Scotland-based producer Chris Young opened Edinburgh film festival with Johnny Barrington’s ‘Silent Roar.’
Chris Young, the Scotland-based producer of The Inbetweeners, is now planning an ambitious feature film about Rose Reilly, famed Scottish footballer.
The Life Of Reilly is written by Edinburgh playwright and former journalist Lorna Martin, and Young is on the hunt for a director.
The UK’s Entertainment Film Distribution will be a partner on the film, and Young expects to also add an Italian partner.
“It’s an incredible story. She is the greatest Scottish footballer ever,” Young says. “She was banned from playing professional...
Chris Young, the Scotland-based producer of The Inbetweeners, is now planning an ambitious feature film about Rose Reilly, famed Scottish footballer.
The Life Of Reilly is written by Edinburgh playwright and former journalist Lorna Martin, and Young is on the hunt for a director.
The UK’s Entertainment Film Distribution will be a partner on the film, and Young expects to also add an Italian partner.
“It’s an incredible story. She is the greatest Scottish footballer ever,” Young says. “She was banned from playing professional...
- 8/21/2023
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Dondo’s dad is dead. That’s one of the first things we learn in writer-director Johnny Barrington’s spry, offbeat debut feature “Silent Roar” — this year’s Edinburgh fest opener. This information is delivered by Paddy the Priest, a preacher with shrewd eyes and wild hair. Standing on the doorstep, addressing an audience of the late fisherman’s widow and teenage son, Paddy intones, “It must be coming up a year now since he was taken by the waves. Fishing on the Sabbath as he was, I hear.” Technically, Dondo’s dad is missing at sea, but despite the atmosphere of religious conviction that hangs over this small Scottish island community, nobody has much faith in the possibility of his survival.
Dondo, however, is a dreamer. His father’s fate hasn’t quenched his thirst for the ocean. A keen surfer with a light and likeable optimism about him,...
Dondo, however, is a dreamer. His father’s fate hasn’t quenched his thirst for the ocean. A keen surfer with a light and likeable optimism about him,...
- 8/18/2023
- by Catherine Bray
- Variety Film + TV
As both the feature debut of short director Johnny Barrington, and the opening night premiere for the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Silent Roar certainly has a lot to live up to. With it, the short film director, recently named one of Scotland’s ‘Rising Stars’ in 2022, has an opportunity to establish his talents before a much wider film community. While the recently revived Eiff clearly selected the Hebrides-set film to demonstrate its value as a venue for displaying and elevating home-grown talent. Fortunately displaying the natural appeal of Scotland and its many talented artists is one of the things Silent Roar does well.
Set on Scotland’s rugged Western Isles the film follows Dondo (newcomer Lewis McCartney) a young surfer visibly still traumatised one year on from the disappearance of his father at sea. Dondo flirts with religion as a coping mechanism when the new Parish priest (Mark Lockyer) reopens the dilapidated local church.
Set on Scotland’s rugged Western Isles the film follows Dondo (newcomer Lewis McCartney) a young surfer visibly still traumatised one year on from the disappearance of his father at sea. Dondo flirts with religion as a coping mechanism when the new Parish priest (Mark Lockyer) reopens the dilapidated local church.
- 8/18/2023
- by Liam Macleod
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The event is partnership with BBC Film, BBC Scotland and Mg Alba.
Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) is inviting previous festival alumni to join a special Talent Assemble event, to celebrate the festival’s community of filmmaking talent.
The festival is running as a streamlined edition this year as part of the Edinburgh International Festival, from August 18 to 23. While there is no formal industry strand this edition, Talent Assemble will take place on Saturday, August 19 as a way of bringing together Eiff’s filmmakers and the wider industry.
“This year’s edition is specifically to try to make sure people reconnect to the festival.
Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) is inviting previous festival alumni to join a special Talent Assemble event, to celebrate the festival’s community of filmmaking talent.
The festival is running as a streamlined edition this year as part of the Edinburgh International Festival, from August 18 to 23. While there is no formal industry strand this edition, Talent Assemble will take place on Saturday, August 19 as a way of bringing together Eiff’s filmmakers and the wider industry.
“This year’s edition is specifically to try to make sure people reconnect to the festival.
- 8/2/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
This year’s scaled-down, “special one-year iteration” of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) will open on August 18 with the world premiere of Silent Roar, the debut feature from Scottish writer and director Johnny Barrington.
Billed as a “teenage tale of surfing, sex, and hellfire,” the pic is set in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides and stars newcomer Louis McCartney as Dondo, a young surfer struggling to accept his father’s recent disappearance at sea. Caught up in grief, he is brought to his senses by his rebellious crush Sas, a high achiever who dreams of escaping the island. When an oddly-behaved new minister arrives on the island, Dondo begins to have cosmic visions.
Pic was shot in the surroundings of Uig, on the Isle of Lewis, and draws inspiration from Barrington’s teenage years on the Isle of Skye. Chris Young (The Inbetweeners Movie) produced the film, with Screen Scotland,...
Billed as a “teenage tale of surfing, sex, and hellfire,” the pic is set in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides and stars newcomer Louis McCartney as Dondo, a young surfer struggling to accept his father’s recent disappearance at sea. Caught up in grief, he is brought to his senses by his rebellious crush Sas, a high achiever who dreams of escaping the island. When an oddly-behaved new minister arrives on the island, Dondo begins to have cosmic visions.
Pic was shot in the surroundings of Uig, on the Isle of Lewis, and draws inspiration from Barrington’s teenage years on the Isle of Skye. Chris Young (The Inbetweeners Movie) produced the film, with Screen Scotland,...
- 6/14/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Film is the debut feature of Screen’s Rising Star Scotland Johnny Barrington.
Edinburgh International Film Festival will open with the world premiere of Scotland-shot drama Silent Roar, the debut feature from Screen Rising Star Scotland Johnny Barrington.
Set on Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, the film follows a young surfer grieving the loss of his father and stars Louis McCartney with fellow Screen Rising Star Ella Lily Hyland.
The Eiff is returning for a one-off edition hosted by the Edinburgh International Festival, after the festival’s parent charity, the Centre for the Moving Image (Cmi), went into administration in October.
Edinburgh International Film Festival will open with the world premiere of Scotland-shot drama Silent Roar, the debut feature from Screen Rising Star Scotland Johnny Barrington.
Set on Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, the film follows a young surfer grieving the loss of his father and stars Louis McCartney with fellow Screen Rising Star Ella Lily Hyland.
The Eiff is returning for a one-off edition hosted by the Edinburgh International Festival, after the festival’s parent charity, the Centre for the Moving Image (Cmi), went into administration in October.
- 6/13/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Film is the debut feature of Screen’s Rising Star Scotland Johnny Barrington.
Edinburgh International Film Festival will open with the world premiere of Scotland-shot drama Silent Roar, the debut feature from Screen Rising Star Scotland Johnny Barrington.
Set on Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, the film follows a young surfer grieving the loss of his father and stars Louis McCartney with fellow Screen Rising Star Ella Lily Hyland.
The Eiff is returning for a one-off edition hosted by the Edinburgh International Festival, after the festival’s parent charity, the Centre for the Moving Image (Cmi), went into administration in October.
Edinburgh International Film Festival will open with the world premiere of Scotland-shot drama Silent Roar, the debut feature from Screen Rising Star Scotland Johnny Barrington.
Set on Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, the film follows a young surfer grieving the loss of his father and stars Louis McCartney with fellow Screen Rising Star Ella Lily Hyland.
The Eiff is returning for a one-off edition hosted by the Edinburgh International Festival, after the festival’s parent charity, the Centre for the Moving Image (Cmi), went into administration in October.
- 6/13/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Emerging star Chinenye Ezeudu has joined the cast of Young Films’ “Silent Roar,” alongside Louis McCartney (“Grounding”), Ella Lily Hyland (“Intruder”) and Mark Lockyer (“Holby City”).
The film, a contemporary tale of adolescence and surfing set on a Scottish Hebridean island, is being produced by Chris Young (“”The Inbetweeners Movie”) and is written and directed by BAFTA nominated Johnny Barrington. “Silent Roar” is shooting in the community of Uig on the Isle of Lewis and is produced by Young Films with funding from BBC Film, BFI and Screen Scotland.
‘I’m really excited to be joining ‘Silent Roar’ and can’t wait to work alongside Ella, Louis and Mark,” Ezeudu told Variety. “Johnny has written an excellent script with a really unique take on the adolescent experience and it’s a treat to film in beautiful Scotland.”
Ezeudu is best known for her role as Vivienne “Viv” Odesanya’ in Netflix’s hit series “Sex Education,...
The film, a contemporary tale of adolescence and surfing set on a Scottish Hebridean island, is being produced by Chris Young (“”The Inbetweeners Movie”) and is written and directed by BAFTA nominated Johnny Barrington. “Silent Roar” is shooting in the community of Uig on the Isle of Lewis and is produced by Young Films with funding from BBC Film, BFI and Screen Scotland.
‘I’m really excited to be joining ‘Silent Roar’ and can’t wait to work alongside Ella, Louis and Mark,” Ezeudu told Variety. “Johnny has written an excellent script with a really unique take on the adolescent experience and it’s a treat to film in beautiful Scotland.”
Ezeudu is best known for her role as Vivienne “Viv” Odesanya’ in Netflix’s hit series “Sex Education,...
- 9/9/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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