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GOSPEL OF US HITS THE ROAD

After a storming weekend of screenings across the country, The GOSPEL OF US team are now hitting the road with screenings in Oswestry, Wimbledon, York, Manchester, and Warwick to name but a few. Keep your eyes posted to our CURRENT DATES for details!

GOSPEL OF US ROLLS OUT ACROSS THE UK TONIGHT!

Friday the 13th might be a day of superstition, but what better a day to go and see the fabulous MICHAEL SHEEN play Jesus. Our contemporary retelling of The Passion, GOSPEL OF US, hits cinemas across the country tonight including Apollo Piccadilly Circus, Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff, Apollo Port Talbot, The Welfare Swansea, Gwyn Hall Neath, Little Theatre Bath and Norwich Cinema City. The tour countinues over the next two months as the team go on tour with QnAs. Find out more about the film here.

MICHAEL SHEEN’S PASSION IN CINEMAS

This spring, artists and filmmaker Dave McKean will present THE GOSPEL OF US, the cinematic theatre event starring Michael Sheen.

Taking inspiration from one of the defining narratives of our times, this contemporary re-telling of the Passion story took place across the town, with the people of Port Talbot as its cast, crew and heroes. Following the world premiere in Port Talbot, the first NBCQ screening will take place at the Curzon Renoir in London on Monday 11th April, before touring venues around the country. Subscribe to NBCQ to get the screening dates or click here for more info.

What I Know

Tinge Krishnan, Director, Junkhearts

• Let go of the need to be taken seriously. As an up and coming filmmaker you will be begging, borrowing and stealing and no- one will really take you seriously..so just go with it.
• Love your crew. Your crew are your film treat them with respect.
• Don’t be scared of actors. Get stuck in, reveal your vulnerabilities and they will reveal theirs…whether they intend to or not. And that makes nice work. Dont be scared of looking stupid just be honest, say what you think. A good performance is all about honesty and it starts with us. Trust the process.
• Listen. To your actors, crew , producers…then decide.
• Be nice to runners and PA’s I can think of at least 3 who I’ve ended up pitching to a couple of years later.
• Hustle. Don’t be passive. Also don’t over-hustle. You are a team with your agent and producers..assist them. Dont ask me how to do this I havent got it right yet.
• Invest in loss. As my martial arts teacher says. Everything that doesnt quite work out, every film thats doesnt quite live up to your expectations, every time you get dropped by an agent, off a project, lose an actor, lose a location… Learn something from it get up and try again.
• Learn to apologise. Directing will bring up your shadow side. The stakes are high and you will be full of fear. You may at times occur like a lost loser/maniac dictator/arrogant arsehole/ ineptly unconfident. You may switch between these modes in the course of a day. If you cause offence ….apologise and move on. Dont let it distract you. But do apologise or your crewbwill be mysteriously ‘unnavailable’ for the next shoot.