Empire magazine gave The Nine Muses FOUR STARS! It also received four stars from the Evening Standard and Little White Lies together with glowing reviews from the Observer and the Independent. Empire Magazine Review

Followed by several international awards and rave reviews from the international critics, The Nine Muses screens at the ICA 19 Jan - 2 Feb. Institute of Contemporary Art

Leevi Lemmetty's short animation, Papa's Boy, is among the final 45 films competing for the Short Animation Oscar. Short Animation Oscar - Long List

Catherine Shepherd's short film starring Olivia Colman is broadcast on Film4 Nov 16th as part of The British Connection - Best of British. See Me Listing on Film4

Zara Hayes' short documentary about the artist preparing her piece for the Turbine Hall, commissioned by the Tate Modern. Now screening at the gallery itself as well as online on the Guardian website. Tacita Dean - Film (the making of)

Marking The Nine Muses' North American theatrical debut, the film will run at the Museum of Modern Art from the 6th to the 12th of October. Museum of Modern Art

Helsingin Sanomat, Finland's biggest national daily newspaper interviewed me about my work. The piece appeared as the lead article in the TV section on the 24th of January.
See the article here (in Finnish only).

New Wave Films has bought the UK theatrical rights to The Nine Muses at the Sundance Film Festival.
Screen Daily Report

Following a successful festival run, Small-Time Revolutionary receives its broadcast premiere on Finnish Broadcasting Corporation's flagship channel YLE1 on the 24th of January at 10.40pm.

January sees the completion and launch of Leevi Lemmetty's 3D CGI animation 'Papa's Boy'. The short animation will receive its theatrical release later in the year supporting the feature animation 'The Flying Machine'. The film will also hit the festival circuit and several broadcast deals have already been completed.

The edit on a Film4 and UK Film Council -backed short film 'See Me' directed by Catherine Shepherd has been completed. Set in after school detention, this explosive drama stars Olivia Colman (Hot Fuzz, Tyrannosaur) and will be hitting the festival circuit in the spring.

The Nine Muses' North American premiere takes place at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2011. It plays with four other films in the New Frontier category which consists of 'works that push the limits of traditional cinema aesthetics and the narrative structures of filmmaking.'
Sundance Film Festival

The Nine Muses' world premiere in Venice is followed by the film's UK premiere at London Film Festival on Saturday 16 October in the NFT1. The film has been selected as one of the highlights by both the festival itself as well as The Guardian's film critic Steve Rose and Derek Malcolm from the Evening Standard. BFI Online: The Nine Muses - London Film Festival

Small-Time Revolutionary continues its festival journey with screenings at Branchage Jersey Film Festival (UK), Chicago Reeling Film Festival, Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival and Wisconsin Queer Film Festival (US).

The feature-length version of the film Mnemosyne, The Nine Muses, will be in competition in the 'Horizons' sidebar at the 67th Venice Film Festival. Read more about the lineup at: Variety News: Venice Film Festival Announces its 'Horizons' Line-up

Mnemosyne screens at the BFI Gallery on London's Southbank this summer. Following its hugely successful run at Birmingham's The Public gallery, Mnemosyne will be on at the BFI Gallery for six weeks. More details on the BFI Website.

Small-Time Revolutionary starts its festival round this summer with screenings at Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco, Outfest in Los Angeles and Rushes Soho Shorts in London. Other festival screenings include Side by Side Film Festival in St Petersburg, Russia and Shortini International Short Film Festival in Sicily, Italy.

Since its January premiere at the Public in Birmingham, MNEMOSYNE, directed by John Akomfrah OBE, has received rave reviews from The Times, New Statesman and Sight & Sound.

READ REVIEWS HERE:
Ken Russell, The Times
Sara Wajid, New Statesman
Sukhdev Sandhu, Sight & Sound

The edit on MY SAPERA HEART, a feature documentary directed by Rachel Seely, has been completed and the film is currently in sound post-production.

Filmed over a period of three years and consisting of several hundred hours of rushes, the film follows the powerful, if tragic, story of a low-caste gypsy woman, Sandra, set against the dramatic Rajasthani landscape in North West India.

WATCH THE TEASER HERE