Exclusive: Jamie Bacon and Pradeep Khadka will star in sci-fi flick Eklo from British-Nepalese director Pradeep Shahi.
The filmmakers say Eklo will be the first science fiction flick to come out of Nepal. Shahi is currently in Cannes with his latest film, The Last Ritual, which has Scatena and Rosner Films attached.
Eklo takes place in a futuristic version of Earth in which a deadly viral epidemic forced humanity to flee the planet in 2030. Sixty years later, British space agency astronaut Zach (Bacon) is on a reconnaissance missions and crash-lands in the Himalayan region of Nepal with his partner. They explore their surroundings and uncover a hidden city of caves nestled among the mountains, where they encounter a mysterious figure (Khadka), who is the mythical guardian of the Himalayan region.
Bacon is also signed on as a producer, as he and Shahi look to...
The filmmakers say Eklo will be the first science fiction flick to come out of Nepal. Shahi is currently in Cannes with his latest film, The Last Ritual, which has Scatena and Rosner Films attached.
Eklo takes place in a futuristic version of Earth in which a deadly viral epidemic forced humanity to flee the planet in 2030. Sixty years later, British space agency astronaut Zach (Bacon) is on a reconnaissance missions and crash-lands in the Himalayan region of Nepal with his partner. They explore their surroundings and uncover a hidden city of caves nestled among the mountains, where they encounter a mysterious figure (Khadka), who is the mythical guardian of the Himalayan region.
Bacon is also signed on as a producer, as he and Shahi look to...
- 5/20/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Emily Morgan’s Quiddity Films, the UK producer of Felipe Galvez’s Cannes 2023 title The Settlers, has landed strategic investment from Mexican production services outfit The Lift.
The Lift’s backing will support the development of Quiddity’s upcoming projects, and the companies will collaborate on select titles. It marks The Lift’s first international investment.
Morgan’s company is further expanding by hiring its first head of production, Filiz-Theres Erel, and first head of development, Alex Hitch.
Erel’s past credits include production manager on Netflix’s Persuasion and Roger Michell’s The Duke, while Hitch worked as a development executive for Ray Pictures.
The Lift’s backing will support the development of Quiddity’s upcoming projects, and the companies will collaborate on select titles. It marks The Lift’s first international investment.
Morgan’s company is further expanding by hiring its first head of production, Filiz-Theres Erel, and first head of development, Alex Hitch.
Erel’s past credits include production manager on Netflix’s Persuasion and Roger Michell’s The Duke, while Hitch worked as a development executive for Ray Pictures.
- 5/15/2024
- ScreenDaily
Heading into Cannes, where it has four films in official selection and three projects participating in the Great 8 showcase, BBC Film has unveiled further details about its upcoming slate.
Among new projects in advanced development is Remi Weekes’ follow-up to His House, which is being produced by Tanya Segatchian and John Woodward’s Bright Star. Details for the untitled feature are being kept under wraps but BBC Film director Eva Yates told Screen: “It’s not a horror.”
Also in advanced development is Raine Allen-Miller’s second feature after Rye Lane, a south London-set heist comedy that she has also written.
Among new projects in advanced development is Remi Weekes’ follow-up to His House, which is being produced by Tanya Segatchian and John Woodward’s Bright Star. Details for the untitled feature are being kept under wraps but BBC Film director Eva Yates told Screen: “It’s not a horror.”
Also in advanced development is Raine Allen-Miller’s second feature after Rye Lane, a south London-set heist comedy that she has also written.
- 5/10/2024
- ScreenDaily
Chris Besseling, former marketing lead at eOne and Pathé UK, is joining Zygi Kamasa’s True Brit Entertainment as head of theatrical distribution, marketing and publicity.
Besseling is one of the distribution and financing outfit’s first major hires, with True Brit’s speedily expanding slate including Marching Powder, The Scurry, Giant, The Critic and Gurinder Chadha’s Christmas Karma.
He will be based in London and report to Kamasa.
Throughout his career Besseling has been responsible for launching over 200 films at the UK and Ireland box office. He has also held posts at Metrodome, the BFI, Optimum Releasing and consulted for Studiocanal.
Besseling is one of the distribution and financing outfit’s first major hires, with True Brit’s speedily expanding slate including Marching Powder, The Scurry, Giant, The Critic and Gurinder Chadha’s Christmas Karma.
He will be based in London and report to Kamasa.
Throughout his career Besseling has been responsible for launching over 200 films at the UK and Ireland box office. He has also held posts at Metrodome, the BFI, Optimum Releasing and consulted for Studiocanal.
- 4/29/2024
- ScreenDaily
Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, producer of Blue Story and Boxing Day, has wrapped production on her directorial debut Dreamers, with Finland’s The Yellow Affair by Newen Connect launching sales at Cannes.
Screen can also exclusively reveal a first-look image of Dreamers, a love story and escape movie set in an immigration removal centre. It focuses on a woman named Isio, played by Screen Star of Tomorrow 2023 Ronke Adékoluejo, who is caught working without papers, trapped inside Hatchworth removal centre, where she learns that finding love, friendship and freedom sometimes means doing the wrong things.
Further cast includes I May Destroy You’s Ann Akinjirin,...
Screen can also exclusively reveal a first-look image of Dreamers, a love story and escape movie set in an immigration removal centre. It focuses on a woman named Isio, played by Screen Star of Tomorrow 2023 Ronke Adékoluejo, who is caught working without papers, trapped inside Hatchworth removal centre, where she learns that finding love, friendship and freedom sometimes means doing the wrong things.
Further cast includes I May Destroy You’s Ann Akinjirin,...
- 4/29/2024
- ScreenDaily
The BFI and BAFTA have unveiled the 2024 intake for its 10th BFI Flare x BAFTA professional development program, supporting six emerging Lgbtqia+ creatives working on their debuts in film and TV.
They comprise writer and performer Travis Alabanza, creative producer Isabella Bassett, actor and writer Zak Ghazi-Torbati, filmmaker Cherish Oteka, writer and actor Miles Sloman and screenwriter and director Charlie Tidmas. (see full bios below)
The participants benefit from industry mentorship, bespoke events and workshops at BAFTA and BFI as well as wellbeing and career coaching and access to BAFTA Connect, the academy’s membership programme for emerging and mid-level talent.
They will also be given networking opportunities during the BFI Flare: London Lgbtqia+ Film Festival, running from March 13 to 24 March.
BFI and BAFTA noted that the festival’s opening night film, Layla, was created by two alumni of the scheme.
“The BFI Flare x BAFTA mentorship had a profound impact on my career and,...
They comprise writer and performer Travis Alabanza, creative producer Isabella Bassett, actor and writer Zak Ghazi-Torbati, filmmaker Cherish Oteka, writer and actor Miles Sloman and screenwriter and director Charlie Tidmas. (see full bios below)
The participants benefit from industry mentorship, bespoke events and workshops at BAFTA and BFI as well as wellbeing and career coaching and access to BAFTA Connect, the academy’s membership programme for emerging and mid-level talent.
They will also be given networking opportunities during the BFI Flare: London Lgbtqia+ Film Festival, running from March 13 to 24 March.
BFI and BAFTA noted that the festival’s opening night film, Layla, was created by two alumni of the scheme.
“The BFI Flare x BAFTA mentorship had a profound impact on my career and,...
- 3/12/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Speakers and mentors taking part include BFI Filmmaking Fund director Mia Bays and Bafta chair Sara Putt.
Reclaim The Frame, the UK’s gender equality in cinema charity, has set the filmmakers from across the UK who will take part in the eighth edition of professional development programme, Filmonomics, with BFI Filmmaking Fund director Mia Bays and Bafta chair Sara Putt among the mentors and speakers offering their support.
Among the 18 filmmakers taking part for this edition are director Jessica Bishopp, who has had documentary shorts premiere in BFI London Film Festival and SXSW; Bafta Scotland-nominated producer and founder of Lothian Films,...
Reclaim The Frame, the UK’s gender equality in cinema charity, has set the filmmakers from across the UK who will take part in the eighth edition of professional development programme, Filmonomics, with BFI Filmmaking Fund director Mia Bays and Bafta chair Sara Putt among the mentors and speakers offering their support.
Among the 18 filmmakers taking part for this edition are director Jessica Bishopp, who has had documentary shorts premiere in BFI London Film Festival and SXSW; Bafta Scotland-nominated producer and founder of Lothian Films,...
- 12/8/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Henry Blake and Xiao Tang’s ’The Golden Radiance Of A Beetle’ also made the list
Keri Collins’ family adventure comedy Super Gran has topped the 13-strong Brit List 2023 for unproduced scripts from emerging UK talent.
Collins was a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2014 and won the Welsh Bafta Breakthrough the same year for his feature debut Convenience. Super Gran surrounds a 12-year-old with dyslexia who reluctantly goes to stay with his Scottish grandmother only to discover she has superpowers and needs his help to bring down an “arrogant tech bro”.
Next in line with 18 recommendations is The Golden Radiance...
Keri Collins’ family adventure comedy Super Gran has topped the 13-strong Brit List 2023 for unproduced scripts from emerging UK talent.
Collins was a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2014 and won the Welsh Bafta Breakthrough the same year for his feature debut Convenience. Super Gran surrounds a 12-year-old with dyslexia who reluctantly goes to stay with his Scottish grandmother only to discover she has superpowers and needs his help to bring down an “arrogant tech bro”.
Next in line with 18 recommendations is The Golden Radiance...
- 11/7/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The BFI and BAFTA have set the 2023 cohort of the BFI Flare x BAFTA mentoring scheme, which provides support to six Lgbtqia+ filmmakers working towards their debuts in film and television.
The programme runs in partnership with BFI Network and is in its ninth year. Alums include Aleem Khan (After Love), Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Georgi Banks-Davies (I Hate Suzie), Kayleigh Llewellyn, and Georgia Oakley (Blue Jean).
This year’s programme will support writer Dylan Brady, writer/director Phoebe Brooks, writer Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini, writer/director Sarah Grant, writer Bethan Marlow, and writer/director/producer Shiva Raichandani.
As part of the initiative, the participants are matched with industry mentors and invited to attend a two-day lab of events during BFI Flare, the BFI’s Lgbtqia+ film festival. The festival runs this month from March 15-26. They will also receive access to wellbeing...
The programme runs in partnership with BFI Network and is in its ninth year. Alums include Aleem Khan (After Love), Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Georgi Banks-Davies (I Hate Suzie), Kayleigh Llewellyn, and Georgia Oakley (Blue Jean).
This year’s programme will support writer Dylan Brady, writer/director Phoebe Brooks, writer Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini, writer/director Sarah Grant, writer Bethan Marlow, and writer/director/producer Shiva Raichandani.
As part of the initiative, the participants are matched with industry mentors and invited to attend a two-day lab of events during BFI Flare, the BFI’s Lgbtqia+ film festival. The festival runs this month from March 15-26. They will also receive access to wellbeing...
- 3/15/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Stephen Fry-led doc ‘Willem & Frieda’ to world premiere at BFI Flare; full festival line-up unveiled
The Lgbtqia+ festival takes place March 15-26.
The BFI Flare: London Lgbtqia+ Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for its 37th edition which takes place March 15 – 26.
The programme features 58 features, six of which are world premieres, spread across three thematic strands – Hearts, Bodies and Minds.
Scroll down for full line-up
World premiering at the festival is John Hay’s documentary Willem & Frieda which is presented by Stephen Fry and explores how a gay man and a lesbian woman led the anti-Nazi resistance in Holland.
The other world premieres are Timothy Harris’ documentary Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn about the...
The BFI Flare: London Lgbtqia+ Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for its 37th edition which takes place March 15 – 26.
The programme features 58 features, six of which are world premieres, spread across three thematic strands – Hearts, Bodies and Minds.
Scroll down for full line-up
World premiering at the festival is John Hay’s documentary Willem & Frieda which is presented by Stephen Fry and explores how a gay man and a lesbian woman led the anti-Nazi resistance in Holland.
The other world premieres are Timothy Harris’ documentary Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn about the...
- 2/15/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Screen Star of Tomorrow 2021 Sorcha Bacon and ’Martyrs Lane’ director Ruth Platt are taking part.
The UK’s Birds’ Eye View – an organisation that campaigns for gender equality in all film spaces – has named the participants taking part in the seventh edition of the Filmonomics professional development programme.
Filmonomics is aimed at up-and-coming feature writers, directors and producers of marginalised genders from across the UK. The five-day programme takes place this month and is led by Birds’ Eye View director Melanie Iredale, training manager Simone Glover and Tolu Stedford, who is part of the Birds’ Eye View advisory committee.
The...
The UK’s Birds’ Eye View – an organisation that campaigns for gender equality in all film spaces – has named the participants taking part in the seventh edition of the Filmonomics professional development programme.
Filmonomics is aimed at up-and-coming feature writers, directors and producers of marginalised genders from across the UK. The five-day programme takes place this month and is led by Birds’ Eye View director Melanie Iredale, training manager Simone Glover and Tolu Stedford, who is part of the Birds’ Eye View advisory committee.
The...
- 1/9/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Taking a known experience and channelling that into a creative outlet lies at the heart of Writer/Director Toby Wharton’s short film Held. The London-based filmmaker tapped into a core shaking incident from his own past to explore the shame of being a victim. Sadly, we know how prevalent appalling unprovoked incidents of violence have become in the UK’s capital, however Wharton’s drama depicts a not often presented side of this violence by focusing on the unseen humiliation suffered by those on the receiving end. Held offers a stripped back view of its protagonist’s inner torment as we following him on his ill fated journey towards the comfort and safety of home – embodied by a stellar performance from Rasaq Kukoyi. With Held currently in the midst of its festival run, we here at Dn sat down with Wharton to learn how a chance meeting in the...
- 12/7/2022
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
Left Bank Pictures, Joi Productions projects feature on the 19-strong list.
Issy Knowles’ TV series Model Behaviour has topped the 2022 Brit List of unproduced scripts from emerging UK screenwriting talent, with new projects by Left Bank Pictures and Joi Productions also among the 19-strong list.
Model Behaviour is a comedy-drama about an ambitious young model who puts everything on the line to achieve her dream, only to discover that success isn’t everything she thought it would be.
Scroll down for the full Brit List 2022 selection
The title received 17 recommendations, which are compiled from UK production companies, talent agencies, sales companies,...
Issy Knowles’ TV series Model Behaviour has topped the 2022 Brit List of unproduced scripts from emerging UK screenwriting talent, with new projects by Left Bank Pictures and Joi Productions also among the 19-strong list.
Model Behaviour is a comedy-drama about an ambitious young model who puts everything on the line to achieve her dream, only to discover that success isn’t everything she thought it would be.
Scroll down for the full Brit List 2022 selection
The title received 17 recommendations, which are compiled from UK production companies, talent agencies, sales companies,...
- 11/14/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
‘Swallow’ takes best international feature; ‘My Name Is Andrea’ wins best documentary.
Michael Morris’ debut feature To Leslie and Moshe Rosenthal’s Israeli comedy Karaoke were the big winners at the UK’s Raindance Film Festival, which announced the prizes for its 30th edition in London today (November 4).
US drama To Leslie won the film of the festival award and best performance for Andrea Riseborough, who plays a Texan single mother who attempts to rebuild her life after squandering a lottery win. It premiered at SXSW in March. Morris was formerly director of London’s Old Vic Theatre and has...
Michael Morris’ debut feature To Leslie and Moshe Rosenthal’s Israeli comedy Karaoke were the big winners at the UK’s Raindance Film Festival, which announced the prizes for its 30th edition in London today (November 4).
US drama To Leslie won the film of the festival award and best performance for Andrea Riseborough, who plays a Texan single mother who attempts to rebuild her life after squandering a lottery win. It premiered at SXSW in March. Morris was formerly director of London’s Old Vic Theatre and has...
- 11/4/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
‘Swallow’ takes best international feature; ‘My Name Is Andrea’ wins best documentary.
Michael Morris’ debut feature To Leslie and Moshe Rosenthal’s Israeli comedy Karaoke were the big winners at Raindance Film Festival, which announced the prizes for its 30th edition at a ceremony in Covent Garden, London today (November 4).
US drama To Leslie won Film of the Festival and best performance for Andrea Riseborough, who plays a Texan single mother who attempts to rebuild her life after squandering a lottery win. It premiered at SXSW in March. Morris was formerly director of London’s Old Vic Theatre and previously...
Michael Morris’ debut feature To Leslie and Moshe Rosenthal’s Israeli comedy Karaoke were the big winners at Raindance Film Festival, which announced the prizes for its 30th edition at a ceremony in Covent Garden, London today (November 4).
US drama To Leslie won Film of the Festival and best performance for Andrea Riseborough, who plays a Texan single mother who attempts to rebuild her life after squandering a lottery win. It premiered at SXSW in March. Morris was formerly director of London’s Old Vic Theatre and previously...
- 11/4/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UK producer Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor has signed with CAA for representation.
Writer, director and producer Gharoro-Akpojotor founded Joi Productions, the UK film and TV production company focused on Black, queer, and female-led stories.
In 2018, she joined Damian Jones to produce Andrew “Rapman” Onwubolu’s Blue Story, which made waves in the UK and was picked up by Paramount for distribution.
Gharoro-Akpojotor earned a BIFA Breakthrough Producer nomination in 2019, and a BFI Vision Award in 2020 for her work on the movie.
She also produced Aml Ameen’s debut Boxing Day, and is currently producing Champion, a BBC/Netflix show by Candice Carty-Williams.
In 2021, Gharoro-Akpojotor’s short film For Love, which she wrote and directed, premiered at the BFI London Film Festival to a Best Short Film nomination, and the same at SXSW. The film went on to receive an honorable mention at BlackStar Film Festival, after winning Best Short at the deadCenter Film Festival.
Writer, director and producer Gharoro-Akpojotor founded Joi Productions, the UK film and TV production company focused on Black, queer, and female-led stories.
In 2018, she joined Damian Jones to produce Andrew “Rapman” Onwubolu’s Blue Story, which made waves in the UK and was picked up by Paramount for distribution.
Gharoro-Akpojotor earned a BIFA Breakthrough Producer nomination in 2019, and a BFI Vision Award in 2020 for her work on the movie.
She also produced Aml Ameen’s debut Boxing Day, and is currently producing Champion, a BBC/Netflix show by Candice Carty-Williams.
In 2021, Gharoro-Akpojotor’s short film For Love, which she wrote and directed, premiered at the BFI London Film Festival to a Best Short Film nomination, and the same at SXSW. The film went on to receive an honorable mention at BlackStar Film Festival, after winning Best Short at the deadCenter Film Festival.
- 10/20/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The London Film Festival has revealed its jury line-up for this year’s awards.
The Official Competition jury is led by “Power of the Dog” and “Cold War” producer Tanya Seghatchian (pictured), while the First Feature Competition (Sutherland Award) jury will be headed up by director and actor Nana Mensah whose directorial debut “Queen of Glory” won the Best New Narrative Director prize at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.
Elsewhere, Italian filmmaker Roberto Minervini will lead the jury selecting the winner of the Grierson Award for Best Documentary after winning the award in 2018 for his film “What You Gonna Do When the World’s On Fire.”
Finally, the Immersive Art and Xr Competition will be led by photographer Misan Harriman, while producer and director Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor will lead the jury selecting the best short film.
See below for the full jury lists:
Official Competition
Seghatchian is joined this year by: actor...
The Official Competition jury is led by “Power of the Dog” and “Cold War” producer Tanya Seghatchian (pictured), while the First Feature Competition (Sutherland Award) jury will be headed up by director and actor Nana Mensah whose directorial debut “Queen of Glory” won the Best New Narrative Director prize at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.
Elsewhere, Italian filmmaker Roberto Minervini will lead the jury selecting the winner of the Grierson Award for Best Documentary after winning the award in 2018 for his film “What You Gonna Do When the World’s On Fire.”
Finally, the Immersive Art and Xr Competition will be led by photographer Misan Harriman, while producer and director Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor will lead the jury selecting the best short film.
See below for the full jury lists:
Official Competition
Seghatchian is joined this year by: actor...
- 10/4/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Festival unveils 2022 competition juries.
The BFI London Film Festival has announced its jury line-up for this year’s event.
The official competition jury is led by The Power Of The Dog and Cold War producer Tanya Seghatchian, while the first feature competition jury, which grants the Sutherland Award, will be headed up by Queen Of Glory director and actor Nana Mensah.
Italian filmmaker Roberto Minervini will lead the jury selecting the winner of the Grierson Award for best documentary after winning the award in 2018 for his film What You Gonna Do When The World’s On Fire.
The immersive art...
The BFI London Film Festival has announced its jury line-up for this year’s event.
The official competition jury is led by The Power Of The Dog and Cold War producer Tanya Seghatchian, while the first feature competition jury, which grants the Sutherland Award, will be headed up by Queen Of Glory director and actor Nana Mensah.
Italian filmmaker Roberto Minervini will lead the jury selecting the winner of the Grierson Award for best documentary after winning the award in 2018 for his film What You Gonna Do When The World’s On Fire.
The immersive art...
- 10/4/2022
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
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Tanya Seghatchian, who produced Jane Campion’s 2021 awards darling The Power of the Dog, has been named head of the official competition jury for the 2022 BFI London Film Festival, which kicks of on Wednesday, Oct. 5 with the world premiere of Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical.
Seghatchian, who earned a BAFTA last year when The Power of the Dog claimed the best film honor, will lead the jury that also includes Game of Thrones and Star Wars star Gwendoline Christie, One Night in Miami writer and Soul co-director Kemp Powers, Chaitanya Tamhane, the Indian director behind Court and The Disciple, and journalist Charles Gant.
The lineup of films in Lff’s main competition includes Santiago Mitre’s Argentina, 1985, Clement Virgo’s Brother, Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage, The Damned Don’t Cry from Fyzal Boulifa, Mark Jenkin’s Enys Men, Hlynur Pámason’s Godland,...
Tanya Seghatchian, who produced Jane Campion’s 2021 awards darling The Power of the Dog, has been named head of the official competition jury for the 2022 BFI London Film Festival, which kicks of on Wednesday, Oct. 5 with the world premiere of Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical.
Seghatchian, who earned a BAFTA last year when The Power of the Dog claimed the best film honor, will lead the jury that also includes Game of Thrones and Star Wars star Gwendoline Christie, One Night in Miami writer and Soul co-director Kemp Powers, Chaitanya Tamhane, the Indian director behind Court and The Disciple, and journalist Charles Gant.
The lineup of films in Lff’s main competition includes Santiago Mitre’s Argentina, 1985, Clement Virgo’s Brother, Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage, The Damned Don’t Cry from Fyzal Boulifa, Mark Jenkin’s Enys Men, Hlynur Pámason’s Godland,...
- 10/4/2022
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Click here to read the full article.
The 2022 BFI London Film Festival — which kicks off in two days — is losing its director.
Tricia Tuttle, who has led the festival for the last five years in her role as BFI Festivals Director (which also includes overseeing the BFI Flare Lgbtquia+ festival), has announced that she’s to step down from her role after 10 years at the British Film Institute.
Tuttle will deliver this year’s edition — which launches Oct. 5 with the world premiere of Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical — and remain in her post until early 2023 while the BFI searches for a replacement.
“I have loved everything about my time at the BFI and as the Director of our Festivals. It’s been a deep and genuine privilege to lead BFI London Film Festival and BFI Flare: London Lgbtqia+ Film Festival, and to be a senior leader in an organization...
The 2022 BFI London Film Festival — which kicks off in two days — is losing its director.
Tricia Tuttle, who has led the festival for the last five years in her role as BFI Festivals Director (which also includes overseeing the BFI Flare Lgbtquia+ festival), has announced that she’s to step down from her role after 10 years at the British Film Institute.
Tuttle will deliver this year’s edition — which launches Oct. 5 with the world premiere of Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical — and remain in her post until early 2023 while the BFI searches for a replacement.
“I have loved everything about my time at the BFI and as the Director of our Festivals. It’s been a deep and genuine privilege to lead BFI London Film Festival and BFI Flare: London Lgbtqia+ Film Festival, and to be a senior leader in an organization...
- 10/3/2022
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This evening saw the red carpet unfurled at The Londoner Hotel in Leicester Square for the BFI Luminous Gala, a starstruck preface for the 2022 BFI London Film Festival.
Attendees included Tilda Swinton, Lily James, Daisy Ridley, Edward Enninful, Charlotte Riley, Steve McQueen, Sabrina Elba, Hayley Atwell, David Harewood, Sandy Powell, Edgar Wright, Joanne Froggatt, Malachi Kirby, Morfydd Clark, Matt Smith, Tom Bateman, Terry Gilliam, Joan Collins, Craig Roberts, Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, And Aleem Khan amongst other special guests.
Colin Hart and Scott Davis were on the red carpet, asking questions, here are their interviews.
BFI Luminous Gala 2022 Red Carpet Interviews
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Attendees included Tilda Swinton, Lily James, Daisy Ridley, Edward Enninful, Charlotte Riley, Steve McQueen, Sabrina Elba, Hayley Atwell, David Harewood, Sandy Powell, Edgar Wright, Joanne Froggatt, Malachi Kirby, Morfydd Clark, Matt Smith, Tom Bateman, Terry Gilliam, Joan Collins, Craig Roberts, Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, And Aleem Khan amongst other special guests.
Colin Hart and Scott Davis were on the red carpet, asking questions, here are their interviews.
BFI Luminous Gala 2022 Red Carpet Interviews
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- 9/30/2022
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Festival will play select titles from its previous editions.
World premieres of Stephen Moyer’s A Bit Of Light and Dishad Husain’s Banglatown headline the programme of the 30th Raindance Film Festival, which runs from October 26-November 5 in London cinemas and online throughout the UK.
One of nine feature world premieres in the selection, A Bit Of Light is the second directorial feature of UK actor Moyer, who is best known for his lead role in long-running vampire TV series True Blood.
Starring Ray Winstone and Moyer’s wife Anna Paquin, the film follows a nearly-forty-year-old woman who is...
World premieres of Stephen Moyer’s A Bit Of Light and Dishad Husain’s Banglatown headline the programme of the 30th Raindance Film Festival, which runs from October 26-November 5 in London cinemas and online throughout the UK.
One of nine feature world premieres in the selection, A Bit Of Light is the second directorial feature of UK actor Moyer, who is best known for his lead role in long-running vampire TV series True Blood.
Starring Ray Winstone and Moyer’s wife Anna Paquin, the film follows a nearly-forty-year-old woman who is...
- 9/21/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Festival will play select titles from its previous editions.
World premieres of Stephen Moyer’s A Bit Of Light and Dishad Husain’s Banglatown headline the programme of the 30th Raindance Film Festival, which runs from October 26-November 5 in London cinemas and online throughout the UK.
One of nine feature world premieres in the selection, A Bit Of Light is the second directorial feature of UK actor Moyer, who is best known for his lead role in long-running vampire TV series True Blood.
Starring Ray Winstone and Moyer’s wife Anna Paquin, the film follows a nearly-forty-year-old woman who is...
World premieres of Stephen Moyer’s A Bit Of Light and Dishad Husain’s Banglatown headline the programme of the 30th Raindance Film Festival, which runs from October 26-November 5 in London cinemas and online throughout the UK.
One of nine feature world premieres in the selection, A Bit Of Light is the second directorial feature of UK actor Moyer, who is best known for his lead role in long-running vampire TV series True Blood.
Starring Ray Winstone and Moyer’s wife Anna Paquin, the film follows a nearly-forty-year-old woman who is...
- 9/21/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The deadline for entries for this year’s awards is September 23.
There is one week left to enter Screen International’s relaunched The Big Screen Awards with the extended deadline closing on September 23.
Click here to enter The Big Screen Awards.
The Big Screen Awards returns for the 11th year in 2022 following a two-year hiatus and with a rebrand from the Screen Awards. The awards will focus on the importance of the cinema-going experience post-pandemic and the need to recognise the achievements of all those involved in connecting films to UK audiences.
The event will take place at The Brewery...
There is one week left to enter Screen International’s relaunched The Big Screen Awards with the extended deadline closing on September 23.
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The Big Screen Awards returns for the 11th year in 2022 following a two-year hiatus and with a rebrand from the Screen Awards. The awards will focus on the importance of the cinema-going experience post-pandemic and the need to recognise the achievements of all those involved in connecting films to UK audiences.
The event will take place at The Brewery...
- 9/16/2022
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
The first group of confirmed judges also includes actor/producer Ray Panthaki and execs from BFI and Vue.
The first group of judges for The Big Screen Awards 2022, the relaunched version of the Screen Awards, has been announced ahead of the extended entry deadline on September 23.
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Now in their 11th year, the industry awards celebrate the ingenuity, skills and achievements of the people, teams and companies that connect films with the UK’s cinemagoing audiences.
Among the first group of judges confirmed for this year’s awards are Film4 chairman Daniel Battsek, Boiling Point actor/producer Ray Panthaki,...
The first group of judges for The Big Screen Awards 2022, the relaunched version of the Screen Awards, has been announced ahead of the extended entry deadline on September 23.
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Now in their 11th year, the industry awards celebrate the ingenuity, skills and achievements of the people, teams and companies that connect films with the UK’s cinemagoing audiences.
Among the first group of judges confirmed for this year’s awards are Film4 chairman Daniel Battsek, Boiling Point actor/producer Ray Panthaki,...
- 9/12/2022
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
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Newen Connect, the distribution arm of TF1 Group-owned Newen Studios, is partnering with Andy Serkis’ Imaginarium Productions to co-develop and distribute Madame!, an epic period series on the life of Marie Tussaud, the French artist and entrepreneur who founded world-famous wax museum Madame Tussauds.
Serkis, famous for his roles as Gollum in the Lord of the Rings films and Caeser in the Planet of the Apes franchise, created the series and will act as showrunner and director. Imaginarium, the production outfit Serkis runs with Jonathan Cavendish, will produce Madame! along with Felicita Films’ Marie Guillaumond.
Newen Connect will help finance the development of the series as well as selling the show internationally.
Madame! is pitched as the untold story of Tussaud, a French artist known for her wax sculptures who honed her craft during the age of enlightenment and the French Revolution and...
Newen Connect, the distribution arm of TF1 Group-owned Newen Studios, is partnering with Andy Serkis’ Imaginarium Productions to co-develop and distribute Madame!, an epic period series on the life of Marie Tussaud, the French artist and entrepreneur who founded world-famous wax museum Madame Tussauds.
Serkis, famous for his roles as Gollum in the Lord of the Rings films and Caeser in the Planet of the Apes franchise, created the series and will act as showrunner and director. Imaginarium, the production outfit Serkis runs with Jonathan Cavendish, will produce Madame! along with Felicita Films’ Marie Guillaumond.
Newen Connect will help finance the development of the series as well as selling the show internationally.
Madame! is pitched as the untold story of Tussaud, a French artist known for her wax sculptures who honed her craft during the age of enlightenment and the French Revolution and...
- 8/8/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Acquisitive French media giant Newen Studios has expanded its UK footprint with the purchase of a majority stake in Rise Films, the Oscar-winning producer of Netflix’s Icarus and All That Breathes, Deadline can reveal.
The deal closed very recently but Rise had been on Newen’s radar for a while, according to the TF1-backed studio’s Director of International Philippe Levasseur, and the acquisition of an undisclosed majority stake brings the number of UK labels Newen has an interest in to 10.
Deadline understands several buyers were interested in acquiring Rise, which has grown over 16 years to become one of the UK’s most respected premium documentary makers.
The firm was behind Netflix’s Icarus about doping scandals in sport, which won a 2018 Oscar, along with the likes of Oscar-nominee The Invisible War, HBO Max’s George Carlin’s American Dream from Judd Apatow and environmental pic All That Breathes,...
The deal closed very recently but Rise had been on Newen’s radar for a while, according to the TF1-backed studio’s Director of International Philippe Levasseur, and the acquisition of an undisclosed majority stake brings the number of UK labels Newen has an interest in to 10.
Deadline understands several buyers were interested in acquiring Rise, which has grown over 16 years to become one of the UK’s most respected premium documentary makers.
The firm was behind Netflix’s Icarus about doping scandals in sport, which won a 2018 Oscar, along with the likes of Oscar-nominee The Invisible War, HBO Max’s George Carlin’s American Dream from Judd Apatow and environmental pic All That Breathes,...
- 7/27/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has boarded its latest BBC drama, Champion, the show from award-winning Queenie writer Candice Carty-Williams, which has unveiled cast.
The streamer will take rights outside of the UK and Ireland on the eight-part musical drama.
Top Boy star Malcolm Kamulete is leading alongside newcomers Déja J Bowens and musician Ray Blk, who is also music exec with grime pioneer Ghetts.
Also starring are Nadine Marshall, Ray Fearon, Jo Martin, Kerim Hassan (Once Upon a Time in London), Adeyinka Akinrinade, Tom Forbes, Genesis Lynea, Karl Collins, Francis Lovehall, Corey Weekes and Rachel Adedeji.
Described as a “love letter to Black British music” and set in South London,...
The streamer will take rights outside of the UK and Ireland on the eight-part musical drama.
Top Boy star Malcolm Kamulete is leading alongside newcomers Déja J Bowens and musician Ray Blk, who is also music exec with grime pioneer Ghetts.
Also starring are Nadine Marshall, Ray Fearon, Jo Martin, Kerim Hassan (Once Upon a Time in London), Adeyinka Akinrinade, Tom Forbes, Genesis Lynea, Karl Collins, Francis Lovehall, Corey Weekes and Rachel Adedeji.
Described as a “love letter to Black British music” and set in South London,...
- 7/25/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has picked up the global rights outside the U.K. and Ireland on BBC drama “Champion,” from “Queenie” author Candice Carty-Williams.
The show, which is currently in production for BBC One in the U.K., marks the first TV project for the award-winning Carty-Williams, who recently released her new novel, “People Person.”
The music-infused “Champion” tells the explosive story of what happens when fame collides with family. The show follows rap sensation Bosco Champion, who is home from prison, and ready to dominate the music industry. But when his dutiful younger sister Vita’s own talent is discovered by Bosco’s rival, Bulla, she steps out of her brother’s shadow to become a performer in her own right, setting the Champion siblings against one another and tearing apart the whole family in the process.
Billed as a love letter to Black British music set in south London, “Champion...
The show, which is currently in production for BBC One in the U.K., marks the first TV project for the award-winning Carty-Williams, who recently released her new novel, “People Person.”
The music-infused “Champion” tells the explosive story of what happens when fame collides with family. The show follows rap sensation Bosco Champion, who is home from prison, and ready to dominate the music industry. But when his dutiful younger sister Vita’s own talent is discovered by Bosco’s rival, Bulla, she steps out of her brother’s shadow to become a performer in her own right, setting the Champion siblings against one another and tearing apart the whole family in the process.
Billed as a love letter to Black British music set in south London, “Champion...
- 7/25/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Lashay Anderson (Rebel Cheer Squad) and Faith Alabi (Industry) have been cast as series regulars opposite Adrienne Warren, Mia Isaac and Ashley Thomas in Hulu drama series Black Cake, from Marissa Jo Cerar, Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films, and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment. Additionally, Ahmed Elhaj (Grantchester) has been tapped for a recurring role in the project.
Based on the book by Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake is a family drama wrapped in a murder mystery. Cerar wrote the adaptation and serves as showrunner on the series, which spans decades.
In the late 1960s, a runaway bride named Covey (Isaac) disappears into the surf off the coast of Jamaica and is feared drowned or a fugitive on the run for her husband’s murder. Fifty years later in California, a widow named Eleanor Bennett loses her battle with cancer, leaving her two estranged children, Byron and Benny, with a flash...
Based on the book by Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake is a family drama wrapped in a murder mystery. Cerar wrote the adaptation and serves as showrunner on the series, which spans decades.
In the late 1960s, a runaway bride named Covey (Isaac) disappears into the surf off the coast of Jamaica and is feared drowned or a fugitive on the run for her husband’s murder. Fifty years later in California, a widow named Eleanor Bennett loses her battle with cancer, leaving her two estranged children, Byron and Benny, with a flash...
- 7/20/2022
- by Sofia Behzadi
- Deadline Film + TV
A new report is calling for radical fiscal interventions to reinvigorate the fragile indie film sector.
The British Film Institute (BFI) is endorsing calls for a series of urgent fiscal interventions to help revive the UK’s increasingly fragile independent film sector.
A report published on Wednesday (July 20), commissioned by the BFI and conducted by UK analyst Alma Economics, recommends boosting the UK’s existing film tax relief (Ftr) for indie producers and creating a new P&a tax relief for indie distributors. It is also calling for a zero rate of value-added tax (Vat) for independent film exhibitors and...
The British Film Institute (BFI) is endorsing calls for a series of urgent fiscal interventions to help revive the UK’s increasingly fragile independent film sector.
A report published on Wednesday (July 20), commissioned by the BFI and conducted by UK analyst Alma Economics, recommends boosting the UK’s existing film tax relief (Ftr) for indie producers and creating a new P&a tax relief for indie distributors. It is also calling for a zero rate of value-added tax (Vat) for independent film exhibitors and...
- 7/20/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Joshua Newton’s ’Beautiful Blue Eyes’ starring the late Roy Scheider will mark the company’s first film release.
Industry veteran Martin Myers has launched UK-based distribution company MovieFarm with co-founder Alexander Newton, with the new outfit picking up global rights to Beautiful Blue Eyes starring the late Roy Scheider.
MovieFarm will premiere the film in London on June 6, before releasing theatrically in the UK from June 10. Releases in other territories are also planned, including a premiere in New York.
Beautiful Blue Eyes, written and directed by Joshua Newton, will mark MovieFarm’s first release. The project was filmed in...
Industry veteran Martin Myers has launched UK-based distribution company MovieFarm with co-founder Alexander Newton, with the new outfit picking up global rights to Beautiful Blue Eyes starring the late Roy Scheider.
MovieFarm will premiere the film in London on June 6, before releasing theatrically in the UK from June 10. Releases in other territories are also planned, including a premiere in New York.
Beautiful Blue Eyes, written and directed by Joshua Newton, will mark MovieFarm’s first release. The project was filmed in...
- 4/13/2022
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
The 10 producers will receive support in reaching the next level of their careers.
International producers organisation Ace Producers has selected 10 up-and-coming producers from the EU, Norway and UK for the first edition of its Ace Mentoring Programme EU.
They include Clara Jantzen Kreinoe of Denmark’s Snowglobe Film, who has worked on titles including Jeanette Nordahl’s Wildland and Hlynur Palmason’s A White, White Day; and Thomas Lambert of France’s Tomsa Films, co-producer of Laura Samani’s Cannes 2021 Critics’ Week title Small Body.
Scroll down for the full list of producers
Also selected are Krystyna Kantor, who was...
International producers organisation Ace Producers has selected 10 up-and-coming producers from the EU, Norway and UK for the first edition of its Ace Mentoring Programme EU.
They include Clara Jantzen Kreinoe of Denmark’s Snowglobe Film, who has worked on titles including Jeanette Nordahl’s Wildland and Hlynur Palmason’s A White, White Day; and Thomas Lambert of France’s Tomsa Films, co-producer of Laura Samani’s Cannes 2021 Critics’ Week title Small Body.
Scroll down for the full list of producers
Also selected are Krystyna Kantor, who was...
- 4/7/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Gharoro-Akpojotor was a 2020 Screen Star of Tomorrow, and produced ‘Blue Story’ and ‘Boxing Day’.
Ringside Studios, the London-based outfit backed by European media company and distributor Newen Studios, has acquired a minority stake via its investment arm Ringside Media in UK production outfit Joi Productions.
Joi Productions was founded by 2020 Screen Star of Tomorrow Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, who also received a BFI Vision award in 2020. Her production credits include Rapman’s Blue Story and Aml Ameen’s Boxing Day. She is producing TV series Champion for the BBC, written by Queenie author Candice Carty-Williams.
Tom Hawkins, head of development at Wildgaze,...
Ringside Studios, the London-based outfit backed by European media company and distributor Newen Studios, has acquired a minority stake via its investment arm Ringside Media in UK production outfit Joi Productions.
Joi Productions was founded by 2020 Screen Star of Tomorrow Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, who also received a BFI Vision award in 2020. Her production credits include Rapman’s Blue Story and Aml Ameen’s Boxing Day. She is producing TV series Champion for the BBC, written by Queenie author Candice Carty-Williams.
Tom Hawkins, head of development at Wildgaze,...
- 4/7/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
5Ringside Media, the investment arm of Newen-backed indie Ringside Studios, has taken a minority stake in Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor’s Joi Productions.
Joi Productions was founded by Gharoro-Akpojotor, and in 2020 received a BFI Vision award. Gharoro-Akpojotor, a BAFTA Breakthrough nominee, has had breakout hits producing Rapman’s “Blue Story” and “Boxing Day.” She is currently producing the BBC’s “Champion,” written by “Queenie” author and screenwriter Candice Carty-Williams. Joi Productions focuses on Black, queer and female-led stories. Joining Joy is Wildgaze’s head of development, Tom Hawkins.
Ringside Media was established in 2020 as part of parent company Newen’s strategy to expand into the English-speaking scripted market and the U.K. The boutique investment fund is making bespoke investments and partnerships with companies looking for the benefits of a larger international and domestic network. The companies will work closely with Newen Connect, Newen’s distribution arm.
Ringside Media has also invested in Fictionhouse,...
Joi Productions was founded by Gharoro-Akpojotor, and in 2020 received a BFI Vision award. Gharoro-Akpojotor, a BAFTA Breakthrough nominee, has had breakout hits producing Rapman’s “Blue Story” and “Boxing Day.” She is currently producing the BBC’s “Champion,” written by “Queenie” author and screenwriter Candice Carty-Williams. Joi Productions focuses on Black, queer and female-led stories. Joining Joy is Wildgaze’s head of development, Tom Hawkins.
Ringside Media was established in 2020 as part of parent company Newen’s strategy to expand into the English-speaking scripted market and the U.K. The boutique investment fund is making bespoke investments and partnerships with companies looking for the benefits of a larger international and domestic network. The companies will work closely with Newen Connect, Newen’s distribution arm.
Ringside Media has also invested in Fictionhouse,...
- 4/7/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Ringside Studios, the outfit owned by European media company and distributor Newen, has closed its latest acquisition by taking a minority stake in UK company Joi Productions via its investment arm Ringside Media.
Set up by former BAFTA breakthrough nominee Joy Gharoro-Akpojoto, the company has credits including Rapman’s feature debut hit Blue Story, which was released by Paramount, and Aml Ameen’s Boxing Day, which was released by Warner Bros.
In 2020 Gharoro-Akpojoto received a BFI Vision Award to support growth and the company has now hired Tom Hawkins, formerly Wildgaze’s Head of Development. Joi Productions’ focus is on producing Black, queer and female-led stories. Next up it is producing Champion for the BBC, written by Candice Carty-Williams (Queenie).
Ringside was advised by the team at Lee & Thompson, and Joi by Grey Seal Media, for the deal.
Newen formed Ringside Studios with Gub Neal in 2020 in a...
Set up by former BAFTA breakthrough nominee Joy Gharoro-Akpojoto, the company has credits including Rapman’s feature debut hit Blue Story, which was released by Paramount, and Aml Ameen’s Boxing Day, which was released by Warner Bros.
In 2020 Gharoro-Akpojoto received a BFI Vision Award to support growth and the company has now hired Tom Hawkins, formerly Wildgaze’s Head of Development. Joi Productions’ focus is on producing Black, queer and female-led stories. Next up it is producing Champion for the BBC, written by Candice Carty-Williams (Queenie).
Ringside was advised by the team at Lee & Thompson, and Joi by Grey Seal Media, for the deal.
Newen formed Ringside Studios with Gub Neal in 2020 in a...
- 4/7/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
UK scheme aimed at first time filmmakers.
UK-based female-focused film organisation Birds’ Eye View has revealed the 18 first-time filmmakers selected for this year’s Filmonomics business training programme.
The cohort have been chosen for the sixth iteration of the scheme, which is aimed at feature writers, directors and producers of marginalised genders who are either on the verge of making their first feature, or have just made or released their debut.
The 18 participants are Afia Nkrumah, Bircan Birol, Cherish Oteka, Emily Everdee, Fozia Khaliq, Isla Badenoch, Jo Tracy, Katie Dolan, Lesley-Anne Macfarlane, Libby Potter, Lidz-Ama Appiah, Liv Little, Lizzie Mackenzie,...
UK-based female-focused film organisation Birds’ Eye View has revealed the 18 first-time filmmakers selected for this year’s Filmonomics business training programme.
The cohort have been chosen for the sixth iteration of the scheme, which is aimed at feature writers, directors and producers of marginalised genders who are either on the verge of making their first feature, or have just made or released their debut.
The 18 participants are Afia Nkrumah, Bircan Birol, Cherish Oteka, Emily Everdee, Fozia Khaliq, Isla Badenoch, Jo Tracy, Katie Dolan, Lesley-Anne Macfarlane, Libby Potter, Lidz-Ama Appiah, Liv Little, Lizzie Mackenzie,...
- 3/30/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
The scheme is for feature writers, directors, producers of marginalised genders who are either on the verge of making their first feature, or have just made or released their debut.
UK-based female-focused film organisation Birds’ Eye View has launched the sixth iteration of its Filmonomics business training programme.
The scheme is for feature writers, directors, producers of marginalised genders who are either on the verge of making their first feature, or have just made or released their debut.
The scheme is funded by ScreenSkills, as part of the BFI Future Film Skills programme using funds from the National Lottery, and...
UK-based female-focused film organisation Birds’ Eye View has launched the sixth iteration of its Filmonomics business training programme.
The scheme is for feature writers, directors, producers of marginalised genders who are either on the verge of making their first feature, or have just made or released their debut.
The scheme is funded by ScreenSkills, as part of the BFI Future Film Skills programme using funds from the National Lottery, and...
- 2/24/2022
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Further Christmas releases include ‘Silent Night’, ‘CBeebies Christmas Show’.
Aml Ameen’s romantic comedy Boxing Day heads the new titles at the UK-Ireland box office, as one of six Christmas-themed releases this weekend.
Released in 439 sites through Warner Bros, Boxing Day is inspired by Ameen’s own experiences, and follows a UK author who returns home from Los Angeles to introduce his US fiancée to his eccentric British-Caribbean family at Christmas.
The film is produced by Screen Star of Tomorrow 2020 Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, alongside Damian Jones of DJ Films, plus Ameen, Dominique Telson and Matthew G. Zamias; backing came from the BFI Film Fund and Film4.
Aml Ameen’s romantic comedy Boxing Day heads the new titles at the UK-Ireland box office, as one of six Christmas-themed releases this weekend.
Released in 439 sites through Warner Bros, Boxing Day is inspired by Ameen’s own experiences, and follows a UK author who returns home from Los Angeles to introduce his US fiancée to his eccentric British-Caribbean family at Christmas.
The film is produced by Screen Star of Tomorrow 2020 Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, alongside Damian Jones of DJ Films, plus Ameen, Dominique Telson and Matthew G. Zamias; backing came from the BFI Film Fund and Film4.
- 12/3/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Virtual sessions include talent talks with Mark Cousins and Eva Husson.
Talent talks featuring directors Mark Cousins and Eva Husson, and producers Kat Mansoor, Elizabeth Karlsen and Tracy O’Riordan all feature in We Are UK Film’s online programme of industry sessions running during this year’s Cannes Film Festival (July 6-17).
We Are UK Film will be a virtual UK pavilion presence in Cannes this year owing to challenges around travel during the pandemic. Set up and funded by the BFI with partners including British Council, the national and regional screen agencies and the British Film Commision (Bfc), the...
Talent talks featuring directors Mark Cousins and Eva Husson, and producers Kat Mansoor, Elizabeth Karlsen and Tracy O’Riordan all feature in We Are UK Film’s online programme of industry sessions running during this year’s Cannes Film Festival (July 6-17).
We Are UK Film will be a virtual UK pavilion presence in Cannes this year owing to challenges around travel during the pandemic. Set up and funded by the BFI with partners including British Council, the national and regional screen agencies and the British Film Commision (Bfc), the...
- 7/5/2021
- by British Film InstituteSponsored by
- ScreenDaily
Virtual sessions include talent talks with Mark Cousins and Eva Husson.
Talent talks featuring directors Mark Cousins and Eva Husson, and producers Kat Mansoor, Elizabeth Karlsen and Tracy O’Riordan all feature in We Are UK Film’s online programme of industry sessions running during this year’s Cannes Film Festival (July 6-17).
We Are UK Film will be a virtual UK pavilion presence in Cannes this year owing to challenges around travel during the pandemic. Set up and funded by the BFI with partners including British Council, the national and regional screen agencies and the British Film Commision (Bfc), the...
Talent talks featuring directors Mark Cousins and Eva Husson, and producers Kat Mansoor, Elizabeth Karlsen and Tracy O’Riordan all feature in We Are UK Film’s online programme of industry sessions running during this year’s Cannes Film Festival (July 6-17).
We Are UK Film will be a virtual UK pavilion presence in Cannes this year owing to challenges around travel during the pandemic. Set up and funded by the BFI with partners including British Council, the national and regional screen agencies and the British Film Commision (Bfc), the...
- 6/30/2021
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
This year’s Cannes Film Festival lineup may yet again be thin on British movies but UK public financiers the BFI, Film4 and BBC Film have joined with the British Council to launch the fourth edition of their ‘Great 8’ program, which will showcase emerging Brit filmmakers to international distributors and fest programmers. Scroll down for the full list.
In previous years, the ‘Great 8’ was launched during the physical Cannes festival but this year the event will be streamed on June 17 in advance of the Cannes virtual market at the end of the month. Buyers and festival programmers will have exclusive access to unseen footage from each of the titles, which will be introduced by their filmmakers and made available across five different time zones.
All titles are now in post-production and are available to buyers during the online Cannes Marché, which takes place June 21-25. Movies selected in previous years...
In previous years, the ‘Great 8’ was launched during the physical Cannes festival but this year the event will be streamed on June 17 in advance of the Cannes virtual market at the end of the month. Buyers and festival programmers will have exclusive access to unseen footage from each of the titles, which will be introduced by their filmmakers and made available across five different time zones.
All titles are now in post-production and are available to buyers during the online Cannes Marché, which takes place June 21-25. Movies selected in previous years...
- 6/10/2021
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Helen Simmons and Rienkje Attoh were taking part in the Restart conference.
Film and TV productions should have lines in the budget for mental health services and childcare provision, according to a panel of emerging producers.
“On Boxing Day [Aml Ameen’s debut feature which shot in December 2020] we had a wellbeing practitioner,” said producer Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, who produced Rapman’s debut feature Blue Story in 2019. “This is somebody available who is independent from us – if you were struggling, you could book a session.
“We covered it – it was a little line in the budget, we could get 10-15 sessions out of it,...
Film and TV productions should have lines in the budget for mental health services and childcare provision, according to a panel of emerging producers.
“On Boxing Day [Aml Ameen’s debut feature which shot in December 2020] we had a wellbeing practitioner,” said producer Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, who produced Rapman’s debut feature Blue Story in 2019. “This is somebody available who is independent from us – if you were struggling, you could book a session.
“We covered it – it was a little line in the budget, we could get 10-15 sessions out of it,...
- 5/21/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
BBC Drama Slate Features Series From ‘Rocks’ Writer Theresa Ikoko & ‘This Is England’s Shane Meadows
The BBC has unveiled its latest drama slate at a virtual event on Tuesday, pulling the curtain back on new series from Rocks writer Theresa Ikoko, This Is England creator Shane Meadows, and the latest female-focused drama from Killing Eve producer Sid Gentle Films.
Ikoko, who was BAFTA-nominated for Rocks, will adapt Nikki May’s soon-to-be-published debut novel Wahala, which follows three thirty-something Anglo-Nigerian women whose friendship group is infiltrated by the beautiful, charismatic, and super-wealthy Isobel.
Set in London, Isobel’s arrival creates mounting tensions, unravels bonds, and exposes secrets with shocking and tragic consequences. Ikoko said the series is “Big Little Lies meets Girlfriends” and will be an “amazing celebration of Nigerian British culture.”
Wahala is produced by Firebird Pictures, with founder Elizabeth Kilgarriff executive producing alongside the BBC’s Mona Qureshi. BBC Studios will distribute the series internationally.
The project was one of six series announced by BBC drama controller Piers Wenger,...
Ikoko, who was BAFTA-nominated for Rocks, will adapt Nikki May’s soon-to-be-published debut novel Wahala, which follows three thirty-something Anglo-Nigerian women whose friendship group is infiltrated by the beautiful, charismatic, and super-wealthy Isobel.
Set in London, Isobel’s arrival creates mounting tensions, unravels bonds, and exposes secrets with shocking and tragic consequences. Ikoko said the series is “Big Little Lies meets Girlfriends” and will be an “amazing celebration of Nigerian British culture.”
Wahala is produced by Firebird Pictures, with founder Elizabeth Kilgarriff executive producing alongside the BBC’s Mona Qureshi. BBC Studios will distribute the series internationally.
The project was one of six series announced by BBC drama controller Piers Wenger,...
- 5/18/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The projects join a new Shane Meadows series, announced earlier.
A project from I May Destroy You creator Michaela Coel and a series from Working Title are in the works from the BBC drama department, which set out details of six new commissions today.
The commissions were announced by Piers Wenger, BBC director of drama, and include Shane Meadows’ The Gallows Pole, announced earlier by Screen.
New BBC dramas include Working Title’s Everything I Know About Love, adapted by journalist Dolly Alderton from her memoir of the same name.
The series will follow Maggie and Birdy, two best friends...
A project from I May Destroy You creator Michaela Coel and a series from Working Title are in the works from the BBC drama department, which set out details of six new commissions today.
The commissions were announced by Piers Wenger, BBC director of drama, and include Shane Meadows’ The Gallows Pole, announced earlier by Screen.
New BBC dramas include Working Title’s Everything I Know About Love, adapted by journalist Dolly Alderton from her memoir of the same name.
The series will follow Maggie and Birdy, two best friends...
- 5/18/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Inside Out, Canada’s largest 2Slgbtq+ film festival and single largest promoter and distributor of 2Slgbtq+ content in Canada, has announced eight new feature film projects that will participate in the festival’s fifth annual Finance Forum during the festival’s 31st year.
The Finance Forum, taking place online from May 31-June 4, during the festival (running May 27-June 6), will provide 2Slgbtq+-identified producers and/or producers creating 2Slgbtq+ content an opportunity to pitch their projects directly to top decision makers. All participating executives will be taking one-on-one meetings online with the creative teams.
Among those taking part are executives from the U.S.’s Neon, Bleecker Street, Killer Films, Cinetic Media, The Film Collaborative, Verve, Powderkeg Media, Little Punk, Symbolic Exchange, Chicago Media Angels, and GLAAD; the U.K.’s Protagonist Pictures and Bankside Films; France’s MK2 Films; Germany’s Films Boutique; and Canada’s CBC Films and WaZabi Films.
The Finance Forum, taking place online from May 31-June 4, during the festival (running May 27-June 6), will provide 2Slgbtq+-identified producers and/or producers creating 2Slgbtq+ content an opportunity to pitch their projects directly to top decision makers. All participating executives will be taking one-on-one meetings online with the creative teams.
Among those taking part are executives from the U.S.’s Neon, Bleecker Street, Killer Films, Cinetic Media, The Film Collaborative, Verve, Powderkeg Media, Little Punk, Symbolic Exchange, Chicago Media Angels, and GLAAD; the U.K.’s Protagonist Pictures and Bankside Films; France’s MK2 Films; Germany’s Films Boutique; and Canada’s CBC Films and WaZabi Films.
- 5/13/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Helen Simmons and Rienkje Attoh talk to Screen.
The upcoming Restart Conference (May 18-20) will hear from three upcoming producers about the obstacles of the last year and how they have overcome them.
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Just as their careers were gathering momentum and they started hitting their stride, Covid-19 hit. Yet emerging producers Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor (Blue Story), Helen Simmons (Chubby Funny) and Rienkje Attoh (Noughts + Crosses) pushed their way through, all three shooting significant productions in challenging circumstances throughout lockdown.
This dynamic trio of former Screen Stars of Tomorrow talk to Screen’s reviews editor, chief film critic...
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Intermission Film also signs up to support the award, aimed at UK-based filmmakers with non-English scripts.
The Mother Tongues Award, a new development initiative backed by UK distributor Curzon and French sales agent Charades, has unveiled its inaugural shortlist and secured further support from creative agency Intermission Film.
The award, which is focused on feature film projects by UK-based filmmakers in which the dialogue is in a language other than English, has selected a shortlist of 10 projects from 112 entries that spanned 47 languages and dialects. All will attend a workshop and subsequently a panel interview for the development award of £10,000.
The...
The Mother Tongues Award, a new development initiative backed by UK distributor Curzon and French sales agent Charades, has unveiled its inaugural shortlist and secured further support from creative agency Intermission Film.
The award, which is focused on feature film projects by UK-based filmmakers in which the dialogue is in a language other than English, has selected a shortlist of 10 projects from 112 entries that spanned 47 languages and dialects. All will attend a workshop and subsequently a panel interview for the development award of £10,000.
The...
- 3/11/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Intermission Films also signs up to support the award, aimed at UK-based filmmakers with non-English scripts.
The Mother Tongues Award, a new development initiative backed by UK distributor Curzon and French sales agent Charades, has unveiled its inaugural shortlist - and secured further support from creative agency Intermission Films.
The award, which is focused on feature film projects by UK-based filmmakers in which the dialogue is in a language other than English, has selected a shortlist of 10 projects from 112 entries that spanned 47 languages and dialects. All will attend a workshop and subsequently a panel interview for the development award of...
The Mother Tongues Award, a new development initiative backed by UK distributor Curzon and French sales agent Charades, has unveiled its inaugural shortlist - and secured further support from creative agency Intermission Films.
The award, which is focused on feature film projects by UK-based filmmakers in which the dialogue is in a language other than English, has selected a shortlist of 10 projects from 112 entries that spanned 47 languages and dialects. All will attend a workshop and subsequently a panel interview for the development award of...
- 3/11/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Intermission Films also signs up to support the award, aimed at UK-based filmmakers with non-English scripts.
The Mother Tongues Award, a new development initiative backed by UK distributor Curzon and French sales agent Charades, has unveiled its inaugural shortlist - and secured further support from creative agency Intermission Films.
The award, which is focused on feature film projects by UK-based filmmakers in which the dialogue is in a language other than English, has selected a shortlist of 10 projects from 112 entries that spanned 47 languages and dialects. All will attend a workshop and subsequently a panel interview for the development award of...
The Mother Tongues Award, a new development initiative backed by UK distributor Curzon and French sales agent Charades, has unveiled its inaugural shortlist - and secured further support from creative agency Intermission Films.
The award, which is focused on feature film projects by UK-based filmmakers in which the dialogue is in a language other than English, has selected a shortlist of 10 projects from 112 entries that spanned 47 languages and dialects. All will attend a workshop and subsequently a panel interview for the development award of...
- 3/11/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
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