ISSUE 4 Pre-orders Are Now Available!

Issue 4 is now available for pre-order on the Gorilla Film Magazine Website. All pre-orders come with Free UK Delivery, because we’re nice like that, letting you enjoy the ripe fruits of the latest issue (commonly known in our circles as ‘the best one yet’) without even leaving your home. We are also offering some exclusive deals, on our T-shirts and back issues.

Price: £3
Release date: May 15th 2012
Description: Jam packed with all the usual reviews of great short films, filmmaking tips like how to fund your movie or get the most out of that old tripod. Plus interviews with some very down to earth (if a little tired) filmmakers, a top five list of the sexiest movie monsters and various other exciting bits and bobs. Easily our best issue yet.

UK Delivery: Free UK delivery on all pre-orders!
Europe Delivery: £2.93
Worldwide Delivery: £3.86

Visit our website now to pre-order your copy of Gorilla Film Magazine Issue 4, before they’re all gone! 

Sci-Fi-London: The 11th Annual Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film

OK, so here’s the blurb: SCI-FI-LONDON is the UK’s leading genre event and an internationally recognised launch pad for genre movies. At each festival they have at least a dozen UK premieres and in the last few years they had the first public screening (ahead of the USA!) of films like 28 Weeks Later and Bruce (Iron Maiden) Dickinson’s Chemical Wedding. 

Their next event is the 11th Annual Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film, and it takes place next week, from the 1st to the 7th of May. 

Gorilla Film Magazine likes these guys, and we think you will too, so check out their website and if you’re available you’d be foolish to miss them next week.

Not only does the place have a great vibe, with screenings of a bunch of cool new films and huge costume parades (with prizes for the best) but they’re also responsible for an epic 48 Film Challenge, with many of the films going on to feature in other film festivals and even broadcast on Television. Hell, when Gareth Edwards won the competition in 2008, Vertigo Films were so impressed with his work they decided to develop a feature film with him. Something called Monsters, maybe you’ve heard of it?

Go check out the Sci-Fi-London website for more information about who they are, what they do, and what films are showing from the 1st to the 7th of May.

You can also follow them on Twitter and Facebook and all that stuff!

The Story of Film DVD Contest

Courtesy of Network DVD, Kino London is giving away a steelbook box set of Mark Cousins’s fantastic documentary, The Story of Film. Made over six years, filmed on five continents, and spanning 15 episodes, it’s an epic project made all the more compelling by Cousins’s excellent narration and direction. Anyone who has misty-eyed memories of Moviedrome will know exactly what I’m talking about.

HOW TO ENTER:

Print off the Kino London logo, which has adorned almost all of the 1000+ films that have screened at Kino, take a photo of yourself with it, and upload the photo to our Facebook wall – if the picture is taken in an interesting/unusual/silly place, your chances of winning increase significantly. The competition runs for a month, and the winner will be notified in early May. To provide you with some inspiration, here is a sample entry:

To find out more go to kinolondon.com

On the 15th of May 2012 Gorilla Film Magazine is Back in Print!

What’s the News?

We’re back! As some of you are probably aware, Gorilla Film Magazine has always had a bit of a fetish for the smell of cheap paper, so we’re delighted to be back in print for issue 4. We tried the whole ‘online magazine’ thing and it’s not really for us, we’d much rather be poor and on shelves, so that you can clutch the new issue in your trembling hands and hold it against your beating chest.

So When is it Out?

As of 15.05.2012, you’ll be able to purchase Gorilla Film Magazine for £3, either in shops, at special film nights or on our website.

Wait, It Costs Money Now?

Yep, it has always cost us a lot to actually make the magazine, and we just can’t do it alone anymore. While most of your £3 will go towards all of our writers crippling alcohol addictions, some of it will go towards printing costs. At this stage Gorilla won’t be making any profit, but maybe some time in the future we’ll be just like a real magazine! We’re also having a bit of a makeover, with a splash more colour and a sexy spine to spice things up a bit. It’ll be worth every penny.

£3 Just isn’t enough! Can We Give You More Money?

Why yes, yes you can! There will be all sorts of special deals and offers for all you crazy fun lovers out there, including a sparkly new limited edition t-shirt design.

So What’s In Issue 4?

Loads of stuff. We take a look at the exhibition of short film, and the role the Internet has to play in the medium’s evolution. We’ve got a bunch of reviews of short films that are available to watch online. There are articles about self-promotion, movie funding, production board making and budget tripod solutions. And we interview filmmakers Frank Poulson (Blood in the Mobile), Will Jewel (Man in Fear) and Ben Cady (The Goat in the Well) the latter taking time out of his busy schedule to shed light on what it is to be an animator. We’ve also got a bit about the photogénie, a top five list of the sexiest movie monsters and various other interesting bits and bobs.

When is Out Again?

The 15th of May! It’s in the title of this blog post, for crying out loud! We’ll keep you updated as we go along, and we’ll be announcing pre-orders very soon!

Anything Else?

Yeah, we’re doing a Caption Competition over on Facebook, come up with the best caption for the image and you’ll win a copy of issue 4! Click on this link to play!

 

David Fedele’s e-wasteland: a visual portrait of unregulated electronic waste recycling in Ghana

You might remember David Fedele from the featured interview in Issue 3 of Gorilla Film Magazine. He’s the passionate documentary guerilla filmmaker responsible for PNG style (awarded Best Documentary at the Portobello Film Festival 2010) and Bikpela Bagarap, a film that explores illegal Logging in Papua New guinea. David’s a nice chap, refreshingly down to earth and eager to make a positive change in the world. He fell into filmmaking accidently (PNG style was originally just a way to document his trip and combat loneliness) but has since used it effectively as a tool to tell the human side of current events. His lack of experience as a professional filmmaker turned out to be a positive thing, as his work has an incredibly natural and honest feel, setting him a world apart from sensationalist and manipulative “documentaries” (such as the famous Kony video).

David Fedele’s latest film is e-wasteland, a visual portrait of unregulated e-waste (electronic waste) recycling in Ghana, West Africa, where electronics are not seen for what they once were, but rather for what they have become.

Here’s some information (copy and pasted) from the official site: In developing countries, the demand for second-hand electronic equipment is growing, due to increasing connection to the “global world”, and an inability to afford brand new products. Every year, around 200,000 tonnes of second-hand and condemned electrical goods arrive in Ghana, West Africa, mainly received from the “developed” world. Many of the electronics are nearing the end of their life when they arrive, and will soon be discarded as e-waste. A significant volume of electronics actually arrive as e-waste, exported illegally as second hand goods. 

e-wasteland is set entirely at Agbogbloshie slum in Accra, the capital of Ghana. Agbogbloshie is home to between 30,000 – 40,000 settlers, mainly from the poorer Northern regions of Ghana. It is also the largest e-waste dump site in Africa. Generally uneducated and with few employable skills, many of the settlers at Agbogbloshie are forced to make a small living salvaging and recycling e-waste. 

Find out more by visiting the e-wasteland website. You can also follow the project on Facebook.

Calling East London Filmmakers!

Four Corners, a creative centre for filmmaking and photography, are offering yet another fantastic training opportunity, for East London filmmakers. The chance to make a film with an award-winning Romanian film director. Better yet its completely FREE!

They looking for people to be involved in all aspects of camera, sound, production and post-production with professional support, leading up to a gala screening in July 2012.  Two short films will be created, a drama and a documentary. You must register your interest before 23th April 2012. So what are you waiting for!

To find out more go to: http://www.fourcornersfilm.co.uk/East-meets-East