Variety Director to Watch Prano Bailey-Bond (“Censor”) and BAFTA-nominated “After Love” filmmaker Aleem Khan are among the 39 filmmakers longlisted in the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) new talent categories.
The 39 longlisted filmmakers will be invited to join BIFA’s Springboard scheme, a tailored program of professional development, peer-to-peer support, mentoring, networking and skills enhancement aimed to nurture emerging talent as they build on the success of their first features.
The final five nominations in each category will be announced on Nov. 3. Winners will be revealed at the ceremony on Dec. 5.
The longlists:
The Douglas Hickox Award
(Best Debut Director)
Aleem Khan – “After Love”
Matt Chambers – “The Bike Thief”
Prano Bailey-Bond – “Censor”
Jonathan Butterell – “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie”
Sonita Gale – “Hostile”
Jack Clough – “People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan”
Reggie Yates – “Pirates”
Celeste Bell “Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché” [also Directed By Paul Sng]
Corinna Faith – “The Power”
Charlotte Colbert – “She Will...
The 39 longlisted filmmakers will be invited to join BIFA’s Springboard scheme, a tailored program of professional development, peer-to-peer support, mentoring, networking and skills enhancement aimed to nurture emerging talent as they build on the success of their first features.
The final five nominations in each category will be announced on Nov. 3. Winners will be revealed at the ceremony on Dec. 5.
The longlists:
The Douglas Hickox Award
(Best Debut Director)
Aleem Khan – “After Love”
Matt Chambers – “The Bike Thief”
Prano Bailey-Bond – “Censor”
Jonathan Butterell – “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie”
Sonita Gale – “Hostile”
Jack Clough – “People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan”
Reggie Yates – “Pirates”
Celeste Bell “Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché” [also Directed By Paul Sng]
Corinna Faith – “The Power”
Charlotte Colbert – “She Will...
- 10/20/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Martyrs Lane will stream exclusively to Shudder on September 9 in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as via the Shudder offering within the AMC+ bundle where available.
Check out this clip:
In this unsettling ghost story, Leah, 10, lives in a large, old house with her family but can’t quite work out why her mother seems so distant. At night she is visited by a mysterious guest, who might be able to give her some answers. With a new challenge every night, Leah is rewarded with bits of knowledge that, when pieced together, threaten to shine a dangerous light on both the truth in her nightmares and of the world she lives in.
Written and directed by Ruth Platt, and expanded from her 2019 short film by the same name, Martyrs Lane is a deeply personal film that explores love and grief through a dark and captivating ghost story.
Check out this clip:
In this unsettling ghost story, Leah, 10, lives in a large, old house with her family but can’t quite work out why her mother seems so distant. At night she is visited by a mysterious guest, who might be able to give her some answers. With a new challenge every night, Leah is rewarded with bits of knowledge that, when pieced together, threaten to shine a dangerous light on both the truth in her nightmares and of the world she lives in.
Written and directed by Ruth Platt, and expanded from her 2019 short film by the same name, Martyrs Lane is a deeply personal film that explores love and grief through a dark and captivating ghost story.
- 9/5/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Quake Enhanced Trailer: "Announced today during QuakeCon at Home, in celebration of 25 years since the release of the dark fantasy first-person shooter, an enhanced version of the original Quake is available today on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Game Pass for console and PC, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and backward compatible on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5. Native Xbox Series X|S and PS5 versions bringing native 4K at 120 Fps will be available soon as a free upgrade.
The Original Quake, Enhanced
Experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original Quake.
Featuring resolutions up to 4K and widescreen resolution support, enhanced models, dynamic and color lightning, anti-aliasing, depth of field, and the original soundtrack and theme song by Trent Reznor. There has never been a better time to relive or experience Quake for the first time.
Online, Cross-play, & Local Multiplayer and Co-op
Fight through the dark fantasy base...
The Original Quake, Enhanced
Experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original Quake.
Featuring resolutions up to 4K and widescreen resolution support, enhanced models, dynamic and color lightning, anti-aliasing, depth of field, and the original soundtrack and theme song by Trent Reznor. There has never been a better time to relive or experience Quake for the first time.
Online, Cross-play, & Local Multiplayer and Co-op
Fight through the dark fantasy base...
- 8/20/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Sienna Sayer as Rachel – Martyr’s Lane Photo Credit: Shudder
Launching on AMC Networks’ Shudder on September 9th is Martyrs Lane.
Ahead of its Shudder launch, Martyrs Lane will World Premiere August 19th as part of the 2021 Fantasia International Film Festival and celebrate its UK Premiere August 20th with the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
In this unsettling ghost story, Leah, 10, lives in a large, old house with her family but can’t quite work out why her mother seems so distant. At night she is visited by a mysterious guest, who might be able to give her some answers. With a new challenge every night, Leah is rewarded with bits of knowledge that, when pieced together, threaten to shine a dangerous light on both the truth in her nightmares and of the world she lives in.
Written and directed by Ruth Platt, and expanded from her 2019 short film by the same name,...
Launching on AMC Networks’ Shudder on September 9th is Martyrs Lane.
Ahead of its Shudder launch, Martyrs Lane will World Premiere August 19th as part of the 2021 Fantasia International Film Festival and celebrate its UK Premiere August 20th with the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
In this unsettling ghost story, Leah, 10, lives in a large, old house with her family but can’t quite work out why her mother seems so distant. At night she is visited by a mysterious guest, who might be able to give her some answers. With a new challenge every night, Leah is rewarded with bits of knowledge that, when pieced together, threaten to shine a dangerous light on both the truth in her nightmares and of the world she lives in.
Written and directed by Ruth Platt, and expanded from her 2019 short film by the same name,...
- 8/19/2021
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“Martyrs Lane,” the third feature from Ruth Platt (“The Lesson”), hits Fantasia with a double momentum: Bullish word of mouth, and a recent sale to AMC Networks genre streamer Shudder for North America, U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
Produced by London’s Ipso Facto Productions, whose credits take in “Irina Palm” and Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Valhalla Rising,” the LevelK sales title is a ghost story but, like the best of that kind, much more.
Leah, 10, lives in a rambling vicarage with her parents and haughty older sister. But something’s very wrong. Her mother, who sleeps clasping a golden locket, hardly has any time for her. One morning, Leah spots the locket left on the bathroom shelf. She opens it, and steals what she finds inside, sparking the nightly visits of a cherubic looking little girl, sporting shabby angel wings.
“Martyr’s Lane” is described as an...
Produced by London’s Ipso Facto Productions, whose credits take in “Irina Palm” and Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Valhalla Rising,” the LevelK sales title is a ghost story but, like the best of that kind, much more.
Leah, 10, lives in a rambling vicarage with her parents and haughty older sister. But something’s very wrong. Her mother, who sleeps clasping a golden locket, hardly has any time for her. One morning, Leah spots the locket left on the bathroom shelf. She opens it, and steals what she finds inside, sparking the nightly visits of a cherubic looking little girl, sporting shabby angel wings.
“Martyr’s Lane” is described as an...
- 8/10/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: AMC Networks’ genre streamer Shudder has landed rights for North America, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand to Martyrs Lane, the UK supernatural horror, in a deal with Danish sales company LevelK.
Ruth Platt (The Lesson) wrote and directed the movie, which stars Olivier Award-winner Denise Gough (Colette), Steven Cree (Outlaw King) and newcomers Kiera Thompson and Sienna Sayer.
LevelK has also pre-sold the title to Italy (Koch Media), Vietnam (Noori Pictures), Taiwan (Deep Picture Corporation) and India (Big Tree Entertainment). The deal was negotiated by Emily Gotto for Shudder with Debra Liang from LevelK. The film will be part of LevelK’s pre-Cannes market line-up.
Martyrs Lane centers on Leah, a young girl who lives in a large vicarage with her parents and older sister. During the day the house is bustling with people; at night it is dark, empty and a space for Leah’s nightmares to creep into.
Ruth Platt (The Lesson) wrote and directed the movie, which stars Olivier Award-winner Denise Gough (Colette), Steven Cree (Outlaw King) and newcomers Kiera Thompson and Sienna Sayer.
LevelK has also pre-sold the title to Italy (Koch Media), Vietnam (Noori Pictures), Taiwan (Deep Picture Corporation) and India (Big Tree Entertainment). The deal was negotiated by Emily Gotto for Shudder with Debra Liang from LevelK. The film will be part of LevelK’s pre-Cannes market line-up.
Martyrs Lane centers on Leah, a young girl who lives in a large vicarage with her parents and older sister. During the day the house is bustling with people; at night it is dark, empty and a space for Leah’s nightmares to creep into.
- 6/17/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
A contemporary British movie version is to be made of Little Boy Blue, one of the novels by cult American writer and convicted criminal Edward Bunker, who died in 2005.
A contemporary British movie version is to be made of Little Boy Blue, one of the novels by cult American writer and convicted criminal Edward Bunker, who died in 2005.
Bunker was the co-star of Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs (as Mr Blue). His books have sold over 3 million copies and have spawned such films as Straight Time (1978), Animal Factory (2000) and Dog Eat Dog (2016).
Bridge Way Films and Ipso Facto Productions are...
A contemporary British movie version is to be made of Little Boy Blue, one of the novels by cult American writer and convicted criminal Edward Bunker, who died in 2005.
Bunker was the co-star of Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs (as Mr Blue). His books have sold over 3 million copies and have spawned such films as Straight Time (1978), Animal Factory (2000) and Dog Eat Dog (2016).
Bridge Way Films and Ipso Facto Productions are...
- 2/22/2020
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
The project is directed by Ruth Platt, whose previous features are The Lesson and The Black Forest.
LevelK has acquired world sales rights to Ruth Platt’s British ghost story Martyrs Lane, which is now in post.
The supernatural story is about a 10-year old girl living in a vicarage and confronting her deepest fear, that her mother doesn’t love her.
Denise Gough stars alongside Steven Cree (Outlaw King) and newcomers Kiera Thompson and Sienna Sayer.
Christine Alderson and Katie Hodgkin produce for Ipso Facto Productions.
The BFI has supported the film’s development and production; other backers include Lipsync and Sharp House.
LevelK has acquired world sales rights to Ruth Platt’s British ghost story Martyrs Lane, which is now in post.
The supernatural story is about a 10-year old girl living in a vicarage and confronting her deepest fear, that her mother doesn’t love her.
Denise Gough stars alongside Steven Cree (Outlaw King) and newcomers Kiera Thompson and Sienna Sayer.
Christine Alderson and Katie Hodgkin produce for Ipso Facto Productions.
The BFI has supported the film’s development and production; other backers include Lipsync and Sharp House.
- 2/21/2020
- by 1100142¦Wendy Mitchell¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The biopic will blend dramatic elements with Cosey’s art and music.
UK director Andrew Hulme, whose credits include Snow In Paradise and The Devil Outside, is to make Art, Sex, Music, a biopic about Cosey Fanni Tutti, the outrageous and controversial UK performance artist, stripper and musician.
Cosey was co-founder of experimental rock and art group, Throbbing Gristle. The film is loosely based on Cosey’s autobiography, Art Sex Music and Cosey has co-written the screenplay with Hulme.
Details of the project were revealed by its producer, Christine Alderson of Ipso Facto, at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr...
UK director Andrew Hulme, whose credits include Snow In Paradise and The Devil Outside, is to make Art, Sex, Music, a biopic about Cosey Fanni Tutti, the outrageous and controversial UK performance artist, stripper and musician.
Cosey was co-founder of experimental rock and art group, Throbbing Gristle. The film is loosely based on Cosey’s autobiography, Art Sex Music and Cosey has co-written the screenplay with Hulme.
Details of the project were revealed by its producer, Christine Alderson of Ipso Facto, at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr...
- 1/30/2020
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
Murtagh stars with newcomer Woody Norman.
Diarmaid Murtagh, whose credits include Vikings and Dracula Untold, has completed shooting on Bruno, the fifth feature from director Karl Golden.
Source: Ipso Facto
Bruno
The film tells the story of a homeless man who, after his faithful dog Bruno goes missing following an assault, teams up with a young boy (newcomer Woody Norman, set to appear in The Current War) to find the lost animal.
Director Golden’s previous credits include Weekender and The Honeymooners. The project’s producer is Katie Hodgkin and the executive producer is Christine Alderson (This Beautiful Fantastic) of Ipso Facto.
Crew include DoP Jalaludin Trautmann, editor Martin Brinkler, production designer Niina Topp, and composer Anne Nikitin.
Bruno shot over 17 days in the Hackney area of London.
Diarmaid Murtagh, whose credits include Vikings and Dracula Untold, has completed shooting on Bruno, the fifth feature from director Karl Golden.
Source: Ipso Facto
Bruno
The film tells the story of a homeless man who, after his faithful dog Bruno goes missing following an assault, teams up with a young boy (newcomer Woody Norman, set to appear in The Current War) to find the lost animal.
Director Golden’s previous credits include Weekender and The Honeymooners. The project’s producer is Katie Hodgkin and the executive producer is Christine Alderson (This Beautiful Fantastic) of Ipso Facto.
Crew include DoP Jalaludin Trautmann, editor Martin Brinkler, production designer Niina Topp, and composer Anne Nikitin.
Bruno shot over 17 days in the Hackney area of London.
- 12/22/2017
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Murtagh stars with newcomer Woody Norman.
Diarmaid Murtagh, whose credits include Vikings and Dracula Untold, has completed shooting on Bruno, the fifth feature from director Karl Golden.
Source: Ipso Facto
Bruno
The film tells the story of a homeless man who, after his faithful dog Bruno goes missing following an assault, teams up with a young boy (newcomer Woody Norman, set to appear in The Current War) to find the lost animal.
Director Golden’s previous credits include Weekender and The Honeymooners. The project’s producer is Katie Hodgkin and the executive producer is Christine Alderson (This Beautiful Fantastic) of Ipso Facto.
Crew include DoP Jalaludin Trautmann, editor Martin Brinkler, production designer Niina Topp, and composer Anne Nikitin.
Bruno shot over 17 days in the Hackney area of London.
Diarmaid Murtagh, whose credits include Vikings and Dracula Untold, has completed shooting on Bruno, the fifth feature from director Karl Golden.
Source: Ipso Facto
Bruno
The film tells the story of a homeless man who, after his faithful dog Bruno goes missing following an assault, teams up with a young boy (newcomer Woody Norman, set to appear in The Current War) to find the lost animal.
Director Golden’s previous credits include Weekender and The Honeymooners. The project’s producer is Katie Hodgkin and the executive producer is Christine Alderson (This Beautiful Fantastic) of Ipso Facto.
Crew include DoP Jalaludin Trautmann, editor Martin Brinkler, production designer Niina Topp, and composer Anne Nikitin.
Bruno shot over 17 days in the Hackney area of London.
- 12/22/2017
- by Tom Grater
- Screen Daily Test
Samuel Goldwyn Films and Ambi Group will partner on the Us theatrical release of Simon Aboud’s drama starring Jessica Brown Findlay and Tom Wilkinson.
The companies have earmarked an early 2017 release on the London-set contemporary fairy tale about the unlikely friendship between a reclusive young aspiring children’s author and a cantankerous widower.
Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine and Anna Chancellor round out the key cast.
“It is rare nowadays to find a gem such as Simon Aboud’s This Beautiful Fantastic,” said Peter Goldwyn of Samuel Goldwyn Films. “The depth of emotion and heart of this film is something we cannot wait to share with audiences.”
Ambi Group co-founder Andrea Iervolino nagotiated the deal and added, “Simon crafted a heartfelt story that we are excited to release with our partners at Samuel Goldwyn.
“With a fusion of comedy and drama that balances poignant moments with humour and charm, This Beautiful Fantastic has strong commercial appeal and we...
The companies have earmarked an early 2017 release on the London-set contemporary fairy tale about the unlikely friendship between a reclusive young aspiring children’s author and a cantankerous widower.
Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine and Anna Chancellor round out the key cast.
“It is rare nowadays to find a gem such as Simon Aboud’s This Beautiful Fantastic,” said Peter Goldwyn of Samuel Goldwyn Films. “The depth of emotion and heart of this film is something we cannot wait to share with audiences.”
Ambi Group co-founder Andrea Iervolino nagotiated the deal and added, “Simon crafted a heartfelt story that we are excited to release with our partners at Samuel Goldwyn.
“With a fusion of comedy and drama that balances poignant moments with humour and charm, This Beautiful Fantastic has strong commercial appeal and we...
- 10/27/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: First look at Andrew Hulme’s follow up to Cannes 2014 entry Snow In Paradise.
UK sales outfit Protagonist, riding high off the success of Toronto hit Lady Macbeth, has boarded world sales on Andrew Hulme’s recently wrapped crime-horror The Devil Outside.
Writer-director Hulme’s BFI-backed follow up to his 2014 Cannes Official Selection debut Snow In Paradise charts the story of a young boy (Robert) brought up in a world of evangelical Christianity that has taught him to look for signs and to believe that evil is waiting just outside the front door.
Caught between his mother, who’s determined to bring Jesus’s love to a dead mining town, and his best friend who has introduced him to teenage rebellion, Robert becomes embroiled in a spiritual tug of war as he tries to escape his religious beliefs. It’s then that he discovers a dead body in the woods and realises that God has sent...
UK sales outfit Protagonist, riding high off the success of Toronto hit Lady Macbeth, has boarded world sales on Andrew Hulme’s recently wrapped crime-horror The Devil Outside.
Writer-director Hulme’s BFI-backed follow up to his 2014 Cannes Official Selection debut Snow In Paradise charts the story of a young boy (Robert) brought up in a world of evangelical Christianity that has taught him to look for signs and to believe that evil is waiting just outside the front door.
Caught between his mother, who’s determined to bring Jesus’s love to a dead mining town, and his best friend who has introduced him to teenage rebellion, Robert becomes embroiled in a spiritual tug of war as he tries to escape his religious beliefs. It’s then that he discovers a dead body in the woods and realises that God has sent...
- 9/22/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Updates: BFI & Bfc Comments. There has been a shocked and dismayed response to the news of Brexit in almost every sector of the British film industry; responses in Europe have also been extremely downbeat.
Amanda Nevill, CEO of the BFI, said: “We completely understand and feel the concern that the industry has right now. I think we can draw strength and confidence from knowing that we are one of the most creative nations on earth and we will undoubtedly continue to enjoy successful and vibrant partnerships in Europe and throughout the world.”
The timing of Brexit comes just as the BFI is launching its public consultation on its next five year plan for film, a process that was already a complex one.The next five year plan could potentially be shaped to an unexpected degree by today’s decision and fallout.
Adrian Wootton, Chief Executive of the British Film Commission and Film London, said: “In terms...
Amanda Nevill, CEO of the BFI, said: “We completely understand and feel the concern that the industry has right now. I think we can draw strength and confidence from knowing that we are one of the most creative nations on earth and we will undoubtedly continue to enjoy successful and vibrant partnerships in Europe and throughout the world.”
The timing of Brexit comes just as the BFI is launching its public consultation on its next five year plan for film, a process that was already a complex one.The next five year plan could potentially be shaped to an unexpected degree by today’s decision and fallout.
Adrian Wootton, Chief Executive of the British Film Commission and Film London, said: “In terms...
- 6/24/2016
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Art heist documentary to be sold by Metro International.
Metro International will give a premiere screening in Berlin to long-in-the-works art heist documentary The Banksy Job, which is due to be shown at one of the city’s art galleries.
The film charts the story behind an incident in London in 2004 when a sculpture by street artist Banksy was stolen by a group of eccentric ‘art terrorists’.
Ian Roderick Gray and Dylan Harvey direct, Christine Alderson (Snow In Paradise) and Alex Hurle of Ipso Facto Productions produce.
Will Machin, CEO of Metro International said: “We are really excited to be part of this celebration of street art and the cast of extraordinary characters involved in it. The filmmakers have toiled for four years to bring this unique story to the big screen, and Berlin, with its rich history of art, rebellion and counter-culture, is the perfect city for a private showcase of the film.”
As revealed...
Metro International will give a premiere screening in Berlin to long-in-the-works art heist documentary The Banksy Job, which is due to be shown at one of the city’s art galleries.
The film charts the story behind an incident in London in 2004 when a sculpture by street artist Banksy was stolen by a group of eccentric ‘art terrorists’.
Ian Roderick Gray and Dylan Harvey direct, Christine Alderson (Snow In Paradise) and Alex Hurle of Ipso Facto Productions produce.
Will Machin, CEO of Metro International said: “We are really excited to be part of this celebration of street art and the cast of extraordinary characters involved in it. The filmmakers have toiled for four years to bring this unique story to the big screen, and Berlin, with its rich history of art, rebellion and counter-culture, is the perfect city for a private showcase of the film.”
As revealed...
- 2/10/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Principal photography for the film, directed by Simon Aboud, starts this week in London.
Ambi Pictures’ Monica Bacardi and Andrea Iervolino and Christine Alderson of Ipso Facto Productions have greenlit This Beautiful Fantastic, Simon Aboud’s contemporary fairtytale set in the heart of London.
Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey) has been announced in the lead role. Other members of the cast include Tom Wilkinson (In The Bedroom), Andrew Scott (Pride), Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) and Anna Chancellor (What A Girl Wants).
Findlay plays Bella, a young woman with dreams of writing and illustrating children’s books, who forms an unlikely friendship with a reclusive widower and horticulturalist (Wilkinson).
The film’s funding comes from Medinah, the UK tax credit, Head Gear, Lip Sync Post, The Project Post, and private investment. Ambi Distribution will handle global sales.
Ambi Pictures’ Monica Bacardi and Andrea Iervolino and Christine Alderson of Ipso Facto Productions have greenlit This Beautiful Fantastic, Simon Aboud’s contemporary fairtytale set in the heart of London.
Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey) has been announced in the lead role. Other members of the cast include Tom Wilkinson (In The Bedroom), Andrew Scott (Pride), Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) and Anna Chancellor (What A Girl Wants).
Findlay plays Bella, a young woman with dreams of writing and illustrating children’s books, who forms an unlikely friendship with a reclusive widower and horticulturalist (Wilkinson).
The film’s funding comes from Medinah, the UK tax credit, Head Gear, Lip Sync Post, The Project Post, and private investment. Ambi Distribution will handle global sales.
- 7/14/2015
- by mantus@masonlive.gmu.edu (Madison Antus)
- ScreenDaily
Simon Aboud, who last brought us 2012’s Comes A Bright Day, is kicking off production on his next film, This Beautiful Fantastic. And he’s rounded up another impressive cast, led by Jessica Brown Findlay and Tom Wilkinson.They’re at the head of an ensemble that also features Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine, Anna Chancellor and Sheila Hancock in the story of Bella Brown (Findlay), a young woman who dreams of writing and illustrating children’s books. But she’s dealing with various issues, including her abandonment as a child, her Ocd and her dictatorial boss at the library. Things start to change when her landlord orders her to deal with her neglected garden, which doesn’t exactly gel with a paralyzing fear of flora and fauna. But it brings her into contact with the cantankerous, loveless, rich old Alfie Stephenson (Wilkinson), who lives next door and just so happens...
- 7/13/2015
- EmpireOnline
Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey), Tom Wilkinson (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Andrew Scott (Spectre), Jeremy Irvine (War Horse), Anna Chancellor (What A Girls Wants) and Sheila Hancock (The Boy In The Striped Pajamas) have boarded Simon Aboud’s The Beautiful Fantastic. Ambi Group principals Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi are teaming with Christine Alderson and her Ipso Facto production banner to finance and produce. This Beautiful Fantastic is a contemporary…...
- 7/13/2015
- Deadline
Jessica Brown Findlay ("Downton Abbey"), Tom Wilkinson ("Michael Clayton") and Andrew Scott ("Sherlock") have joined the cast of Simon Aboud's "This Beautiful Fantastic". Filming begins this week in London.
The contemporary fairy tale revolves around the most unlikely of friendships between a reclusive young woman with dreams of being a children's book author and a cantankerous widower.
Jeremy Irvine, Anna Chancellor and Sheila Hancock also star. Andrea Iervolino, Monika Bacardi and Christine Alderson will produce.
Source: Variety...
The contemporary fairy tale revolves around the most unlikely of friendships between a reclusive young woman with dreams of being a children's book author and a cantankerous widower.
Jeremy Irvine, Anna Chancellor and Sheila Hancock also star. Andrea Iervolino, Monika Bacardi and Christine Alderson will produce.
Source: Variety...
- 7/13/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Industry events include co-pro forum, China Day, Argentina-Brazil focus.
The Rome Film Festival’s (Oct 16-25) boutique market Business Street (Oct 17-21) has reported a record 25% increase year-on-year in international buyers, sales agents and producers, according to organisers. This should see a rise on the average number of industry accreditations of 750.
The market will welcome approximately 90 sellers and 283 buyers from more than 50 countries.
Attending sellers will include The Match Factory, Beta Cinema, Wild Bunch, Gaumont, Le Pacte, EuropaCorp, HanWay, WestEnd and Bankside.
Buyers include TWC, Magnolia, Film Movement, Memento, Senator, Soda, A Contracorriente, Metropole and Cineart as well as Asian buyers from Hong Kong, South Korea, China, Japan and Australia.
“This year we are looking at 20-25% year-on-year growth,” confirmed Business Street head Massimo Saidel. “By the end of July we were having to turn people away.”
Industry events
The market will feature around 80 market screenings as well as the return of sidebar Re-make It!, a selection...
The Rome Film Festival’s (Oct 16-25) boutique market Business Street (Oct 17-21) has reported a record 25% increase year-on-year in international buyers, sales agents and producers, according to organisers. This should see a rise on the average number of industry accreditations of 750.
The market will welcome approximately 90 sellers and 283 buyers from more than 50 countries.
Attending sellers will include The Match Factory, Beta Cinema, Wild Bunch, Gaumont, Le Pacte, EuropaCorp, HanWay, WestEnd and Bankside.
Buyers include TWC, Magnolia, Film Movement, Memento, Senator, Soda, A Contracorriente, Metropole and Cineart as well as Asian buyers from Hong Kong, South Korea, China, Japan and Australia.
“This year we are looking at 20-25% year-on-year growth,” confirmed Business Street head Massimo Saidel. “By the end of July we were having to turn people away.”
Industry events
The market will feature around 80 market screenings as well as the return of sidebar Re-make It!, a selection...
- 10/6/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sir Ian McKellen, Vanessa Redgrave in talks for biopic of UK playwright.
Glee star Chris Colfer is attached to lead cast in Noel (working title), the Noel Coward biopic scripted by Bent and Mrs Henderson Presents writer Martin Sherman.
Sir Ian McKellen, Vanessa Redgrave and Jonathan Pryce are in talks to join the cast of the feature, which portrays the early life and influences of the famously flamboyant British playwright, producer and wit who penned classics including Private Lives and Blithe Spirit and who worked on films including Brief Encounter and In Which We Serve, for which he was Oscar-nominated.
The project, which has already attracted sales heat for Metro International ahead of Cannes, will mark the second feature from British director Joe Stephenson, who recently completed drama Chicken, starring Yasmin Paige, Scott Chambers and Morgan Watkins.
Producers are Stephenson with Julia Valentine (The Silent Storm). Executive producers are Colin Vaines, Jane Wright...
Glee star Chris Colfer is attached to lead cast in Noel (working title), the Noel Coward biopic scripted by Bent and Mrs Henderson Presents writer Martin Sherman.
Sir Ian McKellen, Vanessa Redgrave and Jonathan Pryce are in talks to join the cast of the feature, which portrays the early life and influences of the famously flamboyant British playwright, producer and wit who penned classics including Private Lives and Blithe Spirit and who worked on films including Brief Encounter and In Which We Serve, for which he was Oscar-nominated.
The project, which has already attracted sales heat for Metro International ahead of Cannes, will mark the second feature from British director Joe Stephenson, who recently completed drama Chicken, starring Yasmin Paige, Scott Chambers and Morgan Watkins.
Producers are Stephenson with Julia Valentine (The Silent Storm). Executive producers are Colin Vaines, Jane Wright...
- 5/14/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sir Ian McKellen, Vanessa Redgrave in talks for biopic of UK playwright.
Glee star Chris Colfer is attached to lead cast in Noel (working title), the Noel Coward biopic scripted by Bent and Mrs Henderson Presents writer Martin Sherman.
Sir Ian McKellen, Vanessa Redgrave and Jonathan Pryce are in talks to join the cast of the feature, which portrays the early life and influences of the famously flamboyant British playwright, producer and wit who penned classics including Private Lives and Blithe Spirit and who worked on films including Brief Encounter and In Which We Serve, for which he was Oscar-nominated.
The project, which has already attracted sales heat for Metro International ahead of Cannes, will mark the second feature from British director Joe Stephenson, who recently completed drama Chicken, starring Yasmin Paige, Scott Chambers and Morgan Watkins.
Producers are Stephenson with Julia Valentine (The Silent Storm). Executive producers are Colin Vaines, Jane Wright...
Glee star Chris Colfer is attached to lead cast in Noel (working title), the Noel Coward biopic scripted by Bent and Mrs Henderson Presents writer Martin Sherman.
Sir Ian McKellen, Vanessa Redgrave and Jonathan Pryce are in talks to join the cast of the feature, which portrays the early life and influences of the famously flamboyant British playwright, producer and wit who penned classics including Private Lives and Blithe Spirit and who worked on films including Brief Encounter and In Which We Serve, for which he was Oscar-nominated.
The project, which has already attracted sales heat for Metro International ahead of Cannes, will mark the second feature from British director Joe Stephenson, who recently completed drama Chicken, starring Yasmin Paige, Scott Chambers and Morgan Watkins.
Producers are Stephenson with Julia Valentine (The Silent Storm). Executive producers are Colin Vaines, Jane Wright...
- 5/14/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Sci-fi romance was originally slated to be directed by the late Spanish director Bigas Luna.
Rising British actress Rachel Hurd-Wood (Peter Pan, Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer) is to star in Second Origin, the new film that maverick Spanish director Bigas Luna was originally slated to direct.
Here at the Efm, Manifest Film Sales today announced the imminent start of production on the project.
Bigas Luna who sadly died during the pre-production, is still being billed as co-director. His friend, co-writer and director Carles Porta is now helming.
A science-fiction romance about love and adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world, Second Origin tells the story of Alba and Dídac two young people struggling to survive in a world left in ruins.
Based on the bestselling Catalan novel Mecanoscrit del Segon Origen by Manuel de Pedrolo, which has sold over 2m copies worldwide, Second Origin is a Spanish/UK co-production, produced by [link...
Rising British actress Rachel Hurd-Wood (Peter Pan, Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer) is to star in Second Origin, the new film that maverick Spanish director Bigas Luna was originally slated to direct.
Here at the Efm, Manifest Film Sales today announced the imminent start of production on the project.
Bigas Luna who sadly died during the pre-production, is still being billed as co-director. His friend, co-writer and director Carles Porta is now helming.
A science-fiction romance about love and adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world, Second Origin tells the story of Alba and Dídac two young people struggling to survive in a world left in ruins.
Based on the bestselling Catalan novel Mecanoscrit del Segon Origen by Manuel de Pedrolo, which has sold over 2m copies worldwide, Second Origin is a Spanish/UK co-production, produced by [link...
- 2/8/2014
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Strand Releasing has picked up Simon Aboud's coming-of-age love story and feature debut "Comes A Bright Day" for Us distribution. The film stars Craig Roberts ("Submarine") and Imogen Poots ("28 Weeks Later") as lovebirds whose love story is told with the armed robbery of a premiere London jeweler as backdrop. “I’m delighted Strand has taken the Us rights, the film started its life so fantastically at the Berlin Internaitonal Film Festival in Generations section earlier this year where the audiences fell in love with Simon’s very beautiful feature,” said the film's producer, Christine Alderson. The film, which also stars Kevin McKidd ("Grey's Anatomy") and Timonthy Spall ("Harry Potter"), will be released in the Us this November.
- 8/27/2012
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
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