Bernie Has completed filming on new short for the smoke & mirrors film festival where it was shortlisted it's called Happy Anniversary - Its very funny and a bit racy...

Horror feature "Dark Vision" where Bernie plays the lead role of Spencer Knights, is currently in post production - a teaser trailer will be out soon...

And on the macabre front Bernie also has a cameo appearance in Simon Pearce's new horror feature Judas Ghost he also contributed to the ghost voices...

Some details and footage of the up coming comedy project "MIR" have been released. Produced by Olaus Roe and written/directed by Dan Hedger & Andy Bourne with lead actors Bernie Hodges and Garry Summers. Watch this space for more info.

The "CAL" film trailer has been released and the film will start the festival circuit in 2013.

Another year and another 48hr Sci-fi challenge!

Another year and another 48hr Sci-fi challenge. Bernie Joined forces with Garry Summers and the guys at Olaus Roe for their entry for 2012 "Over There.."

It's Official the press release is out!

The 2 Days’ Laughter Short Film Competition gained recognition in 2008 as the country’s first dedicated comedy short film screening. The judging panel of top film and entertainment media professionals this year included BAFTA award winning actress and patron Brenda Bleythn, BBC Television and Radio comedy writer and presenter Jon Holmes, and Time Out comedy editor Ben Wilson.

The Interview, was a very popular choice by the judging panel, scooping up BEST MALE ACTOR (Bernie Hodges), BEST FEMALE ACTOR (Shahla Tarrant) and BEST SOUND for Bristol based film director Martin Hall, who drove down from the West Country to receive the three awards for his dry and witty comment of corporate Britain.

Bernie Wins Best Actor for "The Interview"

Bernie has won Best Actor for his role in the short film "The Interveiw" at the 2 days of Laughter Short Film Festival 2012. Shalha Tarrant also won Best Actress for her role in the film, it also won a prize for best Sound and was nominated for best cinematography and best editing. The film was directed by Martin Hall and written by Marcus O'Tool. Well done everyone involved!

Buffering stars re-unite for Music Video

Bernie featured in new Star Slinger Video along side  "Buffering"  star Conner Mckenzy.


Star Slinger "Dumbin' feat. Reggie B" from GreenLabelSound on Vimeo.

The trailer for Contracted staring Bernie Hodges as TV host Jason Status is now available on-line and will be showing in festivals in 2012!

Buffering available for pre-order!

Buffering is now available for pre-order via Amazon! Just in time to fill out those stockings at Christmas!

A "SHANK" sequel and Buffering festival news..

Bernie will be staring in and will also be the co-producer of "Cal" the sequel to "SHANK"..And here's a little teaser...

The latest news for Buffering is that it will be shown at the Montreal Image Out L&G Film Festival November 2011.

Buffering News and V/O's

"Buffering" had a sold out screening in Austin, Texas on the 9th Sept and Bernie and Christian Martin joined the Audience by live internet link-up for an hilarious Question and Answer session after the film. And "Release" will be screened in Nov 2011 at The HOLIBI film festival in Belgium.

It's been a busy summer for Voice Overs with Bernie doing various voices for BBC drama and documentaries and his dulcet tones can be heard on a number of corporates too including Nokia NFC HUB and the lovely introduction to PracticeWEB below.

The reviews for Buffering are coming in Thick and fast:

"Bernie Hodges who we have seen in “Release” almost steals the film by high camp in the role of the owner of Nice and Naughty, a gay sex shop."
Read the full review by Amos Lassen here...
"Buffering" will also have the opening screening of this years Pride Bristol week of events on 9th July at the Watershed - tickets available soon.

Casualty Cameo

Check out the first 10 mins of this weeks episode of Casualty as Bernie has a little cameo appearance where he is being hustled after being rammed with a hotdog!

He must be one of the only actors on Casualty who doesn't actually end up in Holby A & E after having ketchup put on him ;) 

More April News

Bernie has also just finished filming a TV Sit-com pilot more news on this when its released...

"Buffering" Has screened to sold out audiences at film festivals in Cape Town Melbourne, Gran Canaria and Poland - watch this space for more festival details. Part 1 of the making of Buffering has been released on Youtube - part 2 to be released soon and the full version will be available on the DVD.

April News...

Bernie was asked to be part of a team that entered the SCI-FI-London 48 hour film challenge this month and you can see the result here - "Desirable"

Desirable from Mike Marchlewski on Vimeo.

Bernie has also just finished filming a TV Sit-com pilot more news on this when its released...

"Buffering" Has screened to sold out audiences this week in festivals in Cape Town and Poland - watch this space for more festival details.

Hear Bernie & Christian Martin the co-writer/director and producer of Buffering on this weeks shout Out podcast discussing all things Buffering, *NANCY* and err Marmite chocolate...plus much much more!

"Buffering" Has won an award for best script after its European premier at the Festival Internacional de Cine Gay y Lésbico de Gran Canaria   - where it was introduced by Co-Director/Producer/Writer Christian Martin and Actor/Co-producer Bernie Hodges. The film will get its world premier at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2011! watch this space for more festival details.

December Delights!

Shout Out's Pink Sofa guest is Dru Marland talking about "Becoming Drucilla" by Richard Beard - with Bernie reading extracts from the book - Plus lots lots more - Hear the show here- Shout Out!
 

Brian's Beginners: Ballroom Dance for Beginners DVD - Bernie was lucky enough to be in these filmed classes - so why not join him, Brian and the rest of the gang as we tackle the waltz and the foxtrot - just in time for Christmas!

Global Alliance for Banking on Values

Another Great Review For Release

"The performances are uniformly superb, Daniel Brocklebank, Bernie Hodges, Garry Summers all bringing believable characters and the situation that they find themselves in to life."

"the prison’s creepy, latex glove wearing gang leader, Max (Bernie Hodges). This is a man who proves, in vintage James Bond villain style, that you can be quiet and menacing at the same time, as long as you have a bunch of thugs to do your dirty work." 

http://www.eurekapride.com/talk/showthread.php?t=25039&highlight=release

Gay Celluloid on Release

Gaycelluloid.com have given Release a very good review including a very affirming description of my role as Max:

" it is Bernie Hodges’ psychotic performance that lingers with you long after the end credits have rolled, his unnerving soft spoken delivery of surgical glove attired cellblock boss Max alarmingly getting under your skin."

You can read the full review here. 

New York New York!

Start Spreading the news....
It opens today....(that's the 1st October 2010)
Release is gonna be apart of it
New York New York!

And here is the link to The New York Times review - where I am described as "an unnerving Bernie Hodges".
That is all i could wish for... Apart from being over there to see it myself..fingers crossed for next time.

And...If you can make it there....your gonna make it....Anywhere.....