LONDON, ENGLAND.- Arts Council England and the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund are proud to announce the launch of Single Shot – a major new initiative that provokes new ideas about the ways we view, interact with, and understand the moving image. Single Shot is a multi-platform touring program of moving image works drawing on two distinct commissioning strands; a series of specially commissioned works by well-known artists working in film and video (including George Barber, Ori Gersht and Paul Rooney), and works gathered from an open call for submissions from new talent, seeking out anyone with creative ideas.

Single Shot will launch this November in London – simultaneously screening in galleries and cinemas, on outdoor screens and other non-traditional spaces, as well as on the internet, and available as downloads to your mobile phone or video iPod. Touring the UK in 2007 to Manchester, Newcastle / Gateshead, Birmingham and Leeds / Bradford (further information available), Single Shot also has an online presence at www.single-shot.co.uk.

Gary Thomas, Head of Moving Image at Arts Council England, comments; “The concept of the single shot has consistently inspired both artists and film makers. Harnessing the power of two mindsets, both with artists working in film and video and traditional film makers, provides the catalyst for a re-thinking of the moving image, and what it can offer creatives of all disciplines.”

Filmmaker Sir Alan Parker has voiced his support for the project. “Single Shot is such a great idea, using all the new technological tools to unlock and unite visual talents wherever they may be found.”