Accidental News

Our new doc, Babytrapped, directed by Tomás Sheridan, is now...

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:01:47 +0000

Our new doc, Babytrapped, directed by Tomás Sheridan, is now showing on Current TV. If you’re in the UK, you can catch the next broadcast on Monday 21 November at 9pm. You can also watch it from our website if you’re outside the UK, USA, Italy, or South Africa.

BAFTA Scotland Award nomination for The Shutdown

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:56:25 +0100

Our multi-award winning short The Shutdown has been short-listed for a BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Short Film. The awards ceremony and announcement will take place in Glasgow on 13 November. Stay tuned!

Catch the Edinburgh premiere of Fistful of Roses at Edindocs...

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:04:05 +0100

Catch the Edinburgh premiere of Fistful of Roses at Edindocs festival on the 17th September.

The dark and mysterious music video we produced for The Twilight...

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:04:06 +0100

The dark and mysterious music video we produced for The Twilight Sad has just won Video of the Year at the Scottish New Music Awards. Directed by Adam Stafford, the video for “Seven Years of Letters” has also generated a lot of buzz around the web.

The Shutdown has been invited to the Kaunas International Film Festival in Lithuania. Stay tuned for...

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:00:05 +0100

The Shutdown has been invited to the Kaunas International Film Festival in Lithuania. Stay tuned for details.

Just to Get a Rep will be featured at a special screening at the...

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:46:40 +0100

Just to Get a Rep will be featured at a special screening at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this Sunday (9pm on 7th August). Come along to Out of The Blue for this Live Film in Leith event. Director Peter Gerard will be present for discussions and to peddle DVDs.

The Shutdown wins the Jury Prize at Marin County International...

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 09:19:39 +0100

The Shutdown wins the Jury Prize at Marin County International Festival of Short Film and Video. If you’re in California, head down to the Marin County Fair between June 30th and July 4th where The Shutdown will be screened twice a day. Click the NOW button in the trailer for screening details.

The Shutdown on your telly

Tue, 10 May 2011 10:00:00 +0100

If you are in France or Germany, tune into Arte on Friday 13th May to see The Shutdown on TV. It’s on at 00h35, so you’ll need to stay up late to see the scattered jewels of Grangemouth.

We will be at the Festival de Cannes and Marché du Film this year between 13th-19th May. Our...

Wed, 04 May 2011 09:33:53 +0100

We will be at the Festival de Cannes and Marché du Film this year between 13th-19th May. Our multi-award-winning short The Shutdown will be featured in Cannes at a special screening at Visions Sociales - Le festival de cinéma de la CCAS. Come and see The Shutdown on the 17th May at 3pm. We will be taking meetings at the MEDIA stand on the Croisette, but it’s best to email us in advance if you want to meet.

The Shutdown will be featured in the opening night of Be Film Underground Film Festival in New York...

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:00:05 +0100

The Shutdown will be featured in the opening night of Be Film Underground Film Festival in New York City. Catch it in Manhattan on Tuesday May 3rd at The Dolby Screening Room.

If you’re in California, you can see The Shutdown at the Newport Beach Film Festival near Los Angeles. It will be screening as part of Eco Shorts, also on 3 May 2011.

The Twilight Sad music video we produced has been nominated for Video of the Year at the Scottish...

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:19:30 +0100

The Twilight Sad music video we produced has been nominated for Video of the Year at the Scottish New Music Awards. Our video for “Seven Years of Letters” was directed by Adam Stafford.

The Shutdown will screen in Paris tonight at 8pm at the Forum des Images (Forum des Halles - 2, rue...

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 10:00:00 +0000

The Shutdown will screen in Paris tonight at 8pm at the Forum des Images (Forum des Halles - 2, rue du Cinéma) before the feature film Attenberg.

We are pleased to announce that Adam Stafford’s The Shutdown won the Grand Jury Prize for...

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:34:45 +0000

We are pleased to announce that Adam Stafford’s The Shutdown won the Grand Jury Prize for European Short Films at the European First Film Festival - Premiers Plans Festival D’Angers. The Premiers Plans festival is a new talent discovery event, only screening films by first-time directors. The Shutdown’s epic run continues with more festival, screenings, and television broadcasts to be announced soon.

The Shutdown is in competition at Festival Premiers Plans D’Angers - the European First Film...

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:00:00 +0000

The Shutdown is in competition at Festival Premiers Plans D’Angers - the European First Film Festival, which is taking place in France this week.

Watch writer Alan Bissett’s Q&A at the screening of The...

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 01:57:10 +0000

Watch writer Alan Bissett’s Q&A at the screening of The Shutdown at Pravo Ljudski Festival in Sarajeveo. Thanks to Neill from Document Festival for the video.

Another prize for The Shutdown

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:41:34 +0000

The Shutdown has picked up another festival prize, this time winning the International Competition at the Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival.

The winning flavours for our crowd-sourced ice cream at...

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:07:00 +0000

The winning flavours for our crowd-sourced ice cream at Sheffield Doc/Fest were Whisky & Honey and Cookies ‘n’ Cream. Despite a small delay due to a leak in one of our hand-cranked ice cream machines, we made 2 gallons of fresh ice cream. Both flavours went down a treat to a crowd of eager festival-goers on Saturday. We had a lively discussion about DIY production and distribution, including a sneak peek at our new Distrify film marketing and distribution service. We’ve posted some pictures from the event on the Distrify Facebook page.

Accidental Media filmed the Guinness World Record attempt for...

Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:52:12 +0100

Accidental Media filmed the Guinness World Record attempt for most simultaneous bicycle bell ringing in Bishopbriggs. Watch nearly 2,500 kids ringing their bells to the tune of “The Blue Danube”. For more info, see ED’s Cycle Co-Op.

This week’s last-minute news is that The Shutdown will be screening in Glasgow on Sunday 31st...

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:42:51 +0100

This week’s last-minute news is that The Shutdown will be screening in Glasgow on Sunday 31st October as part of Words per Minute. And if you can’t make that screening, it’s also on next Saturday 6th November at the GFT in Glasgow as part of IETM and also at the Inverness Film Festival, among others.

Peter Gerard and Andy Green, the frozen-fingered filmmakers from Accidental Media & Distrify are...

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:13:20 +0100

Peter Gerard and Andy Green, the frozen-fingered filmmakers from Accidental Media & Distrify are hosting Hand-Cranked Docs & Ice Cream at Sheffield Doc/Fest this year. If you were in Sheffield in 2006 or 2007 you might remember our Scotch Whisky Ice Cream during the Channel 4 Pitch or in the Showroom lobby. This year we will be hand-cranking your favourite flavours during a discussion about “hand-cranked” filmmaking and distribution. The event will be on Saturday 6 November at 4pm. Get involved now and vote for your favourite flavour here.