Opportunity for Devon Filmmakers - Bill Douglas Cinema Museum

On Sunday the 1st of June PUNY GODS! will take over the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum at the University of Exeter and turn into a Cinema playing local and international independent film and you or someone you know could be a part of it.

The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum is home to one of the largest collections of material relating to the moving image in Britain. The museum chronicles the development of optical entertainment from shadow-puppets and 17th century manuscripts to the most recent Hollywood blockbusters, including artefacts such as Magic Lanterns, rare books, prints, and an extensive variety of publicity materials. The diversity of this collection provides an insight into the changing dynamics of the moving image and the history of our relationship with it. Dr. Phil Wickham, the Cinema Musuem curator says “it will be the first time that films made by local filmmakers will be played inside The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum”.

PUNY GODS aim is to create a more social brand of cinema, popping up in unusual locations and playing an eclectic mix of fiction, drama, art, music videos and more, they have previously taken over city centre shops and put on open air screenings as part of Open Studios Exeter, Unexpected Exeter 2013 and PUMA and Love Films Film4Peace events. “There is a wealth of filmmaking talent in Devon and the cinema museum is the perfect venue to showcase that talent”. Previous screenings have included MOMA artists, like Ben Borley, Crowd funding record breakers like Realm Pictures and BAFTA award winners like Rob Brown and Robin Whenary.

PUNY GODS! Vs The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum is currently on the look out for films. Films can be of any genre or length, from video art to fiction through music videos and documentary. Films made by Devon Filmmakers or set in Devon are particularly desired.

Email David Salas at punygodscinema@gmail.com to find out more.
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