Follow The Master will be screening at Cucalorus Film Festival in Wilmington, North Carolina on Thursday November 12th 1630h at Jengo’s Playhouse. This marks the film’s escape from the UK out into The World At Large.
The festival writes that the feature ‘establishes Hulse as a Scottish iconoclast’ which amuses us greatly.
Incidentally, Wilmington, North Carolina is where much of David Lynch’s Blue Velvet was shot and also the TV series Dawson’s Creek.
Hot on the heels of Cucalorus, the film will be screened at Gool Film 2009: The Cornwall Film Festival at the Phoenix Cinema, Falmouth on Sunday 15th November at 1215h.
So is there a Cornish connection to the film, you may well ask?
Well yes there is, and it runs deep. Without the time afforded me by the Wooda Arts Award (an artist residency based at an organic farm in North Cornwall) this film may never have seen the light of day. Or rather the dark of a cinema.
Matt and Hedluv Oddballs
Checking the festival programme I was at first taken aback that this film of over 72′ had been ‘snuck’ into a shorts programme called Cornish All Sorts 3. Which on the face of it may not sound particularly promising.
However. On closer inspection you’ll see that there’s an accompanying short film called Hedluv The Musical, the story of Hedluv, a quirky Redruth Casio rap-pop artist, and his attempts at rising to fame.
If you switch the words ‘All Sorts’ for ‘Oddballs’ then the curatorial logic starts to come clear. I’m delighted to have Hedluv as my programme companion. If you’re still not sure what I’m talking about, check out the trailer for Follow The Master.
Follow The Master will then move on to Cinecity The Brighton Film Festival, at the Sallis Benney Theatre on Saturday 28th November 1800h, as part of the programming strand called People & Places / Artist Cinema.
Screening with Follow The Master is the 18′ short film I made called Ivul Unmade, shot on the set of Andrew Kotting’s third feature, Ivul.
Tickets go on sale from November 1st and can be bought online from the Duke of York’s Picturehouse Box Office.
The limited edition DVD and poster of Follow The Master are available here.
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June 3, 2010 at 16:54
Matt Hulse
Perhaps you should get in touch with artist Elspeth Owen for the next issue … a lot of her work is ‘walk-based’ … http://www.imaginedcorners.net/ …
June 3, 2010 at 09:29
simonjohnparkin
You did sound very insightful – if a little out of breath!
The site I’m using for The Wanderer is:
http://thewanderermagazine.wordpress.com/
and there’s also a Facebook page which you can get to from there. It got a little feature in this month’s Country Walking magazine. Great… except they got my name and web address wrong! It’s obviously destined for obscurity!
Anyway – I’m enjoying slowly getting issue two together now.
Simon
June 3, 2010 at 00:13
Matt Hulse
Thank you! I tried my best although my more probing insights did not escape the editor’s attention. Thanks again for the copy of The Wanderer – would be glad to help promote it – am I being dim or is there a site you’re running in parallel? Could link to it …
June 2, 2010 at 10:06
simonjohnparkin
Hi Matt
Just listened to you on Ramblings. Fantastic! Well done!
Simon
April 9, 2010 at 16:23
simonjohnparkin
Hi Matt
I saw Follow the Master in Brighton last year. Fantastic! I’ve written a review of it in a little magazine I’m writing, illustrating and designing called The Wanderer. I’d love to send you a copy if you could get in touch: http://thewanderermagazine.wordpress.com/
Thanks
Simon