1745 | The Hollywood Reporter 2019

Fantastic to see 1745 - A Short Film featured in this months The Hollywood Reporter for BAFTA! 📸
Our beautiful still taken by the brilliant JBirchPhotography!

1745 | Omohundro Institute at The William and Mary University - Washington DC 2019

Come join us tonight at The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture in their Commonwealth Auditorium for a screening followed with Q&A of 1745 - A Short Film at 7pm.
Writer Motunrayo Omoniyi and actor and producer Moyo Akandé will be in attendance.
https://oieahc.wm.edu/events/special-events/

1745 | Prato Film Festival - Italy 2019

Great news! 1745 - A Short Film will be screening in competition at The Prato Film Festival on May 8 in Italy!!
Looking forward to sharing our important story with you all. 🎉

1745 | British Shorts Film Festival - Berlin 2019

Happy New Year Everyone! What better way to start 2019 with a festival announcement!

1745 - A Short Film will be screening in competition at The British Shorts Film Festival, Berlin on Sunday 20th January at 8pm.
Please check out this awesome festival and our wee film if you're around! We've got everything crossed! 😄

1745 | Outwith Film Festival 2018

Fantastic news! Catch 1745 - A Short Film screening at Outwith Festival this Friday 7th September at 8pm!
Thrilled to be a part of this brilliant festival line up. Looking forward to seeing you all at The Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries! 🎉🎉🎉

1745 | Screening in New York City!

Catch 1745 - A Short Film screening tonight at the Opening of The People's FILM Festival in Harlem, New York!!
Fantastic news that our wee film has made it all the way to The Big Apple! 🎉

1745 | Winner of Groucho Short Film Festival 2018

Thank you to The Groucho Club for awarding 1745 - A Short Film WINNER of the Best Short Film at their 1st short film festival! 🏆
We had a fantastic night and are thrilled to see our important story recognised! Thanks again for the incredible party and your amazing support! 🎉
#groucho #bestshortfilm

1745 | US Premiere at Oscar Qualifying Cleveland Film Festival 2018

Exciting news! 1745 - A Short Film will have its U.S. premiere in COMPETITION at the The Academy Oscar qualifying Cleveland International Film Festival in April 2018!!! 🎉🎉🎉

We are thrilled to see our important story resonating with audiences far & wide! 😀
#CIFF42

1745 | In competition for Best Short Film at The Glasgow Short Film Festival 2018

AMAZING NEWS for all our Scottish followers and friends!!! 
1745 - A Short Film is in COMPETITION for Best Short Film at The Glasgow Short Film Festival 2018! 🎉🎉🎉
Screening on Friday 16 March at 6.45pm at The CCA Glasgow in the 'Scottish Competition 2: The Point is to Change It' strand!

We are thrilled to be selected & we can't wait to see the fantastic collection of groundbreaking films! 😀

🎬BOOK HERE: https://glasgowfilm.org/…/scottish-competition-2-the-point-…

1745 | Officially selected for The International Film Festival Rotterdam 2018

HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone!! We're welcoming 2018 with some exciting news! 
1745 - A Short Film will have it's European Premiere at The BAFTAQualifying International Film Festival Rotterdam 2018! 🎉🎉🎉

We're delighted to be a part of this fantastic film festival! More details coming soon..! 😀

1745 |  In competition for Best Short Film at The London Short Film Festival 2018

1745 - A Short Film is in COMPETITION for Best Short Film at The London Short Film Festival 2018! 🎉🎉🎉

Screening on 15 January at 8.30pm at The Rich Mix London AND 19 January at 6.30pm at The Curzon Soho in the 'When Trouble Comes to Town' strand!

We are thrilled to be selected & we can't wait to see the fantastic collection of groundbreaking shorts! 😀

BOOK HERE for Mon 15 Jan Rich Mix London at 8.30pm: richmix.org.uk/…/lsff-2018-when-trouble-comes-town-official…

BOOK HERE for Fri 19 Jan Curzon Soho at 6.30pm: curzoncinemas.com/…/fi…/LSFF-2018-When-Trouble-Comes-to-Town

1745 | WINNER of the Best Short Film Award at The Africa International Film Festival Globe Awards 2017

Exciting News! 1745 is the WINNER of the BEST SHORT FILM Award at The Africa International Film Festival - Afriff Globe Awards! 🎉🎉🎉

We are over the moon and honoured to receive this special award! 
It has been a highlight for Team 1745 to take our important story to it's other home, Nigeria. THANK YOU again for hosting us! 😀

1745 | Nominated for The Best British Short Film at The BIFA Awards 2017

EXCITED to announce 1745 has been nominated for the British Independent Film Awards for The Best British Short Film! 🎉🎉🎉

THANK YOU #BIFA2017 We are SO thrilled to have been shortlisted and to be a part of this incredible line up.
Congratulations to the other short films competing in this category and to the incredible 1745 - A Short Film team! 😀

Read more here.

1745 | Nominated for the BAFTA Scotland Best Short Film Award 2017

Absolutely thrilled that our Writer: Morayo Akande, Director: Gordon Napier and Producer: John McKay are nominated for the BAFTA Scotland 'Best Short Film' Award 2017. Congratulations to all the terrific nominees. The ceremony takes place on Sunday 5 November and we have our fingers crossed!
Read more here.

1745 | Officially selected for The Inverness Film Festival 2017

Excited to announce 1745 has been officially selected to screen at The Inverness Film Festival 2017! 🎉

We will be screening alongside some fantastic commissioned Scottish Film Talent Network - SFTN shorts on Saturday 11th November at 11.15am at The Eden Court Theatre and Cinema in the Short Cuts 1 programme.

BOOK your tickets here: 2017.invernessfilmfestival.com/seventeen-fortyfive/

Congratulations to the 1745 Team! 😀

1745 | Officially selected for The Underwire Film Festival 2017 & Morayo Akande nominated for the Writing Award

Thrilled to announce 1745 - A Short Film has been officially selected for the BAFTA qualifying UnderWire Festival 2017 and our talented writer Morayo Akandé is nominated for the Writing Award!!! 🎉

We are screening in London on Thursday 23 November at 9:00pm, and are featured in the 'PERIOD PIECES' along some other brilliant shorts.
BOOK tickets here: http://www.underwirefestival.com/events/period-pieces/

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to the team and a big THANK YOU to all our amazing supporters who continue to follow our journey! 😀

1745 | Officially selected for The Africa International Film Festival 2017 - AFRRIF

Exciting news! 1745 has been officially selected to screen at The Africa International Film Festival - Afriff in Lagos, Nigeria and is in competition for The Best Short Film award!!! 🎉 🎉 🎉
We will also be screening as part of the British Council Initiative - Film Connections programme to share knowledge and deepen co-production opportunities between film-makers from Nigeria and the UK!

We are SO thrilled to bringing our important story to it's other home; Nigeria, and we cannot wait to see you all there at the festival from Oct 29th - Nov 4th 2017!
Read more here.

1745 | Officially selected for The Black International Film Festival UK 2017

EXCITING NEWS! 1745 is officially selected for The Black International Film Festival 2017 and is in competition for the ‘Best Short Film’ at the MVISA Awards 2017!!! 🎉

We will be screening on October 24th at 6pm at The Mac Birmingham in Birmingham, UK AND will be featured alongside a selection of fantastic International shorts in the ‘BIFF Fest: In Her Shoes’ strand. 

Book your tickets here: https://macbirmingham.co.uk/event/biff-in-her-shoes

CONGRATULATIONS to the team and a big THANK YOU again to all our amazing supporters who continue to follow our journey! 😀
 

The New Current Magazine | Interview

Check out Moyo and Morayo's interview for The New Current magazine discussing 1745. 
Read the full interview here.
 

1745 | Officially selected for the 61st BFI London Film Festival 2017

Excited to announce 1745 has been officially selected for the 61st edition of the BFI London Film Festival 2017!!!  🎉

We will be screening on October 5th at 6.15pm at Curzon Soho in Screen 1 AND October 6th at 8.50pm at the BFI Southbank in Screen NFT2. 

We will be featured alongside some other fantastic International shorts in the Shorts: 'Thrill of the Chase' Strand. 

Tickets go on sale Thursday SEPTEMBER 14th at 10:00am! 
Book by following this link: https://goo.gl/4F6P4w

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to the team and a big THANK YOU to all our amazing supporters who continue to follow our journey!  😀

 

Sugarcane Magazine | Interview
"Sisters shine light on on slavery in Scotland with New Film"

Check out Moyo and Morayo's interview for Sugarcane Magazine discussing 1745
Sugarcane Magazine is dedicated to uniting and exposing creatives from Africa and African diaspora. Thank you Melissa Hunter Davis for sharing an interest in our story! 😁 #blackgirlmagic 
Click here to read.

Eye for Film | Film Review

Check out 1745's fantastic review in Eye For Film! 
Thank you Amber Wilkinson for the amazing write up! 

Click here to read.

1745 Goes Global! | Indiegogo Campaign

🎉🎉🎉 EXCITING NEWS!!! 1745 Goes Global!!! 🎉🎉🎉

Please SUPPORT '1745' by donating to our BRAND NEW Indiegogo campaign for film festival funds! We want to share its important and untold story of Scotland's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade with the world. 

Visit our NEW Indiegogo page here.

Please re-post and share with everyone and anyone! 

EIFF Stories | Talent Lab 2017

Watch our writer Morayo Akandé speak about her experience on this years Edinburgh International Film Festival Talent Lab 2017 here!

1745 | Scottish Woman Magazine
"Scotland is the last place people associate with slavery in the UK."

Read Moyo and Morayo's interview with Scottish Woman Magazine.  (June 2017)

1745 | Golden Globes Foreign Press Association

1745 was mentioned on the official Golden Globes website! THANK YOU to Armando Gallo of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for the fantastic write up! Read here.

1745 | Scotland Correspondent Interview

Check out 1745's Cover Feature and 8 page spread inside Scotland Correspondent's latest magazine issue! 

Read our interview here (Pages 8-15): 

THANK YOU for sharing an interest in our important story! 

1745 | Awarded 'Jury Special Mention' at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017

1745 received a Jury 'Special Mention' at the Edinburgh International Film Festival!! We are thrilled to be acknowledged and congratulations to our amazing team!! 🎉🎉🎉

1745 | Cinematographer Julian Schwanitz wins Best Documentary Film for 'Donkeyote' at EIFF 2017

Congratulations to our brilliant Cinematographer Julian Schwanitz who provided the fantastic cinematography for Donkeyote which won Best Documentary at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017!!! 🎉🎉🎉

1745 | World Premiere at 71st edition of Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017

We had a FANTASTIC World Premiere at The Edinburgh International Film Festival! Our two screenings SOLD OUT over the weekend and we are very proud of our talented cast & crew! 🎉

1745 | Timeless Sassenachs Blog

Check out Moyo & Motunrayo's interview for the fantastic Timeless Sass3nach Journeys blog here: 

Thank you for showing such an interest in 1745! 

1745 | East Lothian Courier Interview

Our brilliant producer John McKay was featured in the East Lothian Courier discussing 1745. Check out the interview here:

1745 | Talent Lab 2017

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to our talented writer Morayo Akandé who has been selected for the Edinburgh International Film FestivalTalent Lab 2017!!! 
Read here for more info.

1745 | The Outlander Podcast 

Listen to some of our team, Writer: Morayo Akandé, Actors: Moyo Akandé, Clive Russell & Costume Designer/Co-Producer: Ali Mitchell chat about 1745 on the OFFICIAL The Outlander Podcast!!!

LISTEN HERE!

1745 | Officially selected and in competition for Best Short Film at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017

Excited to announce 1745 - A Short Film will have it's UK premiere at the 71st edition of The Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017 AND is in competition for the Best Short Film Award! 🎉

We will be screening on June 30th at 6.25pm and July 1st at 6.10pm at Cineworld Edinburgh alongside some other wonderdul shorts from Scotland in the 'Shorts: From Scotland' Strand.

Book your tickets here! 
https://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/2017/shorts-scotland

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to the team and a big THANK YOU to all our amazing supporters who continue to follow our journey! 

1745 | Glasgow Evening Times Feature

Thrilled 1745 has been featured in a two page spread in The Glasgow newspaper!

Read our interview here.

1745 | Sunday Herald Magazine Cover Feature

Exciting news! 1745 made the cover of today's Sunday Herald Magazine with an inside 4 page spread! 

We would like to give a big THANK YOU to Susan Flockhart & Brian Beacom from The Herald for featuring our story! 

Read the full interview HERE.

1745 | Official Trailer

Check out the official 1745 trailer!

It's been a wonderful journey and we are incredibly proud of our wee film. We have big plans ahead with major international film festivals this year. Stay tuned for more exciting news coming your way soon..! Enjoy!

1745 | Cast & Crew Screening

Wonderful audience reactions from our 1745 Cast & Crew preview screening! at The Filmhouse in Edinburgh. We are touched by the warmth and the support we received today! The film played beautifully on the big screen and we are so thankful to our talented cast & crew! 😊 #1745movie

1745 | BFI Pitch Magazine

And CUT! We’re finished at last - after a beautiful final sound mix and picture grade, Moyo, Morayo and 1745 leap onto the cover of the BFI's new nationwide PITCH magazine! 

1745 | STV News Interview

Gordon, Moyo and Morayo had a fantastic day discussing the making of 1745 with Colin Stone on STV Glasgow.
Great to see our project is gathering such a positive response in Scotland!

1745 | THAT'S A WRAP! 

WE DID IT!!! That's a WRAP on 1745!!!

THANK YOU to all our amazing supporters and to our talented cast and crew who went above and beyond to help tell this important story. We wouldn't have been able to do this without you. We look forward to sharing our story with you all soon!

Scottish Shorts 2016 | Scottish Film Talent Network

1745 - A Short Film is one of the final 6 projects commissioned for the New Talent Scottish Shorts 2016 by the Scottish Film Talent Network, Creative Scotland and the BFI.Network. 
We are delighted and look forward to bringing this important story to life. 
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