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Deckchair Newsletter
February 5th, 2012Periodically we will send out a newsletter to keep our partners and supporters informed of all we are working towards. If you wish to hear also about up-coming events and potential investment opportunities, feel free to join. You can sign up here: Name Email
Lunch with Henry Blofeld
February 2nd, 2012Deckchair, on behalf of Capita Health recently covered an all-day industry conference and presentation held at the RAC Club on Pall Mall. The special guest for the afternoon talk was one of the UK’s great raconteurs, the cricket commentator Henry Blofeld. ‘Blowers’ was on typically great form, delighting the audience with his characteristic tales of cricket [...]
Deckchair welcomes writer-director Mark Gill
January 14th, 2012We are very pleased to welcome Mark Gill to Deckchair Productions. Mark is a writer-director who suitably impressed with his outstanding short film “The Voorman Problem’ starring Martin Freeman and Tom Hollander. Surprising, funny and intelligently crafted, the film is justifiably the picking of official selections at festivals worldwide. You can see a trailer below. Mark [...]
La Bella Figura Limited Collector’s Edition DVD and Soundtrack
January 13th, 2012At long last, “La Bella Figura” is available on DVD through Amazon as a special edition collector’s item. Taking three years to complete, the film was famously made with zero resources in 2006, and after travelling festivals worldwide, celebrated with a London screening at BAFTA in 2009. La Bella Figura captures a unique spirit, in [...]
‘Across Kenya’ documentary
January 11th, 2012Last year filmmakers Chris Howarth and Lee Kazimir, were introduced through their connection with Deckchair to collaborate on an incredible documentary in support of street children in Africa – ‘Across Kenya’. Chris Howarth co-wrote the short film ‘Circles & Lines’with Harry Otto Brünjes for Arts Ed whilst on the MA Creative Writing at City University. [...]
Innocence Restored at Ondarte, Mexico
November 12th, 2011In October 2012, Deckchair Artistic Director Harry Otto Brünjes had the fortunate experience of being accepted to Ondarte, a unique artists residence in Akumal Mexico. Curated by ex-hollywood actor turned award-winning artist Alec Von Bargen, Ondarte goes far beyond the average writers residency. Each month Ondarte produces a public show and gallery for its international artists, all [...]
Chris Fallon’s London Screenwriters Forum
September 12th, 2011The London Screenwriters Forum, founded in July 2010 is a monthly meet-up led by Chris Fallon, with a select group of professionals from across the capital, many of whom are previous students of Chris’s, including Deckchair director Harry Otto Brünjes. Chris Fallon is one of the UK’s most respected screenwriting tutors. BAFTA nominated for his [...]
Ballet to La Bella Figura Soundtrack
August 13th, 2011At the 2011 Cloud Dance Festival, the Sol Dans Company put on a ballet performance to a medley of the soundtrack of ”La Bella Figura”. Sol Dans are one of the UK’s leading contemporary jazz dance companies. Drawing inspiration from the soundtrack to the feature film “La Bella Figura”, choreographer Melody Squire led a performance [...]
The Wooden Sword
August 10th, 2011Deckchair Productions was recently approached by ad man and filmmaker John Fleet to assist with the grading of John’s most recent short film endeavour. Shot on location in Paris on the banks of the river Seine, The Wooden Sword translating as ‘L’Epee de bois’ is filmed entirely in French with English subtitles.
Leuka Mini Masters 2011 hosted by Dougray Scott
July 17th, 2011Deckchair is excited to be involved once again with the Leuka Mini-Masters tournament, held annually at Dukes Meadows golf club in July. The event, organised by Dan Davies (of Esquire magazine) together with ‘3′s A Crowd‘ is a totally unique blend of Summer garden party, music festival and charity golfing, which is now a firm fixture in both [...]
Leuka Penthouse Putt-off hosted by Dougray Scott
June 29th, 2011This year Deckchair filmed at Dougray Scott’s Penthouse Putt-Off, taking place on the roof of The May Fair Hotel on Tuesday June 7th. The night included a host of celebrity captains and special guests, for a unique evening of drinks, canapés and high-altitude golf, all in aid of the charity Leuka and the forthcoming event [...]
Meow Meow Filming in the West End
June 27th, 2011Meow Meow is a brilliant Cabaret show from Melissa Madden Gray, previously part of the hit show La Clique. Meow Meow made a West End debut at the Apollo Theatre on the Shaftesbury Avenue, for three nights only. Described as Joan Collins meets Lady Gaga, Meow Meow has received rave reviews, and will be hopefully [...]
By The Bridge Recording with Sue Johnston
June 14th, 2011Deckchair recently completed a 40 minute promotional documentary for the inspirational independent fostering organisation By The Bridge. Narrated by Sue Johnston, known best for her roles in the Royle Family and Waking the Dead, the film splits into 14 chapters to be available online and for which we have also produced a DVD box set. [...]
Royal Opera House Film
March 22nd, 2011In early March 2011, Deckchair collaborated with the director Gael Le Cornec and the Soprano Zita Tatrai and the designer and art director from the Royal Opera House Sophie Mosberger to produce an improvised scene, shot in the dressing room at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. Post-production is currently taking place in Paris.
Sussex Festival of Dance and Song
February 20th, 2011Deckchair were glad to assist the Sussex Festival of Dance and Song in 2011, helping them promote the festival through the use of online media, including the website, photography and presentation. The festival patronised by Julie Cowell (Simon Cowell’s Mother), and has rich history of developing some of the best theatrical talent in the South [...]
Gael Le Cornec, short films
January 17th, 2011In January 2011, Deckchair collaborated with actress Gael Le Cornec to produce a series of improvisations. Gael Le Cornec is a Brazilian actress best known for her one woman stageshow Frida Kahlo in which she has played the notorious female painter at venues worldwide for the last 5 years. “Frida Khalo: Viva La Vida“. The collaboration [...]
Harry runs Hawaii for Parkinsons
December 17th, 2010The marathon… what a killer! I trained rigorously. I followed the schedule, I ate correctly, I slept properly, I was well rested, but nothing I did prepared me well enough for yesterday. 2am – As my roommate was just getting in from a club. I got up, ate a bagel. There were a number of [...]
Marbella Film Festival 2009
October 17th, 20092009 has seen Deckchair’s director, Harry Otto Brünjes, involved on the judging panel of the Marbella Film Festival in southern Spain. The panel consists of eight industry filmmakers and professionals who, between them, viewed over a thousand entries of shorts, feature films and documentaries. Amongst a variety of stars on the red carpet, the biggest [...]
La Bella Figura at BAFTA
September 13th, 2009September 2009: Notoriously made for the cost of ‘two return Ryan air flights to Rome’ for the director and camera man, after three years in completion, the under-the-radar indie film, La Bella Figura, was finally celebrated to a great reception with a screening and Q&A at the home of BAFTA on Piccadily London. Having screened at festivals [...]
Londongrad at Cannes 2009
June 17th, 2009Cannes 2009 saw Harry Otto Brunjes visit the festival with the film Londongrad, directed by friend and collaborator Wilf Varvill. Harry assisted Wilf on the short film, helping assemble a great cast, shooting at venues accross London and rehearsing at The Old Vic. Londongrad screened at the Mint Villa in Cannes, which also played host [...]
We Will Rock You
May 21st, 2009Deckchair Productions worked with London West End light designer Matt Veech, to provide the video graphics for the stage version of We Will Rock You. The show was a huge success and brought a great professionalism to what otherwise could not be possible.
HighTide Film Festival 2008
June 16th, 2008In 2008, Deckchair’s director, Harry Otto Brünjes, associate produced the inaugural HighTide Festival. Harry worked alongside artistic directors, Steven Jon Atkinson and Sam Hodges to curate a line up of some of the best young film making talent in the UK. The short film program was screened alongside feature films from leading writers and directors with a [...]
Old Vic
June 21st, 2007Deckchair’s Harry was an associate member at the Old Vic New Voices club, set up by Kevin Spacey, which supports writers under the age of 25. The network was brilliant for meeting lots of young artists who have continued to produce some of the most exciting work out there at the moment. Amongst other events, [...]