FLECHETTE BLOG

PARNU DOC FESTIVAL screens THE GRANDPARENTS this week

2006-07-02T22:47:00.000+01:00

Picture shows filmmaker Ioana Joca with her grandmother, Ioana Bardea

The PARNU INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL is screening Ioana Joca's film, THE GRANDPARENTS on Tuesday 4th July at 18.00 in the "Lifestyles" section at the PARNU VANALINNA SCHOOL, and again on Friday 7th July at MARIJA ISLAND. Click here for full details

Swiss Museum of Transport permanent expo

2006-06-14T17:36:00.000+01:00

DUE TO OPEN THIS AUTUMN:
The Verkehrshaus der Schweiz / Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne is planning a permanent display of inserts of our films - to bring to life the flights of the Breitling Orbiter 1, 2 and 3 balloons. The Museum, the most visited in Switzerland, has the Breitling Orbiter 2 balloon capsule in its permanent display (which broke the duration record for an aircraft of any type when it floated from the Swiss Alps to Myanmar in 1998). One year later, Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones took the ultimate ballooning prize when they completed their epic flight around the earth in the Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon. The capsule that they flew in this historic flight now resides in the Smithsonian / Air and Space Museum in Washington DC.

The Grandparents invited to Estonian Documentary Festival

2006-05-30T22:29:00.000+01:00

Ioana Joca's film, "The Grandparents" will be screened in competition at the Pärnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival in July 2006 - exact dates to be announced.

Ioana Joca selected for UP AND COMING Filmmakers' Workshop in Hanover

2006-05-28T18:07:00.000+01:00

Glasgow-based filmmaker Ioana Joca has been selected from a shortlist of 80 to attend the 'Up and Coming' workshop for new talent - called film up- which is held every 2 years as part of the Hanover International Film Festival in Germany.

Link to the official website

Ioana was nominated in two categories in the most recent BAFTA Scotland awards - for BEST NEW WORK and BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR for her documentary film, The Grandparents.

More details on film up:

film-up, a special film workshop, will take place in Hanover in October 2006. 12 filmmakers from all over the world have been invited to take part in this workshop (5 days). In Hanover, they'll shoot a short video/film (to a given theme), and exchange their methods/experiences with the other invited filmmakers.

HOW TO START YOUR OWN COUNTRY WINS 2 BAFTAS

2006-05-25T18:49:00.000+01:00

Factual entertainment series, "How To Start Your Own Country", and its innovative and highly successful interactive spin-offs, have been recognized twice in the National BAFTA TV CRAFT AWARDS ceremony on 19 May. Nominated in two categories, it won both.

Winner - BAFTA UK Award - BREAKTHROUGH TALENT for Lee Phillips as writer/ producer/ director
Winner - BAFTA UK Award - NEW MEDIA DEVELOPMENT

Congratulations to Danny & a brilliant production team!

OUR FILMS

2006-05-01T22:27:00.000+01:00

Lots of new pages have now been posted in OUR FILMS section - describing many of the main projects that we have made. Soon we will be posting film clips for all these productions in our VIRTUAL CINEMA. Come back soon to view them!

Congratulations to 60 CUPS OF COFFEE

2006-04-28T15:00:00.000+01:00

Brilliant short film, 60 CUPS OF COFFEE, directed by David Ward ("ALL OVER BRAZIL", "THE FALL OF SHUG McCRACKEN") written by Robbie McCallum (also "SHUG" and BAFTA-nominated "RANK" and produced by Raymond Martin (of Raygun Films) has just come out top (announced today) in the HypTV Short Film Award winning £1000, a TV commission and an X-Box ! Congratulations all round. 60 CUPS will be streaming on the web at http://www.hyptv.com/ - see it and believe it. Also see a clip at the Raygun Films website.

MOVIES NOW POSTED

2006-04-10T22:06:00.000+01:00

See all our new MOVIE CLIPS on the Flechette site - go to MEDIA CLIPS and click on "MOVIES". More clips to follow soon of many of our documentaries and spectacular series.

New on the site - DETAILED VIEW of where our site visitors are from

2006-04-10T12:55:00.000+01:00

Go to the HOME page and scroll down to see the small CLUSTR MAP which shows all our site visits (not page hits which would be much higher). Click on the map (on the HOME page - not the one below!) to see the world, but now you can click for details continent by continent and zoom right in on the UK.

SEE OUR MOVIE FILES

2006-04-08T20:41:00.000+01:00

Movie Files have started to be posted on the site at last! Go to MEDIA CLIPS - and click on MOVIES or the movie montage to find clips of our films. More files are coming soon to give you a taste of what we do. We hope you enjoy them and if you have any problem playing any, email us and we'll do what we can to help.

Ioana JOCA's new website

2006-04-07T00:51:00.000+01:00

Go see Ioana JOCA's sparkling new home on the web - www.ioanajoca.com - with links to all her favourite places and resources. Drop by and browse your heart out!!

1500 Visits in 1st Month on FLECHETTE

2006-04-06T21:59:00.000+01:00

The redesigned website hit the 1500 visit barrier in the first month of the new site's posting. As you can see for yourself on our regularly updated "CLUSTR MAP" (scroll down to bottom of page on the HOME page) you've dropped in from across North America and Oz and New Zealand, as well as a happy visit or two from Thailand and India + loads of Europeans and Brits. Come back soon!!! Lots of content - updated by our search engine once a week so it's (fairly) easy to find what you want.

Weather reports added to site

2006-04-02T23:37:00.000+01:00

For regular update on local weather here and 5 or 10 day forecasts for any city in the world go to HOME or RESOURCES on the Flechette.net site and scroll down the page.

FLECHETTE VISITS

2006-03-23T09:25:00.000Z

The new Flechette website has had over 1000 separate visits (not hits - which would be much higher) in less than 3 weeks. See the updated visual display of where our visitors have logged in on the HOME page. Scroll down to the small CLUSTR MAP and click on it to enlarge it.

Service announcement - SOLVED

2006-03-19T19:22:00.000Z

We seem to be experiencing server problems since the Flechette website is down as of this moment (early Sunday evening, local time). Apologies for this. It's beyond our control (and very unusual for our normally reliable web hosting company, Streamline.net). NOW BACK ONLINE

FLECHETTE SEARCH ENGINE - EXTENDED

2006-03-13T16:34:00.000Z

Our new search function searches not only the Flechette site (www.flechette.net) but also the Raygun Films (www.raygunfilms.com) and David Ward Films (www.davidwardfilms.com) sites too. Don't be as stupid as the Leader of the Free World - try it now with the lens caps off!!!

Service Update

2006-03-13T16:31:00.000Z

Some bad links have been repaired on the website and other cosmetic fixes have been made. If you spot any problems or missing links, then please tell us, since we are now pretty sure that the site is functioning well. Thanks.

SEARCH ENGINE now on this site

2006-03-11T13:31:00.000Z

Try out our brand new powerful SEARCH ENGINE to find what you're looking for on the FLECHETTE WEBSITE.

NEW POSTING

2006-03-08T19:57:00.000Z

List and links to our sales agents and distribution partners for our films including WINNING STREAK, THE GRANDPARENTS and over 20 hours of trans-oceanic and round the world BALLOON FILMS. Go to FILM SALES

Server problem - SOLVED !

2006-03-07T21:28:00.000Z

The Flechette website has a temporary problem that should be rectified within 24 hours or sooner. Bear with us please while we sort this! Thanks.

The problem is solved and service is back to normal.

THE OSCARS - our choices !

2006-03-03T16:58:00.000Z

If we get it wrong we'll mark our errors in red after the ceremony!!

Best Picture:
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN / CRASH

Best Actor in a Leading Role:
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN / CAPOTE
(Hard choice since Heath Ledger is also brilliant in 'Brokeback Mountain')

Best Actress in a Leading Role:
REESE WITHERSPOON / WALK THE LINE

Best Actor in a Supporting Role:
JAKE GYLLENHAAL / BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN / GEORGE CLOONEY / SYRIANA

Best Actress in a Supporting Role:
MICHELLE WILLIAMS / BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN / RACHEL WEITZ / THE CONSTANT GARDENER

Best Director:
ANG LEE / BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

Best Original Screenplay:
GOOD NIGHT , AND GOOD LUCK / CRASH

Best Adapted Screenplay:
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

Best Cinematography:
THE NEW WORLD / MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

Best Editing:
CRASH

Best Art Direction:
KING KONG

Best Costume Design:
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
(Boring movie - great cozzies!)

Best Original Score:
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

Best Original Song:
TRANSAMERICA / DOLLY PARTON / HUSTLE & FLOW

Best Make-up
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA

Best Sound:
WALK THE LINE / KONG KONG

Best Sound Editing:
KING KONG

Best Visual Effects:
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA / KING KONG

Best Animated Feature:
THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT

We didn't see the shorts, or all the foreign movies and documentaries!

Added on 6/3/06: 11/19 - could do better!!! Go to Full winner list

OSCARS - DOWNLOAD BALLOT

2006-03-03T15:34:00.001Z

Decide for yourself who should win the OSCARS. Download a printable ballot here now (Acrobat .pdf file) before Sunday's revelations and see how good you are at second guessing the Academy.

FREE FILMS FOR A MONTH

2006-03-02T14:03:00.000Z

Use our code for 4 weeks FREE rental from LoveFilm.com (instead of the usual 2 week trial frebbie). Go to www.lovefilm.com and sign up using "mail@flechette.net" as "Friend's email" and on the next page use the promotional code: FR65

Sign up for the 3 DVDs at a time UNLIMITED package and cancell within the 4 weeks if you want to stay free. This is a great way to see up to 20+ free movies and LoveFilm have practically every DVD ever issued in the UK!

Money Saving Expertise

2006-03-01T11:37:00.000Z

New postings today in LINKS show how to save on phone calls. Check out Martin Lewis's brilliant site for advice on how to avoid being ripped-off in Britain.

LINKS added to Flechette site

2006-02-28T20:44:00.000Z

Check out the new LINKS section of the site. Great places to visit and find out more about the film and TV business & all about our co-production partners and talented directors and heads of department.

Also extra stuff added to RESOURCES including David Griffith's brilliant CRASH COURSE IN SCREENWRITING. Essential reading for anyone who wants to write a good script. Go to it!!!

And finally, check out Ioana Joca's new BLOG... published in Romanian but English coming soon!

NEW STUFF!

2006-02-24T11:10:00.000Z

Find new postings on the Flechette website in SCRIPTS and PRESS - adding new articles from the UK and Romania for THE GRANDPARENTS and full credits and scripts for WINNING STREAK. Plus PRESS coverage of HOW TO START YOUR OWN COUNTRY.

BAFTA Film Awards 2006

2006-02-19T18:46:00.000Z

It's the BAFTA Film Awards tonight and as a BAFTA member here is Garfield Kennedy's prediction of what will win! - NOT necessarily what should win!

ADDED AFTER THE AWARDS CEREMONY: red indicates where I got it wrong. I was closer than it looks since I was torn in two by some of the choices!!! The VERY deserving "losers" include Heath Ledger and MichelleWilliams (Brokeback), Joacquin Phoenix (Walk the Line), George Clooney (Syrania and Good Night), Charlize Theron and Frances McDormand (North Country).

FILM
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN - Diana Ossana/James Schamus

THE ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD for the Outstanding British Film of the Year
PRIDE & PREJUDICE - Tim Bevan/Eric Fellner/Paul Webster/Joe Wright/Deborah Moggach

THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
JOE WRIGHT (Director) - Pride & Prejudice

THE DAVID LEAN AWARD for Achievement in Direction
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN - Ang Lee

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. - George Clooney/Grant Heslov

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE CONSTANT GARDENER - Jeffrey Caine

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
JOYEUX NOËL (Merry Christmas) - Christophe Rossignon/Christian Carion

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN - Capote

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
REESE WITHERSPOON - Walk the Line

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
MATT DILLON - Crash

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
BRENDA BLETHYN - Pride & Prejudice

THE ANTHONY ASQUITH AWARD for Achievement in Film Music
WALK THE LINE - T Bone Burnett

CINEMATOGRAPHY
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS - Laurent Chalet/Jerôme Maison

EDITING
THE CONSTANT GARDENER - Claire Simpson

PRODUCTION DESIGN
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY - Alex McDowell

COSTUME DESIGN
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE - Isis Mussenden

SOUND
WALK THE LINE - Paul Massey/D M Hemphill/Peter F Kurland/Donald Sylvester

ACHIEVEMENT IN SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
KING KONG - Joe Letteri/Christian Rivers/Brian Van't Hul/Richard Taylor

MAKE UP & HAIR
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE - Nick Dudman/Amanda Knight/Eithne Fennell

SHORT ANIMATION FILM
not seen nominations

SHORT FILM
not seen nominations

FULL LIST OF THE WINNERS

1 million posts to www.citizensrequired.com

2006-02-19T17:29:00.000Z

We've just past the 1,000,000 milestone for the total number of postings to the official HOW TO START YOUR OWN COUNTRY website. Go and see for yourself - www.citizensrequired.com ! Watch out for the DVD of the series - in shops on 12 June 2006 or pre-order at Amazon.co.uk and save £5!

NEW SITE UP AND RUNNING

2006-02-19T17:13:00.000Z

Welcome to our new website! We're fully up and running.

Feel free to browse - and see scripts, storyboards, press reviews, masses of new pictures and coming soon - preview clips from many of our films.

Come back soon to find more content including new press features and the latest news about our productions.

NOTE: Files are still being added to the website so if you don't find what you want, come back soon!

Warmest CONGRATULATIONS

2006-02-16T18:29:00.000Z

Carole Reid and Dave Ward (David Andrew Ward) have just had a new baby girl!! Mother and 9 lb+ baby doing very well.

FLECHETTE WEBSITE

2006-02-16T11:09:00.000Z

Changes to the website are now at an advanced stage. Expect additional files - press coverage of THE GRANDPARENTS and HOW TO START YOUR OWN COUNTRY and scripts and credits for WINNING STREAK will be posted within the next few days. Meanwhile check out lots of new pictures from the WINNING STREAK and GRANDPARENTS shoots by clicking on PHOTOS on the flechette.net site. Also PLEASE sign up to become one of more than 50,000 citizens at www.citizensrequired.com and let's get the population of LOVELY more massive than that of the Marshall Islands.

FLECHETTE Website Updates

2006-02-12T22:55:00.001Z

This website is currently being updated and tested. There may be some links that will not work and images that may not load while this essential overhaul continues, but the site should be fully on stream soon. Thanks for visiting!

UPDATE on our films

2006-02-12T09:39:00.000Z

Recent productions include -

WINNING STREAK - a 10 minute TARTAN SMALL filmed drama directed by Marc de Launay, written by Jamie Havlin (All OVER BRAZIL) and produced by Garfield Kennedy - first screened at the Discovery Film Festival in Dundee.

THE GRANDPARENTS - a theatrical 35 minute documentary directed by Ioana Joca about her own grandparents in Transylvania. Screened at the Document 3 International Human Rights Film festival in Glasgow and nominated for two BAFTA Scotland Awards - as Best First Time Director and Best First Film.

HOW TO START YOUR OWN COUNTRY - a six part factual comedy series first shown on BBC2 and supported by CITIZENS' TV on BBC Interactive. Executive Producer: Garfield Kennedy and directed by Lee Phillips for Leafstorm. Soon to be released on DVD in the UK and series and format sold internationally (to The Netherlands and other territories).

More information will appear on this website as we continue updates.

WE'RE BACK

2006-02-11T18:13:00.000Z

FLECHETTE BLOGS start here again! This week director, Ioana Joca, attends the Berlin International Film Festival and can be contacted at the AGdoc Stand in the European Market until 17th February. Meanwhile our children's comedy film, WINNING STREAK, has been screened to buyers at the Clermont Ferraud International Film Festival and the film will be distributed by NETWORK IRELAND TELEVISION - contact Derry O'Brien at:

Network Ireland Television
23 South Frederick Street,
Dublin 2,
Ireland Tel: 353 1 6797309
Fax: 353 1 6708493
Email: info@network-irl-tv.com
Website: www.network-irl-tv.com