{spotlight} feature reports

Our feature section will give you some deeper background to the issues affecting films and filmmakers in Glasgow. We'll post new articles here every month or so.

Here you can find interviews with Industry figures and articles discussing matters pertinent to the screen industry as a whole.

	Film Finance Summit
	John Williamson from The Truth About Youth and Arabella Croft from Black Camel Pictures report back from the recent Film Finance Summit held in London in October.  Read about their observations from this annual event here.

	MGEITF Report
	In this short report, Owen Thomas of Savalas Audio Post Production outlines his views and observations from the 2008 Media Guardian International Television Festival.  Read the report here.

	NAB 2007
	M8 Media (formerly Jim Allison Editing) recently attended NAB 2007, the world's largest electronic media show, in Las Vegas.  Read about the event here.

	Discovery Campus master school Open training session, Belfast, 9 - 11 March 2007
	Marie Olesen of Autonomi reports back from the first Open Training Session at the Discovery Campus Masterschool 2007 programme. Entitled Journalism and Documentaries and attended by commissioners and independent producers from all over Europe, the symposium provides a good overview of the current state documentary across all genres. Read more here...

	World Congress of Science & Factual Producers, November 2006, Manchester
	Margaret Scott, Director of Creative & Business Development, MnE Television. Read more here...

	Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival
	Catherine Murtagh, Marketing Manager, Film City Glasgow reports from the 2006 Festival. Read more here...

	MIP Report – Synchronicity Films April 3 rd – 8 th
	In this short report Claire Mundell of Synchronicty Films details her highlights from the International Television Market - MIP TV. Read more here...

	The Promised Land: Nations and Regions Conference
	Read the low down on the Nations & Regions Conference held earlier this month – Karen Smyth of La Belle Allee Productions outlines the key points in this short report.

	Visual Effects
	The area of visual effects has been vastly expanding over recent years; in this article Glasgow based company Once Were Farmers outline their thoughts on this developing field.

	IBC Conference [ 9th - 13th September 2005 ]
	The recent IBC Conference in Amsterdam was attended by Jim Allison of JAe Ltd.  In his short report, Jim covers both the business and the technical opportunities available at this annual event.

Past Features
	55th Berlinale
	Screen International, European Film Finance Summit, Berlin
	Screen International's UK Film Finance Summit
	Angus Lamont : Toronto Film Festival
	Clara Glynn : New Directions 2002
	Julie Fraser (Part Two)
	Julie Fraser (Part One)
	Owen Thomas
	Jim McRoberts
	Beverley Syme
	Andy Harris
	Willy Wands
	Tommy Gormley
	South By Southwest