Exclusive: Nothing Compares To U singer Sineád O’Connor is the latest pop star to get the feature doc treatment.
Irish producer ShinAwiL has teamed up with Orian Williams, the film producer behind Joy Division biopic Control, and DJ Dave Fanning to tell the story of the controversial artist.
Sineád (w/t) is an access-led feature documentary celebrating the musical work of the Grammy Award-winner. Irish director Maurice Sweeney, who directed Ira doc I Dolours, will helm with Williams, ShinAwiL’s Larry Bass and Fanning exec producing.
It will tell the story of O’Connor, who now goes by Shuhada Sadaqat after converting to Islam in 2018, who broke through with her 1987 album The Lion and the Cobra and her 1990 cover of the Prince-penned Nothing Compares To U.
O’Connor has courted controversy throughout her career; she is arguably best known for appearing on Saturday Night Live in 1992. While singing a...
Irish producer ShinAwiL has teamed up with Orian Williams, the film producer behind Joy Division biopic Control, and DJ Dave Fanning to tell the story of the controversial artist.
Sineád (w/t) is an access-led feature documentary celebrating the musical work of the Grammy Award-winner. Irish director Maurice Sweeney, who directed Ira doc I Dolours, will helm with Williams, ShinAwiL’s Larry Bass and Fanning exec producing.
It will tell the story of O’Connor, who now goes by Shuhada Sadaqat after converting to Islam in 2018, who broke through with her 1987 album The Lion and the Cobra and her 1990 cover of the Prince-penned Nothing Compares To U.
O’Connor has courted controversy throughout her career; she is arguably best known for appearing on Saturday Night Live in 1992. While singing a...
- 11/9/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The Bletchley Circle star Julie Graham and Line of Duty’s Neil Morrissey are to star in psychological thriller Penance for Viacom’s Channel 5.
The pair will be joined by Nico Mirallegro (The Village), Tallulah Greive (Millie in Between), Art Malik (The Woman in White) and Wanda Ventham (Sherlock) in the three-part drama.
The series, which was unveiled as part of Channel 5’s first major drama slate earlier this year, is written by Mr Selfridge writer Kate O’Riordan.
A psychological thriller that follows the lives of Rosalie, played by Graham, and Luke Douglas, played by Morrissey, and their teenage daughter, Maddie (Greive). Following the loss of their son, Rosalie and Luke find their marriage under immense strain. Maddie and Rosalie find themselves in the caring hands of Nico Mirallegro’s Jed, a charming and charismatic young man that they encounter at bereavement counselling who is also suffering under the weight of his own grief.
The pair will be joined by Nico Mirallegro (The Village), Tallulah Greive (Millie in Between), Art Malik (The Woman in White) and Wanda Ventham (Sherlock) in the three-part drama.
The series, which was unveiled as part of Channel 5’s first major drama slate earlier this year, is written by Mr Selfridge writer Kate O’Riordan.
A psychological thriller that follows the lives of Rosalie, played by Graham, and Luke Douglas, played by Morrissey, and their teenage daughter, Maddie (Greive). Following the loss of their son, Rosalie and Luke find their marriage under immense strain. Maddie and Rosalie find themselves in the caring hands of Nico Mirallegro’s Jed, a charming and charismatic young man that they encounter at bereavement counselling who is also suffering under the weight of his own grief.
- 11/15/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Cold War, Roma also win awards.
The Fortress cinematographer Ji-yong Kim won the Golden Frog in main competition at Camerimage, the international film festival for the art of cinematography.
Scroll down for full list of winners
The 26th edition was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland from November 10 - 17.
The Fortress, directed by Dong-hyuk Hwang, tells the story of the second Manchu invasion of Korea in 1636. Ji-yong Kim was also awarded the best cinematographer award at this year’s Asian Film Awards.
Polish cinematographer Lukasz Zal won the Silver Frog for Pawel Pawlikowski’s black-and-white drama Cold War, Poland’s official foreign language Oscar entry.
The Fortress cinematographer Ji-yong Kim won the Golden Frog in main competition at Camerimage, the international film festival for the art of cinematography.
Scroll down for full list of winners
The 26th edition was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland from November 10 - 17.
The Fortress, directed by Dong-hyuk Hwang, tells the story of the second Manchu invasion of Korea in 1636. Ji-yong Kim was also awarded the best cinematographer award at this year’s Asian Film Awards.
Polish cinematographer Lukasz Zal won the Silver Frog for Pawel Pawlikowski’s black-and-white drama Cold War, Poland’s official foreign language Oscar entry.
- 11/18/2018
- by Tiffany Pritchard
- ScreenDaily
South Korean cinematographer Kim Ji-yong won the EnergaCamerimage fest top prize, the Golden Frog, on Saturday for the sweeping imagery of his Renaissance-era war story “The Fortress” by director Hwang Dong-Hyuk. Juror David Gropman, a production designer, praised the film’s “staggering beauty and epic scale.”
Poland’s own rising-star Dp Lukasz Zal won the Silver Frog for the crisp, monochrome look of period love story “Cold War” by Pawel Pawlikowski while Alfonso Cuaron, who wrote, directed and filmed the richly atmospheric black-and-white film “Roma,” named for the Mexico City neighborhood where he grew up, scored the Bronze Frog.
The prizes, handed out at the Opera Nova music hall in Bydgoszcz, Poland, capped a week of top cinematography work in 10 competitions, an experience fest director Marek Zydowicz described as a great success despite “crisis situations” during the week, which included the brief arrest of cinematographer Matthew Libatique on suspicion of assault.
Poland’s own rising-star Dp Lukasz Zal won the Silver Frog for the crisp, monochrome look of period love story “Cold War” by Pawel Pawlikowski while Alfonso Cuaron, who wrote, directed and filmed the richly atmospheric black-and-white film “Roma,” named for the Mexico City neighborhood where he grew up, scored the Bronze Frog.
The prizes, handed out at the Opera Nova music hall in Bydgoszcz, Poland, capped a week of top cinematography work in 10 competitions, an experience fest director Marek Zydowicz described as a great success despite “crisis situations” during the week, which included the brief arrest of cinematographer Matthew Libatique on suspicion of assault.
- 11/17/2018
- by Will Tizard
- Variety Film + TV
Camerimage, the weeklong celebration of cinematography in Bydgoszcz, Poland, comes to a close today by handing out its prestigious Frog prizes. The big winner was South Korean drama “The Fortress,” which won the top prize, the Golden Frog, in the Main Competition. The film directed by Dong-Hyuk Hwang and lensed by Ji Yong Kim was a massive hit in its home country in late 2017 and has since been released in 28 countries, including the U.S., reaching 3.8 million viewers worldwide.
The competition jury gave the Silver Frog to cinematographer Łukasz Żal for “Cold War” and the Bronze Frog to director-cinematographer Alfonso Cuarón for “Roma.” With over 900 cinematographers from around the world in attendance, many voting members of the Asc, Camerimage is an important bellwether for the Oscar race for Best Cinematography. The silver and bronze prizes should be a big boost for the two black-and-white films angling for Oscar nominations.
Five years ago,...
The competition jury gave the Silver Frog to cinematographer Łukasz Żal for “Cold War” and the Bronze Frog to director-cinematographer Alfonso Cuarón for “Roma.” With over 900 cinematographers from around the world in attendance, many voting members of the Asc, Camerimage is an important bellwether for the Oscar race for Best Cinematography. The silver and bronze prizes should be a big boost for the two black-and-white films angling for Oscar nominations.
Five years ago,...
- 11/17/2018
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Additions join Perfect Skin on Kew slate.
Kew Media Group has added three titles to its slate ahead of next week’s European Film Market (Efm), acquiring worldwide sales rights for Painkillers, I, Dolours and Cosplay Universe.
Painkillers is a genre-busting thriller starring Adam Huss (Power) and Madeline Zima (Californication, The Sixth Sense), directed by Roxy Shih (The Tribe).
I, Dolours is a documentary portrait of militant Ira activist Dolours Price from footage that couldn’t be broadcast in her lifetime, directed by Maurice Sweeney (Saving The Titanic).
Cosplay Universe is an insider view on the cosplay/Comic-Con industry, featuring prominent figures such as Stan Lee and cosplayers Yaya Han and Jessica Nigri.
Kew Media’s Evp of Sales, Jonathan Ford, will present the films to distributors at the market, where all three films will be making their debut.
These are additions to the existing Kew Media slate, which includes Perfect Skin, a thriller about a...
Kew Media Group has added three titles to its slate ahead of next week’s European Film Market (Efm), acquiring worldwide sales rights for Painkillers, I, Dolours and Cosplay Universe.
Painkillers is a genre-busting thriller starring Adam Huss (Power) and Madeline Zima (Californication, The Sixth Sense), directed by Roxy Shih (The Tribe).
I, Dolours is a documentary portrait of militant Ira activist Dolours Price from footage that couldn’t be broadcast in her lifetime, directed by Maurice Sweeney (Saving The Titanic).
Cosplay Universe is an insider view on the cosplay/Comic-Con industry, featuring prominent figures such as Stan Lee and cosplayers Yaya Han and Jessica Nigri.
Kew Media’s Evp of Sales, Jonathan Ford, will present the films to distributors at the market, where all three films will be making their debut.
These are additions to the existing Kew Media slate, which includes Perfect Skin, a thriller about a...
- 2/8/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
On the 3rd and 4th of May the Empire cinema in Leicester Square will play host to the British Independent Film Festival and the Film Festival Guild have today announced the list of nominations for their annual awards.
With a keen understanding of the often London-centric nature of celebrations of UK Independent film both the feature films and the series of shorts are playing in eleven cinemas across the country over the month of May. This is a welcome state of affairs, one which the London Film Festival embraced last year with a similar nationwide programme, and it should enable the films and the filmmakers to reach a far wider audience.
To see which cinemas near you are playing the festival films click here, and below is a taste of the talent and happenings from the festival last year.
The award categories and nominees are listed below, and click here...
With a keen understanding of the often London-centric nature of celebrations of UK Independent film both the feature films and the series of shorts are playing in eleven cinemas across the country over the month of May. This is a welcome state of affairs, one which the London Film Festival embraced last year with a similar nationwide programme, and it should enable the films and the filmmakers to reach a far wider audience.
To see which cinemas near you are playing the festival films click here, and below is a taste of the talent and happenings from the festival last year.
The award categories and nominees are listed below, and click here...
- 4/25/2013
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Having aired on RTÉ last Monday (April 9), Ifta award winning director Maurice Sweeney's 'Saving The Titanic' will receive its UK premiere this weekend on History UK. The 92-minute drama-documentary, produced by Ireland's Tile Films, will air in the UK tomorrow (April 14) at 6pm on History UK with a repeat later in the evening at 10pm. It has been renamed as 'Heroes of the Titanic' for the History UK broadcast.
- 4/13/2012
- IFTN
The ninth annual Irish Film & Television Awards took place tonight at a Gala Awards Ceremony held at the Convention Centre Dublin.
In the field of film 'The Guard' was the big winner of the night receiving the Ifta for Best Film, with writer/director John Michael McDonagh named Best Director, Best Screenwriter and the Irish Film Board Rising Star for his feature directorial debut. Fionnula Flannagan who was honoured with a lifetime achievement award also won best supporting actress for her part in 'The Guard'.
Michael Fassbender picked up best actor for 'Shame' while Saoirse Ronan picked up best actress for her role in 'Hanna.' Ryan Gosling picked up the best international actor for 'Drive,' Chris O'Dowd picked up best supporting actor for 'Bridesmaids', and Glenn Close picked up best international actress for 'Albert Nobbs.'
'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy...
In the field of film 'The Guard' was the big winner of the night receiving the Ifta for Best Film, with writer/director John Michael McDonagh named Best Director, Best Screenwriter and the Irish Film Board Rising Star for his feature directorial debut. Fionnula Flannagan who was honoured with a lifetime achievement award also won best supporting actress for her part in 'The Guard'.
Michael Fassbender picked up best actor for 'Shame' while Saoirse Ronan picked up best actress for her role in 'Hanna.' Ryan Gosling picked up the best international actor for 'Drive,' Chris O'Dowd picked up best supporting actor for 'Bridesmaids', and Glenn Close picked up best international actress for 'Albert Nobbs.'
'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy...
- 2/11/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Flicks News)
- FlicksNews.net
Albert Nobbs and the other nominations for the 2012 Irish Film and Television Academy Awards have been announced. The 9th Annual Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) “sole aim is to celebrate Ireland’s notably talented film and television community. The ceremony is considered to be one of Ireland’s most prestigious awards event, and can be viewed as the Irish equivalent to the American Oscars.” The awards ceremony will be held on February 11, 2012 at the Convention Centre Dublin (Ccd).
The full listing of the 2012 Irish Film and Television Awards is below.
Film Categories
Best Film
Albert Nobbs – Alan Moloney, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn and Glenn Close (Parallel Film & TV Productions)
Charlie Casanova – Terry McMahon (Source Productions)
Stella Days – Jackie Larkin & Leslie McKimm (Newgrange Pictures)
The Guard – Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Chris Larke, Flore Fernandez Marengo(Element Pictures)
Director Film
Rebecca Daly – The Other Side of Sleep (Fastnet Films)
John Michael McDonagh...
The full listing of the 2012 Irish Film and Television Awards is below.
Film Categories
Best Film
Albert Nobbs – Alan Moloney, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn and Glenn Close (Parallel Film & TV Productions)
Charlie Casanova – Terry McMahon (Source Productions)
Stella Days – Jackie Larkin & Leslie McKimm (Newgrange Pictures)
The Guard – Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Chris Larke, Flore Fernandez Marengo(Element Pictures)
Director Film
Rebecca Daly – The Other Side of Sleep (Fastnet Films)
John Michael McDonagh...
- 1/11/2012
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
An Irish Television production company is currently in pre-production with 'The Irish of 9/11,' a new documentary film that will examine the lives of Irish people who lost friends and family in the attack on New York City. The new Irish documentary will begin shooting at the end of May and will feature archive footage and interviews with friends and families of the Irish victims of the attack. The documentary will be directed by Maurice Sweeney and produced by James D’Alton and Anne McLoughlin and will feature extensive interviews with the friends and families of Irish families affected by the September 11 attacks in New York. The documentary has received 80,000 euro from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland's Sound and Vision fund as well as additional funding from TV3, the broadcasting network. the finished documentary is set to broadcast as part of TV3’s autumn line-up. ...
- 5/11/2011
- IrishCentral
Motive Television is currently in pre-production with 'The Irish of 9/11', a documentary examining the lives of Irish people who lost friends and family in the infamous New York disaster. The documentary will start to shoot at the end of this month and will feature archive footage and interviews with friends and families of the Irish victims of the attack. The documentary will be directed by Maurice Sweeney (Cromwell in Ireland) and produced by James D'Alton and Anne McLoughlin (J1 Summer)...
- 5/10/2011
- IFTN
The new two part doc from Ifta winning director Maurice Sweeney (Cromwell in Ireland) examines the decade following WWII when hundreds of thousands of Irish men and women migrated to Britain. Iftn spoke to Sweeney and producer Alan Gillespie about the documentary, starting 1st Oct. 'The Forgotten Irish' explores the livelihoods of these emigrants in post war Britain - their reasons for leaving and their lives now in a very different contemporary Britain or Ireland. As the production company involved, Animo Television, tells Iftn: "Whether motivated by circumstances, economics or emotions they left behind a country that was enduring some of the darkest days of her history - an Ireland that could never have imagined or hoped for the Celtic Tiger.
- 10/1/2009
- IFTN
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