David F Poole - Director

Writer Director | Shorts & Art Film | Learning & Participation Manager - views are my own | Love sci-fi, books & cake | Tweets far too many pictures of my cat

[David F Poole - Director @DavidFPoole]

@O2 hi there, I didn’t receive a confirmation email to claim my Blue Mondays reward. It’s been over 24hrs but nothing in my inbox or spam. Would you be able to resend please?

[David F Poole - Director @DavidFPoole]

@nxwestmidlands Finally here. Thanks for the reply, much appreciated

[David F Poole - Director @DavidFPoole]

@nxwestmidlands hi, are there any issues with the 35? Was due at stop NS8 10mins ago but no sign of it

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

Six-time Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy has announced that his cancer is terminal.

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

Former One Direction star Liam Payne has died aged 31 in Argentina, police say
https://t.co/kZDfVsO6Hw

[David F Poole - Director @DavidFPoole]

@evildanevil @LauraParrott not hehe

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

✅ CONFIRMED! Thomas Tuchel has agreed to become the new England boss 🦁🦁🦁

#BBCFootball

[Ruth Millington @ruth_millington]

In time for Halloween, I've been handling some haunted art. Possessed dolls, paintings with terrifying backstories and creepy clowns are among the objects I've curated for 'House of Curses', opening Oct 31. Tickets here, if you dare https://t.co/AVZELgZnP5

[David F Poole - Director @DavidFPoole]

Never felt a sense of achievement quite like fixing (thoroughly cleaning the filters of) my non functioning vacuum cleaner to return it to life. Dangerous levels of overconfidence expected for the rest of the day

[Jon Sopel @jonsopel]

Shocking news. Always thought he was one of toughest politicians to interview: smart, combative, ready to pounce if you made a misstep. And he turned the SNP into force it became. But very good company off camera

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

NEW: Former First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond has died at the age of 69.

[The Guardian @guardian]

Alex Salmond, former first minister of Scotland, dies aged 69 https://t.co/NSGzSZ5n7u

[David Baldwin @dbaldwinfilm]

At 2pm today, our first screening of #Megalopolis began.

By 2.45pm, all four audience members had left.

At 2.46pm, the projectionist stopped the film.

[David F Poole - Director @DavidFPoole]

@MrLSaunders @BAFTA Exactly. And maybe read the room with patronising “we received lots of applications and can’t accept everyone” emails. We know, guys; that’s actually the substance of the problem

[David F Poole - Director @DavidFPoole]

Perhaps we shouldn’t be upset that an exclusive & elitist organisation as @BAFTA should treat emerging filmmakers with such carelessness. Perhaps we shouldn’t expect meaningful apologies for truly jaw dropping incompetence that crushes spirits at a bleak time. But the mask is off

[David F Poole - Director @DavidFPoole]

@MrLSaunders @BAFTA They made a very similar error 5yrs back with BAFTA Crew; exactly the same acceptance/correction mistake. Seems they’ve learned very little, and couldn’t have come at a worst time for people

[David F Poole - Director @DavidFPoole]

@MrLSaunders @BAFTA I have! It’s already a source of great comfort, amusement, positivity but also sadness. Glad something good is coming from it, but some folks have really been through it

[David F Poole - Director @DavidFPoole]

@MrLSaunders @BAFTA Thanks Laurence! I’m one of the lucky ones as I didn’t pick up the initial email until after the news broke but so many people affected. Really unacceptable from an organisation that should do better

[David F Poole - Director @DavidFPoole]

Also, I’m not aware of any public statements they’ve made on this aside from via email. Think it’s kind of worthy of acknowledging the damage they’ve done, but that’s none of my business

[David F Poole - Director @DavidFPoole]

I’m lucky: I saw the social media outrage before I’d seen my emails, but the elation then devastation people felt, compounded by their insufficient apologies? Despicable.

We should have zero confidence in BAFTA’s commitment to creating opportunities for emerging filmmakers