Swansea Film Festival and Meridian Tonight

News just in, Undertow has been accepted into competition at the Swansea Film Festival in June (see link below to the website).

http://www.swanseafilmfestival.com/home07.htm

Meridian Tonight filmed a feature on the making of Undertow interviewing the Director and co-screenwriter about the process involved. Details of the finished programme to be put on the site shortly.

Undertow on BBC1

On Monday the 7th April, the BBC included a feature on the making of Undertow in the 18.30 news on BBC1.

Reporter Jane Witherspoon interviewed Matthew Jure and Neil Mcenery-West about the two awards they won in New York, and exactly how they went about creating a vision of deserted London for so little money.

There'll be some stills from the BBC shoot in the 'Stills' page shortly, courtesy of professional photographer Karla Gowlett

New York Awards 

Undertow has won 2 out of 3 of the nominations it received at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. It won Best International Director and Best Actor.  
 
Several of the cast and crew flew out to New York to promote the film and experience the festival. Photo shoots and interviews took place for various press, and we managed to secure a one page article in International Film Quarterly (IFQ magazine) for their annual AFM edition.  

The New York Film Academy are also considering a future screening of the film along with a Q&A. 

The festival screening took place in the legendary Village East Cinemas on March 1st where the film sold out to a packed audience and rave reviews.  

Undertow at Cannes

In May some of the cast and crew will be taking Undertow to the Short Film Corner at the 2008 Cannes Film festival to promote the film and take part in the most prestigious film festival in the world.

Major London Screening

On 21st March Undertow will be screened at 12.30 pm as part of the Renderyard Film and Documentary Film Festival at the Roxy Cinema in London (Voted by Time Out as one of the top 5 cinemas in London).  

There will be a Q&A with the cast and crew following the screening.

The festival is free and taking place in both London and Spain through March and April.

ECU Festival ‘Europe’s answer to Sundance’

On the 14th March Undertow will screen as part of the prestigious European Independent Film Festival (ECU) in Paris. This takes place in Paris at the famous Bibliothèque Nationale de France.  

Undertow’s co-writer, Antony Woodruffe, will be traveling out to the festival for the day to introduce the film and answer questions in a Q&A following the screening.

The infamous Compton Club

As part of the re-launch of the notorious Compton Club (renowned for screening X rated and banned movies in the 70’s) Undertow will have a standalone screening on the 8^th April at 6 pm with an introduction from the director about the making of the film and a Q&A with the cast following the film.

New Press

Various articles from the London Press are now available on the website and more will be appearing over the next few weeks. Also we have received a couple of new reviews from an award winning American poet and the Director of the Renderyard International Film Festival who calls Undertow ‘Truly Brilliant’.  

We will update you with more information about screenings and press articles as they occur.