23 January 2012
Showcase screening celebrates third anniversary for film company
Image shows screenshot from one of Flyboy's latest productions, 'A Stately Suicide'.
A film company established by Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design graduates is to celebrate its third anniversary by holding a special showcase at Dundee Contemporary Arts this weekend.
Dundee-based Flyboy Films was established as a production banner by John Fairfield and Ailsa Lawson in 2009 during their final year at DJCAD. Over the past three years, Flyboy has grown into a production base working with students, graduates and professionals from the Scottish film industry.
The company has completed eight short films in that time, utilising the high standard of homegrown talent in Scotland. Flyboy films and their filmmakers have gone on to achieve recognition with several nominations, awards and screenings at film festivals around the world.
All eight productions will be shown at the Flyboy Films 2012 Showcase, which will take place at Screen 1 at DCA from 8pm on Saturday, 28th January. A number of members of the Flyboy production crew have also worked on major TV series' and feature films, including X-men: First Class, Captain America, Prometheus and Dark Shadows.
John Fairfield said, 'Flyboy was started by myself in Ailsa back in 2009 and we didn't have any great vision beyond it acting as a production banner for our Degree Show films.
'Since then we've completed eight films and last September we worked on Outland, which was a joint project with the London School of Film. That was a great opportunity for us to work with another production team and it proved to be a fantastic experience.
'I have plans to further develop Flyboy this year and the screening at the DCA is a great chance to showcase all the work we've done so far. We've had fantastic support from DJCAD, the Visual Effects Research Lab, North Sea Screen Partners, and others so this is also a chance to thank everyone who's worked with us over the past few years.'
The eight films to be shown are 'Camera Obscura' (Director: John Fairfield), 'Meta' (Matt Cameron), 'The Accidental Tourist' (Ian Forbes), 'Feet for Hands' (Matt Cameron), 'Monsters Under the Bed' (John Fairfield), 'A Stately Suicide' (Matt Cameron), 'Falling Out' (Matt Cameron), and 'Outland' (Adina Istrate).
In 2011, The Accidental Tourist won Best Local Film at the Shepperton Shorts film festival in Melbourne, Australia while Feet for Hands was named Best Comedy Screentest at the National Student Film Festival.
Camera Obscura was nominated in the Best Undergraduate Drama category of the Royal Television Society Awards in 2010 and Meta was nominated for several prizes at both the 2010 Scottish BAFTA New Talent Awards and Creative Loop Awards.
Flyboy now engages the work and support of more than 30 talented individuals from the local area, including directors, producers, cinematographers and make-up artists.
More information about Flyboy Films can be found at www.flyboyfilms.co.uk.
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