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Frank selected for Realist Web Fest

Frank has been selected to be part of the Main Competition at Russia’s leading web series festival Realist Web Fest.

REALIST Web Fest takes place in August, in the beautiful city of Nizhny Novgorod.

It will include live screenings and business events attended by the professionals of film, TV and digital industry from all over the world, Russian film and TV-stars, directors, producers, and representatives of online video services. They also love to party – they will be having one every night!

You can find more at https://webfestival.ru/en/

Frank picks up Best Original Score at die Seriale

We are pleased to announce that the award for Best Original Score at die Serial went to Jim Lang for his work on Frank.

Over the course of his career, Jim has had the opportunity to work with many amazing artists over the years including Attic Lights, Lonely Tourist, Malcolm Middleton, Ian McCulloch (Echo & The Bunnymen) and composer Patrick Doyle (Pixar’s ‘Brave’).

Jim has had his music used in videos games such as FIFA 2005 as well as films and TV series including Hollyoaks and HBO’s ‘Divorce’.

You can find out more about Jim’s work here: https://jimlang.co.uk/tagged/music

About die Seriale

die Seriale is the oldest festival in Germany dedicated to digital series. Their goal is to connect, support and pay tribute to all talented creators from around the world and to celebrate their work. You can find out more about die Seriale here: https://www.die-seriale.de/

About Frank

FRANK is an award-winning and internationally acclaimed web series from Scotland created by Writer/Director Luke Aherne.

You can find out more about Frank here: http://www.frankseries.com/

About Luke Aherne

Luke Aherne studied Fine Art and started making films in 2012.

He was one of three new filmmakers selected by Film4 as part of their 30th anniversary celebrations which included his re-imagining of the famous opening scene from Trainspotting being shown at Somerset House, London as well as broadcast on the Film4 television channel.

More recently, his web series Frank has been selected for several leading festivals and picked up several awards including a Best Actor award at Seriesland IV in Bilbao, Spain and Best Original Score at die Seriale in Germany.

You find out more about Luke here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4170089

Official Selection for Seoul WebFest 2019

We are very pleased to announce that Frank is an Official Selection for the 5th Edition of the Seoul WebFest.

Seoul Webfest in South Korea was the very first web series festival in Korea & Northeast Asia and the only webfest in Asia. 

They screened over 200 web series in 2018 and are intending to show even more in 2019.

This will also be Frank’s Asian Premiere!

Seoul Webfest  will take place between August 21 – 23, 2019.

To find out more, please visit: https://www.seoulwebfest.com/

SWF selection for Frank

We are delighted Frank has been selected for the 2019 edition of the well-regarded Sicily Web Fest.

The aim of the Sicily Web Fest is to promote the digital series format and art and also the Sicilian territory and its culture. The 2019 edition will return in Ustica, the island from where it has all started. Sicily Web Fest 5th edition will take place between August 8-11 2019. 

You can find out more at: http://sicilywebfest.com/index.html

die Seriale selection for Frank

We are delighted that Frank has been selected for the 5th edition of Die Seriale in Germany.

“die Seriale“ is Germany’s oldest festival dedicated to web series celebrating short form digital series in order to connect, support and pay tribute to all talented independent creators from around the world and to help promote their wonderful work to a wider audience.

The 5th annual edition will take place from 13th to 16th June 2019 in Gießen near Frankfurt. All of the selected series, including Frank, will be screened over the festival along with various industry lectures, workshops and panel discussions.

You can find out more at https://www.die-seriale.de/