THE WATER BOATMAN Sunday 9th October!

Looks like Autumn's here so why not curl up with the telly and the glorious sights of Britain's canals. Alan Herd is on a journey round the canals of the Midlands, meeting fascinating characters and discovering the history of our inland waterways. THE WATER BOATMAN is on Discovery Shed on Sunday 9th October, starting at 10am and continuing on into the evening. He journeys on diverse water craft ranging from historic working boats to river cruisers, and shows us the route of the famous 'Stourport Ring".

Summer hols - what hols?

Norway, Spain, Leeds, London, Paris! - August may be chilling-out season for some, but Summer 2011 has seen Ben and Catherine and the team filming in locations across Europe and a little closer to home... in Herefordshire. With filming nearly over for August, the Isis Media team is now in post-production with a series of short documentary films exploring creativity and education. Watch this space for more info....!

Catherine's travels have also taken her to the 'Ways With Words' festival in Devon (highlights included guests Ben Okri and Margaret Drabble), as well as to a writing course run by the hugely talented writers Philip Hensher and Sam North.

Next stop, The Edinburgh TV festival....

SHEFFIELD 2011

Isis Media will be among the delegates at the 2011 Sheffield Doc/Fest celebrating the best in factual and documentary programming. Tonight opens with live Q & A with Morgan Spurlock after his film The Greatest Movie Ever Sold.

WINNING FILM AT BRIDPORT!

NEWSFLASH!! Isis Media's latest production THE PRESENT, directed by Ross Berkeley Simpson, won BEST FILM at the Bridport Film Festival flash film competition last night. Other highlights of the festival included screenings and conversations with the likes of Kazuo Ishiguro, Bill Forsyth, Rowan Joffe and of course festival director and writer Jonathan Coe.

FROM PAGE TO SCREEN

Great news... our film THE PRESENT directed by Ross Berkeley Simpson and based on Manda Rigby's story, has been shortlisted for the Flash Film prize at the BRIDPORT FILM FESTIVAL curated by Jonathan Coe!

FOOD AND SUNSHINE IN CANNES..

Isis Media titles 'My Greek Kitchen' and 'My Cypriot Kitchen' are at MIP.... Delicious cooking, sunshine and Tonia Buxton - contact international distributors Electric Sky for more details.
http://www.electricsky.com/
http://realscreen.com/2011/03/31/pianists-and-pooches-in-electric-skys-mip-slate/

BRIDPORT FILM FESTIVAL

Based on THE PRESENT by Manda Rigby, our short film is here on vimeo in all its glory
http://www.vimeo.com/20884942

Directed by Ross Berkeley Simpson it's an entry in the Bridport Film Festival

ISIS MEDIA and ELECTRIC SKY

ISIS MEDIA has just signed a deal with top international distributor ELECTRIC SKY for three of our titles - MY GREEK KITCHEN, MY CYPRIOT KITCHEN and CENTRAL STEAM. We're thrilled to be working with one of the world's leading suppliers of documentary and factual content, and look forward to a fruitful relationship ahead!

BOTTLE - Cast and Crew Screening

Last night, 9th February saw the cast and crew screening of 'BOTTLE' - written and directed by Ross Berkeley Simpson and produced by Isis Media.

‘BOTTLE’ centres around two best friends at a Halloween sleepover: Jennifer basks in the glow of popularity, leaving downtrodden Kelly in the shadows. But a simple game of spin the bottle changes the dynamic of their friendship – and their futures – forever.

WORLD BOOK NIGHT

It's just over a month a month until the very first WORLD BOOK NIGHT. Catherine is giving away 48 copies of A FINE BALANCE by Rohinton Mistry - a brilliant and inspirational book everyone should read.... especially in a recession. Check out the WBN website for some other fantastic titles to see you through the rest of the winter, like Gabriel Garcia Marquez' Love In The Time Of Cholera and Yann Martel's Life of Pi as well as poetry from Seamus Heaney and Carol Ann Duffy. http://www.worldbooknight.org/

2011 back to the future!

Happy 2011 to all ISIS MEDIA friends old and new! February will see the premiere of our first short film produced with First Act Workshops... watch this space for more info!

Isis Media's Ben Robinson and Catherine Elliott-Kemp have just returned from Media City - Salford where the NATIONS AND REGIONS MEDIA CONFERENCE at the Lowry gave plenty of food for thought for the year ahead. Steve Hewlett did a great job of chairing the conference and highlights included drama guru Andy Harries in conversation with Kirsty Wark, Channel 4's David Abraham setting out his vision for the C4 of the future and 3 would-be Chairs of the BBC Trust (Tom Gutteridge, David Elstein and Cat Lewis) pitching their wares for the gig!

Local TV was debated, a timely conversation with culture sec Jeremy Hunt's plans focussed on 10 - 12 British cities.

Exciting times!