We're off to Amsterdam for a week!

Now slow down, I know what you're thinking. We're not just taking off for a week in lovely Amsterdam to get baked! 
Mid-edit. 
Although...ahem, no... 
We're off to IDFA (International Documentary Festival Amsterdam) on Thursday 16th November for a week!!!

IDFA - one of the worlds largest documentary film festivals

​As the edit nears completion (5 months now!) we are gearing up and planning for our eventual film's release. This means our director/producer Dale and co-editor/associate producer Ross will be descending on Amsterdam for a week of meetings with film festivals, sales agents and distributors. This is all so we can get this amazing film (that you helped to see fruition) to as many people around the world as possible. 

Film Festivals are an amazing experience for me as a filmmaker because I get to watch loads of films/documentaries, months before they're released and then go and have beers with the filmmakers! Plus I get to mingle with and have meetings with buyers, sales agents, people who run other film festivals and distributors. 

The point of all this: my intention is for this documentary to play in cinemas here in the UK and eventually abroad too. By taking these meetings (and I've got some really exciting ones in the diary already) I get to plant my release plan ideas into the film/documentary industry folks nice and early. Plus I get to tell people who have traveled from all over the globe about the wonderful things that are happening in PROGRESS. 
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And that's vital for me because I want the whole world to know about the family that has grown from the humble beginnings of the Garage in Islington just 5 and a half years ago. I'll post a pic or two if I get a moment.

3 men and a hairy director

​In other news we held a screening of a rough cut of THIS.IS.PROGRESS. the day after our last chapter show filming in the Ballroom on Monday 30th. It was a surreal affair for myself to be honest as I was bloody terrified! But, it went extremely well, there was laughter, there was more than a few tears, excitement and more laughter. We're really looking forward to actually being able to show this to you.
I'll be getting back on the rewards case once I return home, so expect some more updates and dates before Christmas. In the meantime I'll leave you with a screengrab of a small portion of my edit work space from a scene. 

​Bye for now folks, I'm super proud of the direction in which this film is heading and if it can capture just 10% of the heart and passion that courses through PROGRESS then I think people just might like this documentary.
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With love,
Dale 
director/producer

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