Bleat’s Head of Sales and Post Production, Dave Turner, took the stage at the BFI to present the Bleat-sponsored award for Best Soundtrack at the London South Bank University film graduates showcase. The winner, Sean Whytock, is a Royal College of Music student and has been invited for career advice and a tour of Bleat.
Shortly after, Turner jetted off to Portugal to present the company’s sponsored awards at FEST film festival Pitching Forum. Here, Stella Carneiro won the Bleat Post Production Award in the Feature Gem category for her film pitch on ‘Daughters of the Mangrove’, about four daughters who seek out their own paths under their father’s strict household in Brazil, where “life and death coexist in the mud.”
The Bleat Post Production Award in the Make It Short category was awarded to Nadia Dawber and Maria Torres for their short film, ‘My Love, Jenin,’ a script based on a true event where a Palestinian attends a family reunion after returning to Jenin Camp, which turns “heated ahead of an Israeli invasion,” and explores themes of identity and resistance.
All pitches were thoroughly engaging and well presented. We can’t wait to see the final edits.
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