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March 2019 by Kerry Skinner
‘The Bicycle Thief’ in Competition at the Mo & Friese Children’s Short Film Festival, Hamburg
The Mo&Friese Hamburg Children’s Short Film Festival is one of a small number of short film festivals for children in the world. It offers programmes for several age groups in cooperation with the (Oscar and BAFTA-Qualifying) Hamburg International Short Film Festival.
March 2019 by Kerry Skinner
THE BICYCLE THIEF – OFFICIAL SELECTION – BARCELONA SPORTS FILM FESTIVAL
‘The Bicycle Thief’ has been selected to compete in the BCN Sports Film 2019 in Barcelona from June 3rd to 9th, 2019.
March 2019 by Kerry Skinner
THE BICYCLE THIEF – OFFICIAL SELECTION at the (“Oscar-Qualifying!”) Cleveland International Film Festival
‘The Bicycle Thief’ will be screening in competition at the “Oscar-Qualifying” Cleveland International Film Festival from March 27 – April 7, 2019.
March 2019 by Kerry Skinner
THE BICYCLE THIEF – OFFICIAL SELECTION – CINEMAGIC FILM FESTIVAL, BELFAST
‘The Bicycle Thief’ has been selected to screen at the Cinemagic Film Festival, Belfast in March 2019 as part of their ‘On The Pulse’ programme.
February 2019 by Kerry Skinner
The Bicycle Thief – Official Selection – Sedona International Film Festival
‘The Bicycle Thief’ is among the Official Selections screening at the Sedona International Film Festival in February, 2019. Park Bench Pictures’ previous feature, ‘Common People’ won the Independent Spirit Award there in 2013. It’ll be great to be back among the red rocks of Arizona.
October 2018 by Phil Sealey
World Premiere of The Bicycle Thief
Our latest short film, The Bicycle Thief will have it’s World Premiere at the prestigious Mill Valley Film Festival outside San Francisco on October 6th, 2018 as part of their Mind The Gap Programme. Shot over two days in April 2018 by a production team that was over 70% female, we’re incredibl proud to be included […]
April 2018 by Phil Sealey
The Bicycle Thief has been chosen for Directors UK’s Alexa Challenge 2018
The script for a new short film by Kerry Skinner and Stewart Alexander called, The Bicycle Thief has been chosen for Directors UK’s ALEXA Challenge 2018. Full details of the competition can be found here: https://directors.uk.com/news/challenge-alexa-2018/ but the gist is that Park Bench Pictures will recieve an incredible amount of support from both Directors UK and Arri, including the most sought-after camera […]
January 2017 by Phil Sealey
Kerry Skinner Selected for WFTV Mentoring Scheme 2017
The WFTV Mentoring Scheme is a programme designed for women who have more than five years’ experience working in film, TV or digital production and are looking to take a significant step in their career. The scheme runs for six months, during which time participants receive six hours of mentoring contact with an experienced industry […]
May 2016 by Phil Sealey
Common People UK TV Premiere
On Thursday May 19th at 10pm, ‘Common People’ will have it’s UK television Premiere on London Live as part of their Independent Film Season. It will continue to play throughout June. You’ll find it on Freeview 8 – Sky 117 – Virgin 159 – You View 8
May 2016 by Phil Sealey
Kerry Skinner and Stewart Alexander on the Producers Network at Cannes 2016
The Producers Network hosts more than 500 producers from around the world for a series of meetings and unique events specifically designed to stimulate international co-production and optimize networking. During this week, with a different program each day, they are given opportunities to meet the potential partners that will move their projects forward: co-producers, sales agents, distributors, financiers…
September 2015 by Phil Sealey
Kerry Skinner on the Crowdsourcing Panel with Stage 32 at the 2015 Raindance Film Festival
Kerry Skinner shared her experience of making a micro-budget feature film, and getting a nationwide UK release as part of Stage 32’s Crowdsourcing panel at the 2015 Raindance Film Festival in London. http://calendar.raindancefestival.org/films/crowdsourcing-your-film
February 2015 by Phil Sealey
STEPHEN FRY’S PRE-BAFTA TWEET RECOMMENDING COMMON PEOPLE
You can see the tweet yourselves, and even retweet it here: https://twitter.com/stephenfry/status/563736502128345088
