Film: Jessica Kellgren-Hayes

Raising The Bar

Dear Anyone Who Loves Films, there is a very special event coming up that you do not want to miss! If you are a Brightonian filmmaker or film buff you’ve most likely heard of MovieBar, the quarterly showcase for independent filmmakers and storytellers who specialise in short films. The event was established in 2007 with the aim of bringing together local filmmakers to screen their work and share their experiences in a lively and informal fashion. At this early stage, films shown were often brought along on the night, creating a rather eclectic line-up! Performances from actors wishing to showcase their talent, staged productions of plays, script reads and even musical performances were included.

Over the years the event has developed, to include featured guest speakers from film and TV becoming a source of inspiration and a valued resource for local filmmakers, whilst continuing the tradition of screenings from the community.

The next MovieBar, starting at 7pm on Monday 13 April, features a very special guest – Jan Harlan, executive producer to Stanley Kubrick, and his right hand man!
Harlan is also custodian of the Kubrick film archive and, on the night, will be screening some short films, talking about his on-going association with the Kubrick legacy and taking questions from the audience. I will be hosting the evening so if you have a topic you’re dying to hear Jan talk about then tweet me at the handle below.

With tickets at just £5 (£4 for concessions) they are likely to sell out fast, so get yourself to www.wegottickets.com/event/312440 and pick one up.
Harlan began working for Stanley Kubrick in 1968 as a researcher on the never-filmed epic, Napoleon. Amongst the titles in Harlan’s hugely impressive filmography are the seminal The Shining (1980) and the amazing Full Metal Jacket (1987) along with Eyes Wide Shut (1999) and even A Clockwork Orange (1971). He also worked with Steven Spielberg on Artificial Intelligence: A.I. (2001). In 2009 he co-created the book Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon: The Greatest Movie Never Made.

For several years Harlan has been a regular guest lecturer at the European Film College and also for the University of Hertfordshire’s Film and Television degrees.
If you’re a Kubrick fan and want the inside scoop or, equally, you make films and want some advice from a man who helped create award-winning pieces that would go on to shape modern cinema then my goodness, get yourself to the Latest Music Bar on 13 April!