“Supergirl” star David Harewood has boarded Karen Bryson’s directorial debut “Monochromatic” as an executive producer, Variety can exclusively reveal.
Bryson, who played Elinor Stone in Zack Snyder’s “Justice League,” was awarded the Goldfinch Female First Flights Short Film Fund to make the project.
“Monochromatic” tells the story of a young girl of color set in 1970s London. The film “shares a story of the inevitable moment a six-year-old girl realises the world operates with bias when it comes to the color of her skin,” reads the logline.
Bryson used real footage of a 1977 National Front March in the short, which is set to premiere this year.
“My aim for ‘Monochromatic’ is to hold a mirror up, inviting an audience to ask questions of themselves,” Bryson said in a statement. “It touches on the concept of nurture, what we see and hear, consciously or unconsciously shape who we are,...
Bryson, who played Elinor Stone in Zack Snyder’s “Justice League,” was awarded the Goldfinch Female First Flights Short Film Fund to make the project.
“Monochromatic” tells the story of a young girl of color set in 1970s London. The film “shares a story of the inevitable moment a six-year-old girl realises the world operates with bias when it comes to the color of her skin,” reads the logline.
Bryson used real footage of a 1977 National Front March in the short, which is set to premiere this year.
“My aim for ‘Monochromatic’ is to hold a mirror up, inviting an audience to ask questions of themselves,” Bryson said in a statement. “It touches on the concept of nurture, what we see and hear, consciously or unconsciously shape who we are,...
- 8/16/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Eiff has also launched four new film curating initiatives.
The UK’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff), which is running August 12-20, has unveiled four new film curating development programmes alongside six projects selected for its Talent Lab Connects.
Talent Lab Connects which launched in 2019 is open to Eiff Talent Lab alumni and their collaborators to develop a feature film or serial drama project. The event runs from April to December.
The six projects are: Robin Haig’s Drover’s Road, Kevin Pickering’s Before I Wake, Tessa Joffe’s Punzel, Jack King’s Sunburn, Lynsey Murdoch’s The Computer...
The UK’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff), which is running August 12-20, has unveiled four new film curating development programmes alongside six projects selected for its Talent Lab Connects.
Talent Lab Connects which launched in 2019 is open to Eiff Talent Lab alumni and their collaborators to develop a feature film or serial drama project. The event runs from April to December.
The six projects are: Robin Haig’s Drover’s Road, Kevin Pickering’s Before I Wake, Tessa Joffe’s Punzel, Jack King’s Sunburn, Lynsey Murdoch’s The Computer...
- 4/5/2022
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
Eiff has also launched four new film curating inititaives.
The UK’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) which is running August 12 - 20. has unveiled four new film curating development programmes alongside six projects selected for its Talent Lab Connects.
Talent Lab Connects which launched in 2019 is open to Eiff Talent Lab alumni and their collaborators to develop a feature film or serial drama project. The event runs from April to December.
The six projects are: Robin Haig’s Drover’s Road, Kevin Pickering’s
Before I Wake, Tessa Joffe’s Punzel, Jack King’s Sunburn, Lynsey Murdoch’s The Computer,...
The UK’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) which is running August 12 - 20. has unveiled four new film curating development programmes alongside six projects selected for its Talent Lab Connects.
Talent Lab Connects which launched in 2019 is open to Eiff Talent Lab alumni and their collaborators to develop a feature film or serial drama project. The event runs from April to December.
The six projects are: Robin Haig’s Drover’s Road, Kevin Pickering’s
Before I Wake, Tessa Joffe’s Punzel, Jack King’s Sunburn, Lynsey Murdoch’s The Computer,...
- 4/5/2022
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
Update: This story is being updated this week as the new longlists are unveiled. Today (November 20) the Best Documentary longlist has been published, see below.
Previously, November 17: Organizers of the British Independent Film Awards have confirmed their upcoming ceremony will delay from its traditional end-of-year dates to February, 2021, moving in line with this year’s major awards shows.
This week, the BIFAs will unveil its various longlists of awards, which will be whittled down to its final nominations, to be revealed on December 9.
Today, the New Talent awards longlists have been unveiled, featuring a total of 46 directors, writers and producers. Each of the below will participate in BIFA’s Springboard scheme, a tailored program of professional development and peer to peer support.
Best Documentary
The Art Of Political Murder Paul Taylor, Teddy Leifer, Regina K. Scully
The Australian Dream Daniel Gordon, Stan Grant, Sarah Thomson, Nick Batzias, Virginia Whitwell,...
Previously, November 17: Organizers of the British Independent Film Awards have confirmed their upcoming ceremony will delay from its traditional end-of-year dates to February, 2021, moving in line with this year’s major awards shows.
This week, the BIFAs will unveil its various longlists of awards, which will be whittled down to its final nominations, to be revealed on December 9.
Today, the New Talent awards longlists have been unveiled, featuring a total of 46 directors, writers and producers. Each of the below will participate in BIFA’s Springboard scheme, a tailored program of professional development and peer to peer support.
Best Documentary
The Art Of Political Murder Paul Taylor, Teddy Leifer, Regina K. Scully
The Australian Dream Daniel Gordon, Stan Grant, Sarah Thomson, Nick Batzias, Virginia Whitwell,...
- 11/20/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
“Saint Maud,” “White Riot” and “Calm With Horses” are among the leading titles on the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) longlists announced Tuesday.
Riz Ahmed, star and co-writer of Berlin-winner “Mogul Mowgli” is on the longlist in the debut screenwriter long list, alongside Billie Piper for “Rare Beasts.”
Rose Glass, director of “Saint Maud,” which won an honorable mention at the BFI London Film Festival in 2019, makes it to the BIFA debut director and screenwriter longlist, as does producer Oliver Kassma, in the breakthrough producer category.
“White Riot” won awards at Berlin, London, Krakow and IndieLisboa, and director Rubika Shah duly makes it to the debut director list and Ed Gibbs in the breakthrough producer category.
“Calm With Horses” won at the Irish Film and Television Awards, and director Nick Rowland finds a place in the director longlist, Joseph Murtagh in the debut screenwriting category and Daniel Emmerson as breakthrough producer.
Riz Ahmed, star and co-writer of Berlin-winner “Mogul Mowgli” is on the longlist in the debut screenwriter long list, alongside Billie Piper for “Rare Beasts.”
Rose Glass, director of “Saint Maud,” which won an honorable mention at the BFI London Film Festival in 2019, makes it to the BIFA debut director and screenwriter longlist, as does producer Oliver Kassma, in the breakthrough producer category.
“White Riot” won awards at Berlin, London, Krakow and IndieLisboa, and director Rubika Shah duly makes it to the debut director list and Ed Gibbs in the breakthrough producer category.
“Calm With Horses” won at the Irish Film and Television Awards, and director Nick Rowland finds a place in the director longlist, Joseph Murtagh in the debut screenwriting category and Daniel Emmerson as breakthrough producer.
- 11/17/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Twenty-seven films have been longlisted across three new talent categories.
The British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) has moved its ceremony from its traditional early December slot to February 2021 as it announces the longlists for six categories this week.
The nominations will be announced on December 9 and winners revealed “in early February”, according to BIFA. An exact date and format of the ceremony has yet to be announced.
Scroll down for the New Talent longlists
Rose Glass’ horror Saint Maud and Nick Rowland’s drama Calm With Horses are two of six films included in all three longlists for the BIFA 2020 New Talent categories.
The British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) has moved its ceremony from its traditional early December slot to February 2021 as it announces the longlists for six categories this week.
The nominations will be announced on December 9 and winners revealed “in early February”, according to BIFA. An exact date and format of the ceremony has yet to be announced.
Scroll down for the New Talent longlists
Rose Glass’ horror Saint Maud and Nick Rowland’s drama Calm With Horses are two of six films included in all three longlists for the BIFA 2020 New Talent categories.
- 11/17/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Film sells to UK and Ireland, Australia/New Zealand and Japan.
UK sales outfit Film Seekers has secured its first deals on Eliza Schroeder’s drama Love Sarah, starring Celia Imrie.
Rights have been pre-sold to the UK and Ireland (Parkland Entertainment), Australia/New Zealand (Rialto), and Japan (New Select). Film Seekers said offers are also on the table for Airlines, South Korea and Benelux.
Love Sarah is about three generations of women who open a bakery in London and is now in production.
Bill Paterson, Shannon Tarbet, Shelley Conn and Rupert Penry-Jones co-star and Candice Brown, winner of UK...
UK sales outfit Film Seekers has secured its first deals on Eliza Schroeder’s drama Love Sarah, starring Celia Imrie.
Rights have been pre-sold to the UK and Ireland (Parkland Entertainment), Australia/New Zealand (Rialto), and Japan (New Select). Film Seekers said offers are also on the table for Airlines, South Korea and Benelux.
Love Sarah is about three generations of women who open a bakery in London and is now in production.
Bill Paterson, Shannon Tarbet, Shelley Conn and Rupert Penry-Jones co-star and Candice Brown, winner of UK...
- 2/11/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Robert Davi is set to star in 8 Winds, which is said to be a neo-noir thriller along the lines of Robert Altman’s The Long Good Bye and Chinatown. Written and directed by Daniel J. Coplan, the pic centers on an over the hill filmmaker, a comedy club owner, and John Conover as they are drawn into an intrigue where a Russian Oligarch fights for control of California’s water. Davi is John T. Conover, an eccentric and reclusive billionaire who made his money selling bottled Wise Water. After his son commits suicide, he disappears from public view. 15 years later he is trying to make amends for some bad choices and ease his guilt. Leona Paraminski, Joe Sabatino and Chris Game co-star in the film which is currently shooting in Los Angeles. Exec producers are Eric Doctorow and Tom Skouras. Random Media will be releasing the film in this fall.
- 1/25/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Great British Bake Off winner Candice Brown to make guest appearance.
Celia Imrie has signed to star in Love Sarah, a feel-good drama from first-time filmmaker Eliza Schroeder, written by Jake Brunger, an alumnus of the BBC’s 2017 New Talent Hotlist and BBC TV Drama Writers’ Programme.
The film is about a young woman who enlists the help of her mother’s best friend and her eccentric estranged grandmother to fulfil her late mother’s dream of opening a bakery in Notting Hill. It is now shooting in London.
Bill Paterson, Shannon Tarbet, Shelley Conn and Rupert Penry-Jones will co-star and Candice Brown,...
Celia Imrie has signed to star in Love Sarah, a feel-good drama from first-time filmmaker Eliza Schroeder, written by Jake Brunger, an alumnus of the BBC’s 2017 New Talent Hotlist and BBC TV Drama Writers’ Programme.
The film is about a young woman who enlists the help of her mother’s best friend and her eccentric estranged grandmother to fulfil her late mother’s dream of opening a bakery in Notting Hill. It is now shooting in London.
Bill Paterson, Shannon Tarbet, Shelley Conn and Rupert Penry-Jones will co-star and Candice Brown,...
- 1/22/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
The Hurricanes
Christina Hendricks ("Drive," "Mad Men") is attached to star in Jonathan Lynn's female buddy movie "The Hurricanes". Annalisa D'Innella penned the script and filming begins in February.
The story follows three estranged and very different women who reunite to resurrect their once chart-topping 80s girl band after a rapper samples their music and sends it to the top of the charts. Annalise Davis, Rajita Shah and Jimmy Harry will produce. [Source: Screen]
Blackbird
Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn are set to star in acclaimed theatrical director Benedict Andrews' directorial debut "Blackbird" at Jean Doumanian Productions. Filming begins in the UK next summer.
David Harrower's script follows two people who once had a passionate affair meet again fifteen years later. What follows is "an unflinching excavation of damaged love" and the consequences of it. [Source: Deadline]
Untitled High School Supernatural Comedy Project
"Teen Beach Movie" and "Austin & Ally" star Ross Lynch...
Christina Hendricks ("Drive," "Mad Men") is attached to star in Jonathan Lynn's female buddy movie "The Hurricanes". Annalisa D'Innella penned the script and filming begins in February.
The story follows three estranged and very different women who reunite to resurrect their once chart-topping 80s girl band after a rapper samples their music and sends it to the top of the charts. Annalise Davis, Rajita Shah and Jimmy Harry will produce. [Source: Screen]
Blackbird
Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn are set to star in acclaimed theatrical director Benedict Andrews' directorial debut "Blackbird" at Jean Doumanian Productions. Filming begins in the UK next summer.
David Harrower's script follows two people who once had a passionate affair meet again fifteen years later. What follows is "an unflinching excavation of damaged love" and the consequences of it. [Source: Deadline]
Untitled High School Supernatural Comedy Project
"Teen Beach Movie" and "Austin & Ally" star Ross Lynch...
- 11/5/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Metro International to launch sales on female buddy movie.
Christina Hendricks is attached to star in Jonathan Lynn-directed female buddy movie The Hurricanes, about three very different women who reunite to resurrect their once chart-topping 80s girl band.
Metro International is shopping Annalisa D’Innella’s script at the Afm, with shoot slated to get underway in February 2015.
Producers are Annalise Davis (The Railway Man) and Rajita Shah with Golden Globe-winning music producer Jimmy Harry also on board.
Additional casting is underway.
Additional finance comes from Belgian co-producers Entre Chien Et Loup (Filth), Creative England and Cutting Edge Group (The King’s Speech).
The script was selected at the Toronto Film Festival as one of 15 projects in the Finance Forum and was one of 10 UK projects with development support from Media in 2012/13.
The script follows Kim Ayers, who twenty years earlier was the perkiest member of a hit 80s girl-band, The Hurricanes. Today...
Christina Hendricks is attached to star in Jonathan Lynn-directed female buddy movie The Hurricanes, about three very different women who reunite to resurrect their once chart-topping 80s girl band.
Metro International is shopping Annalisa D’Innella’s script at the Afm, with shoot slated to get underway in February 2015.
Producers are Annalise Davis (The Railway Man) and Rajita Shah with Golden Globe-winning music producer Jimmy Harry also on board.
Additional casting is underway.
Additional finance comes from Belgian co-producers Entre Chien Et Loup (Filth), Creative England and Cutting Edge Group (The King’s Speech).
The script was selected at the Toronto Film Festival as one of 15 projects in the Finance Forum and was one of 10 UK projects with development support from Media in 2012/13.
The script follows Kim Ayers, who twenty years earlier was the perkiest member of a hit 80s girl-band, The Hurricanes. Today...
- 11/5/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Metro International to launch sales on female buddy movie.
Christina Hendricks is attached to star in Jonathan Lynn-directed female buddy movie The Hurricanes, about three very different women who reunite to resurrect their once chart-topping 80s girl band.
Metro International is shopping Annalisa D’Innella’s script at the Afm, with shoot slated to get underway in February 2015.
Producers are Annalise Davis (The Railway Man) and Rajita Shah with Golden Globe-winning music producer Jimmy Harry also on board.
Additional casting is underway.
Additional finance comes from Belgian co-producers Entre Chien Et Loup (Filth), Creative England and Cutting Edge Group (The King’s Speech).
The script was selected at the Toronto Film Festival as one of 15 projects in the Finance Forum and was one of 10 UK projects with development support from Media in 2012/13.
The script follows Kim Ayers, who twenty years earlier was the perkiest member of a hit 80s girl-band, The Hurricanes. Today...
Christina Hendricks is attached to star in Jonathan Lynn-directed female buddy movie The Hurricanes, about three very different women who reunite to resurrect their once chart-topping 80s girl band.
Metro International is shopping Annalisa D’Innella’s script at the Afm, with shoot slated to get underway in February 2015.
Producers are Annalise Davis (The Railway Man) and Rajita Shah with Golden Globe-winning music producer Jimmy Harry also on board.
Additional casting is underway.
Additional finance comes from Belgian co-producers Entre Chien Et Loup (Filth), Creative England and Cutting Edge Group (The King’s Speech).
The script was selected at the Toronto Film Festival as one of 15 projects in the Finance Forum and was one of 10 UK projects with development support from Media in 2012/13.
The script follows Kim Ayers, who twenty years earlier was the perkiest member of a hit 80s girl-band, The Hurricanes. Today...
- 11/5/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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