October @ 3pm in the Woodstock Community Centre
Sunday 4th October @ 11.30am in the Woodstock Community Centre

MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL

Listed by Screen International as one of the ‘Top 10’ Festivals in the United States, the Mill Valley Film Festival is California’s longest-running fall festival. Located just north of San Francisco, the Festival is known internationally as a high profile, prestigious event celebrating the best of independent and international cinema.

Please send your west-coast friends along to support the film!

Morning Echo will be playing on
Tuesday October 13 @ 5PM, in CinéArts @ Sequoia 1
Thursday October 15 @ 5PM, in the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center 3

The Festival runs from October 8th - 18th.

www.mvff.com

BRANCHAGE JERSEY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

It's the second year of this shiny new and fabulous festival and we couldn't be more proud to be participating.

Morning Echo will be playing on
Saturday 3rd October @ 5pm in the Jersey Magistrates Court

The Festival runs from 1st -4th October

www.branchagefestival.com

WORLD PREMIERE IN WOODSTOCK

We're thrilled to be part of the lineup of this year's 10th Anniversary Edition of the Wonderful Woodstock Film Festival.

Playing as part of the 'Family Tales' programme, we will post the screening times and dates when we get them.

The festival runs from Sept. 30th - Oct. 4th in Woodstock, NY.

www.woodstockfilmfestival.com

Photos Are Up

The slideshow to the right shows the photos Laurent took for the shoot. Check them out on www.flickr.com (username: Hopedickle) and if you have some favourites, let me know and we can send them your way.

THE SKINNY

We're excited that MORNING ECHO is almost, so very nearly, finished. We'll be updating this blog as news arrives about screenings and any other ways you might be able to see or support the film. We hope you'll become a 'follower' (it doesn't mean you can't be a leader too) and send us any of your own news to do with the flick. Hope to see you back here soon.