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NVITATION TO INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS
At the International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art, which is to be held at Venice, in August, under the auspices of the XIX Biennale d' Arte, there will be presented a representative selection of the best films of all nations. In addition to the usual commercial productions, the organisers are anxious to include films by independent and vanguard producers, to whom an invitation to cooperate has been issued by Attilio Fontana, Exhibition Secretary, LI. E.G., Via Lazzaro Spallanzani la, Rome. Before submitting films, which must be of recent production and "of the highest artistic value," a full description and a selection of stills should be sent to Rome.
Included in the new Gaumont-British Equipments 16 mm. soundon-film library are Sunshine Susie, Jack's the Boy, Love on Wheels and Rome Express. A number of Ideal Cinemagazines and Gainsborough Miniatures are also available. All films are non-flam and may be hired for 5s. per reel per day.
In conjunction with the Manchester Ramblers' Federation the Manchester Film Society is producing a film called Manchester at Work and Play. It also intends to make an abstract entitled Heads from a scenario by G. F. Dalton.
One of the original members of the Cambridge University Cinema Society, who has made a serious study of film technique, has started a new service for the benefit of those who have ideas for film scenarios but lack the experience or the time for putting them into shape. His agency is known as the Regent Literary Service.
Charles Hamner, the former miner and producer of Black Diamonds, is planning to start a studio at Barnsley for the production of films for children. These will be mainly fairy stories and pantomimes and will be acted by children.
A London group of the Independent Film-makers Association will shortly be formed, and an attempt is being made to form a similar group in Glasgow. Enquiries, in the first instance, should be sent to the Hon. Secretary, I.F.M.A.
The Meteor Film Producing Society, Glasgow, is one of the most energetic groups in the country. It has a well-equipped studio, and arranges lectures and exhibitions. At the Scottish Film Festival, which it recently organised, Victor Saville awarded first prize to one of the Society's own films, All on a Summer's Day. It hopes soon to make a number of short documentaries on 35 mm. The Hon. Secretary is Stanley L. Russell, 14 Kelvin Drive, Glasgow, N.W.
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