The Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival (Nziff) has revealed 12 local titles that will play at the festival this year.
The films include eight documentaries, two dramas and two retrospective films and seven of them are world premieres. Following its U.S. premiere on HBO Max, Jan Oliver Lucks’ “There Is No I in Threesome” will have its theatrical world premiere at the festival.
Films also include Michelle Savill’s “Millie Lies Low”; Luit Bieringa’s “Signed, Theo Schoon”; Peter Bell Brook’s “Mark Hunt: The Fight of His Life”; and Lula Cucchiara “Fiona Clark: Unafraid.”
Briar March’s “Mothers of the Revolution”; a restored and remastered version of pioneering filmmaker Merata Mita’s landmark film “Patu!”; Tu Neill’s “Ayukawa: The Weight of a Life”; John Mills and Aileen O’Sullivan’s “Whetu Marama – Bright Star”; Kathleen Gallagher’s “Rohe Kōreporepo – The Swamp, the Sacred Place” And Dr. Annie Goldson...
The films include eight documentaries, two dramas and two retrospective films and seven of them are world premieres. Following its U.S. premiere on HBO Max, Jan Oliver Lucks’ “There Is No I in Threesome” will have its theatrical world premiere at the festival.
Films also include Michelle Savill’s “Millie Lies Low”; Luit Bieringa’s “Signed, Theo Schoon”; Peter Bell Brook’s “Mark Hunt: The Fight of His Life”; and Lula Cucchiara “Fiona Clark: Unafraid.”
Briar March’s “Mothers of the Revolution”; a restored and remastered version of pioneering filmmaker Merata Mita’s landmark film “Patu!”; Tu Neill’s “Ayukawa: The Weight of a Life”; John Mills and Aileen O’Sullivan’s “Whetu Marama – Bright Star”; Kathleen Gallagher’s “Rohe Kōreporepo – The Swamp, the Sacred Place” And Dr. Annie Goldson...
- 9/9/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
‘The Girl On The Bridge’.
The New Zealand Film Commission (Nzfc) will be one of eight organisations to present a curated selection of docs-in-progress as part of Cannes Docs.
Running June 22 – 26 as part of the now virtual Marché du Film, the in progress showcase is designed for decision makers such as festival programmers and sales agents looking for new titles.
The films will be presented by a video pitch and 10-minute sequence of the rough cut.
The four New Zealand documentaries and filmmakers are:
The Girl on The Bridge – director Leanne Pooley, producers Cass Avery and Alex Reed. The story of a young woman with the weight of a generation on her shoulders. Having survived her own suicidal struggles Jazz Thornton is a mental health activist, fighting to change how society and the system are dealing with young people like her. This is a film about hope. It is a film about redemption.
The New Zealand Film Commission (Nzfc) will be one of eight organisations to present a curated selection of docs-in-progress as part of Cannes Docs.
Running June 22 – 26 as part of the now virtual Marché du Film, the in progress showcase is designed for decision makers such as festival programmers and sales agents looking for new titles.
The films will be presented by a video pitch and 10-minute sequence of the rough cut.
The four New Zealand documentaries and filmmakers are:
The Girl on The Bridge – director Leanne Pooley, producers Cass Avery and Alex Reed. The story of a young woman with the weight of a generation on her shoulders. Having survived her own suicidal struggles Jazz Thornton is a mental health activist, fighting to change how society and the system are dealing with young people like her. This is a film about hope. It is a film about redemption.
- 6/11/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
If Haunters: The Art of the Scare won you over, then might I recommend a new documentary playing on Shudder by the name of Spookers. Directed by Florian Habicht, the movie goes behind-the-scenes into New Zealand’s largest haunted house attraction,… Continue Reading →
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- 10/26/2017
- by Jonathan Barkan
- DreadCentral.com
For over a decade now, the International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival in Phoenix has been a showcase for ambitious genre projects, and as a special complement to their April screenings, Ihsff is teaming up with Shudder this Halloween season for a Fall Fest celluloid celebration of three films that are perfect for October viewing.
Presented by Shudder, the Ihsff Fall Fest will take over three nights from Tuesday, October 24th to Thursday, October 26th, giving horror film fans the chance to watch the haunted attraction documentary Spookers, the German thriller Cold Hell, and the social media serial killer comedy Tragedy Girls.
Individual screening tickets can be purchased for $10 apiece or you can pick up a $20 horror pass for admittance to all three evenings. Attendees can look forward to giveaways as well as hosted discussions after each screening. We have additional details below, and visit Ihsff's website to learn more.
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Presented by Shudder, the Ihsff Fall Fest will take over three nights from Tuesday, October 24th to Thursday, October 26th, giving horror film fans the chance to watch the haunted attraction documentary Spookers, the German thriller Cold Hell, and the social media serial killer comedy Tragedy Girls.
Individual screening tickets can be purchased for $10 apiece or you can pick up a $20 horror pass for admittance to all three evenings. Attendees can look forward to giveaways as well as hosted discussions after each screening. We have additional details below, and visit Ihsff's website to learn more.
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- 10/17/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The second annual edition of the Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival (“Puff”) will be playing host to the Us premiere of Florian Habicht’s documentary Spookers later this month at the Proscenium Theater at the Drake in Center City Philadelphia. Receiving high praise from critics around the globe, Spookers is an emotionally-driven and unique cinematic experience that fans of the haunt business […]...
- 9/7/2017
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
What goes into the making of a family-owned haunted attraction? You can find out this fall when the documentary Spookers makes its Us premiere at the Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival, which will also host the world theatrical premiere of Night Creep, a movie filmed in 2002 that co-stars the late, great Don Calfa (The Return of the Living Dead).
Press Release: Philadelphia, Pa, September 6th, 2017, Set to haunt the Proscenium Theater at the Drake in Center City Philadelphia from Thursday, September 28th, to Sunday, October 1st, the second annual edition of the Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival (“Puff”) is excited to announce the latest and final additions to their 2017 line-up. In addition to such acclaimed genre fare as “Tragedy Girls,” “Terrifier,” and “Ruin Me,” as well as the World Premiere of the highly-anticipated “100 Acres of Hell,” Puff is proud to add two extremely unique films to their roster, including a shot-on-video horror...
Press Release: Philadelphia, Pa, September 6th, 2017, Set to haunt the Proscenium Theater at the Drake in Center City Philadelphia from Thursday, September 28th, to Sunday, October 1st, the second annual edition of the Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival (“Puff”) is excited to announce the latest and final additions to their 2017 line-up. In addition to such acclaimed genre fare as “Tragedy Girls,” “Terrifier,” and “Ruin Me,” as well as the World Premiere of the highly-anticipated “100 Acres of Hell,” Puff is proud to add two extremely unique films to their roster, including a shot-on-video horror...
- 9/7/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
'Watch the Sunset'..
Revelation Perth International Film Festival.s 20th incarnation promises to be its biggest to date, with 200 films set to screen - among them 15 world premieres and 41 Australian premieres.
The festival will open with Josh Greenbaum.s.Becoming Bond, a documentary about the life of Australia.s James Bond, George Lazenby. Lazenby-starrer On Her Majesty.s Secret Service is also set to screen, with the actor in attendance for a Q&A.
Australian film Watch the Sunset, from Tristian Barr and Michael Godsen, will make its world debut at the festival with cast and crew to appear in Q&A. Other Aussie features to screen include Michael Jones. Lazybones and Aaron McCann and Dominic Pearce.s Top Knot Detective.
Local documentaries will get a good showing, with a line-up that includes Kriv Stenders. The Go Betweens: Right Here, Mat de Koning.s Meal Tickets, and Kate Hickey.s Roller Dreams.
Revelation Perth International Film Festival.s 20th incarnation promises to be its biggest to date, with 200 films set to screen - among them 15 world premieres and 41 Australian premieres.
The festival will open with Josh Greenbaum.s.Becoming Bond, a documentary about the life of Australia.s James Bond, George Lazenby. Lazenby-starrer On Her Majesty.s Secret Service is also set to screen, with the actor in attendance for a Q&A.
Australian film Watch the Sunset, from Tristian Barr and Michael Godsen, will make its world debut at the festival with cast and crew to appear in Q&A. Other Aussie features to screen include Michael Jones. Lazybones and Aaron McCann and Dominic Pearce.s Top Knot Detective.
Local documentaries will get a good showing, with a line-up that includes Kriv Stenders. The Go Betweens: Right Here, Mat de Koning.s Meal Tickets, and Kate Hickey.s Roller Dreams.
- 6/13/2017
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
'Top of the Lake: China Girl' will make its Australian debut at Miff.
The Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) has unveiled the first 30 films on its line-up ahead of the full program launch in July..
Among the highlights at this year.s festival, to be held August 3-20, is actually a television series: the Australian premiere of Jane Campion.s series Top of the Lake: China Girl, fresh from Cannes..
All six episodes of the show, starring Elisabeth Moss and Nicole Kidman, will play in three concurrent two-hour sessions, before the show goes on to air on Foxtel.s BBC First.
Another Aussie highlight will be documentary The Silent Eye, from director Amiel Courtin-Wilson (Hail, Ruin), which follows free jazz pioneer Cecil Taylor and modern dance artist Min Tanaka..
Many of the Aussie films that are screening at Sydney Film Festival will also head south for Miff, including a double bill froom Kriv Stenders,...
The Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) has unveiled the first 30 films on its line-up ahead of the full program launch in July..
Among the highlights at this year.s festival, to be held August 3-20, is actually a television series: the Australian premiere of Jane Campion.s series Top of the Lake: China Girl, fresh from Cannes..
All six episodes of the show, starring Elisabeth Moss and Nicole Kidman, will play in three concurrent two-hour sessions, before the show goes on to air on Foxtel.s BBC First.
Another Aussie highlight will be documentary The Silent Eye, from director Amiel Courtin-Wilson (Hail, Ruin), which follows free jazz pioneer Cecil Taylor and modern dance artist Min Tanaka..
Many of the Aussie films that are screening at Sydney Film Festival will also head south for Miff, including a double bill froom Kriv Stenders,...
- 6/6/2017
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Five filmmakers selected for writing and editing residencies.
Pjlf Three Rivers has announced the five filmmakers selected for this year’s writing and editing residencies, which will take place over the summer in Italy.
The initiative, supported by the Pjlf Arts Fund and the Chatwin Scholarship, is also continuing its partnership with the Dubai International Film Festival (Diff). The five selected filmmakers will present their projects at Diff’s Dubai Film Market in December.
India’s Haobam Paban Kumar and Hungary’s Balazs Simonyi have been selected for the first writing residency to take place in May-June. Marten Rabarts and Franz Rodenkirchen will work with the two filmmakers on their projects, Joseph’s Story and Heartstop, respectively.
The second writing residency, to take place in August and September, will see Rabarts and Gyula Gazdag work with Florian Habicht on Under A Full Moon and Ishtiaque Zico on Cinema, City And Cats.
Three Rivers ran an...
Pjlf Three Rivers has announced the five filmmakers selected for this year’s writing and editing residencies, which will take place over the summer in Italy.
The initiative, supported by the Pjlf Arts Fund and the Chatwin Scholarship, is also continuing its partnership with the Dubai International Film Festival (Diff). The five selected filmmakers will present their projects at Diff’s Dubai Film Market in December.
India’s Haobam Paban Kumar and Hungary’s Balazs Simonyi have been selected for the first writing residency to take place in May-June. Marten Rabarts and Franz Rodenkirchen will work with the two filmmakers on their projects, Joseph’s Story and Heartstop, respectively.
The second writing residency, to take place in August and September, will see Rabarts and Gyula Gazdag work with Florian Habicht on Under A Full Moon and Ishtiaque Zico on Cinema, City And Cats.
Three Rivers ran an...
- 5/23/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Have you ever attended a haunted house attraction and — after being scared silly by the performers pretending to be zombies and psycho killers — asked yourself, “Gee, I wonder what they’re like in real life?” If so, Spookers is the film for you.
Florian Habicht’s (Pulp: A Film About Life, Death and Supermarkets) new documentary, which recently received its world premiere at Toronto’s Hot Docs, goes behind the scenes at New Zealand’s largest and most heavily attended scare park. Located not far from Auckland on the grounds of a notorious former psychiatric hospital, the place would be scary even...
Florian Habicht’s (Pulp: A Film About Life, Death and Supermarkets) new documentary, which recently received its world premiere at Toronto’s Hot Docs, goes behind the scenes at New Zealand’s largest and most heavily attended scare park. Located not far from Auckland on the grounds of a notorious former psychiatric hospital, the place would be scary even...
- 5/18/2017
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Luke Murray..
Former head of programming and acquisitions at Rialto Channel Luke Murray is joining Madman as New Zealand theatrical sales manager.
.We are very fortunate to have Luke join the Madman group,. said Madman Chief Executive Paul Wiegard. .Luke has been a key taste maker in the New Zealand film industry, with over a decade of curatorial experience. Luke's appointment reflects Madman's ongoing commitment to New Zealand content production and distribution."
Murray, who will report to Gm of theatrical Nicole Titheridge, will manage theatrical sales functions while working with exhibitors. He will also collaborate with producers from the early stages of film projects through to theatrical release.
Following on from the recent success of What We Do in the Shadows and Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Madman.s upcoming Kiwi slate includes Jackie van Beek and Madeline Sami.s The Breaker Upperers, which Taika Waititi is executive producing, plus Tony Simpson...
Former head of programming and acquisitions at Rialto Channel Luke Murray is joining Madman as New Zealand theatrical sales manager.
.We are very fortunate to have Luke join the Madman group,. said Madman Chief Executive Paul Wiegard. .Luke has been a key taste maker in the New Zealand film industry, with over a decade of curatorial experience. Luke's appointment reflects Madman's ongoing commitment to New Zealand content production and distribution."
Murray, who will report to Gm of theatrical Nicole Titheridge, will manage theatrical sales functions while working with exhibitors. He will also collaborate with producers from the early stages of film projects through to theatrical release.
Following on from the recent success of What We Do in the Shadows and Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Madman.s upcoming Kiwi slate includes Jackie van Beek and Madeline Sami.s The Breaker Upperers, which Taika Waititi is executive producing, plus Tony Simpson...
- 4/6/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Luke Murray..
Former head of programming and acquisitions at Rialto Channel Luke Murray is joining Madman as New Zealand theatrical sales manager.
.We are very fortunate to have Luke join the Madman group,. said Madman Chief Executive Paul Wiegard. .Luke has been a key taste maker in the New Zealand film industry, with over a decade of curatorial experience. Luke's appointment reflects Madman's ongoing commitment to New Zealand content production and distribution."
Murray, who will report to Gm of theatrical Nicole Titheridge, will manage theatrical sales functions while working with exhibitors. He will also collaborate with producers from the early stages of film projects through to theatrical release.
Following on from the recent success of What We Do in the Shadows and Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Madman.s upcoming Kiwi slate includes Jackie van Beek and Madeline Sami.s The Breaker Upperers, which Taika Waititi is executive producing, plus Tony Simpson...
Former head of programming and acquisitions at Rialto Channel Luke Murray is joining Madman as New Zealand theatrical sales manager.
.We are very fortunate to have Luke join the Madman group,. said Madman Chief Executive Paul Wiegard. .Luke has been a key taste maker in the New Zealand film industry, with over a decade of curatorial experience. Luke's appointment reflects Madman's ongoing commitment to New Zealand content production and distribution."
Murray, who will report to Gm of theatrical Nicole Titheridge, will manage theatrical sales functions while working with exhibitors. He will also collaborate with producers from the early stages of film projects through to theatrical release.
Following on from the recent success of What We Do in the Shadows and Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Madman.s upcoming Kiwi slate includes Jackie van Beek and Madeline Sami.s The Breaker Upperers, which Taika Waititi is executive producing, plus Tony Simpson...
- 4/6/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Jen Peedom's Mountain.
Mountain, the latest documentary from Sherpa director Jen Peedom, will screen at this year.s Sydney Film Festival..
The festival, now in its 64th year, today announced 28 films ahead of the full program launch in May..
Mountain, which features a score by Richard Tognetti.performed by the Australian Chamber Orchestra, explores the history of people's fascination with mountains and why they risk their lives for them. The film is written by Robert MacFarlane, author of.Mountains of the Mind,.and saw Peedom reunite with Renan Ozturk, Sherpa's main altitude cinematographer.
Other local fare includes.That.s Not Me, from Melbourne husband and wife duo Gregory Erdstein (director-writer) and Alice Foulcher (star and writer-producer). The indie comedy has already screened in the States, with Sff marking its Australian premiere..
Hollie Fifer.s controversial docoThe Opposition.will also screen after being suppressed by a court order last year.
Mountain, the latest documentary from Sherpa director Jen Peedom, will screen at this year.s Sydney Film Festival..
The festival, now in its 64th year, today announced 28 films ahead of the full program launch in May..
Mountain, which features a score by Richard Tognetti.performed by the Australian Chamber Orchestra, explores the history of people's fascination with mountains and why they risk their lives for them. The film is written by Robert MacFarlane, author of.Mountains of the Mind,.and saw Peedom reunite with Renan Ozturk, Sherpa's main altitude cinematographer.
Other local fare includes.That.s Not Me, from Melbourne husband and wife duo Gregory Erdstein (director-writer) and Alice Foulcher (star and writer-producer). The indie comedy has already screened in the States, with Sff marking its Australian premiere..
Hollie Fifer.s controversial docoThe Opposition.will also screen after being suppressed by a court order last year.
- 4/4/2017
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Following the success of That Sugar Film, Madman Production is co-producing Spookers, its second feature documentary which examines the characters who inhabit Australasia.s only haunted theme park. Berlin-born, New Zealand-based director Florian Habicht is shooting Spookers at the eponymous .scream park. in a converted hospital located near Karaka, a 50 minute drive from Auckland.
The attraction was created 10 years ago by a sheep farming family, which has transformed their lives and employed hundreds of aspiring horror performers.
The New Zealand Film Commission is co-funding the doc, produced by Kiwi Lani-Rain Feltham and Madman Production.s Nick Batzias and Suzanne Walker. Madman Entertainment co-founder Paul Wiegard has been to the park and marvelled at the crazy characters including zombies, clowns, a blood-curdling butcher and a guy in a baseball mask wielding a chainsaw.
"We follow the hopes, dreams and fears of key characters as they face unchartered territory," Wiegard tells If.
The attraction was created 10 years ago by a sheep farming family, which has transformed their lives and employed hundreds of aspiring horror performers.
The New Zealand Film Commission is co-funding the doc, produced by Kiwi Lani-Rain Feltham and Madman Production.s Nick Batzias and Suzanne Walker. Madman Entertainment co-founder Paul Wiegard has been to the park and marvelled at the crazy characters including zombies, clowns, a blood-curdling butcher and a guy in a baseball mask wielding a chainsaw.
"We follow the hopes, dreams and fears of key characters as they face unchartered territory," Wiegard tells If.
- 10/29/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
1. Frank
Those of us who care about movie posters often complain about “big head” posters from Hollywood studios, but the design for Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank is the ne plus ultra of big head posters: a poster for a film about a big head. The head in question is the papier-mâché noggin worn by Michael Fassbender’s title character, which was inspired by the nearly identical prop worn by Chris Sievey, a.k.a. Frank Sidebottom, the nasal-voiced troubadour from Timperley, Manchester, who famously covered the Sex Pistols (“Anarchy in Timperley”) and had his moment of cult fame in the 80s. The poster for Frank, designed by an as-yet uncredited designer at P+A studio (the anonymity seems apt) subverts the chief function of the big head poster by not showing us the film’s star. To me it’s a thing of beauty (my affection for Frank Sidebottom and...
Those of us who care about movie posters often complain about “big head” posters from Hollywood studios, but the design for Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank is the ne plus ultra of big head posters: a poster for a film about a big head. The head in question is the papier-mâché noggin worn by Michael Fassbender’s title character, which was inspired by the nearly identical prop worn by Chris Sievey, a.k.a. Frank Sidebottom, the nasal-voiced troubadour from Timperley, Manchester, who famously covered the Sex Pistols (“Anarchy in Timperley”) and had his moment of cult fame in the 80s. The poster for Frank, designed by an as-yet uncredited designer at P+A studio (the anonymity seems apt) subverts the chief function of the big head poster by not showing us the film’s star. To me it’s a thing of beauty (my affection for Frank Sidebottom and...
- 12/15/2014
- by Adrian Curry
- MUBI
To American audiences, Pulp front man Jarvis Cocker has always been a little inscrutable. British, rail thin, well-dressed, and bespectacled, Cocker resembles something of a hybrid of Bryan Ferry and Philip Larkin. Although Pulp first scored an international hit in 1995 with “Common People," Cocker had been laboring away under the same moniker since 1978 — many of those years in his small hometown of Sheffield. Nearly a decade after the band’s demise, Florian Habicht’s new documentary, Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets, out now in theaters, follows Cocker & Co. back to Sheffield as they conclude their 2012 reunion tour.Musicians have said that the worst shows are hometown shows and the worst audiences are hometown audiences. Was that Pulp’s experience going back home to Sheffield?That was definitely a factor in why we were nervous playing [Sheffield] and maybe why we had put it off until the last...
- 11/24/2014
- by Erik Morse
- Vulture
This is an abbreviated version of our Movies This Week roundup because there will be some turnover at area theaters on as we head into the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. I'll be back with an early post on Wednesday to let you know about what will be changing. In the meantime, here's a quick look at what is on tap for this weekend and early next week.
At Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, they are continuing on with 70mm screenings of Interstellar, but those are currently only confirmed through Tuesday night. It's possible that it will keep playing, but if you've been meaning to catch it there on film, you may want to squeeze it in this weekend. The Ritz has added a Saturday afternoon matinee of Florian Habicht's outstanding documentary Pulp: A Film About Life, Death and Supermarkets. They've also got a Mad Max trilogy marathon on Sunday and Monday...
At Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, they are continuing on with 70mm screenings of Interstellar, but those are currently only confirmed through Tuesday night. It's possible that it will keep playing, but if you've been meaning to catch it there on film, you may want to squeeze it in this weekend. The Ritz has added a Saturday afternoon matinee of Florian Habicht's outstanding documentary Pulp: A Film About Life, Death and Supermarkets. They've also got a Mad Max trilogy marathon on Sunday and Monday...
- 11/21/2014
- by Matt Shiverdecker
- Slackerwood
Pulp: a Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets
Directed by Florian Habicht
UK, 2014
Perhaps the new documentary Pulp: a Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets is best summed up by Pulp’s frontman, Jarvis Cocker: “Life is a random process, but you can add narrative to it.” Director Florian Habicht tries to impose a narrative upon his mishmash of concert footage, band interviews, and fan testimonials, but it never coalesces. Ultimately, some top-notch concert cinematography, a few intriguing visuals, and Cocker’s delightful cheekiness make this a must-see for Pulp fans, and a must-skip for general audiences.
Sometimes, you can go home again. After taking an impromptu nine-year hiatus in the 2000s, the seminal alt-rock band Pulp re-assembled in 2011 to “tidy things up.” The ensuing European tour culminates with one last electrifying performance in the band’s hometown of Sheffield. Interviews with band members make it clear that, despite...
Directed by Florian Habicht
UK, 2014
Perhaps the new documentary Pulp: a Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets is best summed up by Pulp’s frontman, Jarvis Cocker: “Life is a random process, but you can add narrative to it.” Director Florian Habicht tries to impose a narrative upon his mishmash of concert footage, band interviews, and fan testimonials, but it never coalesces. Ultimately, some top-notch concert cinematography, a few intriguing visuals, and Cocker’s delightful cheekiness make this a must-see for Pulp fans, and a must-skip for general audiences.
Sometimes, you can go home again. After taking an impromptu nine-year hiatus in the 2000s, the seminal alt-rock band Pulp re-assembled in 2011 to “tidy things up.” The ensuing European tour culminates with one last electrifying performance in the band’s hometown of Sheffield. Interviews with band members make it clear that, despite...
- 11/19/2014
- by J.R. Kinnard
- SoundOnSight
When I was a kid in upstate New York, I’d hear Petula Clark’s “Downtown” on the radio — a song about the promise of glittering lights, “movie shows,” and all the excitement and dazzle adult life had to offer — and revel in the anywhere-but-hereness of it all. That’s not to denigrate where I grew up. Almost all kids, growing up anywhere, ask themselves: What else does the world have to offer? Long before they became world-famous, the members of the Yorkshire-bred Pulp, led by precocious stringbean-in-pants Jarvis Cocker, must have asked too. And as Florian Habicht’s gingery, deeply affectionate documentary Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets shows, even after they found out what the world had to offer &md...
- 11/19/2014
- Village Voice
Exclusive: Oscilloscope Laboratories is taking its rock doc Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets to the common people, for a day. The feature-length film snuck online Monday on music site Pitchfork and will stream for free in its entirety for 24 hours. Here’s a sneak peek at Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker recounting his days as a teenage fishmonger in the pic, which hits theaters nationwide on Wednesday and goes digital on iTunes, VOD, and other platforms on November 21.
Pic is by Florian Habicht (Love Story), who takes an unusual approach to his profile of the British rock band on the occasion of their final UK show in Sheffield in 2012, the hometown where the band endured a disastrous farewell concert in 1988. In addition to tracking the band itself, Habicht explores the city and fans of Sheffield, whose denizens share a great affection for Pulp and its frontman.
The move...
Pic is by Florian Habicht (Love Story), who takes an unusual approach to his profile of the British rock band on the occasion of their final UK show in Sheffield in 2012, the hometown where the band endured a disastrous farewell concert in 1988. In addition to tracking the band itself, Habicht explores the city and fans of Sheffield, whose denizens share a great affection for Pulp and its frontman.
The move...
- 11/17/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Ruben Ostlund’s Force Majeure to screen atop 3,200m high Aiguille Rouge Mountain at Alpine festival.
Susanne Bier’s A Second Chance, Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank and Gerard Johnson’s Hyena are among the titles set to compete at the sixth edition of Les Arcs European Film Festival (Dec 13-20) in the heart of the French Alps.
Festival co-founders Pierre Emmanuel Fleurantin and Guillaume Calop said the event’s focus on Europe was more relevant than ever as its citizens posed questions about the future of the region amid the ongoing economic crisis.
“We continue to believe in a united Europe where together we can safeguard our cultures and ways of life without renouncing progress,” they said in a joint statement. “Across the new line-up, each country shows off the best of its cinema.”
The titles in the competition, selected by artistic director Frédéric Boyer, will compete for the festival’s top prize, the Crystal...
Susanne Bier’s A Second Chance, Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank and Gerard Johnson’s Hyena are among the titles set to compete at the sixth edition of Les Arcs European Film Festival (Dec 13-20) in the heart of the French Alps.
Festival co-founders Pierre Emmanuel Fleurantin and Guillaume Calop said the event’s focus on Europe was more relevant than ever as its citizens posed questions about the future of the region amid the ongoing economic crisis.
“We continue to believe in a united Europe where together we can safeguard our cultures and ways of life without renouncing progress,” they said in a joint statement. “Across the new line-up, each country shows off the best of its cinema.”
The titles in the competition, selected by artistic director Frédéric Boyer, will compete for the festival’s top prize, the Crystal...
- 11/6/2014
- ScreenDaily
Universal Pictures on board film adaptation of classic British series; cast to include Billy Nighy, Catherine Zeta Jones and Toby Jones
The cast of a long-rumoured film based on classic British comedy series Dad’s Army has been revealed.
Toby Jones, best known for roles in The Hunger Games and Harry Potter franchises, will take the leading role of Captain Mainwaring, a stiff-upper-lipped veteran who oversees the Home Guard in a small village toward the end of the Second World War.
His right-hand man, Wilson, will be played by Bill Nighy, known to international audiences for his roles in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Love Actually.
Both were previously rumoured to be attached to the project, an adaptation of a BBC comedy series than ran from 1968-77, but Catherine Zeta Jones is newly attached to the film as journalist Rose Winters.
The all-star British cast will also include Tom Courtenay as Corporal Jones, Harry Potter...
The cast of a long-rumoured film based on classic British comedy series Dad’s Army has been revealed.
Toby Jones, best known for roles in The Hunger Games and Harry Potter franchises, will take the leading role of Captain Mainwaring, a stiff-upper-lipped veteran who oversees the Home Guard in a small village toward the end of the Second World War.
His right-hand man, Wilson, will be played by Bill Nighy, known to international audiences for his roles in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Love Actually.
Both were previously rumoured to be attached to the project, an adaptation of a BBC comedy series than ran from 1968-77, but Catherine Zeta Jones is newly attached to the film as journalist Rose Winters.
The all-star British cast will also include Tom Courtenay as Corporal Jones, Harry Potter...
- 10/8/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Other winners included Norwegian drama Blind, Danish horror When Animals Dream and Nick Cave doc 20,000 Days On Earth.
Yann Demange’s ’71 has won the best film award – the Golden Athena – at the 20th Athens International Film Festival (Sept 17-28).
The film, co-produced by Crab Apple Films, Protagonist Pictures and Warp Films, stars Jack O’Connell as a soldier left behind enemy lines in Belfast during the height of the Troubles.
It debuted at the Berlinale in February and more recently played at Toronto.
The Aiff awards ceremony also saw Eskil Vogt win the best director trophy for Norwegian drama Blind.
The film, which previously won awards at Berlin and Sundance (where it debuted), is about a recently blind woman who fears and fantasies begin to take over her life.
Blind marks Vogt’s directorial debut following a screenwriting career that has included Reprise (2006), Oslo, August 31st (2011) and Joachim Trier’s upcoming Louder Than Bombs. It was co-produced...
Yann Demange’s ’71 has won the best film award – the Golden Athena – at the 20th Athens International Film Festival (Sept 17-28).
The film, co-produced by Crab Apple Films, Protagonist Pictures and Warp Films, stars Jack O’Connell as a soldier left behind enemy lines in Belfast during the height of the Troubles.
It debuted at the Berlinale in February and more recently played at Toronto.
The Aiff awards ceremony also saw Eskil Vogt win the best director trophy for Norwegian drama Blind.
The film, which previously won awards at Berlin and Sundance (where it debuted), is about a recently blind woman who fears and fantasies begin to take over her life.
Blind marks Vogt’s directorial debut following a screenwriting career that has included Reprise (2006), Oslo, August 31st (2011) and Joachim Trier’s upcoming Louder Than Bombs. It was co-produced...
- 9/28/2014
- by alexisgrivas@yahoo.com (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
The 20th edition of the festival includes competition titles ’71 and Blind.
The Athens International Film Festival (Sept 17-28) kicks off its 20th edition today with 241 titles selected by artistic director Orestis Andreadakis.
The festival will open with Damian Szifron’s hit Wild Tales, which has proved a critical hit since its world premiere in competition at Cannes, and will close with David Fincher’s Us crime drama Gone Girl, marking its European premiere.
This year’s international competition includes Yann Demange’s Berlinale title, ’71, and Eskil Vogt’s Blind, which has picked up awards in Berlin and Sundance among others.
‘71, Yann Demange (UK)10,000 km, Carlos Marques-Marcet (Spa)Blind, Eskil Vogt (Nor)The Canal, Ivan Kavanagh (Irel)Manos Sucias, Josef Wladyka (Us-Col)The Mend, John Magary (Us)Natural Sciences, Matías Lucchesi (Arg)Thou Wast Mild and Lovely, Josephine Decker (Us)The Way He Looks, Daniel Ribeiro (Bra)When Animals Dream, Jonas Alexander Arnby (De)
A five-member Youth Jury, comprised...
The Athens International Film Festival (Sept 17-28) kicks off its 20th edition today with 241 titles selected by artistic director Orestis Andreadakis.
The festival will open with Damian Szifron’s hit Wild Tales, which has proved a critical hit since its world premiere in competition at Cannes, and will close with David Fincher’s Us crime drama Gone Girl, marking its European premiere.
This year’s international competition includes Yann Demange’s Berlinale title, ’71, and Eskil Vogt’s Blind, which has picked up awards in Berlin and Sundance among others.
‘71, Yann Demange (UK)10,000 km, Carlos Marques-Marcet (Spa)Blind, Eskil Vogt (Nor)The Canal, Ivan Kavanagh (Irel)Manos Sucias, Josef Wladyka (Us-Col)The Mend, John Magary (Us)Natural Sciences, Matías Lucchesi (Arg)Thou Wast Mild and Lovely, Josephine Decker (Us)The Way He Looks, Daniel Ribeiro (Bra)When Animals Dream, Jonas Alexander Arnby (De)
A five-member Youth Jury, comprised...
- 9/17/2014
- by alexisgrivas@yahoo.com (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
Pilot P&A fund launched at Sundance extends to Toronto.
The BFI has extended its P&A support for UK films seeking Us distribution to a crop of titles bowing at the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 4-14).
The BFI will make awards of up to £25,000 ($42,000) to Us distributors who pick up UK premieres, to help them strengthen the marketing campaigns for the Us releases of the films.
Films must have budgets under £4m ($6.6m).
The Toronto titles to benefit from the scheme are Michael Winterbottom’s The Face of an Angel, Gerard Johnson’s Hyena, Liv Ullman’s Miss Julie, Debbie Tucker Green’s Second Coming and Morgan Matthews’ X+Y.
The initiative was launched as a pilot at Sundance and extended to cover SXSW. Four films which had their world premieres and applied to the scheme have all secured Us theatrical distribution deals: Hong Khaou’s Lilting (Strand Releasing); Stuart Murdoch’s God Help the Girl (GoDigital...
The BFI has extended its P&A support for UK films seeking Us distribution to a crop of titles bowing at the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 4-14).
The BFI will make awards of up to £25,000 ($42,000) to Us distributors who pick up UK premieres, to help them strengthen the marketing campaigns for the Us releases of the films.
Films must have budgets under £4m ($6.6m).
The Toronto titles to benefit from the scheme are Michael Winterbottom’s The Face of an Angel, Gerard Johnson’s Hyena, Liv Ullman’s Miss Julie, Debbie Tucker Green’s Second Coming and Morgan Matthews’ X+Y.
The initiative was launched as a pilot at Sundance and extended to cover SXSW. Four films which had their world premieres and applied to the scheme have all secured Us theatrical distribution deals: Hong Khaou’s Lilting (Strand Releasing); Stuart Murdoch’s God Help the Girl (GoDigital...
- 9/1/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The 2014 Viennale gets underway on October 23rd and runs to November 6th. The festival has published a preview of their lineup:
Features
Frank (Lenny Abrahamson)
Jauja (Lisandro Alonso)
Clouds of Sils Maria (Olivier Assayas)
Winter Sleep (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
Whiplash (Damien Chazelle)
Two Day, One Night (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
Li'l Quinguin (Bruno Demont)
Hard to Be a God (Aeksej German)
Adieu au langage (Jean-Luc Godard)
Mambo Cool (Chris Gude)
Amour fou (Jessica Hausner)
The Last Summer of the Rich (Peter Kern)
Time Lapse (Bradley King)
The Kindergarten Teacher (Nadav Lapid)
Sorrow and Joy (Nils Malmros)
Suddarth (Richie Mehta)
Macondo (Sudabeh Mortezai)
Force Majeure (Ruben Ostlund)
I'm Not Him (Tayfun Pirselimoglu)
Favula (Raúl Perrone)
Buzzard (Joel Potrykus)
A Proletarian Winter's Tale (Julian Radlmaier)
Two Shots Fired (Martín Rejtman)
Mauro (Hernán Rosselli)
The Sad Smell of Flesh (Cristóbal Arteaga Rozas)
Love is Strange (Ira Sachs)
The Tribe (Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy)
Why Don't You Play in Hell?...
Features
Frank (Lenny Abrahamson)
Jauja (Lisandro Alonso)
Clouds of Sils Maria (Olivier Assayas)
Winter Sleep (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
Whiplash (Damien Chazelle)
Two Day, One Night (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
Li'l Quinguin (Bruno Demont)
Hard to Be a God (Aeksej German)
Adieu au langage (Jean-Luc Godard)
Mambo Cool (Chris Gude)
Amour fou (Jessica Hausner)
The Last Summer of the Rich (Peter Kern)
Time Lapse (Bradley King)
The Kindergarten Teacher (Nadav Lapid)
Sorrow and Joy (Nils Malmros)
Suddarth (Richie Mehta)
Macondo (Sudabeh Mortezai)
Force Majeure (Ruben Ostlund)
I'm Not Him (Tayfun Pirselimoglu)
Favula (Raúl Perrone)
Buzzard (Joel Potrykus)
A Proletarian Winter's Tale (Julian Radlmaier)
Two Shots Fired (Martín Rejtman)
Mauro (Hernán Rosselli)
The Sad Smell of Flesh (Cristóbal Arteaga Rozas)
Love is Strange (Ira Sachs)
The Tribe (Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy)
Why Don't You Play in Hell?...
- 8/22/2014
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Vienna film festival to include a tribute to Viggo Mortensen and a retrospective on John Ford.Scroll down for list of higlights
Highlights of the 52nd Vienna International Film Festival (Oct 23-Nov 6) have been unveiled, including buzz titles from Cannes and Sundance as well as a tribute to actor Viggo Mortensen and a retrospective on director John Ford.
The feature film programme includes Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye to Language 3D, Olivier Assayas’s Clouds of Sils Maria and the Dardenne brothers’ Two Days, One Night. Other titles include Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash, Ruben Ostlund’s Turist and Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank.
In the documentary line-up, highlights include Nick Cave doc 20,000 Days On Earth, from directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard; Frederick Wiseman’s National Gallery; and Tessa Louise Salome’s Mr Leos Carax.
The Viennale will pay tribute to American-Danish actor Viggo Mortensen, whose films range from The Lord of the Rings trilogy to David Cronenberg features...
Highlights of the 52nd Vienna International Film Festival (Oct 23-Nov 6) have been unveiled, including buzz titles from Cannes and Sundance as well as a tribute to actor Viggo Mortensen and a retrospective on director John Ford.
The feature film programme includes Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye to Language 3D, Olivier Assayas’s Clouds of Sils Maria and the Dardenne brothers’ Two Days, One Night. Other titles include Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash, Ruben Ostlund’s Turist and Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank.
In the documentary line-up, highlights include Nick Cave doc 20,000 Days On Earth, from directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard; Frederick Wiseman’s National Gallery; and Tessa Louise Salome’s Mr Leos Carax.
The Viennale will pay tribute to American-Danish actor Viggo Mortensen, whose films range from The Lord of the Rings trilogy to David Cronenberg features...
- 8/22/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Sound + Vision Film Festival, a showcase of music documentaries from world over, celebrates its second outing at Fslc, here in NYC. This year's festival consists of eclectic mix of new films, retrospectives and musical performances and more. The lineup includes spotlights on subjects like a Japanese trance didgeridoo player, seminal atmospheric bands of the late 1980s and early 1990s, a Mexican acoustic duo who combine thrash metal and flamenco, and music created on 1980s video-game hardware.Opening night selection is Beautiful Noise, a documentary on the rise of the influential 'wall-of-sound' scene that started with Cocteau Twins, The Jesus and Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine. The series concludes with Florian Habicht's Pulp, which follows iconic Brit band Pulp and the lead-up to their reunion...
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- 7/30/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Damián Szifrón’s Cannes Competition film Wild Tales and Palm d’Or winner Winter Sleep to open the T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival in Wroclaw.
A total of 20 films from Cannes Film Festival have been secured for the 14th New Horizons International Film Festival (July 24-Aug 3), Poland’s largest film event.
The festival, held in Wroclaw, will comprise screenings of around 365 films, including 199 features.
The opening film will be Damián Szifrón’s Cannes Competition film Wild Tales, an Argentinian satire co-produced by Pedro Almodovar.
A second opening film will be this year’s Palme d’Or winner Winter Sleep, by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
Third, after the opening gala, will be Olivier Assayas’ Sils Maria starring Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart.
The festival will close with Cannes Grand Prix winner The Wonders by Italian director Alice Rohrwacher.
Main programme
The main programme will include Aleksey German’s Hard to be God, Naomi Kawase’s Still...
A total of 20 films from Cannes Film Festival have been secured for the 14th New Horizons International Film Festival (July 24-Aug 3), Poland’s largest film event.
The festival, held in Wroclaw, will comprise screenings of around 365 films, including 199 features.
The opening film will be Damián Szifrón’s Cannes Competition film Wild Tales, an Argentinian satire co-produced by Pedro Almodovar.
A second opening film will be this year’s Palme d’Or winner Winter Sleep, by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
Third, after the opening gala, will be Olivier Assayas’ Sils Maria starring Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart.
The festival will close with Cannes Grand Prix winner The Wonders by Italian director Alice Rohrwacher.
Main programme
The main programme will include Aleksey German’s Hard to be God, Naomi Kawase’s Still...
- 7/2/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The Marfa Film Festival has announced its 2014 program. The five-day event (July 2-6) will present 52 films including features, shorts, and music videos in a variety of genres with over 15 countries represented. Musical artists Coco Rosie will perform an original live score to Sergei Parajanov’s 1968 masterpiece, "The Color of Pomegranates." 4th of July festivities include an advance screening of acclaimed French director Michel Gondry’s new film "Mood Indigo." Mff 2014 will also feature an interactive experimental gaming space where visitors will experience cutting-edge virtual reality games designed especially for Mff with a “Space Cowboy” theme. Comedy website Funny or Die will present humorous content and special events.
Founding sponsor Patron will return to elevate the mood with premium tequila spirits. According to festival director Robin Lambaria: “2014 feels like a transformative year for cinema. The films we received really surprised us with so much electric energy, talent, and raw imagination. Selecting our 2014 program seemed more challenging than ever given the sheer abundance of quality and novelty in so much of what today’s filmmakers are exploring.”
Festival highlights will include the world premieres of "Buttercup Bill" (a steamy psycho-sexual romance showcasing the fresh talents of up-and-coming directors Remy Bennett and Émilie Richard-Froozan) and "Book Of Ruth" (the harrowing tale of a young Mexican woman crossing the treacherous Us / Mexican border, directed by Pablo Veliz). Ryan Pierce Williams will present his new feature "X/Y" (America Fererra, Melonie Diaz, Common). Adan Jodorowsky’s new short "The Voice Thief"will make its Texas debut. Music fans will enjoy Florian Habicht’s visually mesmerizing documentary "Pulp: A Film About Life, Death, and Supermarkets." Mff’s 2014 program also includes films addressing controversial social issues including the "Death Penalty," "Juvenile Justice," "The Keystone Xl Pipeline," and the "Challenging Realities" of contemporary Native American life.
The full 2014 lineup can be viewed at : http://www.marfafilmfestival.com/2014-program/
About the Marfa Film Festival:
Since 2008 the Marfa Film Festival has attracted talented filmmakers, international press, industry professionals, and attendees from around the world to a remote corner of far West Texas. Over 5 days Mff screens a diverse mix of features, shorts, music videos, and experimental works, including a full afternoon schedule followed each evening with outdoor screenings under the stars, plus special happenings and spaces throughout.
Mff’s program celebrates innovation and excellence in film through highly selective curation and fostering a relaxed social space where up-and-coming filmmakers and adventurous cinephiles can mix with film veterans and living legends in a captivatingly scenic, culturally rich environment.
Founding sponsor Patron will return to elevate the mood with premium tequila spirits. According to festival director Robin Lambaria: “2014 feels like a transformative year for cinema. The films we received really surprised us with so much electric energy, talent, and raw imagination. Selecting our 2014 program seemed more challenging than ever given the sheer abundance of quality and novelty in so much of what today’s filmmakers are exploring.”
Festival highlights will include the world premieres of "Buttercup Bill" (a steamy psycho-sexual romance showcasing the fresh talents of up-and-coming directors Remy Bennett and Émilie Richard-Froozan) and "Book Of Ruth" (the harrowing tale of a young Mexican woman crossing the treacherous Us / Mexican border, directed by Pablo Veliz). Ryan Pierce Williams will present his new feature "X/Y" (America Fererra, Melonie Diaz, Common). Adan Jodorowsky’s new short "The Voice Thief"will make its Texas debut. Music fans will enjoy Florian Habicht’s visually mesmerizing documentary "Pulp: A Film About Life, Death, and Supermarkets." Mff’s 2014 program also includes films addressing controversial social issues including the "Death Penalty," "Juvenile Justice," "The Keystone Xl Pipeline," and the "Challenging Realities" of contemporary Native American life.
The full 2014 lineup can be viewed at : http://www.marfafilmfestival.com/2014-program/
About the Marfa Film Festival:
Since 2008 the Marfa Film Festival has attracted talented filmmakers, international press, industry professionals, and attendees from around the world to a remote corner of far West Texas. Over 5 days Mff screens a diverse mix of features, shorts, music videos, and experimental works, including a full afternoon schedule followed each evening with outdoor screenings under the stars, plus special happenings and spaces throughout.
Mff’s program celebrates innovation and excellence in film through highly selective curation and fostering a relaxed social space where up-and-coming filmmakers and adventurous cinephiles can mix with film veterans and living legends in a captivatingly scenic, culturally rich environment.
- 6/27/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Not even a week after Florian Habicht’s documentary about Britpop outfit Pulp is released, comes a sweet drama from first time filmmakers Stewart Alexander and Kerry Skinner, that shares the same name of the band’s signature hit. However that is where similarities end, as this ensemble piece instead bears comparisons to Ed Blum’s 2006 endeavour, Scenes of a Sexual Nature.
Set on a London common, predominantly across one day – we delve into the lives of various people, some passing through, some staying for the afternoon. We meet the widowed Ian (Iarla McGowan) and his young daughter, the pregnant Jenny – played by co-director Skinner, the alcoholic Harry, played by other director Alexander, and elderly couple Derrick (Sam Kelly) and Pam (Diana Payan), to name just a few. Each character with their own respective problems, but as the day turns to night, the varying narratives combine, and blend in to one another.
Set on a London common, predominantly across one day – we delve into the lives of various people, some passing through, some staying for the afternoon. We meet the widowed Ian (Iarla McGowan) and his young daughter, the pregnant Jenny – played by co-director Skinner, the alcoholic Harry, played by other director Alexander, and elderly couple Derrick (Sam Kelly) and Pam (Diana Payan), to name just a few. Each character with their own respective problems, but as the day turns to night, the varying narratives combine, and blend in to one another.
- 6/9/2014
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The 21st edition of Sheffield Doc/Fest kicked off last night with the European premiere of Florian Habicht’s documentary Pulp: A Film About Life, Death And Supermarkets, about Britpop band Pulp.
It was one of three opening films being screened in Sheffield last night, together with Rehad Desai’s South African documentary Miners Shot Down and Thomas Balmes’ Bhutan set documentary Happiness.
With over 3,000 tickets sold across the events, it was the biggest opening night in Doc/Fest’s history.
The Pulp screening took place at Sheffield’s City Hall and was broadcast to 120 cinemas around the UK, including the BFI Southbank.
Speaking to the packed City Hall audience, festival director Heather Croall said: “About 18 months ago I met the film director and film producer down the road in the pub and we agreed right there and then that this film was going to open the festival in a year and a half and that...
It was one of three opening films being screened in Sheffield last night, together with Rehad Desai’s South African documentary Miners Shot Down and Thomas Balmes’ Bhutan set documentary Happiness.
With over 3,000 tickets sold across the events, it was the biggest opening night in Doc/Fest’s history.
The Pulp screening took place at Sheffield’s City Hall and was broadcast to 120 cinemas around the UK, including the BFI Southbank.
Speaking to the packed City Hall audience, festival director Heather Croall said: “About 18 months ago I met the film director and film producer down the road in the pub and we agreed right there and then that this film was going to open the festival in a year and a half and that...
- 6/8/2014
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
“This band are the reason that I’ve never worn a tie.” This quote is one of the many superb fan quotes from Shane Meadows’ excellent documentary Made of Stone. Released last year, the film followed the comeback of legendary band The Stone Roses. The documentary was outstanding, but what made it exceptional were the scenes that explored the reaction of the band’s fans, many of whom had never expected to ever see a reunion. Ranging from unashamed joy to downright hysteria (even Meadows himself could barely keep it together when hearing the news), each of the fans discussed what exactly the band and their music had meant to them. Through listening to the fans, Meadows gains a true understanding of the way in which music can form the identity of the common man, and how music can allow a person to break out of the comfort of their...
- 6/6/2014
- by Nia Childs
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The annual Sheffield Doc/Fest, which takes place from 7-12 June, recently unveiled its full programme for this year's international documentary showcase. The festival's biggest coup is unquestionably the world premiere of Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi's A 50 Year Argument, which charts how the prestigious New York Review of Books has reflected Us culture since its launch in 1963. As previously announced, Florian Habicht's Pulp: A Film About Life Death and Supermarkets will open Doc/Fest on 7 June, with Paul Kelly's How We Used To Live, which cuts together footage of London from the 1950s-80s, closing the six-day event. In total the festival will include twenty-one world premieres, twelve European premieres, eight international premieres and twenty-four UK premieres.
- 6/5/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Director: Florian Habicht; Starring: Jarvis Cocker, Mark Webber, Candida Doyle, Nick Banks, Steve Mackey and the people of Sheffield; Running time: 90 mins; Certificate: 12A
Forming in 1978 and releasing their first album It in 1983, Pulp became the slowest-burning overnight success in history when the double-whammy of His 'n' Hers and Different Class made them pop superstars in 1994/95.
But rather than trudge us through the Fire to the Promised Island, director Florian Habicht instead picks - more or less - a single day in the Pulp story. December, 8, 2012 - the band's homecoming show after their reunion the year before.
Most of the film is made up of chats (it'd be over-formalising them to call them interviews) with the band, their fans, and the people of Sheffield. By narrowing his film's focus, Habicht has made a tender, charming life in the day of a unique band in British pop.
From lads working the...
Forming in 1978 and releasing their first album It in 1983, Pulp became the slowest-burning overnight success in history when the double-whammy of His 'n' Hers and Different Class made them pop superstars in 1994/95.
But rather than trudge us through the Fire to the Promised Island, director Florian Habicht instead picks - more or less - a single day in the Pulp story. December, 8, 2012 - the band's homecoming show after their reunion the year before.
Most of the film is made up of chats (it'd be over-formalising them to call them interviews) with the band, their fans, and the people of Sheffield. By narrowing his film's focus, Habicht has made a tender, charming life in the day of a unique band in British pop.
From lads working the...
- 6/2/2014
- Digital Spy
Florian Habicht’s nostalgia-infused documentary about Pulp; one of the pioneers of the Britpop phenomena, opens somewhat predictably with their biggest single Common People. On first impressions, such a selection seems too obvious, as though appealing to a mainstream audience rather than the “proper” fans. However eventually it makes perfect sense, as the song is contextually perfect in relation to this film, as that’s what this is truly all about; the common people.
Gaining most of their success in the mid-90s, particularly with their release of the classic album Different Class in ’95, Pulp, led by the enigmatic frontman Jarvis Cocker, have since returned to the stage, reuniting to tour once again. This documentary chronicles the band’s decision to get back together, in the build up to their final show – in their hometown of Sheffield.
Sheffield plays a huge part in this title, as Habicht follows the city’s inhabitants voyeuristically,...
Gaining most of their success in the mid-90s, particularly with their release of the classic album Different Class in ’95, Pulp, led by the enigmatic frontman Jarvis Cocker, have since returned to the stage, reuniting to tour once again. This documentary chronicles the band’s decision to get back together, in the build up to their final show – in their hometown of Sheffield.
Sheffield plays a huge part in this title, as Habicht follows the city’s inhabitants voyeuristically,...
- 6/2/2014
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Pulp: A Film About Life, Death and Supermarkets is the best film that could be made about Pulp. The majority of British pop bands were eager to be seen as “one of the lads,” with a pint in one hand and a copy of Loaded magazine in the other. Not Pulp, who wholeheartedly embraced an individualistic style of pervy proletariat, outsider chic. Their lyrics are the stuff of fluttering net curtains in run-down terraced houses, chaotic and confused teenage lust and not only not fitting in, but knowing you’ll never be able to. This documentary, centring on the band’s 2012 farewell concert, grasps everything that Pulp is about. It’s less a straightforward band biography and more a sociological study of the swamp of fears, loves and passions that bubbles away under the industrially cratered landscape of Sheffield.
That it captures this northern English atmosphere so perfectly is...
That it captures this northern English atmosphere so perfectly is...
- 5/30/2014
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
June 6, 2014
22 Jump Street
Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Starring: Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill
Running time: 112 mins
Certificate: 15
Fruitvale Station
Director: Ryan Coogler
Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer
Running time: 85 mins
Certificate: 15
Grace of Monaco
Director: Olivier Dahan
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth
Running time: 103 mins
Certificate: PG
Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets
Director: Florian Habicht
Starring: Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks
Running time: 90 mins
Certificate: Tbc
June 13
Belle
Director: Amma Asante
Starring: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Matthew Goode, Emily Watson
Running time: 104 mins
Certificate: 12A
Devil's Knot
Director: Atom Egoyan
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Colin Firth
Running time: 114 mins
Certificate: 15
Oculus
Director: Mike Flanagan
Starring: Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackhoff
Running time: 104 mins
Certificate: 15
Young and Prodigious Ts Spivet
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Robert Maillet
Running time: 105 mins
Certificate: Tbc
The Wizard of Oz - IMAX
Director: Victor Fleming, George Cukor
Starring: Judy Garland,...
22 Jump Street
Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Starring: Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill
Running time: 112 mins
Certificate: 15
Fruitvale Station
Director: Ryan Coogler
Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer
Running time: 85 mins
Certificate: 15
Grace of Monaco
Director: Olivier Dahan
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth
Running time: 103 mins
Certificate: PG
Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets
Director: Florian Habicht
Starring: Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks
Running time: 90 mins
Certificate: Tbc
June 13
Belle
Director: Amma Asante
Starring: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Matthew Goode, Emily Watson
Running time: 104 mins
Certificate: 12A
Devil's Knot
Director: Atom Egoyan
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Colin Firth
Running time: 114 mins
Certificate: 15
Oculus
Director: Mike Flanagan
Starring: Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackhoff
Running time: 104 mins
Certificate: 15
Young and Prodigious Ts Spivet
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Robert Maillet
Running time: 105 mins
Certificate: Tbc
The Wizard of Oz - IMAX
Director: Victor Fleming, George Cukor
Starring: Judy Garland,...
- 5/29/2014
- Digital Spy
A new trailer for the documentary Pulp: a Film about Life, Death & Supermarkets has been released.
The film, directed by Florian Habicht, will be released on June 6, with a premiere taking place in the band's hometown of Sheffield on June 7.
The event will feature a live performance and Q&A with the Britpop group, and will be streamed at over 100 cinemas UK-wide.
The documentary looks back at the band's five-decade-spanning career.
Pulp were formed in Sheffield in 1978, releasing four Top 10 studio albums and four Top 10 singles in the UK.
Watch a clip from the film below:...
The film, directed by Florian Habicht, will be released on June 6, with a premiere taking place in the band's hometown of Sheffield on June 7.
The event will feature a live performance and Q&A with the Britpop group, and will be streamed at over 100 cinemas UK-wide.
The documentary looks back at the band's five-decade-spanning career.
Pulp were formed in Sheffield in 1978, releasing four Top 10 studio albums and four Top 10 singles in the UK.
Watch a clip from the film below:...
- 5/28/2014
- Digital Spy
Florian Habicht’s documentary about the Britpop band to receive its European premiere at the festival.
Pulp: A Film about Life, Death and Supermarkets will officially open this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest on June 7 at Sheffield City Hall.
Florian Habicht’s documentary about the Britpop band will receive its European premiere at the festival, with the screening attended by Habicht, producer Alex Boden of Pistachio Pictures Production and band-members Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey and Mark Webber.
The opening night event will also be broadcast to cinemas nationwide, including the BFI Southbank.
Now in its 21st year, Sheffield Doc/Fest runs June 7-12 across Sheffield and the Peak District, with the full programme announced on May 8.
Pulp will be released nationwide through Soda Pictures on June 6.
Pulp: A Film about Life, Death and Supermarkets will officially open this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest on June 7 at Sheffield City Hall.
Florian Habicht’s documentary about the Britpop band will receive its European premiere at the festival, with the screening attended by Habicht, producer Alex Boden of Pistachio Pictures Production and band-members Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey and Mark Webber.
The opening night event will also be broadcast to cinemas nationwide, including the BFI Southbank.
Now in its 21st year, Sheffield Doc/Fest runs June 7-12 across Sheffield and the Peak District, with the full programme announced on May 8.
Pulp will be released nationwide through Soda Pictures on June 6.
- 4/14/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Austin’s tents might be put away and the venue halls are emptied but the flurry of expected post SXSW fest deals are in overdrive. About a week after grabbing another music-theme docu (The Past is a Grotesque Animal), IndieWIRE reports that Oscilloscope Laboratories have once again (see 2012′s Shut Up and Play the Hits) grabbed a “final” concert film in Florian Habicht’s Pulp: A Film About Life, Death, And Supermarkets. Described as an imaginative and witty portrait from THR, O-Scope will put the film in a handful of fests before releasing the film theatrically later in the year.
Gist: Pulp find fame on the world stage in the 1990′s with anthems including ‘Common People’ and ‘Disco 2000′. 25 years (and 10 million album sales) later, they return to Sheffield for their last UK concert. Giving a career best performance exclusive to the film, the band share their thoughts on fame,...
Gist: Pulp find fame on the world stage in the 1990′s with anthems including ‘Common People’ and ‘Disco 2000′. 25 years (and 10 million album sales) later, they return to Sheffield for their last UK concert. Giving a career best performance exclusive to the film, the band share their thoughts on fame,...
- 4/10/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The 61st Sydney Film Festival today announced 32 films to be featured in this year.s event (June 4-15) in advance of the full program launch on May 7.
The line-up includes the world premiere of The Redfern Story, 19 Australian premieres, 13 features, 11 documentaries and an eight-film retrospective on maverick American filmmaker Robert Altman. Altman.s son, filmmaker Michael Altman, will attend festival and introduce several of the Altman screenings.
Darlene Johnson.s The Redfern Story chronicles the volatile birth of the first all-Indigenous theatre company, the National Black Theatre. It features interviews with indigenous media pioneer Lester Bostock, writer Gerry Bostock, actor Lillian Crombie, activist-academic Gary Foley, academic Marcia Langton, actors Rachael Maza, Bryan Brown and Bindi Williams. .We are pleased to present this sneak preview of 32 of the 180-plus films in this year.s program,. said Festival Director Nashen Moodley. .We have gathered a selection of the best films from the...
The line-up includes the world premiere of The Redfern Story, 19 Australian premieres, 13 features, 11 documentaries and an eight-film retrospective on maverick American filmmaker Robert Altman. Altman.s son, filmmaker Michael Altman, will attend festival and introduce several of the Altman screenings.
Darlene Johnson.s The Redfern Story chronicles the volatile birth of the first all-Indigenous theatre company, the National Black Theatre. It features interviews with indigenous media pioneer Lester Bostock, writer Gerry Bostock, actor Lillian Crombie, activist-academic Gary Foley, academic Marcia Langton, actors Rachael Maza, Bryan Brown and Bindi Williams. .We are pleased to present this sneak preview of 32 of the 180-plus films in this year.s program,. said Festival Director Nashen Moodley. .We have gathered a selection of the best films from the...
- 4/1/2014
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Earlier today, SXSW announced the final eight additional features to screen at the festival this year, as well as announcing featured conversations with Jason Bateman, Mike Myers, Ralph Steadman, Robert Duvall and Tilda Swinton. Check out the line up below. SXSW Film Festival will open on Friday, March 7, 2014 with the world premiere of Jon Favreau’s Chef, and run through March 15 in Austin, Texas. The complete schedule is here.
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Additional Films:
Visions
May the Best Man Win
Director: Andrew O’Connor, Screenwriters: Matthew Robinson, Lee Hupfield, Andrew O’Connor
Two pranksters compete against each other in a series of increasingly outrageous stunts to win the affections of the girl they’ve both fallen for.
Cast: Whit Thomas, Drew Tarver, Rosa Salazar (World Premiere)
Yakona
Directors: Anlo Sepulveda & Paul Collins
A river’s dreams and memories told from the perspective of the water that runs through it – a visual journey from...
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Additional Films:
Visions
May the Best Man Win
Director: Andrew O’Connor, Screenwriters: Matthew Robinson, Lee Hupfield, Andrew O’Connor
Two pranksters compete against each other in a series of increasingly outrageous stunts to win the affections of the girl they’ve both fallen for.
Cast: Whit Thomas, Drew Tarver, Rosa Salazar (World Premiere)
Yakona
Directors: Anlo Sepulveda & Paul Collins
A river’s dreams and memories told from the perspective of the water that runs through it – a visual journey from...
- 2/13/2014
- by Kyle Reese
- SoundOnSight
Sundance just ended, and we are already preparing for the next big film festival, South By Southwest. Not too long ago, the festival announced a few of the films premiering this year, but now they’ve announced the main slate. The midnight selections and some inevitable late-breaking additions are still to be announced, but this should be more than enough to get you excited. Along with many World Premieres, and Sundance favorites like Richard Linklater’s Boyhood and Gareth Evans’ The Raid 2, the line up also includes an anniversary screening of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and an extended Q&A screening of The Grand Budapest Hotel with Wes Anderson. SXSW 2014 runs March 7 through 15 in Austin, Texas. Check out the line up after the jump.
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Narrative Feature Competition
Eight world premieres, eight unique ways to celebrate the art of storytelling. Selected from 1,324 films submitted to SXSW 2014. Films screening in Narrative...
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Narrative Feature Competition
Eight world premieres, eight unique ways to celebrate the art of storytelling. Selected from 1,324 films submitted to SXSW 2014. Films screening in Narrative...
- 1/31/2014
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Today the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival announced a diverse features lineup for this year’s Festival, the 21st edition and running March 7 – 15, 2014 in Austin, Texas. The 2014 program expands on SXSW tradition of embracing a range of genres and span of budgets, featuring a wealth of vision from experienced and developing filmmakers alike.
For more information visit http://sxsw.com/film.
Listed in the announcement are 115 of the features that will screen over the course of nine days at SXSW 2014. The lineup below includes 68 films from first-time filmmakers, and consists of 76 World Premieres, 10 North American Premieres and 7 U.S. Premieres. These films were selected from a record 2,215 feature-length film submissions composed of 1,540 U.S. and 675 international feature-length films. With a record number of 6,482 submissions total, the overall increase was 14% over 2013. The Midnighters feature section and the Short Film program will be announced on February 5, with the complete...
For more information visit http://sxsw.com/film.
Listed in the announcement are 115 of the features that will screen over the course of nine days at SXSW 2014. The lineup below includes 68 films from first-time filmmakers, and consists of 76 World Premieres, 10 North American Premieres and 7 U.S. Premieres. These films were selected from a record 2,215 feature-length film submissions composed of 1,540 U.S. and 675 international feature-length films. With a record number of 6,482 submissions total, the overall increase was 14% over 2013. The Midnighters feature section and the Short Film program will be announced on February 5, with the complete...
- 1/31/2014
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
After announcing earlier this month that Jon Favreau’s Chef and the Veronica Mars movie will be making their world debuts at SXSW this year, the festival has revealed its full line-up, including further very promising world premieres, alongside appearances from some of the year’s most high-profile films.
The Midnight programme will be announced early next month, along with the Shorts line-up, and the complete Conference slate a little later as well.
Led by Seth Rogen and Zac Efron, Nicholas Stoller’s anticipated R-rated comedy, Neighbors, will be making its world debut at the festival, notably marked out as a ‘work-in-progress’ ahead of its theatrical release in May.
David Gordon Green’s acclaimed Joe will make its Us premiere, having bowed at Venice and then Toronto last year. Early reviews have Nicolas Cage giving one of the finest performances of his career, with Tye Sheridan (Mud) excellent alongside him.
The Midnight programme will be announced early next month, along with the Shorts line-up, and the complete Conference slate a little later as well.
Led by Seth Rogen and Zac Efron, Nicholas Stoller’s anticipated R-rated comedy, Neighbors, will be making its world debut at the festival, notably marked out as a ‘work-in-progress’ ahead of its theatrical release in May.
David Gordon Green’s acclaimed Joe will make its Us premiere, having bowed at Venice and then Toronto last year. Early reviews have Nicolas Cage giving one of the finest performances of his career, with Tye Sheridan (Mud) excellent alongside him.
- 1/30/2014
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Not sure if there is a Short Term 12 equivalent in this year’s Narrative Feature Comp, but on paper SXSW programmers are serving up a mean (and the usual lean group of 8 out of a whopping 1,324 film entries) for the upcoming competitiuon of eight which includes notable entries (that we’ve been tracking for a good time now) such as Zachary Wigon’s The Heart Machine, John Magary’s The Mend, Leah Meyerhoff’s I Believe in Unicorns and Lawrence Michael Levine’s Wild Canaries. Undoubtedly one of the most anticipated docs of the year, on the non-fiction side we find Margaret Brown’s The Great Invisible. Below you’ll find a breakdown of the other sections (notable world preems in We’ll Never Have Paris and Faults (see Mary Elizabeth Winstead above), some Sundance items with Texan connections and other nuggets.
Narrative Feature Competition
Eight world premieres, eight...
Narrative Feature Competition
Eight world premieres, eight...
- 1/30/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Afm slate also includes Brit-List sci-fi The Call-Up, horror The Last Word and a documentary about alt-rock band Pulp.
Altitude Film Sales is to bring five market debuts to the American Film Market (Afm) next week, including spy-thriller Spooks: The Greater Good - a feature version of the BAFTA-winning BBC TV series that ran for 10 series from 2002 to 2011.
Bharat Nalluri, who was the originating director of the TV series (known as Mi-5 in the Us), will take the reins of the feature that will shoot in the first quarter of 2014.
The film opens when terrorist Adam Qasim escapes from MI5 custody during a routine handover and head of counterterrorism, Harry Pearce, is blamed.
When the disgraced Pearce disappears one night off a bridge into the Thames, his protégé Will Crombie is called in to help uncover what happened. With a devastating attack on London imminent, Will finds himself on the trail of a conspiracy that stretches...
Altitude Film Sales is to bring five market debuts to the American Film Market (Afm) next week, including spy-thriller Spooks: The Greater Good - a feature version of the BAFTA-winning BBC TV series that ran for 10 series from 2002 to 2011.
Bharat Nalluri, who was the originating director of the TV series (known as Mi-5 in the Us), will take the reins of the feature that will shoot in the first quarter of 2014.
The film opens when terrorist Adam Qasim escapes from MI5 custody during a routine handover and head of counterterrorism, Harry Pearce, is blamed.
When the disgraced Pearce disappears one night off a bridge into the Thames, his protégé Will Crombie is called in to help uncover what happened. With a devastating attack on London imminent, Will finds himself on the trail of a conspiracy that stretches...
- 11/1/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Feature documentary about Pulp and Sheffield draws Altitude, Soda; Fund also backs BBC series and feature X + Y.
Feature documentary Pulp and Sheffield (working title) is among four projects backed by Screen Yorkshire in their latest round of funding.
Pistachio Pictures-produced documentary Pulp and Sheffield is a day in the life of Sheffield from dawn to dusk as major UK band Pulp returned to play one last concert in the city last December.
Florian Habicht directs with Alex Boden of Pistachio Pictures (Cloud Atlas) producing. Altitude Film Sales handles sales, Soda Pictures is on board as UK distributor. British Film Company is also on board as executive producers alongside Screen Yorkshire.
Screen Yorkshire is also backing BBC One TV dramas Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and Death Comes to Pemberley, as well as Origin Pictures-bfi feature X + Y about a teenage prodigy’s journey to the Mathematics Olympiad, which has Asa Butterfield and Rafe Spall attached.
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Feature documentary Pulp and Sheffield (working title) is among four projects backed by Screen Yorkshire in their latest round of funding.
Pistachio Pictures-produced documentary Pulp and Sheffield is a day in the life of Sheffield from dawn to dusk as major UK band Pulp returned to play one last concert in the city last December.
Florian Habicht directs with Alex Boden of Pistachio Pictures (Cloud Atlas) producing. Altitude Film Sales handles sales, Soda Pictures is on board as UK distributor. British Film Company is also on board as executive producers alongside Screen Yorkshire.
Screen Yorkshire is also backing BBC One TV dramas Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and Death Comes to Pemberley, as well as Origin Pictures-bfi feature X + Y about a teenage prodigy’s journey to the Mathematics Olympiad, which has Asa Butterfield and Rafe Spall attached.
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- 6/24/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Feature documentary about Pulp and Sheffield draws Altitude, Soda; Fund also backs BBC series and feature X + Y.
Feature documentary Pulp and Sheffield (working title) is among four projects backed by Screen Yorkshire in their latest round of funding.
Pistachio Pictures-produced documentary Pulp and Sheffield is a day in the life of Sheffield from dawn to dusk as major UK band Pulp returned to play one last concert in the city last December.
Florian Habicht directs with Alex Boden of Pistachio Pictures (Cloud Atlas) producing. Altitude Film Sales handles sales, Soda Pictures is on board as UK distributor. British Film Company is also on board as executive producers alongside Screen Yorkshire.
Screen Yorkshire is also backing BBC One TV dramas Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and Death Comes to Pemberley, as well as Origin Pictures-bfi feature X + Y about a teenage prodigy’s journey to the Mathematics Olympiad, which has Asa Butterfield and Rafe Spall attached.
Screen...
Feature documentary Pulp and Sheffield (working title) is among four projects backed by Screen Yorkshire in their latest round of funding.
Pistachio Pictures-produced documentary Pulp and Sheffield is a day in the life of Sheffield from dawn to dusk as major UK band Pulp returned to play one last concert in the city last December.
Florian Habicht directs with Alex Boden of Pistachio Pictures (Cloud Atlas) producing. Altitude Film Sales handles sales, Soda Pictures is on board as UK distributor. British Film Company is also on board as executive producers alongside Screen Yorkshire.
Screen Yorkshire is also backing BBC One TV dramas Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and Death Comes to Pemberley, as well as Origin Pictures-bfi feature X + Y about a teenage prodigy’s journey to the Mathematics Olympiad, which has Asa Butterfield and Rafe Spall attached.
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- 6/24/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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