This is a heads up to film-boffs or just people that generally enjoy good cinema. Sean Conway is starting to create a little bit of a stir within the short-film industry. He's from the same small, industrial town of Batley as I, but has spent the past few months jettin' around the world, shittin' on diamond encrusted toilet seats, hangin' at parties in Vegas with the Beastie Boys, been within smellin' distance of Britney Spears scalp, oh and attendin' the Premiere's of his short-films. He was declared as ‘the UK’s coolest filmmaker’ by actor Giuseppe Andrews and championed as 'a fucking genius' by Dazed and Confused co-founder Rankin.
Sean also once directed a music video for the now-deceased Leeds alternative/indie/electro outfit Parisman, which featured on MTV2 for twelve weeks running. It was all shot at the Primary School I attended. You can see the brilliantly-crafted video here.
So, he's currently pennin' a lot of scripts, which I'm sure will be hittin' a screen or pokin' your eyes in the not too distant future. If you're into your cuttin' edge and fearless British writers/directors then he's your man, I think.
In the past couple of weeks, my favourite terrestrial television station Channel 4 have shown two of his shorts as part of a 4Talent series. They have since received glowin' reviews in some of the usual places.
Alex and Her Arse Truck
"By far the best short of the series though had to be one directed by a young British filmmaker named Sean Conway entitled Alex And Her Arse Truck. Recalling the style of such films as Trainspotting, Alex And Her Arse Truck trades drug addiction for sex addiction and gives insight into the anything-goes lifestyle of young British deviants and their kinky fetishes while retaining a sense of playfulness and humor, not to mention a completely unconventional soundtrack to sweeten the deal. Before you’ve made heads or tails of what you’re looking at, Alex and Her Arse Truck is over and you’re left with a sense of the new and ultra-erotic that may well become Sean Conway’s signature; a signature worth revisiting as his status as filmmaker ascends in the coming years."
It is even rounded off with some Jeffrey Lewis. Perfect.
Kings of London
(review)
"Amid yet another summer of bland sport and tedious evictions, it’s reassuring to know that there are still programmes being made which at least try to bend our minds a bit. However, this latest installment of C4’s Generation Next project, to showcase the work of hitherto unknown directorial talents, takes mind-bending to breaking point. Kings of London follows the fortunes of two teenage black brothers, both named Aristotle, with the semi-alcoholic elder struggling to get his life on track, and the enigmatic younger becoming the undisputed champion of the Ghetto Riders, a group of young men from London’s rough estates who have transformed themselves into urban cowboys."
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Chris form my band is trying to get in his latest film. It's set in Healy or something lol
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