Hull Film Poised To Evolve With Appointment Of New Director

Hull Film, organisers of the Hull International Short Film Festival, is poised to evolve over the coming months with the appointment of a new Director. Laurence Boyce, who has been involved with Hull Film since its inaugural event in 2000, will take over from previous director Esther Johnson in April. Laurence has been involved with film for almost 10 years. After graduating with a BA in Film and Literature from the University Of Warwick, he has worked since 1999 as a programmer for the Leeds International Film Festival, where he was responsible for Shoot (the LIFF Short Film Programme) and UK Film Week.

He has also organised the annual National Young Filmmakers Award Day, a part of the Leeds Young People's Film Festival, and contributed programmes to other organizations on a freelance basis. He is an award-winning film journalist who has written for such respected magazines as Hotdog and Little White Lies, as well as being the resident DVD reviewer at Netribution.co.uk and writer of the film section for Northern Exposure.

Laurence said Having been involved with Hull Film since its inception, I'm looking forward to the opportunity to build on the success achieved by my predecessors. With the support of the board and myself, Hull Film is set to provide a dynamic programme of film on a year round basis for the people of the region whilst also continuing to stage a Film Festival of international quality and significance.

Hull Film will aim to play a large part in helping to realise the potential of the city of Hull as not only a place for the exhibition of a diverse and wide ranging series of films but also as a hotbed of creative and talented filmmakers. Hull Film already has a reputation for its wide reaching programme with recent successes including Dance Moves, a series of dance related short films shown in association with Hull City Arts Unit as part of the Two Weeks Dance Festival, and Moving The Image, a programme showcasing the diversity of womens' animation held in association with WAM! (Women's Arts and Media).

Meanwhile, last years Hull International Short Film Festival, the 5th edition of the event, played host to an eclectic selection of mini masterpieces and special events.

This included programmes of films from across the globe, presentations from the likes of Channel 4, the celebrated Edinburgh based filmmaker Matt Hulse and the Trailers project which saw five shipping containers situated around the city of Hull containing specially commissioned films for the festival. Feedback: Visual Howl And Reflexive Music will be the next screening organised by Hull Film, in association with Seeds And Bridges, and will take place at Hull Screen on Thursday 19th April at 7.30pm.

With Jimi Hendrix and Dr Who being the best known examples of the creative use of feedback, the programme will focus on the conceptual and expressive qualities of feedback with a number of short films and a new live performance by Pete McPartlan. The event is programmed by Rob Gawthrop. Dates for the 7th Hull International Short film Festival will be announced later in the year. For more information see www.hullfilm.co.uk

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