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In the first instance we're looking for films that would suit Channel 4's First Cut strand, the slot for filmmakers who are ready to make the step up into directing for television. For this, the key word is kooky, and commissioning editor Sarah Mulvey is looking for directors with vision. For more details, see the 4Talent website: www.channel4.com/4talent/national/opportunities/schemes/specific/newdocs.html

If you have an idea that doesn't fit into this brief, then don't be put off - we'd still like to hear from you. Email your CV and proposal to Kerry at kerry@mosaicfilms.com
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The companies were selected from 50 entries and represent creative businesses at different stages –incorporating film production, distribution and sales. For the next 18 months they will be teamed up with specialist partners who will help them to develop the content, marketing and digital distribution potential of their films to audiences around the world in new ways. Each organisation will have a specially tailored programme which will include financial/business planning support, identifying and delivering opportunities for new forms of distribution, with the goal of improving the film business's potential for growth and investment.

Commenting on the announcement, John Woodward, Chief Executive Officer of the UK Film Council says "The digital world is already having a huge impact on the film industry and we will either adapt or fall by the wayside. This initiative is important because it helps to equip a diverse range of different film businesses to succeed on the new frontier."

MD of Mosaic Films, Andy Glynne, said: "We're tremendously excited by the opportunities offered by the emerging digital markets towards the creation of new models in the production and distribution of documentary film. We're also really looking forward to working with NESTA, the UK Film Council, the innovation partners and the other film businesses involved in this groundbreaking programme."

Jon Kingsbury, NESTA's Creative Economy programme director added: "Independent film companies are the bedrock of our creative sector. The chosen companies will not only receive vital support for their own businesses, they will also be helping us to design a broader framework of intervention and support for independent film companies across the UK – positioning us as a key player in the global film industry".

The 12 businesses are:

B3 Media
BreakThru Films
Film Export UK
Hollywood Classics
Lux
Metrodome Distribution
Mosaic Films
onedotzero
Revolver Entertainment
Vod Almighty
Warp Films
Zini Limited
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For the first time in its history, the BFI made classic documentary footage available to the public to re-edit into their own short films, as part of an online competition which sees the four winning films screened on Channel 4's 3 Minute Wonder strand, and entering the BFI National Archive.

The filmmakers were challenged to comment on an aspect of life in contemporary Britain by recutting public information films from the 1940's and 50's. More than three hours of historic footage from the BFI National Archive was available to the filmmakers, taken from a selection of films made by the early pioneers of documentary.

Andy Glynne, director of Mosaic Films and Executive Producer of the films, says: "It's the first time in its history that the BFI National Archive has made this material available to the public to recut, and these films really display the creative potential of archive material. What's really changed in Britain the past 60 years? Was life really better in the good old days of Empire, dance halls and black and white films? The four filmmakers re-think 'modern' issues and find out that perhaps they're not so modern after all. From asylum seekers and working mothers to how we have fun and the amount we consume, it seems some things never change."

The films are:

Anyway, Who Are You? (Tuesday 5th May - Dir. Meghan Horvath)
Two refugees, fifty years apart, share their oddly similar experience of arriving in London.

A Welcome Return (Wednesday 6th May - Dir. Barry J Gibb)
If the great British public can't watch their own weight, then perhaps it's time to bring back rationing?

Women Only (Thursday 7th May - Dir. Valeria Coizza)
A group of women compare their freedoms - and their constraints - with those of their grandmothers.

Grandpa William (TX. tbc - Dir. Barnaby Lankester-Owen)
Barnaby Lankester-Owen wants to find out about how people used to have fun. A conversation with his 91 year-old Grandpa William leads to some interesting surprises.]]> http://mosaicfilms.com/2008/05/this-week-on-3mw-britain-recut.php http://mosaicfilms.com/2008/05/this-week-on-3mw-britain-recut.php News Tue, 06 May 2008 12:10:31 +0000 Made in Africa: an unique training project aimed at giving international broadcast production opportunities to new and emerging documentary filmmakers across the continent of Africa. The initiative will be launched at INPUT 2008 in Johannesburg, South Africa (3 - 4 May) with a workshop designed to give up to 300 African documentary filmmakers key skills and invaluable knowledge of international documentary film finance and the requirements of international broadcasters, plus much more.

This workshop is aimed at emerging filmmakers from all over Africa who wish to acquire or develop their skills with regard to international production of documentaries, storytelling, and how to develop and pitch ideas internationally. However, the invitation is extended to all directors and producers of documentary films who feel they may benefit from this workshop.

It will give you:

* A better understanding of the editorial and creative requirements of UK, European and International broadcasters, in terms of short documentaries, longer format factual programming and news/current affairs pieces.

* An understanding of international documentary feature film finance, including editorial and creative requirements and funding schemes/opportunities that are available.

* An improved understanding of what global broadcasters and funders really want to know about programme projects and the people making them.

* An opportunity to learn how to make a written proposal more sellable and to better understand the importance of the pitch - and how to avoid some of the more common pitfalls!

* Explore the rich history of African storytelling and locate its relevance in the 21st century Broadcast environment.

* To enhance the development of personal marketing skills and core business skills for programme makers.

For more information of how Made in Africa can help you achieve your ambitions as a documentary filmmaker, click here: Made in Africa call - APR.pdf]]> http://mosaicfilms.com/2008/04/mosaic-films-to-launch-made-in.php http://mosaicfilms.com/2008/04/mosaic-films-to-launch-made-in.php Current Projects News Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:33:42 +0000 English and I, part of the Made in India series, has won the Grand Prize in the UP Film Institute's 18th International Women's Film Festival's Short Film competition.

English and I (directed by Himali Kapil) was commissioned by Channel 4, as part of the Made in India series, in which eight Indian filmmakers reflected on the eve of the 60th anniversary of Indian Independence and gave very personal perspectives on what independence meant to them.

The film asks, what does it mean to speak English in modern day India? English was given to Indians by British Colonialists and yet it is the principle language in independent India. But what has happened to the language? How has it changed? And what do people feel about using it?

English and I is Himali's personal journey around India's capital, New Delhi, as she explores her own unique relationship with her mother tongue.

For more information on ordering the Made in India series, contact sales@mosaicfilms.com]]> http://mosaicfilms.com/2008/04/english-and-i-wins-grand-prize.php http://mosaicfilms.com/2008/04/english-and-i-wins-grand-prize.php News Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:45:14 +0000 A Year in Tibet, starting tonight on BBC 4.

For the first time, the BBC has been able to film inside Tibet unsupervised by Chinese authorities, to follow the lives of ordinary Tibetans across an extraordinary year. This unprecedented access gives a remarkable insight into the significance of Buddhism in everyday life and the complex and often surprising relationship between Tibetans and the Chinese immigrants who they live and work alongside.

This five-part series is both an intimate observation of a society and a compelling insight into the impact of the Chinese Communist Party on Tibetans' lives.

It screens every Thursday at 9pm on BBC 4, starting tonight.

For more information on the series, click here.

Accompanying A Year In Tibet is The Lost World Of Tibet, a one-off documentary which brings together stunning, newly restored film from the Forties and Fifties to show what Tibet was like before China sent in its troops.]]> http://mosaicfilms.com/2008/03/dont-miss-mosaic-films-groundb.php http://mosaicfilms.com/2008/03/dont-miss-mosaic-films-groundb.php News Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:04:11 +0000 Animated Minds.

The first series of Animated Minds (produced by DFG Films for Channel 4 in 2003) was an innovative and award-winning series of three-minute animated documentaries, which used real testimony from survivors of mental illness, combined with engaging visuals, to climb inside the minds of the mentally distressed.

The films - directed by Mosaic Films Managing Director, Andy Glynne, also a clinical psychologist - were a resounding success, being nominated for and winning numerous awards including a Mental Health Media Award for best documentary, a Grierson Award, Best Animation at BANFF, and Student Jury Prize at BANFF. The four episodes also received a great deal of attention from the health, education, and voluntary sectors throughout the UK and around the world, as a tool for education and communication.

Now Mosaic Films, which recently merged with DFG Films, has been commissioned by the Wellcome Trust and Teachers Television to produce 7 more films exploring neurological disorders and the mental health experiences of young people today. Subjects will include Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Dementia, Anorexia, Deliberate Self-harm, and Asperger's Syndrome amongst others.

Animated Minds: Series II is due to be broadcast in Summer 2008. More news will follow in due course. ]]> http://mosaicfilms.com/2007/11/animated-minds-series-ii.php http://mosaicfilms.com/2007/11/animated-minds-series-ii.php Current Projects News Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:45:14 +0000 MOSAIC FILMS LLP, a venture which promises to deliver high quality factual television that charts new territories in content, vision and method.

Mosaic Films has been producing award-winning factual television since 1974. It is renowned for pioneering innovative techniques in the production of factual television, and for its expertise in large-scale international co-productions working with filmmakers native to the countries in which particular projects are located. DFG Films was amongst the first production companies to bring animated documentaries to the UK. It has produced numerous factual television series and emerging talent projects in partnership with Channel 4, Channel 5 and ITV.

Andy Glynne, Executive Producer and Director of DFG Films, has become Managing Director of Mosaic Films LLP. He commented:

"Mosaic Films and DFG Films are joining forces to build upon our shared and long-standing commitment to producing high quality factual television that charts new territories in content, vision and method.

"Together we look forward to building on our joint expertise in innovative international co-productions, and on the way we work with leading, creative filmmakers - here, and overseas - whilst also nurturing and bringing through new and emerging talent."

Colin Luke, the founder of Mosaic Films, commented:

"I'm delighted to hand over the steering of Mosaic to Andy Glynne who shares the same vision for working with younger and emerging filmmakers in original ways. I believe his energy and talent will drive Mosaic to new heights."

Mosaic Films LLP has already started work on its first new commission, the second series of the award-winning Animated Minds series of animated documentaries.

]]> http://mosaicfilms.com/2007/11/mosaic-films-and-dfg-films-ann.php http://mosaicfilms.com/2007/11/mosaic-films-and-dfg-films-ann.php News Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:31:24 +0000