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It’s a year in December since same-sex marriage legislation was passed in Scotland, so as part of the BFI’s Love initiative, here are two film seasons to mark the occasion. Queer Women In Love includes The Wedding Song, set in Nazi-occupied Tunisia, and up-to-date London stories Stud Life and Break My Fall. The I Do? season, showing in London as well as Scotland, rounds up films directly dealing with gay partnership, such as The Kids Are Alright and Cloudburst, plus older movies that handled queer themes more subtly, such as Hitchcock’s silent classic The Lodger.
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It’s a year in December since same-sex marriage legislation was passed in Scotland, so as part of the BFI’s Love initiative, here are two film seasons to mark the occasion. Queer Women In Love includes The Wedding Song, set in Nazi-occupied Tunisia, and up-to-date London stories Stud Life and Break My Fall. The I Do? season, showing in London as well as Scotland, rounds up films directly dealing with gay partnership, such as The Kids Are Alright and Cloudburst, plus older movies that handled queer themes more subtly, such as Hitchcock’s silent classic The Lodger.
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- 11/13/2015
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
We present the winners of the 20th edition of the Busan International Film Festival (Biff) held in Busan, South Korea.
After ten days the Busan International Film Festival (Biff) have come to an end. The event ran from the 1st until the 10th of October in the beautiful city of Busan, South Korea. This year 302 films from 75 countries were screened in six venues. The catalogue presented 94 world premieres and 31 international premieres. The organizers are very happy as the total attendance reached a new record, during the ten days 227.377 persons assist the different screenings. There were a lot of GVs, outdoor screenings, various Forums and Talks that capture the interest of the people. Once again the festival establish itself as one of the most important film festivals in the region.
Biff Awards
New Currents Award
Immortal by Hadi Mohaghegh – Iran
Walnut Tree by Yerlan Nurmukhambetov – Kazakhstan
Biff Mecenat Award
Boys Run...
After ten days the Busan International Film Festival (Biff) have come to an end. The event ran from the 1st until the 10th of October in the beautiful city of Busan, South Korea. This year 302 films from 75 countries were screened in six venues. The catalogue presented 94 world premieres and 31 international premieres. The organizers are very happy as the total attendance reached a new record, during the ten days 227.377 persons assist the different screenings. There were a lot of GVs, outdoor screenings, various Forums and Talks that capture the interest of the people. Once again the festival establish itself as one of the most important film festivals in the region.
Biff Awards
New Currents Award
Immortal by Hadi Mohaghegh – Iran
Walnut Tree by Yerlan Nurmukhambetov – Kazakhstan
Biff Mecenat Award
Boys Run...
- 10/14/2015
- by Sebastian Nadilo
- AsianMoviePulse
Busan’s Asian Film Market closed today with Hana Makhmalbaf’s London Stories picking up the top Busan Award at the Asian Project Market.
Producer Maysam Makhmalbaf told ScreenDaily: “Last time we had The President in Apm with my father directing, and it screened in Busan the next year - last year.
“This time, we are here with a project for Hana and we hope the same will happen again next year.”
Following four women over a 24-hour period in the UK capital, the project aims to delve into the different layers and cultures of the city’s modern society.
Yu Lik-Wai’s China-France co-production A Means To An End picked up the Dexter Studios Award. Produced by Francois Da Silva, the project features a French drifter who gets caught up in the underworld of professional gambling in Hong Kong and Macau.
Sponsored by major Korean entertainment media company Next Entertainment World (New), the inaugural New Creator...
Producer Maysam Makhmalbaf told ScreenDaily: “Last time we had The President in Apm with my father directing, and it screened in Busan the next year - last year.
“This time, we are here with a project for Hana and we hope the same will happen again next year.”
Following four women over a 24-hour period in the UK capital, the project aims to delve into the different layers and cultures of the city’s modern society.
Yu Lik-Wai’s China-France co-production A Means To An End picked up the Dexter Studios Award. Produced by Francois Da Silva, the project features a French drifter who gets caught up in the underworld of professional gambling in Hong Kong and Macau.
Sponsored by major Korean entertainment media company Next Entertainment World (New), the inaugural New Creator...
- 10/6/2015
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Titles include London Stories from Hana Makhmalbaf [pictured].Scroll down for full selection
Busan’s Asian Project Market (Apm) has announced this year’s line-up to include Hana Makhmalbaf’s London Stories and Yu Lik Wai’s A Mean To An End.
In its 18th year, the co-production market will showcase 30 projects from 15 countries including the UK, China, Vietnam and Iraq.
Up to last year, Apm selected a total of 442 projects of which 200 were completed and screened at film festivals around the world.
Organizers noted a rising trend of international co-productions tailored from the pre-production stage, not only between Asian countries but also European and Asian countries.
This year’s line-up also includes up-and-coming directors such as 2014 Cannes Un Certain Regard film Titli director Janu Behl with family comedy Agra, a India-France co-production, and 2014 Rotterdam invitee Siti director Eddie Cahyono with The Wasted Land, a story about an Indonesian peasant who is ready to do anything she can...
Busan’s Asian Project Market (Apm) has announced this year’s line-up to include Hana Makhmalbaf’s London Stories and Yu Lik Wai’s A Mean To An End.
In its 18th year, the co-production market will showcase 30 projects from 15 countries including the UK, China, Vietnam and Iraq.
Up to last year, Apm selected a total of 442 projects of which 200 were completed and screened at film festivals around the world.
Organizers noted a rising trend of international co-productions tailored from the pre-production stage, not only between Asian countries but also European and Asian countries.
This year’s line-up also includes up-and-coming directors such as 2014 Cannes Un Certain Regard film Titli director Janu Behl with family comedy Agra, a India-France co-production, and 2014 Rotterdam invitee Siti director Eddie Cahyono with The Wasted Land, a story about an Indonesian peasant who is ready to do anything she can...
- 8/3/2015
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
UK drama shooting in London stars Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton.
Former Screen Star of Tomorrow Samantha Barks (Les Miserables) is among the cast to join Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton on UK drama A Hundred Streets, which is currently shooting in south west London.
Ken Stott (The Hobbit), Charlie Creed Miles (Wild Bill), Steven Mackintosh (Luther), Tom Cullen (Downton Abbey) and Emma Rigby (Plastic) also join.
Leon Butler’s script about interconnecting London stories is directed by TV director Jim O’Hanlon and produced by Pippa Cross, Leon Butler, Carl F Pauwels, Farah Durrani, Idris Elba and Ros Hubbard.
uMedia handles sales.
Former Screen Star of Tomorrow Samantha Barks (Les Miserables) is among the cast to join Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton on UK drama A Hundred Streets, which is currently shooting in south west London.
Ken Stott (The Hobbit), Charlie Creed Miles (Wild Bill), Steven Mackintosh (Luther), Tom Cullen (Downton Abbey) and Emma Rigby (Plastic) also join.
Leon Butler’s script about interconnecting London stories is directed by TV director Jim O’Hanlon and produced by Pippa Cross, Leon Butler, Carl F Pauwels, Farah Durrani, Idris Elba and Ros Hubbard.
uMedia handles sales.
- 8/15/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
UK drama shooting in London stars Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton.
Former Screen Star of Tomorrow Samantha Barks (Les Miserables) is among the cast to join Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton on UK drama A Hundred Streets, which is currently shooting in south west London.
Ken Stott (The Hobbit), Charlie Creed Miles (Wild Bill), Steven Mackintosh (Luther), Tom Cullen (Downton Abbey) and Emma Rigby (Plastic) also join.
Leon Butler’s script about interconnecting London stories is directed by TV director Jim O’Hanlon and produced by Pippa Cross, Leon Butler, Carl F Pauwels, Farah Durrani, Idris Elba and Ros Hubbard.
uMedia handles sales.
Former Screen Star of Tomorrow Samantha Barks (Les Miserables) is among the cast to join Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton on UK drama A Hundred Streets, which is currently shooting in south west London.
Ken Stott (The Hobbit), Charlie Creed Miles (Wild Bill), Steven Mackintosh (Luther), Tom Cullen (Downton Abbey) and Emma Rigby (Plastic) also join.
Leon Butler’s script about interconnecting London stories is directed by TV director Jim O’Hanlon and produced by Pippa Cross, Leon Butler, Carl F Pauwels, Farah Durrani, Idris Elba and Ros Hubbard.
uMedia handles sales.
- 8/15/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
uMedia to handle sales on film also starring Franz Drameh and Adam Bakri.
Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton lead cast in drama A Hundred Streets (formerly known as One Square Mile), which is now shooting in London.
uMedia handles international sales on the drama which is directed by TV director Jim O’Hanlon (House of Saddam, Emma) who makes his feature debut.
Leon Butler’s script charts interconnecting London stories, including those of a former rugby star (Elba) and his wife (Arterton), a small time drug dealer (Attack the Block star Franz Drameh) and a rich playboy (Omar star Adam Bakri).
Producers are Pippa Cross, Leon Butler, Carl F Pauwels, Farah Durrani, Idris Elba and Ros Hubbard.
The film is a Silverstream and One Square Mile presentation in association with uMedia Entertainment.
The Silverstream, West Fiction Films and CrossDay production is also made in association with What’s the Story and Green Door Pictures.
Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton lead cast in drama A Hundred Streets (formerly known as One Square Mile), which is now shooting in London.
uMedia handles international sales on the drama which is directed by TV director Jim O’Hanlon (House of Saddam, Emma) who makes his feature debut.
Leon Butler’s script charts interconnecting London stories, including those of a former rugby star (Elba) and his wife (Arterton), a small time drug dealer (Attack the Block star Franz Drameh) and a rich playboy (Omar star Adam Bakri).
Producers are Pippa Cross, Leon Butler, Carl F Pauwels, Farah Durrani, Idris Elba and Ros Hubbard.
The film is a Silverstream and One Square Mile presentation in association with uMedia Entertainment.
The Silverstream, West Fiction Films and CrossDay production is also made in association with What’s the Story and Green Door Pictures.
- 8/1/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
uMedia to handle sales on film also starring Franz Drameh and Adam Bakri.
Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton lead cast in drama A Hundred Streets (formerly known as One Square Mile), which is now shooting in London.
uMedia handles international sales on the drama which is directed by TV director Jim O’Hanlon (House of Saddam, Emma) who makes his feature debut.
Leon Butler’s script charts interconnecting London stories, including those of a former rugby star (Elba) and his wife (Arterton), a small time drug dealer (Attack the Block star Franz Drameh) and a rich playboy (Omar star Adam Bakri).
Producers are Pippa Cross, Leon Butler, Carl F Pauwels, Farah Durrani, Idris Elba and Ros Hubbard.
The film is a Silverstream and One Square Mile presentation in association with uMedia Entertainment. The Silverstream, West Fiction Films and CrossDay production is also made in association with What’s the Story and Green Door Pictures.
Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton lead cast in drama A Hundred Streets (formerly known as One Square Mile), which is now shooting in London.
uMedia handles international sales on the drama which is directed by TV director Jim O’Hanlon (House of Saddam, Emma) who makes his feature debut.
Leon Butler’s script charts interconnecting London stories, including those of a former rugby star (Elba) and his wife (Arterton), a small time drug dealer (Attack the Block star Franz Drameh) and a rich playboy (Omar star Adam Bakri).
Producers are Pippa Cross, Leon Butler, Carl F Pauwels, Farah Durrani, Idris Elba and Ros Hubbard.
The film is a Silverstream and One Square Mile presentation in association with uMedia Entertainment. The Silverstream, West Fiction Films and CrossDay production is also made in association with What’s the Story and Green Door Pictures.
- 8/1/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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