The fund has previously backed titles including ‘Censor’ and ‘The Colour Room’.
The UK’s Ffilm Cymru Wales has invested £280,183 of National Lottery funding in the development of 12 feature films, throughout the past year, the Welsh film agency has revealed.
The agency offers writers, directors and producers support through the development process, and up to £25,000 of funding.
Titles to receive backing from this funding round include A Womanly Way: The Story Of Olivia Records, from director Hannah Berryman and producer Catryn Ramasut/ They previously worked together on Rockfield: The Studio On The Farm, and have received £24,980 for their documentary about...
The UK’s Ffilm Cymru Wales has invested £280,183 of National Lottery funding in the development of 12 feature films, throughout the past year, the Welsh film agency has revealed.
The agency offers writers, directors and producers support through the development process, and up to £25,000 of funding.
Titles to receive backing from this funding round include A Womanly Way: The Story Of Olivia Records, from director Hannah Berryman and producer Catryn Ramasut/ They previously worked together on Rockfield: The Studio On The Farm, and have received £24,980 for their documentary about...
- 3/11/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
From Queen Victoria’s goddaughter to an African warrior queen and Pocahontas, here are seven women we’d love to see portrayed in film
With Suffragette on wide release and Academy Award chatter beginning, it’s worth revising #FilmHerStory, the hashtag kicked off by Lexi Alexander, Miriam Bale, Catrin Cooper and Shaula Evans around the 2014 awards. Top choice Harriet Tubman was the subject of the best ever Drunk History episode, where Crissle West told a radical story that Hollywood never would. And Wollestonecraft the Movie now has a campaign fronted by Melvyn Bragg, Kirsty Wark and Shami Chakrabarti.
Related: Sex change: why male roles are being rewritten for women
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With Suffragette on wide release and Academy Award chatter beginning, it’s worth revising #FilmHerStory, the hashtag kicked off by Lexi Alexander, Miriam Bale, Catrin Cooper and Shaula Evans around the 2014 awards. Top choice Harriet Tubman was the subject of the best ever Drunk History episode, where Crissle West told a radical story that Hollywood never would. And Wollestonecraft the Movie now has a campaign fronted by Melvyn Bragg, Kirsty Wark and Shami Chakrabarti.
Related: Sex change: why male roles are being rewritten for women
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- 10/29/2015
- by Sophie Mayer
- The Guardian - Film News
All the 20 acting category slots filled with white nominees: “Unbelievable,” says Alex Nogales, President and CEO of the National Hispanic Media Coalition
For the first time since 1998, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has nominated all Caucasian actors for the 20 acting slots, creating an easy target for criticism that’s gaining traction on social media and with activist organizations.
The hashtag #OscarsSoWhite quickly trended on Twitter after the Oscar nominations were announced on Thursday morning and logged over 17,000 impressions.
“I’m surprised James Reeb, the white minister in #Selma, wasn’t nominated as best supporting actor. #OscarsSoWhite,” Twitter user @iRondrea tweeted.
For the first time since 1998, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has nominated all Caucasian actors for the 20 acting slots, creating an easy target for criticism that’s gaining traction on social media and with activist organizations.
The hashtag #OscarsSoWhite quickly trended on Twitter after the Oscar nominations were announced on Thursday morning and logged over 17,000 impressions.
“I’m surprised James Reeb, the white minister in #Selma, wasn’t nominated as best supporting actor. #OscarsSoWhite,” Twitter user @iRondrea tweeted.
- 1/15/2015
- by Linda Ge and Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
StreetKids United a feature documentary shot in Durban, South Africa in 2010 by London-based production house Film and Music Entertainment (F&Me) has been selected by the Berlin Film Festival 2011 for a special screening in Generation Extra on 17 February.The film directed by award winning documentary film maker Tim Pritchard, explores how a simple sporting event can change lives and raise the hopes of an international group of homeless children and show how a soccer tournament can empower people both on and off the field. StreetKids United was produced by F&Me.s Sam Taylor, Mike Downey and Sandy Markwick. World Sales are being handled by Robbie and Ellen Little.s The Little Film Company. The film was co-produced by Cat Cooper of...
- 2/9/2011
- by Evrim Ersoy
- Monsters and Critics
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