Mark’s film about the American composer was shown on BBC4 on March 8 2013. The film was shown on ARTE France on 3 April. There was also a one-off cinema screening at the Barbican Cinema in London on 26 March. The film was selected for a special awards night screening at the FIFA (International Arts Film Festival) in Montreal in March 2013.
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Mark’s documentary on the French painter Fabienne Verdier was shown on France 5 in February 2013 to widespread critical acclaim. The film is being released on DVD in April in advance of Verdier’s major exhibitions opening in Bruges in May 2013. clip
Mark’s documentary for the ARTE France series of films in which European writers reflect in the construction of their sense of national identity has just been completed. It will receive its premiere at the Assises Internationales du Roman in Lyon (a major international literary gathering) on June 1st. The film is a co-production with the British Film Institute Archive. It was produced by Laura Briand of Les Films d’ici.
Mark’s film “Colouring Light: Brian Clarke – An Artist Apart” won the Liliane Stewart Award for Best Film in the Design Arts at the Festival international du film sur l’art in Montréal (FIFA) in April 2012.
Mark’s latest project, ” Colouring Light: Brian Clarke – An Artist Apart” was shown on BBC4 on 17 October 2011 The film was shot over the summer, in the North of England, London, Munich and Switzerland. The 60-minute film is a portrait of the painter and stained glass artist whose work Mark has been following since 1992. Brian contributed to Mark’s Omnibus about Norman Foster and to the “The Window”, in the series “The Architecture of the Imagination”. Mark edited the film in Bristol with Rick Holbrook. The soundtrack was composed by Sam Kidel. The production is financed by the BBC, Calliope Media, AVRO (Netherlands) and SBS (Australia). TV rights and sales are handled by Poorhouse International.
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Taster of the documentary
“An extraordinarily intimate portrait…sweet and touching” (Alan Rusbridger, The Guardian)
“One of the most fascinating films about pianists ever made (Michael Church, The Independent)
“Set the Piano Stool on Fire” was recently shown on ARTE France and Germany and also in Switzerland and Austria. The DVD of the film was released by Artificial Eye earlier in the summer. Further TV sales are expected in the next few months. The DVD rights for the rest of the world are available.
Press links:
Alan Rusbridger on Alfred and Kit (The Guardian)
Michael Church on the film (The Independent)
Mark Kidel on the making of the film (The Arts Desk)
Calliope Media are co-producing a definitive documentary portrait of Elvis Costello with Les Films d’ici (Paris) and others. The project is in development with ARTE France and will be co-financed by the BBC, in collaboration with Universal Music and other partners with whom discussions are currently under way. The project has been in development for over a year and shooting started in May 2012 during Elvis’s UK tour. This will be the first authorised portrait of one of rock music’s most original writers and performers.
“Set the Piano Stool on Fire” an intimate film about Alfred Brendel’s relationship with the young pianist Kit Armstrong will be premiered at the Curzon, Mayfair at 6pm on Saturday 4th June. There will be a Q & A following the screening with Alfred Brendel, Kit Armstring and the director.
The film is also being shown at the Curzon Mayfair at 2pm on Sunday 5th June, and at the Watershed, Bristol at 2pm on Sunday 5th June. There is a Q & A with the director at the Watershed.
“Soweto Strings” (nominated for a Grierson Award in 2008) is now available on DVD, alongside the film of the Buskaid Orchestra’s 2007 Paris concert. The DVD is available via www.buskaid.org.za
“Soweto Strings in Peformance” is also available as a download from www.plushmusic.tv
