Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: July 2017

These are the first releases from the Red Balloon Cinematic Universe ...

My Friend The Raptor - Josh Bennett and James Button
The Prophet - John Rees
Division - James Grimley
Laura - Tom Gatley
Where’s That Bean? - Tom Barrance
Guilty Pleasures - Dan Bailey
Virus - Andrew Macfetters (alternate version here)
Local: Three Piece Meal - Alex Priestley
Eiluned Rees - Andy Edwards
Diversion - Joe O’Hare and Andy Toovey
The Ballad of Melinoe - Richard Williams
Radio Song - Fritz O’Skennick
Bob - John Rees
My Favourite Director - Matt Nōmmé

Last night at Chapter MovieMaker: June 2017

And ... we're out of time.

Last Night - Graham Neale
Rounds - Sion Marshall-Waters
Bound - Lindsay Walker
Speculate to Accumulate - Hefin Rees
Reggie - Munzir Quraishy
Penny From Heaven - Marlek al-Habib
Shelly on a loop / James on a loop - James Ellis
Les Trois Perles De Sagesse - Andy Toovey

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: May 2017

This month's programme was filled with shorts from the Cardiff Independent Film Festival:

Amstardam trailer - Wayne & Lee Lennox
Drawn Together - Victoria Howell
No matter what happens I love you - Justyna Mytnik
Gozo trailer - Miranda Bowen
The Good Son - Tomasin Adepeju
The Great Unwashed trailer - Louis Fonseca
King Grandpa - Martin Grau
The Wonderful Flight - Ian Allardyce & Bat-Amgalan Lkhagvajav
Only Child - Andy Toovey
Transmission - Varun Raman & Tom Hancock

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: April 2017

Last night we teamed up with Carys Lewis and Lisa Davies of SHIFFT for a Female Filmmakers special. Here's what we showed:

Leonard’s Neighbours - Jodie Ashdown and Mac Nixon
The Wedding Video - Suzanne Phillips
Don't Cry - Gabriella Lewis
Ernest - Carys Lewis
Love Struck - Leyla Pope
Dispossessed Webisode 2.4 - Rebecca Hardy
Juodupe - Rhian Norman and Julie Rastenyte
Love In Action: Steve's Story - Jordan Sheehy
When Black Mothers Don’t Say I Love You - Trey Anthony
Crimson Daydream - Anne-Sophie Ouvrier

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: March 2017

Tonight's take-away was that sometimes simple stories are the best ones.

Keep Talking - Alex Banks
Bamboo House - John Rees
10 Minutes Ago - Tom Roderick
Growing - Charlotte Lomax
How Not To Be Single - Episode 2: Party - James Musgrove and John Rees
Bev’s Shed - Adam Davies (extended version here)
Water Poets: Spaceships - Andy Edwards
No Cuts - Paddy Faulkner
Ludo - Jamie McKee and Richard Pask
Footsteps - Andy Wain

Chapter MovieMaker at Cinema & Co

On Thursday 23rd February 2017 we held our first screening in Swansea.

Massive thanks to Cinema & Co for being such delightful hosts and to Ffilm Cymru Wales for their support via the Connector Fund.

Here's what we watched:

Congaaargh! - Christian Bradshaw, Alastair Jenkins and James Iles
Far Away Man teaser - Dhean Morris, Tom Gripper, Ceri Evans, Sam Ryan, Aled Pennock and Adam Holt
Fur Coat And No Knickers - Caroline Lane
Footsteps - Andy Wain
Campfire Story - Lewis Carter
At Home - Paul Crossland
Omphalos Stone - Kerry Challis Thomas and Khaya Marie Rees
Pelican - Martin Cannon
Reality Check - Mark James and Scott Christie
Stones - Christopher Lang

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: February 2017

Out now on LP and cassette.

Divided - Patrik Krivanek
Geraint Rhys: The Lost Generation - Simon Bartlett
Video Shop - Kyran Davies
The Listener - Michael Gilhooly
Mark Llewelyn Evans: Tell My Father - Seimon Pugh Jones and Andy Edwards
Quentin Tarantino Is MY Boyfriend! - Michelle Ho
Dark Tourism pilot - Chris Lloyd
That’s Not Funny - Richard Williams
The 12 Labours of Gryff - Andy Toovey

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: January 2017

The past and the future are not so far apart ...

Sheltered Life film preview - Jake Goddard
Dying Light - Luke Andrews
Tomos - Daniel Champney-Smith and Jonathan Newsham
ScriptDawg: Who You Know - James Humphreys
Franklin’s Brain - Scott Quinn
Far Away Man teaser - Dhean Morris, Tom Gripper, Ceri Evans, Sam Ryan, Aled Pennock and Adam Holt

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: December 2016

Inspirations and dedications.

The Art Of Villainy | Fiat Panda Edition - Alun Morgan
Slow Goings - James Button
The Turning - Luke Andrews
Off-Trac - Carys Lewis
The Soldier - Luke Walters
The Letter - Shehroze Khan
Angelystor - Craig Fisher
Vexations at Made In Roath - James Ellis
Charles H Price - Patrik Krivanek
Jimmy Bizzle in The Nap Bap Rap - James Button

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: November 2016

I can't believe they did that.

501 Days teaser trailer - Laurence Patrick
Dying Light trailer - Luke Andrews
Protege - Christopher Lang
The Lodge - Owain Hopkins
Two Feet One Feat - Matt Callanan
No Hidden Extras - Ian Smyth
The Realm Beyond - Luke Walters
Game Trail - Ewan Wilson
Vexations - James Ellis
Stages - Ellen Waddell
Cynic: Top Trumps - Ted Shiress and Geraint Nott
Denzil - Andy Wain and Alexandros Mattei
Amusements - Martin Cannon

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: October 2016

This is what happens when you're left unsupervised ...

£1.50 Primark Haul From 6 Months Ago - Ceri Evans
RED FEVER Kathmandu Version - Paddy Faulkner
Action! Parts 1 and 2 - Oscar Garth and James Button
Palomino Party: Run Palomino - Alex Priestley
Long Shots - Matt James and Matt Doman
My Big Week Indoors - Marc Thomas
How Are You - Munzir Quraishy
Bloom 5 - Graham Neale
Vader - Alex Banks
Uspud trailer - James Ellis
Far Away Man sizzle reel - Tom Gripper, Adam Holt, Ceri Evans and Dhean Morris
Any Time / Any Place - Martin Hall and Ariane Parry
A Date with Time: St Illtyd - William Rees-Crockford and Chris Dickson
The Stapler - Oscar Garth

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: September 2016

All in the family?

Victoria - Jonathan Kemp and Andy Toovey
Bloom 4 - Graham Neale
Letters Home - Jonah Jones and Jaye L. Swift
The Orange Tree - Siôn Evans Berry and David Evans Berry
Procession Of Gold - James Ellis
Jellyfish - Luke Walters
Day of Brexit - Ceri Evans

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: August 2016

There's somebody at the door ...

HOMES: Black Gold - Alex Priestley
Alfie monologue - Tom Gwynfryn
How Not To Be Single: Episode 1 - James Musgrove
Secret Santa - Craig Lewis
Meat On Bones - Joseph Ollman
The Housemate from Hell - John Rees
Ro-Bert - John Rees
The Green Ey'd Monster - Jamie McKee
The Knocking - Patrik Krivanek

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: July 2016

Careful now ...

A Dialogue - Graham Neale

Standing Tall: Jacob’s Market - Daniel Portillo

Poppy Field: Memorial in Film, Words & Music - James Ellis

EST 1996 - On-Par Productions

Through The Park - Tom Roderick

Bloom 3 - Graham Neale

Ben & Himself - Rhys Roberts

The Mimes Of Wrath - Andy Wain

Refuge - Justin Chaloner

Race For The Prize - Graham Neale

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: June 2016

Happy Birthday, Paul Giamatti.

A Cut Above - Paul Allen
Country Pie - AJ
Prodigal - Josie Edwards
Pwyll - Nico Dafydd
HENRY V monologue: Act 1 Scene II - Tomos Gwynfryn Evans and Alun Rhys Morgan
Chris Phillips: Let The Good Times Roll - Jamie McKee
Jonas And The Vault - James Ellis
Sick - Rhys Lewis
The Corpse Series - James Button

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: May 2016

Awareness was increased. Possibly a little too much.

How to get a free train and save yourself the money in some easy steps - Ceri Evans
Total Investigation Television: Social Experiment - John Rees
A Date with Time: St. Mary's Holy Well - William Rees-Rockford
RESCUE - Alun Morgan
Long Shots trailer - Matthew Doman
RECORD - Nick Stradling
Medusa's Trap by Erik Satie - Preview No. #6756780 - James Ellis
Brianne Collective Promo: Treharris 23rd April 2016 - John Ninnis
Malaclypse’s Lament - Andy Wain
Medusa's Trap by Erik Satie - Preview No. #036010E6 A570 48C8 80A7 64631413484E - James Ellis
Bloom 2 - Graham Neale
System Street Films 2016 - System Street Films
Leo - Ceri Evans

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: April 2016

This month's special selection of shorts came from the Cardiff Independent Film Festival:

Béber le Dromadaire – Rhea Lazarides & Christina Karekla
Unhinged – Jay Powrie
Standing Still – Chris McGill
Triple Word Score – Dan McGowan
More Than God – Kev Cahill
Un Jour de Plus – Alban Sapin
Towed – Grant Janes
Soleil – Sonia Joubert
Hole – Mike Callahan

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: March 2016

Let's get physical ...

CIFF2016 Trailer - Cardiff Independent Film Festival
Medusa's Trap by Erik Satie: Preview No. #37 - James Ellis
A Delicate Love - Rachel Dax
Nightwalkers - Chris Lang
Balls Up To BIANCO - Paddy Faulkner
Blind Eyes - Alex Stewart
The Force Awakens: Alternate Ending - Ceri Evans
For Granted - Andy Toovey

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: February 2016

Our heroes find themselves in dangerous and unexpected places ...

Sheltered Life teaser - Jake Goddard
The MP - Tom Gatley
Protafield: Pure - Richard Starkey
Only Child - Andy Toovey
Sweet Sixteen - Craig Fisher
Role Play - Brynach Day
Forever Mine - Tom Dexter
Billy The Seal - Chris Lloyd

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: January 2016

FFUCN Star Wars yet?

Christmas Story: A Far Away Man Sketch - Ceri Evans
Estrons: Make A Man - Alex Priestley
A Taste Of Dalian - Tom Dexter
The Homing Bird - Graham Neale
Full Grown - Joe O'Hare
Far Away Man: Selected Music From Season 1 - Ceri Evans
Farewell - James Ellis
Mark Gets Coffee - Richard Starkey