I am really delighted to be joining exposures in its 16th year as a patron. In those 16 years, exposures has worked hard to establish itself as a top-flight festival attracting students and first time young filmmakers from across the UK. The days and nights of exposures are fast, frenetic, creative, chaotic. Just as a film festival should be.
exposures connects with me on many levels – as someone who’s developed scripts and produced for television and film over the past 25 years now, I haven’t lost sight of just how hard it is to get started.
The beginnings of a project can be a tricky place to be, but at the same time tremendously exciting.
exposures is a place to show your work off to an audience, and to see how it works – or doesn’t – on the big screen. That’s pretty unique.
And its late night parties give it a special flavour; it’s a place to strike up friendships, to forge creative alliances and to cook up new ideas.
Unlike any other film festival of its kind in the UK, exposures gives a unique insight into how the TV and film industry works. This year, there are opportunities to engage with established TV writers and Directors and take part in numerous other activities, a copybook full of your creative ideas to explore
Again this year, exposures will stretch across the city, connecting two Manchester venues – with film and events running both at Cornerhouse and Urbis.
exposures is a vibrant and innovative festival for students and fresh young talent from across the country. And I’m very honoured to be part of it.
See you there.
Paul Abbott, exposures festival patron