Beg Steal Borrow has added its first four features to Vimeo for viewers to watch for free.
Please go to the Beg Steal Borrow Vimeo page and see our first four features for free!
Anyone who has had a chance, therefore, to catch En Attendant Godard, Afterimages, Common Ground or China: A User’s Manual (Films) is welcome to go to the Beg Steal Borrow Vimeo page and to watch the films there.
Please pass on the word – and enjoy the films!
Beg Steal Borrow’s Chris Marker-inspired documentary/essay-film, China: A User’s Manual (Films), has had its first public screening.
The film played as part of a series of films programmed by the Centre for Research into Film and Audiovisual Cultures (CRFAC) at the University of Roehampton, London.
The University of Roehampton, London, which recently hosted a screening of Beg Steal Borrow’s China: A User’s Manual (Films).
The screening took place on 12 March 2014, and it involved an enthusiastic response from and an engaging discussion between those present and director William Brown.
The CRFAC series has also involved screenings by Omid Djalili, Andrea Luka Zimmerman, Michael Chanan, Suridh Hassan, Rozy Sarkis, Catherine Grant and Austin Vince during the 2013-2014 academic year.
Hopefully, China: A User’s Manual will get more screenings in the near future. Keep an eye out for it!
While we are putting the finishing touches to Ur: The End of Civilization in 90 Tableaux, the other Beg Steal Borrow films continue to eke out an existence of their own…
Afterimages has just enjoyed two screenings on 18 December 2013 at the Kedainiai Sviesioji gymnasium in Kedainiai City, Lithuania. The screenings were arranged courtesy of Benita Paplauskaitė, a film student at the University of Roehampton, London, and who occasionally gives classes when she returns home during the vacations.
Having seen Afterimages over the course of her studies at Roehampton, Benita decided to show the film to students at the gymnasium. Here is some of the feedback that Benita provided on how the screenings went.
Students at the Kedainiai Sviesioji gymnasium, Kedainiai City, Lithuania, discuss Afterimages. This and the photo below are courtesy of Benita Palpauskaite.
“I just came back from school it was so much fun! Don’t even know where to start. So we had two screenings today and there were about 80 people overall (40 in the first screening and 40 in the second).
“They are all in the 11th grade (17 year olds). Everyone was really excited and it was so funny to watch their reactions. Most of the people found the film hard to understand. Very interesting thing – girls got it better than boys. Everyone got their own idea what the film was about. Some said it was about isolation, others thought it was about relationships. We had a short discussion with one of the classes and students had many questions and comments.
“The funniest and most interesting for me came from one girl who said: ‘The film was just like Hamlet – so smart yet so hard to understand.’ I asked them why they find the film hard to understand and they all agreed that it is most likely because of the film’s pace. They found it hard to stop and relax and came up with an idea that the film takes you out of reality, routine, yet it is still purely about the routine itself (if that makes sense).
Students at the Kedainiai Sviesioji gymnasium, Kedainiai City, Lithuania, discuss Afterimages after a screening on 18 December 2013.
“Everyone really enjoyed the ending! I wish you could have seen it (those cruel Lithuanians).
“Overall, students said that it was very intelligent film.”
We feel enormously flattered both by the screenings themselves – and also about the wonderful and engaged feedback offered. (Especially any feedback that suggests the movie is ‘intelligent’!)
So our thanks go to Benita for her arranging of the screening – and to all those who watched the film.
Afterimages also enjoyed a screening in early 2013 at the University of Tübingen, Germany, courtesy of Rainer Schelkle. It’s nice to know that Afterimages therefore continues to have an afterlife…
Beg Steal Borrow collaborator Hannah Croft, who starred in En Attendant Godard, is also starring in Paolo Mitton’s The Repairman/Storia di un Riparatore, an Italian comedy that has been selected for the Raindance Film Festival 2013.
A screening of the film takes place on Thursday 3 October 2013 at the Piccadilly Apollo in London at 20:45. Tickets have already sold out!
So a massive congratulations to Hannah – and to her collaborators on the film – and we hope to see her in another Beg Steal Borrow production before too long!
Common Ground is today (29 June 2013) in competition for the Silver Castle at FEST 2013 in Espinho, Portugal.
Fingers crossed that the film meets a good reaction and that it acquits itself well in competition.
The film was made for a mere £500. To get this far is a wonderful achievement.
Well done all who made Common Ground.
And if you happen to be in or near Espinho, please go along to support the film…!
Common Ground has been accepted into FEST 2013, Portugal’s most up-and-coming film festival.
The film is one of ten features in competition and it will be screened on Saturday 29 June in the Casino de Espinho.
Here is the trailer on the festival’s YouTube channel:
The festival takes place in Espinho, Portugal, and runs from 24 June to 1 July.
The festival also includes Training Ground, which is a series of masterclasses offered by leading professionals from the film world.
Speakers this year include Oscar-winning actress Melissa Leo (The Fighter), British director Peter Webber (The Girl with the Pearl Earring), DOP Christian Berger (Caché), editor Tariq Anwar (American Beauty, The King’s Speech), director Scandar Copti (Ajami), production designer Stephen Altman (Gosford Park), screenwriter LM Kit Carson (Paris, Texas), actress Marika Green (Pickpocket), Variety film critic Martin Dale, and distributor Saul Rafael (Lusomundo).
We are honoured to have been selected for the festival – and are keeping our fingers crossed for the competition!
Afterimages has played at the Centre for Research into Film and Audiovisual Cultures (CRFAC) at the University of Roehampton, London.
The screening was admirably attended, and the crowd seemed to enjoy the film – and its opaque nature provoked some intense discussion.
Afterimages has played at the 2011 Deleuze Studies Conference in Copenhagen.
This is the third screening of the film in Denmark’s capital following the film’s two screenings during CPH PIX 2011.
The audience was partisan but enthusiastic about the film.
Afterimages has played at the Film-Philosophy Conference 2011, hosted at Liverpool John Moores University in Liverpool.
The screening was enjoyed by a generous academic crowd, who beleaguered the director with their smart questions afterwards.
A line-up of the full conference programme can be seen here.
En Attendant Godard has played at the Centre for Research into Film and Audiovisual Cultures (CRFAC) at the University of Roehampton, London.
The screening was well attended and included a discussion between students at the university and director William Brown, who is a lecturer in film there.
A link to details of the screening can be found here.
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