Pro Tools
•Register a festival or a film
Submit film to festivals Promote for free or with Promo Packages

FILMFESTIVALS | 24/7 world wide coverage

Welcome !

Enjoy the best of both worlds: Film & Festival News, exploring the best of the film festivals community.  

Launched in 1995, relentlessly connecting films to festivals, documenting and promoting festivals worldwide.

Working on an upgrade soon.

For collaboration, editorial contributions, or publicity, please send us an email here

User login

|FRENCH VERSION|

RSS Feeds 

Martin Scorsese Masterclass in Cannes

 

 

 

The Safest Place For Fruit Is In Carmen Miranda's Hat

Film
Film
Language: 
English
Production country: 
Jersey
Running time (In minutes): 
10 minutes 33 seconds
Theme: 
Comedy
Category/Format: 
Short films
Student film: 
No
Poster: 
Production year: 
September, 2010
Film Credits
About the Director: 

Kal Bonner is originally from Liverpool and now lives and works in Jersey, Channel Islands. Her debut novel Climbing A Ladder Backwards was shortlisted for the Longbarn First Novel Award and was published in 2009. She is currently working on her second novel and has also written for radio. The film short - The Safest Place For Fruit Is In Carmen Miranda's Hat was adapted for the screen by Kal from one of her own short stories, and marked her debut as a director. The film has been nominated for one award: Best First Film - Swansea Bay Film Festival 2011 and won Un Certain Regard Van d'Or Awards - Cannes in a Van Film Festival 2011. Kal has also completed her second film short - Under a Vest. Filmography The Safest Place For Fruit Is In Carmen Miranda's Hat (2010) Under A Vest (2011) Website: www.kalbonner.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/KalBonner

Film director: 
Kal Bonner
Producer: 
Tim Bonner
Screenplay: 
Kal Bonner
Editing: 
Peter Taylor-Fitch/Steve Hills/Peter Stewart
Sound: 
Steve Hills/Marc Mitchell
Costume: 
Gayle Jones
Cast 1: 
Phill Jupitus
Cast 2: 
Toni Neil
Cast 3: 
Ian DeGruchy
Cast 4: 
Laura Wainwright
Cast 5: 
Heidi Stevenson
Film synopsis: 
<p> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small"> </span></span> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify" class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small">The Frumans of Frumania live in a perfect but shallow world, accessed through an apple on a market stall. In amongst the rotten bunch is Appleby Cox's-Pippin. He is generally dismissed by his fellow Frumans for his inability to be the same as them, and for his love of all things creative. Soon Appleby feels the strain of being an outcast and life at home is no better. </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small"> </span> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify" class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span>            </span>Eventually rejected by his hypocritical father, Appleby is forced to start a journey in search of 'being the same', eventually encountering the evil Agent Orange and learning a harsh lesson in what really lies close to the Fruman heart - greed.</span></span> </p> <p> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small"> </span> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify" class="MsoNormal"> <o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small"> </span></o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:p> </p> <p> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small"> </span> </p>
Budget
Budget Range: 
Under $10 000
Actual Budget: 
£2000
Technical infos
Technical infos
Original Film Format: 
HD
Format Ratio: 
16:9 full frame
Film Sound: 
Other
Festival Selection, Awards...
Festival selection, awards or citation already received and other comments... :
Already selected in a Festival?: 
Yes
Festival selections: 

Branchage Film Festival 2010 http://www.branchagefestival.com/

Swansea Bay Film Festival 2011 http://www.swanseafilmfestival.com/2010/home10.htm

Ryde International Film Festival 2011 http://www.isleofwightinternationalfilmfestival.com/

London Short Film Festival 2011 http://www.shortfilms.org.uk/

Clermont - Ferrand Short Film Market 2011 http://www.clermont-filmfest.com/index.php?nlang=2

64th Festival de Cannes 2011 (Court Metrage) http://www.shortfilmcorner.com/uk/home.html

London Independent Film Festival 2011  http://www.londonindependent.org/

The End of The Pier International Film Festival 2011 http://www.eotpfilmfestival.co.uk/

Cannes In A Van Film Festival 2011 http://www.cannesinavan.com/mobile-film-festival/

Valley Film Festival 2011  http://www.valleyfilmfest.com/valleyfilmfest/app/home

The Edge of the City Film Festival  http://www.edgeofthecityfilmfestival.org.uk/

11th Kansk International Video Festival http://www.festival-cannes.ru/

Cine East - East End Film Festival 2012 http://www.eastendfilmfestival.com/cineeast

Awards received: 
Van d'Or Award - Cannes In A Van Film Festival 2011
Publicity Infos
Publicity contact: 
Tim Bonner
Publicity contact email: 
Trailer availble: 
yes
5
Your rating: None Average: 5 (269 votes)

Comments (2)

Dear Anonymous

Dear Anonymous - thanks for taking the time to Google me once again, I'm quite flattered with your obsession. However, I really think you should get out more. Maybe make some friends,take up a creative writing course, learn to direct/act/work a camera, get some counselling, change your hair, that sort of thing.There's more to life than stalking me.Thanks also for paying to see the film, I'd be interested to know where you actually saw it.I'll also pass your comments on to Phill, I'm sure he'll be devastated, particularly as you can't spell his name.
p.s Nice name 'Anonymous' - kind of suits you.

Review

Not Phil jupitus's best work, in fact surprised he put his name to it!? Please no sequel!

Links

The Bulletin Board

> The Bulletin Board Blog
> Partner festivals calling now
> Call for Entry Channel
> Film Showcase
>
 The Best for Fests

Meet our Fest Partners 

Following News

Interview with EFM (Berlin) Director

 

 

Interview with IFTA Chairman (AFM)

 

 

Interview with Cannes Marche du Film Director

 

 

 

Filmfestivals.com dailies live coverage from

> Live from India 
> Live from LA
Beyond Borders
> Locarno
> Toronto
> Venice
> San Sebastian

> AFM
> Tallinn Black Nights 
> Red Sea International Film Festival

> Palm Springs Film Festival
> Kustendorf
> Rotterdam
> Sundance
Santa Barbara Film Festival SBIFF
> Berlin / EFM 
> Fantasporto
Amdocs
Houston WorldFest 
> Julien Dubuque International Film Festival
Cannes / Marche du Film 

 

 

Useful links for the indies:

Big files transfer
> Celebrities / Headlines / News / Gossip
> Clients References
> Crowd Funding
> Deals

> Festivals Trailers Park
> Film Commissions 
> Film Schools
> Financing
> Independent Filmmaking
> Motion Picture Companies and Studios
> Movie Sites
> Movie Theatre Programs
> Music/Soundtracks 
> Posters and Collectibles
> Professional Resources
> Screenwriting
> Search Engines
> Self Distribution
> Search sites – Entertainment
> Short film
> Streaming Solutions
> Submit to festivals
> Videos, DVDs
> Web Magazines and TV

 

> Other resources

+ SUBSCRIBE to the weekly Newsletter
+ Connecting film to fest: Marketing & Promotion
Special offers and discounts
Festival Waiver service
 

User images

gersbach.net