Digital

Commissions

Exeter Phoenix Digital
CURRENT COMMISSIONS 2011

Each year Exeter Phoenix Digital commissions a number of different projects through financial, practical and creative support.

GREEN LIGHT SHORT FILM COMMISSION
The Green Light Short Film commission offers filmmakers the opportunity to turn their original ideas into a short film between 5-12 mins in length. A sum of up to £3000 is offered along with equipment hire and studio space.

Successful filmmakers are;
Tom Austin- 'Dog-Collar Criminal'
William Westaway- 'QuietGuy11'

These films will be premiered as part of this years Two Short Night Festival.

SHORT FILM BURSARIES
Exeter Phoenix Digital Short Film Bursary scheme is now in its 10th year. Funds are aimed at filmmakers with exciting original ideas. A sum of money is offered as well as training, equipment hire and production advice.

Successful filmmakers are;
David Williams- Cops and joggers
Ben Borley- Until the Dawn
Jed Hart- The Grobler
Chris King- POEMA'

The Short Film Bursaries will be premiered as part of the Two Short Nights Festival 2011.
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DIGITAL ARTS COMMISSION digiart com

We are pleased to announce that the 2011 Exeter Phoenix Digital Art Commission has been awarded to artist Paul Magee. More information about Paul's proposal will be revealed soon but for further details on the artist you can visit his website http://www.p000m0000.com/index.html

Commissions

Exeter Phoenix Digital Commision funded by First Light

Young people find a voice and speak out about their lives.

Phoenix Digital and filmmaker Peter Snelling have been working in Littlemoor in Exmouth with some amazing young people. Together we are creating two original films.

The first is a moving documentary about teenagers who have lead tough lives, lived on the edge of poverty and been in conflict with the police and the law. These three young men have decided to turn their lives around and with a mobile phone to play beats on and a £5 microphone are now creating music about their lives. Will music be enough to transform their destiny?

Firstlight-classroom The second is an animation using archive footage from the BFI to create a strange and magical world of TVs that holds the reflections of a group of 13 year olds on what that past was like.

The films are moving, funny and full of creativity and imagination. They will be screened at the Phoenix in the summer.

For more information visit:
http://www.mypockets.co.uk/

Find our What Exeter's Digital Documenters have been up to. Visit thier Blog http://digidocsexe.wordpress.com/about/

All The Roads Here

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'All The Roads Here' is a warm and touching radio drama that tells the true stories of three migrants and their extraordinary journeys to the UK that premiered on Phonic FM www.phonic.fm.

Exeter Phoenix Digital, Action For Education and film-maker Peter Snelling have been working with a group of migrants to create a radio play based on their experiences of coming to the UK. The play has been devised in weekly sessions and performed and recorded by the group which contains men and women from Columbia, Bolivia,Turkey, Bulgaria, Poland and Libya.

Listen to 'All The Roads Here' now

Imaginary Friends

Exeter Phoenix, Animated Exeter and Mediabox supported a group of young animators to inspire them to create their own personal imaginary friend and bring them to life with animation. This collection of films is a window into the imaginations of some remarkable young people, many of whom have faced difficulty in their lives.

Project

Hopes and Fears

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‘Hopes and Fears’ is an extraordinary project that has worked with some remarkable young people to document their hopes and their fears.

The young people who have participated in the project all face tough challenges in their lives and have created print and radio to express their experiences, their desire for change, their dreams and the things that keep them awake at night. The exhibition is a collection of these unforgettable hopes and fears.

The project has been funded by Mediabox and supported by Exeter Phoenix Digital and directed by Peter Snelling.

Visit the Hopes & Fears Project blogsite here.