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TUNE IN
participation: Director/Producer/Writer/Editor
An astute and affectionate portrait of the unseen community of HAM radio enthusiasts;‘The space age hobby where the world is your friend.’
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synopsis
Tune In follows the fascinating world of amateur radio operators. Although amateur by definition, HAMS (translating as an acronym for ‘Help All Mankind’) undertake a rigorous licensing exam covering strict regulations and intellectually challenging technical knowledge. As well as being considered the fourth emergency service, providing backup when power and phone lines are down, HAMS, once they master the know-how, can be transported beyond the confines of their everyday existence with ‘do-it-yourself’ radio technology. By connecting documentary with a textured soundtrack, Tune In transects the politics of space and social communication unveiling the peculiar world of the radio ham.
festivals, awards and screenings include:
6th Silhouette Short Film Festival Paris - 09/07 Film Showcase 42 New Briggate Gallery, Leeds - 26-29/ 08/07 Edinburgh Fringe Festival Scotland - 08/07 Portobello Film Festival London - 08/07 DCA Dundee, Scotland - 07/07 European Short Film Biennale Stuttgart, Germany - 07/07 ARTRADIO Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK - 06–08/07 54th Sydney Film Festival Australia - 06/07 EXPO Festival: Sonic Arts Network Plymouth, UK – 06/07 DCA Dundee, Scotland - 05/07 Stills Gallery Edinburgh, Scotland - 05/07 Magic Lantern The Centre for Contemporary Arts: CCA, Glasgow, Scotland - 05/07 Cannes Film Festival UK Film Centre - 05/07 Sound Forest/Skanu Mezs Andrejsala, Latvia – 05/07 East End Film Festival Four Corners Film Forum, London – 04/07 International Women’s Film Festival Dortmund | Köln, Germany – 04/07 MadCat Film Festival US Tour – 2007 Purescreen Bureau Gallery/Castlefield Art Gallery, Manchester, UK – 03/07 Loesje Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany - 04/07 I Seek You S1 Art Salon, Sheffield – 02/07 Fools Tricks MadCat Film Festival US Tour - 2007 20th Leeds International Film Festival Finalist for Yorkshire Film Award UK – 11/06 Numero Lisbon, Portugal – 11/06 BFI 50th London Film Festival UK – 10/06 Archepology Bureau Gallery, Salford, UK – 10-12/06 Media Space 06 Feedback Radio, Wand 5, Stuttgart, Germany – 10/06 MadCat Film Festival San Francisco, USA – 09/06 VideoClub Brighton, UK – 07/06 26th Cambridge Film Festival UK – 07/06 |
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funded by Arts Council England with the support of Film London |
