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"To Hell With Love" - my DV Frankenstein
Recently screened at the 43rd London Film Festival, To Hell with Love is one of very few well scripted shorts. Shot on DV, received completion funds from the London Production Fund which allowed for its transfer to film. Director Tony Fisher tells us about the making

British Council & Film Festivals
Our interview with Paul Howson, director of the Film and Television department at the British Council

Transgender - More than just a film festival...
Mel Taylor talked with the director of the Third International Transgender Film Festival, Kam Wai Kui, and below discusses the impact of the festival and some of the issues facing the transgender community

The London Production Fund
Paul Gallagher interviews Maggie Ellis, Head of London Production Fund. The LPF supports development, production and completion of films in the London area

"The Cask of Amontillado"
Mario Cavalli on the adaptation of Poe's short story
"Inside-Out Man"
Jesse Chambers reflects on the creative and technical processes involved in making a short musical. The film is about a man whose body turns inside-out. Then the flesh is sold off in jars as an aphrodisiac

Film and the Ocean of Music
A composer sails towards new music film forms. By Robert Robertson

"WardZone"
Never work with children and animals goes the saying... but courageous Audrey O'Reilly has just directed a graduation film based on her childhood experiences of hospital. Avril O'Reilly recounts the experience
"Light of Uncertainty"
First foray into the world of animation with Clive Walley's short film
Hands
Some people say the eyes are the window of the soul. Others say the hands are the blue print of the heart. A documentary by Dave Cook

Mother Dao
A poetic exploration of Dutch colonial Indonesia by Vincent Monnikendam

Frozen Music
A personal journey into Gothic cathedrals, dance, fractals, music and Feng Shui. By Kim Bour

Wasteland
A very low budget, unfunded documentary about an Iraqi actress Nahida Rammah living in exile. By Koutaiba Al-Janabi
Life of a producer
Charles Thompson has been involved in the production of some of the most interesting short films to date and he has now almost completed his first feature The Mexican Standoff

The clue is in the title
A 10 x 10 short and its director's diary. By director of Diary of a Madman John Humphreys

A to Z: the trials and tribulations in the making of
Filmmaker Michael Geoghegan shares with us a diary of the production of his thirty minute short. By Michael Geoghegan

Portobello film & video festival
Following on from last year's success, the second Portobello Film and Video Festival runs from 9-17 August. Catherine Monk delves into its origins, achievements and Stuff from the Streets, with the organisers Ghanim Shubber and Jonathan Barnet