| Borderlines | - The two-week long Borderlines Festival opens on March 19 in Hereford and Ludlow, in an area currently served by just two commercial cinemas.
- This year there are over 100 events and screenings at arts centres and village halls across 120 miles of countryside.
- "We've grown into Britain's biggest rural film festival," says Borderlines director, David Gillam.
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Neil Oseman's film, Soul Searcher, was shot on location at Weston's Cider in Much Marcle, Rowden Mill station near Bromyard, Malvern Youth Centre and Hereford cit. It's in the spirit of The Crow and Ghostbusters, "but much more a fantasy adventure," says the 24-year-old director. | "Contrary to what is being said about British cinema, it's alive and thriving, not only locally with film makers like Neil Oseman, but also nationall" | | Borderlines director David Gillam |
This year's Festival will premiere the work of other regional film makers including Pugilists, made by a group of young film makers, which features the bare-knuckle fighter Hereford-born Tom Spring, who fought at Worcester race course in 1824 and the country's current British Featherweight Champion, Hereford-based Darren 'Dazzo' Williams. Another Borderlines sporting connection: Mike Brearley, former England cricket captain turned psychiatrist, is to chair a film and psychiatry event exploring Behind the Sun, which comes from the director of The Motorcycle Diaries, Walter Salles. Other Borderlines events: - Bullet Boy. The first out-of-London showing for the film that won So Solid Crew's Ashley Walters the 'most promising newcomer' award for his performance;
- Ray, the life story of Ray Charles, featuring an uncanny central performance by Jamie Foxx. Ray has been nominated for six Oscars.
- Sideways, another Oscar nomination - a rich, subtle comedy celebrating the joys of wine and friendship.
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Best of British Borderline's Best of British season is expected to produce some box office sell outs with films such as: - Mike Leigh's Vera Drake, nominated for three Oscars;
- Closer, starring Jude Law, Julia Roberts, Clive Owen and Natalie Portman;
- A Way of Life, a powerful portrait of poverty and prejudice in South Wales;
- Dear Frankie, a touching tale of a Scottish single mum fiercely determined to protect her deaf son.
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"Contrary to what is being said about British cinema, it's alive and thriving - not only locally with film makers like Neil Oseman, but also nationally and internationally with the recognition that the likes of Mike Leigh, Imelda Staunton and Clive Owens are getting for their work," says Borderlines' director David Gillam. |
