STEVENAGE, UNITED KINGDOM, AUGUST 23rd 2011 – Harkness Screens, the world’s leading supplier of projection surfaces has recently supplied a portable cinema screen to London-based Kitchen Sink Collective, a small independent group of award winning Documentary Directors who graduated from the National Film & TV School in 2011.
In March 2011, Christie, one of the world’s leading manufacturer of digital projection and display technologies (and also National Film and Television School (NFTS) Supporter), awarded the Christie Award (a state-of-the-art projector) to eight students of the film school, as a break with the tradition where the most outstanding NFTS student per year receives this prize.
Subsequently, the eight graduates, combined to form The Kitchen Sink Collective, a film-making group aimed at producing thought-provoking and challenging films that offer a variety of stories and styles ranging from documentaries, fiction and animation.
“The Christie award gave us a great start with our project. Having located a suitable venue in South London where we could showcase our films, we required a screen that would make our projects come to life. Up until now we have had to get by renting or borrowing portable screens from different sources. We realised that to make our films look great for our audiences and to reach our ultimate aim of taking our films on tour, we required a permanent solution and asked Harkness Screens to help us,” explains Kristof Bilsen, a member of the Collective.
The 12ft x 9ft screen is now fully installed into the Kitchen Sink Collective’s cinema located above the Bread and Roses Pub in Clapham and is now showcasing content from the group and hidden gems from a wide range of independent filmmakers whose work might otherwise only be seen at festivals.
“Having seen first-hand the group’s passion and enthusiasm for film-making, we were delighted to support The Kitchen Sink Collective’s local community cinema project in Clapham. We hope that the portable screen will enable them to show their innovative and thought provoking content to audiences both in London and up and down the country,” says Richard Mitchell, Marketing Manager at Harkness Screens.