LATITUDE FESTIVAL
Thursday 16th - Sunday 19th July
HENHAM PARK, SOUTHWOLD,
SUNRISE COAST, SUFFOLK
Comma Film
Film & Music Arena
Friday 17th July, 2009Comma Film is a new, cross-disciplinary initiative developed by Manchester-based publishing house, Comma Press. Throughout the year Comma sets an on-going challenge to aspiring filmmakers to adapt and interpret short literary texts (published poems and short stories) with the full agreement of the writers as well as the freedom to do so in any style and without the authors’ interference.
The results range from stop-frame animation to mockumentary, lens-less CG animation to experimental dramas. The authors featured include Hanif Kureishi, John Cooper Clarke, Brian Patten, Joolz Denby and David Constantine. Filmmakers include Gwendolen Osmond, Lisa Risbec, Scott Davenport, Sharon Keighley, and Sami Khan. This event showcases the best of the first year’s work with a live reading by poet Gaia Holmes and a Q&A with award-winning filmmaker Kate Jessop.
