jam packed day 3 today.
started off with moving some record turntables from our house to the cinema, getting them ready for the closing night party (yes, thats how DIY our festival is).
then an exciting lunch with Xavier Jamaux, a.k.a. Bang Bang, the soundtrack writer for SPARROW and Shan from Milkyway Image, the production company behind Johnnie Tos' films, who've taken the time to come to our little festival!
more excitement at the cinema - just before DREAM was due to kick off, the curtains for the cinema screen decided not to open (the mechanisms to pull the huge curtains open, failed), leaving the cinema projectionist to become the in-house spiderman and climb up the rigging, and pull the curtain fastenings open with a coat hanger!!
Despite the slightly delayed start, DREAM was very well attended and well liked.
It was great to see a smattering of Japanese people in the audience for comedy caper AFTER SCHOOL - irashai! - with lots of laughs all round.
Fun also to meet so many people at the festival in between movies - including Celina Jades (star of LEGENDARY ASSASSIN) old flatmates.
one of the great things being at the Prince Charles Cinema is the proximity to everything - from Ben & Jerrys Vanilla Toffe Fudge milkshakes to hand-drawn noodles at Super Star restuarant on Lisle St (note, regular PCC customers get 15% off final bill).
a quick drink with Festival Pass holders at the end of the night after ZOMBI KAMPUNG PISANG to get their feedback on how we are doing, then......damn, missed last tubes home, another long walk back.......
Saturday 23 May 2009
Friday 22 May 2009
It's Started!!
Festival kicked off on Thursday with EYE FOR AN EYE followed by a party with a balcony overlooking Leicester Square!!
Whilst talking with the crowd, it turns out that people from Paris, Scotland and even LA have come to our fest!!!
2nd day today - just finished on a great Manga party at Bincho Yakitori, Old Compton St, with some great cosplay attendance - shout out to Andy dressed as RYU! and our eventual winner of the cosplay prize of DVDs from ThirdWindow Films, Manga and Terracotta Distribution, known only as PlasticSister.
Helen McCarthy gave a very informative and insightful Q&A after GHOST IN THE SHELL 2.0 - she knows a thing or two about Manga, being the first English speaking language person to have written a book on the subject and speaking regularly at conventions.
Oxide Pang gave a video introduction to his film THE DETECTIVE starring Aaron Kwok - he was happy that his film got selected for this festival and it was the first mystery film that he shot.
so far the audience leader board scores are as follows:
EYE FOR AN EYE 6.97
ME...MYSELF 7.42
KEEPING WATCH 7.18
THE DETECTIVE 7.2
GHOST IN THE SHELL 2.0 8.13
so....Mamoru Oshii's reworking of his classic film is in the lead!!!!
to keep up to date - stay tuned to this blog....or better still, come join us from DAY 3 and DAY 4!!!!
coming up tomorrow:
from the director of 3-iron (Kim Ki-duk) DREAM.
AFTER SCHOOL - japanese comedy caper with twists and turns, yakuza and a sex shop owner!
LEGENDARY ASSASSIN with Wu Jing and Celina Jade
ZOMBIES FROM BANANA VILLAGE
Whilst talking with the crowd, it turns out that people from Paris, Scotland and even LA have come to our fest!!!
2nd day today - just finished on a great Manga party at Bincho Yakitori, Old Compton St, with some great cosplay attendance - shout out to Andy dressed as RYU! and our eventual winner of the cosplay prize of DVDs from ThirdWindow Films, Manga and Terracotta Distribution, known only as PlasticSister.
Helen McCarthy gave a very informative and insightful Q&A after GHOST IN THE SHELL 2.0 - she knows a thing or two about Manga, being the first English speaking language person to have written a book on the subject and speaking regularly at conventions.
Oxide Pang gave a video introduction to his film THE DETECTIVE starring Aaron Kwok - he was happy that his film got selected for this festival and it was the first mystery film that he shot.
so far the audience leader board scores are as follows:
EYE FOR AN EYE 6.97
ME...MYSELF 7.42
KEEPING WATCH 7.18
THE DETECTIVE 7.2
GHOST IN THE SHELL 2.0 8.13
so....Mamoru Oshii's reworking of his classic film is in the lead!!!!
to keep up to date - stay tuned to this blog....or better still, come join us from DAY 3 and DAY 4!!!!
coming up tomorrow:
from the director of 3-iron (Kim Ki-duk) DREAM.
AFTER SCHOOL - japanese comedy caper with twists and turns, yakuza and a sex shop owner!
LEGENDARY ASSASSIN with Wu Jing and Celina Jade
ZOMBIES FROM BANANA VILLAGE
Wednesday 20 May 2009
More guest!, more press!, more stress!
Yes, its been a busy, hectic and just slightly stressful (though overall enjoyable) few days since the last blog (and yes, I did find time for the season finale of LOST since some of you were asking).
We hope that you will enjoy this festival and our free parties - starts tomorrow!!! - and do keep sending messages and feedback (joey[at]TerracottaDistribution.com).
If you spotted our festival in any publications or newspapers, do let us know.
As well as our SKY MOVIES interview on THE MOVIE GEEK
http://www.dailymotion.com/user/TerracottaFestival/video/x98kwf_sky-movie-geeks-terracotta-festival_shortfilms
we are pleased to let you know that BBC LONDON will do a feature on our festival at 1pm tomorrow (Thursday 21st) and I will be speaking live to the good people of this city (94.9FM in case you're interested).
So, a suprise call this morning from one of the guys at Milkyway Image (if you don't know, thats Johnnie To's production company; and if you don't know Johnnie To, you need to - come and watch SPARROW). They are bringing a team of people over for the festival and we will hold a Q&A panel discussion at the end of SPARROW; what a wonderful, happy end to the festival and then off to GOLDEN HARVEST for some SUNLIK beer and music from DJ BANGBANG.
Thanks to Xavier Jamaux for telling Shan at Milkyway about our festival.
Heres the synopsis and Q&A panel;
http://www.terracottafestival.com/films/sparrow
Look forward to meeting you all tomorrow and spending time talking to you over the next four days.
http://www.terracottafestival.com/films/sparrow/
We hope that you will enjoy this festival and our free parties - starts tomorrow!!! - and do keep sending messages and feedback (joey[at]TerracottaDistribution.com).
If you spotted our festival in any publications or newspapers, do let us know.
As well as our SKY MOVIES interview on THE MOVIE GEEK
http://www.dailymotion.com/user/TerracottaFestival/video/x98kwf_sky-movie-geeks-terracotta-festival_shortfilms
we are pleased to let you know that BBC LONDON will do a feature on our festival at 1pm tomorrow (Thursday 21st) and I will be speaking live to the good people of this city (94.9FM in case you're interested).
So, a suprise call this morning from one of the guys at Milkyway Image (if you don't know, thats Johnnie To's production company; and if you don't know Johnnie To, you need to - come and watch SPARROW). They are bringing a team of people over for the festival and we will hold a Q&A panel discussion at the end of SPARROW; what a wonderful, happy end to the festival and then off to GOLDEN HARVEST for some SUNLIK beer and music from DJ BANGBANG.
Thanks to Xavier Jamaux for telling Shan at Milkyway about our festival.
Heres the synopsis and Q&A panel;
http://www.terracottafestival.com/films/sparrow
Look forward to meeting you all tomorrow and spending time talking to you over the next four days.
http://www.terracottafestival.com/films/sparrow/
Friday 15 May 2009
French music, vietnamese food, East end video stores
During my travels round London making a nuisance of myself with posters and flyers, I came across the most awesomest video rental store. i didnt think you get places like this anymore since TODAY IS BORING closed down.
http://www.close-upvideos.com/
shout out to Nina/Neena behind the counter of this Brick Lane store who told me they get like 50 new members signing up every week to their rental service - goes to show that film loving on a physical format is thankfully still alive!! (Terracotta's release of HANSEL AND GRETEL was on display there and apparently rents quite well too!).
all we need is some of those people to come to our festival to explore Far East film on the big screen; guilty customers please contact us via:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=72515635834
Also goes to show the changing face of brick lane in becoming a spawned offshoot of what hoxton&shoreditch used to be, (lights years before it became a west-end clone).
Talking of Shoreditch - thankfully the constant remains - the Vietnamese Noodle places.
Hopefully a leaflet of the festival left in every outlet along Kingsland Road will help to boost their trade! "Try a prawn steamed roll (banh cuon) whilst you read your copy of the Terracotta Festival 09 flyer."
if anything, flyering is a fun job. you get to meet people instead of sat at a desk and computer stressing about some report or spreadsheet that someone on the 5th floor of your building wants by 6.30 on friday evening.
shouts out to Paul at film london, Lee theTea doorman, roberto the taekwondo bloke, the nice people in the brick lane coffee shop who let me put up a poster on the wall below their photo of bruce lee (my father went to school with him, you know), Lee from the vietnamese grocers (get your rice and soya sauce from the kingsland rd viet grocers if you live near there).
On an altogether more serious note, fans of AIR and NOUVELLE VAGUE will be delighted to know that Xavier Jamaux, a french musician who has collaborated with those groups AND written the score to SPARROW, our closing film by hong kong cinema maestro Johnnie To, will also be a guest at our festival.
we hope to see him in action being a DJ on one of our party nights.
do check the above facebook link for all info regarding parties (including a manga cosplay party!).
http://www.close-upvideos.com/
shout out to Nina/Neena behind the counter of this Brick Lane store who told me they get like 50 new members signing up every week to their rental service - goes to show that film loving on a physical format is thankfully still alive!! (Terracotta's release of HANSEL AND GRETEL was on display there and apparently rents quite well too!).
all we need is some of those people to come to our festival to explore Far East film on the big screen; guilty customers please contact us via:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=72515635834
Also goes to show the changing face of brick lane in becoming a spawned offshoot of what hoxton&shoreditch used to be, (lights years before it became a west-end clone).
Talking of Shoreditch - thankfully the constant remains - the Vietnamese Noodle places.
Hopefully a leaflet of the festival left in every outlet along Kingsland Road will help to boost their trade! "Try a prawn steamed roll (banh cuon) whilst you read your copy of the Terracotta Festival 09 flyer."
if anything, flyering is a fun job. you get to meet people instead of sat at a desk and computer stressing about some report or spreadsheet that someone on the 5th floor of your building wants by 6.30 on friday evening.
shouts out to Paul at film london, Lee theTea doorman, roberto the taekwondo bloke, the nice people in the brick lane coffee shop who let me put up a poster on the wall below their photo of bruce lee (my father went to school with him, you know), Lee from the vietnamese grocers (get your rice and soya sauce from the kingsland rd viet grocers if you live near there).
On an altogether more serious note, fans of AIR and NOUVELLE VAGUE will be delighted to know that Xavier Jamaux, a french musician who has collaborated with those groups AND written the score to SPARROW, our closing film by hong kong cinema maestro Johnnie To, will also be a guest at our festival.
we hope to see him in action being a DJ on one of our party nights.
do check the above facebook link for all info regarding parties (including a manga cosplay party!).
Friday 8 May 2009
parties, posters & hip hop clothes
a little bit more of the same today - running around like a mad man distributing posters and leaflets around different parts of London, plus a little bit of editing at the darepost studios.
this time, flying visits to our supporting organisiations, our excellent PR co The Associates, Japan Foundation (which does some great screenings and talks - check www.jpf.org.uk), Dailymotion Headquarters in the oh so trendy vicinity of curtain road, and Cinephilia, just off bethnal green (as i was crossing the road, to get to their shop, i was thinking what a clever chap this guy is, starting a shop here when the rent is cheap and before the opening of the bishopsgate tube stop next year).
then back to my roots - flyering in the record shops around soho market (shout out to JP at Vinyl records who never recognises or remembers me), clothes shops, korean restaurants and a chance encounter with Mr. Tony from Dark n Cold - a damn fine and well laid out hip hop clothes store if i ever saw one.
go check out Mr Tonys shop - especially if you are from Japan, China, or Singpore (where Mr Tony lived for 5 years) coming to London to do some shopping for jeans etc. would definitely recommend it.
also busy checking out party venues and will make an announcement on this blog soon about the venues (what??? did someone say cozplay?....)
oh yeah forgot to mention - was having lunch at Golden Harvest dim sum place with Adam from Third Window Films and we were swapping our DVDs, planning the parties, talking about Cannes.....I got asked to leave as the staff thought I was a counterfeit DVD seller!!!!!!
this time, flying visits to our supporting organisiations, our excellent PR co The Associates, Japan Foundation (which does some great screenings and talks - check www.jpf.org.uk), Dailymotion Headquarters in the oh so trendy vicinity of curtain road, and Cinephilia, just off bethnal green (as i was crossing the road, to get to their shop, i was thinking what a clever chap this guy is, starting a shop here when the rent is cheap and before the opening of the bishopsgate tube stop next year).
then back to my roots - flyering in the record shops around soho market (shout out to JP at Vinyl records who never recognises or remembers me), clothes shops, korean restaurants and a chance encounter with Mr. Tony from Dark n Cold - a damn fine and well laid out hip hop clothes store if i ever saw one.
go check out Mr Tonys shop - especially if you are from Japan, China, or Singpore (where Mr Tony lived for 5 years) coming to London to do some shopping for jeans etc. would definitely recommend it.
also busy checking out party venues and will make an announcement on this blog soon about the venues (what??? did someone say cozplay?....)
oh yeah forgot to mention - was having lunch at Golden Harvest dim sum place with Adam from Third Window Films and we were swapping our DVDs, planning the parties, talking about Cannes.....I got asked to leave as the staff thought I was a counterfeit DVD seller!!!!!!
Thursday 7 May 2009
south
if you live south of the river, we are loving LyLy canteen in Balham (which is apparently the new Clapham, which was the new Chelsea about 10 years ago).
www.LyLyCanteen.co.uk
good noodles!
to the staff at ly ly canteen: thanks for putting info about our festival!
www.LyLyCanteen.co.uk
good noodles!
to the staff at ly ly canteen: thanks for putting info about our festival!
Wednesday 6 May 2009
fatigue
had festival fatigue over the weekend.
for over half a year, talking, thinking, writing, mailing, watching films, travelling to watch films and meet people, about the festival. just festival festival festival. became a bit tiring.
so i switched off and watched 3 episodes of LOST in a row.
but now IM BACK!
spent today walking around west end giving restaurants and cultural organisations (like malayia tourism and korean cultural centre) our booklets and posters. also hit up FOPP on shaftesbury avenue (shout to to Heidi!) and Forbidden Planet a little further down the road.
thanks to miss claire marty for helping out delivering leaflets and posters to SOAS.
also stopped at the awesome leongs legends restaurant opposite de heims to meet francois from dimsum.co.uk and have some...er dim sum! look out dimsum.co.uk readers, our info will hit your site soon too.
only 2 weeks to go......
the final push, so please do tell everyone about our festival.
last few things to do - got interviewed by SKY MOVIE GEEKS, a show on SKY MOVIES and so i will receive the footage from that and post on our dailymotion site.if you are a SKY movies subscriber, i think the programme goes out tomorrow (6th May) and will be repeated regularly throughout the month.
cant wait to see the edited version - thanks to Amanny and Josh over at SKY for putting this together!
also, i was on the other side of the camera, doing the interviewing, when we were out in hong kong film fest and udine film festival (www.FarEastFilm.com) for directors etc to introduce their film that we are showing at our festival. need to edit that down as well on friday (at the excellent post production house - www.darepost.co.uk).
then just after that, just the parties to finish organising!
for over half a year, talking, thinking, writing, mailing, watching films, travelling to watch films and meet people, about the festival. just festival festival festival. became a bit tiring.
so i switched off and watched 3 episodes of LOST in a row.
but now IM BACK!
spent today walking around west end giving restaurants and cultural organisations (like malayia tourism and korean cultural centre) our booklets and posters. also hit up FOPP on shaftesbury avenue (shout to to Heidi!) and Forbidden Planet a little further down the road.
thanks to miss claire marty for helping out delivering leaflets and posters to SOAS.
also stopped at the awesome leongs legends restaurant opposite de heims to meet francois from dimsum.co.uk and have some...er dim sum! look out dimsum.co.uk readers, our info will hit your site soon too.
only 2 weeks to go......
the final push, so please do tell everyone about our festival.
last few things to do - got interviewed by SKY MOVIE GEEKS, a show on SKY MOVIES and so i will receive the footage from that and post on our dailymotion site.if you are a SKY movies subscriber, i think the programme goes out tomorrow (6th May) and will be repeated regularly throughout the month.
cant wait to see the edited version - thanks to Amanny and Josh over at SKY for putting this together!
also, i was on the other side of the camera, doing the interviewing, when we were out in hong kong film fest and udine film festival (www.FarEastFilm.com) for directors etc to introduce their film that we are showing at our festival. need to edit that down as well on friday (at the excellent post production house - www.darepost.co.uk).
then just after that, just the parties to finish organising!
Saturday 2 May 2009
TERRACOTTA goes INTERNATIONAL!!
woah...
just got an email to say that we will have people coming all the way from paris and aberdeen, just to come to our festival!!!
does that make as an international festival?!?!?!?
just got an email to say that we will have people coming all the way from paris and aberdeen, just to come to our festival!!!
does that make as an international festival?!?!?!?
Programmes and Pusan
just back from an afternoon of handing out copies of our programme leaflets out in town - thanks to all the staff at my favourite restaurants for stocking them!!
Ikkyusan, Gerrard St
Hi Sushi, Frith St
Kyoto, Romily St
Golden Harvest, Gerrard St
Leongs Legend, Macclesfield Place
Arigato, Brewer St
Ryo, Brewer St
Ten Ten Tei, Brewer St
All the above restaurants come with an official Terracotta thumbs-up!!
Talking of food.....just back from dinner with Mr. Kim Dong Ho, director of Pusan International Film Festival (www.piff.org) who was on a flying visit to London, to find out how a REAL festival is run!!
Ikkyusan, Gerrard St
Hi Sushi, Frith St
Kyoto, Romily St
Golden Harvest, Gerrard St
Leongs Legend, Macclesfield Place
Arigato, Brewer St
Ryo, Brewer St
Ten Ten Tei, Brewer St
All the above restaurants come with an official Terracotta thumbs-up!!
Talking of food.....just back from dinner with Mr. Kim Dong Ho, director of Pusan International Film Festival (www.piff.org) who was on a flying visit to London, to find out how a REAL festival is run!!
Friday 1 May 2009
GUEST SPEAKER
The first update to our programme.
GHOST IN THE SHELL 2.0
FRIDAY 8.45pm 22nd May 09
Will be followed by a guest speaker.....Helen McCarthy!!
Excited? you should be!
Helen is the first English-speaking person to write a book about anime and has been heavily involved in the UK manga scene, speaking at conventions and festivals.
We are definitely very happy that Helen will speak after the film and would like to thank the staff at Manga for putting us in touch with her.
GHOST IN THE SHELL 2.0
FRIDAY 8.45pm 22nd May 09
Will be followed by a guest speaker.....Helen McCarthy!!
Excited? you should be!
Helen is the first English-speaking person to write a book about anime and has been heavily involved in the UK manga scene, speaking at conventions and festivals.
We are definitely very happy that Helen will speak after the film and would like to thank the staff at Manga for putting us in touch with her.
follow us
in true 21st century fashion, you can now follow us online:
facebook Terracotta festival event page:
facebook.com/event.php?eid=72515635834
facebook TERRACOTTA group for latest release news, competitions and screenings:
facebook.com/group.php?gid=40238749303
www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=8324338150
myspace.com/TerracottaDistribution
Twitter: Joey Terracotta
STUMBLE: joeyleung.stumbleupon.com
ALIVENOTEDEAD: Joey Terracotta
GETCLOSER OFFICIAL TERRACOTTA FESTIVAL PAGE:
getcloser.com/Event/Terracotta+Far+East+Film+Festival+09/1015/
GETCLOSER Far East Film Room:
getcloser.com/rooms/Far+East+Film/467/
DAILYMOTION OFFICIAL TERRACOTTA FESTIVAL PAGE:
dailymotion.com/TerracottaFestival
facebook Terracotta festival event page:
facebook.com/event.php?eid=72515635834
facebook TERRACOTTA group for latest release news, competitions and screenings:
facebook.com/group.php?gid=40238749303
www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=8324338150
myspace.com/TerracottaDistribution
Twitter: Joey Terracotta
STUMBLE: joeyleung.stumbleupon.com
ALIVENOTEDEAD: Joey Terracotta
GETCLOSER OFFICIAL TERRACOTTA FESTIVAL PAGE:
getcloser.com/Event/Terracotta+Far+East+Film+Festival+09/1015/
GETCLOSER Far East Film Room:
getcloser.com/rooms/Far+East+Film/467/
DAILYMOTION OFFICIAL TERRACOTTA FESTIVAL PAGE:
dailymotion.com/TerracottaFestival
3 weeks to go!!!!!
Only three weeks to go now before it all kicks off.....so lets start a weblog...
Terracotta Festival is almost here.
If you've come from the Official Website, then this is a place for updates to our programme, or news on our events or just some scribbles about something whilst I take a rare break from working on all things Terracotta.
If you've come to this page via blogger.com or a search engine, then be sure to check www.TerracottaFestival.com and www.TerracottaDistribution.com to know what we do.
Terracotta Festival is almost here.
If you've come from the Official Website, then this is a place for updates to our programme, or news on our events or just some scribbles about something whilst I take a rare break from working on all things Terracotta.
If you've come to this page via blogger.com or a search engine, then be sure to check www.TerracottaFestival.com and www.TerracottaDistribution.com to know what we do.
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