The second annual BFI and Chanel Filmmaker Awards celebrated creative audacity at the tony Claridges Hotel in London on Thursday afternoon.
Emerging filmmakers writer/director Ella Glendining, writer/director Savanah Leaf and producer Nadira Murray were the recipients of this year’s award, selected by a jury panel comprised of BFI CEO Ben Roberts, actor Tilda Swinton, British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful and Marie-Louise Khondji, the producer and founder of Le Cinéma Club.
Glendining is the talent behind feature doc “Is There Anybody Out There?” about her global search for someone with a body that looks like hers. Leaf wrote and directed “Earth Mama,” which focuses on a pregnant woman fighting to get custody of her two children while Murray produced “Winners,” about a nine-year-old Iranian boy seeking to reunite a lost statue with its owner.
“I truly, truly had this longing to meet other people with a body like...
Emerging filmmakers writer/director Ella Glendining, writer/director Savanah Leaf and producer Nadira Murray were the recipients of this year’s award, selected by a jury panel comprised of BFI CEO Ben Roberts, actor Tilda Swinton, British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful and Marie-Louise Khondji, the producer and founder of Le Cinéma Club.
Glendining is the talent behind feature doc “Is There Anybody Out There?” about her global search for someone with a body that looks like hers. Leaf wrote and directed “Earth Mama,” which focuses on a pregnant woman fighting to get custody of her two children while Murray produced “Winners,” about a nine-year-old Iranian boy seeking to reunite a lost statue with its owner.
“I truly, truly had this longing to meet other people with a body like...
- 11/9/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
The three winners receive £20,000 each.
Ella Glendining, Savanah Leaf and Nadira Murray have all been named winners at the second annual British Film Institute (BFI) & Chanel Filmmaker Awards.
The winners of the 2023 awards were selected by a jury of Oscar-winning actor Tilda Swinton; Edward Enninful, editor-in-chief of British Vogue; Marie-Louise Khondji, producer and founder of streaming platform Le Cinéma Club; and Ben Roberts, BFI chief executive.
Glendining, a Screen Star of Tomorrow 2020, is the writer-director of Sundance documentary Is There Anybody Out There?, that interrogates ableism through Glendining’s own personal journey. The jury described her work as “an important...
Ella Glendining, Savanah Leaf and Nadira Murray have all been named winners at the second annual British Film Institute (BFI) & Chanel Filmmaker Awards.
The winners of the 2023 awards were selected by a jury of Oscar-winning actor Tilda Swinton; Edward Enninful, editor-in-chief of British Vogue; Marie-Louise Khondji, producer and founder of streaming platform Le Cinéma Club; and Ben Roberts, BFI chief executive.
Glendining, a Screen Star of Tomorrow 2020, is the writer-director of Sundance documentary Is There Anybody Out There?, that interrogates ableism through Glendining’s own personal journey. The jury described her work as “an important...
- 11/9/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The BFI today announced the winners of its second annual Filmmaker Awards, hosted in partnership with French fashion house Chanel.
The award, which comes with a £20,000 prize, was awarded to three artists working across film and moving image practices: writer/director Ella Glendining (director and cast of Is There Anybody Out There?), writer/director/producer Savanah Leaf (writer/director of Earth Mama), and producer Nadira Murray (Winners).
The winners of the 2023 awards were selected by this year’s jury: Tilda Swinton, BFI Fellow and Global Chanel Ambassador, Edward Enninful OBE, Editor-in-Chief, British Vogue and European Editorial Director, Vogue; Marie-Louise Khondji, producer and founder of Le Cinéma Club and Ben Roberts, BFI Chief Executive.
“We were presented with an incredibly strong and diverse shortlist, indicative of the exceptional quality of work being produced by early career UK filmmakers at the moment,” the Jury said. “It was a very difficult decision,...
The award, which comes with a £20,000 prize, was awarded to three artists working across film and moving image practices: writer/director Ella Glendining (director and cast of Is There Anybody Out There?), writer/director/producer Savanah Leaf (writer/director of Earth Mama), and producer Nadira Murray (Winners).
The winners of the 2023 awards were selected by this year’s jury: Tilda Swinton, BFI Fellow and Global Chanel Ambassador, Edward Enninful OBE, Editor-in-Chief, British Vogue and European Editorial Director, Vogue; Marie-Louise Khondji, producer and founder of Le Cinéma Club and Ben Roberts, BFI Chief Executive.
“We were presented with an incredibly strong and diverse shortlist, indicative of the exceptional quality of work being produced by early career UK filmmakers at the moment,” the Jury said. “It was a very difficult decision,...
- 11/9/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
This year, women directors – and their women-centric subjects – swept the awards at Sundance Film Festival. Three women directors – Madeleine Gavin, Maryam Keshavarz, and Noora Niasari – won Audience Awards for their films on North Korea (“Beyond Utopia”), intergenerational motherhood (“The Persian Version”), and custody in diaspora (“Shayda”). Portraits of masculinity were also celebrated as well. First-time feature filmmaker Sing J. Lee won the Directing Award for his touching portrait of masculinity and fatherhood in “The Accidental Getaway Driver,” while Sauvnik Kaur’s intimate documentary on brotherhood “Against The Tide” took home a Special Jury Award. After two years of isolation and virtual festival-ing, it seems that stories of tenderness appealed over aggressive storytelling at Park City this year.
“This year’s Festival has been an extraordinary experience,” said Joana Vicente, Sundance Institute CEO. “The artists that comprise the 2023 Sundance Film Festival have demonstrated a sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in independent film.
“This year’s Festival has been an extraordinary experience,” said Joana Vicente, Sundance Institute CEO. “The artists that comprise the 2023 Sundance Film Festival have demonstrated a sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in independent film.
- 2/1/2023
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Festival runs through January 29.
A.V. Rockwell’s A Thousand And One took the 2023 Sundance U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic prize and Charlotte Regan’s UK entry Scrapper earned the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at the 2023 Sundance awards ceremony on Friday.
Audience award winners included Maryam Keshavarz’s The Persian Version in U.S. Dramatic Competition, Madeleine Gavin’s Beyond Utopia in U.S. Documentary, Mstylav Chernov’s 20 Days In Mariupol in World Cinema Documentary, and Noora Niasari’s Shayda in World Cinema Dramatic.
Sundance Institute CEO Joana Vicente said the selection “demonstrated a sense of...
A.V. Rockwell’s A Thousand And One took the 2023 Sundance U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic prize and Charlotte Regan’s UK entry Scrapper earned the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at the 2023 Sundance awards ceremony on Friday.
Audience award winners included Maryam Keshavarz’s The Persian Version in U.S. Dramatic Competition, Madeleine Gavin’s Beyond Utopia in U.S. Documentary, Mstylav Chernov’s 20 Days In Mariupol in World Cinema Documentary, and Noora Niasari’s Shayda in World Cinema Dramatic.
Sundance Institute CEO Joana Vicente said the selection “demonstrated a sense of...
- 1/27/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
A Thousand and One took the jury prize in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, with Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project taking the top prize in the U.S. Documentary Competition section.
A Thousand and One is directed by A.V. Rockwell and follows a mother who kidnaps her six-year-old son Terry from the foster care system, a secret that threatens their way of life as Terry gets older. The Focus Features title stars Teyana Taylor, Josiah Cross and Will Catlett.
“When I was writing this film, I was thinking about mother and son relationships. I was thinking about Black women and Black men relationships. I was thinking about marginalized people and their relationship to their homes,” said Rockwell, accepting the award. “Thank you to everyone for seeing all of those groups and for seeing me.” A tearful Jeremy O. Harris, who was a part of the dramatic jury,...
A Thousand and One is directed by A.V. Rockwell and follows a mother who kidnaps her six-year-old son Terry from the foster care system, a secret that threatens their way of life as Terry gets older. The Focus Features title stars Teyana Taylor, Josiah Cross and Will Catlett.
“When I was writing this film, I was thinking about mother and son relationships. I was thinking about Black women and Black men relationships. I was thinking about marginalized people and their relationship to their homes,” said Rockwell, accepting the award. “Thank you to everyone for seeing all of those groups and for seeing me.” A tearful Jeremy O. Harris, who was a part of the dramatic jury,...
- 1/27/2023
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 2023 Sundance Film Festival has set its jury, and among its members are “Coda” star and Oscar winner Marlee Matlin, “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” director Destin Daniel Cretton and Jim Gaffigan.
Additionally, Jeremy O. Harris, Ramona S. Diaz and Petra Costa are among the filmmakers who have been appointed to this year’s competition juries for the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, it was announced Wednesday.
After two years of virtual presentations, this year’s festival will return to in-person screenings and awards galas — with a concurrent online component for select films running Jan. 24–Jan. 29.
“The jury plays a crucial role in the Festival by amplifying breakthrough works and providing the audience with further opportunities for discovery,” Sundance Institute CEO Joana Vicente said in a statement. “We thank them for their dedication to artistic excellence and their thoughtful lens on cinematic expression and all that independent film offers.
Additionally, Jeremy O. Harris, Ramona S. Diaz and Petra Costa are among the filmmakers who have been appointed to this year’s competition juries for the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, it was announced Wednesday.
After two years of virtual presentations, this year’s festival will return to in-person screenings and awards galas — with a concurrent online component for select films running Jan. 24–Jan. 29.
“The jury plays a crucial role in the Festival by amplifying breakthrough works and providing the audience with further opportunities for discovery,” Sundance Institute CEO Joana Vicente said in a statement. “We thank them for their dedication to artistic excellence and their thoughtful lens on cinematic expression and all that independent film offers.
- 1/11/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Jeremy O. Harris, Eliza Hittman, and Marlee Matlin have been named the jurors of the U.S. Dramatic Competition section at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Harris was at Sundance in 2020 with Zola, the same years Hittman screened her film Never Rarely Sometimes Always. Matlin starred in 2021 Sundance winner Coda.
W. Kamau Bell, Ramona Diaz, and Carla Gutierrez are the jurors for the U.S. Documentary Competition; Shozo Ichiyama, Annemarie Jacir, and Funa Maduka for World Cinema Dramatic Competition; and Karim Amer, Petra Costa, and Alexander Nanau for World Cinema Documentary Competition. Madeleine Olnek is the juror for the Next competition section, Destin Daniel Cretton, Marie-Louise Khondji, and Deborah Stratman will judge the Short Film Program Competition.
The jury for Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize is Dr. Heather Berlin, Jim Gaffigan, Dr. Mandë Holford, Shalini Kantayya, and Lydia Dean Pilcher, and have already awarded the prize to Sophie Barthes’ The Pod Generation.
W. Kamau Bell, Ramona Diaz, and Carla Gutierrez are the jurors for the U.S. Documentary Competition; Shozo Ichiyama, Annemarie Jacir, and Funa Maduka for World Cinema Dramatic Competition; and Karim Amer, Petra Costa, and Alexander Nanau for World Cinema Documentary Competition. Madeleine Olnek is the juror for the Next competition section, Destin Daniel Cretton, Marie-Louise Khondji, and Deborah Stratman will judge the Short Film Program Competition.
The jury for Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize is Dr. Heather Berlin, Jim Gaffigan, Dr. Mandë Holford, Shalini Kantayya, and Lydia Dean Pilcher, and have already awarded the prize to Sophie Barthes’ The Pod Generation.
- 1/11/2023
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sundance has announced the 16 jurors granting awards at this year’s film festival, ranging from playwright Jeremy O. Harris to Oscar winner Marlee Matlin.
This year’s Sundance Film Festival will take place from Jan. 19-29 in Utah, marking its first return to Park City since the pandemic. The awards ceremony will take place on Jan. 27, with grants bestowed for feature and short films.
Jurors are Harris, Matlin and Eliza Hittman for U.S. dramatic competition; W. Kamau Bell, Ramona Diaz and Carla Gutierrez for U.S. documentary competition; Shozo Ichiyama, Annemarie Jacir and Funa Maduka for world cinema dramatic competition; Karim Amer, Petra Costa and Alexander Nanau for world cinema documentary competition; Madeleine Olnek for the Next competition section; and Destin Daniel Cretton, Marie-Louise Khondji and Deborah Stratman for the short film program competition.
“The jury plays a crucial role in the festival by amplifying breakthrough works and providing...
This year’s Sundance Film Festival will take place from Jan. 19-29 in Utah, marking its first return to Park City since the pandemic. The awards ceremony will take place on Jan. 27, with grants bestowed for feature and short films.
Jurors are Harris, Matlin and Eliza Hittman for U.S. dramatic competition; W. Kamau Bell, Ramona Diaz and Carla Gutierrez for U.S. documentary competition; Shozo Ichiyama, Annemarie Jacir and Funa Maduka for world cinema dramatic competition; Karim Amer, Petra Costa and Alexander Nanau for world cinema documentary competition; Madeleine Olnek for the Next competition section; and Destin Daniel Cretton, Marie-Louise Khondji and Deborah Stratman for the short film program competition.
“The jury plays a crucial role in the festival by amplifying breakthrough works and providing...
- 1/11/2023
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
The Sundance Institute has today named the jurors who will preside over awards for the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. The 16-person lineup features everyone from Coda star Marlee Matlin to We Need To Talk About Cosby‘s W. Kamau Bell, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton and actor-comedian Jim Gaffigan.
Matlin will assess the awards potential amongst titles in U.S. Documentary Competition with Slave Play creator Jeremy O. Harris and Never Rarely Sometimes Always filmmaker Eliza Hittman. Bell, meanwhile, will oversee U.S. Documentary Competition, being joined in that arena by filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz (A Thousand Cuts) and editor Carla Gutiérrez (Julia).
While Wild Nights with Emily filmmaker Madeleine Olnek will preside alone over the Next section, Cretton has been assigned to the Short Film Program Competition, being joined there by artist-filmmaker Deborah Stratman and Marie-Louise Khondji, who founded the free streaming platform,...
Matlin will assess the awards potential amongst titles in U.S. Documentary Competition with Slave Play creator Jeremy O. Harris and Never Rarely Sometimes Always filmmaker Eliza Hittman. Bell, meanwhile, will oversee U.S. Documentary Competition, being joined in that arena by filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz (A Thousand Cuts) and editor Carla Gutiérrez (Julia).
While Wild Nights with Emily filmmaker Madeleine Olnek will preside alone over the Next section, Cretton has been assigned to the Short Film Program Competition, being joined there by artist-filmmaker Deborah Stratman and Marie-Louise Khondji, who founded the free streaming platform,...
- 1/11/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
With a week to go before kicking off the London Film Festival, the British Film Institute gathered the U.K.’s titans of cinema to toast the return of moviegoing and celebrate the next generation of filmmakers.
The BFI’s Luminous gala took place at the swanky Londoner hotel in Leicester Square on Thursday evening (Sept. 29), where Variety had exclusive access. The event, which also featured the BFI and Chanel’s inaugural Filmmaker Awards, used to be a biannual bash, but was the first of its kind since the pandemic.
The starry dinner convened around 400 guests, including actors Daisy Ridley, Ncuti Gatwa, Morfydd Clark, Rebel Wilson, Lily James, Malachi Kirby, Dame Joan Collins and Eddie Redmayne; directors Edgar Wright, Gurinder Chadha, Steve McQueen and Terry Gilliam; and producers including Working Title co-founder Eric Fellner, screenwriter Jemima Khan, and former BBC drama commissioner-turned-A24 international boss Piers Wenger.
Tim Richards, chairman...
The BFI’s Luminous gala took place at the swanky Londoner hotel in Leicester Square on Thursday evening (Sept. 29), where Variety had exclusive access. The event, which also featured the BFI and Chanel’s inaugural Filmmaker Awards, used to be a biannual bash, but was the first of its kind since the pandemic.
The starry dinner convened around 400 guests, including actors Daisy Ridley, Ncuti Gatwa, Morfydd Clark, Rebel Wilson, Lily James, Malachi Kirby, Dame Joan Collins and Eddie Redmayne; directors Edgar Wright, Gurinder Chadha, Steve McQueen and Terry Gilliam; and producers including Working Title co-founder Eric Fellner, screenwriter Jemima Khan, and former BBC drama commissioner-turned-A24 international boss Piers Wenger.
Tim Richards, chairman...
- 9/30/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
The BFI today announced the winners of its inaugural Filmmaker Awards: Celebrating Creative Audacity, hosted in partnership with French fashion house Chanel.
The award, which comes with a £20,000 prize, was awarded to four artists working across film and moving image practices: Baff Akoto (Queen of Glory), Kathryn Ferguson (Nothing Compares), Sam Firth (The Wolf Suit), and Erfan Saadati (Child of Empire).
The awards jury was headed by Tilda Swinton who handed out the four prizes at the BFI’s biannual Luminous fundraising gala. She was joined on the jury by British Vogue Editor-in-Chief Edward Enninful, Marie-Louise Khondji, producer and founder of Le Cinéma Club, and BFI CEO Ben Roberts.
“This award from the BFI and Chanel sets out to support early career creatives, to help them reach their fullest potential by giving them the freedom to invest in their artistry to develop their individual voice and create work that inspires,...
The award, which comes with a £20,000 prize, was awarded to four artists working across film and moving image practices: Baff Akoto (Queen of Glory), Kathryn Ferguson (Nothing Compares), Sam Firth (The Wolf Suit), and Erfan Saadati (Child of Empire).
The awards jury was headed by Tilda Swinton who handed out the four prizes at the BFI’s biannual Luminous fundraising gala. She was joined on the jury by British Vogue Editor-in-Chief Edward Enninful, Marie-Louise Khondji, producer and founder of Le Cinéma Club, and BFI CEO Ben Roberts.
“This award from the BFI and Chanel sets out to support early career creatives, to help them reach their fullest potential by giving them the freedom to invest in their artistry to develop their individual voice and create work that inspires,...
- 9/29/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Awards presented at BFI’s fundraising gala Luminous.
UK filmmakers Baff Akoto, Kathryn Ferguson, Sam Firth and Erfan Saadati have been selected as the winners at the inaugural BFI & Chanel Filmmaker Awards, held this evening (September 29) in London.
The four receive a £20,000 prize each to be used to “expand their craft, develop future projects, gain further skills, explore new ideas, and can also be used to support a residency or entry to a creative programme” according to the BFI.
Akoto was named a Screen UK and Ireland Star of Tomorrow in 2018.
Titled the Filmmaker Awards: Celebrating Creative Audacity, the awards...
UK filmmakers Baff Akoto, Kathryn Ferguson, Sam Firth and Erfan Saadati have been selected as the winners at the inaugural BFI & Chanel Filmmaker Awards, held this evening (September 29) in London.
The four receive a £20,000 prize each to be used to “expand their craft, develop future projects, gain further skills, explore new ideas, and can also be used to support a residency or entry to a creative programme” according to the BFI.
Akoto was named a Screen UK and Ireland Star of Tomorrow in 2018.
Titled the Filmmaker Awards: Celebrating Creative Audacity, the awards...
- 9/29/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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The number of U.K. households with access to a subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service has declined, the Establishment Survey for the second quarter of 2022 by Barb, the U.K. television audience measurement currency, has revealed. In Q2 2022, 19.19 million U.K. homes (67 of households) had access to an SVOD service, a decrease of 382,000, or almost 2, from 19.57 million in Q1 2022.
Some 17.08 million homes (60) had access to Netflix in Q2, down 206,000, or just over 1, from 17.29 million in Q1, while 12.76 million homes (45) had access to Amazon Prime Video in Q2, a decrease of 589,000, or 4, from 13.35 million in Q1. Meanwhile, 2.07 million homes (7) had access to Sky’s streamer Now in Q2, a decline of 64,000, or almost 3, from 2.13 million in Q1.
However, Disney+ and Apple TV+ displayed small gains. Some 6.62 million homes (23) had access to Disney+ in Q1, an increase of 91,000 or just over 1, from 6.53 million in Q1, while 1.61 million homes (6) had access to Apple...
The number of U.K. households with access to a subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service has declined, the Establishment Survey for the second quarter of 2022 by Barb, the U.K. television audience measurement currency, has revealed. In Q2 2022, 19.19 million U.K. homes (67 of households) had access to an SVOD service, a decrease of 382,000, or almost 2, from 19.57 million in Q1 2022.
Some 17.08 million homes (60) had access to Netflix in Q2, down 206,000, or just over 1, from 17.29 million in Q1, while 12.76 million homes (45) had access to Amazon Prime Video in Q2, a decrease of 589,000, or 4, from 13.35 million in Q1. Meanwhile, 2.07 million homes (7) had access to Sky’s streamer Now in Q2, a decline of 64,000, or almost 3, from 2.13 million in Q1.
However, Disney+ and Apple TV+ displayed small gains. Some 6.62 million homes (23) had access to Disney+ in Q1, an increase of 91,000 or just over 1, from 6.53 million in Q1, while 1.61 million homes (6) had access to Apple...
- 8/4/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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The British Film Institute has teamed with fashion house Chanel on new awards for rising stars in the film industry, with a focus on underrepresented voices.
The BFI & Chanel Filmmaker Awards will see three awards of 20,000 pounds (24,000) presented to emerging U.K. film creatives who they said “demonstrate originality and risk taking and want to explore a new dynamic to their work.” At least one of the awards will be given to a female filmmaker or someone identifying as nonbinary, while all projects rendering applicants as eligible must meet the BFI’s Diversity Standards.
Overseeing the jury will be BFI Fellow, Chanel ambassador and Oscar winner Tilda Swinton, who will choose the honorees alongside BFI CEO Ben Roberts, Marie-Louise Khondji, producer and founder of Le Cinema Club, and Edward Enninful OBE, editor in chief of British Vogue. Swinton to be on hand to...
The British Film Institute has teamed with fashion house Chanel on new awards for rising stars in the film industry, with a focus on underrepresented voices.
The BFI & Chanel Filmmaker Awards will see three awards of 20,000 pounds (24,000) presented to emerging U.K. film creatives who they said “demonstrate originality and risk taking and want to explore a new dynamic to their work.” At least one of the awards will be given to a female filmmaker or someone identifying as nonbinary, while all projects rendering applicants as eligible must meet the BFI’s Diversity Standards.
Overseeing the jury will be BFI Fellow, Chanel ambassador and Oscar winner Tilda Swinton, who will choose the honorees alongside BFI CEO Ben Roberts, Marie-Louise Khondji, producer and founder of Le Cinema Club, and Edward Enninful OBE, editor in chief of British Vogue. Swinton to be on hand to...
- 8/4/2022
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For the launch of its new Filmmaker Awards: Celebrating Creative Audacity, the BFI is partnering with Chanel and has set Tilda Swinton as jury chair. Three prizes of £20,000 each will be given to emerging UK film creatives who demonstrate originality and risk taking and want to explore a new dynamic to their work, the BFI said today.
Swinton will announce the winners on September 29 during Luminous, the BFI’s fundraising gala whose proceeds go to the org’s education work. Also on the jury are BFI CEO Ben Roberts, Le Cinema Club founder and producer Marie-Louise Khondji and British Vogue Editor-in-Chief Edward Enninful.
In the run-up, a panel of industry experts will nominate filmmakers who will then be invited to apply for the awards. Eligible producers, writers, directors or writer/directors will be UK residents who have made one or two features or Xr/immersive works which have been released...
Swinton will announce the winners on September 29 during Luminous, the BFI’s fundraising gala whose proceeds go to the org’s education work. Also on the jury are BFI CEO Ben Roberts, Le Cinema Club founder and producer Marie-Louise Khondji and British Vogue Editor-in-Chief Edward Enninful.
In the run-up, a panel of industry experts will nominate filmmakers who will then be invited to apply for the awards. Eligible producers, writers, directors or writer/directors will be UK residents who have made one or two features or Xr/immersive works which have been released...
- 8/4/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Three up-and-coming filmmakers will be awarded £20,000 each.
Three rising UK filmmakers will each receive £20,000 through the new Filmmaker Awards: Celebrating Creative Audacity, launched today by the British Film Institute (BFI) in partnership with fashion company Chanel.
A jury led by Tilda Swinton and comprised of BFI CEO Ben Roberts, Le Cinema club founder and producer Marie-Louise Khondji and British Vogue’s editor-in-chief Edward Enniful, will reward the three filmmakers who display originality and “risk-taking” in their work.
The nominees will be chosen by a panel of industry experts. To be eligible, nominees must have one or two feature or immersive...
Three rising UK filmmakers will each receive £20,000 through the new Filmmaker Awards: Celebrating Creative Audacity, launched today by the British Film Institute (BFI) in partnership with fashion company Chanel.
A jury led by Tilda Swinton and comprised of BFI CEO Ben Roberts, Le Cinema club founder and producer Marie-Louise Khondji and British Vogue’s editor-in-chief Edward Enniful, will reward the three filmmakers who display originality and “risk-taking” in their work.
The nominees will be chosen by a panel of industry experts. To be eligible, nominees must have one or two feature or immersive...
- 8/4/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
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Founded in 2015 by Marie-Louise Khondji, the streaming site Le Cinéma Club relaunches today with an exciting offering: Claire Denis’s long-lost 1991 40-minute short Keep It for Yourself. The only film she’s ever made in the states, it stars Vincent Gallo and Sara Driver, has a John Lurie score and was shot in New York City. After years of unavailability, a copy was found on a Japanese VHS being sold on Australian eBay. From the official press release: The opening weeks of programming are completed with other streaming premieres, rarities and films by new […]...
- 6/14/2019
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Founded in 2015 by Marie-Louise Khondji, the streaming site Le Cinéma Club relaunches today with an exciting offering: Claire Denis’s long-lost 1991 40-minute short Keep It for Yourself. The only film she’s ever made in the states, it stars Vincent Gallo and Sara Driver, has a John Lurie score and was shot in New York City. After years of unavailability, a copy was found on a Japanese VHS being sold on Australian eBay. From the official press release: The opening weeks of programming are completed with other streaming premieres, rarities and films by new […]...
- 6/14/2019
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
When independent film producer Marie-Louise Khondji founded Le Cinéma Club in July of 2015 in her bedroom, she had a singular vision for the curated streaming site. “The initial idea was really to create a platform where we can present one filmmaker and one film at a time,” she said in a recent interview, “while, at the same time, creating an easy guide for the audience to discover films and filmmakers they wouldn’t on their own.”
Each week, the site showcases a single film for free, helping guide its audience to an international array of established and up-and-coming talent. For Khondji, the one-week window was designed to “give better visibility” to the individual films and to create a sense of event around each pick. “We’re still in a relatively new era of digital distribution and I wanted to try this new model,” she said. “I was trying to imagine...
Each week, the site showcases a single film for free, helping guide its audience to an international array of established and up-and-coming talent. For Khondji, the one-week window was designed to “give better visibility” to the individual films and to create a sense of event around each pick. “We’re still in a relatively new era of digital distribution and I wanted to try this new model,” she said. “I was trying to imagine...
- 6/14/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Highly curated, relentlessly knowledgeable, and totally free streaming site Le Cinéma Club is preparing for a robust new relaunch next month, bolstered by its release of Claire Denis’ ultra-rare “Keep It for Yourself.” The platform will relaunch on June 14, with a redesigned site and expanded editorial content, thanks to support from Chanel.
“It has been exciting and immensely gratifying to see Le Cinéma Club grow, and to work with so many talented filmmakers,” said founder Marie-Louise Khondji in an official statement. “With Le Cinéma Club my wish has always been to create a distinctive, dynamic and contemporary space for cinema online, and to address the need for new avenues of film distribution and promotion in a rapidly shifting media landscape. We’re delighted to bring Le Cinéma Club 2.0 to our global audience, and we couldn’t be more honored or grateful for Chanel’s support.”
Founded in 2015, Le Cinéma Club aims to “celebrate new talent,...
“It has been exciting and immensely gratifying to see Le Cinéma Club grow, and to work with so many talented filmmakers,” said founder Marie-Louise Khondji in an official statement. “With Le Cinéma Club my wish has always been to create a distinctive, dynamic and contemporary space for cinema online, and to address the need for new avenues of film distribution and promotion in a rapidly shifting media landscape. We’re delighted to bring Le Cinéma Club 2.0 to our global audience, and we couldn’t be more honored or grateful for Chanel’s support.”
Founded in 2015, Le Cinéma Club aims to “celebrate new talent,...
- 5/16/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
’Meet The Streamers’ will be held on Tuesday May 21 from 3-5pm.
The Marché du Film has launched a new event for the 2019 market called ’Meet The Streamers’, to connect key VOD players with international sales agents and producers.
Taking place on Tuesday, May 21 from 3pm to 5pm Cest at the Plage des Palmes, the event will run via a 20-minute speed-meeting format, introducing representatives from seven platforms to a rotating selection of attendees.
The representatives present will include Anaïs Lebrun, programming director – international at global streamer Mubi; Pawel Wieszczecinski, founder, executive director and head of distribution at New York-founded service Kinoscope; Joan Sala,...
The Marché du Film has launched a new event for the 2019 market called ’Meet The Streamers’, to connect key VOD players with international sales agents and producers.
Taking place on Tuesday, May 21 from 3pm to 5pm Cest at the Plage des Palmes, the event will run via a 20-minute speed-meeting format, introducing representatives from seven platforms to a rotating selection of attendees.
The representatives present will include Anaïs Lebrun, programming director – international at global streamer Mubi; Pawel Wieszczecinski, founder, executive director and head of distribution at New York-founded service Kinoscope; Joan Sala,...
- 5/13/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The Champs-Élysées Film Festival, created by producer, distributor and exhibitor Sophie Dulac, is a commitment to Parisian audiences for a cinematic trip between France and the USA showcasing the best of French and American independent cinema and highlighting New Orleans.
Six American indies and six French indies will judged for two separate awards and will also receive audience awards. The 2017 Jury consist of talents coming from all kinds of backgrounds and having a strong involvement in French independent cinema : — Lolita Chammah, actress, — Lola Créton, actress, — Vincent Dedienne, actor, humorist and author, — Jérémie Elkaïm, actor, screenwriter and director, — Camélia Jordana, singer and actress, — Gustave Kervern, director and actor — Karidja Touré, actress.
Classic Claude Brasseur back when…
The classic French actor Claude Brasseur will be the Guest of Honor along with the American director Alex Ross Perry and director Jerry Schatzberg. Other guests include directors Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu, the French actress Aïssa Maïga.
Six American indies and six French indies will judged for two separate awards and will also receive audience awards. The 2017 Jury consist of talents coming from all kinds of backgrounds and having a strong involvement in French independent cinema : — Lolita Chammah, actress, — Lola Créton, actress, — Vincent Dedienne, actor, humorist and author, — Jérémie Elkaïm, actor, screenwriter and director, — Camélia Jordana, singer and actress, — Gustave Kervern, director and actor — Karidja Touré, actress.
Classic Claude Brasseur back when…
The classic French actor Claude Brasseur will be the Guest of Honor along with the American director Alex Ross Perry and director Jerry Schatzberg. Other guests include directors Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu, the French actress Aïssa Maïga.
- 5/16/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
A new streaming platform wants to give short films their due
In Hollywood, short films are a necessary evil – crucial for assessing the potential of emerging film-makers, but near impossible to exploit for commercial gain. In practical terms, that means an ever-replenishing pool of great shorts, most of which are unlikely to find an audience. Eager to take advantage of this glut of overlooked work is Le Cinéma Club (lecinemaclub.com), a new online portal for underappreciated films, each of which screens for a full week free of charge. Founder Marie-Louise Khondji says that she’s open to works of any length, but the site’s offerings thus far have skewed short, with the longest clocking in at just over an hour.
Related: The Witch review – an eerie campfire tale that gets under your skin
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In Hollywood, short films are a necessary evil – crucial for assessing the potential of emerging film-makers, but near impossible to exploit for commercial gain. In practical terms, that means an ever-replenishing pool of great shorts, most of which are unlikely to find an audience. Eager to take advantage of this glut of overlooked work is Le Cinéma Club (lecinemaclub.com), a new online portal for underappreciated films, each of which screens for a full week free of charge. Founder Marie-Louise Khondji says that she’s open to works of any length, but the site’s offerings thus far have skewed short, with the longest clocking in at just over an hour.
Related: The Witch review – an eerie campfire tale that gets under your skin
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- 6/13/2016
- by Charlie Lyne
- The Guardian - Film News
IFC Films is bringing Simon Killer to theaters on April 5th and VOD on April 12th. The film comes from Antonio Campos and is a follow up to his first feature, Afterschool. The film stars Brady Corbet (Melancholia and Martha Marcy May Marlene), as well as Mati Diop. A trailer follows the synopsis below.
The follow-up to Antonio Campos’ critically acclaimed Afterschool, Simon Killer is an erotic and and psychological portrait of Simon (Brady Corbet, Melancholia, Martha Marcy May Marlene), a well-educated, handsome and seemingly sympathetic college graduate with just a hint of something off putting enough to ignite a sense of concern.
Recently heartbroken, Simon travels to Paris to clear his head. After several days of wandering aimlessly, Simon finds himself drawn into a sex parlor and has a sexual encounter with an exotic prostitute, Victoria (Mati Diop, 35 Shots Of Rum). The chemistry builds between the two until they...
The follow-up to Antonio Campos’ critically acclaimed Afterschool, Simon Killer is an erotic and and psychological portrait of Simon (Brady Corbet, Melancholia, Martha Marcy May Marlene), a well-educated, handsome and seemingly sympathetic college graduate with just a hint of something off putting enough to ignite a sense of concern.
Recently heartbroken, Simon travels to Paris to clear his head. After several days of wandering aimlessly, Simon finds himself drawn into a sex parlor and has a sexual encounter with an exotic prostitute, Victoria (Mati Diop, 35 Shots Of Rum). The chemistry builds between the two until they...
- 3/19/2013
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
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