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May Bank Holiday... Swindon Town Centre Movie maker Mark sets off to the south of France in search of horror film funds

Royal Wootton Bassett based film producer Mark Kenna is bound for the glitzy Cannes film festival in May in search of investment for Facility 31, one
of the four feature film ventures he’s involved in, the fruit of his seven month collaboration with writer and director David Hawk from Bristol.
Explaining the background to the a much more credible approach than said: “From short-
film making to sup-
films he’s currently working on Mark, just touting round a script.”
May Bank Holiday who lives in Redhouse, said: “We want Facility 31 is a horror film set in a porting the Swin- Swindon Wide
to work with people based outside disused military bunker. Mark said:
don Film Festival,
London to make a sustainable film, “We went down to Hope Cove in community cin-
As always, we’ve been out and about Music will come from the gleefully-glowing where everyone gets paid. south Devon and filmed for two days. ema and working
coming up with a few great ideas for you, Glow Globes, comprising Laura Holmes, “We’ve put together some high end It was great to bring together many with special needs
whether it’s partying until late, or spending delightful on double bass, harmonica, and investment trailers, involving the skills of the industry contacts I’ve made in schools, there’s so
quality time with the family, here are a few voice, and John Holmes with guitar and of many talented individuals, which the past 15 years.” much happening
ideas on what to do and where to go. unmistakable vocals. Town Hall, Regent demonstrate to potential investors Expressing his excitement for the in Swindon and it’s
Circus SN1 1QG 7.30pm • 18 May • £12 what the final product will look like. It’s Swindon film-making scene Mark still early days.”
www.facility-
SWINDON FESTIVAL OF LITERATURE (£10) Cash search for film made in Swindon Kate Davies receiving instruction on the Facility 31 shoot 31movie.com
It’s back and as always it’s as great as ever! For full listings visit www. A Swindon based film production company is searching for funding for
Here are just a few events taking place in swindonfestivalofliterature.co.uk Billiam, a first screenplay by Richard ‘Billy’ Rees.
Swindon town centre… It’s his story of how one brother finds the other after a mix-up at birth. An
FANCY SOMETHING CULTURAL? extended trailer was made around Swindon by Bald ‘n Hairy Films and over
CLARE BALDING Then visit Swindon Dance, for their 100 people involved in its creation will view it at a Wyvern theatre reception.
in conversation, with you! performance of Moving Visions. Tickets: See a 90 second clip on YouTube: Billiam The Movie.
Award-winning broadcaster on radio and £10 & £7 School/College Groups 10+ £6 To discuss funding mail: Doug Kirby: [email protected]
television, and writer, Clare Balding, a lead Friday 3rd May, 7.45pm. The work revolves
presenter for the Olympics, Paralympics, around a theory concerned with numinous Swindon’s past & present at north and west libraries
Winter Olympics and Commonwealth experience and expression through dance. An exhibition featuring work by young people, alongside images from Swin-
Games will be part of the Swindon For more details visit don photographer Albert Beaney taken over 50 years ago, will be on show at:
Literature Festival. The evening is at The www.swindondance.org.uk North Swindon Library until 9 May;
Wyvern Theatre 7pm • 6 May • £18 (£16) West Swindon Library from 10 May to 20 June.
Ticket price includes a copy of Clare’s Inspired by the collection of 40,000 photographs taken in and around the
book! town from the 1940s to the 1970s, the young people took pictures of Swin-
Street. They are on hand with all kinds of don today and interviewed those who appear as young people themselves
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