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This page is: News Archive 
D+CFree Competition
It’s the 50th anniversary of the Free Cinema movement and to celebrate, D+CFilm, in association with the People’s Republic Of South Devon, has launched a new competition encouraging local lensers to pick up a camera and document life as it is today.
Free Cinema saw UK filmmakers like Lindsay Anderson making documentary films outside the framework of the film industry. The movies all had a very low budget and featured ordinary, mostly working-class people at work and play.
The best short documentary films submitted to D+CFree will be edited together and shown in cinemas around the region for free - cinema shot by the people, for the people.
The choice of subject is entirely up to the filmmaker, but should reflect modern life in Devon and Cornwall. Submitted movies must be no longer than five minutes and should be primarily dialogue-free.
Perhaps filmmakers will update Karel Reisz and Tony Richardson’s Momma Don’t Allow by taking cameras into the local nightclub, or reinvent Lindsay Anderson’s O Dreamland by filming at a funfair.
There are three age categories (eight-18; 18-55; and 55+) and entries
should be sent on a standard definition DVD (be sure it can be played in a domestic player).
If you are selected for screening or competition you will then be required to submit a mini DV or Quicktime master. Send your entries to D+CFree, 19 Gloucester Road, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 1AY.
Prizes will reflect D+CFilm’s aim to stimulate the making and viewing of films, like vouchers, training courses, and use of professional editing suites.
The winning movies will be edited together into a feature and screened at various venues in the region, including film festivals.
If you have any questions or need more information, email: info@dandcfilm.co.uk.
Story added 29th May 2007
