05/04/09 - DC SHORTS REVIEW
Interns at Washington's seminal short film festival, DC Shorts, have given 'SICK'
a stunning review on their blog in the lead up to the September event. The film
is not yet in competition, but was a randomly selected entry to get the critical
treatment. Read the full article here.
16/03/09 - 'SICK' CELEBRATES 50
'SICK' is this week celebrating its 50th festival selection at 15th
Bradford International Film Festival which runs from 13th - 28th March 2009.
The film will screen before US Documentary Carny
on Thursday 19th March at 2pm in Bradford's National Media Museum.
16/02/09 - 'SICK' TOPS CIAFF AWARDS
Director Mike Rymer has won two top awards in the Independent category of the
39th Canadian International
Annual Film Festival. The accolades for Best Independent Film
and Best Scenario accompanied commendations for Cinematography, Concept,
Sound and Music, and Editing. They bring the film's awards total to 16.
29/11/08 - 'SICK' WINS GOLDEN KNIGHT
'SICK' has won the Golden Knight at the 47th
Golden Knight Malta International Film Festival. The British
High Commission were on hand to collect the award which is the highest accolade
at this prestigeous event. Read the press release here.
24/11/08 - MASTER CLASS AT EUROSHORTS
Writer/Director Mike Rymer has been invited to give a Master Class to delegates
of the Euroshorts Festival
in Warsaw this weekend (Saturday 29th November at 12pm). The 1.5hr class will
reveal experiences gained on the production of his celebrated debut short film
'SICK'. Mike and Producer Christine Hartland will be guests of the festival from
Friday 28th - Sunday 30th November.
02/10/08 - GUARDIAN ARTICLE
An interview with Writer/Director Mike Rymer and exclusive clips of the film have
today been published in the online pages of Society Guardian, the British Press
Awards Website of the Year 2008. Read the article here.
17/09/08 - WIN AT SAN FRANCISCO
Editor Rosa Bond has received the awards for Best Editing at San Francisco Short
Film Festival.
03/07/08 - 'SICK' WINS ACCOLADE
Writer/Director Mike Rymer has won a prestigious Honourable Mention at The
Accolade Film Awards in California. The Accolade recognizes
film professionals who demonstrate exceptional achievement in craft and creativity.
Read the full press release here.
04/06/08 - WIN AT ASTERFEST
The film has added to its growing clutch of awards and selections this week with
the prize for Best Short Film at Macedonia's AsterFest
2008.
20/04/08 - WIN AT WORLDFEST
'SICK' took home the Gold Award last night at Houston International Film Festival
(WorldFest). The film was selected from 1400 entries to receive its US premiere
at the event which, after 41 years, is one of North America's longest running
festivals.
16/02/08 - INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
The film's International Premiere has been secured following selection into competition
at the 24th
European Film Festival of Lille. The film will represent the UK in 4 screenings
between 21st - 28th March. Screen
Subtitling Systems, a world leader in subtitling transmission systems, has
supported the production of a film print with French subtitles lasered by Deluxe
Digital.
02/01/08 - DIRECTOR'S NOTES PODCAST
EgoProject Films have kicked the new year off with an interview for Director's
Notes, the popular weekly podcast. Supported by Screen South and the UK Film Council,
Director's Notes talks to Director of 'SICK' Mike Rymer about many aspects of
the film's production, from writing the script to facing the hurdles of a location
shoot. You can listen to the feature here,
or download it from iTunes. Exclusive clips of the film have been released to
support the interview here.
25/10/07 - SCREENING WITH RED ROAD
'SICK' is to have its first outing as support for a theatrical feature. Audiences
for Andrea Arnold's BAFTA winning debut, Red Road (screening at Campus
West Theatre in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire this Friday), will see 'SICK'
ahead of the main presentation. The invite came from Dawn Sharpless of UK based
short film label Dazzle
Films, who we thank for her support.
15/10/07 - SCREEN SOUTH AWARD
Previously recognised by the UK Film Council when short listed for their completion
fund in 2006, 'SICK' has now been successful in attracting their finance through
an award from regional screen agency Screen
South. The money from the Regional Investment Fund for England (RIFE) will
support festival submissions of the film to the international circuit for 2007/8.
Read the press release here.
31/08/07 - FILM READY FOR FESTIVALS
After a lengthy postproduction phase the film and DVD have been mastered to the
highest standards and are now ready for the festival circuit.
20/04/07 - TRAILER ON PUBLIC TV
Public TV, the new
Internet TV service from prolific media producer Ten
Alps Plc, is to host the 'SICK' teaser trailer from today. Watch it at the
site here.
04/04/07 - FILM LONDON NEWS ITEM
Today 'SICK' heads the news pages of the high profile website of Film London,
the strategic agency for the film and media sector in the capital. The article,
entitled 'SICK' Success, deals with the film's recent alignment with
Samaritans, and will be flagged to 9,000 subscribers to the organization's e-bulletin
later in the week. Read it here
28/03/07 - SAMARITANS ENDORESMENT
EgoProject Films are thrilled to announce that Samaritans have bolstered their
support of the film by dedicating some pages on their website. This week 'SICK'
heads their Press Room and News sections and they will shortly host the trailer.
Read the press release here.
09/05/07 - DVD MASTERED
Today EgoProject Films saw the 'SICK' DVD authored at Soho's EyeFrame,
award winners in the field with clients such as Shane Meddows' Dead Man's
Shoes, and Charlize Theron vehicle Monster. The DVD will include
a number of extra features to compliment the Stereo and 5.1 versions of the film.
05/03/07 - PRINT GRADED AND TELECINED
After several passes at Deluxe Film Laboratories, the 35mm print is graded and
ready for exhibition. This week it was telecined and graded for video at Arion
Post Production Facilities, whose recent clients include The Bourne Ultimatum,
The Da Vinci Code, Casino Royal and Children of Men.
19/12/06 - SOUND MASTERED AT DOLBY
The six months since picture lock have seen the skills of some 30 people employed
in bringing the film closer to the screen. Title sequences designed by Emma
Sealey were created at Capital
FX by Rus Wetherell
(Digital Artist for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Breaking
and Entering and The History Boys). The neg has been cut at Cutting
Edge (who have recently provided the same service for Casino Royal, Children
of Men and United 93). Sound has been mixed in the Dean Street Theatre
at London's Goldcrest
Post by Jamie
Roden (Post sound on Batman Begins, Closer, The Chronicles of Narnia,
and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire to name a few). Sound post was overseen
by BAFTA Nominee Matthew
Gough and was today mastered in 5.1 digital surround by Dolby.
29/06/06 - PICTURE LOCK AT THE JOINT
June was a busy month for everyone on the project. Draft sound was mixed by BAFTA
nominee Matthew Gough
and applied to a fine cut which was then subject to an intimate offline screening
to heads of department at De
Lane Lea's preview theatre. Days later the picture was locked and handed back
to the sound department for completion.
17/05/06 - TALK TO US AT CANNES
As 'SICK' nears the end of its sound design and music composition, Producer Christine
Hartland has flown out to the Cannes Film Festival today and will be there for
the coming week.
03/03/06 - POST-SOUND DEPARTMENT FORMED
EgoProject Films have welcomed Joel Cahen to join Composer Innes Johnston in developing
the film's rich sound scape. Post-production sound will be supervised and mixed
by BAFTA Nominee Matthew Gough - re-recording
mixer for titles the likes of Cold Mountain, Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban, and The Brother's Grimm among many others.
02/03/06 - BAFTA FOCUS GROUP SCREENING
The film has tonight been screened, in its unpolished state, to a small group
of BAFTA members and their colleagues, at the British Academy's Piccadilly premises.
This marks the film's first audience outside those involved in its production.
The group knew very little about the project before the presentation, and were
able to lend a key objectivity to their valuable insights.
16/02/06 - ROUGH CUT COMPLETED
The film's offline edit, at soho's The
Joint Post, is now complete. March will see efforts turn towards composition
of original music, and sound design.
09/02/06 - AWARD FROM SLaM NHS TRUST
At a meeting of their small grants panel, South
London and Maudsley NHS Trust (SLaM) have agreed a generous award. In recognising
that the film will aid one of the Trust's agendas in raising awareness of mental
health issues, the grant will support the film in the closing stages of production.
06/02/06 - UK FILM COUNCIL SHORTLIST
Maya Vision International
have selected 'SICK' to be short listed for the Short
Film Completion Fund 2006 that they are managing on behalf of the UK Film
Council's New
Cinema Fund. 'SICK' has reached the last 16 projects of 150 entries vying
for around 8 places with the fund which spawned this year's BAFTA winner.
19/09/05 - EDITING KICKS OFF AT THE JOINT
The Joint Post, editing
house for clients the likes of Oasis, George Michael, and Madonna, have turned
their hands to drama on this project. Editor Rosa Bond is to work with Director
Mike
Rymer to bring the film towards completion. Tim
Thompsett, RTS Award Nominee for Derren
Brown: The Heist, will be credited as Executive Editor.
15/09/05 - PENTHOUSE WRAP PARTY
The wrap party for 'SICK' takes place tonight, eight floors above London's West
End at the exclusive Penthouse
Club, No. 1 Leicester Square. The evening will also play host to the second
of EgoProject Film's
industry networking socials, and is twinned with celebrations for our 1st Birthday.
10/09/05 - PICKUPS AND WRAP
After a nights 'pickups', photography is completed. Despite
rain and electric storms, a skeleton crew assembled back in Becton to pick up
the last remaining shots. Thanks to a great crew, cast and
production team, we have braved uncannily frequent vehicle breakdowns, turbulent
weather, and the usual sleep deprivation to get the shots we need and the neg
in the lab. Our thanks also to Lee
Lighting and Panavision
for their continued support. Three weeks after the end of principal photography
we have everything in the can.
16/08/05 - PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY STARTS ... after a 3 hour breakfast!
After a year writing, a year fundraising, and a month in prep, the trucks break
down on the opposite side of London before they leave the lockup on the first
morning of a tight five day shoot. A sign of things to come? Frankly, yes! However,
there's nothing a good crew can't handle! Login to the gallery
to see behind-the-scenes stills.
01/08/05 - ROGUE LOGIC FILMS TAKES ON 'MAKING OF'
Max McGill of Rogue
Logic Films is confirmed to document the shoot for our EPK. The 10min HDV
documentary will be produced by Andrea Zurstrassen. As well as forming part of
our press kit, it will be prepared for short film festival entry in 2006.
11/07/05 - SAM GARWOOD TO DIRECT PHOTOGRAPHY
EgoProject is delighted to announce that Sam
Garwood is confirmed as DP. Sam has been in the business for over 20 years,
with credits as focus puller for Oliver
Stapleton on Nicole Kidman vehicle Birthday Girl , and Buffalo
Soldiers starring Joaquin Phoenix, before progressing to 2nd Unit DP, and
now DP on a number of other films.