Christmas Opening Times

We’re going to have a break over the Christmas period and we will be closed Thu 24 Dec – Fri 1 Jan inclusive… reopening on Sat 2 Jan 2010.

Lock Works opening times will be Mon 21 & Tue 22 Dec will be 5-9pm and Wed 23 Dec 12 – 8pm. Food will be available to pre-order only on these dates.

… See you in the New Year

Light House would like to wish everyone Best Wishes for the Festive Season and a Happy New Year!

Mentoring Opportunities with Guiding Light

• Are you a talented, ambitious filmmaker with at least two years professional experience?

• Have you reached a critical point in your career where high quality industry support would help you reach the next level?

• Would a mentor’s expert guidance enable you to achieve your full potential?

If so, Guiding Lights is for you.

Following two successful rounds of Guiding Lights, we are looking for another 25 up-and-coming film professionals to match with top industry talent. Successful applicants will benefit from 12 months of one-to-one mentor support from an established practitioner. Previous mentors include Danny Boyle, Paul Greengrass, Gurinda Chadha, Kenneth Branagh, Alison Owen, Christopher Hampton and Bill Nicholson.

We welcome applications from across the community and will select participants from a range of industry disciplines. The scheme is open to directors, producers, screenwriters, cinematographers and professionals working in sales, distribution, exhibition, marketing, publicity and business affairs.

Please check the website www.guiding-lights.org.uk for eligibility criteria, guidelines and FAQs

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 1pm Wednesday 23rd December 2009

“Having a formal bond where someone learning about their chosen career in the industry has ongoing advice from someone with great experience is invaluable and helps demystify all our roles.”

Tim Bevan, Working Title Films

“Not only has the relationship with my mentor been invaluable in terms of increased knowledge, it has also given me greater confidence in my abilities, focused my future aims and helped me visualise a successful career – which is key to making it happen.”

Faye Gilbert (mentored by Danny Boyle, Guiding Lights 08/09)

FURTHER INFORMATION:

Website:        www.guiding-lights.org.uk
Email:             guiding@lighthouse.org.uk
Textphone:     01273 686320

We are able to facilitate access for deaf and disabled people.

All information is available in large print format. Copies can be downloaded from their website:

www.guiding-lights.org.uk

Roaming Rhubarb 2010: Creative duo roam the West Midlands on photo trail….

Rhonda Wilson and Lorna-Mary Webb are the creative and organisational forces behind Rhubarb-Rhubarb – widely regarded as Europe’s premier International Photographic Portfolio Review – based in Birmingham.  In early 2010 they’re hitting the road to meet new and emerging photographers who wish to make more of their talents.  They’ll be covering all corners of the West Midlands region and are keen to see what’s out there.

The event is open to all photographers based in the region and is free of charge.

Photographers get a thirty-minute portfolio review session with Rhonda, Rhubarb’s Creative Director, or Lorna-Mary, Company Manager.  Both have reviewed far and wide internationally, at photo festivals held in the UK, USA, China, Korea, Poland, Denmark and France among others.

“The aim of the tour is to see the work of photographers who wish to make their photographs more visible, get advice on the images in their folios and outline some of the forthcoming events and schemes being operated by Rhubarb-Rhubarb. Among these is our annual bursary scheme, giving photographers the chance to attend one of our major national or international review and seminar events.

“In 2009 the winners also had a show at Wolverhampton Museum and Art Gallery and two of them were chosen, one from the West Midlands and the other from the UK, to accompany me to Fotofest’s Meeting Place 2010, in Texas, to show their work.  It’s always exciting going to look at work and there are always some spectacular finds out there in the region.” says Wilson.

The 2009 event was fully booked and saw the duo visit 6 venues across the region, seeing the work of over 40 photographers, helping them to move their practice forward.

Now Showing: The White Ribbon (15) & The Men Who Stare at Goats (15)

The White Ribbon (15)

This haunting feature won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. On the eve of World War I a village in northern Germany is being plagued by strange accidents, affecting everyone from the school children to the farmers. Gradually these ‘accidents’ take on the form of a punishment ritual but it is unclear who is behind it all. The local schoolteacher observes, investigates and little by little discovers the incredible and disturbing truth.

Dir. Michael Haneke, Austria, 2009, 2hrs24, German with English subtitles
BBFC Advice: Contains child abuse references.

Fri – Tue: 7.40pm
Wed: 2 & 7.40pm
Thu: 7.40pm

The Men Who Stare at Goats (15)

Reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) is in search of his next story when he encounters Lyn Cassady (George Clooney), a shadowy figure who claims to be part of a secret military unit. According to Cassady, the Army has a legion of Warrior Monks with psychic powers. They can read the enemy’s thoughts, pass through walls, and even kill a goat simply by staring at it. The program’s founder has gone missing and Cassady’s mission is to find him. Intrigued by his far-fetched stories, Bob decides to join him on the search. This hilarious comedy is inspired by the bestselling book by Jon Ronson.

Dir. Grant Heslov, USA, 2009, 1hr33
BBFC Advice: Contains strong language and comic drug references.

Fri – Tue: 5.55 & 8.20pm
Wed: 2.15, 5.55 & 8.20pm
Thu: 5.55 & 8.20pm

A request from the BBC

Next year, BBC TWO are launching a new series which will travel the country in a hunt for the nation’s home movie archive.

This is the nation’s story through the eyes of its most important historians: the British people.

We are looking for any amateur-filmed footage that reflects the events of the last seventy years. It might be footage of the summer of 1976, or the great storm of 1987. It might be street parties celebrating the Coronation, Jubilee or the Royal Weddings. We’re interested in footage of people’s hobbies or the big events in their life – perhaps an important wedding or birthday party. We would love to see any footage of local festivals, or people who perhaps went on to be famous – a local who went on to be a sports or pop star for instance.

We are interested in finding any footage you may have of Royalty, or the building or opening of important buildings in the area. It might be Beatlemania for instance, or political demonstrations. It could be that the footage is very particular to the area – the local industry – from ship building to cider-making.

We are throwing the net very wide, and we are really interested to hear from individuals or organisations about what they think is of importance and what deserves to be seen on the small screen.

If you have old cine, video or film footage we would love to hear from you. We are happy to take it on any format. We guarantee its’ safe return.

At this point, we are still at the research stage – so we are keen to hear about what people have. If any clips are used in the series, then a fee will be paid.

Please contact the production team at:

laura.millward@diverse.tv or on 0203 189 3228.

Or you can post your footage to:

Home Movie Roadshow,
1 Ariel Way,
London,
W12 7SL