video production and photography

There are images from performances at the NATIONAL YOUTH DANCE FESTIVAL 2008 through the links further down this page.

Finca films is a "not for profit" video production company based near Cambridge in East Anglia. We have wide experience of live event videos and full length documentary productions. Through our Apple Mac based editing suites we also specialise in video editing and DVD authoring.

122 youth companies applied to perform at the festival and the 34 groups chosen will be presenting their work with Youth Dance England at The Peacock Theatre. Each night will present a different mix of styles and companies ranging from small all-male street dance groups to larger groups using contemporary dance and physical theatre.

NATIONAL YOUTH DANCE FESTIVAL

There are more photographs of the performances at the Peacock Theatre and at the Purcell Room, CLICK on the links in the right hand column.

Images from the performance at the Peacock Theatre, London on the 13th July 2008

All the photographs and the contents of this page are © copyright Arvon Wellen 2008

the videos were shot by Alessandra Wellen and Arvon Wellen

All the photographs and the contents of this page are © copyright Arvon Wellen 2008

the videos were shot by Alessandra Wellen and Arvon Wellen

2500 audience members at the Peacock Theatre and Purcell Room saw what a powerful force youth dance can be and members of the public strolling around the Southbank Centre could not avoid the spectacular dance pieces taking place around them. Whether they stumbled upon a large scale workshop in the Ballroom, a piece of site specific work in the Powder Room or the spontaneous dance piece that took place in a fountain – the festival demonstrated the breadth of youth dance practice and the quality of work that is being produced by young people, indeed the future of dance.

Photographs taken by Brian Slater and DVD’s by finca films of the performances can be purchased from early September from YOUTH DANCE ENGLAND.

LITTLEPORT

rehearsals / parade /performance

Photography and event video

A large proportion of our work relates to dance and we will be at the Peacock Theatre, London in July to film the performances for Youth Dance England. We will also be at the Purcell rooms at the South Bank.

JOHN LOWE AT LANTERN DANCE

John Lowe shot to fame with his performance in the Stone Flower ballet. British national newspapers and television crews from all over the world sought him out, and he had a wonderful tale to tell.

photographs copyright © Arvon Wellen 2008

From Fenland to dry land

The latest heritage film facilitated by ADeC and produced by Finca Films has now been completed after eight months. For more information and photographs follow this link: HERITAGE FILM

(left) how the film was made.

Finca Films with the assistance of Alessandra Wellen and Lara Jones held a series of indroductory workshops.

The film was partly funded by the Arts Council of England, the European Union, DEFRA (the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and ADeC (Arts Development in East Cambridgeshire).

"The film obviously had the professional touch for our interest was constantly maintained with a regular flow of very varied and fascinating interviews that were as informative as they were entertaining. These were combined with attractive views of the village, villagers and village events all of which caught the heart of the village spirit that the interviewees described so fondly."

Rosemary Westall

For the full review go to the LITTLE DOWNHAM PAGE

A VIEW FROM THE CLOCKTOWER

A VIEW FROM THE CLOCKTOWER

A one hour long documentary, facilitated by ADeC and produced by Finca Films, about life in the Fenland village of Little Downham was completed in 2006. For more details about the making of the film.

GO TO THE LITTLE DOWNHAM PAGE

finca films production team with young people being interviewed for Radio Star at the location of
"A View from the Clocktower".