Recent updates

The latest news from our projects

  • Story extract on Kristell Ink!

    An update for North by Southwest Anthology

    Nov 20 2014

    Joanne Hall, our lovely editor, has blogged on the Kristell Ink blog about our Fundsurfer - which includes an extract from John Hawks-Reed's story: http://kristell-ink.com/north-by-southwest-bristol-writers-anthology/

  • Over 50% funded!

    An update for North by Southwest Anthology

    Nov 20 2014

    Many thanks to all our funders - we're entering the final few weeks and have a little over 50% of our funding.

    Pete has been interviewed about it here: http://www.skylightrain.com/how-to-crowdfund-your-next-creative-project/

    Please can you help us advertise the anthology by mentioning it on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Google+ etc.) - we need another 40 odd people just like you to help us get the rest of the funding!

     

  • Because one launch event is not enough...

    An update for Independently publishing Solomon's Secrets

    Nov 19 2014

    Hello fabulous backers and supporters!

    I'm hosting a Launch Party this Saturday and anyone who's backed the project will already have had an invitiation.

    I am also having an open launch event at Small Bar on King Street on Wednesday 26th November from 7pm onwards, no need to book, just turn up and tell eveyone - the more the merrier!

    Find further details on Eventbrite

     

    Come and say hello, hear about my books, get your signed copy or just enjoy a beer and a chat.

    If eBooks are more your thing - here's the link to the new book on Amazon: http://bit.ly/Solomons_Kindle

    Hope to see lots of friendly faces next week

     

     

     

     

  • Almost 50% Funded

    An update for North by Southwest Anthology

    Nov 12 2014

    Our Fundsurfer has exactly 1 month left to run and we are almost at 50% funded. I'd just like to thank all those who have funded us so far! 

  • 2 Weeks down

    An update for North by Southwest Anthology

    Nov 7 2014

    Many thanks to all who have donated so far. Please do keep telling everyone about this. We are 1/4 to our goal so still a ways to go, still some time to get there.

    Our stories are in the editing stage with our wonderful editor Joanne Hall - http://hierath.wordpress.com/ working with each of the writers to make their stories the best they can be. I personally have now received edits on the three stories I have in the anthology and am planning on working on the edits over the weekend. By the time the Fundsurfer ends all the stories will have been professionally edited and ready to go.

    Once again - many thanks to those who have donated & tell everyone you think will be interested!

    Pete

  • Week One

    An update for North by Southwest Anthology

    Oct 30 2014

    Less than one week in and already 10% funded - only another 90% to go (and lo I prove that writers can also do numbers!)

  • Operation Christmas: The Move

    An update for 20th Century Flicks: The Future

    Oct 27 2014

    Operation Christmas: The Move

    This week we need help to move all our things to Christmas Steps. There are about 3000 VHS tapes and 16000 DVDs. And a safe.

    You've received this email because rightly or wrongly, we believe you may be able to help us! Or perhaps you've just expressed an interest in the gargantuan task ahead of us.

    Either way, on Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th October we will be attempting to transfer the contents of 3 Richmond Terrace to 19 Christmas Steps.

    The more of you that can help, the better the chance we have of success. Also, it will increase YOUR chance of being able to rent horror movies from us on Friday, in time for Hallowe'en!

    Things we need/would like are:

    • people with cars/vans
    • fit people with rucksacks
    • lots of cardboard boxes
    • people who are good at writing on boxes
    • people who can fill boxes with things
    • people who can put things on shelves
    • people who can make tea or coffee or roll cigarettes

    There will be a couple of us at Richmond Terrace from 11am til late both days, and a couple of us down at Christmas Steps co-ordinating Operation Reshelve.

    Any questions please email (info@20thcenturyflicks.co.uk) or phone (0117 9742570) or tweet (@20thcflicks)

    Thank you Flicks Crew! Together we will achieve something quite magical in concept and epic in scale.

    Til Wednesday, eat pasta and rest up.

    xxxx
    Dave Taylor
    07507704526
     

    Our mailing address is now:

    20th Century Flicks Ltd
    19 Christmas Steps
    Bristol, Bristol BS1 5BS
    United Kingdom

  • And we're done...

    An update for Independently publishing Solomon's Secrets

    Oct 12 2014

    Phew…

    It's been a long journey - blood, sweat, tears, excitement and exhaustion but I made it!

    I received a lovely big box of brand spanking new books this week:

    I'll be emailing all of my backers individually over the next couple of days and arranging delivery.

    The book will be availible on Amazon this week.

    All that remains to be said is a massive THANK YOU to all of you for making this possible and to Olly & Derek at Fundsurfer for guiding me through the process.

    I look forward to seeing lots of you at the celebration event on 22nd November

    Amy x

  • "Pssh. Let's go to work." - Big Joe, Reservoir Dogs

    An update for 20th Century Flicks: The Future

    Oct 12 2014

    C'est fini.

    It's Sunday. 11.14am. I've just had the best nights sleep I've had in weeks.

    An 11th hour push has brought us a total close to £12000: a hugely significant amout of money. This time last week, Joe and I were discussing various places in Bristol we had spotted pallets and scaff planks, planning missions around the city to scavenge as much free wood as possible. While it's deeply satisfying building a shop out of reclaimed material, it was proving time-consuming and endangering the possibility of us being ready by the end of the month. We can now afford to buy what we need to finish the shelving, as well as the kit required to ensure The Flicks Kino is as kickass as possible.

    A huge thank you to you all. I've given to crowdfunded projects in the past; projects that have inspired me, led by impassioned people who have exciting ideas but not much money. When I see these projects succeed, like the Roll For The Soul bike cafe and Andrew Harmer's film 'The Fitzroy', it fills me with joy. As easy as it is to be cynical about the begging-bowl aspect of crowdfunding, you can't ignore the democratic principle behind it that traditional forms of finance lack. Our project has been enabled by 416 of you, all of whom share a curiosity in our vision and a desire to see it realised. That vote of confidence means so much more to me than successfully selling the idea to a bank ever could.

    To the Kathryn Bigelow Option backers: I have an idea I want to put to you. If we pooled all those scenes together, we could remake Point Break in Bristol. It seems a silly idea I know, but one that could prove to be a lot of fun. It also seems in-keeping with the spirit of crowdfunding. Instead of having your own private scene, you would be co-producer on something much grander. You would also be given the option of starring in it. I've put the idea out there and so many people are already enthusiastic about it, I think we should have a go at it. If you would still prefer your own scene done, no problem.

    For the rest of the month Joe and I will continue building our new home, and I will start getting ready your rewards ("... your ETERNAL REWARDS!" Jafar's voice adds in my head). They'll start being despatched in November, or if you prefer you can collect them from the shop.

    For now, I'd just like to say thank you. All 416 of you. I've met lots of you already and those I haven't please do pop by the New Place once we're open. It'd be nice to show you in person where your money went. Thank you for your curiosity, and your generosity. We will do you proud, I'm certain. You can continue to follow our progress via our photojournal here:

    https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153624291128539.1073741828.16834703538&type=3

    Til we meet again, lots of love

    Dave Taylor

    20th Century Flicks

  • "I feel like a bootlegger's wife!" - Mary, It's A Wonderful Life

    An update for 20th Century Flicks: The Future

    Oct 8 2014

    Well hello there, where've YOU all been hiding?

    The last 24 hours have been a headspinning, grin-bringing, heartswelling time for us. Collectively you've put in nearly 4 grand since yesterday. I would say I'm speechless, but I'm not. I wanna babble at you and tell you how great it feels to not only have local support but now, thanks largely in part to Owen Williams' Guardian article and Simon Pegg's blessing, international renown! Messages have flooded in from California, Japan, Lebanon, Brazil and Australia wishing us well. It's a huge boost to our morale as we've been beavering away the whole time thinking 'well, this is going to be cool for us to do' and just sort of trusting that people might dig it when we're finished. We're still sanding wood and drilling walls, and to have people express their faith in what we're doing is a huge source of comfort. Thank you thank you thank you.

    It's easy for Joe and I to forget about the outside world: we've been pulling 7 day weeks and abandoning whatever social lives we had to the project. People pop in and say hello and wish us well, but the scale of what happened yesterday was bewildering. We don't have internet there yet either so it wasn't unti texts from friends and family started coming in saying we should check out the buzz that I was made aware of it all. It was like the world came bursting into the shop, picked us up, patted us on the back and (with a sly tenner in the palm) shook our hands.

    As a result, it looks like we might smash our target. Not only is Simon Pegg's cheque in the post (he's solemnly promised it really is), the donations are still flooding in. So, like Ponyboy, we're golden.

    I'll write more when the official ending comes around, but til then I'll leave you with a highlight from today. Neil from Bristol Design Forge brought in a selection of the Genre signs he's doing for us. And they are beautiful. If you wanna see what other work they do, check em out here www.bristoldesignforge.co.uk

    Thanks again all of you. Not only for providing me with the closest I'll come to a George Bailey Experience, but in making possible something I'm sure we'll all be able to enjoy and be proud of long into the future. 

    A bien tot

    Dave Taylor

    20th Century Flicks.