Happy to share the news that my film, Chalk, won the Best Experimental Short award at Ramsgate International Film and TV festival earlier this month. It was in competition with 14 films from Canada, Brazil, Iran, Germany, Serbia, Hungary, China, Poland, the US and UK. I didn’t manage to see the short experimental films myself which was a shame but I was there on the final day and caught some great documentary short films, as well as the closing film and the awards ceremony. Congratulations to Sylvie Bolioli, Maria, and everyone else for making it such a friendly, filmmaker’s festival. I met some lovely people and it was a great experience with a surprisingly wonderful outcome! Click here for the full list of awards.
Rhodes, Greece
June also saw my first journey overseas since January 2019. It was wonderful to spend a whole week in Lindos, Rhodes, and to be able to travel around the island as well. I’d never been there before but it was incredibly beautiful. Later in June I caught my first Covid-19 infection and was in isolation for 10 days until testing negative. Good to be finally out in the world again.
While I was recovering from Covid, I was able to work on Disrupted Landscapes, and also give some thought to a new body of work. This is an idea that was in the mix during my MA, but would be approached slightly differently now. I am still very interested in working with the chalk coastal landscape, and this would be one way to extend the project. I hope to get back to the coast in July.