This weekend is Worcestershire’s first ever Film Festival, being held at The Hive in Worcester. We’ve been digging around to discover Worcestershire’s hidden film artists and today we would like to introduce director Simon Tate.
Simon was born and raised in Canada and was on track to being a professional football player, until he was struck down with a knee injury effectively ending his career. So, Simon turned to his next passion which was writing. He teamed with a college friend who was into film and created a production company. Simon muses "we had no idea what we were doing, but I knew from that point on that I wanted to tell stories through film." Simon soon found himself working for the likes of Discovery Channel, Nickelodeon and CNN.
Fast forward on, and Simon found himself in Worcester, creating his first feature film called The Point Of Regret.
"We also wanted to do it up here in Worcestershire so we put a call out for help and had a fantastic response. We just had the attitude that no matter what got in our way, we’d over come it. In the end we made a film for £500 that was an official UK Film Council selection for the Sundance Film Festival"
He is now just in the final stages of writing his second feature, Viewers.
Simon Munn, Festival Director added: “The Point Of Regret is a powerful drama that proves quality films can be made for a paltry budget. It also shows Worcestershire is ready to be put on the film-making map and we commend Simon for challenging the idea that films have to be made in London.”
Worcestershire Film Festival is proud to open with The Point Of Regret on Friday, 2nd November at 7.00pm in The Hive. If you can't wait, then catch the trailer at http://youtube.com/watch?v=Jvg-Wmgpvgo