Dark Mills Festival

The Dark Mills Festival of Gothic Arts & Alternative Culture takes place in London, September and features bands, theatre performances, film screenings and seminars/Q&As, exhibitions, merchandise stalls and much more. Movie screenings will include works by yours truly and I'm excited to be part of an event that includes such luminaries as Bob Keen, Michael Armstrong, Terry English, Chris Achilleos, Tony Hickox and the lovely Barbie Wilde, all curated by the inimitable Professor Patricia MacCormack.


Keep an eye on the official website for updates on this fantastic event: http://www.darkmillsfestival.com

Vote Red Lines!*

Openfilm 'Get It Made' Contest

This cool online short film contest (supported by Hollywood star James Caan) will award $250,000 in feature film funding to one lucky winner. The Top 6 films (by user votes) will go to a Judging Panel. Voting ends July 31st 2010.

My entry is supernatural school detention shocker 'Red Lines', featuring Hellraiser icon Doug Bradley. The film won Best Short & Director at Fearless Tales Genre Festival USA and gave legendary director Tobe Hooper (and I quote) "the total creeps". If you'd like the film to have a chance of going feature-length, please vote* for it here:

http://www.openfilm.com/videos/red_lines

*Apologies, there's a brief free signup required to vote. And before I get accused of vote rigging, please note there are tons of other movies to vote for on the Openfilm site :-)