Posted at 08:55h
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A lot of you have heard me talking about the brilliant singer-songwriter Leonie Casanova, but you may wonder how we actually met her, and how it happened that for her alone we set up Enlightenment Records.
Posted at 15:10h
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Friday night was officially our BSE, and that has nothing to do with mad cows or any other disease, it stands for Best Screening Ever. To those of you who were in the audience, thank you for screaming and clapping as I came out
Posted at 11:48h
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So the Manchester screening was a huge success, and afterwards, we were guided by Rod Priestley (aka Sargeant Stewart) to one of Manchester’s coolest clubs for a drinks reception and a fantastic
Posted at 16:33h
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So in the whirlwind of work and children and life, special screenings rise up out of my calendar like oases in the desert, mostly because it's a break from our normal routine, except that we don't actually
Posted at 17:14h
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In the middle of writing an editorial about illegal downloads, I came up against a resistant YouTuber who was defiant about uploading our movies for anyone to watch illegally. Her channel is, for now, gone, but it left me
Posted at 10:02h
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Ah, marketing! I am not a natural at it, but I am learning to love it, because it doesn't matter how much Hanan, Aida and I enjoy our own films, if no-one else buys them, we can't make any more of them.
Posted at 06:35h
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THURSDAY, 18 DECEMBER 2008
Woke up this morning to find an email from my aunt announcing that I was afterellen’s Lesbian of the Year. It was a great moment, and I enjoyed it for a full thirty seconds before wondering how my aunt, a lovely woman
Posted at 06:31h
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FRIDAY, 9 JANUARY 2009
So I have successfully avoided Facebook up until now. Why? I can give you the philosophical/social theory, but mostly it’s because I am OLD in cyber terms, and could never get my head around posting my photos and life
Posted at 06:29h
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MONDAY, 19 JANUARY 2009
People often ask me what I like to read. I should say that what I like to read and what I usually end up reading are two different things. Has anyone tried reading the notes from the film council on filling in an application?
Posted at 06:27h
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WEDNESDAY, 28 JANUARY 2009
Spent the day in Soho. No, not raising money in dubious ways for the next film project, but finishing online editing work on the Leonie Casanova music videos for the singles 'Broken' and 'Little Feeling' which are released
