Kate Reid Cinematographer

Blooded

'The breathtaking cinematography of the reconstruction footage (beautifully shot by DoP Kate Reid) is contrasted with the grainy, handycam scenes filmed by the extremists themselves, which chillingly recall the infamous terrorist hostage videos that have become a staple part of news media in the digital age. A fascinating and emotive film debut that is as nail-bitingly tense as it is thought-provoking'

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'Cinematographer Kate Reid captures the rugged beauty of the landscape'   Nigel Floyd, Time Out London, Issue 2119, April 2011

'...Cinematographer Kate Reid does a terrific job in capturing the bleak beauty of the Isle of Mull, with plenty of aerial shots to reinforce the island's rugged charm. The images, meshed with Ilan Eshkeri and Jeff Toyne’s stirring score, give the film a classy feel....'   Mark Adams, Cheif Film Critic, Screen Daily, March 31st, 2001   

 

BLOODED is worth a watch, if only for attempting something different among the slew of found footage/mock docs we’ve had in the last few years and for DoP Kate Reid's work; if she can produce images like this again (which the movie is a little too reliant on) then she'll be the best cinematographer we've produced in Blighty since Sam McCurdy'

Displacement Activity, March 19, 2011  Read the full review here

 

'Picture-Postcard beautiful and very frightening' Nev Pierce, Empire Magazine   Read the full review here

'A stunning debut and thrillingly tense  - a genuine British must - see'  Michael Deeley, Prodcer of The Italian Job, Blade Runner and The Deer Hunter

'A bold and thought-provoking film that will get your blood-pumping' Adam Woodward, Little White Lies

Africa United

'Funny, poignant and triumphant' Toronto Metro

4 Stars 'Madly Ebullient'  Kate Muir /The Times

'4 Stars' Antonia Quirke / FT  Read the full review here

'Africa United does win the viewer's heart and proves to be an engaging debut from director Debs Gardner-Paterson' Allan Hunter / Screen Daily   Read the full review here

'This funny, brave and delightfully bouncy fable sets out, successfully, to show there’s more to Rwanda than genocide.' London Metro  Read the full review here

'...Debs Gardner-Paterson's film has enough charm, colour and humour to win us over by extra time.'  Neil Smith / Film Four   Read the full review here

Nocturn

Writer/director Leanne Welham nicely utilizes a throbbing soundtrack to accentuate her short film Nocturn. Tamzin Malleson, Jennie Jacques and Gregg Chillin star in this English film about a family woman who is seduced by sex and danger into joining a very passionate young couple on an overnight romp through the countryside. Forced to confront long dormant feelings, the woman is left shaken in her stance on life.  Welham's short film is beautifully shot - nicely utilizing the thick, lush shadows cast on the trio's nocturnal shenanigans. The short’s trio of actors all turn in great performances — never slipping into late-night Cinemax territory although the subject matter could have certainly lead them astray.  

Robert Saucedo, SXSW'11: Spotlight on Shorts   Read the full review here

 

'Welham does a lot with very little in her film [...] It’s refreshing to be able to experience an entire story through a short, voyeuristic peek into a character’s life.'

Article on Nocturn by Alice Gray / Sight and Sound / March 2011 Read the full article here

 

Article in the Guardian by director Leanne Welham

 

'...the most thought provoking and enjoyable film was Nocturn (2010), which scooped both the producing and XX awards.'  Anna McNay / Review of the Underwire Winners Screening at LSFF/ Jan 2011

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3 Minute Wonders: Subtitles Not Included

Sunday Times Culture 'Best of the Week'

'These four three-minute films welcome viewers into the world of the deaf art student, photographer, director and now actress Zoe Cartwright, whose first work was part of the Shooting Party Series. Here, you are able to invent your own soundscape in the city, but hypnotism loses its power and blind dates can be a complete nightmare if you can read lips and the man you are meeting is a songwriter.'

Small - Time Revolutionary

 - Broadcast by Finnish Broadcasting Corporation (YLE1) in 2011

'...I could see this [Small-Time Revolutionary] as a full length feature and I wished it was exactly that. Out of all the pictures in this set of films, it was the best written, best acted and the best cinematography...'

LLGFF Expectations Review, / Oliver Coleman / April 5, 2011       Read the full article here

'The film is shot and edited with skill, and the fresh cast members are subtle and engaging. But what makes the film work so well is its refusal to preach, even with the highly emotional issues at stake. It's also one of those nice shorts that leaves us with something to think about; essentially, this is only the start of Russell's story.'  ****

Rich Cline / Shadows on the Wall / June 5, 2010

 

                                                              

Supraman and the School of Necessity

'A charming film - beautifully directed and full of the natural optimism inherent in the Indian spirit.'  Simon Beaufroy' - Oscar winning screenwriter of Slumdog Millionaire

'Rarely is a short film able to take from laughter to tears - 'Supraman' genuinely amused
and moved me...Combining the charm of Amelie with the vision of Slumdog Millionaire, this short punches well above it's run - time.' Shekhar Kapur - BAFTA nomiated Director of Bandit Queen & Elizabeth

Firewood

'Miikka Leskinen's Firewood [is] a lovely-looking movie with a sense for the spaces of the countryside and a happy grasp of what is important about short films: less is more.'

Peter Bradshaw / The Guardian / March 9, 2007     Read the full review here

'The film is simple, quiet, yet beautiful. Shot in an area of natural landscapes, forming real-life paintings that serve as a character by itself. The cinematography is full of wide open spaces that the camera manages to capture  but lets the viewer focus on the events without visual distraction. Characters are everyday people, which along with the storyline give the viewer a sense of realism that keeps him hooked to the story of a girl who is in love with a boy who is oblivious to her feelings. A simple yet powerful drama that manages to capture the whole sense of cinema in a short format.’

Yazan Ashqar / Jordan International Short Film Festival / Aug 18, 2007

Our Footsteps in the Leaves

‘We choose the student film prizewinner [Our Footsteps in the Leaves] because it seemed to us to have a remarkable sensitivity to small and unnoticed gestures of everyday life despite a certain conventional design. Through a sophisticated use of narrative ambiguity, the film poetically expresses the substance of being young and coming of age." Winner of the Student Film, Auroa Festival 2007

‘Benjamin Sanders’ Our Footsteps in the Leaves looks like relatively traditional, if beautifully drawn, 2D animation but goes way beyond its peers by tackling complex emotion and refusing to offer a clear-cut narrative.’