The nominations for the British Independent Film Awards 2007 have been announced. HALLAM FOE has received 6 nominations in the following categories:
Best British Independent Film;
Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film - Sophia Myles;
Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film - Jamie Bell;
Best Screenplay -David Mackenzie and Ed Whitmore;
Best Director of a British Independent Film - David Mackenzie;
Best Technical Achievement - David Mackenzie.

HALLAM FOE is a production of Glasgow based company Sigma Films, who have also received a nomination for their short film DOG ALTOGETHER, a co-production with Warp Films, in the Best British Short Film category in this year’s awards.

Glasgow Film Office wishes Sigma every success at this year’s BIFAs. The ceremony will take place in London on Wednesday 28 November 2007.

Scottish Screen is offering producers, broadcasters, games companies, animation companies, facilities companies and other industry professionals the opportunity to meet and discuss co-production opportunities with a number of successful film, television and digital media producers from Nova Scotia.

Join them as they welcome the Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation’s Trade Mission to Scotland at an event that will allow for individual meetings and more informal networking over lunch and drinks.

Glasgow: Friday 2 November 2007, Time & Venue: TBC
Edinburgh: Saturday 3 November 2007, Time & Venue: TBC

Nova Scotia is the fourth largest production centre in Canada, with spectacular scenery, excellent facilities, accomplished crew and one of the most generous tax incentives of all the provinces.

To secure a place at one of the events please send an e-mail to the following address, indicating in which city you would like to attend and attaching a CV and/or company biography: robbie.allen@scottishscreen.com.

Places are limited and priority will be given to individuals and companies with a strong track record in their field and/or who have projects in development that could be realised as Canadian/UK co-productions.

The closing date for CVs is Monday 15 October 2007 at 12noon.

David Mackenzie’s HALLAM FOE has won two awards at the 18th Dinard British Film Festival, which ran from October 4th to 7th this year. The annual event showcases the very best English-language films including a raft of old favourites as well as some new releases.

Mackenzie’s film, which took two prizes earlier this year at the Berlin Film Festival, took the prestigious jury prize of the Golden Hitchcock Trophy and the Kodak Prize for Cinematography at the French festival.

SEACHD - THE INACCESSIBLE PINNACLE, the Gaelic-language feature produced by Chris Young, receives a general release in central Scotland this Friday, October 5th. Shot entirely in Skye over the summer of 2006, SEACHD tells the story of a young boy sent to live with his grandparents following the tragic loss of his parents. His grandfather’s magical storytelling helps him come to terms with his parents’ deaths.

It was recently announced by BAFTA that SEACHD will not be submitted for foreign language Oscar consideration. According to Screendaily, this has “…stirred some political controversy in Scotland and provoked demands for BAFTA Scotland to have an independent means of submitting eligible Scottish features to the American Academt of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences”. The issue will be debated in the Scottish Parliament this Thursday.

To find out more about SEACHD’s attempts to be included for Oscar consideration and the outcome of the Parliamentary debate, take a look at SEACHD’s blog.