Blank Slate Digital Shorts
Blank Slate 2007
The Blank Slate 2006/07 tour commenced in London before moving on to Birmingham, Tyneside, Glasgow, Slough, Brighton, Cardiff and Manchester, culminating with a Blank Slate Screening at the 2006 Encounters Film Festival in Bristol.
We're excited about the quality of work submitted and the prospect of working with new emerging talent.
Keep up to date with Blank Slate 2007 news by visiting this page where you'll be able to:
- Be amongst the first to hear our announcement of the 2007 slate of shorts and when and where the films will be screen.
- Keep up to date with the development of our shorts.
- Hear from the filmmakers experiences themselves as they transform their ideas to the big screen.
Blank Slate is a UK-wide initiative produced by B3 Media in
partnership with
Past successes:
Showcase events and festivals: American Black Film Festival, Miami (USA), Reel Venus, New York (USA), HD Fest (USA), Raindance, London (UK), Big Issue Film Festival, London (UK), Images of Black Women (UK), Tehran International Film Festival, Kino International Film Festival (UK), Brief Encounters, Bristol (UK), Halloween Festival (UK), Black Welsh Film Festival (UK), BFM (UK), Weiterstadt open air film festival, Germany, Edinburgh Film Festival (UK)
British Council International short film festival scheme:
All the films from Blank Slate 2005/06 plus Laters, Seeker, Comfort Within, Heyday and The Last Client.
British Council have selected the following Blank films for
distribution in 2007:
Best Mates, Br09, Chicken Soup, Explosions, Forty Days of Mourning, Games That Children Play and Mash Up.
Awards & Nominations
Zoltan the Great:
Winner! Best International Short Film, HD fest,
Seeker:
Winner! Best BlueFire!
Winner! Best International Short Film, HD Fest,
Runner-up Best short, American Black Film Festival,
Laters:
Best cinematography, Black Filmmakers Magazine 2004
Nominated for Broadcast Magazine New talent award for best
sound editing.
The Last Client:
Winner! Best Short Film, Images of Black Women Festival,
Winner! Best Script
Nominated for a RIMA (Race in Media) 2005
Heyday:
Runner-up Best Short Film, Images of Black Women Festival,
Runner-up Best BlueFire!