If you happen to be in Poland on May 19th then try to get along to Mińsk Mazowiecki,  where they’re putting on a show of animated films including The Big Push. Organiser Jakub Kuć explains: ‘Our city is very small, we don`t have even a cinema :/ (we rent a projector to view shorts). So, it`s more like a “local” event. We want to share our passion to animated films with people from our city :).’ Sounds great and I wish I was there. Trailer for the show here. 

If you happen to be in Poland on May 19th then try to get along to Mińsk Mazowiecki,  where they’re putting on a show of animated films including The Big Push. Organiser Jakub Kuć explains: ‘Our city is very small, we don`t have even a cinema :/ (we rent a projector to view shorts). So, it`s more like a “local” event. We want to share our passion to animated films with people from our city :).’ Sounds great and I wish I was there. Trailer for the show here. 

Time Machine in TES

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The Times Educational Supplement published a great article by Adi Bloom on Time Machine on May 4th. Check it out after the break…

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Here’s a short trailer for the film I’m making with Northern Stars about photographer Stuart Roy Clarke for the National Football Museum in Manchester. It features a cracking score commissioned from British Sea Power. The final film way play in the gallery alongside an exhibition of Stuart’s work curated by him and designer Wayne Hemingway. 

Award #2 for Time Machine (Plus new nominations)

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‘Stylish, engaging, and at the cutting edge of education’ is how the judges for the BUFVC described Time Machine as they awarded it the Special Jury Prize at the Learning On Screen Awards at the BFI on London’s Southbank. For the full story follow the link above.

And on the train to London to attend the BUFVC ceremony we we learned we’d been nominated in two categories at the Big Chip Awards in Manchester in July. 

Time Machine had its official launch on Monday evening, when the brilliant Bill Thompson introduced the project live on stage the the Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle and grilled some of the creative team including Annie Rigby and Jeremiah Alexander. Above you’ll find the little film we made to promote it to schools.  

Time Machine Wins Award

RTS winHere’s Holli McGuire and me picking up our Innovation Award at the Royal Television Society Awards for Time Machine. Follow the link at the top for the full story.