Emily Morgan’s Quiddity Films, the UK producer of Felipe Galvez’s Cannes 2023 title The Settlers, has landed strategic investment from Mexican production services outfit The Lift.
The Lift’s backing will support the development of Quiddity’s upcoming projects, and the companies will collaborate on select titles. It marks The Lift’s first international investment.
Morgan’s company is further expanding by hiring its first head of production, Filiz-Theres Erel, and first head of development, Alex Hitch.
Erel’s past credits include production manager on Netflix’s Persuasion and Roger Michell’s The Duke, while Hitch worked as a development executive for Ray Pictures.
The Lift’s backing will support the development of Quiddity’s upcoming projects, and the companies will collaborate on select titles. It marks The Lift’s first international investment.
Morgan’s company is further expanding by hiring its first head of production, Filiz-Theres Erel, and first head of development, Alex Hitch.
Erel’s past credits include production manager on Netflix’s Persuasion and Roger Michell’s The Duke, while Hitch worked as a development executive for Ray Pictures.
- 5/15/2024
- ScreenDaily
Heading into Cannes, where it has four films in official selection and three projects participating in the Great 8 showcase, BBC Film has unveiled further details about its upcoming slate.
Among new projects in advanced development is Remi Weekes’ follow-up to His House, which is being produced by Tanya Segatchian and John Woodward’s Bright Star. Details for the untitled feature are being kept under wraps but BBC Film director Eva Yates told Screen: “It’s not a horror.”
Also in advanced development is Raine Allen-Miller’s second feature after Rye Lane, a south London-set heist comedy that she has also written.
Among new projects in advanced development is Remi Weekes’ follow-up to His House, which is being produced by Tanya Segatchian and John Woodward’s Bright Star. Details for the untitled feature are being kept under wraps but BBC Film director Eva Yates told Screen: “It’s not a horror.”
Also in advanced development is Raine Allen-Miller’s second feature after Rye Lane, a south London-set heist comedy that she has also written.
- 5/10/2024
- ScreenDaily
Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, producer of Blue Story and Boxing Day, has wrapped production on her directorial debut Dreamers, with Finland’s The Yellow Affair by Newen Connect launching sales at Cannes.
Screen can also exclusively reveal a first-look image of Dreamers, a love story and escape movie set in an immigration removal centre. It focuses on a woman named Isio, played by Screen Star of Tomorrow 2023 Ronke Adékoluejo, who is caught working without papers, trapped inside Hatchworth removal centre, where she learns that finding love, friendship and freedom sometimes means doing the wrong things.
Further cast includes I May Destroy You’s Ann Akinjirin,...
Screen can also exclusively reveal a first-look image of Dreamers, a love story and escape movie set in an immigration removal centre. It focuses on a woman named Isio, played by Screen Star of Tomorrow 2023 Ronke Adékoluejo, who is caught working without papers, trapped inside Hatchworth removal centre, where she learns that finding love, friendship and freedom sometimes means doing the wrong things.
Further cast includes I May Destroy You’s Ann Akinjirin,...
- 4/29/2024
- ScreenDaily
Swimming Home is an adaptation of Deborah Levy’s 2011 novel, written and directed by debut UK flmmaker Justin Anderson.
The UK-Dutch co-production premiered in the Tiger competition of this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
The film centres around a war reporter played by Mackenzie Davis, on a family holiday with her husband (Christopher Abbott), a poet, and their teenage daughter. Returning home to their villa with a friend (Nadine Labaki) they find a naked stranger, Kitti (Ariane Labed) floating in the pool. Invited to stay, Kitti’s presence comes to emphasise the tensions within the family.
Anderson studied...
The UK-Dutch co-production premiered in the Tiger competition of this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
The film centres around a war reporter played by Mackenzie Davis, on a family holiday with her husband (Christopher Abbott), a poet, and their teenage daughter. Returning home to their villa with a friend (Nadine Labaki) they find a naked stranger, Kitti (Ariane Labed) floating in the pool. Invited to stay, Kitti’s presence comes to emphasise the tensions within the family.
Anderson studied...
- 2/2/2024
- ScreenDaily
Swimming Home is an adaptation of Deborah Levy’s 2011 novel, written and directed by debut UK flmmaker Justin Anderson.
The UK-Dutch co-production premiered in the Tiger competition of this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
The film centres around a war reporter played by Mackenzie Davis, on a family holiday with her husband (Christopher Abbott), a poet, and their teenage daughter. Returning home to their villa with a friend (Nadine Labaki) they find a naked stranger, Kitti (Ariane Labed) floating in the pool. Invited to stay, Kitti’s presence comes to emphasise the tensions within the family.
Anderson studied...
The UK-Dutch co-production premiered in the Tiger competition of this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
The film centres around a war reporter played by Mackenzie Davis, on a family holiday with her husband (Christopher Abbott), a poet, and their teenage daughter. Returning home to their villa with a friend (Nadine Labaki) they find a naked stranger, Kitti (Ariane Labed) floating in the pool. Invited to stay, Kitti’s presence comes to emphasise the tensions within the family.
Anderson studied...
- 2/2/2024
- ScreenDaily
Award-winning artist Justin Anderson’s debut feature “Swimming Home” has its world premiere in competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam. Variety has secured access to the first clip from the film.
The film, an adaptation of Deborah Levy’s 2012 Man Booker Prize shortlisted novel, centers on poet Joe (Christopher Abbott) and war photographer Isabel (Mackenzie Davis), whose marriage is dying when Kitti (Ariane Labed), a naked stranger found floating in the pool at their sunny holiday villa in Greece, is invited to stay. Oscar nominated Lebanese actor-director Nadine Labaki plays a significant role in the film as does emerging actor Freya Hannan-Mills.
In 2014, Anderson directed “Jumper,” a short inspired by Pasolini’s “Teorema,” about a man emerging from a pool and standing naked in the window during a family dinner. A friend saw the film and suggested that he read Levy’s novel. The book resonated with Anderson and he contacted Levy.
The film, an adaptation of Deborah Levy’s 2012 Man Booker Prize shortlisted novel, centers on poet Joe (Christopher Abbott) and war photographer Isabel (Mackenzie Davis), whose marriage is dying when Kitti (Ariane Labed), a naked stranger found floating in the pool at their sunny holiday villa in Greece, is invited to stay. Oscar nominated Lebanese actor-director Nadine Labaki plays a significant role in the film as does emerging actor Freya Hannan-Mills.
In 2014, Anderson directed “Jumper,” a short inspired by Pasolini’s “Teorema,” about a man emerging from a pool and standing naked in the window during a family dinner. A friend saw the film and suggested that he read Levy’s novel. The book resonated with Anderson and he contacted Levy.
- 1/26/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
A Prayer For The Dying from UK-France outfit The Bureau and Good Boy, produced by Jeremy Thomas’s Recorded Picture Company, are among the seven international co-productions to receive backing from the UK Global Screen Fund (Ukgsf).
In addition, 23 UK screen content businesses have been awarded funds to boost their international activities.
Ukgsf is financed through the UK government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms) and administered by the British Film Institute (BFI). The latest batch of awards sees over £1.3m being allocated through the international co-production strand and over £2m being allocated through the international business development strand.
In addition, 23 UK screen content businesses have been awarded funds to boost their international activities.
Ukgsf is financed through the UK government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms) and administered by the British Film Institute (BFI). The latest batch of awards sees over £1.3m being allocated through the international co-production strand and over £2m being allocated through the international business development strand.
- 1/17/2024
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
UK film companies are now eligible to apply for the BBC’s £1.5m Small Indie Fund.
How To Have Sex production outfit Wild Swim Films, Emily Morgan’s Quiddity Films and Scotland-based barry crerar are among the 57 companies being supported this year through the BBC’s Small Indie Fund.
It was launched in 2020, and supports the growth of small independent production companies from across the UK with turnovers below £10m. It has previously focused on drama, entertainment, comedy, factual, daytime and children’s TV content outfits, however this year, for the first time, it has included BBC Film..
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How To Have Sex production outfit Wild Swim Films, Emily Morgan’s Quiddity Films and Scotland-based barry crerar are among the 57 companies being supported this year through the BBC’s Small Indie Fund.
It was launched in 2020, and supports the growth of small independent production companies from across the UK with turnovers below £10m. It has previously focused on drama, entertainment, comedy, factual, daytime and children’s TV content outfits, however this year, for the first time, it has included BBC Film..
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- 1/16/2024
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
‘Swimming Home’ is directed by Justin Anderson and stars Mackenzie Davies, Christopher Abbott and Ariane Labed.
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has unveiled the Tiger and Big Screen programmes for the 3rd edition, taking place January 25 – February 4, 2024 in the Netherlands.
Justin Anderson’s Swimming Home, starring Mackenzie Davies, Christopher Abbott and Ariane Labed, is among the titles world premiering in the Tiger Competition.
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The drama is adapted from Deborah Levy’s novel about a woman who implores the help of a naked stranger found floating in her pool. It is produced by Emily Morgan’s UK outfit Quiddity Films,...
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has unveiled the Tiger and Big Screen programmes for the 3rd edition, taking place January 25 – February 4, 2024 in the Netherlands.
Justin Anderson’s Swimming Home, starring Mackenzie Davies, Christopher Abbott and Ariane Labed, is among the titles world premiering in the Tiger Competition.
Scroll down for full line-up
The drama is adapted from Deborah Levy’s novel about a woman who implores the help of a naked stranger found floating in her pool. It is produced by Emily Morgan’s UK outfit Quiddity Films,...
- 12/18/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
The 2nd Creative Investors’ Conference, organized by the San Sebastian Festival and CAA Media Finance, took place as the U.S. saw history in the making: the end of the Writers Guild of America’s 148 day strike. That set the tone of proceedings at the two-day confab and maybe added a slightly larger sense of forward momentum to the central issue at stake: a State of the Union take on the challenges and opportunities for the U.S and global film industry, from a market and producers’ perspective.
Multiple audience members, many from Spain and Europe, commented on their delight at the caliber of panelists and attendees, many at the top of their game. Their answers to questions marshalled by CAA Media Finance’s Roeg Sutherland on one key panel and San Sebastian’s Wendy Mitchell on many more, were often direct and sometimes counter-intuitive but convincing; which is what...
Multiple audience members, many from Spain and Europe, commented on their delight at the caliber of panelists and attendees, many at the top of their game. Their answers to questions marshalled by CAA Media Finance’s Roeg Sutherland on one key panel and San Sebastian’s Wendy Mitchell on many more, were often direct and sometimes counter-intuitive but convincing; which is what...
- 9/28/2023
- by John Hopewell and Callum McLennan
- Variety Film + TV
The second annual Creative Investors Conference runs September 26-28.
Executives from Focus Features, Warner Bros, Plan B and Neon are among the speakers at San Sebastian International Film Festival’s second annual Creative Investors Conference running September 26-28 in collaboration with CAA Media Finance.
There will be a series of ‘Fireside chats’ with Mariano César, SVP content Ge Content Latin America at HBO Max (Warner Bros. Discovery), Jeremy Kleiner, co-president at Plan B, and Killer Films co-founders Pam Koffler and Christine Vachon.
Kiska Higgs, president, production & acquisitions at Focus Features, Sarah Colvin, director of acquisitions at Neon, Jeb Brody, president of production at Amblin Partners,...
Executives from Focus Features, Warner Bros, Plan B and Neon are among the speakers at San Sebastian International Film Festival’s second annual Creative Investors Conference running September 26-28 in collaboration with CAA Media Finance.
There will be a series of ‘Fireside chats’ with Mariano César, SVP content Ge Content Latin America at HBO Max (Warner Bros. Discovery), Jeremy Kleiner, co-president at Plan B, and Killer Films co-founders Pam Koffler and Christine Vachon.
Kiska Higgs, president, production & acquisitions at Focus Features, Sarah Colvin, director of acquisitions at Neon, Jeb Brody, president of production at Amblin Partners,...
- 9/21/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
The 2023 BFI London Film Festival has unveiled its industry program, featuring a wide array of conversations and panel discussions with leading figures from across the international film and TV worlds.
Among those taking part in Lff Spotlight conversations are Walt Disney Animation Studios chief creative office Jennifer Lee, who co-directed the Frozen films, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Helen Gregory of See-Saw Films, behind films such as The Power of the Dog and TV shows including Heartstopper and Slow Horses, and Carole Barton, head of French sales company Charades.
Elsewhere, both AMPAS boss Bill Kramer and BAFTA head Jane Millichip will speak in conversation with BFI CEO Ben Roberts.
Among the panel discussions, participants will include writers, directors and creative talent such as Giancarlo Nasi, Emily Morgan, Mahalia Belo, Shaheen Baig, Leah Clarke, Naqqash Khalid, Nabhaan Rizwan, Mary Burke and Tasha Back.
The Hollywood Reporter is sponsoring a panel entitled “Fade In.
Among those taking part in Lff Spotlight conversations are Walt Disney Animation Studios chief creative office Jennifer Lee, who co-directed the Frozen films, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Helen Gregory of See-Saw Films, behind films such as The Power of the Dog and TV shows including Heartstopper and Slow Horses, and Carole Barton, head of French sales company Charades.
Elsewhere, both AMPAS boss Bill Kramer and BAFTA head Jane Millichip will speak in conversation with BFI CEO Ben Roberts.
Among the panel discussions, participants will include writers, directors and creative talent such as Giancarlo Nasi, Emily Morgan, Mahalia Belo, Shaheen Baig, Leah Clarke, Naqqash Khalid, Nabhaan Rizwan, Mary Burke and Tasha Back.
The Hollywood Reporter is sponsoring a panel entitled “Fade In.
- 9/20/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chile on Wednesday named the anti-colonialist Western The Settlers from first-time feature filmmaker Felipe Gálvez as its official entry for Best International Feature at the 2024 Academy Awards.
The film coming off a Fipresci Prize win at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where it played in Un Certain Regard, joins a list of entrants that includes Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (Estonia), The Teachers’ Lounge (Germany), Concrete Utopia (South Korea) and Thunder (Switzerland), as previously announced.
Following forthcoming screenings at the Toronto Film Festival and the New York Film Festival, the pic will be released theatrically in North America by Mubi, which also holds distribution rights for the UK, Latin America, Turkey, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Benelux, and India, and will unveil further details as to its release plans at a later date.
Written by Gálvez and Antonia Girardi, in collaboration with Mariano Llinás, The Settler is set in Chile at the beginning of the 20th century,...
The film coming off a Fipresci Prize win at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where it played in Un Certain Regard, joins a list of entrants that includes Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (Estonia), The Teachers’ Lounge (Germany), Concrete Utopia (South Korea) and Thunder (Switzerland), as previously announced.
Following forthcoming screenings at the Toronto Film Festival and the New York Film Festival, the pic will be released theatrically in North America by Mubi, which also holds distribution rights for the UK, Latin America, Turkey, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Benelux, and India, and will unveil further details as to its release plans at a later date.
Written by Gálvez and Antonia Girardi, in collaboration with Mariano Llinás, The Settler is set in Chile at the beginning of the 20th century,...
- 8/23/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Global distributor, streamer and production company Mubi has acquired Felipe Gálvez’ “The Settlers,” which bowed on Tuesday at the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section.
Mubi has acquired the film for North America, U.K., Latin America, Turkey, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Benelux and India. Mubi will release the film theatrically in the U.S., U.K., and additional territories with release plans to be revealed soon.
“The Settlers” is set in Chile at the beginning of the 20th century. A wealthy landowner hires three horsemen to mark out the perimeter of his extensive property and open a route to the Atlantic Ocean across vast Patagonia. The expedition, composed of a young Chilean mestizo, an American mercenary, and led by a reckless British lieutenant, soon turns into a ‘civilizing’ raid.
“If something is controversial, it’s a good sign. It means it’s interesting. I am trying to provoke with my film,...
Mubi has acquired the film for North America, U.K., Latin America, Turkey, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Benelux and India. Mubi will release the film theatrically in the U.S., U.K., and additional territories with release plans to be revealed soon.
“The Settlers” is set in Chile at the beginning of the 20th century. A wealthy landowner hires three horsemen to mark out the perimeter of his extensive property and open a route to the Atlantic Ocean across vast Patagonia. The expedition, composed of a young Chilean mestizo, an American mercenary, and led by a reckless British lieutenant, soon turns into a ‘civilizing’ raid.
“If something is controversial, it’s a good sign. It means it’s interesting. I am trying to provoke with my film,...
- 5/24/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
It is the feature debut of Chilean filmmaker Felipe Gálvez.
Distributor and streaming platform Mubi has acquired Felipe Gálvez’ Cannes Un Certain Regard title The Settlers for North America, UK, Latin America, Turkey, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Benelux and India from mk2 Films.
It will be released theatrically in the US and UK, with additional territories with release plans to be announced soon.
Gálvez’s feature debut is an English-language western that unfolds around a rich landowner in 1901 Chile who hires three horsemen to mark out the perimeter of his extensive property and open a route to the Atlantic Ocean across vast Patagonia.
Distributor and streaming platform Mubi has acquired Felipe Gálvez’ Cannes Un Certain Regard title The Settlers for North America, UK, Latin America, Turkey, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Benelux and India from mk2 Films.
It will be released theatrically in the US and UK, with additional territories with release plans to be announced soon.
Gálvez’s feature debut is an English-language western that unfolds around a rich landowner in 1901 Chile who hires three horsemen to mark out the perimeter of his extensive property and open a route to the Atlantic Ocean across vast Patagonia.
- 5/24/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Mubi has picked The Settlers, the latest pic from Chilean filmmaker Felipe Gálvez for North America, the UK, Latin America, Turkey, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Benelux, and India.
The pic debuted in the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section last night. Mubi has said it will release the film theatrically in the U.S., UK, and additional territories with release plans to be announced.
Set in Chile at the beginning of the 20th century, The Settlers follows a wealthy landowner who hires three horsemen to mark out the perimeter of his extensive property and open a route to the Atlantic Ocean across vast Patagonia. The expedition, composed of a young Chilean mestizo, an American mercenary, and led by a reckless British lieutenant, soon turns into a “civilizing” raid.
The deal was negotiated with mk2. Producers include Giancarlo Nasi, Benjamín Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, Matías Roveda, Emily Morgan, Thierry Lenouvel,...
The pic debuted in the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section last night. Mubi has said it will release the film theatrically in the U.S., UK, and additional territories with release plans to be announced.
Set in Chile at the beginning of the 20th century, The Settlers follows a wealthy landowner who hires three horsemen to mark out the perimeter of his extensive property and open a route to the Atlantic Ocean across vast Patagonia. The expedition, composed of a young Chilean mestizo, an American mercenary, and led by a reckless British lieutenant, soon turns into a “civilizing” raid.
The deal was negotiated with mk2. Producers include Giancarlo Nasi, Benjamín Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, Matías Roveda, Emily Morgan, Thierry Lenouvel,...
- 5/24/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Arthouse streamer Mubi has picked up Felipe Gálvez’ Chilean revisionist Western The Settlers for North America and multiple international territories, including the U.K., Latin America, Turkey, German-speaking Europe, Italy, Benelux and India one day after the film’s premiere in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section. Mubi plans to release the film theatrically in the U.S. and U.K. as well as select other international territories.
Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century Chile, The Settlers revolves around a wealthy landowner’s attempt to set the boundaries of his vast property and forge a route to the Atlantic Ocean through the expansive Patagonia region. Accompanied by a young Chilean mestizo, an American mercenary, and a daring British lieutenant, the expedition takes an unexpected turn, evolving into a “civilizing” raid on the locals.
In our review of the film, The Hollywood Reporter called The Settlers a “provocative look at Chile’s colonial past.
Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century Chile, The Settlers revolves around a wealthy landowner’s attempt to set the boundaries of his vast property and forge a route to the Atlantic Ocean through the expansive Patagonia region. Accompanied by a young Chilean mestizo, an American mercenary, and a daring British lieutenant, the expedition takes an unexpected turn, evolving into a “civilizing” raid on the locals.
In our review of the film, The Hollywood Reporter called The Settlers a “provocative look at Chile’s colonial past.
- 5/24/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“We’re the ones making work for actors and everybody,’” said Anna Griffin at a BFI / Screen panel in Cannes.
UK producers need more financial assistance to be able to support up-and-coming local talent efficiently, according to a lively debate in the UK Pavilion at Cannes.
“We need to talk about how to support producers because the producers are the ones galvanising and making work for the actors and for everybody else,” said Anna Griffin, of Griffin Pictures, who produced 2016’s Paa Joe & The Lion and 2018’s Calibre and is a former Screen Star of Tomorrow.
“There’s such an elite system…...
UK producers need more financial assistance to be able to support up-and-coming local talent efficiently, according to a lively debate in the UK Pavilion at Cannes.
“We need to talk about how to support producers because the producers are the ones galvanising and making work for the actors and for everybody else,” said Anna Griffin, of Griffin Pictures, who produced 2016’s Paa Joe & The Lion and 2018’s Calibre and is a former Screen Star of Tomorrow.
“There’s such an elite system…...
- 5/21/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
They will take part in a panel discussion chaired by Screen International’s Fionnuala Halligan.
How to attract UK talent and filmmakers to a project with international potential; what kinds of scripts and packages an agent will put in front of their client; and how working with UK talent enhances a project, will all be discussed at a panel in the UK Pavilion in Cannes today.
The panel marks 20 years of Screen’s pioneering new talent spotlight UK Stars of Tomorrow with a panel discussion at the moderated by Fionnuala Halligan, Screen’s executive editor for reviews and new talent.
How to attract UK talent and filmmakers to a project with international potential; what kinds of scripts and packages an agent will put in front of their client; and how working with UK talent enhances a project, will all be discussed at a panel in the UK Pavilion in Cannes today.
The panel marks 20 years of Screen’s pioneering new talent spotlight UK Stars of Tomorrow with a panel discussion at the moderated by Fionnuala Halligan, Screen’s executive editor for reviews and new talent.
- 5/20/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
They will take part in a panel discussion chaired by Screen International’s Fionnuala Halligan.
Screen will be marking 20 years of its pioneering new talent spotlight UK Stars of Tomorrow with a panel discussion at the UK Pavilion in Cannes today, moderated by Fionnuala Halligan, Screen’s executive editor for reviews and new talent.
Up for discussion will be how to attract UK talent and filmmakers to a project with international potential; what kinds of scripts and packages an agent will put in front of their client; and how working with UK talent enhances a project.
The panel involves Roger Charteris,...
Screen will be marking 20 years of its pioneering new talent spotlight UK Stars of Tomorrow with a panel discussion at the UK Pavilion in Cannes today, moderated by Fionnuala Halligan, Screen’s executive editor for reviews and new talent.
Up for discussion will be how to attract UK talent and filmmakers to a project with international potential; what kinds of scripts and packages an agent will put in front of their client; and how working with UK talent enhances a project.
The panel involves Roger Charteris,...
- 5/20/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
BFI’s Ben Luxford and Ama Ampadu; Glasgow Film CEO Allison Gardner; and Quiddity Films’ Emily Morgan are on today’s line-up.
Ben Luxford, the British Film Institute’s head of UK audiences, will lead a discussion on how to encourage audiences back to arthouse cinemas around the world at a panel taking place today as part of the UK Pavilion industry programme in Cannes.
The UK Pavilion runs from May 18 to May 23, and is based at the Cannes Marché International Village.
“As an industry we are all still talking about post-pandemic recovery,” said Luxford, ”taking heart from release schedules...
Ben Luxford, the British Film Institute’s head of UK audiences, will lead a discussion on how to encourage audiences back to arthouse cinemas around the world at a panel taking place today as part of the UK Pavilion industry programme in Cannes.
The UK Pavilion runs from May 18 to May 23, and is based at the Cannes Marché International Village.
“As an industry we are all still talking about post-pandemic recovery,” said Luxford, ”taking heart from release schedules...
- 5/19/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
BFI’s Ben Luxford and Ama Ampadu; Glasgow Film CEO Allison Gardner; and Quiddity Films’ Emily Morgan are on today’s line-up.
The British Film Institute’s head of UK audiences Ben Luxford will be leading a discussion on how to encourage audiences back to arthouse cinemas around the world at a panel taking place today as part of the UK Pavilion industry programme in Cannes.
The UK Pavilion runs from May 18 to May 23, and is based at the Cannes Marché International Village.
“As an industry we are all still talking about post-pandemic recovery,” said Luxford, ”taking heart from release...
The British Film Institute’s head of UK audiences Ben Luxford will be leading a discussion on how to encourage audiences back to arthouse cinemas around the world at a panel taking place today as part of the UK Pavilion industry programme in Cannes.
The UK Pavilion runs from May 18 to May 23, and is based at the Cannes Marché International Village.
“As an industry we are all still talking about post-pandemic recovery,” said Luxford, ”taking heart from release...
- 5/19/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Revised BFI Filmmaking Fund and UK tax credits system up for discussion in UK Pavilion events programme.
The British Film Institute (BFI) has named its roster of speakers taking part in this year’s series of events hosted at the UK Pavilion in Cannes, including talent talks from official selection filmmakers such as How To Have Sex director Molly Manning Walker, The Old Oak producer Rebecca O’Brien and The Settlers producer Emily Morgan, plus industry figures such as the BFI’s Mia Bays and We Are Parable’s Anthony Andrews.
Conversations will explore developing talent, co-production, film financing, the UK...
The British Film Institute (BFI) has named its roster of speakers taking part in this year’s series of events hosted at the UK Pavilion in Cannes, including talent talks from official selection filmmakers such as How To Have Sex director Molly Manning Walker, The Old Oak producer Rebecca O’Brien and The Settlers producer Emily Morgan, plus industry figures such as the BFI’s Mia Bays and We Are Parable’s Anthony Andrews.
Conversations will explore developing talent, co-production, film financing, the UK...
- 5/12/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Revised BFI Filmmaking Fund and UK tax credits system up for discussion in UK Pavilion events programme.
The British Film Institute (BFI) has named its roster of speakers taking part in this year’s series of events hosted at the UK Pavilion in Cannes, including talent talks from official selection filmmakers such as How To Have Sex director Molly Manning Walker, The Old Oak producer Rebecca O’Brien and The Settlers producer Emily Morgan, plus industry figures such as the BFI’s Mia Bays and We Are Parable’s Anthony Andrews.
Conversations will explore developing talent, co-production, film financing, the UK...
The British Film Institute (BFI) has named its roster of speakers taking part in this year’s series of events hosted at the UK Pavilion in Cannes, including talent talks from official selection filmmakers such as How To Have Sex director Molly Manning Walker, The Old Oak producer Rebecca O’Brien and The Settlers producer Emily Morgan, plus industry figures such as the BFI’s Mia Bays and We Are Parable’s Anthony Andrews.
Conversations will explore developing talent, co-production, film financing, the UK...
- 5/12/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
First Look
U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 has released a first look image of its new comedy series, “Big Mood” (working title), produced by Fremantle‘s Dancing Ledge Productions. The six-part series explores the intricacies of female friendship when confronted with the complexities of serious mental illness.
Starring in the show are Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West. Joining the ensemble cast are Niamh Cusack, Eamon Farren, Luke Fetherston, Kate Fleetwood, Rob Gilbert, Rebecca Lowman, Sally Phillips, Ukweli Roach, and Amalia Vitale. The cast also includes Olu Adaeze, Max Bennett, Skylar Betteridge, David Bedella, Tim Downie, Ron Donachie, Sarah Durham, Lara Grace Ilori, Neil Edmond, Amy Gledhill, Maddie Grace Jepson, Tom Rhys Harries, Layla-Belle Matthews, Simon Meacock, David Mumeni, David Newman, Freya Parker, Shuna Snow, Sid Sagar, Stephen Sobal, Lottie Tolhurst, Isobel Thom and Robin Weaver.
Joanna Page, best known for her roles in “Love Actually” and “Gavin and Stacey,” will make a guest appearance,...
U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 has released a first look image of its new comedy series, “Big Mood” (working title), produced by Fremantle‘s Dancing Ledge Productions. The six-part series explores the intricacies of female friendship when confronted with the complexities of serious mental illness.
Starring in the show are Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West. Joining the ensemble cast are Niamh Cusack, Eamon Farren, Luke Fetherston, Kate Fleetwood, Rob Gilbert, Rebecca Lowman, Sally Phillips, Ukweli Roach, and Amalia Vitale. The cast also includes Olu Adaeze, Max Bennett, Skylar Betteridge, David Bedella, Tim Downie, Ron Donachie, Sarah Durham, Lara Grace Ilori, Neil Edmond, Amy Gledhill, Maddie Grace Jepson, Tom Rhys Harries, Layla-Belle Matthews, Simon Meacock, David Mumeni, David Newman, Freya Parker, Shuna Snow, Sid Sagar, Stephen Sobal, Lottie Tolhurst, Isobel Thom and Robin Weaver.
Joanna Page, best known for her roles in “Love Actually” and “Gavin and Stacey,” will make a guest appearance,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Speakers include BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson, Film4’s Farhana Bhula and The British Blacklist’s Akua Gyamfi.
US producer Anthony Bregman, incoming BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson and leading UK execs are among the speakers confirmed for the second edition of the Sundance Film Festival: London industry programme.
The Sundance Institute will once again be partnering with Picturehouse for this year’s event, which takes place at London’s Picturehouse Central from July 6-9.
Bregman will deliver the keynote talk. He premiered three features at the Sundance Film Festival in January: Flora And Son, Eileen and You Hurt My Feelings,...
US producer Anthony Bregman, incoming BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson and leading UK execs are among the speakers confirmed for the second edition of the Sundance Film Festival: London industry programme.
The Sundance Institute will once again be partnering with Picturehouse for this year’s event, which takes place at London’s Picturehouse Central from July 6-9.
Bregman will deliver the keynote talk. He premiered three features at the Sundance Film Festival in January: Flora And Son, Eileen and You Hurt My Feelings,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Titles include Ken Loach’s ‘The Old Oak’ and Molly Manning Walker’s ‘How To Have Sex’.
The Cannes Film Festival will have a strong UK presence in 2023, with directors Ken Loach, Molly Manning Walker, Steve McQueen and Jonathan Glazer all heading to the Croisette, plus a peppering of heavyweight UK-produced titles in Official Selection. It follows the 2022 Competition in which no films by UK directors made the cut.
Two-time Palme d’Or winner Loach is in competition, as expected, with The Old Oak. Loach’s 15th film at the French festival focuses on the arrival of Syrian refugees to a once thriving,...
The Cannes Film Festival will have a strong UK presence in 2023, with directors Ken Loach, Molly Manning Walker, Steve McQueen and Jonathan Glazer all heading to the Croisette, plus a peppering of heavyweight UK-produced titles in Official Selection. It follows the 2022 Competition in which no films by UK directors made the cut.
Two-time Palme d’Or winner Loach is in competition, as expected, with The Old Oak. Loach’s 15th film at the French festival focuses on the arrival of Syrian refugees to a once thriving,...
- 4/13/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Directing animation student Lisa Kenney won ‘most promising student’.
The UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) has awarded prizes to its students at the 2023 Graduate Showcase, celebrating the past year of graduate productions.
Directing animation Ma student Lisa Kenney won the coveted most promising student prize, with a £1,000 award.
Robert Bradbrook, head of Kenney’s course, described her as “a wonderful and caring student who understands that the process of making a film is just as important as the final animation. Not just her journey but the students that work with her. She always goes out of her...
The UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) has awarded prizes to its students at the 2023 Graduate Showcase, celebrating the past year of graduate productions.
Directing animation Ma student Lisa Kenney won the coveted most promising student prize, with a £1,000 award.
Robert Bradbrook, head of Kenney’s course, described her as “a wonderful and caring student who understands that the process of making a film is just as important as the final animation. Not just her journey but the students that work with her. She always goes out of her...
- 3/3/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Keep track of all the submissions for best international feature at the 2022 Academy Awards.
Entries for the 2022 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
Scroll down for profiles of each Oscar entry
The 94th Academy Awards will take place on March 27, 2022 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. This is the first time since 2018 that the ceremony will take place in March, having moved to avoid conflicting with the Winter Olympics.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly non-English dialogue...
Entries for the 2022 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
Scroll down for profiles of each Oscar entry
The 94th Academy Awards will take place on March 27, 2022 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. This is the first time since 2018 that the ceremony will take place in March, having moved to avoid conflicting with the Winter Olympics.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly non-English dialogue...
- 10/6/2021
- by Ben Dalton¬Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Keep track of all the submissions for best international feature at the 2022 Academy Awards.
Entries for the 2022 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
Scroll down for profiles of each Oscar entry
The 94th Academy Awards will take place on March 27, 2022 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. This is the first time since 2018 that the ceremony will take place in March, having moved to avoid conflicting with the Winter Olympics.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly non-English dialogue...
Entries for the 2022 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
Scroll down for profiles of each Oscar entry
The 94th Academy Awards will take place on March 27, 2022 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. This is the first time since 2018 that the ceremony will take place in March, having moved to avoid conflicting with the Winter Olympics.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly non-English dialogue...
- 10/5/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The franchise title took £6m across its full opening.
RankFilm (Distributor)Three-day gross (Jun 25-27)Total gross to dateWeek 1 Fast And Furious 9 (Universal) £4.8m £6m 1 2 Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (Sony) £826,000 £16.4m 6 3 In The Heights (Warner Bros) £682,000 £2.4m 2 4 A Quiet Place Part II (Paramount) £593,000 £9.6m 4 5 Cruella (Disney) £463,231 £7.8m 5
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Fast And Furious 9 has set a new record opening for a film release in the UK and Ireland since the pandemic began, as the box office continues its strong performance since cinemas were allowed to reopen.
The Universal franchise title took £4.83m across its opening weekend,...
RankFilm (Distributor)Three-day gross (Jun 25-27)Total gross to dateWeek 1 Fast And Furious 9 (Universal) £4.8m £6m 1 2 Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (Sony) £826,000 £16.4m 6 3 In The Heights (Warner Bros) £682,000 £2.4m 2 4 A Quiet Place Part II (Paramount) £593,000 £9.6m 4 5 Cruella (Disney) £463,231 £7.8m 5
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.39
Fast And Furious 9 has set a new record opening for a film release in the UK and Ireland since the pandemic began, as the box office continues its strong performance since cinemas were allowed to reopen.
The Universal franchise title took £4.83m across its opening weekend,...
- 6/28/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
“Supernova,” a romantic drama starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci as a longtime couple on a road trip, has inked a raft of further distribution deals, closed by the Bureau Sales.
Latest buyers for the film, directed by Harry Macqueen, include Madman in Australia, Cdc for Latin America, Lev in Israel, A Really Good Film Company in Hong Kong and Bir in Turkey.
As reported exclusively by Variety, the film was previously sold to the U.K. (Studiocanal), Germany and Austria (Weltkino), Japan (Culture Entertainment), Benelux (Cineart), Taiwan (Catchplay), Penny Black (Airlines) and Scandinavia (Scanbox).
“Supernova” centers on Sam (Firth) and Tusker (Tucci), partners of 20 years, who are traveling across England in their old Rv visiting friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with early-onset dementia two years ago, their time together is the most important thing they have.
As the trip progresses, however, their ideas for the future clash,...
Latest buyers for the film, directed by Harry Macqueen, include Madman in Australia, Cdc for Latin America, Lev in Israel, A Really Good Film Company in Hong Kong and Bir in Turkey.
As reported exclusively by Variety, the film was previously sold to the U.K. (Studiocanal), Germany and Austria (Weltkino), Japan (Culture Entertainment), Benelux (Cineart), Taiwan (Catchplay), Penny Black (Airlines) and Scandinavia (Scanbox).
“Supernova” centers on Sam (Firth) and Tusker (Tucci), partners of 20 years, who are traveling across England in their old Rv visiting friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with early-onset dementia two years ago, their time together is the most important thing they have.
As the trip progresses, however, their ideas for the future clash,...
- 2/21/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Supernova
Actor cum director Harry Macqueen scores a heavyweight cast and crew for his sophomore film Supernova, produced by Emily Morgan and Tristan Goligher. Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci headline the cast with Oscar nominated Dp Dick Pope serving as cinematographer. Macqueen, whose onscreen debut was as a supporting player in Richard Linklater’s Me and Orson Welles (2008) first directed the 2014 drama Hinterland.
Gist: In a conceit familiar to The Leisure Seeker (2017), long-term couple Tusker (Tucci) and Sam (Firth) take a Rv road trip across England to visit friends and family in the second year of Tusker’s dementia diagnosis.…...
Actor cum director Harry Macqueen scores a heavyweight cast and crew for his sophomore film Supernova, produced by Emily Morgan and Tristan Goligher. Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci headline the cast with Oscar nominated Dp Dick Pope serving as cinematographer. Macqueen, whose onscreen debut was as a supporting player in Richard Linklater’s Me and Orson Welles (2008) first directed the 2014 drama Hinterland.
Gist: In a conceit familiar to The Leisure Seeker (2017), long-term couple Tusker (Tucci) and Sam (Firth) take a Rv road trip across England to visit friends and family in the second year of Tusker’s dementia diagnosis.…...
- 12/30/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Awards will see up to £2.5m in lottery funding allocated to 20 UK-based producers or producer teams.
The BFI is revamping the Vision Awards, which provide investment to up-and-coming producers, by adjusting the eligibility criteria to producers later in their careers, and launching an additional training strand.
The latest iteration of the awards, which have been running since 2008, will see up to £2.5m in lottery funding over two years awarded to up to 20 UK-based producers or producer teams who have made between one and three feature films.
In tandem, the BFI is also launching BFI Network Insight, a new professional development...
The BFI is revamping the Vision Awards, which provide investment to up-and-coming producers, by adjusting the eligibility criteria to producers later in their careers, and launching an additional training strand.
The latest iteration of the awards, which have been running since 2008, will see up to £2.5m in lottery funding over two years awarded to up to 20 UK-based producers or producer teams who have made between one and three feature films.
In tandem, the BFI is also launching BFI Network Insight, a new professional development...
- 11/7/2019
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
The suspense drama from director Shariff Korver is in production.
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for Do Not Hesitate, directed by Venezuela-born director Shariff Korver.
The story follows a Dutch military convoy working on a peacekeeping mission in the Middle East. When three young soldiers guarding their vehicle on a desolate mountain road accidentally shoot and kill a goat, they don’t know if they can trust a 14-year-old goatherd following an ambush.
Described a suspenseful drama, the film is currently in production. Screen International can reveal the first image here.
TrustNordisk sales and project manager Silje Nikoline Glimsdal said:...
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for Do Not Hesitate, directed by Venezuela-born director Shariff Korver.
The story follows a Dutch military convoy working on a peacekeeping mission in the Middle East. When three young soldiers guarding their vehicle on a desolate mountain road accidentally shoot and kill a goat, they don’t know if they can trust a 14-year-old goatherd following an ambush.
Described a suspenseful drama, the film is currently in production. Screen International can reveal the first image here.
TrustNordisk sales and project manager Silje Nikoline Glimsdal said:...
- 11/6/2019
- by 1100142¦Wendy Mitchell¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The drama has been filming near Keswick in the UK’s Lake District.
Harry Macqueen’s Supernova, starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci, has wrapped shooting in the Lake District.
The Bureau Sales is handling international sales and has deals in place for the UK (Studiocanal), Germany/Austria (Weltkino), Japan (Culture Entertainment), Benelux (Cineart), Taiwan (Catchplay), Scandinavia (Scanbox) and worldwide airlines (Penny Black).
The title is the second feature directed by Harry MacQueen after 2014’s Hinterland, and is produced by I Am Not A Witch producer Emily Morgan (a Screen Star Of Tomorrow) for Quiddity Films and Tristan Goligher of The Bureau.
Harry Macqueen’s Supernova, starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci, has wrapped shooting in the Lake District.
The Bureau Sales is handling international sales and has deals in place for the UK (Studiocanal), Germany/Austria (Weltkino), Japan (Culture Entertainment), Benelux (Cineart), Taiwan (Catchplay), Scandinavia (Scanbox) and worldwide airlines (Penny Black).
The title is the second feature directed by Harry MacQueen after 2014’s Hinterland, and is produced by I Am Not A Witch producer Emily Morgan (a Screen Star Of Tomorrow) for Quiddity Films and Tristan Goligher of The Bureau.
- 10/24/2019
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
“Supernova,” a romance starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci as a longtime couple on a road trip, has inked a raft of early distribution deals after having just wrapped a six-week shoot in England’s scenic Lake District.
The Bureau Sales has sold Harry Macqueen’s new feature to territories including the U.K. (Studiocanal), Germany and Austria (Weltkino), Japan (Culture Entertainment), Benelux (Cineart), Taiwan (Catchplay), Penny Black (Airlines) and Scandinavia (Scanbox). The Bureau Sales will shop the film further at Afm next month.
The movie marks actor Macqueen’s second feature as a director following his highly regarded debut, “Hinterland,” in 2014. “Supernova” centers on Sam (Firth) and Tusker (Tucci), partners of 20 years, who are traveling across England in their old Rv visiting friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with early-onset dementia two years ago, their time together is the most important thing they have.
The Bureau Sales has sold Harry Macqueen’s new feature to territories including the U.K. (Studiocanal), Germany and Austria (Weltkino), Japan (Culture Entertainment), Benelux (Cineart), Taiwan (Catchplay), Penny Black (Airlines) and Scandinavia (Scanbox). The Bureau Sales will shop the film further at Afm next month.
The movie marks actor Macqueen’s second feature as a director following his highly regarded debut, “Hinterland,” in 2014. “Supernova” centers on Sam (Firth) and Tusker (Tucci), partners of 20 years, who are traveling across England in their old Rv visiting friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with early-onset dementia two years ago, their time together is the most important thing they have.
- 10/24/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
BBC to make the film available eight weeks after the cinema release.
Curzon and BBC Films have jointly bought UK rights to Make Up, the feature debut of Screen Star Of Tomorrow Claire Oakley, which is competing for the first feature (Sutherland) award at this year’s BFI London Film Festival (Lff).
The deal will see Curzon release theatrically in the UK and Ireland and day-and-date on its VoD platform Curzon Home Cinema, with the BBC taking early free TV and iPlayer rights for 12 months, making the film available eight weeks after the cinema release.
Worldwide sales are represented by Protagonist Pictures.
Curzon and BBC Films have jointly bought UK rights to Make Up, the feature debut of Screen Star Of Tomorrow Claire Oakley, which is competing for the first feature (Sutherland) award at this year’s BFI London Film Festival (Lff).
The deal will see Curzon release theatrically in the UK and Ireland and day-and-date on its VoD platform Curzon Home Cinema, with the BBC taking early free TV and iPlayer rights for 12 months, making the film available eight weeks after the cinema release.
Worldwide sales are represented by Protagonist Pictures.
- 10/4/2019
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
The U.K. production scene has been dominated by a phalanx of successful producers for many years. A fresh wave of U.K.-based producers is now also getting international attention. The producers are navigating a business that offers unparalleled opportunity, and facing fundamental challenges. With the key funders putting an emphasis on inclusion and diversity, female producers have risen to the fore and the new faces also reflects modern, multicultural Britain.
“There is a great old guard we can look up to, but also such excitement about debut British filmmakers,” says Julia Nottingham, who produced Lucy Cohen’s “Kingdom of Us” and “Xy Chelsea,” which premiered at Tribeca. “If you look at the BIFAs [British Independent Film Awards] and BAFTA debuts, the films are so exciting, and the good thing is that financiers are up for taking those risks and finding new talent.”
Nottingham set up Julia Street Pictures last year and Great...
“There is a great old guard we can look up to, but also such excitement about debut British filmmakers,” says Julia Nottingham, who produced Lucy Cohen’s “Kingdom of Us” and “Xy Chelsea,” which premiered at Tribeca. “If you look at the BIFAs [British Independent Film Awards] and BAFTA debuts, the films are so exciting, and the good thing is that financiers are up for taking those risks and finding new talent.”
Nottingham set up Julia Street Pictures last year and Great...
- 5/17/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Variety profiles a selection of upcoming film projects by younger British producers
Untitled Irish-Set Gothic Drama
Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly’s next project is an as-yet-untitled gothic psychological drama. U.S. directing duo Anna Rose Holmer and Saela Davis will direct the Screen Ireland-backed project. It will be set in and shot in Ireland.
“Retreat”
Written and directed by deaf filmmaker Ted Evans, “Retreat” follow a college dropout who joins a deaf-only commune. It will be subtitled. Escape Films’ Michelle Stein hopes to shoot the BFI, BBC Films and Creative England-backed project in 2020. She is producing with 104 Films and Alex Usbourne.
“Three Weeks”
Julia Nottingham is producing the BBC Films-backed romantic-comedy-drama, written by and starring BAFTA Breakthrough Brit Susan Wokoma (pictured). She will play a woman who is dumped by her boyfriend and rebounds into a new relationship only to find she is pregnant by her ex-. She...
Untitled Irish-Set Gothic Drama
Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly’s next project is an as-yet-untitled gothic psychological drama. U.S. directing duo Anna Rose Holmer and Saela Davis will direct the Screen Ireland-backed project. It will be set in and shot in Ireland.
“Retreat”
Written and directed by deaf filmmaker Ted Evans, “Retreat” follow a college dropout who joins a deaf-only commune. It will be subtitled. Escape Films’ Michelle Stein hopes to shoot the BFI, BBC Films and Creative England-backed project in 2020. She is producing with 104 Films and Alex Usbourne.
“Three Weeks”
Julia Nottingham is producing the BBC Films-backed romantic-comedy-drama, written by and starring BAFTA Breakthrough Brit Susan Wokoma (pictured). She will play a woman who is dumped by her boyfriend and rebounds into a new relationship only to find she is pregnant by her ex-. She...
- 5/17/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
For the third year, the UK’s three leading financiers, the BFI, BBC Films and Film4, in collaboration with the British Council and the UK government’s ‘Great’ campaign, will be showcasing up-and-coming UK talent in Cannes via the ‘Great 8’ program. Scroll down for the lineup.
Highlighted on Tuesday May 14 during a private reception at the Hotel Gray d’Albion, the event will reveal unseen footage from eight UK projects in post-production. These are relatively low-budget UK movies in the Cannes marché with breakout festival, commercial or critical potential. Guests will comprise international buyers and festival programmers.
Movies selected in recent years include Michaela Coel musical Been So Long, which was nabbed by Netflix in a multi-million dollar deal soon after the festival, Michael Pearce drama Beast, which went on to play at festivals including Toronto, London and Sundance, and Brian Welsh’s Beats.
Great 8, 2019 Lineup
Calm With Horses
UK...
Highlighted on Tuesday May 14 during a private reception at the Hotel Gray d’Albion, the event will reveal unseen footage from eight UK projects in post-production. These are relatively low-budget UK movies in the Cannes marché with breakout festival, commercial or critical potential. Guests will comprise international buyers and festival programmers.
Movies selected in recent years include Michaela Coel musical Been So Long, which was nabbed by Netflix in a multi-million dollar deal soon after the festival, Michael Pearce drama Beast, which went on to play at festivals including Toronto, London and Sundance, and Brian Welsh’s Beats.
Great 8, 2019 Lineup
Calm With Horses
UK...
- 5/2/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Ken Loach’s “Sorry We Missed You” and Jessica Hausner’s “Little Joe” have been selected to play in competition at Cannes. But buyers looking for more British-originated fare can head to the firmly established “Great 8” presentation of titles from the country’s up-and-coming filmmakers.
The Great 8 event is backed by the BFI, the British Council, BBC Films and Film4. U.S. buyers from Bleecker Street, Apple and IFC have attended previous editions, as have the likes of France-based The Jokers and Netherlands-based Cherry Pickers, and Transmission Films and Madman from Australasia.
This year the buyers at the sales-boosting event will get a best-of-British look at new films from writers and directors Simon Bird, Cathy Brady, Fyzal Boulifa, Hong Khaou, Rose Glass, Claire Oakley, Eva Riley, and Nick Rowland.
The 2019 lineup includes Rowland’s “Calm With Horses,” starring Cosmo Jarvis (“Lady Macbeth”) and Barry Keoghan (“Dunkirk”), which counts Michael Fassbender among its exec producers.
The Great 8 event is backed by the BFI, the British Council, BBC Films and Film4. U.S. buyers from Bleecker Street, Apple and IFC have attended previous editions, as have the likes of France-based The Jokers and Netherlands-based Cherry Pickers, and Transmission Films and Madman from Australasia.
This year the buyers at the sales-boosting event will get a best-of-British look at new films from writers and directors Simon Bird, Cathy Brady, Fyzal Boulifa, Hong Khaou, Rose Glass, Claire Oakley, Eva Riley, and Nick Rowland.
The 2019 lineup includes Rowland’s “Calm With Horses,” starring Cosmo Jarvis (“Lady Macbeth”) and Barry Keoghan (“Dunkirk”), which counts Michael Fassbender among its exec producers.
- 5/2/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Juliet Stevenson receives Lifetime Achievement Award.
Women in Film & TV (UK), the membership organisation for women working in creative media in the UK, announced its 2018 awards today (Dec 7), with Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Rungano Nyoni and Juliet Stevenson among the winners.
Actress Stevenson received the Lifetime Achievement award, presented by her Truly, Madly, Deeply co-star Michael Maloney. Stevenson’s film work includes Emma, Bend It Like Beckham and Mona Lisa Smile.
Actress, writer and director Phoebe Waller-Bridge was awarded the writing award. Waller-Bridge is best known for creating and starring in sitcoms Crashing and Fleabag, as well as writing and producing BBC drama Killing Eve.
Women in Film & TV (UK), the membership organisation for women working in creative media in the UK, announced its 2018 awards today (Dec 7), with Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Rungano Nyoni and Juliet Stevenson among the winners.
Actress Stevenson received the Lifetime Achievement award, presented by her Truly, Madly, Deeply co-star Michael Maloney. Stevenson’s film work includes Emma, Bend It Like Beckham and Mona Lisa Smile.
Actress, writer and director Phoebe Waller-Bridge was awarded the writing award. Waller-Bridge is best known for creating and starring in sitcoms Crashing and Fleabag, as well as writing and producing BBC drama Killing Eve.
- 12/7/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Rungano Nyoni’s feature debut premiered in Cannes in 2017.
Rungano Nyoni’s debut feature I Am Not A Witch has been selected as the UK’s entry for best foreign-language film at the 2019 Academy Awards.
The BFI-backed English and Nyanja-language project was produced by France’s Juliette Grandmont with the UK’s Emily Morgan.
Bafta is responsible for selecting the UK’s submission for the category, which was open to any predominantly English-language British feature or documentary that was released theatrically between October 1 2017 and September 30 2018.
I Am Not A Witch is a satire about an eight-year-old girl sent to a witches’ camp in Zambia.
Rungano Nyoni’s debut feature I Am Not A Witch has been selected as the UK’s entry for best foreign-language film at the 2019 Academy Awards.
The BFI-backed English and Nyanja-language project was produced by France’s Juliette Grandmont with the UK’s Emily Morgan.
Bafta is responsible for selecting the UK’s submission for the category, which was open to any predominantly English-language British feature or documentary that was released theatrically between October 1 2017 and September 30 2018.
I Am Not A Witch is a satire about an eight-year-old girl sent to a witches’ camp in Zambia.
- 8/22/2018
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
12 film companies and individuals appear on the 50-strong list.
12 film companies and individuals appear on CE50, Creative England’s list of ‘up-and-coming disruptors and innovators’ working in film and TV, gaming and digital media industries from English regions.
The list, which is hand-picked by Creative England with nominations from regional partners, includes Bafta and Bifa-winning producer Emily Morgan (I Am Not A Witch)’s Quiddity Films; director Claire Oakley, who is currently in production on Morgan’s feature Make Up; Oscar-winning actress and writer Rachel Shenton (The Silent Child); and Scottish writer-director and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2016, Eva Riley.
Also...
12 film companies and individuals appear on CE50, Creative England’s list of ‘up-and-coming disruptors and innovators’ working in film and TV, gaming and digital media industries from English regions.
The list, which is hand-picked by Creative England with nominations from regional partners, includes Bafta and Bifa-winning producer Emily Morgan (I Am Not A Witch)’s Quiddity Films; director Claire Oakley, who is currently in production on Morgan’s feature Make Up; Oscar-winning actress and writer Rachel Shenton (The Silent Child); and Scottish writer-director and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2016, Eva Riley.
Also...
- 5/24/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Writer-director Claire Oakley makes feature debut on project.
Screen can unveil a first look at Molly Windsor (a TV Bafta winner for BBC series Three Girls) in writer-director Claire Oakley’s feature debut Make Up, which has now wrapped following a five-week shoot in Cornwall, UK.
The film is produced by Emily Morgan of Quiddity Films (I Am Not A Witch) and was developed through Creative England’s iFeatures initiative - which has previously produced features including Lady Macbeth and Apostasy - in partnership with the BFI, BBC Films and Creative Skillset.
In Make Up, Windsor portrays a young woman...
Screen can unveil a first look at Molly Windsor (a TV Bafta winner for BBC series Three Girls) in writer-director Claire Oakley’s feature debut Make Up, which has now wrapped following a five-week shoot in Cornwall, UK.
The film is produced by Emily Morgan of Quiddity Films (I Am Not A Witch) and was developed through Creative England’s iFeatures initiative - which has previously produced features including Lady Macbeth and Apostasy - in partnership with the BFI, BBC Films and Creative Skillset.
In Make Up, Windsor portrays a young woman...
- 5/22/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
We Want More — Diversity and Visibilityfrom left to right: Sheri Hagen, Simon(e) Paetau, Aurora Rodonò, Christopher Racster, Betty Schiel, Emily Morgan, Karola Gramann, Silke J. Räbiger. Foto: Birgit KleberThe 6th discussion on the status of women in the film business and gender equity on the occasion of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival focused on the topics of diversity and visibility.
Organized by the Dortmund | Cologne International Women’s Film Festival, the round table with international experts from various backgrounds agreed on the urgent need to implement diversity standards in German film funding according to the groundbreaking standards set by the British Film Institute.
It was agreed, that this was only the start of a long overdue debate that needs to be expanded upon and continued in future.
About 120 professionals from the film industry attended the event that was hosted by the Delegation of Thuringia in Berlin and sponsored by Film und Medienstiftung Nrw.
Organized by the Dortmund | Cologne International Women’s Film Festival, the round table with international experts from various backgrounds agreed on the urgent need to implement diversity standards in German film funding according to the groundbreaking standards set by the British Film Institute.
It was agreed, that this was only the start of a long overdue debate that needs to be expanded upon and continued in future.
About 120 professionals from the film industry attended the event that was hosted by the Delegation of Thuringia in Berlin and sponsored by Film und Medienstiftung Nrw.
- 3/28/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Programme includes I Am Not A Witch, My Pure Land.
The Festival of Commonwealth Film has announced the programme for its first edition, which will take place at the British Museum in London on April 14-15.
With a focus on human rights across the Commonwealth, the event includes seven feature films and a shorts programme.
Films screening across the two days include Rungano Nyoni’s darkly satirical debut I Am Not A Witch. The film won outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer at this year’s BAFTAs as well as best director and best debut director for...
The Festival of Commonwealth Film has announced the programme for its first edition, which will take place at the British Museum in London on April 14-15.
With a focus on human rights across the Commonwealth, the event includes seven feature films and a shorts programme.
Films screening across the two days include Rungano Nyoni’s darkly satirical debut I Am Not A Witch. The film won outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer at this year’s BAFTAs as well as best director and best debut director for...
- 3/26/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Den Of Geek Feb 19, 2018
Last night saw the BAFTA Film Awards dished out in London. And here's what won...
Presided over by Joanna Lumley, last night saw the handing out of this year's BAFTA film awards at a posh ceremony in London. It was a good night too for the team of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and we were thrilled to see Gullermo del Toro land a prize for his directing of the brilliant The Shape Of Water too. Here's the full list of nominees and winners, the winners in bold text. Fellowship Sir Ridley Scott Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema National Film And Television School (Nfts) Best Film Call Me By Your Name Emilie Georges, Luca Guadagnino, Marco Morabito, Peter Spears
Darkest Hour Tim Bevan, Lisa Bruce, Eric Fellner, Anthony McCarten, Douglas Urbanski
Dunkirk Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas
The Shape Of Water Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,...
Last night saw the BAFTA Film Awards dished out in London. And here's what won...
Presided over by Joanna Lumley, last night saw the handing out of this year's BAFTA film awards at a posh ceremony in London. It was a good night too for the team of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and we were thrilled to see Gullermo del Toro land a prize for his directing of the brilliant The Shape Of Water too. Here's the full list of nominees and winners, the winners in bold text. Fellowship Sir Ridley Scott Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema National Film And Television School (Nfts) Best Film Call Me By Your Name Emilie Georges, Luca Guadagnino, Marco Morabito, Peter Spears
Darkest Hour Tim Bevan, Lisa Bruce, Eric Fellner, Anthony McCarten, Douglas Urbanski
Dunkirk Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas
The Shape Of Water Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,...
- 2/19/2018
- Den of Geek
The night was dominated by messages of solidarity and support for the victims of sexual harassment and bullying.
The 2018 Bafta Film Awards, which saw Three Billboards take five prizes including best film, were dominated by messages of solidarity and support for the victims of sexual harassment and bullying.
The 71st edition of the annual British film awards kicked off with Bafta chair Jane Lush saying that she wanted the organisation to “lead the way with #MeToo”. She also celebrated the British presence on the night, saying “our shores are awash with untapped talent”.
New host Joanna Lumley, taking over the presenting reins from Stephen Fry this year, commenced proceedings by noting that The Royal Albert Hall, the evening’s venue, “celebrated the first group of British women being given the vote” exactly 100 years ago.
The night commenced with the vast majority of attendees heeding the call to wear dark colours to show solidarity with the Time’s Up movement...
The 2018 Bafta Film Awards, which saw Three Billboards take five prizes including best film, were dominated by messages of solidarity and support for the victims of sexual harassment and bullying.
The 71st edition of the annual British film awards kicked off with Bafta chair Jane Lush saying that she wanted the organisation to “lead the way with #MeToo”. She also celebrated the British presence on the night, saying “our shores are awash with untapped talent”.
New host Joanna Lumley, taking over the presenting reins from Stephen Fry this year, commenced proceedings by noting that The Royal Albert Hall, the evening’s venue, “celebrated the first group of British women being given the vote” exactly 100 years ago.
The night commenced with the vast majority of attendees heeding the call to wear dark colours to show solidarity with the Time’s Up movement...
- 2/18/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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