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Eastern Edge Film Fund 2008-2009

As Executive Producer on The Eastern Edge Film Fund, Anton works with the film fund panel to support new filmmakers taking their first steps into independent filmmaking.

The fund is jointly coordinated by Arts Development Officers from three London Boroughs; Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham and Havering.The kind of support available ranges from cash grants, to training and hands-on one-to-one mentoring covering everything from script development through to final delivery.

Executive Producer: Anton Califano

2008-2009 Awardees:

"Still Life" Nelson and Kuvera Sivalingam

‘Still Life’ was also selected to screen at the East End Film Festival 2010

Click here to visit the East End Film festival website

Click here to visit the London Short Film festival website

Still Life wins Awards!!

At the 2009 Vimbram Fillm Festival ‘Still Life’ scoped three out of the seven awards and received a great response from the audience. ‘Still Life’ definitely made its mark with Kuvera and Nelson Sivalingam receiving the awards for Best Script, Best Film ‘Exile’ and Best Actor for Nelson Sivalingam.Now in its fifth year, the prestigious Vimbam Film festival attracts film makers from around the world. The festival has been a platform for many independent film makers to shine and go on to make their mark on the Tamil Film Industry. This year saw a shortlist of 12 films competing for the seven memorial awards given to recognise and acknowledge outstanding work by the best Directors, DOPs, Script Writers and Actors. The line up included films made in and by film makers from Sri Lanka, India, Canada, US, Norway, France, Germany and many other European countries.

The other two films funded in this round were:

"Bubbling Under" directed by Matt Compton

Congratulations to Matt Compton and his cast and crew for winning the Limelight Award 2010 for Best Sci Fi/ Horror film. For more info click here

"Fresh Off The Boat" directed by Femi Oyeniran

Best of Boroughs (BOBs) Film Awards 2009

All three of the 2009 films were shortlisted for Film London's Best Of Borough Awards and were screened at the BoBs Awards ceremony in July 2009 held at BAFTA in London.


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	Eastern Edge Film Fund 2008-2009 As Executive Producer on The Eastern Edge Film Fund, Anton works with the film fund panel to support new filmmakers taking their first steps into independent filmmaking. The fund is jointly coordinated by Arts Development Officers from three London Boroughs; Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham and Havering.The kind of support available ranges from cash grants, to training and hands-on one-to-one mentoring covering everything from script development through to final delivery. Executive Producer: Anton Califano 2008-2009 Awardees: "Still Life" Nelson and Kuvera Sivalingam ‘Still Life’ was also selected to screen at the East End Film Festival 2010 Click here to visit the East End Film festival website Click here to visit the London Short Film festival website Still Life wins Awards!! At the 2009 Vimbram Fillm Festival ‘Still Life’ scoped three out of the seven awards and received a great response from the audience. ‘Still Life’ definitely made its mark with Kuvera and Nelson Sivalingam receiving the awards for Best Script, Best Film ‘Exile’ and Best Actor for Nelson Sivalingam.Now in its fifth year, the prestigious Vimbam Film festival attracts film makers from around the world. The festival has been a platform for many independent film makers to shine and go on to make their mark on the Tamil Film Industry. This year saw a shortlist of 12 films competing for the seven memorial awards given to recognise and acknowledge outstanding work by the best Directors, DOPs, Script Writers and Actors. The line up included films made in and by film makers from Sri Lanka, India, Canada, US, Norway, France, Germany and many other European countries. The other two films funded in this round were: "Bubbling Under" directed by Matt Compton Congratulations to Matt Compton and his cast and crew for winning the Limelight Award 2010 for Best Sci Fi/ Horror film. For more info click here "Fresh Off The Boat" directed by Femi Oyeniran Best of Boroughs (BOBs) Film Awards 2009 All three of the 2009 films were shortlisted for Film London's Best Of Borough Awards and were screened at the BoBs Awards ceremony in July 2009 held at BAFTA in London.

To look at the 2007-2008 Eastern Edge Film Fund awardees page, please click here
To look at the 2006-2007 Eastern Edge Film Fund awardees page, please click here
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