Robey will start in her role in January 2024.
Rachel Robey, producer at UK company Wellington Films, is to join the the UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) as head of producing.
Robey will start in the role in January 2024. Her role will involve leading the producing department, overseeing the production of the school’s films, as well as guiding students on the Producing degrees as they learn project development and financing skills.
She takes over from Chris Auty, who left the Nfts in September to become CEO at the London Film School.
Robey will continue working at Wellington Films in a key role,...
Rachel Robey, producer at UK company Wellington Films, is to join the the UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) as head of producing.
Robey will start in the role in January 2024. Her role will involve leading the producing department, overseeing the production of the school’s films, as well as guiding students on the Producing degrees as they learn project development and financing skills.
She takes over from Chris Auty, who left the Nfts in September to become CEO at the London Film School.
Robey will continue working at Wellington Films in a key role,...
- 11/28/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Hope Dickson Leach’s atmospheric adaptation of the classic thriller looks good but in rewriting the story, adds an unnecessary element of distraction
This atmospheric black and white adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s gothic classic from Hope Dickson Leach, the director of The Levelling, opens with a tremendous shiver of menace. In the dead of night, as an eerily inhuman singsong echoes on the soundtrack, a little girl walks along an alleyway. Something steps out of the shadows. From behind, it appears to be a man, a gentleman – in a top hat and exquisitely tailored shirt. But the way it moves, gliding like a predator towards the girl, is hardly human; then it savages her with the rotting teeth of an animal. Perhaps nothing else that follows quite lives up to this taste of evil.
Dickson Leach’s film adds to the pile of 120-plus screen versions of Jekyll and Hyde.
This atmospheric black and white adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s gothic classic from Hope Dickson Leach, the director of The Levelling, opens with a tremendous shiver of menace. In the dead of night, as an eerily inhuman singsong echoes on the soundtrack, a little girl walks along an alleyway. Something steps out of the shadows. From behind, it appears to be a man, a gentleman – in a top hat and exquisitely tailored shirt. But the way it moves, gliding like a predator towards the girl, is hardly human; then it savages her with the rotting teeth of an animal. Perhaps nothing else that follows quite lives up to this taste of evil.
Dickson Leach’s film adds to the pile of 120-plus screen versions of Jekyll and Hyde.
- 10/4/2023
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
“Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” star Morfydd Clark is set to headline a biopic “Making Noise,” about Evelyn Glennie, a deaf woman who became the world’s premier solo percussionist.
Multi-Grammy winner Glennie, who hails from Scotland, experienced profound hearing loss as a child. But instead of giving up on her dream of making music, she instead went on to become a global star, performing with artists including Bjork, Underworld and Mark Knopfler. She has also released more than 40 albums and performed over 2,500 concerts worldwide.
Embankment is launching global pre-sales on the project at the Toronto Film Festival. Directed by “The Levelling” helmer Hope Dickson Leach, “Making Noise” is described as a “vibrant, exhilarating story of how the world fell in love with a woman who broke all the rules.”
Clark, who has also appeared in “Saint Maud” (earning her a BAFTA Rising Star nom) and will...
Multi-Grammy winner Glennie, who hails from Scotland, experienced profound hearing loss as a child. But instead of giving up on her dream of making music, she instead went on to become a global star, performing with artists including Bjork, Underworld and Mark Knopfler. She has also released more than 40 albums and performed over 2,500 concerts worldwide.
Embankment is launching global pre-sales on the project at the Toronto Film Festival. Directed by “The Levelling” helmer Hope Dickson Leach, “Making Noise” is described as a “vibrant, exhilarating story of how the world fell in love with a woman who broke all the rules.”
Clark, who has also appeared in “Saint Maud” (earning her a BAFTA Rising Star nom) and will...
- 9/7/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy and K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
“It’s a mad way to make a film, and I’m not sure it’s not something I would rush into again,” director Hope Dickson Leach said of the process behind her latest feature, the Edinburgh competition title The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Leach, best known for her well-received debut, The Levelling, which debuted at Toronto in 2016, was approached by the National Theatre of Scotland during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic to create a hybrid film-theatre project that could engage audiences while health restrictions were still in place.
The result was a stage production of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, performed live at the Leith Theatre in Edinburgh by a troop of actors who were tracked around the venue by six cameras. The footage was mixed and edited live by Leach, who sat in an operating van outside the venue.
Leach, best known for her well-received debut, The Levelling, which debuted at Toronto in 2016, was approached by the National Theatre of Scotland during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic to create a hybrid film-theatre project that could engage audiences while health restrictions were still in place.
The result was a stage production of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, performed live at the Leith Theatre in Edinburgh by a troop of actors who were tracked around the venue by six cameras. The footage was mixed and edited live by Leach, who sat in an operating van outside the venue.
- 8/21/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Appropriately the City of Edinburgh takes centre stage in this retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella. Relocating the story to the Scottish capital Hope Dickinson Leach (The Levelling) is given free rein to explore all its gothic glory, to spin a tale of human behaviour and the inhumanity of the upper classes.
Going back to the source, our story concerns Gabriel Utterson (Lorn MacDonald), a solicitor of extremely modest means. Quiet and well-mannered he has all the hallmarks of a Victorian gentleman except the status itself. A drawback which he hopes his friendship with Doctor Henry Jekyll (Henry Pettigrew) could one day remedy. However, Jekyll is prone to strange behaviour, changing his will in favour of his assistant Mr Hyde, a man curiously linked to violent assaults and deaths throughout the city. As Utterson edges closer to the truth of the two men he finds his place in the city elevated by the wealthy,...
Going back to the source, our story concerns Gabriel Utterson (Lorn MacDonald), a solicitor of extremely modest means. Quiet and well-mannered he has all the hallmarks of a Victorian gentleman except the status itself. A drawback which he hopes his friendship with Doctor Henry Jekyll (Henry Pettigrew) could one day remedy. However, Jekyll is prone to strange behaviour, changing his will in favour of his assistant Mr Hyde, a man curiously linked to violent assaults and deaths throughout the city. As Utterson edges closer to the truth of the two men he finds his place in the city elevated by the wealthy,...
- 8/21/2023
- by Liam Macleod
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Levelling
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song, Netflix, streaming now
Leonard Cohen's seminal song gets the full treatment in this documentary, which comes at the musician from it's perspective. Although not offering as deep a profile of the artist himself, Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine do succeed in charting the full evolution of his best known track. The film explores Cohen's tightrope walk between holiness and hedonism, while also indicating how he felt about the song's resurgence. Footage of the man himself late in his career is a treat.
Phantom Thread, 11.15pm, BBC2, Monday, January 30
Jennie Kermode writes: Featuring the last film performance by Daniel Day-Lewis, who announced his retirement shortly before it was released in 2018, Paul Thomas Anderson’s sumptuously presented drama has echoes of Hitchcock’s Vertigo in its portrait of a romance which hinges on the reshaping of a woman (played by Vicky Krieps) into somebody else.
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song, Netflix, streaming now
Leonard Cohen's seminal song gets the full treatment in this documentary, which comes at the musician from it's perspective. Although not offering as deep a profile of the artist himself, Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine do succeed in charting the full evolution of his best known track. The film explores Cohen's tightrope walk between holiness and hedonism, while also indicating how he felt about the song's resurgence. Footage of the man himself late in his career is a treat.
Phantom Thread, 11.15pm, BBC2, Monday, January 30
Jennie Kermode writes: Featuring the last film performance by Daniel Day-Lewis, who announced his retirement shortly before it was released in 2018, Paul Thomas Anderson’s sumptuously presented drama has echoes of Hitchcock’s Vertigo in its portrait of a romance which hinges on the reshaping of a woman (played by Vicky Krieps) into somebody else.
- 1/30/2023
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
If there's one thing films about farming have consistently shown us in recent years, from Britain to Iceland (The County) and beyond, it's that toxic masculinity thrives like wheat in the environment.
This time it's France where men rule the roost and women are thin on the ground and where, for once, the English title of the film gets to the heart of its emotions more than perhaps the more poetic French name La Terre Des Hommes (The Land of Men). Naël Marandin, writing with Marion Doussot and Marion Desseigne-Ravel, takes us to rural dairy country, where Constance (Diane Rouxel) is trying to keep her family farm afloat alongside her dad (Olivier Gourmet) and fiance Bruno (Finnegan Oldfield). With auction prices for their stock dropping - like many details here shown to us in an immersive cattle market scene rather than simply relayed through dialogue -...
This time it's France where men rule the roost and women are thin on the ground and where, for once, the English title of the film gets to the heart of its emotions more than perhaps the more poetic French name La Terre Des Hommes (The Land of Men). Naël Marandin, writing with Marion Doussot and Marion Desseigne-Ravel, takes us to rural dairy country, where Constance (Diane Rouxel) is trying to keep her family farm afloat alongside her dad (Olivier Gourmet) and fiance Bruno (Finnegan Oldfield). With auction prices for their stock dropping - like many details here shown to us in an immersive cattle market scene rather than simply relayed through dialogue -...
- 11/24/2020
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The BFI and Iwc Schaffhausen today revealed the three filmmakers shortlisted for the annual Iwc Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award, given in association with the UK film organization.
The 2020 contenders are Cathy Brady, writer-director of debut feature Wildfire, Aleem Khan, writer-director of debut feature After Love, and Francis Lee, writer-director of sophomore feature Ammonite, starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan.
At £50,000 ($65k), and now in its fifth year, the prize is one of the most significant bursaries of its kind in the UK, expressly designed to support the future careers of promising new UK film talent.
Brit multi-hyphenate Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You) will join Ben Roberts, Chief Executive of the BFI and Christoph Grainger-Herr, CEO of luxury watch maker Iwc Schaffhausen, to select the winner, which will be announced at the BFI London Film Festival 2020 Virtual Lff Audience Awards, on Sunday 18 October – the closing night of the festival.
Chaired by Tricia Tuttle,...
The 2020 contenders are Cathy Brady, writer-director of debut feature Wildfire, Aleem Khan, writer-director of debut feature After Love, and Francis Lee, writer-director of sophomore feature Ammonite, starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan.
At £50,000 ($65k), and now in its fifth year, the prize is one of the most significant bursaries of its kind in the UK, expressly designed to support the future careers of promising new UK film talent.
Brit multi-hyphenate Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You) will join Ben Roberts, Chief Executive of the BFI and Christoph Grainger-Herr, CEO of luxury watch maker Iwc Schaffhausen, to select the winner, which will be announced at the BFI London Film Festival 2020 Virtual Lff Audience Awards, on Sunday 18 October – the closing night of the festival.
Chaired by Tricia Tuttle,...
- 9/21/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
They include Hurricane Films’ Sid Vicious biopic ’Something Else’.
A drama about Sid Vicious and his mother is among four UK projects to receive a tranche of development funding from the European Union’s Creative Europe Media programme.
Something Else (aka Ma Vicious) will be written and directed by Justin Edgar of 104 Films and received €50,000 from Creative Europe.
The awards will be some of the last in the UK to receive support from the fund as the UK will not participate in the next Creative Europe programme, due to start in January 2021, as a result of the UK leaving...
A drama about Sid Vicious and his mother is among four UK projects to receive a tranche of development funding from the European Union’s Creative Europe Media programme.
Something Else (aka Ma Vicious) will be written and directed by Justin Edgar of 104 Films and received €50,000 from Creative Europe.
The awards will be some of the last in the UK to receive support from the fund as the UK will not participate in the next Creative Europe programme, due to start in January 2021, as a result of the UK leaving...
- 5/20/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Danny Boyle will lead the judging panel for the prize.
The BFI has selected the three filmmakers on the shortlist for its Iwc Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award, which gives a £50,000 prize to a UK-based writer, director or writer-director with a first or second film at the BFI London Film Festival.
The chosen three this year are Rose Glass, writer-director of Saint Maud; Hong Khaou, writer-director of Monsoon; and Peter Mackie Burns, director of Rialto.
All three are previous Screen Stars of Tomorrow: Burns in 2005, Khaou in 2013, and Glass in 2018.
The winner will be chosen by a panel headed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Danny Boyle,...
The BFI has selected the three filmmakers on the shortlist for its Iwc Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award, which gives a £50,000 prize to a UK-based writer, director or writer-director with a first or second film at the BFI London Film Festival.
The chosen three this year are Rose Glass, writer-director of Saint Maud; Hong Khaou, writer-director of Monsoon; and Peter Mackie Burns, director of Rialto.
All three are previous Screen Stars of Tomorrow: Burns in 2005, Khaou in 2013, and Glass in 2018.
The winner will be chosen by a panel headed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Danny Boyle,...
- 9/5/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Verve Pictures to distribute completed films at the end of the year.
The £200,000 short films initiative The Uncertain Kingdom, launched in December 2018, has finalised the 20 directors who will each receive £10,000 to finance a short film project.
Joining the previously announced Hope Dickson Leach (The Levelling) are the Oscar-winning Orlando Von Einsiedel (The White Helmets), International Emmy winner Guy Jenkin (Outnumbered) and Bifa winner Carol Salter (Almost Heaven).
Also on the roster are four former Screen Stars of Tomorrow: actor/writer/director Antonia Campbell-Hughes, writer/director Rubika Shah, and producers Helen Simmons and Yaw Basoah.
The full list of project teams can be found below.
The £200,000 short films initiative The Uncertain Kingdom, launched in December 2018, has finalised the 20 directors who will each receive £10,000 to finance a short film project.
Joining the previously announced Hope Dickson Leach (The Levelling) are the Oscar-winning Orlando Von Einsiedel (The White Helmets), International Emmy winner Guy Jenkin (Outnumbered) and Bifa winner Carol Salter (Almost Heaven).
Also on the roster are four former Screen Stars of Tomorrow: actor/writer/director Antonia Campbell-Hughes, writer/director Rubika Shah, and producers Helen Simmons and Yaw Basoah.
The full list of project teams can be found below.
- 5/31/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Dickson Leach’s UK-China project is being produced by Christopher Granier-Deferre.
The Iffam Project Market (Ipm) has unveiled 14 films that will be presented during its event December 9-11.
They include the latest feature from UK director Hope Dickson Leach (The Levelling), who will introduce her family drama Klepto, which is being produced by Christopher Granier-Deferre at Poisson Rouge Pictures and is a UK-China co-production.
Also on the list are South Korean director Song II-Kong’s romantic drama Love Song and the first fiction feature from documentary director Yan Ting Yuen, arthouse project Hong Kong Sister.
The event will run during...
The Iffam Project Market (Ipm) has unveiled 14 films that will be presented during its event December 9-11.
They include the latest feature from UK director Hope Dickson Leach (The Levelling), who will introduce her family drama Klepto, which is being produced by Christopher Granier-Deferre at Poisson Rouge Pictures and is a UK-China co-production.
Also on the list are South Korean director Song II-Kong’s romantic drama Love Song and the first fiction feature from documentary director Yan Ting Yuen, arthouse project Hong Kong Sister.
The event will run during...
- 11/3/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Griffin is a Screen Star of Tomorrow 2018.
Producer Anna Griffin has been awarded the inaugural Simon Relph Memorial Bursary of £20,000 by Creative England.
Griffin, whose credits include Matt Palmer’s Calibre and documentary Paa Joe & The Lion, was selected by a panel including producer and Number 9 films boss Stephen Woolley, Creative England CEO Caroline Norbury, Working Title co-chairman Tim Bevan, producer Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly and Simon Relph’s daughter, Bella Relph.
Launched in Cannes earlier this year, the bursary was created in memory of producer Relph, who supported many new filmmakers throughout his career, including during his tenure as...
Producer Anna Griffin has been awarded the inaugural Simon Relph Memorial Bursary of £20,000 by Creative England.
Griffin, whose credits include Matt Palmer’s Calibre and documentary Paa Joe & The Lion, was selected by a panel including producer and Number 9 films boss Stephen Woolley, Creative England CEO Caroline Norbury, Working Title co-chairman Tim Bevan, producer Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly and Simon Relph’s daughter, Bella Relph.
Launched in Cannes earlier this year, the bursary was created in memory of producer Relph, who supported many new filmmakers throughout his career, including during his tenure as...
- 10/30/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Award is for a filmmaker screening their first or second feature at London Film Festival.
The BFI has announced three finalists for the Iwc Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award, which comes with a £50,000 grant.
This year’s final three are: Richard Billingham, writer-director of Ray And Liz; Harry Wootliff, writer-director of Only You; and Nicole Taylor, writer of Wild Rose.
The award is designed ‘to support the future careers of exceptional new British film talent’; all three finalists will play at the upcoming BFI London Film Festival.
The winner will be announced on Tuesday October 9 at the Iwc gala dinner, chosen...
The BFI has announced three finalists for the Iwc Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award, which comes with a £50,000 grant.
This year’s final three are: Richard Billingham, writer-director of Ray And Liz; Harry Wootliff, writer-director of Only You; and Nicole Taylor, writer of Wild Rose.
The award is designed ‘to support the future careers of exceptional new British film talent’; all three finalists will play at the upcoming BFI London Film Festival.
The winner will be announced on Tuesday October 9 at the Iwc gala dinner, chosen...
- 9/20/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Award is for a filmmaker screening their first or second feature at London Film Festival.
The BFI has announced three finalists for the Iwc Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award, which comes with a £50,000 grant.
This year’s final three are: Richard Billingham, writer-director of Ray And Liz; Harry Wootliff, writer-director of Only You; and Nicole Taylor, writer of Wild Rose.
The award is designed ‘to support the future careers of exceptional new British film talent’; all three finalists will play at the upcoming BFI London Film Festival.
The winner will be announced on Tuesday October 9 at the Iwc gala dinner, chosen...
The BFI has announced three finalists for the Iwc Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award, which comes with a £50,000 grant.
This year’s final three are: Richard Billingham, writer-director of Ray And Liz; Harry Wootliff, writer-director of Only You; and Nicole Taylor, writer of Wild Rose.
The award is designed ‘to support the future careers of exceptional new British film talent’; all three finalists will play at the upcoming BFI London Film Festival.
The winner will be announced on Tuesday October 9 at the Iwc gala dinner, chosen...
- 9/20/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Writer-director Richard Billingham (Ray & Liz), writer Nicole Taylor (Wild Rose) and writer-director Harry Wootliff (Only You) are the three names on the shortlist for the Iwc Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award worth £50k ($65k), which the eponymous luxury watch brand gives in conjunction with the BFI.
Photographer and Turner Prize-nominated artist Billingham’s well-reviewed first feature Ray and Liz is based on his memories of his parents Ray and Liz, their relationship, and its impact on Richard and his younger brother Jason.
Taylor recently wrote drama series, Three Girls for BBC1, which won five BAFTAs including mini-series and writer: drama. Prior to that, she wrote The C Word, starring Sheridan Smith for BBC1, which was also BAFTA-
nominated. Wild Rose, which was snapped up by Neon out of Toronto, is about a young woman from Glasgow who wants to escape Scotland for Nashville where she dreams of making it as a country singer.
Photographer and Turner Prize-nominated artist Billingham’s well-reviewed first feature Ray and Liz is based on his memories of his parents Ray and Liz, their relationship, and its impact on Richard and his younger brother Jason.
Taylor recently wrote drama series, Three Girls for BBC1, which won five BAFTAs including mini-series and writer: drama. Prior to that, she wrote The C Word, starring Sheridan Smith for BBC1, which was also BAFTA-
nominated. Wild Rose, which was snapped up by Neon out of Toronto, is about a young woman from Glasgow who wants to escape Scotland for Nashville where she dreams of making it as a country singer.
- 9/20/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Jack O’Connell (“Unbroken”) and Lily Collins (“Okja”) will star in “The Cradle” with shooting starting this summer.
Based on Patrick Somerville’s 2009 novel, the movie will follow a young couple, Matt (O’Connell) and Marissa (Collins), as they prepare for their first child. As the last-minute nerves set in, Matt is sent on a mission to find the cradle that Marrissa had as a baby. The journey he subsequently embarks upon changes their family forever.
Somerville, creator of the upcoming Amazon series ‘Maniac,’ co-wrote the screenplay with Hope Dickson Leach (“The Levelling”) who directs. Protagonist Pictures has boarded the project and will launch the script to buyers in Cannes. UTA and CAA will handle North American rights. Gail Mutrux and Tore Schmidt are producing the film for Pretty Pictures (“The Danish Girl”).
“When we read Patrick Somerville’s book ‘The Cradle,’ we immediately fell in love with his exquisitely...
Based on Patrick Somerville’s 2009 novel, the movie will follow a young couple, Matt (O’Connell) and Marissa (Collins), as they prepare for their first child. As the last-minute nerves set in, Matt is sent on a mission to find the cradle that Marrissa had as a baby. The journey he subsequently embarks upon changes their family forever.
Somerville, creator of the upcoming Amazon series ‘Maniac,’ co-wrote the screenplay with Hope Dickson Leach (“The Levelling”) who directs. Protagonist Pictures has boarded the project and will launch the script to buyers in Cannes. UTA and CAA will handle North American rights. Gail Mutrux and Tore Schmidt are producing the film for Pretty Pictures (“The Danish Girl”).
“When we read Patrick Somerville’s book ‘The Cradle,’ we immediately fell in love with his exquisitely...
- 4/30/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Jack O’Connell and Lily Collins are joining The Cradle from The Levelling director Hope Dickson Leach.
O’Connell and Collins will play a couple not ready to expect their first baby as they track down a childhood cradle, only to make a discovery that will change their family forever. Protagonist Pictures will launch the project to international buyers in Cannes.
UTA and CAA are handling North American rights. The Cradle is adapted from the 2009 novel by writer Patrick Somerville, who co-wrote the screenplay with Dickson Leach.
The producer credits are shared by Gail Mutrux and Tore Schmidt for Pretty Pictures....
O’Connell and Collins will play a couple not ready to expect their first baby as they track down a childhood cradle, only to make a discovery that will change their family forever. Protagonist Pictures will launch the project to international buyers in Cannes.
UTA and CAA are handling North American rights. The Cradle is adapted from the 2009 novel by writer Patrick Somerville, who co-wrote the screenplay with Dickson Leach.
The producer credits are shared by Gail Mutrux and Tore Schmidt for Pretty Pictures....
- 4/30/2018
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jack O’Connell and Lily Collins are jumping into The Cradle, a drama from The Levelling writer/director, Hope Dickson Leach. Protagonist Pictures has boarded the project and will launch the script to buyers in Cannes with a summer 2018 shoot eyed. UTA and CAA are handling North American rights.
Described as a highly emotional and life-affirming drama, The Cradle centers on Matt and Marissa who are expecting their first baby any minute — but Matt is having panic attacks and Marissa wants the nursery to be perfect. So perfect that she needs Matt to track down the cradle she had as an infant. To keep his pregnant wife happy, Matt hits the road unaware of what lies ahead. The discovery he makes, however, will change their family forever.
This is Dickson Leach’s second feature after The Levelling which premiered at Toronto in 2016 and nabbed a Scottish BAFTA for Best Writer...
Described as a highly emotional and life-affirming drama, The Cradle centers on Matt and Marissa who are expecting their first baby any minute — but Matt is having panic attacks and Marissa wants the nursery to be perfect. So perfect that she needs Matt to track down the cradle she had as an infant. To keep his pregnant wife happy, Matt hits the road unaware of what lies ahead. The discovery he makes, however, will change their family forever.
This is Dickson Leach’s second feature after The Levelling which premiered at Toronto in 2016 and nabbed a Scottish BAFTA for Best Writer...
- 4/30/2018
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Protagonist Pictures launching project in Cannes.
Jack O’Connell (Starred Up) and Lily Collins (Mirror Mirror) will lead the cast of The Cradle for writer-director Hope Dickson Leach (The Levelling).
Protagonist Pictures has boarded the project and will launch the script to buyers in Cannes. UTA and CAA handle North American rights.
O’Connell and Collins will play Matt and Marissa, a couple who are expecting their first baby. Both are unprepared – Matt is having panic attacks and Marissa wants the nursery to be so perfect that she asks Matt to track down the cradle she had herself as a baby.
Jack O’Connell (Starred Up) and Lily Collins (Mirror Mirror) will lead the cast of The Cradle for writer-director Hope Dickson Leach (The Levelling).
Protagonist Pictures has boarded the project and will launch the script to buyers in Cannes. UTA and CAA handle North American rights.
O’Connell and Collins will play Matt and Marissa, a couple who are expecting their first baby. Both are unprepared – Matt is having panic attacks and Marissa wants the nursery to be so perfect that she asks Matt to track down the cradle she had herself as a baby.
- 4/30/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
British director, Coz Greenop’s new psychological horror takes us from the edge of the country to a bracing and turbulent seascape and more specifically: the coast’s lighthouse. Amy (April Pearson) tracks down her lover Beth (Lynne Anne Rogers) who recently disappeared following a tragic event involving her husband. Beth and her daughter are holding up in a lighthouse – which has a connection to Beth’s past.
Following the success of British horror, The Ritual earlier this year, I couldn’t wait to see what Dark Beacon had in store. What British thrillers do so well is to let the silence talk, the silence between words tells the story as much as the dialogue does. We’ve seen similar examples in The Levelling (2017) and more recently, in Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here. Dark Beacon successfully harnesses the sounds of the environment and the quietness of isolation...
Following the success of British horror, The Ritual earlier this year, I couldn’t wait to see what Dark Beacon had in store. What British thrillers do so well is to let the silence talk, the silence between words tells the story as much as the dialogue does. We’ve seen similar examples in The Levelling (2017) and more recently, in Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here. Dark Beacon successfully harnesses the sounds of the environment and the quietness of isolation...
- 3/23/2018
- by April McIntyre
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In his latest podcast/interview, host Stuart Wright talks to writer/director Hope Dickson Leach about her debut feature film The Levelling.
A stunning debut feature by writer-director Hope Dickson Leach, starring Ellie Kendrick (Game of Thrones) and David Troughton (The Archers). Against the backdrop of the floods that devastated her home, Clover (Kendrick) returns to her family farm to confront her estranged father, Aubrey (Troughton). Shadowed by ill-remembered conflicts and unspoken regrets, the pair set out to heal their fractious yet still loving relationship. Dickson Leach showcases her burgeoning skill as a filmmaker to watch, displaying a remarkable ability to craft drama from silence and inference. Troughton gives a finely tempered performance, perfectly matched by Kendrick’s extraordinary presence in the breakout role of the year.
The Levelling is on iTunes, Amazon Instant, Google, BFI player, Curzon Home Cinema, Sky, FilmDoo and the Peccadillo player; available through peccapics.com...
A stunning debut feature by writer-director Hope Dickson Leach, starring Ellie Kendrick (Game of Thrones) and David Troughton (The Archers). Against the backdrop of the floods that devastated her home, Clover (Kendrick) returns to her family farm to confront her estranged father, Aubrey (Troughton). Shadowed by ill-remembered conflicts and unspoken regrets, the pair set out to heal their fractious yet still loving relationship. Dickson Leach showcases her burgeoning skill as a filmmaker to watch, displaying a remarkable ability to craft drama from silence and inference. Troughton gives a finely tempered performance, perfectly matched by Kendrick’s extraordinary presence in the breakout role of the year.
The Levelling is on iTunes, Amazon Instant, Google, BFI player, Curzon Home Cinema, Sky, FilmDoo and the Peccadillo player; available through peccapics.com...
- 3/14/2018
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
New iteration, which has now opened for applications, will select 12 projects from first-time filmmakers.
Creative England’s flagship low-budget film initiative iFeatures is re-launching this year to become a year-round development lab with a more flexible approach to funding and regionality.
The BFI, BBC Films and Creative Skillset-backed scheme previously selected an initial 12 projects for development and then took three into production with budgets of £350,000. Recent success stories including William Oldroyd’s Lady Macbeth, Hope Dickson Leach’s The Levelling and Dan Kokotajilo’s Apostasy.
In its new iteration, which opens on Feb 21 for applications, 12 projects from first-time filmmakers will be taken through an entire cycle of development that will include support for all aspects of the creative process, from inception to the stage when they are ready to be introduced to the market.
The BFI and BBC Films have committed to producing at least three of the projects, but the goal is...
Creative England’s flagship low-budget film initiative iFeatures is re-launching this year to become a year-round development lab with a more flexible approach to funding and regionality.
The BFI, BBC Films and Creative Skillset-backed scheme previously selected an initial 12 projects for development and then took three into production with budgets of £350,000. Recent success stories including William Oldroyd’s Lady Macbeth, Hope Dickson Leach’s The Levelling and Dan Kokotajilo’s Apostasy.
In its new iteration, which opens on Feb 21 for applications, 12 projects from first-time filmmakers will be taken through an entire cycle of development that will include support for all aspects of the creative process, from inception to the stage when they are ready to be introduced to the market.
The BFI and BBC Films have committed to producing at least three of the projects, but the goal is...
- 2/15/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
illuminatrix rising will provide mentoring and exposure for two female DoPs a month.
illuminatrix, a UK-based collective of professional female cinematographers in the UK, has launched a sister platform to promote up and coming talent called illuminatrix rising.
The new channel will profile two emerging DOPs every month on the illuminatrix website; those DOPs will also curate the collective’s Instagram feed and have the opportunity to be mentored by an illuminatrix member.
The first DOPs featured were Simona Susnea and Diana Olifirova, whose work has screened at Edinburgh International Film Festival, BFI Film Festival and Poitiers Film Festival.
Run by and for female DOPs, illuminatrix requires at least five years working as a professional Dop, and aims to change the underrepresentation of women in cinematography by giving producers and directors an online resource through which to view their work.
According to a study by the Centre for the Study of Women in Television and Film, of the...
illuminatrix, a UK-based collective of professional female cinematographers in the UK, has launched a sister platform to promote up and coming talent called illuminatrix rising.
The new channel will profile two emerging DOPs every month on the illuminatrix website; those DOPs will also curate the collective’s Instagram feed and have the opportunity to be mentored by an illuminatrix member.
The first DOPs featured were Simona Susnea and Diana Olifirova, whose work has screened at Edinburgh International Film Festival, BFI Film Festival and Poitiers Film Festival.
Run by and for female DOPs, illuminatrix requires at least five years working as a professional Dop, and aims to change the underrepresentation of women in cinematography by giving producers and directors an online resource through which to view their work.
According to a study by the Centre for the Study of Women in Television and Film, of the...
- 2/15/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
MaryAnn’s quick take… This would-be modern Romeo-and-Juliet tale is little more than a pile-on of class stereotypes, contrived dialogue, and one whopper of a coincidence. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Arthur (Johnny Flynn) hails from a family of miners in Wales, and now works as a bike messenger in London. Vida (Lydia Wilson: Star Trek Beyond) is a cellist who makes no money from her music, but that’s okay because her rich parents have bought her an amazing apartment in trendy East London. Now, Johnny is moving into that flat with Vida, and the two families are about to culture-clash.
From the directing team of Emily Harris and Ate de Jong (he’s best known for the 1991 cult film Drop Dead Fred), Love Is Thicker Than Water wants to be a modern Romeo-and-Juliet tale.
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Arthur (Johnny Flynn) hails from a family of miners in Wales, and now works as a bike messenger in London. Vida (Lydia Wilson: Star Trek Beyond) is a cellist who makes no money from her music, but that’s okay because her rich parents have bought her an amazing apartment in trendy East London. Now, Johnny is moving into that flat with Vida, and the two families are about to culture-clash.
From the directing team of Emily Harris and Ate de Jong (he’s best known for the 1991 cult film Drop Dead Fred), Love Is Thicker Than Water wants to be a modern Romeo-and-Juliet tale.
- 12/1/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
T2 Trainspotting won three Scottish BAFTAs T2 Trainspotting was the big winner at the BAFTA Scotland awards last night, scoring a hat-trick of awards.
The sequel to Trainspotting - which reunites the characters (played by the original cast) in middle-age - was named best fiction film, while Ewen Bremner picked up the film actor award and Danny Boyle was named best fiction director.
Hope Dickson Leach won the best film/television writer for her drama The Levelling.
The best actress gong went to Deirdre Mullins for her role in Highlands-set thriller The Dark Mile.
The award for outstanding contribution to film and television was awarded to Armando Iannucci, the multi BAFTA-winning writer, producer, director and political satirist, whose latest film The Death Of Stalin is currently in cinemas.
Ross Hogg followed up his short film win for Isabella last year (shared with Duncan Cowles), netting the animation award for Life Cycles.
The sequel to Trainspotting - which reunites the characters (played by the original cast) in middle-age - was named best fiction film, while Ewen Bremner picked up the film actor award and Danny Boyle was named best fiction director.
Hope Dickson Leach won the best film/television writer for her drama The Levelling.
The best actress gong went to Deirdre Mullins for her role in Highlands-set thriller The Dark Mile.
The award for outstanding contribution to film and television was awarded to Armando Iannucci, the multi BAFTA-winning writer, producer, director and political satirist, whose latest film The Death Of Stalin is currently in cinemas.
Ross Hogg followed up his short film win for Isabella last year (shared with Duncan Cowles), netting the animation award for Life Cycles.
- 11/6/2017
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
T2 Trainspotting leads charge for Scottish BAFTAs Danny Boyle's T2 Trainspotting has been nominated for five awards by Bafta Scotland.
The sequel to the 1986 hit is in the running for best film, best director, plus best actor nods for Ewen Bremner, Robert Carlyle and Ewan McGregor.
The film will vie for best film against Accidental Anarchist, directed by John Archer and Clara Glynn and Chico Pereira's docufiction Donkeyote.
The ceremony will take place on Sunday 5 November.
Full list of the film nominees:
Actor - Film
Ewen Bremner - T2 Trainspotting
Robert Carlyle - T2 Trainspotting
Ewan McGregor - T2 Trainspotting
Actress - Film
Kate Dickie - Prevenge
Freya Mavor - Modern Life Is Rubbish
Deirdre Mullins - The Dark Mile
Animation
Home Matters - Playdead
Life Cycles - Ross Hogg
Spindrift - Selina Wagner, Anna Thomson, Mike Vass
Director - Fiction
Danny Boyle - T2 Trainspotting
Hope Dickson Leach...
The sequel to the 1986 hit is in the running for best film, best director, plus best actor nods for Ewen Bremner, Robert Carlyle and Ewan McGregor.
The film will vie for best film against Accidental Anarchist, directed by John Archer and Clara Glynn and Chico Pereira's docufiction Donkeyote.
The ceremony will take place on Sunday 5 November.
Full list of the film nominees:
Actor - Film
Ewen Bremner - T2 Trainspotting
Robert Carlyle - T2 Trainspotting
Ewan McGregor - T2 Trainspotting
Actress - Film
Kate Dickie - Prevenge
Freya Mavor - Modern Life Is Rubbish
Deirdre Mullins - The Dark Mile
Animation
Home Matters - Playdead
Life Cycles - Ross Hogg
Spindrift - Selina Wagner, Anna Thomson, Mike Vass
Director - Fiction
Danny Boyle - T2 Trainspotting
Hope Dickson Leach...
- 10/5/2017
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
A disaffected farmer’s fling with a Romanian worker reawakens his love of the land in Francis Lee’s tender, impressive debut
Rural Britain is fertile ground for a generation of new British film-makers. A waterlogged Somerset provided the backdrop for Hope Dickson Leach’s The Levelling. And now the Pennines glower over the family farm in Francis Lee’s equally impressive feature debut, God’s Own Country. It’s the kind of world in which bone-aching toil is a way of life and secrets are buried deep beneath the damp sod.
And there are plenty of secrets here. Following his father’s stroke, Johnny Saxby (a terrific, stoically anguished performance from Josh O’Connor) has been forced to take over the daily running of the farm. Surveying his efforts with thin-lipped disapproval are his grandmother (Gemma Jones) and his dad (Ian Hart). With vowels as flat and hard as flagstones,...
Rural Britain is fertile ground for a generation of new British film-makers. A waterlogged Somerset provided the backdrop for Hope Dickson Leach’s The Levelling. And now the Pennines glower over the family farm in Francis Lee’s equally impressive feature debut, God’s Own Country. It’s the kind of world in which bone-aching toil is a way of life and secrets are buried deep beneath the damp sod.
And there are plenty of secrets here. Following his father’s stroke, Johnny Saxby (a terrific, stoically anguished performance from Josh O’Connor) has been forced to take over the daily running of the farm. Surveying his efforts with thin-lipped disapproval are his grandmother (Gemma Jones) and his dad (Ian Hart). With vowels as flat and hard as flagstones,...
- 9/3/2017
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
Over the years, the Edinburgh International Film Festival has become about a lot more than just watching moviews. Its industry events receive a lot of attention and one particularly important one this year was All Inclusive, which brought together deaf and disabled filmmakers to discuss the challenges they face in this industry and look at ways they might be resolved, as well as to celebrate work produced despite them. One of the organisers was Rachel Robey, Disability Arts Champion at the British council. We caught up with her and with two of the event's speakers, Charlie Swinbourne and Aurora Fearnley, to find out more about it.
Rachel Robey and her daughter on the set of The Levelling
This was the first event of its kind for Rachel, a producer whose work includes The Levelling and A Man's Story. "The British Council has a really close relationship with the Edinburgh International Film Festival,...
Rachel Robey and her daughter on the set of The Levelling
This was the first event of its kind for Rachel, a producer whose work includes The Levelling and A Man's Story. "The British Council has a really close relationship with the Edinburgh International Film Festival,...
- 8/17/2017
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Award will be handed out at 2017 Luminous fundraising gala.
The BFI has announced details of its £50,000 ($65,165) bursary, which will be presented at their 2017 Luminous fundraising gala on 3 October 2017.
The bursary will be awarded to an emerging UK-based writer and/or director premiering their first or second feature at the London Film Festival (Lff).
The jury of director Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech), Amanda Nevill (CEO, BFI) and Christoph Grainger-Herr (CEO of Iwc Schaffhausen) will select a winner from a shortlist of three filmmakers.
A panel including Clare Stewart (director of the Lff) and Ben Roberts (director of the BFI Film Fund) will draw up the shortlist.
The inaugural bursary in 2016 was won by Hope Dickson Leach for her debut The Levelling (pictured), which received a theatrical release this May.
Hope Dickson Leach said: “This last year has been a wild ride. Promoting my debut film as well as exploring future opportunities is all-encompassing, and having...
The BFI has announced details of its £50,000 ($65,165) bursary, which will be presented at their 2017 Luminous fundraising gala on 3 October 2017.
The bursary will be awarded to an emerging UK-based writer and/or director premiering their first or second feature at the London Film Festival (Lff).
The jury of director Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech), Amanda Nevill (CEO, BFI) and Christoph Grainger-Herr (CEO of Iwc Schaffhausen) will select a winner from a shortlist of three filmmakers.
A panel including Clare Stewart (director of the Lff) and Ben Roberts (director of the BFI Film Fund) will draw up the shortlist.
The inaugural bursary in 2016 was won by Hope Dickson Leach for her debut The Levelling (pictured), which received a theatrical release this May.
Hope Dickson Leach said: “This last year has been a wild ride. Promoting my debut film as well as exploring future opportunities is all-encompassing, and having...
- 7/19/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
Award will be handed out at 2017 Luminous fundraising gala.
The BFI has announced details of its £50,000 ($65,165) bursary, which will be presented at their 2017 Luminous fundraising gala on 3 October 2017.
The bursary will be awarded to an emerging UK-based writer and/or director premiering their first or second feature at the London Film Festival (Lff).
The jury of director Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech), Amanda Nevill (CEO, BFI) and Christoph Grainger-Herr (CEO of Iwc Schaffhausen) will select a winner from a shortlist of three filmmakers.
A panel including Clare Stewart (director of the Lff) and Ben Roberts (director of the BFI Film Fund) will draw up the shortlist.
The inaugural bursary in 2016 was won by Hope Dickson Leach for her debut The Levelling (pictured), which received a theatrical release this May.
Hope Dickson Leach said: “This last year has been a wild ride. Promoting my debut film as well as exploring future opportunities is all-encompassing, and having...
The BFI has announced details of its £50,000 ($65,165) bursary, which will be presented at their 2017 Luminous fundraising gala on 3 October 2017.
The bursary will be awarded to an emerging UK-based writer and/or director premiering their first or second feature at the London Film Festival (Lff).
The jury of director Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech), Amanda Nevill (CEO, BFI) and Christoph Grainger-Herr (CEO of Iwc Schaffhausen) will select a winner from a shortlist of three filmmakers.
A panel including Clare Stewart (director of the Lff) and Ben Roberts (director of the BFI Film Fund) will draw up the shortlist.
The inaugural bursary in 2016 was won by Hope Dickson Leach for her debut The Levelling (pictured), which received a theatrical release this May.
Hope Dickson Leach said: “This last year has been a wild ride. Promoting my debut film as well as exploring future opportunities is all-encompassing, and having...
- 7/19/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
Author: Competitions
To mark the release of The Levelling on 17th July, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on Blu-ray.
Against the backdrop of the floods that devastated her home, Clover (Ellie Kendrick) returns to her family farm to confront her estranged father, Aubrey (David Troughton). Shadowed by ill-remembered conflicts and unspoken regrets, the pair set out to heal their fractious yet still loving relationship.
Please note: This competition is open to UK residents only
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Open to UK residents only The competition will close 24th July 2017 at 23.59 GMT The winner will be picked at random from entries received No cash alternative is available
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To mark the release of The Levelling on 17th July, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on Blu-ray.
Against the backdrop of the floods that devastated her home, Clover (Ellie Kendrick) returns to her family farm to confront her estranged father, Aubrey (David Troughton). Shadowed by ill-remembered conflicts and unspoken regrets, the pair set out to heal their fractious yet still loving relationship.
Please note: This competition is open to UK residents only
a Rafflecopter giveaway
The Small Print
Open to UK residents only The competition will close 24th July 2017 at 23.59 GMT The winner will be picked at random from entries received No cash alternative is available
The usual T&Cs can be found here. Good Luck!
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- 7/14/2017
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Shoot has kicked off on UK forbidden love drama.
I, Anna director Barnaby Southcombe has started principal photography on Scarborough, starring Jodhi May, Jordan Bolger and Jessica Barden. Great Point Media, Southcombe’s Embargo Films and Poisson Rouge Pictures are producing; the four-week shoot kicked off on May 15 on location in Scarborough.
The film is adapted by Southcombe from Fiona Evans’ award-winning play, about two dangerously charged teacher-pupil relationships. The story unfolds over two weekends in the faded grandeur of seaside resort Scarborough.
Producer is Christopher Granier-Deferre (Gone Too Far!), with Chris Simon of Embargo and Jim Reeve of Great Point serving as executive producers.
Southcombe said: “This is a really important project for me, one I’ve been yearning to do ever since I first saw the play at the Royal Court. It dares to look at these people as humans not monsters, asking you for one brief moment not to pass judgment. I guarantee...
I, Anna director Barnaby Southcombe has started principal photography on Scarborough, starring Jodhi May, Jordan Bolger and Jessica Barden. Great Point Media, Southcombe’s Embargo Films and Poisson Rouge Pictures are producing; the four-week shoot kicked off on May 15 on location in Scarborough.
The film is adapted by Southcombe from Fiona Evans’ award-winning play, about two dangerously charged teacher-pupil relationships. The story unfolds over two weekends in the faded grandeur of seaside resort Scarborough.
Producer is Christopher Granier-Deferre (Gone Too Far!), with Chris Simon of Embargo and Jim Reeve of Great Point serving as executive producers.
Southcombe said: “This is a really important project for me, one I’ve been yearning to do ever since I first saw the play at the Royal Court. It dares to look at these people as humans not monsters, asking you for one brief moment not to pass judgment. I guarantee...
- 5/20/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
MaryAnn’s quick take… Wants to tackle huge personal and societal problems — toxic masculinity; the collapse of traditional ways of life — but it only displays them freak-show style. I’m “biast” (pro): I’m desperate for stories by and about women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Veterinary student Clover (Ellie Kendrick: Game of Thrones) returns to her family’s farm in Somerset, in southwestern England, in the wake of her brother’s death to find that her father, Aubrey (David Troughton: Doctor Who), is still wallowing in his usual noxious emotional stew: his range of feeling runs from denial to rage and nowhere else, and from there into a bottle. (This may date from the death of his wife, Clover’s mother, many years earlier, though likely from even before that.) Was her brother’s death an accident, or...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Veterinary student Clover (Ellie Kendrick: Game of Thrones) returns to her family’s farm in Somerset, in southwestern England, in the wake of her brother’s death to find that her father, Aubrey (David Troughton: Doctor Who), is still wallowing in his usual noxious emotional stew: his range of feeling runs from denial to rage and nowhere else, and from there into a bottle. (This may date from the death of his wife, Clover’s mother, many years earlier, though likely from even before that.) Was her brother’s death an accident, or...
- 5/12/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
It'll take some finding, but one of the best films of the year is in UK cinemas today. Here's our review of The Levelling...
When the UK box office chart comes in next week, I’d expect Alien: Covenant to be comfortably ensconced in the top slot, with the likes of Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2, Beauty & The Beast and The Boss Baby scrapping over what it leaves behind. And I’d wager that, with a limited screen count, comparably tiny promotional spend, and little more than word of mouth to send it on its way, The Levelling will do well to get anywhere near the top 20.
In truth, it took a bit of digging just to be able to get to review the film, let alone find it on a cinema screen around the country. But this is the kind of production that needs film lovers to get out and push,...
When the UK box office chart comes in next week, I’d expect Alien: Covenant to be comfortably ensconced in the top slot, with the likes of Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2, Beauty & The Beast and The Boss Baby scrapping over what it leaves behind. And I’d wager that, with a limited screen count, comparably tiny promotional spend, and little more than word of mouth to send it on its way, The Levelling will do well to get anywhere near the top 20.
In truth, it took a bit of digging just to be able to get to review the film, let alone find it on a cinema screen around the country. But this is the kind of production that needs film lovers to get out and push,...
- 5/11/2017
- Den of Geek
A farming family is haunted by tragedy, poverty and brutal nature in Hope Dickson Leach’s chilling and brilliantly acted drama
Hope Dickson Leach’s excellent debut feature The Levelling is a superbly shot and piercingly acted realist tragedy, like a really disturbing folk horror movie with the horror amputated, so that only the folk remains. Or maybe the horror is, in fact, left in place, the real horror that was there all along, more disturbing than exotic fantasies about Wicker Men, the day-to-day reality about where food comes from and in what circumstances, in an industry that has until now been widely supported by EU subsidy, in a countryside whose beauty is not charming or picturesque, but menacing, uncompromising, unforgiving.
The director has said that she was inspired by European film-makers such as the Dardenne brothers and Bruno Dumont, and that’s apparent: but she seems to have channelled more Anglo-Saxon energies,...
Hope Dickson Leach’s excellent debut feature The Levelling is a superbly shot and piercingly acted realist tragedy, like a really disturbing folk horror movie with the horror amputated, so that only the folk remains. Or maybe the horror is, in fact, left in place, the real horror that was there all along, more disturbing than exotic fantasies about Wicker Men, the day-to-day reality about where food comes from and in what circumstances, in an industry that has until now been widely supported by EU subsidy, in a countryside whose beauty is not charming or picturesque, but menacing, uncompromising, unforgiving.
The director has said that she was inspired by European film-makers such as the Dardenne brothers and Bruno Dumont, and that’s apparent: but she seems to have channelled more Anglo-Saxon energies,...
- 5/11/2017
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
10 directors will be presented at Sydney Film Festival.
European Film Promotion (Efp) has announced the line-up for its second year of Europe! Voices of Women in Film at the Sydney Film Festival.
The selection includes both new and established female European directors, with the aim being to introduce them to Australian audiences, industry and the press.
Among those selected this year are Shahrbanoo Sadat, whose 2011 film Vice Versa One earned her a residence at Cinéfondation in Cannes 2011. She presents her feature debut Wolf And Sheep, which is among five features in this cohort.
Hope Dickson Leach, one of Screen’s former Stars of Tomorrow, has also been selected with her feature debut The Levelling.
Amanda Kernell is also among the selection, her film Sami Blood having been shown at Berlin, Venice, Toronto, Sundance and Rotterdam.
The Sydney Film Festival takes place June 7-18, 2017.
Full Europe! Voices of Women 2017 selection:Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel, [link...
European Film Promotion (Efp) has announced the line-up for its second year of Europe! Voices of Women in Film at the Sydney Film Festival.
The selection includes both new and established female European directors, with the aim being to introduce them to Australian audiences, industry and the press.
Among those selected this year are Shahrbanoo Sadat, whose 2011 film Vice Versa One earned her a residence at Cinéfondation in Cannes 2011. She presents her feature debut Wolf And Sheep, which is among five features in this cohort.
Hope Dickson Leach, one of Screen’s former Stars of Tomorrow, has also been selected with her feature debut The Levelling.
Amanda Kernell is also among the selection, her film Sami Blood having been shown at Berlin, Venice, Toronto, Sundance and Rotterdam.
The Sydney Film Festival takes place June 7-18, 2017.
Full Europe! Voices of Women 2017 selection:Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel, [link...
- 5/11/2017
- ScreenDaily
Author: Andy Furlong
A bleak backdrop of Somerset scenery amid an atmospheric abyss of grief and guilt are just some of the underlying themes in Hope Dickson Leach’s feature film debut.
The Levelling follows trainee veterinarian Clover Catto (Game of Thrones’ Ellie Kendrick) who returns home to her family farm following the death of her brother in what appears to be a suicide. Upon returning she encounters her estranged father (David Troughton) who is now a shadow of his former self. It is this troubled reconciliation over the loss of a loved one that forms the film’s central conceit, which allows these two central characters to slowly dissect their family’s turbulent past.
Because The Levelling starts with Clover’s return to the farm under the most tragic of circumstances it establishes a melancholic mood from the offset that the film never breaks from. The farm is chaotic...
A bleak backdrop of Somerset scenery amid an atmospheric abyss of grief and guilt are just some of the underlying themes in Hope Dickson Leach’s feature film debut.
The Levelling follows trainee veterinarian Clover Catto (Game of Thrones’ Ellie Kendrick) who returns home to her family farm following the death of her brother in what appears to be a suicide. Upon returning she encounters her estranged father (David Troughton) who is now a shadow of his former self. It is this troubled reconciliation over the loss of a loved one that forms the film’s central conceit, which allows these two central characters to slowly dissect their family’s turbulent past.
Because The Levelling starts with Clover’s return to the farm under the most tragic of circumstances it establishes a melancholic mood from the offset that the film never breaks from. The farm is chaotic...
- 5/11/2017
- by Andy Furlong
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Levelling and God’s Own Country are social-realist dramas that abandon the inner city for bleak portraits of rural life. Their directors explain why
The rains arrived just in time for new year. By the end of January, 16,000 acres of Somerset were submerged. Owls starved on the wing and fell dead from the sky. In the parish of Middlezoy, a farmer would later recall how he tried and failed to save a drowning hare, in the midst of evacuating his parents, his kids, and 400 head of cattle. At that moment the hare’s rescue seemed the most important task in the world, like some rustic remake of Saving Private Ryan; as though by saving the hare he could save the whole country too.
Writer-director Hope Dickson Leach was told this story when researching her debut feature, The Levelling, which spotlights the aftermath of the 2014 floods. Ideally she would have...
The rains arrived just in time for new year. By the end of January, 16,000 acres of Somerset were submerged. Owls starved on the wing and fell dead from the sky. In the parish of Middlezoy, a farmer would later recall how he tried and failed to save a drowning hare, in the midst of evacuating his parents, his kids, and 400 head of cattle. At that moment the hare’s rescue seemed the most important task in the world, like some rustic remake of Saving Private Ryan; as though by saving the hare he could save the whole country too.
Writer-director Hope Dickson Leach was told this story when researching her debut feature, The Levelling, which spotlights the aftermath of the 2014 floods. Ideally she would have...
- 4/28/2017
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Social realism has always been the cornerstone of British cinema; the lives of the working classes have been a mainstay for UK filmmakers for decades. In recent years, both the creators of these films, and the subjects, are increasingly women; directors such as Lynne Ramsay and Andrea Arnold have been adapting how we look at the lives of the British working classes. With her debut feature The Levelling, Hope Dickson Leach can confidently join those ranks with her quietly moving and sensitive, yet unsentimental portrait of grief, tragedy, and family conflict. Clover (Ellie Kendrick), just about to qualify as a veterinarian, returns to the family dairy farm after the sudden death of her brother James. Her father, whom she refers to by his first name...
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- 3/30/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Fresh off its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival last year, and following more fest appearances where it has been blowing critics away, “The Levelling,” led by “Game of Thrones” star Ellie Kendrick, has received its first official trailer. And it’s a picture we loved, with The Playlist’s own Oliver Lyttelton describing it as a “remarkable directorial debut.”
Taking place in Somerset, England, the movie follows Clover Catto (Kendrick) who receives a call telling her that her younger brother Charlie (Joe Blakemore) is dead.
Continue reading ‘Game Of Thrones’ Star Ellie Kendrick Faces The Past In New Trailer For ‘The Levelling’ at The Playlist.
Taking place in Somerset, England, the movie follows Clover Catto (Kendrick) who receives a call telling her that her younger brother Charlie (Joe Blakemore) is dead.
Continue reading ‘Game Of Thrones’ Star Ellie Kendrick Faces The Past In New Trailer For ‘The Levelling’ at The Playlist.
- 2/22/2017
- by Jay Hunter
- The Playlist
Exclusive: Screen Stars of Tomorrow involved in trio of projects set for production.
A trio of projects have been greenlit for production in the latest round of Creative England’s low-budget filmmaking initiative iFeatures.
Three Screen Stars of Tomorrow are present in the selected teams - writer-director Eva Riley with Perfect Ten, producer Emily Morgan with Make-up, and producer Michelle Eastwood with Retreat, which is set to be the first British feature film to be made entirely in sign-language.
The latest set of productions follows a period of success for the programme. Last year, William Oldroyd’s Lady Macbeth [pictured] and Hope Dickson Leach’s The Levelling, both greenlit by iFeatures in 2015, secured major festival berths.
Subsequently, Lady Macbeth sold to the Us (Roadside Attractions) and UK (Altitude Film) among others, and Peccadillo Pictures acquired The Levelling for the UK.
The three selected projects in 2017 are:
Perfect Ten, written and directed by 2016 Screen Star of Tomorrow Eva Riley and produced...
A trio of projects have been greenlit for production in the latest round of Creative England’s low-budget filmmaking initiative iFeatures.
Three Screen Stars of Tomorrow are present in the selected teams - writer-director Eva Riley with Perfect Ten, producer Emily Morgan with Make-up, and producer Michelle Eastwood with Retreat, which is set to be the first British feature film to be made entirely in sign-language.
The latest set of productions follows a period of success for the programme. Last year, William Oldroyd’s Lady Macbeth [pictured] and Hope Dickson Leach’s The Levelling, both greenlit by iFeatures in 2015, secured major festival berths.
Subsequently, Lady Macbeth sold to the Us (Roadside Attractions) and UK (Altitude Film) among others, and Peccadillo Pictures acquired The Levelling for the UK.
The three selected projects in 2017 are:
Perfect Ten, written and directed by 2016 Screen Star of Tomorrow Eva Riley and produced...
- 2/15/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater) orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
Family Support Fund launched by Ctbf and Raising Films will help cover childcare costs.
Raising Films, the pioneering organisation for parents and carers in the UK film and TV industry co-founded by The Levelling writer-director Hope Dickson Leach, has launched the Family Support Fund, with the backing of the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund (Ctbf), today in London.
The Fund aims to provide short-term financial support to registered members of Raising Films by contributing up to £75 a day to help cover the cost of childcare arrangements. Beneficiaries will be able to claim a total of £1,500 a year and to make multiple applications.
The Ctbf is a charity supporting people working behind the scenes in the UK film and TV industry.
“We are thrilled to be partnering with Raising Films to launch the Family Support Fund as we further our commitment to supporting more people from our industry who facing barrier to work throughout their career journey,” sais...
Raising Films, the pioneering organisation for parents and carers in the UK film and TV industry co-founded by The Levelling writer-director Hope Dickson Leach, has launched the Family Support Fund, with the backing of the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund (Ctbf), today in London.
The Fund aims to provide short-term financial support to registered members of Raising Films by contributing up to £75 a day to help cover the cost of childcare arrangements. Beneficiaries will be able to claim a total of £1,500 a year and to make multiple applications.
The Ctbf is a charity supporting people working behind the scenes in the UK film and TV industry.
“We are thrilled to be partnering with Raising Films to launch the Family Support Fund as we further our commitment to supporting more people from our industry who facing barrier to work throughout their career journey,” sais...
- 2/7/2017
- by tuttlouise@gmail.com (Louise Tutt)
- ScreenDaily
Festival to host 65 UK Premieres, including Terrence Malick’s Voyage Of Time and Raoul Peck’s I Am Not Your Negro.
The full programme for the 2017 Glasgow Film Festival (Feb 15-26) has been revealed.
The festival will host 65 UK premieres, 67 Scottish premieres and nine world and international premieres.
As previously reported, Glasgow will kick off with the European premiere of Handsome Devil, a coming-of-age drama starring Andrew Scott and directed by John Butler (The Stag).
The world premiere of Mad To Be Normal, starring David Tennant as renowned Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing, closes the festival. Tennant is expected to attend.
Premieres
Other highlights include UK Premieres of Raoul Peck’s I Am Not Your Negro, Terrence Malick’s Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey [pictured], Cate Shortland’s Berlin Syndrome and Aki Kaurismäki’s The Other Side of Hope.
There will also be first Scottish screenings of Paul Verhoeven’s Golden Globe-winning Elle, Ben Wheatley’s [link...
The full programme for the 2017 Glasgow Film Festival (Feb 15-26) has been revealed.
The festival will host 65 UK premieres, 67 Scottish premieres and nine world and international premieres.
As previously reported, Glasgow will kick off with the European premiere of Handsome Devil, a coming-of-age drama starring Andrew Scott and directed by John Butler (The Stag).
The world premiere of Mad To Be Normal, starring David Tennant as renowned Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing, closes the festival. Tennant is expected to attend.
Premieres
Other highlights include UK Premieres of Raoul Peck’s I Am Not Your Negro, Terrence Malick’s Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey [pictured], Cate Shortland’s Berlin Syndrome and Aki Kaurismäki’s The Other Side of Hope.
There will also be first Scottish screenings of Paul Verhoeven’s Golden Globe-winning Elle, Ben Wheatley’s [link...
- 1/18/2017
- ScreenDaily
Monterey Media has picked up the U.S. rights to Tiff film The Levelling, and is planning a theatrical release for early spring. Starring Ellie Kendrick (Game Of Thrones), David Troughton, Jack Holden and Joe Blakemore, the film follows Clover Catto (Kendrick), who returns to the farm where she grew up after hearing news that her brother’s apparent suicide. Finding the family home in a state of horrendous disrepair Clover is forced to confront her father Aubrey, which…...
- 1/10/2017
- Deadline
The Los Angeles-based distributor has picked up all Us rights from Mongrel International to Hope Dickson Leach’s drama.
Ellie Kendrick from Game Of Thrones stars alongside David Troughton, Jack Holden and Joe Blakemore.
The Levelling takes place in Somerset, England, where a trainee veterinarian returns to the family farm following the apparent suicide of her brother.
Monterey plans an early spring release on the film, which premiered at last September’s Toronto International Film Festival and becomes the 14th Toronto selection that monterey has acquired in nine years.
It screened late last year at the BFI London Film Festival where Leach was awarded the first Iwc Filmmaker Bursary Award in association with the BFI to support exceptional new and emerging UK filmmakers.
The Levelling was produced with the participation of BBC Films, the British Film Institute, Great Point Media and Creative England through iFeatures.
“We are very excited to help introduce Ms Kendrick’s finely layered...
Ellie Kendrick from Game Of Thrones stars alongside David Troughton, Jack Holden and Joe Blakemore.
The Levelling takes place in Somerset, England, where a trainee veterinarian returns to the family farm following the apparent suicide of her brother.
Monterey plans an early spring release on the film, which premiered at last September’s Toronto International Film Festival and becomes the 14th Toronto selection that monterey has acquired in nine years.
It screened late last year at the BFI London Film Festival where Leach was awarded the first Iwc Filmmaker Bursary Award in association with the BFI to support exceptional new and emerging UK filmmakers.
The Levelling was produced with the participation of BBC Films, the British Film Institute, Great Point Media and Creative England through iFeatures.
“We are very excited to help introduce Ms Kendrick’s finely layered...
- 1/9/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Iffr reveals lineup and jury for programme focused on emerging filmmakers.
International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) (25 Jan – 5 Feb) has announced the full line-up of its Bright Future programme, including the titles that will compete for the Bright Future Award.
Scroll down for the full lineup
The competition for the Bright Future Award 2017 consists of sixteen debut films, including Chinese documentary Children Are Not Afraid of Death, Children Are Afraid of Ghosts by Rong Guang Rong and Caroline Leone’s melancholy Brazilian road movie Pela Janela. Also competing are Belgian title Inside the Distance and German feature Self-Criticism Of A Bourgeois Dog.
The jury for the award will be made up of Italian film producer Marta Donzelli (Le Quattro Volte); Marleen Slot, Netherlands producer for Viking Film (Neon Bull) and chair of Film Producers Netherlands (Fpn); and Jean-Pierre Rehm, director of the French film festival Fid Marseille.
Outside of this competition, Bright Future also presents...
International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) (25 Jan – 5 Feb) has announced the full line-up of its Bright Future programme, including the titles that will compete for the Bright Future Award.
Scroll down for the full lineup
The competition for the Bright Future Award 2017 consists of sixteen debut films, including Chinese documentary Children Are Not Afraid of Death, Children Are Afraid of Ghosts by Rong Guang Rong and Caroline Leone’s melancholy Brazilian road movie Pela Janela. Also competing are Belgian title Inside the Distance and German feature Self-Criticism Of A Bourgeois Dog.
The jury for the award will be made up of Italian film producer Marta Donzelli (Le Quattro Volte); Marleen Slot, Netherlands producer for Viking Film (Neon Bull) and chair of Film Producers Netherlands (Fpn); and Jean-Pierre Rehm, director of the French film festival Fid Marseille.
Outside of this competition, Bright Future also presents...
- 1/4/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
“American Honey” took the top prize at the 2016 British Independent Film Awards, which was held on Sunday at London’s Old Billingsgate.
“American Honey” was named Best British Independent Film, and also scored three additional awards (including Best Director for Andrea Arnold). Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” was the night’s only non-uk winner, picking up honors for Best International Independent Film.
The 19th annual Bifa ceremony, hosted by Jennifer Saunders, also presented Clare Binns with the Special Jury Prize for her “unstinting efforts in bringing independent film to new audiences.”
Naomie Harris was also presented the Variety Award by Danny Boyle, in recognition of the global impact she made this year in helping to focus the international film spotlight on the UK.
Read More: La Film Critics Association Name the Best Films and Performances of 2016
The Richard Harris Award was given to Alison Steadman by Richard Harris’ granddaughter Ella Harris and...
“American Honey” was named Best British Independent Film, and also scored three additional awards (including Best Director for Andrea Arnold). Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” was the night’s only non-uk winner, picking up honors for Best International Independent Film.
The 19th annual Bifa ceremony, hosted by Jennifer Saunders, also presented Clare Binns with the Special Jury Prize for her “unstinting efforts in bringing independent film to new audiences.”
Naomie Harris was also presented the Variety Award by Danny Boyle, in recognition of the global impact she made this year in helping to focus the international film spotlight on the UK.
Read More: La Film Critics Association Name the Best Films and Performances of 2016
The Richard Harris Award was given to Alison Steadman by Richard Harris’ granddaughter Ella Harris and...
- 12/4/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Jackie, Paterson, The Levelling set to play Iffr 2017.
The 46th International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) has unveiled a first wave of titles ahead its 2017 edition, which runs January 25 – February 5.
The festival’s full programme will be divided into four sections.
Bright Future will present rising film-making talent from across the world. Films to play the strand will include the European premiere of Ricardo Alves Jr’s Elon Doesn’t Believe In Death, the Brazilian feature that premiered at the Brazilia Festival in September, Hope Dickson Leach’s The Levelling, which premiered in Toronto’s Discovery strand and played at the BFI London Film Festival, and Dane Komljen’s All The Cities Of The North, which premiered at this year’s Locarno Film Festival.
The strand offers a Bright Future Award worth €10,000 ($10,700), which is open to film-makers whose films are having their international premieres in the programme. Separately, as part of the Bright Future programme, eight directors...
The 46th International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) has unveiled a first wave of titles ahead its 2017 edition, which runs January 25 – February 5.
The festival’s full programme will be divided into four sections.
Bright Future will present rising film-making talent from across the world. Films to play the strand will include the European premiere of Ricardo Alves Jr’s Elon Doesn’t Believe In Death, the Brazilian feature that premiered at the Brazilia Festival in September, Hope Dickson Leach’s The Levelling, which premiered in Toronto’s Discovery strand and played at the BFI London Film Festival, and Dane Komljen’s All The Cities Of The North, which premiered at this year’s Locarno Film Festival.
The strand offers a Bright Future Award worth €10,000 ($10,700), which is open to film-makers whose films are having their international premieres in the programme. Separately, as part of the Bright Future programme, eight directors...
- 11/16/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
The annual exhibition conference is taking place at Glasgow Film Theatre.
The full programme and line-up of speakers for this year’s This Way Up film exhibition conference (November 29-30), held at the Glasgow Film Theatre, has been unveiled.
This year’s keynote speakers are Bobby Allen, VP business development at Mubi, Swedish broadcaster and media analyst Johanna Koljonen, and Dawn Walton, founder of black-led theatre company Eclipse Theatre Company.
Oscar-winning film-maker Roger Ross Williams, winner at this year’s Sundance with Life, Animated, will be in conversation with BBC Radio Scotland presenter Janice Forsyth.
Other speakers at this year’s event include the BFI’s head of audiences Ben Luxford, The Levelling writer-director Hope Dickson Leach, Dogwoof’s head of distribution Oli Harbottle, British Council film programmer Jemma Desai, National Media Museum film manager Kathryn Penny, Regional Screen Scotland CEO Robert Livingston and BFI London Film Festival film programmer Kate Taylor.
This year’s...
The full programme and line-up of speakers for this year’s This Way Up film exhibition conference (November 29-30), held at the Glasgow Film Theatre, has been unveiled.
This year’s keynote speakers are Bobby Allen, VP business development at Mubi, Swedish broadcaster and media analyst Johanna Koljonen, and Dawn Walton, founder of black-led theatre company Eclipse Theatre Company.
Oscar-winning film-maker Roger Ross Williams, winner at this year’s Sundance with Life, Animated, will be in conversation with BBC Radio Scotland presenter Janice Forsyth.
Other speakers at this year’s event include the BFI’s head of audiences Ben Luxford, The Levelling writer-director Hope Dickson Leach, Dogwoof’s head of distribution Oli Harbottle, British Council film programmer Jemma Desai, National Media Museum film manager Kathryn Penny, Regional Screen Scotland CEO Robert Livingston and BFI London Film Festival film programmer Kate Taylor.
This year’s...
- 10/27/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
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