Film, television and video games

A new film by Joseph D. Bonczyk. 

This endeavor addresses the continuing disaster that is the modern school shooter/bomber era, which commenced on April 20, 1999 in Littleton, Colorado. After planning for more than a year, two teenagers drove from their comfortable suburban homes toting more than 90 homemade bombs and a cache of firearms to school intending to blow Columbine High off the face of the planet, killing hundreds of their classmates and teachers in the process.

In 2014, the completely DIY book/musical/art/merchandising project by Kathy DiTondo called "I Was a Teenage Guitarist 4 the Clash" which recalled the mid 1970s cultural big bang involving DIY artists, musicians, publishers, designers, merchants, writers and other creators of independent content which emerged from the streets of London and went global was brought to market.

Artist Vincent Kamp has turned film maker with ‘Queen of Diamonds’, a short film he has written and co-directed with Naeem Mahmood (Brash Young Turks).

The 25th Birthday National Lottery Awards will reward 2019's favoured Lottery-funded projects and individuals, with a prize for art, culture and film including several Culture Diary members.

The vote is open to the public, and you can vote for your favoured nominee here. There are further awards to vote on including 'heritage', 'sport', 'community and charity', and 'sporting legend'.

Nominations for the 'art, culture and film' £10,000 prize award are:

The Creative Industries Council has revealed its 50 Ones To Watch in a new report published at the Createch 2019 conference, part of London Tech Week, on Tuesday 11 June 2019. Included in the 50 are Culture Diary members Marshamallow Laser Feast, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Shakespeare Company

The report features four main growth opportunities where creative skills interact with artificial intelligence, mixed reality and other forms of technology:

Since beginning in 2011, the record-breaking television show Game of Thrones has had a huge effect on both the economic benefit and perception of the UK's creative industries as well as additional bonuses like increases in tourism, according to a story by the Department for International Trade. Read the full story here.

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With the help of the UK Government, creators of Wallace & Gromit, Aardman, are joining with creative leaders in virtual reality and video game fields to craft "next generation entertainment experiences" as part of the Audience of the Future Challenge programme.

BAFTA has announced its 2019 Video Game Awards nominations, including several for one of last year's most-anticipated video games, Red Dead Redemption 2.

Developed by Rockstar Games, a collaborative effort across its international studios including in Britain, Red Dead Redemption 2 is nominated for Best Game, as well as awards for British Game, Artistic Achievement, Audio Achievement, Narrative, and for Roger Clark's performance as protagonist Arthur Morgan.

The other British Game nominees are:

William Fowler, curator of Artists' Moving Image at the British Film Institute, was invited to China to give a series of talks on the BFI/LUX This is Now touring programme. He tells us more about the trip and about the appetite for artists' moving image in China.

British Council is looking to build connections between the UK creative sector and young artists in Sub-Saharan Africa.

British Council is actively seeking expressions of interest for Art Connects Us from UK-based organisations, curators and programmers in these fields:

• architecture
• dance
• design
• fashion
• film
• literature
• theatre
• visual arts

Expressions of interest will be accepted until 10 March 2019.