THE BLUE DOOR RECEIVES A SPECIAL MENTION AWARD AT LE PETIT CANNES!

Whilst this was a small event in its first year, The Blue Door has received a Special Mention Award, following becoming a finalist at the Le Petit Cannes Festival in May.

LE PETIT CANNES is a celebration of small films with big talent. 
Running parallel to the 71  Festival de Cannes, and hosted by legendary movie industry hangout LE PETIT MAJESTIC, they present the best in short cinema as chosen by an experienced and revered festival jury.

You can find out more about Le Petit Cannes here!

THANK YOU LE PETIT CANNES!

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WE WON!

THE BLUE DOOR HAS WON BEST SHORT FILM AT THE HOLLYWOOD JUST4SHORTS FILM AND SCREENPLAY COMPETITION

The Blue Door, has been chosen as the winner in the overall Best Short Film category of the Hollywood Just4Shorts Competition!

With the win, The Blue Door will be promoted to the festival's Hollywood contacts who will consider our work for representation or adaptation deals.

Additionally, each film entered into a genre-specific category will be eligible for a Hollywood Just4Shorts official award, honoring outstanding and original storytelling within the project's genre.

You can find out more about Just4Shorts here!

 

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THE BLUE DOOR SELECTED FOR THE CRYPTSHOW FESTIVAL

The Blue Door has been selected for The Cryptshow Festival in Barcelona, Spain!

The Cryptshow is a festival of horror, fantasy and science fiction, with the aim to claim the artistic and cultural values of the genre; to promote and support new artists; bring to light the work of authors who have been forgotten by the press and industry and shake cultural activity in the metropolitan area of Barcelona!

You can find out more about the festival and all its screenings here!

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THE BLUE DOOR SELECTED FOR HÕFF - HAAPSALU HORROR AND FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL

The Blue Door has been selected for HÕFF - Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival in Tallinn, Estonia.

We're totally thrilled that The Blue Door has been selected for this prestigious event. The Haapsalu Horror & Fantasy Film Festival is a three-day independent festival focusing on the best genre films from recent years, exploring the darker and odder side of cinema: from fantasy to horror, forgotten classics and special retrospectives to extreme films.

The festival has a vibrant schedule including thematic events and parties, all taking place in Haapsalu, a seaside town in Western Estonia known for its healing mud and a haunting castle!

You can find out more about the festival and all its screenings here!

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The Blue Door Selected for SENE Film Music & Arts Festival

Another festival Official Selection for The Blue Door!

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The Blue Door has been selected for SENE Film, Music and Arts Festival in Rhode Island, USA.

We're totally thrilled to have The Blue Door included in one of the longest-running film, music and arts festivals in the country. The Southeast New England Film, Music & Arts Festival has established itself as one of the premier festivals in New England dedicated to giving life to independent cinema, music and art. You can find out more about the organisation and this year's programme here.

WE WON!

Best Narrative Short Film

Short to the Point Film Festival

December 2017 Selections

We're so thrilled to have won Best Narrative Short Film at the Short to the Point Festival, December 2017 selections. Thank you @shorttothepoint and to everyone else for believing a Blue Door could be scary! We'll let you know how we do in the annual awards.

You can find out more about Short to the Point and the other successful films, who have also won in their own categories here

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Short To The Point Festival: The Blue Door is Nominated!

We're thrilled to announce that The Blue Door has been nominated for Best Short Narrative film at the December 'Short to the Point' Festival in Romania!

SHORT TO THE POINT (STTP) is an international network of distribution, broadcast and promotion of short films. Since 2009, SHORT TO THE POINT has gone through several steps and right now it has gathered some awesome projects under its umbrella.

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STTP MONTHLY AWARDS

Each month, our jury selects the winning short films for each category: Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Narrative Short, Best Student Short, Best Young Director, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Best Music Video, Best Amateur Short, Special Jury Award.

You can find out more about the festival and nominees here. We should find out if we're successful next month! Wish us luck!

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Our Trailer is here!

Our trailer for The Blue Door is here. 

Directed by the incredibly talented Paul Taylor written & produced by me Megan Pugh and the superb (better) writer; Ben Clark, beautifully shot by the terrific Benedict Spence and starring Game of Thrones', extremely brilliant performer Gemma Whelan.

Thank you for your continued support, we hope to have an update of when The Blue Door will play at a festival near you, soon.

The Blue Door - Finally Finished!

The Blue Door is finally finished and we can't thank you all enough for all your support.

If you're reading this as someone who donated to our Kickstarter campaign, we know we may owe you a link to the final film, as well as some other goodies! These will be with you soon, we promise.

We'll try to keep you up to speed on any festival screenings we make it into and where these will be.

Wish us luck with that too.

In the meantime. Its done. The Blue Door horror short is finished.

The Blue Door featured in We Are Albert Magazine

Taking waste reduction to new level, the Blue Door set and all props were constructed entirely from pre-used materials which were taken away by Dresd to be used once again on another shoot.

With the exception on the rushes which were transported by bicycle, Excel’s range of hybrid cars were used for cast a crew. With an efficient fleet, no idling policy and route efficiency measures, together the team shaved signification transport emissions from the productions carbon footprint.

Read more about the story here. 

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13th Door

A new production company for edgy, gritty horror and thriller films.

We launch our website having completed our first short film The Blue Door.

Starring Game of Thrones' Gemma Whelan along side Janie Booth and Annie McGrath. The Blue Door is about Clare, a caring nurse opening the door to her new job.

Maybe some doors are best left shut.

Written and Produced by Ben Clark and Megan Pugh, Directed by Paul Taylor.

The Blue Door is set to appear at a Film Festival near you very soon.

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