Jairus McLeary in the Soho House screening room on The Work: "It's very masculine. That's why Amy Foote, our editor, and Alice Henty, the producer, they were the first women to see this footage." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Rebecca Miller's Arthur Miller: Writer; Doug Nichol's California Typewriter; Andrew Rossi on Okwui Okpokwasili's Bronx Gothic; Elvira Lind's Bobbi Jene; Michael Almereyda's Escapes on Hampton Fancher; Brett Morgen's Jane on Jane Goodall; Ceyda Torun's KEDi; Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva Oelbaum's Letters From Baghdad with Tilda Swinton voicing Getrude Bell; Griffin Dunne's Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold; Agnès Varda and Jr's Faces Places; Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane's School Life; Ferne Pearlstein's The Last Laugh; Lara Stolman's Swim Team; Kirk Simon's The Pulitzer At 100, and Josh Koury and Myles Kane's Voyeur on Gay Talese...
Rebecca Miller's Arthur Miller: Writer; Doug Nichol's California Typewriter; Andrew Rossi on Okwui Okpokwasili's Bronx Gothic; Elvira Lind's Bobbi Jene; Michael Almereyda's Escapes on Hampton Fancher; Brett Morgen's Jane on Jane Goodall; Ceyda Torun's KEDi; Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva Oelbaum's Letters From Baghdad with Tilda Swinton voicing Getrude Bell; Griffin Dunne's Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold; Agnès Varda and Jr's Faces Places; Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane's School Life; Ferne Pearlstein's The Last Laugh; Lara Stolman's Swim Team; Kirk Simon's The Pulitzer At 100, and Josh Koury and Myles Kane's Voyeur on Gay Talese...
- 11/17/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
This is the review for School Life, directed by Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane. Taking heed from the gentle rhythms of Nicolas Philibert’s Être et avoir, School Life applies an unobtrusive eye to the daily goings-on of a top-end Irish primary school. Very little contextual information is provided at the outset (or, indeed, throughout), with co-directors David Rane and Neasa Ní Chianáin instead choosing to drop us in among the action and allow us to piece together the bigger picture on our own. It doesn’t take long to work out that this is an elite private school, one entrenched in tradition and all-but-guaranteeing entry to world-class secondary schools. The general hierarchical structures and teacher-pupil relationships are also quick to become apparent, painting a vivid picture of an institution endearingly unstuck from time. It’s a bustling environment, full of character, and an absolute delight to become immersed in.
- 10/30/2017
- by Joshua Glenn
- Pure Movies
One hundred seventy features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 90th Academy Awards. That’s 25 more than 2016. Assuming they all book their qualifying runs in New York and Los Angeles, the members of the documentary branch have just a few more weeks to see as many films as possible and file their votes for the shortlist of 15 to be announced in December. They’re each supposed to watch an assigned list of about 20 films, plus as many more as they can.
Read More:2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Documentary Feature
It’s possible for documentaries to also vie for Best Picture, although it is rare. Among this year’s most lauded features are “City of Ghosts,” “Faces Places,” “Jane,” “Kedi” and “One of Us.”
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail”
“Aida’s Secrets”
“Al Di Qua”
“All the Rage...
Read More:2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Documentary Feature
It’s possible for documentaries to also vie for Best Picture, although it is rare. Among this year’s most lauded features are “City of Ghosts,” “Faces Places,” “Jane,” “Kedi” and “One of Us.”
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail”
“Aida’s Secrets”
“Al Di Qua”
“All the Rage...
- 10/27/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
One hundred seventy features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 90th Academy Awards. That’s 25 more than 2016. Assuming they all book their qualifying runs in New York and Los Angeles, the members of the documentary branch have just a few more weeks to see as many films as possible and file their votes for the shortlist of 15 to be announced in December. They’re each supposed to watch an assigned list of about 20 films, plus as many more as they can.
Read More:2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Documentary Feature
It’s possible for documentaries to also vie for Best Picture, although it is rare. Among this year’s most lauded features are “City of Ghosts,” “Faces Places,” “Jane,” “Kedi” and “One of Us.”
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail”
“Aida’s Secrets”
“Al Di Qua”
“All the Rage...
Read More:2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Documentary Feature
It’s possible for documentaries to also vie for Best Picture, although it is rare. Among this year’s most lauded features are “City of Ghosts,” “Faces Places,” “Jane,” “Kedi” and “One of Us.”
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail”
“Aida’s Secrets”
“Al Di Qua”
“All the Rage...
- 10/27/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
A simple listing, duplicated from the in cinemas UK and Ireland page, of new releases and other stuff currently available, for the benefit of those playing along by RSS or keeping up via the Daily Digest emails (sign up here).
opening this week The Death of Stalin I Am Not a Witch Brawl in Cell Block 99 Happy Death Day I’m planning to see… Geostorm Jungle Marshall
2017’s films, ranked by maryann
all reviews, 1997–today
now in cinemas The Big Sick Borg vs McEnroe Brimstone Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie Detroit Dunkirk Final Portrait The Glass Castle God’s Own Country The Limehouse Golem Loving Vincent The Party Pecking Order The Ritual School Life Spider-Man: Homecoming Victoria & Abdul Wind River American Made Atomic Blonde Blade Runner 2049 Despicable Me 3 Everything, Everything Girls Trip Goodbye Christopher Robin Logan Lucky American Assassin Annabelle: Creation Baby Driver Cars 3 The Emoji Movie...
opening this week The Death of Stalin I Am Not a Witch Brawl in Cell Block 99 Happy Death Day I’m planning to see… Geostorm Jungle Marshall
2017’s films, ranked by maryann
all reviews, 1997–today
now in cinemas The Big Sick Borg vs McEnroe Brimstone Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie Detroit Dunkirk Final Portrait The Glass Castle God’s Own Country The Limehouse Golem Loving Vincent The Party Pecking Order The Ritual School Life Spider-Man: Homecoming Victoria & Abdul Wind River American Made Atomic Blonde Blade Runner 2049 Despicable Me 3 Everything, Everything Girls Trip Goodbye Christopher Robin Logan Lucky American Assassin Annabelle: Creation Baby Driver Cars 3 The Emoji Movie...
- 10/20/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
A simple listing, duplicated from the in cinemas Us and Canada page, of new releases and other stuff currently available, for the benefit of those playing along by RSS or keeping up via the Daily Digest emails (sign up here).
opening this week The Killing of a Sacred Deer Only the Brave Wonderstruck The Snowman Same Kind of Different as Me Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween I’m planning to see… Geostorm A Silent Voice The Work expanding Breathe The Florida Project Goodbye Christopher Robin
2017’s films, ranked by maryann
all reviews, 1997–today
now in cinemas Battle of the Sexes The Big Sick Brigsby Bear California Typewriter Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie Detroit Dolores Dunkirk Faces Places The Glass Castle Ingrid Goes West Lady Macbeth Lost in Paris (Paris pieds nus) Loving Vincent Lucky Maudie Patti Cake$ Polina Professor Marston & the Wonder Women School Life Spider-Man: Homecoming Step Stronger Take My Nose…...
opening this week The Killing of a Sacred Deer Only the Brave Wonderstruck The Snowman Same Kind of Different as Me Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween I’m planning to see… Geostorm A Silent Voice The Work expanding Breathe The Florida Project Goodbye Christopher Robin
2017’s films, ranked by maryann
all reviews, 1997–today
now in cinemas Battle of the Sexes The Big Sick Brigsby Bear California Typewriter Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie Detroit Dolores Dunkirk Faces Places The Glass Castle Ingrid Goes West Lady Macbeth Lost in Paris (Paris pieds nus) Loving Vincent Lucky Maudie Patti Cake$ Polina Professor Marston & the Wonder Women School Life Spider-Man: Homecoming Step Stronger Take My Nose…...
- 10/20/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
School Life co-director David Rane on Florrie: "There is a lovely transition with her. Initially her hair is very neat and quite smart and then it slowly …"
The filmmakers Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane's gentle, subtle approach to the life of students and faculty at Headfort, a private primary boarding school in Ireland - with a special spotlight on Amanda and John Leyden, a couple who taught there for decades - manages to chisel out portraits full of humour, sometimes warm, sometimes slightly absurd, that always welcome us to reflect on what we see and what exists, off screen, outside in screen land, where we live.
We meet Ted, a boy with dyslexia, who, encouraged by Amanda, discovers acting by way of Shakespearean ghostliness, and see new paths opening up. Eliza, smart and shy, comes out of her shell. Rarely has the sound of giddy chatter caused so...
The filmmakers Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane's gentle, subtle approach to the life of students and faculty at Headfort, a private primary boarding school in Ireland - with a special spotlight on Amanda and John Leyden, a couple who taught there for decades - manages to chisel out portraits full of humour, sometimes warm, sometimes slightly absurd, that always welcome us to reflect on what we see and what exists, off screen, outside in screen land, where we live.
We meet Ted, a boy with dyslexia, who, encouraged by Amanda, discovers acting by way of Shakespearean ghostliness, and see new paths opening up. Eliza, smart and shy, comes out of her shell. Rarely has the sound of giddy chatter caused so...
- 10/12/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
"It was never intended that we would be treated as equals..." Array + Netflix have debuted an official trailer for a new film titled Teach Us All, a documentary that is also a social justice campaign for educational inequality. The film "examines the U.S. education system from the historic Little Rock Crisis to present day disparities in access that are culminating into a re-segregation of schools across the nation." This seems like a very powerful, very important documentary for our times that goes hand-in-hand with Ava DuVernay's 13th as an examination of racism and oppression that still exists in America. It's also another documentary this year about education and schools, along with School Life and Night School. This is being released by DuVernay's distribution company Array, which means it's a great film that you definitely don't want to miss. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Sonia Lowman's documentary Teach Us All,...
- 9/13/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
It B | 9/11 D | Spettaccolo B | Rebel In The Rye D+ | Boris Without Béatrice C+ | Rememory B- | School Life B+ | The Unknown Girl B- | Trophy B- | Ex Libris—The New York Public Library B | Home Again C-
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- 9/8/2017
- by A.V. Club Staff
- avclub.com
It’s not every day that a documentary carries quite as much heart and humanity as that found squarely in the center of Neasa Ni Chianain and David Rane’s new film, School Life.
Now in theaters thanks to Magnolia Pictures, School Life tells the story of Ireland’s Headfort School, and specifically the married couple at its core. The sole boarding school for primary aged children in Ireland, Headfort is led by John and Amanda Leyden who themselves have been working at the school for going on five decades. Warmly cantankerous in a way found almost specifically in the British disposition, John and Amanda are delightful guides through this school and the fly-on-the-wall documentary it has spawned, him a slyly comic teacher who focuses as much on music as he does math, and her a religious woman trying to engage with a generation entirely out of reach.
And therein...
Now in theaters thanks to Magnolia Pictures, School Life tells the story of Ireland’s Headfort School, and specifically the married couple at its core. The sole boarding school for primary aged children in Ireland, Headfort is led by John and Amanda Leyden who themselves have been working at the school for going on five decades. Warmly cantankerous in a way found almost specifically in the British disposition, John and Amanda are delightful guides through this school and the fly-on-the-wall documentary it has spawned, him a slyly comic teacher who focuses as much on music as he does math, and her a religious woman trying to engage with a generation entirely out of reach.
And therein...
- 9/8/2017
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
The documentary School Life originally had a much more provocative title, In Loco Parentis, which is a legal term that means “in the place of parents.” It implies, however vaguely, something lacking in a child’s mother and/or father—and School Life doesn’t spend much time on parents at all. Instead, the focus of this…
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- 9/6/2017
- by Josh Modell
- avclub.com
Anne-Katrin Titze with Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane on the influence of Frederick Wiseman, Da Pennebaker, Kim Longinotto, David Maysles and Albert Maysles: "We're both big, big fans of observational, you know, direct cinema, cinéma vérité." Photo: Marija Silk
"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past," George Orwell logged in his 1984. This quote, as well as an image of the strolling, memorising book people - Julie Christie and Oskar Werner among them - from François Truffaut's film adaptation of Ray Bradbury's science fiction novel Fahrenheit 451 came to my mind while watching Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane's remarkable, enchanted documentary School Life (In Loco Parentis) that kidnaps us into a world-building realm of unlimited imagination.
Headfort School in Ireland: "It's an 18th century house and it has all that wonderful flavour of Harry Potter…"
At the Ace...
"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past," George Orwell logged in his 1984. This quote, as well as an image of the strolling, memorising book people - Julie Christie and Oskar Werner among them - from François Truffaut's film adaptation of Ray Bradbury's science fiction novel Fahrenheit 451 came to my mind while watching Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane's remarkable, enchanted documentary School Life (In Loco Parentis) that kidnaps us into a world-building realm of unlimited imagination.
Headfort School in Ireland: "It's an 18th century house and it has all that wonderful flavour of Harry Potter…"
At the Ace...
- 9/3/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]
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The post This Week In Trailers: Night School, A Conspiracy of Faith, The Breadwinner, Jupiter’s Moon, School Life appeared first on /Film.
- 6/3/2017
- by Christopher Stipp
- Slash Film
"Here I am still trying to get my life together..." Oscilloscope Labs has debuted a trailer for Andrew Cohn's documentary Night School, about struggling adults in Indianapolis, Indiana who have decided to get their high school diploma by attending night school. The doc follows three different adults, profiling their lives and choice to return to school, as well as their struggles and daily challenges. This seems like a powerful film about the will to succeed and the belief that education can change the world. This also goes nicely with a few other recent docs about education in troubled areas, including Step and For Ahkeem. We also just featured a trailer for another school doc titled School Life, about teachers. This looks like it's definitely worth a watch. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Andrew Cohn's documentary Night School, direct from YouTube: Indianapolis has one of the lowest high...
- 6/2/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"Well, go on... impress me." Magnolia Pictures has debuted an official trailer for a fun documentary titled School Life, formerly known as In Loco Parentis when it premiered at film festivals last year/this year. From filmmakers Neasa Ní Chianáin & David Rane, the documentary profiles two inspirational teachers at Headfort, the only primary-age boarding school in Ireland. "Long careers are drawing to a close for John and Amanda, who teach Latin, English, and guitar at a stately home-turned-school, where they are legends with a mantra: 'Reading. 'Rithmetic. Rock 'n' roll!' But leaving is the hardest lesson." I haven't seen this yet, but it seems like I need to catch it when it opens. This looks seriously charming and inspirational, indeed a "heartwarming look at youth" and the fearless teachers who help shape them into good people. Have a look. Here's the trailer (+ poster) for Neasa Ní Chianáin & David Rane's documentary School Life,...
- 5/30/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Spider-Man: Homecoming is fast approaching and while there is a lot of information about the general idea of the plot, it isn’t surprising that fans are getting a little antsy. I’m not sure we’ve moved into an area that really satisfies with the latest trailer, but we’ve got to leave something for the movie.
What is becoming more clear as more is revealed is that this is going to be a film that really does attempt a return to the earliest ideas of Spider-Man, whether one remembers that as being the original comics, or the Saturday morning cartoon.
High School life plays a significant role in things, as does Peter’s doubt, and though there are clearly serious villains involved in the general scheme, there’s something a little… “cartoon danger” about them.
The new trailer lets us in on more of the suit’s abilities...
What is becoming more clear as more is revealed is that this is going to be a film that really does attempt a return to the earliest ideas of Spider-Man, whether one remembers that as being the original comics, or the Saturday morning cartoon.
High School life plays a significant role in things, as does Peter’s doubt, and though there are clearly serious villains involved in the general scheme, there’s something a little… “cartoon danger” about them.
The new trailer lets us in on more of the suit’s abilities...
- 5/24/2017
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
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
The Gaze of the Sea, School Life, Stars of Gaomeigu also winners at Swiss fetsival.
Ziad Kalthoum’s second feature documentary Taste of Cement was awarded the Chf 20,000 Sesterce d’Or for the Best Feature-Length Film in the International Competition at the 48th edition of Visions du Réel in Switzerland’s Nyon.
According to the jury of filmmakers Joelle Bertosa, Lluis Minarro and Sergio Oksman, the film about Syrian construction workers building a skyscraper in Beirut uses expressed “the human capacity to create beauty, but also to destroy everything”.
The production by Germany’s Basis Berlin Filmproduktion with partners from Lebanon, Syria, UAE and Qatar is being handled internationally by the Canadian sales company Syndicado who had acquired the film ahead of its world premiere in Nyon.
The feature film in the International Competition went to Mexican filmmaker Jose Álvarez’s The Gaze of the Sea, about a journey to mourn the deaths of a group of fishermen...
Ziad Kalthoum’s second feature documentary Taste of Cement was awarded the Chf 20,000 Sesterce d’Or for the Best Feature-Length Film in the International Competition at the 48th edition of Visions du Réel in Switzerland’s Nyon.
According to the jury of filmmakers Joelle Bertosa, Lluis Minarro and Sergio Oksman, the film about Syrian construction workers building a skyscraper in Beirut uses expressed “the human capacity to create beauty, but also to destroy everything”.
The production by Germany’s Basis Berlin Filmproduktion with partners from Lebanon, Syria, UAE and Qatar is being handled internationally by the Canadian sales company Syndicado who had acquired the film ahead of its world premiere in Nyon.
The feature film in the International Competition went to Mexican filmmaker Jose Álvarez’s The Gaze of the Sea, about a journey to mourn the deaths of a group of fishermen...
- 5/2/2017
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
So often, films that focus on the rise or talent of a notable musician spend an inordinate amount of time insisting on that figure’s unmistakable genius. It’s refreshing, then, to see a film like Pat Collins’ “Song of Granite” that charts the origins and eventual rise of Irish folk singer Joe Heaney (Seosamh Ó hÉanaí) while giving equal time to Heaney’s surroundings. From Ireland’s breathtaking natural wonders to the citizens lining its streets and filling its drinking establishments, this continuous emphasis on both talent and environment makes for a far more satisfying portrait of an artist at all ages. Modest in subject but ambitious in form, “Song of Granite” delivers a profile of not just a singer but the country that made him.
Early on, Collins shows Heaney’s talent as inextricable from the village of Carna where he was raised. We see no formal vocal education,...
Early on, Collins shows Heaney’s talent as inextricable from the village of Carna where he was raised. We see no formal vocal education,...
- 3/13/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
Lineup Announcements
– Hot Docs has announced the ten documentary features that will screen in this year’s Special Presentations program. Special Presentations features a high-profile collection of world and international premieres, award winners from the recent international festival circuit and works by master filmmakers or featuring some star subjects.
Special Presentations will screen as part of the 2017 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, running April 27 – May 7. The complete Special Presentations program and the full selection of films to screen at Hot Docs 2017 will be announced on March 21, including the 2017 opening night film.
The new titles include: “Bill Nye: Science Guy,” “Chasing Coral,” “Dolores,” “Elian,” “Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower,” “In Loco Parentis,” “Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press,” “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World,” “Strong Island” and “The Workers Cup.
Lineup Announcements
– Hot Docs has announced the ten documentary features that will screen in this year’s Special Presentations program. Special Presentations features a high-profile collection of world and international premieres, award winners from the recent international festival circuit and works by master filmmakers or featuring some star subjects.
Special Presentations will screen as part of the 2017 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, running April 27 – May 7. The complete Special Presentations program and the full selection of films to screen at Hot Docs 2017 will be announced on March 21, including the 2017 opening night film.
The new titles include: “Bill Nye: Science Guy,” “Chasing Coral,” “Dolores,” “Elian,” “Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower,” “In Loco Parentis,” “Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press,” “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World,” “Strong Island” and “The Workers Cup.
- 3/2/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The distributor has acquired Neasa Ní Chianáin’s recent Sundance world premiere and begun talks with international buyers in Berlin.
In Loco Parentis follows a year in the lives of Amanda and John Leyden, a teaching couple at Headfort, an unconventional (and the only) primary-age boarding school in the village of Kells, Ireland.
The film explores their teaching methods and focuses on the tireless efforts of the married couple.
Magnolia plans a theatrical release later this year following a “robust” film festival run.
Senior vice-president of acquisitions John Von Thaden brokered the deal with Cinetic Media on behalf of the filmmakers.
Magnolia head of worldwide sales Scott Veltri has commenced talks with Efm buyers.
In Loco Parentis follows a year in the lives of Amanda and John Leyden, a teaching couple at Headfort, an unconventional (and the only) primary-age boarding school in the village of Kells, Ireland.
The film explores their teaching methods and focuses on the tireless efforts of the married couple.
Magnolia plans a theatrical release later this year following a “robust” film festival run.
Senior vice-president of acquisitions John Von Thaden brokered the deal with Cinetic Media on behalf of the filmmakers.
Magnolia head of worldwide sales Scott Veltri has commenced talks with Efm buyers.
- 2/10/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Magnolia Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to In Loco Parentis, the documentary that bowed at the Sundance Film Festival last month. Neasa Ní Chianáin directed and David Rane co-directed and produced the pic, which follows a year in the lives of Amanda and John Leyden, an inspirational teaching couple at Headfort, an unconventional (and the only) primary-age boarding school in the village of Kells, Ireland, and the students under their charge. It focuses on their…...
- 2/10/2017
- Deadline
A gentle and often whimsical look at the art of raising children at Ireland’s only primary boarding school, Headford, In Loco Parentis is a warm work of cinéma vérité. The documentary focuses on creative mentorship as long-time teachers Amanda and John Leyden guide students into passions, including football, literature, and rock-n-roll. The film spends a good deal of time on the latter as John directs his students to perform tunes by contemporary artists Rihanna, John Newman and Elle Goulding, often complaining they can carry a tune but lack the rhythm. He arranges the school’s rock groups while advising a student learning Rihanna’s “Diamonds” to be gentle on the piano: “It’s done nothing to you, don’t hurt it.”
Directed by Neasa Ní Chianáin, In Loco Parentis is a celebration of the school experience, free of the kind of context that a talking head interview may provide...
Directed by Neasa Ní Chianáin, In Loco Parentis is a celebration of the school experience, free of the kind of context that a talking head interview may provide...
- 1/23/2017
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
The most adorable documentary that Frederick Wiseman never made, Neasa Ní Chianáin’s “In Loco Parentis” is a fly-on-the-wall chronicle of an academic year at Headfort, the only primary-age boarding school in the whole of Ireland. A verdant and enchanted estate in the heart of Kells, it seems like a place that time forgot. The giggly student body is the same age every semester, and the 21st-century pop songs the kids perform during band practice feel like dispatches from a very distant world (it’s as jarring to hear Rihanna at Headfort as it would be to hear her at Hogwarts).
Alas, even the most serene environments can’t exist in a snow globe. For John and Amanda Leyden, the married couple who have been running Headfort for 46 years, the deceptively static school environment has only made them more aware of their own mortality. They’d retire the moment it...
Alas, even the most serene environments can’t exist in a snow globe. For John and Amanda Leyden, the married couple who have been running Headfort for 46 years, the deceptively static school environment has only made them more aware of their own mortality. They’d retire the moment it...
- 1/21/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
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