Upcoming Events

On 24 March MEDIA Antenna Wales is hosting a seminar entitled 'Funding Your Interactive Project' in Cardiff. The session will feature Eamon O'Reilly's expert advice on how to access MEDIA funding for interactive projects, and a presentation by Liz Rosenthal from the MEDIA-funded Power To The Pixel, entitled 'Adventures in Cross-media Storytelling'. The seminar will take place in the morning and will be followed by a networking lunch. It is open to all drama, animation, documentary and interactive producers. The agenda is as follows:

On 25 March MEDIA Desk UK is hosting a seminar in London, which will feature Eamon O'Reilly's advice on the MEDIA Programme's support for the development of traditional film and television projects, as well as support for interactive projects with a multi-platform element. This seminar will be useful for those looking to move into new areas of production, whether from the more traditional audiovisual arena to the newer cross-platform media, or the other way around. The aim is to get all interested parties together, to learn about current MEDIA funding opportunites and to meet each other. The agenda is as follows:

THURSDAY 25 March 2010, 6.00PM UNTIL 9.00PM

The award winning documentary, SONS OF CUBA will screen at The Electric Cinema in Birmingham on the 30th March and the 1st April (http://www.theelectric.co.uk/booking/index.php?film=136#film_136).
 
The project has been a labour of love for young director Andrew Lang who spent a year living in Cuba in order to gain unprecedented access to the legendary Havana Boxing Academy, the state institution that breeds future boxing champions for the island that has dominated Olympic medals in the sport for the last few decades.
 
SONS OF CUBA follows the stories of three young hopefuls through 8 dramatic months of training and education as they prepare for the biggest event of their lives so far: Cuba’s National Boxing Championship for Under-12s. But during the season, crisis strikes: Fidel Castro is taken ill and all of Cuba’s Olympic boxing champions defect to the USA. As the championship draws closer, the Cuba that the boys have been taught to believe in is at an historic crossroads.
 
As well as being nominated for a British Independent Film Award, SONS OF CUBA was the opening night film at last year’s Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in the US and has since gone on to win “Best Documentary” at the Rome International Film Festival, the “Youth Jury Award” at Sheffield Doc/Fest, and was awarded “Best Film on Latin American by a non-Latin American” at the recent Havana Film Festival, as well as picking up “Best Documentary” by the Foundation of New Latin American Cinema.
 
It’s been described in the press as:
“Extraordinary” and “a must see” BBC
“A spectacle of yearning and heartbreak” The Guardian
"Affecting & entertaining. It has all the makings of an arthouse hit" Hollywood Reporter
“A gem of a picture" Empire
“As moving and insightful a film as you'll see this year" The Telegraph
“Beautifully structured story of sacrifice, companionship, grief and glory" Time Out
"A truly top notch documentary" Eye for Film
 
You can get more details at our website www.sonsofcuba.com and/or join the film’s Facebook fan site at http://www.facebook.com/pages/SONS-OF-CUBA-The-film/66764915059.