Exclusive: UK sales outfit Sc Films International has acquired world rights to Australian comedy The Way, My Way and will launch sales at the upcoming Cannes market.
The pic is an adaptation of a memoir of the same name by author-filmmaker Bill Bennett. The book follows Bennett as he attempts to walk the Camino de Santiago — an 800km pilgrimage trail across the top of Spain. The story is described as the tale of “a man at a pivotal point in his life, searching for meaning, and finding himself on the walk.”
Bennett has written and directed the film, which stars Chris Haywood, and Jennifer Cluff (Kiss Or Kill). The film will be theatrically released by Maslow Film Distribution in Australia and New Zealand on May 16 and Sc Films will screen the film in Cannes.
“I’m delighted to be working...
The pic is an adaptation of a memoir of the same name by author-filmmaker Bill Bennett. The book follows Bennett as he attempts to walk the Camino de Santiago — an 800km pilgrimage trail across the top of Spain. The story is described as the tale of “a man at a pivotal point in his life, searching for meaning, and finding himself on the walk.”
Bennett has written and directed the film, which stars Chris Haywood, and Jennifer Cluff (Kiss Or Kill). The film will be theatrically released by Maslow Film Distribution in Australia and New Zealand on May 16 and Sc Films will screen the film in Cannes.
“I’m delighted to be working...
- 4/16/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Charlie Bloye, chief executive of Film Export UK, the trade body for UK sales agents, is retiring after almost 18 years in the role.
Bloye has been a mainstay of the UK sales agent landscape, working for 26 years at companies such as Rank Organisation, Renaissance, Signpost and Peace Arch, before becoming the inaugural chief executive when Film Export UK launched in 2007, totting up visits to more than 150 markets and festivals across his career.
“There is a mood change in the air at the moment – many people would predict a change of government this year, and I think the association might benefit from having new blood,...
Bloye has been a mainstay of the UK sales agent landscape, working for 26 years at companies such as Rank Organisation, Renaissance, Signpost and Peace Arch, before becoming the inaugural chief executive when Film Export UK launched in 2007, totting up visits to more than 150 markets and festivals across his career.
“There is a mood change in the air at the moment – many people would predict a change of government this year, and I think the association might benefit from having new blood,...
- 4/12/2024
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sc Films International is heading to the upcoming European Film Market with Aussie fantasy horror Dusk, starring Charles Cottier (Please Like Me), Peter Thurnwald (Xo Kitty), Shuang Hu (Five Blind Dates), Isabella Procida, and George Pullar.
The pic is from filmmaker Tristan Barr and was shot in Queensland, Australia. Sc Films will launch at the EFM.
The film follows Luke (Charles Cottier), a near-immortal angel who stands on the side of good. He is an eternally cursed young man who only ages when he saves lives. However, as he ages, he can only become young once again by taking a life. He is stalked through time by the charismatic but deadly Malagor (George Pullar), a disguised demon who wants his powers. A series of murders ensues whilst Malagor amasses an Army of the dead. Only Luke can defeat him in a battle of good vs evil.
The pic is from filmmaker Tristan Barr and was shot in Queensland, Australia. Sc Films will launch at the EFM.
The film follows Luke (Charles Cottier), a near-immortal angel who stands on the side of good. He is an eternally cursed young man who only ages when he saves lives. However, as he ages, he can only become young once again by taking a life. He is stalked through time by the charismatic but deadly Malagor (George Pullar), a disguised demon who wants his powers. A series of murders ensues whilst Malagor amasses an Army of the dead. Only Luke can defeat him in a battle of good vs evil.
- 2/13/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
A snapshot of the film and high-end TV projects shooting in the UK and Ireland.
Screen reveals a snapshot of the latest high-end TV and film productions shooting in the UK for the big studios and streamers. Productions on hold due to the SAG-AFTRA strike are only noted once confirmed. Please contact us here to add or update changes to the following or new productions taking place in the UK.
Films
Deadpool 3
The third instalment in the comedic superhero franchise, this time joined by Wolverine.
Dir: Shawn Levy
Production company: Marvel Studios
Where: Pinewood Studios
When: May - July,...
Screen reveals a snapshot of the latest high-end TV and film productions shooting in the UK for the big studios and streamers. Productions on hold due to the SAG-AFTRA strike are only noted once confirmed. Please contact us here to add or update changes to the following or new productions taking place in the UK.
Films
Deadpool 3
The third instalment in the comedic superhero franchise, this time joined by Wolverine.
Dir: Shawn Levy
Production company: Marvel Studios
Where: Pinewood Studios
When: May - July,...
- 11/24/2023
- by Screen staff¬Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
David Luke Rees directs the Yorkshire-set feature.
Production has commenced in Yorkshire, UK, on horror By The Throat, directed by David Luke Rees and starring Sex Education’s Patricia Allison.
The UK-set horror follows a carer who has been booked by a wealthy couple. The pair are still grappling with the loss of their daughter in a car crash several years ago, and have been unable to conceive another child. The carer soon finds herself embroiled in a devious plan.
It is Rees’ sophomore feature, after his debut Look The Other Way And Run.
Cast also includes Wallander’s Jeany Spark,...
Production has commenced in Yorkshire, UK, on horror By The Throat, directed by David Luke Rees and starring Sex Education’s Patricia Allison.
The UK-set horror follows a carer who has been booked by a wealthy couple. The pair are still grappling with the loss of their daughter in a car crash several years ago, and have been unable to conceive another child. The carer soon finds herself embroiled in a devious plan.
It is Rees’ sophomore feature, after his debut Look The Other Way And Run.
Cast also includes Wallander’s Jeany Spark,...
- 10/17/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The Last Video Store, set to premiere this Friday at Fantastic Fest, pays tribute to the format wars and the video stores of yesteryear through a cursed VHS tape that unleashes terror. Bloody Disgusting has been provided with a clip that demonstrates a horrific fate far worse than late fees for store employees and patrons.
The feature debut of directing duo Cody Kennedy and Tim Rutherford is described as “Last Action Hero meets Evil Dead” as the VHS Necronomicon has the ability to bring any movie character to life in the real world. That pits the protagonists against a slew of B-movie villains, with the below clip giving a peek at some of the rules and horror.
The official synopsis: “In this love letter to the era of the video store, we follow Nyla who accidentally uncovers a ‘cursed’ VHS tape. A film holds the power to connect the real...
The feature debut of directing duo Cody Kennedy and Tim Rutherford is described as “Last Action Hero meets Evil Dead” as the VHS Necronomicon has the ability to bring any movie character to life in the real world. That pits the protagonists against a slew of B-movie villains, with the below clip giving a peek at some of the rules and horror.
The official synopsis: “In this love letter to the era of the video store, we follow Nyla who accidentally uncovers a ‘cursed’ VHS tape. A film holds the power to connect the real...
- 9/21/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Japan’s Dean Fujioka and the U.K.’s Callum Woodhouse are set to star in “Orang Ikan,” a WWII-set creature horror film. The picture is scripted by Singapore and Indonesia-based Mike Wiluan who will also direct the picture from next month.
International rights to “Orang Ikan” have been picked up by London-based Sc Films International, which will give the project its sales launch at the Busan festival and accompanying market next month.
Set in the Pacific, 1942, a Japanese ship transports prisoners of war to occupied territories as slave labor. After being torpedoed by allied submarines, a Japanese soldier and a British Pow are stranded on a deserted island, but soon discover they are not alone. They are being hunted by a ferocious mythological creature, the Orang Ikan, a human-fish hybrid. Unable to communicate in each other’s language, the two mortal enemies must come together to survive the unknown.
International rights to “Orang Ikan” have been picked up by London-based Sc Films International, which will give the project its sales launch at the Busan festival and accompanying market next month.
Set in the Pacific, 1942, a Japanese ship transports prisoners of war to occupied territories as slave labor. After being torpedoed by allied submarines, a Japanese soldier and a British Pow are stranded on a deserted island, but soon discover they are not alone. They are being hunted by a ferocious mythological creature, the Orang Ikan, a human-fish hybrid. Unable to communicate in each other’s language, the two mortal enemies must come together to survive the unknown.
- 9/19/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Cineverse (formerly Cinedigm) has picked up North American rights to the survival drama On Fire, co-directed by and starring Peter Facinelli (The Vanished), which is inspired by the true and harrowing events that transpired during one of Northern California’s most catastrophic wildfires.
The film helmed by Facinelli and Nick Lyon (Bullet), from the latter’s script written with Ron Peer (Goodbye Love), is slated for release in theaters this fall, on the heels of its premiere at at the 2023 Mammoth Film Festival.
Also starring Asher Angel (Shazam! Fury of the Gods), Fiona Dourif (The Blacklist), Golden Globe nominee Lance Henriksen (Aliens), Ashlei Foushee (Ballers) and Glenn Morshower (24), On Fire tells the story of an ordinary man thrown into extraordinary circumstances. Dave Laughlin (Facinelli) has spent his life working to be a great husband, father and son. Living in a remote area of NorCal, he finds his world suddenly...
The film helmed by Facinelli and Nick Lyon (Bullet), from the latter’s script written with Ron Peer (Goodbye Love), is slated for release in theaters this fall, on the heels of its premiere at at the 2023 Mammoth Film Festival.
Also starring Asher Angel (Shazam! Fury of the Gods), Fiona Dourif (The Blacklist), Golden Globe nominee Lance Henriksen (Aliens), Ashlei Foushee (Ballers) and Glenn Morshower (24), On Fire tells the story of an ordinary man thrown into extraordinary circumstances. Dave Laughlin (Facinelli) has spent his life working to be a great husband, father and son. Living in a remote area of NorCal, he finds his world suddenly...
- 6/13/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Capping a milestone Cartoon Movie showcase that saw Europe’s animation sector in rude and robust form, the sprawling team behind continental co-production “No Dogs or Italians Allowed” shared the Producer of the Year prize, “Oink” auteur Mascha Halberstad claimed the Director trophy and Paris-based Kmbo took top honors in Distribution at this year’s 25th edition of Cartoon Movie, which ran over March 7 – 9 in Bordeaux.
An audience and jury favorite at last year’s Annecy Animation Film Festival, and winner of the most recent European Film Award, the stop-motion feature “No Dogs or Italians Allowed” comes courtesy of director Alain Ughetto and a whopping five production countries. France’s Les Films du Tambour de Soie, Vivement Lundi, and Foliascope joined Italy’s Graffiti Film, Switzerland’s Nadasdy Film, Belgium’s Lux Fugit Film, and Portugal’s Ocidental Filmes to bring this claymation immigration saga to life. Most parties were...
An audience and jury favorite at last year’s Annecy Animation Film Festival, and winner of the most recent European Film Award, the stop-motion feature “No Dogs or Italians Allowed” comes courtesy of director Alain Ughetto and a whopping five production countries. France’s Les Films du Tambour de Soie, Vivement Lundi, and Foliascope joined Italy’s Graffiti Film, Switzerland’s Nadasdy Film, Belgium’s Lux Fugit Film, and Portugal’s Ocidental Filmes to bring this claymation immigration saga to life. Most parties were...
- 3/9/2023
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Adventure comedy received a summer release in Thailand.
UK sales outfit Sc Films International has snapped up English-language remake rights to Thai monster film Leio: The Terrible Giant and will introduce the project to buyers at Busan’s Acfm.
The company has acquired the remake rights from Thailand’s Neramitnung Film and will be speaking with potential producing partners at the Asian Contents and Film Market later this week as well as the American Film Market (AFM) in November.
The adventure comedy follows a once-famous singer who returns to his hometown to take part in a water field drilling contest,...
UK sales outfit Sc Films International has snapped up English-language remake rights to Thai monster film Leio: The Terrible Giant and will introduce the project to buyers at Busan’s Acfm.
The company has acquired the remake rights from Thailand’s Neramitnung Film and will be speaking with potential producing partners at the Asian Contents and Film Market later this week as well as the American Film Market (AFM) in November.
The adventure comedy follows a once-famous singer who returns to his hometown to take part in a water field drilling contest,...
- 10/4/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
“Paying MGs and acquiring product has become 30 more expensive in the last year.”
The weakness of the UK pound, which fell to a record low against the US dollar on Monday, is having a detrimental impact on many UK sales and distribution companies for whom doing business in sterling, and potentially attending the American Film Market (AFM) has just got more expensive.
“Paying MGs [minimum guarantees] and acquiring product has become 30 more expensive in the last year,” Andy Mayson, co-ceo of Altitude Film Entertainment, of what has been a months-long slump. “That is obviously a massive negative for distribution.”
“If it is...
The weakness of the UK pound, which fell to a record low against the US dollar on Monday, is having a detrimental impact on many UK sales and distribution companies for whom doing business in sterling, and potentially attending the American Film Market (AFM) has just got more expensive.
“Paying MGs [minimum guarantees] and acquiring product has become 30 more expensive in the last year,” Andy Mayson, co-ceo of Altitude Film Entertainment, of what has been a months-long slump. “That is obviously a massive negative for distribution.”
“If it is...
- 9/27/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Encapsulating humanity’s weighty history and paths toward healing, director Véra Belmont (“Red Kiss”) takes a leap from live-action cinema to animated feature with her latest project, “My Father’s Secrets,” a Holocaust story that tackles generational familial trauma and redemption.
Based on the graphic novel “Second Generation” by Israeli illustrator Michel Kichka, the film is set for its market premiere at the Cannes Marché du Film, with the incentive for international markets of Elliott Gould leading the English voice cast.
“My Father’s Secrets,” set in Belgium, introduces two young brothers, Michel and Charly, who struggle with their father Henri’s reclusive nature surrounding his time at Auschwitz.
Their imaginations get the better of them as their father retreats inward on a personal journey to recoup his life after surviving the tragedies of internment. They hypothesize, snoop and act out in response, causing familial friction.
Sold by Simon Crowe...
Based on the graphic novel “Second Generation” by Israeli illustrator Michel Kichka, the film is set for its market premiere at the Cannes Marché du Film, with the incentive for international markets of Elliott Gould leading the English voice cast.
“My Father’s Secrets,” set in Belgium, introduces two young brothers, Michel and Charly, who struggle with their father Henri’s reclusive nature surrounding his time at Auschwitz.
Their imaginations get the better of them as their father retreats inward on a personal journey to recoup his life after surviving the tragedies of internment. They hypothesize, snoop and act out in response, causing familial friction.
Sold by Simon Crowe...
- 5/18/2022
- by Holly Jones
- Variety Film + TV
The 15m CGI animation is now in production.
UK-based Sc Films International has acquired world sales rights, excluding France and Belgium, for Girl In The Clouds, a 15m CGI animation now in production.
The co-production between France’s Brio Films and Belgium’s Scope Pictures is aiming for a 2024 theatrical release. It is written and directed by Philippe Riche and produced by Luc Bossi, with co-producers Sawsan Asfari for Switzerland’s Cocoon Films and Genevieve Lemal for Scope, and Jon Goldman as executive producer.
The film is inspired by Romain Puertolas’ 2015 French novel The Girl Who Swallowed A Cloud As Big As The Eiffel Tower,...
UK-based Sc Films International has acquired world sales rights, excluding France and Belgium, for Girl In The Clouds, a 15m CGI animation now in production.
The co-production between France’s Brio Films and Belgium’s Scope Pictures is aiming for a 2024 theatrical release. It is written and directed by Philippe Riche and produced by Luc Bossi, with co-producers Sawsan Asfari for Switzerland’s Cocoon Films and Genevieve Lemal for Scope, and Jon Goldman as executive producer.
The film is inspired by Romain Puertolas’ 2015 French novel The Girl Who Swallowed A Cloud As Big As The Eiffel Tower,...
- 5/18/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The 15m CGI animation is now in production.
UK-based Sc Films International has acquired world sales rights, excluding France and Belgium, for Girl In The Clouds, a 15m CGI animation now in production.
The co-production between France’s Brio Films and Belgium’s Scope Pictures is aiming for a 2024 theatrical release. It is written and directed by Philippe Riche and produced by Luc Bossi, with co-producers Sawsan Asfari for Switzerland’s Cocoon Films and Genevieve Lemal for Scope, and Jon Goldman as executive producer.
The film is inspired by Romain Puertolas’ 2015 French novel The Girl Who Swallowed A Cloud As Big As The Eiffel Tower,...
UK-based Sc Films International has acquired world sales rights, excluding France and Belgium, for Girl In The Clouds, a 15m CGI animation now in production.
The co-production between France’s Brio Films and Belgium’s Scope Pictures is aiming for a 2024 theatrical release. It is written and directed by Philippe Riche and produced by Luc Bossi, with co-producers Sawsan Asfari for Switzerland’s Cocoon Films and Genevieve Lemal for Scope, and Jon Goldman as executive producer.
The film is inspired by Romain Puertolas’ 2015 French novel The Girl Who Swallowed A Cloud As Big As The Eiffel Tower,...
- 5/18/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
London-based sales agent Sc Films International has boarded “December,” a Japanese courtroom thriller from India’s Anshul Chauhan whose cast is led by Shogen, star of Brillante Mendoza’s “Gensan Punch.”
Sc Films International will handle international sales outside of Japan on “December,” Chauhan’s follow-up to notable family drama drama “Kontora” which scooped the Grand Prix Prize at the Tallin Black Nights Film Festival. The sales agent plans to launch “December” at May’s Cannes Marché du Film before submitting it to fall festivals, said Sc Films co-founder Simon Crowe.
The sales pact was clinched by Sc Films’ Fumie Suzuki Lancaster and “December” producer Yamashita Takahiro, also behind “Gensan Punch.” It builds on the companies’ partnership on “Gensan Punch” which sold to HBO for the world and scored the top Asian plaudit, the Kim Jiseok Award, at 2021’s Busan Intl. Film Festival.
“Kontora” proved a singular coming of age...
Sc Films International will handle international sales outside of Japan on “December,” Chauhan’s follow-up to notable family drama drama “Kontora” which scooped the Grand Prix Prize at the Tallin Black Nights Film Festival. The sales agent plans to launch “December” at May’s Cannes Marché du Film before submitting it to fall festivals, said Sc Films co-founder Simon Crowe.
The sales pact was clinched by Sc Films’ Fumie Suzuki Lancaster and “December” producer Yamashita Takahiro, also behind “Gensan Punch.” It builds on the companies’ partnership on “Gensan Punch” which sold to HBO for the world and scored the top Asian plaudit, the Kim Jiseok Award, at 2021’s Busan Intl. Film Festival.
“Kontora” proved a singular coming of age...
- 4/28/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Simon Crowe’s Sc Films International has boarded Filipino superhero adventure, “Zsazsa Zaturnnah vs. the Amazonistas of Planet X,” a buoyant animated feature produced by Franck Priot at Paris’ Ghosts City Films and director Avid Liongoren of Manila-based Rocketsheep Studio.
The acquisition looks set to push Filipino animation into a more global spotlight, pairing this trailblazing project with a highly respected, long-standing animation sales company.
Sc Films has already been linked to high-profile French production companies on animated features such as Folivari’s “Pachamama” and TeamTO’s “Yellowbird.”
“‘Zsazsa’ continues Sc Films interest in the wonderful world of animation. Basically, we just loved the unique pitch and believe it’s not only a fun story but an important one too. Avid is a real talent,” related Crowe.
The film follows Ada, a meek and lovelorn salon owner who pines for his attractive neighbor Dodong while confiding in co-worker Didi.
When...
The acquisition looks set to push Filipino animation into a more global spotlight, pairing this trailblazing project with a highly respected, long-standing animation sales company.
Sc Films has already been linked to high-profile French production companies on animated features such as Folivari’s “Pachamama” and TeamTO’s “Yellowbird.”
“‘Zsazsa’ continues Sc Films interest in the wonderful world of animation. Basically, we just loved the unique pitch and believe it’s not only a fun story but an important one too. Avid is a real talent,” related Crowe.
The film follows Ada, a meek and lovelorn salon owner who pines for his attractive neighbor Dodong while confiding in co-worker Didi.
When...
- 4/19/2022
- by Holly Jones
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Peter Facinelli has signed on to star in On Fire, a survival drama from director Nick Lyon, Lone Star Storytellers and Media Group LLC.
The film centers on a family man, his pregnant wife and son who live in a trailer home in the woods of Northern California and are suddenly confronted by a wildfire. When it reaches the family’s home, survival becomes the main objective.
Facinelli will play Dave Laughlin, a humble man who is a great husband, father, and son, and must do everything he can to protect his family.
Lyon and Ron Peer wrote the film, which is being produced by Obake Sakka, with Simon Crowe, Suzanne Weinert, Matthew Joynes, and Beth Bruce on board as executive producers.
It’s currently in production in Austin, TX and will be distributed by Sc Films.
Facinelli will next be seen in 13 Minutes, a...
The film centers on a family man, his pregnant wife and son who live in a trailer home in the woods of Northern California and are suddenly confronted by a wildfire. When it reaches the family’s home, survival becomes the main objective.
Facinelli will play Dave Laughlin, a humble man who is a great husband, father, and son, and must do everything he can to protect his family.
Lyon and Ron Peer wrote the film, which is being produced by Obake Sakka, with Simon Crowe, Suzanne Weinert, Matthew Joynes, and Beth Bruce on board as executive producers.
It’s currently in production in Austin, TX and will be distributed by Sc Films.
Facinelli will next be seen in 13 Minutes, a...
- 10/27/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
“Gensan Punch,” the upcoming film by celebrated Filipino director Brillante Mendoza, has been set as an HBO Asia Original movie. It will become available on regional streaming service HBO Go in the next few months.
Ahead of that, the film will have its world premiere next month at the Busan International Film Festival, and follow that with an out-of-competition gala selection at November’s Tokyo International Film Festival. In Busan, it appears in the Window on Asian Cinema” section and is also one of seven Asian films nominated for the festival’s Kim Jiseok Award.
The Japan and Philippines coproduction film is a fact-based story about a Japanese man with a prosthetic leg who seeks to become a professional boxer. He did his training in the so-called Gensan Quarter of General Santos City, which has long been known for producing athletes, including former champion boxer and current presidential candidate Manny Pacquiao.
Ahead of that, the film will have its world premiere next month at the Busan International Film Festival, and follow that with an out-of-competition gala selection at November’s Tokyo International Film Festival. In Busan, it appears in the Window on Asian Cinema” section and is also one of seven Asian films nominated for the festival’s Kim Jiseok Award.
The Japan and Philippines coproduction film is a fact-based story about a Japanese man with a prosthetic leg who seeks to become a professional boxer. He did his training in the so-called Gensan Quarter of General Santos City, which has long been known for producing athletes, including former champion boxer and current presidential candidate Manny Pacquiao.
- 9/28/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak today unveiled the parameters of the government’s Spending Review, including the creation of a new Global Screen Fund that is designed to partially plug the gap left by the absence of Creative Europe’s Media funding post-Brexit.
The funding amount of £7M ($9.4M) for the program’s pilot year may come as a disappointment, however, as initial proposals from the British Film Institute (BFI), which will administer the fund for Dcms, called for a £17M ($22.8M) pot.
The UK received €12.2M (£10.9M / $14.5M) in Media funding in 2018 and a total of €74m ($87m) from the wider Creative Europe program over the five year period 2014-2018.
The Spending Review sets out plans for the economy as the UK nears the completion of the Brexit process (37 days and counting) and looks to a 2021 when the country will be planning its recovery from this pandemic.
The Global Screen...
The funding amount of £7M ($9.4M) for the program’s pilot year may come as a disappointment, however, as initial proposals from the British Film Institute (BFI), which will administer the fund for Dcms, called for a £17M ($22.8M) pot.
The UK received €12.2M (£10.9M / $14.5M) in Media funding in 2018 and a total of €74m ($87m) from the wider Creative Europe program over the five year period 2014-2018.
The Spending Review sets out plans for the economy as the UK nears the completion of the Brexit process (37 days and counting) and looks to a 2021 when the country will be planning its recovery from this pandemic.
The Global Screen...
- 11/25/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: UK sales outfit Sc Films International has acquired worldwide rights to science-fiction animation Absolute Denial ahead of the American Film Market.
Currently in the latter stages of post-production, the film is set in the not-too-distant future and follows a genius programmer who sacrifices everything in his personal and professional life to build a supercomputer of unprecedented power. Soon the artificial intelligence develops beyond anything he could imagine and the lines between reality and fantasy become increasingly blurred.
The film is the passion project of writer-director-producer Ryan Braund, formerly a director at the BBC. Chris Hees of Bridge Way Films co-produces and Troy Russell composed the score.
Sc Films intend to submit the film to festivals heading into 2021. Delivery is expected imminently.
Braund commented: “This film started out as a very personal, passion project. Due to the pandemic and lockdowns, I was then able to focus on the intricate hand-drawing – over 30,000 frames of animation!
Currently in the latter stages of post-production, the film is set in the not-too-distant future and follows a genius programmer who sacrifices everything in his personal and professional life to build a supercomputer of unprecedented power. Soon the artificial intelligence develops beyond anything he could imagine and the lines between reality and fantasy become increasingly blurred.
The film is the passion project of writer-director-producer Ryan Braund, formerly a director at the BBC. Chris Hees of Bridge Way Films co-produces and Troy Russell composed the score.
Sc Films intend to submit the film to festivals heading into 2021. Delivery is expected imminently.
Braund commented: “This film started out as a very personal, passion project. Due to the pandemic and lockdowns, I was then able to focus on the intricate hand-drawing – over 30,000 frames of animation!
- 11/3/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The film will begin pre-production in Australia and New Zealand in December.
UK sales outfit Sc Films International has acquired world sales rights to animated adventure Stonerunner and will launch the title at next month’s American Film Market.
The family title will begin pre-production in Australia and New Zealand in December. It is a co-production between New Zealand’s Huhu Animation Studios, and Accent Media Group and Fg Film Productions in Australia.
It is scheduled for a December 2022 delivery, ahead of a 2023 theatrical release.
Set in a distant future where the world is slowly being rebuilt after machines destroyed the planet,...
UK sales outfit Sc Films International has acquired world sales rights to animated adventure Stonerunner and will launch the title at next month’s American Film Market.
The family title will begin pre-production in Australia and New Zealand in December. It is a co-production between New Zealand’s Huhu Animation Studios, and Accent Media Group and Fg Film Productions in Australia.
It is scheduled for a December 2022 delivery, ahead of a 2023 theatrical release.
Set in a distant future where the world is slowly being rebuilt after machines destroyed the planet,...
- 10/29/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Japan-Philippines co-production tells the true story of disabled Japan boxer Naozumi Tsuchiyama.
UK-based Sc Films International has picked up international rights to Japan-Philippines co-production Gensan Punch, directed by award-winning Filipino filmmaker Brillante Mendoza.
Scheduled to wrap next month, the English-language film tells the true story of Japanese athlete Naozumi Tsuchiyama, who became a professional boxer despite having an artificial leg. The film follows him Japan to the Philippines, where he rose to fame in the ‘Gensan’ quarter, which has spawned boxing stars such as Manny Pacquiao.
Japanese actor Shogen plays the boxer, with Ronnie Lazaro, Beauty Gonzales and Kaho Minami rounding out the cast.
UK-based Sc Films International has picked up international rights to Japan-Philippines co-production Gensan Punch, directed by award-winning Filipino filmmaker Brillante Mendoza.
Scheduled to wrap next month, the English-language film tells the true story of Japanese athlete Naozumi Tsuchiyama, who became a professional boxer despite having an artificial leg. The film follows him Japan to the Philippines, where he rose to fame in the ‘Gensan’ quarter, which has spawned boxing stars such as Manny Pacquiao.
Japanese actor Shogen plays the boxer, with Ronnie Lazaro, Beauty Gonzales and Kaho Minami rounding out the cast.
- 6/8/2020
- by 89¦Liz Shackleton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Guy Collins’ Gfm hopes to set up series of virtual meetings instead.
UK sales outfit Gfm is the first to confirm to Screen it will not be attending the Cannes Film Festival in May as a result of the uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus outbreak.
The company said it will instead release a product update to distributors by the end of March and will use Skype and other digital platforms to set up virtual meetings.
Gfm is the first member of industry body Film Export UK (Feuk) to confirm it is not attending Cannes this year.
“For us, this is about...
UK sales outfit Gfm is the first to confirm to Screen it will not be attending the Cannes Film Festival in May as a result of the uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus outbreak.
The company said it will instead release a product update to distributors by the end of March and will use Skype and other digital platforms to set up virtual meetings.
Gfm is the first member of industry body Film Export UK (Feuk) to confirm it is not attending Cannes this year.
“For us, this is about...
- 3/10/2020
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
Guy Collins’ Gfm hopes to set up a series of virtual meetings instead.
UK sales outfit Gfm is the first to confirm to Screen it will not be attending the Cannes Film Festival in May as a result of the uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus outbreak.
The company said it will instead release a product update to distributors by the end of March and will use Skype and other digital platforms to set up virtual meetings.
Gfm is the first member of industry body Film Export UK (Feuk) to confirm it is not attending Cannes this year.
“For us, this is...
UK sales outfit Gfm is the first to confirm to Screen it will not be attending the Cannes Film Festival in May as a result of the uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus outbreak.
The company said it will instead release a product update to distributors by the end of March and will use Skype and other digital platforms to set up virtual meetings.
Gfm is the first member of industry body Film Export UK (Feuk) to confirm it is not attending Cannes this year.
“For us, this is...
- 3/10/2020
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
It’s been 36 years since the world last heard a new Boomtown Rats album. In that time, frontman Bob Geldof basically invented the all-star charity single with “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”; willed Live Aid into existence, raising millions of dollars for the victims of the Ethiopian famine in the process; and then spearheaded Live 8 20 years later. He also recorded seven solo albums, dealt with endless tabloid drama and tragedies in his personal life, and gigged on his own all over the globe.
Throughout all that time, he never...
Throughout all that time, he never...
- 3/3/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Cornerstone is selling the film which premiered at Rome Film Festival.
At the start of Afm, John Turturro’s Big Lebowski spin-off The Jesus Rolls has been picked up for the UK and Ireland by new UK distributor Blue Finch Film Releasing.
The film, which Turturro wrote, directed and stars in, premiered at Rome Film Festival last month and is being sold by Cornerstone Films. Carla Quarto di Palo, Cornerstone’s director of international sales, negotiated the deal with Blue Finch co-ceo Mike Chapman.
With Turturro reprising his role as Jesus Quintana from the Coen brothers’ comedy The Big Lebowski,...
At the start of Afm, John Turturro’s Big Lebowski spin-off The Jesus Rolls has been picked up for the UK and Ireland by new UK distributor Blue Finch Film Releasing.
The film, which Turturro wrote, directed and stars in, premiered at Rome Film Festival last month and is being sold by Cornerstone Films. Carla Quarto di Palo, Cornerstone’s director of international sales, negotiated the deal with Blue Finch co-ceo Mike Chapman.
With Turturro reprising his role as Jesus Quintana from the Coen brothers’ comedy The Big Lebowski,...
- 11/7/2019
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
Bob Geldof and the re-formed Boomtown Rats will talk about their legendary punk band in a new feature doc, “Boomtown.” It is one of the first two films from a new music producer-distributor that has been formed by Beyond Entertainment and Tnc Media – BeyondTNC.
BeyondTNC will be launching “Boomtown” to international buyers in Cannes, as well as another feature doc, “Waiting: The Van Duren Story.” The latter tells the story of the titular Memphis musician who was tipped to become a major star, but faded into obscurity.
“Boomtown” was filmed in Dublin, London and New York. It features exclusive interviews with the four members of the re-grouped Boomtown Rats: Bob Geldof; Garry Roberts; Pete Briquette; and Simon Crowe. A host of big name artists also weigh in on the influential group including Bono, Sting, Sinead O’Connor and Dave Stewart.
Billy McGrath produces and directs through his Sideline Productions shingle.
BeyondTNC will be launching “Boomtown” to international buyers in Cannes, as well as another feature doc, “Waiting: The Van Duren Story.” The latter tells the story of the titular Memphis musician who was tipped to become a major star, but faded into obscurity.
“Boomtown” was filmed in Dublin, London and New York. It features exclusive interviews with the four members of the re-grouped Boomtown Rats: Bob Geldof; Garry Roberts; Pete Briquette; and Simon Crowe. A host of big name artists also weigh in on the influential group including Bono, Sting, Sinead O’Connor and Dave Stewart.
Billy McGrath produces and directs through his Sideline Productions shingle.
- 10/13/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Film is a contemporary reimagining of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
UK distribution outfit Blue Finch has boarded UK and Ireland distribution on Larry Fessenden’s horror Depraved.
The company is planning a winter release on the title, which recently had its UK premiere at horror festival FrightFest. It has also played festivals including Fantasia and Sydney.
Genre sales outfit Yellow Veil Pictures handles rights and struck the deal with Blue Finch.
Depraved is a contemporary re-imaging of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, centring on a field surgeon (played by David Call) who creates a man out of body parts in a makeshift lab in Brooklyn.
UK distribution outfit Blue Finch has boarded UK and Ireland distribution on Larry Fessenden’s horror Depraved.
The company is planning a winter release on the title, which recently had its UK premiere at horror festival FrightFest. It has also played festivals including Fantasia and Sydney.
Genre sales outfit Yellow Veil Pictures handles rights and struck the deal with Blue Finch.
Depraved is a contemporary re-imaging of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, centring on a field surgeon (played by David Call) who creates a man out of body parts in a makeshift lab in Brooklyn.
- 9/3/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sundance 2018 title Ophelia has been picked up for UK and Ireland distribution by Blue Finch Film Releasing.
U.S. sales outfit Covert struck the deal on the title, which was released by IFC in North America earlier this year. The UK deal was closed between Jim Harvey on behalf of Covert and Mike Chapman for Blue Finch.
A retelling of Shakespeare’s Hamlet from Ophelia’s perspective, pic stars Daisy Ridley, Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, George MacKay and Tom Felton.
Claire McCarthy directs from Semi Chellas’ script, based on the novel by Lisa Klein. Producers are Daniel Bobker, Sarah Curtis, Ehren Kruger, and Paul Hanson in association with Freebury Productions Limited. Funding came from Ingenious Media and Bert Marcus Film.
Fledgling outfit Blue Finch plans to release the film later this year with a theatrical component. The distributor’s first theatrical title, Charming, is currently on release. Movies on...
U.S. sales outfit Covert struck the deal on the title, which was released by IFC in North America earlier this year. The UK deal was closed between Jim Harvey on behalf of Covert and Mike Chapman for Blue Finch.
A retelling of Shakespeare’s Hamlet from Ophelia’s perspective, pic stars Daisy Ridley, Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, George MacKay and Tom Felton.
Claire McCarthy directs from Semi Chellas’ script, based on the novel by Lisa Klein. Producers are Daniel Bobker, Sarah Curtis, Ehren Kruger, and Paul Hanson in association with Freebury Productions Limited. Funding came from Ingenious Media and Bert Marcus Film.
Fledgling outfit Blue Finch plans to release the film later this year with a theatrical component. The distributor’s first theatrical title, Charming, is currently on release. Movies on...
- 8/15/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The film premiered at SXSW in March.
Harmony Korine’s comedy The Beach Bum, starring Matthew McConaughey, has secured a UK and Ireland theatrical deal with nascent distributor Blue Finch Film Releasing.
Rocket Science is handling international sales on the film, which premiered at SXSW in March and was then released in North American by Neon where it has grossed $3.5m to date.
Korine’s sixth feature, and his first since 2012 hit Spring Breakers, follows the misadventures of the rogueish Moondog (McConaughey) around the tropics of Cuba and Florida. Snoop Dogg, Isla Fisher, Zac Efron, Jonah Hill and Martin Lawrence co-star.
Harmony Korine’s comedy The Beach Bum, starring Matthew McConaughey, has secured a UK and Ireland theatrical deal with nascent distributor Blue Finch Film Releasing.
Rocket Science is handling international sales on the film, which premiered at SXSW in March and was then released in North American by Neon where it has grossed $3.5m to date.
Korine’s sixth feature, and his first since 2012 hit Spring Breakers, follows the misadventures of the rogueish Moondog (McConaughey) around the tropics of Cuba and Florida. Snoop Dogg, Isla Fisher, Zac Efron, Jonah Hill and Martin Lawrence co-star.
- 6/18/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UK distribution outfit Blue Finch Films has boarded UK/Ireland rights to Karen Gillan’s (Avengers: Endgame) directorial debut The Party’s Just Beginning, which she also wrote and stars in.
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle and Doctor Who actress Gillan plays Liusaidh, a young woman living in Scotland with her parents. After she loses her best friend, she embarks on a journey of of drink, drugs and casual flings, until a stranger comes into her life. The Glasgow and Tribeca 2018 drama also stars Lee Pace, Paul Higgins and Siobhan Redmond.
The film was produced by Claire Mundell of Synchronicity Films, Andru Davies of Mt. Hollywood and Mali Elfman. The deal was struck with Mike Chapman and Russell Webber on behalf of Blue Finch Films and the film is set to be released in Q4 this year.
Gillan commented, “I couldn’t be more thrilled to have Bluefinch distribute my debut film.
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle and Doctor Who actress Gillan plays Liusaidh, a young woman living in Scotland with her parents. After she loses her best friend, she embarks on a journey of of drink, drugs and casual flings, until a stranger comes into her life. The Glasgow and Tribeca 2018 drama also stars Lee Pace, Paul Higgins and Siobhan Redmond.
The film was produced by Claire Mundell of Synchronicity Films, Andru Davies of Mt. Hollywood and Mali Elfman. The deal was struck with Mike Chapman and Russell Webber on behalf of Blue Finch Films and the film is set to be released in Q4 this year.
Gillan commented, “I couldn’t be more thrilled to have Bluefinch distribute my debut film.
- 6/14/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: UK horror festival Arrow Video FrightFest is teaming up with local distributor Blue Finch Films and short film funding company Genera to launch a genre shorts fund called Fresh Blood.
The partners will look to help finance short form projects in the latter stages of development in the bid to
discover new voices in the world of genre filmmaking.
Submissions are open today and shortlisted finalists will be announced on 14 August with those selected given the opportunity to pitch their project in front of an industry panel during the early August festival, who will then decide the winning film.
Genera’s CEO, Christian Parton commented, “Short films are notoriously hard to fund. Partnering and creating exciting opportunities to support short filmmakers is paramount to Genera. We are incredibly excited to be partnering with FrightFest and Blue Finch Films in launching this round to encourage the financing of more genre films”
Ian Rattray,...
The partners will look to help finance short form projects in the latter stages of development in the bid to
discover new voices in the world of genre filmmaking.
Submissions are open today and shortlisted finalists will be announced on 14 August with those selected given the opportunity to pitch their project in front of an industry panel during the early August festival, who will then decide the winning film.
Genera’s CEO, Christian Parton commented, “Short films are notoriously hard to fund. Partnering and creating exciting opportunities to support short filmmakers is paramount to Genera. We are incredibly excited to be partnering with FrightFest and Blue Finch Films in launching this round to encourage the financing of more genre films”
Ian Rattray,...
- 6/5/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
UK, Middle East buyers snap up genre slate.
New York-based Film Sales Company president Andrew Herwitz has announced the first deals in Cannes on his slate of films from genre specialists Blumhouse, striking three-film deals in the UK and the Middle East.
Herwitz arrived in Cannes with a trio of titles from prolific producer Jason Blum’s genre stable: thriller Bloodline stars Seann William Scott (pictured) in the story of a high school counsellor who takes his job a little too seriously; Mercy Black centres on a young woman who confronts her gory childhood; and urban horror Thriller tells of...
New York-based Film Sales Company president Andrew Herwitz has announced the first deals in Cannes on his slate of films from genre specialists Blumhouse, striking three-film deals in the UK and the Middle East.
Herwitz arrived in Cannes with a trio of titles from prolific producer Jason Blum’s genre stable: thriller Bloodline stars Seann William Scott (pictured) in the story of a high school counsellor who takes his job a little too seriously; Mercy Black centres on a young woman who confronts her gory childhood; and urban horror Thriller tells of...
- 5/21/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UK sales outfit Sc Films has boarded international rights to Kiwi box office hit Daffodils by director David Stubbs.
The romantic musical follows singer Maisie and the recollections of how her parents met and fell in love. The love story is soundtracked (released by Warner Music) with re-imaginings of iconic New Zealand songs.
Released theatrically in New Zealand in March, the film has taken more than $1M, making it the most successful local release since The Breaker Upperers. Grammy winner Kimbra plays Maisie, with George Mason (Top of the Lake) and Rose McIver (iZombie) taking on the parental roles.
The film was produced by Richard Fletcher of Libertine Pictures and Khf Media with investment from the New Zealand Film Commission, Nz on Air, Tvnz, The Kelly Entertainment Co, Park Rd Post Production, Avalon Studios and Kiwibank. Rochelle Bright adapted the screenplay from her successful play.
UK and Ireland distribution...
The romantic musical follows singer Maisie and the recollections of how her parents met and fell in love. The love story is soundtracked (released by Warner Music) with re-imaginings of iconic New Zealand songs.
Released theatrically in New Zealand in March, the film has taken more than $1M, making it the most successful local release since The Breaker Upperers. Grammy winner Kimbra plays Maisie, with George Mason (Top of the Lake) and Rose McIver (iZombie) taking on the parental roles.
The film was produced by Richard Fletcher of Libertine Pictures and Khf Media with investment from the New Zealand Film Commission, Nz on Air, Tvnz, The Kelly Entertainment Co, Park Rd Post Production, Avalon Studios and Kiwibank. Rochelle Bright adapted the screenplay from her successful play.
UK and Ireland distribution...
- 5/9/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Blue Finch Films takes UK and Ireland rights to project.
UK sales outfit Sc Films has taken international rights to Canadian horror-thriller Alive.
Rob Grant, whose credits include 2019 Rotterdam premiere Harpoon and 2012 Fantasia title Mon Ami, directs the story of a severely injured man and woman who awake in an abandoned sanitarium to discover that a sadistic caretaker holds the keys to their freedom.
Thomas Cocquerel and Camille Stopps lead the cast, with Angus Macfadyen playing their captor.
Chuck McCue and Jules Vincent wrote the screenplay and produces with Lars Lehmann and Michael Peterson.
Alongside Sc Films boarding sales, fledgling...
UK sales outfit Sc Films has taken international rights to Canadian horror-thriller Alive.
Rob Grant, whose credits include 2019 Rotterdam premiere Harpoon and 2012 Fantasia title Mon Ami, directs the story of a severely injured man and woman who awake in an abandoned sanitarium to discover that a sadistic caretaker holds the keys to their freedom.
Thomas Cocquerel and Camille Stopps lead the cast, with Angus Macfadyen playing their captor.
Chuck McCue and Jules Vincent wrote the screenplay and produces with Lars Lehmann and Michael Peterson.
Alongside Sc Films boarding sales, fledgling...
- 5/2/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
The principle of “territoriality” has been preserved but remains EC’s long-term goal.
European film industry representatives have spoken of a “crisis averted for now” for the independent sector following the European Parliament’s approval of the latest version of the so-called ‘Cab Sat Directive’ as part of the Digital Single Market last week (March 28).
After intensive lobbying from the film industry, the principle of “territoriality” has been preserved. This means film rights can continue to be exploited on a country by country basis.
The application of the country of origin principle has been limited to news, current affairs programmes...
European film industry representatives have spoken of a “crisis averted for now” for the independent sector following the European Parliament’s approval of the latest version of the so-called ‘Cab Sat Directive’ as part of the Digital Single Market last week (March 28).
After intensive lobbying from the film industry, the principle of “territoriality” has been preserved. This means film rights can continue to be exploited on a country by country basis.
The application of the country of origin principle has been limited to news, current affairs programmes...
- 4/1/2019
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
The company developed the project in-house.
The UK’s Sc Films International is launching the feature animation Neighbourhood Pet Watch at the European Film Market (Efm) next month.
Sc FIlms has worldwide rights to the CGI-animated family filmwhich is a UK-China production and was developed in-house at the company.
Neighbourhood Pet Watch is about two puppies who team up with the local neighbourhood pets to thwart an evil gang attempting to take over their beloved city.
The lead producers on the project are Simon Crowe of Sc Films, Feng Yi and Stephen Meier. Meier wrote the screenplay with Jake Greene.
The UK’s Sc Films International is launching the feature animation Neighbourhood Pet Watch at the European Film Market (Efm) next month.
Sc FIlms has worldwide rights to the CGI-animated family filmwhich is a UK-China production and was developed in-house at the company.
Neighbourhood Pet Watch is about two puppies who team up with the local neighbourhood pets to thwart an evil gang attempting to take over their beloved city.
The lead producers on the project are Simon Crowe of Sc Films, Feng Yi and Stephen Meier. Meier wrote the screenplay with Jake Greene.
- 1/25/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Family animation Charming to be Blue Finch’s first theatrical release.
Blue Finch Films - the UK distribution outfit set up by former Kaleidoscope executive Mike Chapman with sales exec Simon Crowe and financier Matthew Joynes in August this year - has picked up its first titles.
Among the deals is a title that will mark the company’s first theatrical release, family animation Charming. Directed and written by Ross Venokur, the film features the voices of Demi Lovato, Sia, Avril Lavigne and John Cleese in the story of three fairy tale princesses who find themselves engaged to the same guy,...
Blue Finch Films - the UK distribution outfit set up by former Kaleidoscope executive Mike Chapman with sales exec Simon Crowe and financier Matthew Joynes in August this year - has picked up its first titles.
Among the deals is a title that will mark the company’s first theatrical release, family animation Charming. Directed and written by Ross Venokur, the film features the voices of Demi Lovato, Sia, Avril Lavigne and John Cleese in the story of three fairy tale princesses who find themselves engaged to the same guy,...
- 11/2/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: After making a splash in Cannes with animation Next Gen, which was snapped up by Netflix in a big-dollar deal, Canadian firm Tangent Animation is teaming up with Sc Films to produce family pic War Of Their Worlds, which the latter will launch sales on at the Afm.
Described as a classic cat and mouse story of sworn enemies, the film will follow Nipsy the mouse and her family who have a happy life in an abandoned house that just won’t sell. That is until a ruthless property developer sees potential in their run-down space and sends in two eager cats to chase the mice out of their home. Cast has yet to be set.
The animation is the first developed from Sc Films’ original intellectual property. Jeff Bell, Ken Zorniak and Phyllis Laing of Tangent Animation will co-produce and handle the animation at their emerging Canadian studio,...
Described as a classic cat and mouse story of sworn enemies, the film will follow Nipsy the mouse and her family who have a happy life in an abandoned house that just won’t sell. That is until a ruthless property developer sees potential in their run-down space and sends in two eager cats to chase the mice out of their home. Cast has yet to be set.
The animation is the first developed from Sc Films’ original intellectual property. Jeff Bell, Ken Zorniak and Phyllis Laing of Tangent Animation will co-produce and handle the animation at their emerging Canadian studio,...
- 10/25/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Peter Thompson, Matthew Kreuzer form joint venture.
Peter Thompson, former head of sales at Arrow Films, and Matthew Kreuzer, former sales director at Kaleidoscope, have teamed to launch a new UK distribution label, Lightbulb Film Distribution.
The company will look to pick up independent genre films from around the world, with a broad focus across language and country of origin, and the team are now reviewing potential first acquisitions. It plans to distribute theatrically as well as on digital platforms and broadcasters.
Despite the ongoing challenges in the sector, several new UK distribution banners have opened in 2018, including former Arrow...
Peter Thompson, former head of sales at Arrow Films, and Matthew Kreuzer, former sales director at Kaleidoscope, have teamed to launch a new UK distribution label, Lightbulb Film Distribution.
The company will look to pick up independent genre films from around the world, with a broad focus across language and country of origin, and the team are now reviewing potential first acquisitions. It plans to distribute theatrically as well as on digital platforms and broadcasters.
Despite the ongoing challenges in the sector, several new UK distribution banners have opened in 2018, including former Arrow...
- 10/12/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UK outfit Sc Films has boarded international sales rights to animation My Father’s Secrets, which is being produced by the art director of Oscar-nominee Persepolis.
The hand-drawn animation is based on the graphic novel by Israeli author Michel Kichka and documents his father’s experience both during and after the Holocaust. It ends with father and son making a highly emotional visit to Auschwitz.
The English and French-language film, formerly known as Second Generation, is a France-Belgium-Luxembourg co-production with Je Suis Bien Content (April And The Extraordinary World), Left Field Ventures (Madame Bovery) and Bidibul (White Fang) producing. Marc Jousset of Je Suis Bien Content was artistic director on Persopolis, winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes.
Kichka is adapting his original material. Directors are Véra Belmont (Red Kiss) and Xavier Picard (Moomins On The Riviera). Delivery is expected by Q2, 2020. Le Pacte will distribute in France.
Animation specialist Sc Films,...
The hand-drawn animation is based on the graphic novel by Israeli author Michel Kichka and documents his father’s experience both during and after the Holocaust. It ends with father and son making a highly emotional visit to Auschwitz.
The English and French-language film, formerly known as Second Generation, is a France-Belgium-Luxembourg co-production with Je Suis Bien Content (April And The Extraordinary World), Left Field Ventures (Madame Bovery) and Bidibul (White Fang) producing. Marc Jousset of Je Suis Bien Content was artistic director on Persopolis, winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes.
Kichka is adapting his original material. Directors are Véra Belmont (Red Kiss) and Xavier Picard (Moomins On The Riviera). Delivery is expected by Q2, 2020. Le Pacte will distribute in France.
Animation specialist Sc Films,...
- 8/29/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: International sales vet Simon Crowe, financier Matthew Joynes and former Kaleidoscope executive Michael Chapman are setting up new UK/Ireland distribution company Blue Finch Film Releasing.
The label will look to pick up commercially-oriented and cast-driven movies and is aiming to release up to 20 pics per year, including a select number of theatrical titles.
Officially launching in September, the company is in discussions about first movies on the slate. I understand there are also advanced conversations with at least one other established sales and finance outfit who could join the Blue Finch fold.
Chapman, who recently left UK distributor Kaleidoscope after six years, will serve as COO while Crowe will be acting CEO. The latter will continue to run his sales outfit Sc Films.
Well-liked sales vet Crowe set up Sc Films with financier Joynes in 2008. The company has ploughed a furrow in animation working on movies such as...
The label will look to pick up commercially-oriented and cast-driven movies and is aiming to release up to 20 pics per year, including a select number of theatrical titles.
Officially launching in September, the company is in discussions about first movies on the slate. I understand there are also advanced conversations with at least one other established sales and finance outfit who could join the Blue Finch fold.
Chapman, who recently left UK distributor Kaleidoscope after six years, will serve as COO while Crowe will be acting CEO. The latter will continue to run his sales outfit Sc Films.
Well-liked sales vet Crowe set up Sc Films with financier Joynes in 2008. The company has ploughed a furrow in animation working on movies such as...
- 8/21/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Concerns around market impact of a BFI-endorsd Eis fund.
Key figures in the UK film industry have given a generally positive response to the report from the BFI’s Commission on UK Independent Film which was published this week. However concerns were raised about some aspects.
John McVay, the chief executive of UK producers’ association Pact, suggested the Commission came into being partly as a result of Pact’s own report last year, ‘The State of the UK Independent Film Sector’, which highlighted the “parlous” state of the sector and recommended the UK’s film tax credit should be...
Key figures in the UK film industry have given a generally positive response to the report from the BFI’s Commission on UK Independent Film which was published this week. However concerns were raised about some aspects.
John McVay, the chief executive of UK producers’ association Pact, suggested the Commission came into being partly as a result of Pact’s own report last year, ‘The State of the UK Independent Film Sector’, which highlighted the “parlous” state of the sector and recommended the UK’s film tax credit should be...
- 7/19/2018
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Principal photography on the film is set to start in Wales this summer.
London-based Sc Films is launching sales in Cannes on UK sci-fi horror 3 Days On Planet Earth.
From director Phillip Escott, the film begins with an alien spacecraft crash-landing on a remote farm in Wales, leaving the owner cut off from the world. She soon finds herself working with a mysterious MoD agent in order to try and save the planet
Casting is now underway. Principal photography is set to start in Wales this summer, with delivery scheduled for Q1 2019.
Director Escott’s credits include Cruel Summer, which...
London-based Sc Films is launching sales in Cannes on UK sci-fi horror 3 Days On Planet Earth.
From director Phillip Escott, the film begins with an alien spacecraft crash-landing on a remote farm in Wales, leaving the owner cut off from the world. She soon finds herself working with a mysterious MoD agent in order to try and save the planet
Casting is now underway. Principal photography is set to start in Wales this summer, with delivery scheduled for Q1 2019.
Director Escott’s credits include Cruel Summer, which...
- 5/11/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
UK sales outfit Sc Films is debuting a first teaser in Cannes this week.
Star Wars star Mark Hamill and Stranger Things breakout Noah Schnapp have boarded the voice cast of feature animation Hallowaiian: Adventure Hawaii.
They join the previously announced Teilor Grubbs and Mark Dacascos (both Hawaii Five-o alumni) with Tia Carrere (Wayne’s World) and Kiefer O’Reilly (Howard Lovecraft).
UK sales outfit Sc Films is debuting a first teaser for the project in Cannes this week. Viva Pictures has Us rights and is planning to release the film in time for Halloween 2018.
The family adventure is set...
Star Wars star Mark Hamill and Stranger Things breakout Noah Schnapp have boarded the voice cast of feature animation Hallowaiian: Adventure Hawaii.
They join the previously announced Teilor Grubbs and Mark Dacascos (both Hawaii Five-o alumni) with Tia Carrere (Wayne’s World) and Kiefer O’Reilly (Howard Lovecraft).
UK sales outfit Sc Films is debuting a first teaser for the project in Cannes this week. Viva Pictures has Us rights and is planning to release the film in time for Halloween 2018.
The family adventure is set...
- 5/9/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Australian feature to shoot in May 2018.
London-based sales outfit Sc Films International has boarded international rights to Australian sci-fi thriller The Dust Walker ahead of next month’s market at the Cannes Film Festival.
From writer-director Sandra Sciberras (Caterpillar Wish), the film is about an alien spaceship that crashes in the isolated Australian desert, turning the local townsfolk into soulless beings. With the outbreak spreading, the local sergeant must fight to protect her family.
Jolene Anderson, who stars in Blumhouse’s upcoming horror Prey, plays the lead with Stef Dawson (Guardians Of The Tomb), Richard Davies (Bruce) and Cassandra Magrath...
London-based sales outfit Sc Films International has boarded international rights to Australian sci-fi thriller The Dust Walker ahead of next month’s market at the Cannes Film Festival.
From writer-director Sandra Sciberras (Caterpillar Wish), the film is about an alien spaceship that crashes in the isolated Australian desert, turning the local townsfolk into soulless beings. With the outbreak spreading, the local sergeant must fight to protect her family.
Jolene Anderson, who stars in Blumhouse’s upcoming horror Prey, plays the lead with Stef Dawson (Guardians Of The Tomb), Richard Davies (Bruce) and Cassandra Magrath...
- 4/25/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Cedric Babouche directing French-German-Belgian co-production, which starts summer 2018.
London-based sales outfit Sc Films has unveiled its latest family animation feature, At The Ark At 8 (3D), which is based on the famous biblical tale.
The project comes from producers Maia Tubiana of Ellipsanime and Bettina Morlock of Now Films, who previously collaborated on French animation Titeuf, Le Film. It is set to be directed by Cedric Babouche, whose credits include 2014 animation Houdini and 2005 Cannes winning short Imago.
UK outfit Sc Films is introducing the project to buyers at this week’s European animation forum Cartoon Movie in Bordeaux. The company’s slate includes The White Fang,...
London-based sales outfit Sc Films has unveiled its latest family animation feature, At The Ark At 8 (3D), which is based on the famous biblical tale.
The project comes from producers Maia Tubiana of Ellipsanime and Bettina Morlock of Now Films, who previously collaborated on French animation Titeuf, Le Film. It is set to be directed by Cedric Babouche, whose credits include 2014 animation Houdini and 2005 Cannes winning short Imago.
UK outfit Sc Films is introducing the project to buyers at this week’s European animation forum Cartoon Movie in Bordeaux. The company’s slate includes The White Fang,...
- 3/8/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Project heads to Efm ahead of Q3, 2018 theatrical release.
London-based sales outfit Sc Films International has launched Hallowaiian: Adventure Hawaii, an animated family feature that it will be taking to the upcoming European Film Market (Efm) in Berlin.
Source: Sc Films
Hallowaiian: Adventure Hawaii
Viva Pictures has picked up North American rights to the project and is plotting a theatrical release in Q3, 2018.
Set on the islands of Hawaii one Halloween, the film follows three friends who must use local legends to restore peace to their home after releasing a mythical monster.
The voice cast stars Hawaii Five-0 alumni Teilor Grubbs and Mark Dacascos with Tia Carerre (Wayne’s World) and Kiefer O’Reilly (Howard Lovecraft).
The film is being directed by Sean Patrick O’Reilly at Arcana studios whose most recent releases were Pixies and Howard Lovecraft. The screenplay was written by David Swift, Scott Owen and Steven Meier.
Producers are Fresh Baked...
London-based sales outfit Sc Films International has launched Hallowaiian: Adventure Hawaii, an animated family feature that it will be taking to the upcoming European Film Market (Efm) in Berlin.
Source: Sc Films
Hallowaiian: Adventure Hawaii
Viva Pictures has picked up North American rights to the project and is plotting a theatrical release in Q3, 2018.
Set on the islands of Hawaii one Halloween, the film follows three friends who must use local legends to restore peace to their home after releasing a mythical monster.
The voice cast stars Hawaii Five-0 alumni Teilor Grubbs and Mark Dacascos with Tia Carerre (Wayne’s World) and Kiefer O’Reilly (Howard Lovecraft).
The film is being directed by Sean Patrick O’Reilly at Arcana studios whose most recent releases were Pixies and Howard Lovecraft. The screenplay was written by David Swift, Scott Owen and Steven Meier.
Producers are Fresh Baked...
- 2/6/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sc Films boards first Israeli-Hungarian co-production.
London-based sales outfit Sc Films International, has acquired international rights to The Legend Of King Solomon, a family animation adaptation of the Biblical story, which it will launch at Toronto.
The completed project is the first feature collaboration between Israel and Hungary since a co-production treaty was signed in January 2016.
Eden Productions of Israel and Cinemon Entertainment of Hungary produce together.
In the English-language movie with Israeli voice cast, a young teenage Solomon must save the kingdom of Jersualem from the evil devil Asmodeus.
After he is banished into the Arabian desert, Solomon teams up with the beautiful Princess Naama of Petra as they seek to put an end to Asmodeus’ tyrannical thirst for power.
Albert Hanan Kaminiski, director of the Pettson and Findus trilogy, directs and co-writes with Gyula Böszörményi.
Composer is Ady Cohen, musical director on 2007 hit Enchanted, while art director is Michael Faust, an artist...
London-based sales outfit Sc Films International, has acquired international rights to The Legend Of King Solomon, a family animation adaptation of the Biblical story, which it will launch at Toronto.
The completed project is the first feature collaboration between Israel and Hungary since a co-production treaty was signed in January 2016.
Eden Productions of Israel and Cinemon Entertainment of Hungary produce together.
In the English-language movie with Israeli voice cast, a young teenage Solomon must save the kingdom of Jersualem from the evil devil Asmodeus.
After he is banished into the Arabian desert, Solomon teams up with the beautiful Princess Naama of Petra as they seek to put an end to Asmodeus’ tyrannical thirst for power.
Albert Hanan Kaminiski, director of the Pettson and Findus trilogy, directs and co-writes with Gyula Böszörményi.
Composer is Ady Cohen, musical director on 2007 hit Enchanted, while art director is Michael Faust, an artist...
- 8/14/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Body provides a voice for the UK sales sector during uncertain times.
Sales company trade body Film Export UK has elected a new five-person board including two UK sales company heads originally from mainland Europe.
They are: Natalie Brenner (Metro International), Caroline Couret-Delègue (Truffle Pictures), Simon Crowe (Sc Films International), Nicole Mackey (HanWay Films), and Fabien Westerhoff (Film Constellation).
Chair Simon Crowe (pictured) said: “I’m gratified to steer such an excellent group of fellow directors but slightly daunted to be providing a voice for the UK sales sector at a time with so many challenges for independent film.
“Film Export UK provides great help to its members with practical programmes like the umbrella stands at markets and through our partnerships with BFI, Department for International Trade and others, but there are many other pressing issues to address.”
On the subject of the Digital Single Market, Crowe said: “We have watched this legislation coming down the...
Sales company trade body Film Export UK has elected a new five-person board including two UK sales company heads originally from mainland Europe.
They are: Natalie Brenner (Metro International), Caroline Couret-Delègue (Truffle Pictures), Simon Crowe (Sc Films International), Nicole Mackey (HanWay Films), and Fabien Westerhoff (Film Constellation).
Chair Simon Crowe (pictured) said: “I’m gratified to steer such an excellent group of fellow directors but slightly daunted to be providing a voice for the UK sales sector at a time with so many challenges for independent film.
“Film Export UK provides great help to its members with practical programmes like the umbrella stands at markets and through our partnerships with BFI, Department for International Trade and others, but there are many other pressing issues to address.”
On the subject of the Digital Single Market, Crowe said: “We have watched this legislation coming down the...
- 5/22/2017
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
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