Omid Djalili Launches Production Outfit
British actor-comedian Omid Djalili has launched a TV, film and podcast production company. The star of The Infidel is forging Tiny Speck Productions with Infidel producer Shahin Sobhani and his “family of creatives” including producers Ara Devine, Isabella Djalili-Devine, and Louis Djalili. The company already has a scripted campus comedy series, a climate-related feature film, podcasts, and a feature documentary in development, it said. “My family and I have been working together for years, and we thought it would make sense to formalise it,” said Djalili. “I’ve always believed that when we are laughing our brains work better – we see things more clearly and feel better able to handle life’s difficult questions. It’s something we need in the world, now more than ever.” Djalili is a well-known British comedian who is a regular on the stand-up circuit and has also starred in the likes of Gladiator,...
British actor-comedian Omid Djalili has launched a TV, film and podcast production company. The star of The Infidel is forging Tiny Speck Productions with Infidel producer Shahin Sobhani and his “family of creatives” including producers Ara Devine, Isabella Djalili-Devine, and Louis Djalili. The company already has a scripted campus comedy series, a climate-related feature film, podcasts, and a feature documentary in development, it said. “My family and I have been working together for years, and we thought it would make sense to formalise it,” said Djalili. “I’ve always believed that when we are laughing our brains work better – we see things more clearly and feel better able to handle life’s difficult questions. It’s something we need in the world, now more than ever.” Djalili is a well-known British comedian who is a regular on the stand-up circuit and has also starred in the likes of Gladiator,...
- 1/19/2024
- by Max Goldbart and Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Omid Djalili, the British-Iranian standup comedian and actor who has appeared in films such as “Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again,” “Notting Hill” and “The Infidel,” has launched a new production company alongside his family and exec producer Shahin Sobhani.
Tiny Speck Productions is set to focus on both scripted and unscripted comedies across film, TV and podcasts, with a statement saying it “aims to explore society’s big questions through a hopeful lens.”
Joining Djalili at Tiny Speck are his family members Ara Devine, Isabella Djalili-Devine and Louis Djalili, who each have a decade of experience in the film and TV industry.
“I’m thrilled to be announcing the formation of our new company, Tiny Speck Productions. A small but joyful speck is appearing on the horizon of drama, comedy, documentary, podcast and quite possibly a synchronised swimming team,” Djalili said in a statement. “My family and I have been working together for years,...
Tiny Speck Productions is set to focus on both scripted and unscripted comedies across film, TV and podcasts, with a statement saying it “aims to explore society’s big questions through a hopeful lens.”
Joining Djalili at Tiny Speck are his family members Ara Devine, Isabella Djalili-Devine and Louis Djalili, who each have a decade of experience in the film and TV industry.
“I’m thrilled to be announcing the formation of our new company, Tiny Speck Productions. A small but joyful speck is appearing on the horizon of drama, comedy, documentary, podcast and quite possibly a synchronised swimming team,” Djalili said in a statement. “My family and I have been working together for years,...
- 1/18/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Docu-comedy follows married directors Josh Appignanesi and Devorah Baum to New York in a subtle follow-up to The New Man
Film-maker Josh Appignanesi has in the past made successful movies: Song of Songs, in the high arthouse mode in 2005, and popular satire The Infidel in 2010. But co-directing with his wife, author and academic Devorah Baum, he has recently got in front of the camera and hit a rich new seam of autofictional or possibly autofactual docu-comedy. The New Man documented – or sneakily semi-fabricated – Appignanesi as the hyper-annoying expectant dad with madly dishevelled hair who is unable to help his pregnant partner in any practical way, and feels existentially undermined by the whole process.
Now Appignanesi and Baum are back: it is three years later and they have two children. Baum is going to New York on a prestigious signing/lecture tour to promote her book about feelings: Appignanesi is going...
Film-maker Josh Appignanesi has in the past made successful movies: Song of Songs, in the high arthouse mode in 2005, and popular satire The Infidel in 2010. But co-directing with his wife, author and academic Devorah Baum, he has recently got in front of the camera and hit a rich new seam of autofictional or possibly autofactual docu-comedy. The New Man documented – or sneakily semi-fabricated – Appignanesi as the hyper-annoying expectant dad with madly dishevelled hair who is unable to help his pregnant partner in any practical way, and feels existentially undermined by the whole process.
Now Appignanesi and Baum are back: it is three years later and they have two children. Baum is going to New York on a prestigious signing/lecture tour to promote her book about feelings: Appignanesi is going...
- 1/31/2023
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Documentary directed by Josh Appignanesi and Devorah Baum.
UK arthouse documentary specialist Dartmouth Films has acquired Josh Appignanesi and Devorah Baum’s documentary feature Husband, ahead of its world premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) today (August 16), for UK and Ireland distribution.
Dartmouth Films acquired the feature from the filmmakers directly. The documentary is competing at Eiff for the Powell and Pressburger award. A theatrical release is planned for the UK and Ireland in autumn.
Co-directors and married couple Appignanesi and Baum attempt to figure out their relationship on screen, involving an angst-riddled trip to the United States, where...
UK arthouse documentary specialist Dartmouth Films has acquired Josh Appignanesi and Devorah Baum’s documentary feature Husband, ahead of its world premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) today (August 16), for UK and Ireland distribution.
Dartmouth Films acquired the feature from the filmmakers directly. The documentary is competing at Eiff for the Powell and Pressburger award. A theatrical release is planned for the UK and Ireland in autumn.
Co-directors and married couple Appignanesi and Baum attempt to figure out their relationship on screen, involving an angst-riddled trip to the United States, where...
- 8/16/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
You are invited to attend our Q&a discussion with four of film’s top cinematographers who now compete for Oscars and more. Our event is on Thursday, November 7, at 7:00 p.m. at the Landmark Theater at 10850 W. Pico Blvd. in Los Angeles. Admission and parking are free. Academy and guild members will get priority seating.
To RSVP, make your reservation here: https://goldderbycinematographypanel.splashthat.com/
Gold Derby managing editor Joyce Eng will moderate this “Meet the Film Experts” panel with the following contenders for 2019/2020 awards consideration:
Todd Banhazl represents Stx for “Hustlers”
Banhazl has been known for his work on several shorts, music videos and documentaries. Films have included “Braids,” “Blow the Man Down” and the upcoming “Thor: Love and Thunder.”
Natasha Braier represents Amazon for “Honey Boy”
Braier was nominated for several awards for her work on “The Neon Demon” and “The Rover.” She has also been...
To RSVP, make your reservation here: https://goldderbycinematographypanel.splashthat.com/
Gold Derby managing editor Joyce Eng will moderate this “Meet the Film Experts” panel with the following contenders for 2019/2020 awards consideration:
Todd Banhazl represents Stx for “Hustlers”
Banhazl has been known for his work on several shorts, music videos and documentaries. Films have included “Braids,” “Blow the Man Down” and the upcoming “Thor: Love and Thunder.”
Natasha Braier represents Amazon for “Honey Boy”
Braier was nominated for several awards for her work on “The Neon Demon” and “The Rover.” She has also been...
- 10/29/2019
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Oliver Parker is directing the synchronised swimming comedy.
Screen can reveal the first look at Dad’s Army director Oliver Parker’s comedy Swimming With Men, produced by Stewart le Maréchal and Anna Mohr-Pietsch (The Infidel) of Met Film and Maggie Monteith of Dignity Film Finance (Brotherhood), in association with Amp Film.
Aschlin Ditta wrote the screenplay.
Exec producers include Paul Webster (Atonement) and Guy Heeley (Locke) of Shoebox Films and Al Morrow (Sour Grapes) and Jonny Persey (Little Ashes) of Met Film. Umedia are also on board as co-producers and financiers
The picture depicts (from left) Thomas Turgoose (This is England), Jim Carter (Downton Abbey), Daniel Mays (Rogue One), Adeel Akhtar (The Night Manager), Rob Brydon (The Trip) and Rupert Graves (Sherlock).
Also starring are Charlotte Riley (Edge Of Tomorrow) and Jane Horrocks (Little Voice).
HanWay handles sales on the movie, currently in production, about a man (Brydon) who finds new meaning in his life...
Screen can reveal the first look at Dad’s Army director Oliver Parker’s comedy Swimming With Men, produced by Stewart le Maréchal and Anna Mohr-Pietsch (The Infidel) of Met Film and Maggie Monteith of Dignity Film Finance (Brotherhood), in association with Amp Film.
Aschlin Ditta wrote the screenplay.
Exec producers include Paul Webster (Atonement) and Guy Heeley (Locke) of Shoebox Films and Al Morrow (Sour Grapes) and Jonny Persey (Little Ashes) of Met Film. Umedia are also on board as co-producers and financiers
The picture depicts (from left) Thomas Turgoose (This is England), Jim Carter (Downton Abbey), Daniel Mays (Rogue One), Adeel Akhtar (The Night Manager), Rob Brydon (The Trip) and Rupert Graves (Sherlock).
Also starring are Charlotte Riley (Edge Of Tomorrow) and Jane Horrocks (Little Voice).
HanWay handles sales on the movie, currently in production, about a man (Brydon) who finds new meaning in his life...
- 5/17/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Author: Zehra Phelan
Rob Brydon has squeezed into those budgie smugglers he has tucked at the back of his drawers to start filming on the upcoming British comedy Swimming with Men alongside a pretty decent cast which includes Charlotte Riley ad Daniel Mays.
The production which is underway today in pools across London, Hertfordshire and Essex, is said to be a heart-warming comedy about a man in the throes of a mid-life crisis who finds meaning in the most unlikely of places: an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team.
At the heart of the story is Eric, a 40-something stuck in a rut. With his marriage in tatters and his life generally going to pieces, Eric finds unexpected refuge in the company of a motley crew of middle-aged, slightly saggy men, who meet up once a week at the local municipal pool literally and figuratively to tread water together.
Eric...
Rob Brydon has squeezed into those budgie smugglers he has tucked at the back of his drawers to start filming on the upcoming British comedy Swimming with Men alongside a pretty decent cast which includes Charlotte Riley ad Daniel Mays.
The production which is underway today in pools across London, Hertfordshire and Essex, is said to be a heart-warming comedy about a man in the throes of a mid-life crisis who finds meaning in the most unlikely of places: an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team.
At the heart of the story is Eric, a 40-something stuck in a rut. With his marriage in tatters and his life generally going to pieces, Eric finds unexpected refuge in the company of a motley crew of middle-aged, slightly saggy men, who meet up once a week at the local municipal pool literally and figuratively to tread water together.
Eric...
- 5/3/2017
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Sixteen Films exec will discuss her experience of navigating the international production market.
Rebecca O’Brien, the multi-bafta nominated producer of films including Cannes’ Palme d’Or winners The Wind That Shakes The Barley and I, Daniel Blake, has joined the line-up of speakers at the 2016 Screen Film Summit (November 24).
Click here to pick up your tickets
The regular Ken Loach collaborator, a Pact council member whose early credits include box office hit Bean (co-producer) and iconic Stephen Frears drama My Beautiful Laundrette (location manager), will discuss the advantages and pitfalls of co-productions, and offer her advice on how to navigate the international co-production market.
O’Brien, director Loach and writer Paul Laverty recently won an outstanding contribution to film award at the Scottish BAFTAs [Nov 6] for their production outfit Sixteen Films.
The company recently garnered seven Bifa 2016 nominations for I, Daniel Blake and one for documentary Versus: The Life And Films Of Ken Loach.
The Screen...
Rebecca O’Brien, the multi-bafta nominated producer of films including Cannes’ Palme d’Or winners The Wind That Shakes The Barley and I, Daniel Blake, has joined the line-up of speakers at the 2016 Screen Film Summit (November 24).
Click here to pick up your tickets
The regular Ken Loach collaborator, a Pact council member whose early credits include box office hit Bean (co-producer) and iconic Stephen Frears drama My Beautiful Laundrette (location manager), will discuss the advantages and pitfalls of co-productions, and offer her advice on how to navigate the international co-production market.
O’Brien, director Loach and writer Paul Laverty recently won an outstanding contribution to film award at the Scottish BAFTAs [Nov 6] for their production outfit Sixteen Films.
The company recently garnered seven Bifa 2016 nominations for I, Daniel Blake and one for documentary Versus: The Life And Films Of Ken Loach.
The Screen...
- 11/15/2016
- ScreenDaily
In a painfully honest documentary, film-maker Josh Appignanesi turns the camera on himself as his partner’s pregnancy causes him severe existential angst
This lovely, very personal and abjectly honest documentary from director Josh Appignanesi – in fact made jointly with his partner Devorah Baum – could as well be entitled A Matter of Life and Death. It is Appignanesi’s moment-by-moment record of his life and feelings on preparing to become a father for the first time in his late thirties, a film embarked on at least partly because of his need to somehow prove himself a breadwinner, a provider, and end an agonising period of professional inactivity. (Before this, Appignanesi had made the features Song of Songs and The Infidel.)
Yet the paradox that all men feel in this situation is that inactivity is all you have: relentless, inescapable, almost existential inactivity, an inability to do anything that bears comparison...
This lovely, very personal and abjectly honest documentary from director Josh Appignanesi – in fact made jointly with his partner Devorah Baum – could as well be entitled A Matter of Life and Death. It is Appignanesi’s moment-by-moment record of his life and feelings on preparing to become a father for the first time in his late thirties, a film embarked on at least partly because of his need to somehow prove himself a breadwinner, a provider, and end an agonising period of professional inactivity. (Before this, Appignanesi had made the features Song of Songs and The Infidel.)
Yet the paradox that all men feel in this situation is that inactivity is all you have: relentless, inescapable, almost existential inactivity, an inability to do anything that bears comparison...
- 11/9/2016
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
The New Man follows a married couple (academic Devorah Baum and Josh Appignanesi, director of The Infidel) who turn the camera on themselves as they become parents in the era of IVF, late reproduction, and the crisis of masculinity. The New Man premieres at the UK Jewish film festival on 9 November and goes on general release on 18 November
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- 10/17/2016
- by Guardian Staff
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: Met Film Post and Slingshot Productions exec Cavan Ash joins post-production outfit.
UK post production outfit Creativity Media has appointed Cavan Ash as new business executive.
Ash held a similar position at Met Film Post and is also a producer at Slingshot Productions, whose credits include The Infidel and Tormented.
He will continue to work across his slate at Slingshot during his time at Creativity Media
Expanding outfit Creativity Media has recently worked on titles including Swallows And Amazons for BBC Films, Una for Film4 and 47 Meters Down for The Weinstein Company.
Former Met Film Post executive Matthew Troughton recently joined the company as head of picture post-production.
Ash commented: “I’ve been hugely impressed by the facilities that Patrick and his team have built at Creativity Media, and also by the wealth of talent that they are working with.
“As a producer myself, I’ve always looked for a post house that understands all the...
UK post production outfit Creativity Media has appointed Cavan Ash as new business executive.
Ash held a similar position at Met Film Post and is also a producer at Slingshot Productions, whose credits include The Infidel and Tormented.
He will continue to work across his slate at Slingshot during his time at Creativity Media
Expanding outfit Creativity Media has recently worked on titles including Swallows And Amazons for BBC Films, Una for Film4 and 47 Meters Down for The Weinstein Company.
Former Met Film Post executive Matthew Troughton recently joined the company as head of picture post-production.
Ash commented: “I’ve been hugely impressed by the facilities that Patrick and his team have built at Creativity Media, and also by the wealth of talent that they are working with.
“As a producer myself, I’ve always looked for a post house that understands all the...
- 7/13/2016
- ScreenDaily
Highly respected producer worked on Joanna Hogg’s Archipelago and Sally El Hosaini’s My Brother the Devil.
British producer Gayle Griffiths has died following a battle with cancer. She was 49.
Griffiths, who died on Friday (Oct 23) in London, was perhaps best known for producing Joanna Hogg films Archipelago (2010) and Exhibition (2013), which both starred Tom Hiddleston, as well as urban drama My Brother The Devil (2012).
Sally El Hosani, director of My Brother The Devil, wrote on Facebook: “I can honestly say that the film wouldn’t have been what it was without her input and wisdom. She had real vision and believed in the film when many others in the industry didn’t. She was a fighter with a truly generous heart and empathy for the underdog.
“She was never one to make a fuss about her health and all through the filming of My Brother The Devil nobody would have guessed she was also having cancer...
British producer Gayle Griffiths has died following a battle with cancer. She was 49.
Griffiths, who died on Friday (Oct 23) in London, was perhaps best known for producing Joanna Hogg films Archipelago (2010) and Exhibition (2013), which both starred Tom Hiddleston, as well as urban drama My Brother The Devil (2012).
Sally El Hosani, director of My Brother The Devil, wrote on Facebook: “I can honestly say that the film wouldn’t have been what it was without her input and wisdom. She had real vision and believed in the film when many others in the industry didn’t. She was a fighter with a truly generous heart and empathy for the underdog.
“She was never one to make a fuss about her health and all through the filming of My Brother The Devil nobody would have guessed she was also having cancer...
- 10/27/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Antonia Thomas is to star a new supernatural thriller Thea which has just started filming in London. She stars alongside Luke Norris (recently seen in Poldark) as a young couple in London whose lives are turned upside down when the birth of their first child is accompanied by terrifying entities that threaten their newly formed family.
Antonia (represented by Curtis Brown) graduated from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2009 and immediately landed the role of Alisha in E4's Misfits, a role she played for three series. She was nominated for the Best Female Newcomer Empire Award for her role in hit musical-feature Sunshine on Leith. She recently played the lead role of Evie in new comedy series Scrotal Recall for Channel 4 as well as the love interest in last summer's hit Northern Soul on the big screen.
Directed by Nirpal Bhogal (Sket, Misfits) and produced by Uzma Hasan...
Antonia (represented by Curtis Brown) graduated from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2009 and immediately landed the role of Alisha in E4's Misfits, a role she played for three series. She was nominated for the Best Female Newcomer Empire Award for her role in hit musical-feature Sunshine on Leith. She recently played the lead role of Evie in new comedy series Scrotal Recall for Channel 4 as well as the love interest in last summer's hit Northern Soul on the big screen.
Directed by Nirpal Bhogal (Sket, Misfits) and produced by Uzma Hasan...
- 4/18/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Exclusive: Misfits and Northern Soul star leads cast on London thriller.
Misfits and Northern Soul star Antonia Thomas is leading cast alongside Luke Norris (Poldark) and Eileen Davies (Sightseers) on London-set thriller Thea, which is now underway in the capital.
Directed by Nirpal Bhogal (Sket, Misfits) and produced by Uzma Hasan (The Infidel), the film is co-produced by Gareth Roberts and Jezz Vernon.
Thomas and Norris play a young couple whose lives are turned upside down when the birth of their first child is accompanied by terrifying entities that threaten their newly formed family.
Paul Hyett (The Woman in Black) is the creature designer while the team behind electro outfit Gazelle Twin will be comprising an original score under the moniker Newt and Benge.
The film is a co-production between Little House Productions and Moli Films and is the first of a slate announced by Screen earlier this year for which Metrodome is selling internationally and releasing...
Misfits and Northern Soul star Antonia Thomas is leading cast alongside Luke Norris (Poldark) and Eileen Davies (Sightseers) on London-set thriller Thea, which is now underway in the capital.
Directed by Nirpal Bhogal (Sket, Misfits) and produced by Uzma Hasan (The Infidel), the film is co-produced by Gareth Roberts and Jezz Vernon.
Thomas and Norris play a young couple whose lives are turned upside down when the birth of their first child is accompanied by terrifying entities that threaten their newly formed family.
Paul Hyett (The Woman in Black) is the creature designer while the team behind electro outfit Gazelle Twin will be comprising an original score under the moniker Newt and Benge.
The film is a co-production between Little House Productions and Moli Films and is the first of a slate announced by Screen earlier this year for which Metrodome is selling internationally and releasing...
- 4/17/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Cast your minds back to 2002 - a time when Pop Idols didn't need to have The X Factor, Fifty Shades of Grey were just colours on a paint sampler chart and David Beckham was a mere international superstar rather than global megastar.
Bend It Like Beckham, with a modest estimated budget of £3.7 million, opened that same year and became a critical and commercial success - breaking box office records and scoring BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations, as well as making household names of many of its stars.
As the cast continues preparing for the West End stage adaptation of Gurinder Chadha's screen hit ahead of previews on May 15, find out what the movie's ensemble cast went on to achieve - including who is coming back for the musical...
Parminder Nagra (Jess Bhamra)
Nominated for Best Newcomer at the Empire Awards on the back of the movie's success, Parminder went...
Bend It Like Beckham, with a modest estimated budget of £3.7 million, opened that same year and became a critical and commercial success - breaking box office records and scoring BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations, as well as making household names of many of its stars.
As the cast continues preparing for the West End stage adaptation of Gurinder Chadha's screen hit ahead of previews on May 15, find out what the movie's ensemble cast went on to achieve - including who is coming back for the musical...
Parminder Nagra (Jess Bhamra)
Nominated for Best Newcomer at the Empire Awards on the back of the movie's success, Parminder went...
- 3/22/2015
- Digital Spy
Exclusive: Nirpal Bhogal thriller first film on slate.
UK distributor-producer Metrodome has joined forces with Montana and Best Laid Plans producers MoliFilms to launch a new production fund.
The companies will fundraise under a series of Eis and non Eis schemes with Metrodome Group selling international rights and distributing the majority of the films in the UK.
Metrodome International’s Caroline Couret-Delègue will oversee international sales. The Infidel producer Uzma Hasan of Little House Productions will supervise key productions on the slate on behalf of Metrodome whilst Gareth Maxwell Roberts will supervise on behalf of MoliFilms.
Thea, a supernatural thriller directed by Nirpal Bhogal (Misfits, Sket) is the first film on the slate and is slated to shoot in Q1 2015.
The film will be produced by Hasan (who is expected to bring further projects to the venture) and co-produced by MoliFilms’ Gareth Maxwell Roberts and Metrodome Group’s Jezz Vernon. MoliFilms’ [link...
UK distributor-producer Metrodome has joined forces with Montana and Best Laid Plans producers MoliFilms to launch a new production fund.
The companies will fundraise under a series of Eis and non Eis schemes with Metrodome Group selling international rights and distributing the majority of the films in the UK.
Metrodome International’s Caroline Couret-Delègue will oversee international sales. The Infidel producer Uzma Hasan of Little House Productions will supervise key productions on the slate on behalf of Metrodome whilst Gareth Maxwell Roberts will supervise on behalf of MoliFilms.
Thea, a supernatural thriller directed by Nirpal Bhogal (Misfits, Sket) is the first film on the slate and is slated to shoot in Q1 2015.
The film will be produced by Hasan (who is expected to bring further projects to the venture) and co-produced by MoliFilms’ Gareth Maxwell Roberts and Metrodome Group’s Jezz Vernon. MoliFilms’ [link...
- 1/16/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Includes the first award winner from Bame filmmaker scheme, who will join director David Yates on the set of his next feature.
Film London staged its London Calling Awards last night, showcasing the 24 filmmaking teams who made a short film through the London Calling and London Calling Plus schemes.
New this year, London Calling Plus produced five shorts by Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (Bame) filmmaking teams, delivered as part of the BFI Net.Work for supporting new talent.
The films were assessed by Harry Potter director David Yates, who selected Sarmad Masud as the winner with his film Two Dosas. Sarmad will now join Yates on the set of a Tarzan, which he is currently shooting in the UK.
A total of 19 filmmakers also competed for the London Calling Jury Award, worth £2,000.
This was selected by a jury of industry representatives including BAFTA-winning producer Stephen Woolley, who presented the award. Some Candid...
Film London staged its London Calling Awards last night, showcasing the 24 filmmaking teams who made a short film through the London Calling and London Calling Plus schemes.
New this year, London Calling Plus produced five shorts by Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (Bame) filmmaking teams, delivered as part of the BFI Net.Work for supporting new talent.
The films were assessed by Harry Potter director David Yates, who selected Sarmad Masud as the winner with his film Two Dosas. Sarmad will now join Yates on the set of a Tarzan, which he is currently shooting in the UK.
A total of 19 filmmakers also competed for the London Calling Jury Award, worth £2,000.
This was selected by a jury of industry representatives including BAFTA-winning producer Stephen Woolley, who presented the award. Some Candid...
- 9/12/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
After rave reviews from across the pond, London is set to get its fix of the culinary goodwill with the official release of The Hundred-Foot Journey on September 5th, a gastronomical feast of a film exploring the fusion of Indo-French cultures, represented beautifully through the universal language of heart-warming food for the soul.
This highly-anticipated culinary delight that is The Hundred-foot Journey also stars a stellar cast of Indian and British Asian actors including Rohan Chand (Jack and Jill), Amit Shah (The Infidel), Farzana Dua Elahe (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Eastenders). Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla (Gulaab Gang) also features in a cameo role in the film.
A flavour brimming mix of food, passion and heart, The Hundred-foot Journey is a story of persistence and triumph over exile. The film depicts a gastronomical fusion of cultures and cuisine and a boy’s compassionate drive to find himself in...
This highly-anticipated culinary delight that is The Hundred-foot Journey also stars a stellar cast of Indian and British Asian actors including Rohan Chand (Jack and Jill), Amit Shah (The Infidel), Farzana Dua Elahe (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Eastenders). Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla (Gulaab Gang) also features in a cameo role in the film.
A flavour brimming mix of food, passion and heart, The Hundred-foot Journey is a story of persistence and triumph over exile. The film depicts a gastronomical fusion of cultures and cuisine and a boy’s compassionate drive to find himself in...
- 9/2/2014
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Om Puri
Audiences will be getting ready to satiate their tastebuds with the big screen adapation of Richard C. Morais’ international best-selling novel The Hundred-Foot Journey. Releasing on Friday 5th September 2014 by Entertainment One UK, The Hundred-Foot Journey is an uplifting and feel-good cultural feast full of Indian spices, French sophistication and British wit.
Directed by Lasse Hallström and produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg and Juliet Blake, the film stars Academy Award winning actress Helen Mirren as the icy proprietress of a Michelin starred classical French eatery in Southern France, veteran Indian film actor Om Puri (East is East, The Reluctant Fundamentalist), Manish Dayal (Law & Order, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Bollywood film Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna) and Canadian-French actress and television personality, Charlotte Le Bon. The screenplay is written by Steven Knight.
This highly-anticipated culinary delight that is The Hundred-Foot Journey also stars a stellar cast of Indian and...
Audiences will be getting ready to satiate their tastebuds with the big screen adapation of Richard C. Morais’ international best-selling novel The Hundred-Foot Journey. Releasing on Friday 5th September 2014 by Entertainment One UK, The Hundred-Foot Journey is an uplifting and feel-good cultural feast full of Indian spices, French sophistication and British wit.
Directed by Lasse Hallström and produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg and Juliet Blake, the film stars Academy Award winning actress Helen Mirren as the icy proprietress of a Michelin starred classical French eatery in Southern France, veteran Indian film actor Om Puri (East is East, The Reluctant Fundamentalist), Manish Dayal (Law & Order, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Bollywood film Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna) and Canadian-French actress and television personality, Charlotte Le Bon. The screenplay is written by Steven Knight.
This highly-anticipated culinary delight that is The Hundred-Foot Journey also stars a stellar cast of Indian and...
- 8/21/2014
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Audiences will be getting ready to satiate their tastebuds with the big screen adapation of Richard C. Morais’ international best-selling novel The Hundred-Foot Journey. Releasing on Friday 5thSeptember 2014 by Entertainment One UK, The Hundred-Foot Journey is an uplifting and feel-good cultural feast full of Indian spices, French sophistication and British wit.
Directed by Lasse Hallström and produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg and Juliet Blake, the film stars Academy Award winning actress Helen Mirren as the icy proprietress of a Michelin starred classical French eatery in Southern France, veteran Indian film actor Om Puri (East is East, The Reluctant Fundamentalist), Manish Dayal (Law & Order, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Bollywood film Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna) and Canadian-French actress and television personality, Charlotte Le Bon. The screenplay is written by Steven Knight.
This highly-anticipated culinary delight that is The Hundred-Foot Journey also stars a stellar cast of Indian and British Asian actors...
Directed by Lasse Hallström and produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg and Juliet Blake, the film stars Academy Award winning actress Helen Mirren as the icy proprietress of a Michelin starred classical French eatery in Southern France, veteran Indian film actor Om Puri (East is East, The Reluctant Fundamentalist), Manish Dayal (Law & Order, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Bollywood film Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna) and Canadian-French actress and television personality, Charlotte Le Bon. The screenplay is written by Steven Knight.
This highly-anticipated culinary delight that is The Hundred-Foot Journey also stars a stellar cast of Indian and British Asian actors...
- 8/1/2014
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
David Baddiel's stage version of The Infidel has cast Kev Orkian as its star.
This stage adaptation of Baddiel's 2010 comedy film will feature his lyrics and music by Erran Baron Cohen, who has previously worked on his brother Sacha Baron Cohen's film The Dictator.
Orkian will play Mahmoud Nassir, a Muslim man who discovers that he was adopted and that his birth parents are Jewish. The role was originally played by Omid Djalili in Baddiel's feature film.
Baddiel is directing The Infidel – The Musical with Kerry Michael of Theatre Royal Stratford East.
Orkian will be joined in the musical's cast by Mina Anwar, Andrew Paul, Melanie Masson and Melanie Marshall.
Baddiel said of the stage production: "Despite being released in 43 countries, The Infidel movie, with its message of tolerance through comedy, seems not completely to have fixed Muslim-Jewish relations.
"Luckily The Infidel – The Musical, with its terrific cast,...
This stage adaptation of Baddiel's 2010 comedy film will feature his lyrics and music by Erran Baron Cohen, who has previously worked on his brother Sacha Baron Cohen's film The Dictator.
Orkian will play Mahmoud Nassir, a Muslim man who discovers that he was adopted and that his birth parents are Jewish. The role was originally played by Omid Djalili in Baddiel's feature film.
Baddiel is directing The Infidel – The Musical with Kerry Michael of Theatre Royal Stratford East.
Orkian will be joined in the musical's cast by Mina Anwar, Andrew Paul, Melanie Masson and Melanie Marshall.
Baddiel said of the stage production: "Despite being released in 43 countries, The Infidel movie, with its message of tolerance through comedy, seems not completely to have fixed Muslim-Jewish relations.
"Luckily The Infidel – The Musical, with its terrific cast,...
- 7/25/2014
- Digital Spy
The musical version of Omid Djalili movie The Infidel has reached its target on Kickstarter and will now go into production.
The 2010 British film, written by David Baddiel, starred comedian Djalili as a devout Muslim who discovers that he was adopted and his birth parents are Jewish.
Baddiel wrote on Twitter that the project had hit its target of £55,000, going on to joke: "Oh, hang on. Means we have to do the bloody thing... But really, incredible thanks."
The music for the stage production will be composed by Erran Baron Cohen, older brother of Hollywood star Sacha.
According to its Kickstarter page, the Infidel musical will be in the tradition of such subversive productions as Book of Mormon, Avenue Q and Spamalot!
The show will run at Theatre Royal Stratford East in London.
Watch David Baddiel talk The Infidel with Digital Spy below:...
The 2010 British film, written by David Baddiel, starred comedian Djalili as a devout Muslim who discovers that he was adopted and his birth parents are Jewish.
Baddiel wrote on Twitter that the project had hit its target of £55,000, going on to joke: "Oh, hang on. Means we have to do the bloody thing... But really, incredible thanks."
The music for the stage production will be composed by Erran Baron Cohen, older brother of Hollywood star Sacha.
According to its Kickstarter page, the Infidel musical will be in the tradition of such subversive productions as Book of Mormon, Avenue Q and Spamalot!
The show will run at Theatre Royal Stratford East in London.
Watch David Baddiel talk The Infidel with Digital Spy below:...
- 4/14/2014
- Digital Spy
Singing! Dancing! Jihad! 2010 comedy The Infidel proved a hit on screens across Europe and now original writer David Baddiel has teamed up with Erran Baron Cohen - yes, the musically inclined brother of Sacha - to bring the story to the London stage as a live musical.Based in a London suburb, Mahmud Nasir lives with his pretty wife, Saamiya, and two children, Rashid and Nabi. His son plans to marry Ji-Ji, the step-daughter of Pakistani Arshad Al-Masri, a so-called 'Hate Cleric' from Waziristan, Pakistan. Mahmud, who is not exactly a devout Muslim (he drinks alcohol and does not pray five times) but does agree that he will appease Arshad, without whose approval the marriage cannot take place. Shortly thereafter Mahmud, while going over his...
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- 4/8/2014
- Screen Anarchy
If subversive musical comedy is your cup of tea then now's the time to show you care. The writer and comedian David Baddiel has launched a campaign to raise funds for a new pet project – the stage musical adaptation of his 2009 film, The Infidel, a comedy about a British Muslim who discovers he is Jewish – and he's hoping fans will pay for it. If Baddiel can raise enough on popular crowdfunding platform Kickstarter – £55,000 by 16 April – the show, complete with ditties such as "Sexy Burqa", will go ahead at London's Theatre Royal Stratford East in October.
- 3/25/2014
- The Independent - Film
As a Kickstarter campaign is launched to fund Infidel: the Musical, the comic and author explains why his cult comedy about Jews and Muslims was ripe for a stage makeover
Perhaps surprisingly, I've always liked musicals. Not all musicals: I have a blind spot for Les Mis, which seems to me what you would get on Whose Line Is It Anyway? if the subject shouted out was "19th Century France!" and the style "Light Opera!" and the show went on for nearly three hours. That's no doubt my fault as I don't like opera in general, and therefore musicals that sort of pretend to be opera are not my thing. What I like is pop musicals, by which I mean Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell (I like the Jesus ones in general), and Wicked. I even like Shrek. Because I like musicals with songs, not cod arias.
Storywise, however, the reason...
Perhaps surprisingly, I've always liked musicals. Not all musicals: I have a blind spot for Les Mis, which seems to me what you would get on Whose Line Is It Anyway? if the subject shouted out was "19th Century France!" and the style "Light Opera!" and the show went on for nearly three hours. That's no doubt my fault as I don't like opera in general, and therefore musicals that sort of pretend to be opera are not my thing. What I like is pop musicals, by which I mean Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell (I like the Jesus ones in general), and Wicked. I even like Shrek. Because I like musicals with songs, not cod arias.
Storywise, however, the reason...
- 3/18/2014
- by David Baddiel
- The Guardian - Film News
David Baddiel is developing a new sitcom for Channel 4.
Sit.com will focus on a family addicted to technology, according to Broadcast.
Baddiel's last TV effort was an instalment of Sky1's Little Crackers in 2010.
In recent years, the 49-year-old comic also wrote 2010 film The Infidel and has penned four novels.
Other comedy projects in the works at Channel 4 include a final It Crowd special and a new series from Shameless creator Paul Abbott.
Sketch show Smack the Pony could also be revived by the channel, reports suggest.
Sit.com will focus on a family addicted to technology, according to Broadcast.
Baddiel's last TV effort was an instalment of Sky1's Little Crackers in 2010.
In recent years, the 49-year-old comic also wrote 2010 film The Infidel and has penned four novels.
Other comedy projects in the works at Channel 4 include a final It Crowd special and a new series from Shameless creator Paul Abbott.
Sketch show Smack the Pony could also be revived by the channel, reports suggest.
- 6/18/2013
- Digital Spy
Tracy-Ann Oberman has said that there has been a discovery of a British Jewish comedy voice in TV and movies in recent years. The Monroe actress returns to Friday Night Dinner to reprise the role of Val, the best friend of mum Jackie (Tamsin Greig). "All the references, especially in comedy, had come from America," Oberman told Digital Spy about openly Jewish characters in British culture. "From the old-style comics - you think of Lenny Bruce, Woody Allen, Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David, all of that. "The only characters in this country who were Jewish were Fagin, Shylock, Dr Legg in EastEnders and Maureen Lipman's BT character." Oberman continued: "There's suddenly been a change, with David Baddiel's film The Infidel, then you had Grandma's House and Friday Night Dinner. "Then (more)...
- 10/5/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Each week within this column we strive to pair the latest in theatrical releases to worthwhile titles currently available on Netflix Instant Watch. This week we offer alternatives to Battleship, The Dictator, and Hysteria.
It’s the Navy versus extraterrestrials in Peter Berg’s star-studded adaptation of the popular board game. Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgard and Rihanna co-star.
The armed forces against alien forces:
Starship Troopers (1997) In this schlocky cult classic Earth’s greatest military force looks to conquer a planet populated by man-eating bugs. It’s a gory and absurdly good time. Paul Verhoeven directs; Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards and Neil Patrick Harris co-star.
Pitch Black (2000) When an interstellar flight crash lands on a dangerous planet, a by-the-book pilot and a sneering convict must team up to help those stranded survive a night plagued by an army of creatures whose only weakness is light. David Twohy directs; Radha Mitchell and Vin Diesel co-star.
It’s the Navy versus extraterrestrials in Peter Berg’s star-studded adaptation of the popular board game. Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgard and Rihanna co-star.
The armed forces against alien forces:
Starship Troopers (1997) In this schlocky cult classic Earth’s greatest military force looks to conquer a planet populated by man-eating bugs. It’s a gory and absurdly good time. Paul Verhoeven directs; Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards and Neil Patrick Harris co-star.
Pitch Black (2000) When an interstellar flight crash lands on a dangerous planet, a by-the-book pilot and a sneering convict must team up to help those stranded survive a night plagued by an army of creatures whose only weakness is light. David Twohy directs; Radha Mitchell and Vin Diesel co-star.
- 5/17/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
The Becker Film Group has just acquired Australian and New Zealand rights to Caught in Flight, the film in which Naomi Watts is to play Princess Diana.
The UK film is scheduled to go into production in July and is the first to be represented internationally by sales and financing company Embankment Films, which has already made sales to more than 40 territories.
.From my perspective, Princess Diana is one of the great stories of our time, and Naomi Watts has a great profile in Australia and I hope she will come out and support the release,. said Richard Becker.
The film is a love story between Princess Diana and heart surgeon Dr Hasnat Khan to be directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, who made Downfall. The producers are Robert Bernstein and Douglas Rae of Ecosse Films, and the script has been written by Stephen Jeffreys.
Becker said Caught in Flight and his...
The UK film is scheduled to go into production in July and is the first to be represented internationally by sales and financing company Embankment Films, which has already made sales to more than 40 territories.
.From my perspective, Princess Diana is one of the great stories of our time, and Naomi Watts has a great profile in Australia and I hope she will come out and support the release,. said Richard Becker.
The film is a love story between Princess Diana and heart surgeon Dr Hasnat Khan to be directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, who made Downfall. The producers are Robert Bernstein and Douglas Rae of Ecosse Films, and the script has been written by Stephen Jeffreys.
Becker said Caught in Flight and his...
- 5/4/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
New Delhi, March 13: Cross-cultural comedy "The Infidel", about a British Muslim caught in an identity crisis, is set to get a desi twist. India-based marketing company Trigno Media has acquired the rights for a Hindi remake of the film.
The 2010 film featured Omid Djalili as a Muslim family man who discovers he is adopted and Jewish. It also had actors Richard Schiff, Archie Panjabi and Matt Lucas in the cast.
The Hindi version will focus on India's two main religions - Hinduism and Islam.
"People are terrified about race and religious issues, especially issues surrounding Muslims and Hindus, and when people are.
The 2010 film featured Omid Djalili as a Muslim family man who discovers he is adopted and Jewish. It also had actors Richard Schiff, Archie Panjabi and Matt Lucas in the cast.
The Hindi version will focus on India's two main religions - Hinduism and Islam.
"People are terrified about race and religious issues, especially issues surrounding Muslims and Hindus, and when people are.
- 3/13/2012
- by Arun Pandit
- RealBollywood.com
India-based Trigno Media, co-founded by Sajjad Chunawala and Shariq Patel, has acquired the rights to develop British cross-cultural comedy The Infidel in Hindi; the film's original producers Uzma Hasan, Arvind David and writer-producer David Baddiel will executive produce the remake. The 2010 UK box office hit starred Omid Djalili as a Muslim family man who discovers he's adopted and Jewish. Richard Schiff (West Wing), Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife) and Matt Lucas (Little Britain) also starred in the film. The Infidel has released in over 22 territories globally to critical and commercial acclaim. The remake will focus on India's two main religions: Hinduism and Islam. Sajjad Chunawala, Director of Trigno Media said, "People are terrified about race and religious issues, especially issues surrounding Muslims and Hindus, and when people are terrified, what they really should do is laugh. The Infidel is a hilarious story of a man caught between his religion and...
- 3/12/2012
- by Nikhil Ramsubramaniam
- BollywoodHungama
The It Crowd’s Chris O’Dowd has been confirmed as host of The Moët British Independent Film Awards, taking place on Sunday 4 December at Old Billingsgate.
This will be the comedian’s first time presenting the ceremony which will cover 18 categories including the Best British Independent Film, sponsored by Moët & Chandon.
Competing for such a prestigious trophy on the night will be Senna, Shame, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tyrannosaur and We Need to Talk About Kevin.
O’Dowd commented: “I am delighted to be the new host of the Moët British Independent Awards this year and I'm really looking forward to the 4 December. It's a ceremony which cherishes innovation, elegance and class so I’m humbled that they've chosen a host who so clearly lacks any of these things. Expect dancing girls.”
Also announced today was this year’s jury panel, with 2000’s Bifa Producer of the Year winner,...
This will be the comedian’s first time presenting the ceremony which will cover 18 categories including the Best British Independent Film, sponsored by Moët & Chandon.
Competing for such a prestigious trophy on the night will be Senna, Shame, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tyrannosaur and We Need to Talk About Kevin.
O’Dowd commented: “I am delighted to be the new host of the Moët British Independent Awards this year and I'm really looking forward to the 4 December. It's a ceremony which cherishes innovation, elegance and class so I’m humbled that they've chosen a host who so clearly lacks any of these things. Expect dancing girls.”
Also announced today was this year’s jury panel, with 2000’s Bifa Producer of the Year winner,...
- 11/17/2011
- by jennifer.trevorrow@lovefilm.com (Jennifer Trevorrow)
- LOVEFiLM
"Shame," "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," and "Tyrannosaur" lead the British Independent Film nominatiions: "The three UK movies have received seven nods apiece for this year’s Moët British Independent Film Awards, due to take place in London on December 4 ... 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' and 'Kill List' each received six nominations, with 'Submarine' following closely with five ... Jury members for this year’s 14th awards include actor David Thewlis, producer Charles Steel ('The Last King of Scotland') and director Josh Appignanesi ('The Infidel')." Deadline International Documentary Association announces nominees: "Just one day after the Cinema Eye Honors documentary nominations were announced at a cheery London pub party, the rather more solemn International Documentary Association has weighed in with their own nods. It's a less playful list -- no mention for Justin Bieber t...
- 10/31/2011
- Gold Derby
The nominations for this year’s British Independent Film Awards, due to take place on December 4 in London, were announced this afternoon at St Martin's Lane Hotel.
Shame, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Tyrannosaur currently lead the awards with an impressive 7 nominations each.
Following closely behind are We Need To Talk About Kevin and Kill List that received 6 nominations respectively while Submarine gained 5.
The leading men contending for Best Actor include Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor), Michael Fassbender (Shame) and Brendan Gleeson (The Guard).
In the running for Best Actress is Rebecca Hall (The Awakening), Mia Wasikowska (Jane Eyre), MyAnna Buring (Kill List), Olivia Colman (Tyrannosaur) and Tilda Swinton (We Need To Talk About Kevin).
The Jury for this year’s awards is composed of actor David Thewlis, producer Charles Steel (The Last King of Scotland) and director Josh Appignanesi (The Infidel).
Films that missed out on nods include London Film Festival closing film,...
Shame, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Tyrannosaur currently lead the awards with an impressive 7 nominations each.
Following closely behind are We Need To Talk About Kevin and Kill List that received 6 nominations respectively while Submarine gained 5.
The leading men contending for Best Actor include Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor), Michael Fassbender (Shame) and Brendan Gleeson (The Guard).
In the running for Best Actress is Rebecca Hall (The Awakening), Mia Wasikowska (Jane Eyre), MyAnna Buring (Kill List), Olivia Colman (Tyrannosaur) and Tilda Swinton (We Need To Talk About Kevin).
The Jury for this year’s awards is composed of actor David Thewlis, producer Charles Steel (The Last King of Scotland) and director Josh Appignanesi (The Infidel).
Films that missed out on nods include London Film Festival closing film,...
- 10/31/2011
- by zayyaf.saleem@lovefilm.com (Zayyaf Saleem)
- LOVEFiLM
The three UK movies have received seven nods apiece for this year’s Moët British Independent Film Awards, due to take place in London on December 4. Each of them is battling for Best British Film Award, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor/Actress. The nominations were announced in London this morning. We Need To Talk About Kevin and Kill List each received six nominations, with Submarine following closely with five. Rebecca Hall (The Awakening), Mia Wasikowska (Jane Eyre), MyAnna Buring (Kill List), Olivia Colman (Tyrannosaur) and Tilda Swinton (We Need To Talk About Kevin) are vying for Best Actress. Leading men competing for Best Actor include Gary Oldman (Tinker, Tailor), Michael Fassbender (Shame) and Brendan Gleeson (The Guard). Jury members for this year’s 14th awards include actor David Thewlis, producer Charles Steel (The Last King of Scotland) and director Josh Appignanesi (The Infidel). Titles that missed the...
- 10/31/2011
- by TIM ADLER in London
- Deadline London
NBC is developing a television adaptation of 2010 film comedy The Infidel. The British movie starred comedian Omid Djalili as a devout Muslim who discovers that he was adopted and his birth parents are Jewish. Djalili is expected to reprise the title role, while the film's producers are also attached to the project, according to New York Magazine. Bruce Almighty scribe Mark O'Keefe will write the pilot for the potential series, with Djalili also executive producing. The British Iranian stand-up comic has previously worked with NBC on two occasions, appearing as (more)...
- 10/24/2011
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
NBC has put in development a comedy series based on the 2010 British comedy feature The Infidel, with British-Iranian actor-comedian Omid Djalili, who starred in the movie, attached to reprise his role. Mark O’Keefe (Bruce Almighty, The O’Keefes) will write the adaptation, which is being produced by Avalon Television and the company behind the film, Slingshot Prods. The Infidel centers on a devoutly Muslim family man (Djalili) who is shocked to discover upon the death of his mother that he was adopted, and was actually born a Jew. Trying to make the best of his new identity, he places himself in the hands of a cab driving mentor, played in the movie by The West Wing alum Richard Schiff. Also co-starring in the cross-cultural feature comedy was The Good Wife‘s Archie Panjabi (trailer below). Djalili and O’Keefe will executive produce the series version with the film’s writer-producer David Baddiel,...
- 10/24/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
From the director of Kidulthood, Everywhere & Nowhere comes to cinemas on 6 May. The film is a raw, powerful and funny coming-of-age drama focusing on the identity struggles of Ash a young British Asian who is torn between the traditions of suburban family life and his passion for DJ’ing. To mark the release, we have 3 posters signed by cast members James Floyd, Shivani Ghai, Simon Webbe, and director Menhaj Huda to give away!
Exciting new talent James Floyd (The Infidel, Tormented) leads the cast which also includes Adam Deacon (Kidulthood, Adulthood, 4.3.2.1., Shank, Anuvahood), top Bollywood star Alyy Khan, and singer-songwriter Simon Webbe. The film also features acting legends Art Malik and Saeed Jaffrey and Inbetweeners star James Buckley.
Young, good-looking and educated, Ash has a privileged life but he’s trapped between a clash of cultures: hedonistic, multi-cultural London with his friends and a traditional Asian family upbringing in the middle class suburbs.
Exciting new talent James Floyd (The Infidel, Tormented) leads the cast which also includes Adam Deacon (Kidulthood, Adulthood, 4.3.2.1., Shank, Anuvahood), top Bollywood star Alyy Khan, and singer-songwriter Simon Webbe. The film also features acting legends Art Malik and Saeed Jaffrey and Inbetweeners star James Buckley.
Young, good-looking and educated, Ash has a privileged life but he’s trapped between a clash of cultures: hedonistic, multi-cultural London with his friends and a traditional Asian family upbringing in the middle class suburbs.
- 4/28/2011
- by Competitons
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
South West Screen have just sent over these brand new set pictures from their latest movie, Eight Minutes Idle which is currently shooting in Bristol, UK. This is the second film to be made by iFeatures, Sws’s micro-budget filmmaking scheme.
The movie is directed by Mark Simon Hewis and has features great list of rising UK talent in it’s cast. This cast includes Tom Hughes (Cemetery Junction, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll) and Ophelia Lovibond (No Strings Attached, 4.3.2.1., Nowhere Boy), Montserrat Lombard (St Trinian’s 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold, The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus), Divian Ladwa (Saxon), Jack Ashton (Holby City) and Antonia Thomas (Misfits). Pippa Haywood (Tamara Drewe) and Paul Kaye (The Infidel, Match Point) also cameo in the movie.
Check out the full synopsis below and scroll down to view the new images. After our set visit to The Knot yesterday and Cockney’s vs.
The movie is directed by Mark Simon Hewis and has features great list of rising UK talent in it’s cast. This cast includes Tom Hughes (Cemetery Junction, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll) and Ophelia Lovibond (No Strings Attached, 4.3.2.1., Nowhere Boy), Montserrat Lombard (St Trinian’s 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold, The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus), Divian Ladwa (Saxon), Jack Ashton (Holby City) and Antonia Thomas (Misfits). Pippa Haywood (Tamara Drewe) and Paul Kaye (The Infidel, Match Point) also cameo in the movie.
Check out the full synopsis below and scroll down to view the new images. After our set visit to The Knot yesterday and Cockney’s vs.
- 4/20/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Paul Reiser is returning to television with The Paul Reiser Show, NBC announced Tuesday.
The single-camera comedy will star Reiser as himself debating his next career move after years of being off the air. His hit series Mad About You ended in 1999.
NBC renews Office, Parks and Rec and Community
Rounding out the cast: Amy Landecker (A Serious Man) as his wife, Claire, and Ben Shenkman (Angels in America), Omid Djalili (The Infidel), Duane Martin (All of Us) and Andrew Daly (MADtv) as his unlikely group of friends.
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The single-camera comedy will star Reiser as himself debating his next career move after years of being off the air. His hit series Mad About You ended in 1999.
NBC renews Office, Parks and Rec and Community
Rounding out the cast: Amy Landecker (A Serious Man) as his wife, Claire, and Ben Shenkman (Angels in America), Omid Djalili (The Infidel), Duane Martin (All of Us) and Andrew Daly (MADtv) as his unlikely group of friends.
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- 3/22/2011
- by Robyn Ross
- TVGuide - Breaking News
As you know, here at FilmShaft we’re quite proud to support young filmmakers in their endeavours, we encourage and celebrate the creativity which the short film market brings to the industry as a whole and now there’s good news for all of you aspiring Christopher Nolans and Darren Aronofskys out there, as IdeasTap are making funding available to eight lucky applicants! Check out the press release below for more details:
IdeasTap are offering all 16-25 year olds the opportunity to make a short film without having to worry about raising the funds.
There are eight prizes of £5,000 up for grabs, and the resulting film should be no longer than five minutes.
We’re looking for original and engaging ideas – anything from a documentary, conceptual piece, a trailer for a feature, a music video, fashion film or an animated short to name a few possibilities.
The fund closes on...
IdeasTap are offering all 16-25 year olds the opportunity to make a short film without having to worry about raising the funds.
There are eight prizes of £5,000 up for grabs, and the resulting film should be no longer than five minutes.
We’re looking for original and engaging ideas – anything from a documentary, conceptual piece, a trailer for a feature, a music video, fashion film or an animated short to name a few possibilities.
The fund closes on...
- 2/15/2011
- by Craig Sharp
- FilmShaft.com
The Infidel
Stars: Omid Djalili, Richard Schiff, Archie Panjabi, Igal Naor | Written by David Baddiel | Directed by Josh Appignanesi
The Infidel sees stand-up comic Omid Djalili star as Mahmud Nasir, an East London Muslim mini cab driver who, besides dealing with his sons imminent marriage to a “hate cleric’s” step-daughter and recent death of his mother, discovers that he is adopted and his birth parents were apparently Jewish and his real name is Solly Shimshillewitz! With his world in complete mayhem, Nasir enlists the help of the only Jew he knows, fellow cabbie and ex-New Yorker Lenny Goldberg played by Emmy Award-winner Richard Schiff (The West Wing), who he calls upon to teach him “jewishness”.
One of two high profile religious comedies released last year, The Infidel rises above Four Lions (review here) thanks to a superb script from David Baddiel and a fantastic central performance from Djalili who,...
Stars: Omid Djalili, Richard Schiff, Archie Panjabi, Igal Naor | Written by David Baddiel | Directed by Josh Appignanesi
The Infidel sees stand-up comic Omid Djalili star as Mahmud Nasir, an East London Muslim mini cab driver who, besides dealing with his sons imminent marriage to a “hate cleric’s” step-daughter and recent death of his mother, discovers that he is adopted and his birth parents were apparently Jewish and his real name is Solly Shimshillewitz! With his world in complete mayhem, Nasir enlists the help of the only Jew he knows, fellow cabbie and ex-New Yorker Lenny Goldberg played by Emmy Award-winner Richard Schiff (The West Wing), who he calls upon to teach him “jewishness”.
One of two high profile religious comedies released last year, The Infidel rises above Four Lions (review here) thanks to a superb script from David Baddiel and a fantastic central performance from Djalili who,...
- 2/6/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
David Baddiel chatted to Digital Spy about his upcoming movie project Romeo and Brittney at yesterday's Loaded Lafta awards. Baddiel and Omid Djalili picked up the 'Funniest Film' gong for the The Infidel at the ceremony. Speaking backstage, the comic teased his directorial debut, which will feature Doctor Who's Karen Gillan and Misfits' Robert Sheehan in the lead roles. "It is a big fantasy (more)...
- 2/2/2011
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
What did your mouse edge towards on this site this year? Here are the top 10 most viewed articles, galleries, videos, audio streams and interactives. On your own head be it …
Articles
1) Porpoises rescue Dick Van Dyke
Our most-viewed piece of content of any type, by some distance, was this brief news story about the efforts of water mammals in saving the life of an 84-year-old man. It was shared on Facebook no less than 77,000 times.
2) Hitler? A scapegoat. Stalin? I can empathise. Oliver Stone stirs up history
A report from the Us previewing the director's dubious-sounding TV documentary series.
3) The greatest film scenes ever shot
Philip French and assorted directors and producers pick their favourites.
4) The death of Sex and the City
Hadley Freeman dances entertainingly on the grave.
5) Oscars 2010 liveblog: the 82nd Academy Awards as it happens
Five-and-a-half-hours of glamour, gongs and grinding fatigue.
6) Michael Douglas reveals his cancer...
Articles
1) Porpoises rescue Dick Van Dyke
Our most-viewed piece of content of any type, by some distance, was this brief news story about the efforts of water mammals in saving the life of an 84-year-old man. It was shared on Facebook no less than 77,000 times.
2) Hitler? A scapegoat. Stalin? I can empathise. Oliver Stone stirs up history
A report from the Us previewing the director's dubious-sounding TV documentary series.
3) The greatest film scenes ever shot
Philip French and assorted directors and producers pick their favourites.
4) The death of Sex and the City
Hadley Freeman dances entertainingly on the grave.
5) Oscars 2010 liveblog: the 82nd Academy Awards as it happens
Five-and-a-half-hours of glamour, gongs and grinding fatigue.
6) Michael Douglas reveals his cancer...
- 12/23/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
Debra Granik's backwoods drama, "Winter's Bone," continues its winning streak taking home two trophies at the 28th Torino Film Festival including Best Film and Best Actress for Jennifer Lawrence who tied with Anahi Berneri for "Port u Culpa." ("Winter's Bone" Movie Review)
The last U.S. production that won best film at Torino was David Gordon Green's "George Washington" in 2000. Besides the prestigious trophy, "Winter's Bone" also took home a cash prize of 25,000 which is about $32,500.
Winners of the 28th Torino Film Festival
Best Film (25,000) to:
Winter.S Bone by Debra Granik (Us, 2010, 35mm, 100.)
Special Jury Award ex-aequo (Total of 10,000) to :
Les Signes Vitaux by Sophie Deraspe (Canada, 2009, 35mm, 87.)
&
Las Marimbas Del Infierno by Julio Hernández Cordón
(Guatemala/France/Mexico, 2010, HDCam, 73.)
Best Actress Award, in collaboration with Max, ex-aequo to:
Jennifer Lawrence for Winter.S Bone by Debra Granik (Us, 2010, 35mm, 100.)
&
Erica Rivas for Por Tu Culpa by Anahí Berneri (Argentina/France,...
The last U.S. production that won best film at Torino was David Gordon Green's "George Washington" in 2000. Besides the prestigious trophy, "Winter's Bone" also took home a cash prize of 25,000 which is about $32,500.
Winners of the 28th Torino Film Festival
Best Film (25,000) to:
Winter.S Bone by Debra Granik (Us, 2010, 35mm, 100.)
Special Jury Award ex-aequo (Total of 10,000) to :
Les Signes Vitaux by Sophie Deraspe (Canada, 2009, 35mm, 87.)
&
Las Marimbas Del Infierno by Julio Hernández Cordón
(Guatemala/France/Mexico, 2010, HDCam, 73.)
Best Actress Award, in collaboration with Max, ex-aequo to:
Jennifer Lawrence for Winter.S Bone by Debra Granik (Us, 2010, 35mm, 100.)
&
Erica Rivas for Por Tu Culpa by Anahí Berneri (Argentina/France,...
- 12/6/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Karen Gillan is clearly not ready to leave the Tardis just yet. Not only is she returning to the Doctor and his bigger-on-the-inside blue box for season 2 of the hit BBC serial, she will be exploring alternate realities on her own in Romeo and Brittney.
The fantasy drama, which director David Baddiel is pitching as “Shakespeare in Love meets Clueless”, falls into a small but growing genre.
“We both love literate teen comedies and we wanted to do our own version. After all, 10 Things I Hate About You was based on The Taming On the Shrew just as Clueless was based on Jane Austen’s Emma and Easy A is inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. And what is Twilight if it’s not Romeo and Juliet with vampires and werewolves?”
While I would counter that perhaps Baddiel is giving Twilight a little too much credit, such comparisons...
The fantasy drama, which director David Baddiel is pitching as “Shakespeare in Love meets Clueless”, falls into a small but growing genre.
“We both love literate teen comedies and we wanted to do our own version. After all, 10 Things I Hate About You was based on The Taming On the Shrew just as Clueless was based on Jane Austen’s Emma and Easy A is inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. And what is Twilight if it’s not Romeo and Juliet with vampires and werewolves?”
While I would counter that perhaps Baddiel is giving Twilight a little too much credit, such comparisons...
- 11/18/2010
- by Steven Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Doctor Who star Karen Gillan will lead the cast of David Baddiel's directorial debut Romeo And Brittney. The actress has been cast as a New Jersey high-schooler who gets sent back in time to 13th century Verona and finds herself trapped in Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet. Gillian Anderson will play Gillan's mother and a nurse in Verona, while Misfits actor Robert Sheehan is the school nerd who becomes Brittney's Romeo. Baddiel, who penned this year's Omid Djalili comedy The Infidel, will begin shooting the $$7 million production next May. Producer Arvind Ethan David told Deadline that (more)...
- 11/16/2010
- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
Exclusive: Karen Gillan, co-star of BBC TV’s sci-fi show, is to play a spiky New Jersey high school teenager who finds herself trapped Alice In Wonderland-style in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Gillan wakes up in mythical 13th century Verona with all the people she knows from her high school life playing characters in the play. And she wants to get out because she knows how the play ends. Gillian Anderson will play the dual roles of Gillan’s mother and the Nurse, while Robert Sheehan, star of cult E4 TV comedy The Misfits, will play the school nerd who becomes her Romeo. The $7 million Romeo and Brittney will start shooting in May. David Baddiel, writer of The Infidel, will be making his directing debut, producer Arvind Ethan David tells me. Baddiel is well known over here as a novelist as well as a stand-up comedian. David is...
- 11/16/2010
- by TIM ADLER in London
- Deadline London
A look at what's new on DVD today:
"Back to the Future: 25th Anniversary Trilogy"
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Released by Universal Home Entertainment
Yes, we're finally getting the footage of the original Marty McFly, Eric Stoltz, for the first time, but for many simply having the hi-def version of Robert Zemeckis' time-travel franchise will be good enough. Commentaries, deleted scenes, a full-length documentary and much, much more come on this new set of the trilogy.
"Alien Anthology"
Directed by Ridley Scott, James Cameron, David Fincher, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Released by Fox Home Entertainment
While not as much of an upgrade over its previous DVD release as "Back to the Future," the Blu-ray update of the four "Alien" films worth owning now boasts isolated scores for each film, all of Ridley Scott's sketches for the first "Alien," the uncut documentary of David Fincher's ill-fated "Alien 3" as...
"Back to the Future: 25th Anniversary Trilogy"
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Released by Universal Home Entertainment
Yes, we're finally getting the footage of the original Marty McFly, Eric Stoltz, for the first time, but for many simply having the hi-def version of Robert Zemeckis' time-travel franchise will be good enough. Commentaries, deleted scenes, a full-length documentary and much, much more come on this new set of the trilogy.
"Alien Anthology"
Directed by Ridley Scott, James Cameron, David Fincher, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Released by Fox Home Entertainment
While not as much of an upgrade over its previous DVD release as "Back to the Future," the Blu-ray update of the four "Alien" films worth owning now boasts isolated scores for each film, all of Ridley Scott's sketches for the first "Alien," the uncut documentary of David Fincher's ill-fated "Alien 3" as...
- 10/26/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
British funnyman Omid Djalili took inspiration from an unusual source for his role in upcoming movie Mr. Nice - he studied film footage of legendary cricketer Imran Khan.
The Infidel actor plays real-life Pakistani drug baron Saleem Malik in the new movie, which chronicles the life of famed marijuana smuggler Howard Marks.
And he is adamant it was easy for him to portray Malik, who was privately-educated in the U.K. - he mimicked the accent of sportsman-turned-politician Khan, who attended England's prestigious Oxford University.
Djalili tells British TV show This Morning, "I am ridiculous (in the movie). When people say, 'What was your research?' I say it was a posh, Oxford-educated Pakistani so I just watched Imran Khan videos all day to get the posh Pakistani kind of thing."...
The Infidel actor plays real-life Pakistani drug baron Saleem Malik in the new movie, which chronicles the life of famed marijuana smuggler Howard Marks.
And he is adamant it was easy for him to portray Malik, who was privately-educated in the U.K. - he mimicked the accent of sportsman-turned-politician Khan, who attended England's prestigious Oxford University.
Djalili tells British TV show This Morning, "I am ridiculous (in the movie). When people say, 'What was your research?' I say it was a posh, Oxford-educated Pakistani so I just watched Imran Khan videos all day to get the posh Pakistani kind of thing."...
- 9/17/2010
- WENN
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