Smudgerhunt Film

The Film Production Company Smudgerhunt Film
Smudgerhunt Film The Film Production Company Lancaster

What’s New?

It’s official: We have moved to Lancaster. Bournemouth has been a blast, but it is time to move to pastures new while I complete my PhD in Film Practice at Lancaster University.

I’m sorry, but we cannot offer any work experience or placements at this time unless you are in Lancaster and a student of Lancaster University. If so, please get in touch or contact me at the Film Department.

Since relocating to Lancaster, we have continued producing films, all of which have achieved success at UK and International Film Festivals. Check out the Film Festival pages for details of these films.

My short experimental film Diagonal Official Selection for Art Beats Festival 2024

 

The Film Production Company Smudgerhunt Film

Film and Video Production Company, formed in 2014 by a small group of former Bournemouth University Students, has been continuously producing films ever since.

Previous projects include Abjection (2014/2015), the SciFi Zombie short film shot entirely in Dorset. Motorcycle Journals (2014) is the documentary jointly written by Ian and Hazlin, shot locally in Dorset and Hampshire, and the follow-up film The Man & His Museum (2015). The future was looking interesting with demand for another Abjection even before its release to become a web series and for more films like Motorcycle Journals, with motorcyclists keen to acquire a DVD. (The 2015 Update DVD was released and is on sale at the Sammy Miller Museum). 2016/17/18 have been busy years working on a mix of corporate and promotional videos. Check out our pages for examples. We still have time just for fun to shoot a short drama film, ‘Finding Alice, ‘ for submission to the International Film Festival.

Finding Alice completed in February 2017 (Valentine’s Day) is now running in International festivals with selection by the Berlin Fast Film Festival, XPO North (Scotland), and others to follow, watch this space for updates.

The 2017 directors’ edit for Abjection was selected by the CIM Sueca Film Festival 2017 (Spain) and won Best Picture in the B-Movie category at the Oniros Film Awards (Italy).

And more success for Motorcycle Journals, which was selected for Best Documentary at the Oniros Film Awards 2017.

Watch the complete film on Amazon Prime Video

Smudgerhunt Film The Film Production Company

In 2014, the founder members, Ian F. Hunt and Nor Hazlin Nor Salam, were looking actively towards making films for fun and for the film festival circuit with high hopes for their films, including the well-received documentary short ‘White Lining’ selected by three film festivals for screening, leading to the production of new movies and further festival successes.

Ian and Hazlin studied for their Masters Degrees at Bournemouth University Dorset in 2013/14, Ian in Cinematography and Hazlin in Directing. See their profile pages for details. While at Bournemouth University, they worked together on several films and with other enthusiastic and highly talented people to create some fantastic, high-quality student films. They are both ready for the next step and are working on new projects in England and Malaysia.

Look for them at Film Festivals over the coming months, talk to them about their new projects as they work towards them, and hope for further film festival success for their films.

Stills Photo Credits: –

Nikolay Zorov for Abjection Production Photos
Tim Way for Fight or Flight Production Photos

PhD Journal

Film Festivals – News Updates

My Experimental short film ‘Remember’ is elected for screening at the Aphrodite Film Awards and gets an Honourable Mention by the New Generation Film Festival 2020. A great way to end the awful year 2020.

I made a few films during the first Lockdown under the banner Flat 3 Lockdown Films. All shot on my mobile phone using a DJI Osmo Mobile stabiliser. Film Festivals seem to like them and they have been picked for screening in 2020. Also Finding Alice gets another screening too.

Added 3 more film festival successes for the short documentary film Yayu & The Wimborne Folk Festival – Wow Film Festival Tunisia 2020, Semi-Finalist International Moving Film Festival 2019 and a Special Mention at the Asia South East Film Festival 2019. It’s been a great couple of years for our films at the International Festivals and there is more to come. Ian (2020)

More Film Festival success

 

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Smudgerhunt Film The Film Festivals and Awards

 

Smudgerhunt Film Video Production Lancaster

Video Production Company Lancaster

We are a small independent company of filmmakers producing digital content for TV, Cinema, DVD  and the Internet.  We also produce creative promotional and events videos for corporations/businesses and educational establishments.

Our small group is highly motivated and has a track record of working on film, theatre, documentary, and drama productions.

Abjection in 17 seconds

Our expertise

Our people are degree-qualified; most have Postgraduate Degrees gained in the creative industries and are Skillset trained.

While we are a small video production company we  can draw upon a expanding range of resources and most importantly talented creative people with a wide and full range of skills including Directing, Cinematography, Editing and Production.

We are adaptable and can work within most budgets. Why pay big production prices when a small, innovative team can adapt to your requirements and budgets?

Why contact us for your Video Production

Don’t settle for the boring when you can have extraordinary.

Please use the email form to contact us with your requirements or to have an exploratory discussion about how we can help you.

Testimonials

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‘Ian worked with us using his endless patience and inspiration to produce a beautifully shot and edited film, presenting a complex and inherently controversial project in a clear, interesting and visually captivating way’.

Suzanne Powner, Coastal Access Officer, Dorset County Council.

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Ian worked on a voluntary basis as a filmmaker for the South West’s Legacy Trust UK project, RELAYS (Regional Educational Legacy for Arts and Youth Sport). He also worked alongside community projects which had been awarded the London 2012 Inspire mark between March and July 2012.  Ian is a motivated individual who listens to the client and works hard to portray the intentions and messages of their project. Ian dedicated a lot of his free time to assist in delivering a successful brief and I wish him every success with his future career.

Jo Gardner, RELAYS Cultural Coordinator, AUB

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Ian Hunt has worked on filming ‘Free Your Fitness’ sports activities over the last term. Ian uploaded the videos onto YouTube, and I was able to use the videos as part of a presentation I gave to Sport England. The videos went down well with the Sport England staff, and everyone from other universities enjoyed watching the rewards for the work that Ian has carried out.
Ian was always available to meet when I requested him to, was happy to attend various activities, and carried out filming to a good standard.
I will be able to use the videos that Ian has done for the future benefit of the ‘Free Your Fitness’ Project, and I would just like to take this opportunity to thank Ian for the filming that he has done.

Signed: CHRIS PAYNE Date: 20/05/2013 Chris Payne : Sports Activator – Free Your Fitness Project sportBU

White Lining

White Lining Documentary Short Film

 

Where it all began, this is the very first film created by Bournemouth University Students, Nor Hazlin Salam and Ian F. Hunt, the filmmaking team that went onto form Smudgerhunt Film.

 

This short documentary created as part of a Bournemouth University student project and filmed in just a few days in 2014 as we follow a road gang painting white lines on England’s roads.

On the face of it another real life story about ordinary people and their daily jobs, but this story has a unexpected twist as we start to look in more depth at the people and their jobs.

As we admire the skill of road gang as they hand paint the lines and circles that we take for granted, the lines on our roads, parking spaces and even the runways of the Airports.

But there’s the twist to the story and we develop this thread as the film progresses, be prepared to be surprised, just as many film festivals have been over the years. The full length film is not in the public domain, so keep an eye out for film festival screening dates, which we will post on our Facebook Pages.

 

This short film in the future could be developed into a Web Series about working people and their jobs or feature in a full length documentary by Smudgerhunt Film the video production company setup by  students to showcase our films and creative talent.