Deep Clean was reviewed on the Sciforror Film Podcast - listen from 7.50. Thanks to Andrew Walker for featuring the film: “Great story and concept, excellent performances and special effects.”
American The Bill Hicks Story hit No.1 in Indie Docs this week, plus no.14 in Docs and no.106 in Indy Films - thanks to everyone who fancied a bit of Bill in these weird times!
Very proud to announce that Deep Clean hit 1 MILLION views on YouTube last night, courtesy of our friends at DUST!
What a thrill that the work of all the great people we had such a fun time making it with has been seen by so many. HUGE shout out & thank you from Krent Able, me & the DC Crew to all these wonderful lovelies who supported us along the way & made it possible - Laura Kirby Rebekah Renford Mike Chapman Natalie O'Connor David Sheldon-Hicks Aaron Marshall Tara Busch KiteBase Greg Michael Duffield Rawdon De Fresnes John Sanders Dan Martin Maf Lewis Peter Müller James Iles Sally Biasiutti Chris Blaine Gareth Tunley Tony Paul
12 STORYTELLERS RESPOND...
My Own Private Apocalypse - moments of madness, quiet reflection, flights of fancy, philosophical musings, extreme violence. A group response, twelve short stories - strange, funny, truthful, prophetic, scary, weird - alternate visions of now.
“At the forefront of the Uk independent film scene”
Krent & Matt were thrilled to be asked to show a double bill of Ink, Cocks and Rock’n’Roll and Deep Clean followed by a Q&A at Offset Brighton on March 6th, great to connect with the film community there - big thanks to Ben Lankester & Matt Hopkins of Progress Film, check them out here: https://www.instagram.com/offsetbrighton/?hl=en
Thrilled to announce that Mike Leigh has agreed to be the new patron of NoDirectionHome (he joins Marc Munden, our first patron)
In an amazing session on Tues 4th Feb, in a palpable atmosphere of excitement, Mike was insightful, funny, cutting, extremely passionate and committed, with great insights into the specifics of his unique process and the fascinating stories about the making of films like Naked, Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake, Happy-Go-Lucky, Mr. Turner & more.
"It's hard, we're all in the same boat', "Every film, song, piece of art is a synthesis of improvisation and order" , and finally "Never compromise" were just some of the pearls - I hope everyone in the room felt empowered and rejuvenated in their filmmaking endeavours.
Thanks to Mike again for his time, and for being part of the NDH community. To say we are thrilled is understating it slightly.
Watch video clips & audio here: http://www.nodirectionhome.com/#/ndh26-mike-leigh/
Deep Clean won Best Sci-fi @discover.film awards last night at @hclublondon @krentable here with our new friends Isabella & Ilektra who won for #beastwithout Thanks to Jane, Andrew and Kate from @discover.film and as always our amazing cast & crew….
“One of the best mergers of horror and science fiction we’ve seen for quite some time.” dread central
Halflife Films & DUST are excited to announce that hit sci-fi short film DEEP CLEAN will premiere on DUST 23rd May. Featuring a lead performance from Game of Thrones' Paul Kaye, the film has been a festival hit, winning over audiences at festivals across the globe, from Frightfest Halloween and London Short Film Festival, to SF Indie’s Another Hole in the Head (Best Sci-Fi), Knoxville (Best Film & Director) to London’s Comic-Con, where it was awarded its very own panel.
Huge thanks to Billy Chainsaw for hosting the film screeningc and Q&A at The Horse Hospital.
NDH is very excited to present an acknowledged industry thought leader who has been intimately involved with some of the most visually spectacular films of recent years.
The Narrative Power of Visual Effects with David Sheldon-Hicks of Territory Studios
Creative director David Sheldon-Hicks and his Territory Studios team have created screen graphics and VFX for feature films including Blade Runner 2049, Ghost in the Shell, The Martian, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ex_Machina, Guardians of the Galaxy, Zero Dark Thirty, Prometheus and many more.
The Hospital Club on April 9th.
So on the 25th anniversary of Bill’s death, we had a great screening of American at Curzon Soho. Huge thanks to host Shaun Keaveny, our PR Charlotte Clark, Michael Garrad at Curzon and of course Bill’s mom Mary and brother Steve for Skyping in and making it such a special night.
Proudly announcing the official Bill Hicks 25th anniversary screening of American The Bill Hicks Story. The Curzon Soho, 6.15pm on Monday Feb 25th with Steve Hicks Skype Q&A plus Chris Bould (director of Revelations) & the directors onstage, plus special guest host TBA.
TICKETS: https://www.curzoncinemas.com/soho/film-info/american-the-bill-hicks-story
American The Bill Hicks Story is the true life story of the outlaw comic who tried to save the world. Bill Hicks died on Feb 26th 1994, and since then his reputation has only grown. Regularly voted one of the top comics of all time, this award winning documentary recounts his fascinating and ultimately uplifting life story, told by those that knew him best.
Considered the definitive film on Hicks’ life, it premiered at London Film Festival and SXSW, was 6th on the iTunes All Time Bestsellers chart, and the 2nd highest grossing documentary in UK cinemas that year, and was nominated for a Grierson award.
"immersive, inventive...beautifully told” Empire
“Utterly inspiring...flawless” Maxim
“Fantastic....incredibly entertaining” Aint It Cool News
“Surely the most visually inventive bio-doc ever - a kinetic masterpiece” The Observer
The night will be raising funds for the Bill Hicks Wildlife Foundation www.billhicks.org
Delivering the crowdfunding masterclass to the final year BA students - with scary lighting! Thnaks to Patrick McGrady and @LCClondon
Deep Clean’s New Year festivals so far - PDXtremeFest this weekend in Portland, then the awesome London Short Film Festival, followed by British Shorts Berlin, then up to Manchester @ManIFFofficial in Feb...the maggot crawls on in 2019!
PDXtreme - Portland Underground Film Fest - Sat 5th Jan
London Short Film Festival - 17th Jan
British Shorts Film Festival, Berlin - 19th Jan
Manchester Film Festival - February
SF Indiefest’s Another Hole in the Head awarded Deep Clean the Best Sci-fi Audience Award - thanks to Romany and the team in San Francisco - the maggot lives!
Fantastic evening with the fearsome Krent Able who decided to crucify himself in the name of art at GOSH Comics on Dec 12th - behold and fear the coming of the Chosen One and The Second Coming of Krent Able…available in all good book stores.
Psyched that #deepcleanfilm will be at @LSFF Jan 17th screening info here: https://shortfilms.org.uk/lsff2019/events/2019-01-17-new-shorts-thrill-of-the-chase … thanks to @philipilson and the team lets do this @KrentAble
“I’m still in awe of Matt Harlock’s and Krent Able’s Deep Clean, after the success of another British horror short Salt, it’s easy to see that British Horror is absolutely smashing it this year. Deep Clean undoubtedly stole the show and my heart, I can’t wait to see more of this.”
Thanks to Bryony of Horror News who pulled this together from the Frightfest Halloween extravaganza. https://horrornews.net/137430/frightfest-halloween-2018/
Thanks to Marbelle for this great article where we launched the trailer ahead of the Frightfest Halloween show.
