Slackjaw Film

BIG NEWS on the Kili front in that we've secured ourselves an international TV distributor, Janson. They are American dudes and they are going to take the film to the main markets of MIPTV and MIPCOM and try and get some broadcaster to take it. Look out for it on a community station near you!! you can visit Janson at www.janson.com.

Kili was premiered at Kendal where it got a Special Mention and some nice feedback. Ian Parnell wrote of it:
"It was by far the best film I saw this weekend. Incredibly moving - I was crying and I'm supposed to be a rufty tufty mountaineer. Kilimanjaro went deep to the heart of our activity and while it didn't have the jaw dropping visuals of base jumping and wingsuiting like HFS it was for me far far more inspiring. Looking deep at 4 people whose accidents could easy have been disabling but who through the power of the human spirit were able to battle through and turn their lives into a beautiful victory. The film went even further until you forgot about their various disabilities and willed on the climbers through their storm to reach the top as you would any able bodied team. A lovely powerful uplifting film."

It has also screened at the Lanberis and Vancouver Mountain Film Festivals and been entered into Graz and Trento. See the trailer we've just added to the Kili page.

On the Meltdown front, Janson have taken this on too. Fingers crossed it gets an airing. We've also put a new trailer on the Meltdown page.
For all those bargain hunters we've got a VHS sale going on. As with all Hollywood and international media big pants Slackjaw has gone digital. However we've got a limited number of VHS's still left in the warehouse and thought any one who might just want to sample a film would benefit from taking a peak at a very reasonable price. we've also reduced the price of a Meltdown to a penny pinching £6.
On a production note Slackjaw have shot the first frame of a MTLE film for the BMC. It's a film to highlight all the different qualifications the BMC oversees to prepare people for being in the mountain and taking groups into the mountains.
We have also helped film a video for Sheffield's most innovative band, the mighty 'Hotsnack'. We love these guys. On the collaboration front we haven't done much. With long buddy's bigger picture we did a stint filming some car cleaning products. Sounds boring but was in fact great fun.
Our friend Eve Wood is cracking on with her homage to Sheffield glam punk rockers - Pink Grease. They have just finished recording their second album and she is planning the film (shot over 3 years) to be out and finished by the end of the summer. It should be a fantastic insight into life on the cusp of success.