Dshed's back catalogue of short film selections is now available at dshed.net/dshed-picks. Take a quick break with these short treats in a twice-monthly pick of films from across Watershed's archives.
http://depict.org now includes all 100 plus short films from the last ten years of DepicT!. Visit the site to watch short films from around the globe and to leave your comments. DepicT! is Watershed’s short filmmaking competition which challenges emerging filmmakers to make a micro masterpiece of just a minute and a half.
Surreal black comedy Skeletons was the latest screening in the New British Cinema Quarterly season at Watershed and was followed by a funny and fascinating Questions & Answers session with the films director and two lead actors.
Theatre Sandbox 2010 commissions are under way and each of the six groups of theatre makers discuss their work, development project and what they hope to learn. Theatre Sandbox is a new national commissioning scheme for theatre makers to develop experimental pieces of performance which use pervasive media technologies.
Mark Cosgrove and Adam O'Brian discuss Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's boldly surreal film Tropical Malady, the latest screening in Watershed's year-long season of events reflecting on cinema from 2000-09.
Read Sam Firth's interview on the DepicT! website. Sam won the British Special Mention Award at DepicT! 2009 and talks about the huge amount of activity she has been up to since her win. Sam has also recently updated her diary which documents her progress in 2010 since winning.
Media Sandbox Producer Victoria Tillotson introduces 2010's scheme and talks about the themes of this year's commisioning strands. Media Sandbox is a development scheme that carves out a space for research, supporting brilliant people to make time and take risks in interactive, digital media and deliver innovation to the market.
Final research reports are now available from the Pervasive Media Studio Artists Residencies. Over two months the artists explored ideas at the juncture of art, pervasive technologies and culture around robotics & narrative and re-imagining authentic early stage illusions using film, peformance and pervasive technologies.
Mark Cosgrove discusses the significance of Gus Van Sant's 2004 film Elephant, the latest screening in Watershed's year-long season of events reflecting on cinema from 2000-09.
Development programme Media Sandbox is now open for proposals. The scheme offers seven commissions of £10,000 each for research and development into creating rich experiences augmented by open data or mobile, wireless & sensory technologies. Deadline for proposals is 28 July 2010.
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