Over 150 women came together in Cannes to celebrate Black women in international film, including producer and former Netflix exec Fiona Lamptey, Rocks producer Ameenah Ayub Allen and founders of distribution and exhibition specialist We Are Parable, Anthony and Teanne Andrews.
“’Do better’ was our message to Cannes Film Festival leadership in May 2022,” said Yolonda Brinkley, founder of grassroots equality movement, Diversity in Cannes, who also launched a new initiative at this year’s festival, Black Women Cannes, to celebrate, support and uplift Black women at the festival, and to start a film fund. ”In [the festival’s] 75-year history, they’d only selected one Black women in competition.
“’Do better’ was our message to Cannes Film Festival leadership in May 2022,” said Yolonda Brinkley, founder of grassroots equality movement, Diversity in Cannes, who also launched a new initiative at this year’s festival, Black Women Cannes, to celebrate, support and uplift Black women at the festival, and to start a film fund. ”In [the festival’s] 75-year history, they’d only selected one Black women in competition.
- 5/23/2024
- ScreenDaily
Bankside Films is in development on Everything I Ever Knew, a true-life story to be directed by Mamma Mia! and The Iron Lady filmmaker Phyllida Lloyd.
It explores the story of a woman named Jacqui who discovers, after 25 years, that the father of her eldest son was an undercover police officer. The case is the subject of an ongoing public inquiry that reveals one of the worst cases of state-sanctioned abuse of women in recent British history.
The UK feature is based on a screenplay by Suzie Miller, the writer behind Olivier and Tony-award winning hit one-woman play Prima Facie,...
It explores the story of a woman named Jacqui who discovers, after 25 years, that the father of her eldest son was an undercover police officer. The case is the subject of an ongoing public inquiry that reveals one of the worst cases of state-sanctioned abuse of women in recent British history.
The UK feature is based on a screenplay by Suzie Miller, the writer behind Olivier and Tony-award winning hit one-woman play Prima Facie,...
- 5/19/2024
- ScreenDaily
US revenge thriller Clearmind has closed in a slew of territories for the UK’s Film Seekers, including UK (Tmp), Germany (Spirit), Latin America (Encripta), Airlines (Encore), Cis (New People), Turkey (Mars) and Portugal (Vendetta).
Rebecca Eskreis’s feature follows a grieving woman who uses her virtual reality simulation to crash the weekend getaway of her former friends, which turns into a deadly night of revenge.
Toks Olagundoye, Rebecca Creskoff, Rob Benedict and Matt Peters star, while Kristin T. Higgins and Seana Kofoed produce.
BFI Filmmaking Fund director Mia Bays extends contract by two years (exclusive)...
Rebecca Eskreis’s feature follows a grieving woman who uses her virtual reality simulation to crash the weekend getaway of her former friends, which turns into a deadly night of revenge.
Toks Olagundoye, Rebecca Creskoff, Rob Benedict and Matt Peters star, while Kristin T. Higgins and Seana Kofoed produce.
BFI Filmmaking Fund director Mia Bays extends contract by two years (exclusive)...
- 5/19/2024
- ScreenDaily
A selection of UK film funders will take to the stage at the UK pavilion at Cannes tomorrow (Sunday May 19) to explore their national and international ambitions, how they are working to empower emerging talent in a new media landscape, and their approach to creativity and risk.
Taking part is Mia Bays, director, BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund; Isabel Davis, executive director, Screen Scotland; Ursula Devine, development executive, Northern Ireland Screen’ Shanida Scotland, co-director and global head of film at Doc Society; Lee Walters, chief executive, Ffilm Cymru Wales; and Denitsa Yordanova, Head of UK Global Screen Fund and International Funds.
Taking part is Mia Bays, director, BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund; Isabel Davis, executive director, Screen Scotland; Ursula Devine, development executive, Northern Ireland Screen’ Shanida Scotland, co-director and global head of film at Doc Society; Lee Walters, chief executive, Ffilm Cymru Wales; and Denitsa Yordanova, Head of UK Global Screen Fund and International Funds.
- 5/18/2024
- ScreenDaily
Mia Bays, director of the BFI Filmmaking Fund, is extending her contract to October 2026, after initially taking up the post for three years.
“Change takes time, film is slow to evolve,” said Bays. “The more I thought about it at the midpoint [of the contract], the more I felt there was more for me to do. The team has changed, it’s all quite recent. You need longer to do the finessing of the evolution. I can still see some gaps. It felt like the right thing, so I proposed it, and the upper echelons of the BFI agreed.”
She does not plan...
“Change takes time, film is slow to evolve,” said Bays. “The more I thought about it at the midpoint [of the contract], the more I felt there was more for me to do. The team has changed, it’s all quite recent. You need longer to do the finessing of the evolution. I can still see some gaps. It felt like the right thing, so I proposed it, and the upper echelons of the BFI agreed.”
She does not plan...
- 5/18/2024
- ScreenDaily
The British Film Institute (BFI) has unveiled the line-up of speakers and events taking place at the Cannes UK Pavilion, including talent talks with Santosh filmmaker Sandhya Suri and Birds and Kinds Of Kindness director of photography Robbie Ryan, as well as panel discussions on the historic UK independent tax credit and a conversation with representatives from UK film funders from across the nations and regions.
Suri will be joined by UK producer Mike Goodridge from Good Chaos and Eva Yates, director of BBC Film, to share the journey behind Suri’s narrative director debut, which plays in Un Certain Regard.
Suri will be joined by UK producer Mike Goodridge from Good Chaos and Eva Yates, director of BBC Film, to share the journey behind Suri’s narrative director debut, which plays in Un Certain Regard.
- 5/8/2024
- ScreenDaily
Project and talent development programmes delivered by partners including UK-France sales outfit Film Constellation, Sheffield DocFest and Glasgow Film Festival are among the first recipients of the BFI’s National Lottery Creative Challenge fund.
The fund will invest up to £2.7m in total over three years from 2023-2026, focusing on five different ‘challenges’ . The aim is to decentralise project development and support with an expectation to support around 24 development programmes or labs, each supporting many more projects and filmmakers.
All of the programmes are expected to launch over the next couple of months and to have completed delivery by end...
The fund will invest up to £2.7m in total over three years from 2023-2026, focusing on five different ‘challenges’ . The aim is to decentralise project development and support with an expectation to support around 24 development programmes or labs, each supporting many more projects and filmmakers.
All of the programmes are expected to launch over the next couple of months and to have completed delivery by end...
- 5/1/2024
- ScreenDaily
Class, disability and ethnicity continue to present challenges in gaining access to BFI film funding, but there has been progress for female-identifying filmmakers, according to a report titled Disrupt The Narrative that was published last week.
The report was written by UK-based producers Josh Cockcroft and Chi Thai and distribution and exhibition consultant Delphine Lievens, and funded by a Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity Industry Fellowship grant through Birmingham City University and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. It examines BFI data, taken from 2019-2020 specifically as a recent and typical year pre-pandemic, across the characteristics of gender, race, disability and class.
The report was written by UK-based producers Josh Cockcroft and Chi Thai and distribution and exhibition consultant Delphine Lievens, and funded by a Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity Industry Fellowship grant through Birmingham City University and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. It examines BFI data, taken from 2019-2020 specifically as a recent and typical year pre-pandemic, across the characteristics of gender, race, disability and class.
- 4/18/2024
- ScreenDaily
Marcus Ryder, CEO of the UK’s Film and TV Charity, has unveiled details today (March 28) of a fund to support Black and Global Majority creatives, at the final day of The New Black Film Collective Xpo in London.
The Reel Impact Fund, steered by Anita Herbert, will offer grants of up to £10,000 for individuals and £25,000 for companies, with applications opening from May 13-June 30, and an independent panel assessing the applications.
Reel Impact aims to support mid to senior level Black and Global Majority individuals, as well as Black and Global Majority-led production companies and organisations working behind the scenes in film,...
The Reel Impact Fund, steered by Anita Herbert, will offer grants of up to £10,000 for individuals and £25,000 for companies, with applications opening from May 13-June 30, and an independent panel assessing the applications.
Reel Impact aims to support mid to senior level Black and Global Majority individuals, as well as Black and Global Majority-led production companies and organisations working behind the scenes in film,...
- 3/28/2024
- ScreenDaily
Icelandic football filmThe Home Game won the Glasgow Film Festival audience award which was presented as the 20th edition drew to a close in the Scottish city last night (March 10).
Smari Gunn and Logi Sigursveinsson’s documentary about plucky underdogs Reynir Fc’s bid for cup glory scored the highest audience score in the award’s 10-year history.
Based in the Icelandic village of Hellissandur, with a population of 369, Reynir Fc was re-formed in 2020 with a ragtag bunch of locals including a 15-year-old schoolboy rapper, 40-something in goal and the somewhat controversial inclusion of a former Iceland women’s team player.
Smari Gunn and Logi Sigursveinsson’s documentary about plucky underdogs Reynir Fc’s bid for cup glory scored the highest audience score in the award’s 10-year history.
Based in the Icelandic village of Hellissandur, with a population of 369, Reynir Fc was re-formed in 2020 with a ragtag bunch of locals including a 15-year-old schoolboy rapper, 40-something in goal and the somewhat controversial inclusion of a former Iceland women’s team player.
- 3/11/2024
- ScreenDaily
“Hallelujah,” was the message from BFI Filmmaking Fund director Mia Bays as she took to the stage at Glasgow Film Festival on March 7, to celebrate the next generation of UK talent.
“[Representation] has transformed over the past few years,” said Bays, who pointed towards the post-Times Up and MeToo movements and the impact of BFI’s diversity and inclusion targets as part of what has helped drive the opportunity for new voices to break through.
“One of my favourite terms is ‘opportunity hoarding’. There are lots of people who just sat on those opportunities, who have kept them. All of those conversations have led to this.
“[Representation] has transformed over the past few years,” said Bays, who pointed towards the post-Times Up and MeToo movements and the impact of BFI’s diversity and inclusion targets as part of what has helped drive the opportunity for new voices to break through.
“One of my favourite terms is ‘opportunity hoarding’. There are lots of people who just sat on those opportunities, who have kept them. All of those conversations have led to this.
- 3/8/2024
- ScreenDaily
Applications are now open for the 21st edition of Screen International’s Screen Stars of Tomorrow, our annual portfolio of new talent from the UK and Ireland.
The submissions window is open for one month, from March 6 to April 5, 2024.
Applications are open to UK and Irish citizens and long-term residents of either country. There is no upper or lower age limit, but applicants should be at an early stage in their film career, demonstrate exceptional promise and be ready to progress to the next level.
Applicants should use this Google Form and need to attach a brief bio, a headshot...
The submissions window is open for one month, from March 6 to April 5, 2024.
Applications are open to UK and Irish citizens and long-term residents of either country. There is no upper or lower age limit, but applicants should be at an early stage in their film career, demonstrate exceptional promise and be ready to progress to the next level.
Applicants should use this Google Form and need to attach a brief bio, a headshot...
- 3/6/2024
- ScreenDaily
Glasgow Film Festival’s (Gff) Industry Focus (March 3-7) returns with a line-up that includes a celebration of the new wave of UK filmmaking and brings together filmmakers for an in conversation event with the BFI’s head of the Filmmaking Fund Mia Bays and BBC Film director Eva Yates.
NextGen will unite executives with Girl director Adura Onashile, Scrapper filmmaker Charlotte Regan and Lucy Cohen, whose feature Edge Of Summer will world premiere at this year’s Gff.
Further highlights include the Animatic Live Pitch - Gff’s new animation talent development scheme, which culminates in a live pitch...
NextGen will unite executives with Girl director Adura Onashile, Scrapper filmmaker Charlotte Regan and Lucy Cohen, whose feature Edge Of Summer will world premiere at this year’s Gff.
Further highlights include the Animatic Live Pitch - Gff’s new animation talent development scheme, which culminates in a live pitch...
- 2/6/2024
- ScreenDaily
Warner Bros’ Rico Johnson-Sinclair and the British Film Institute’s Mia Bays and Ama Ampadu are among the speakers at the annual convention of the UK’s The New Black Film Collective, showcasing Black creative talent across the screen industries.
With a focus on the “opportunity gap”, the free event (Tnb Xpo) will run from March 25-28 at community arts hub Rich Mix in London. The programme features talks, interactive sessions, pitching and networking.
Johnson-Sinclair, Warner Bros Discovery’s CrewHQ director of skills and training, will deliver the keynote speech addressing the gap between potential and opportunities for Black and Global Majority creatives.
With a focus on the “opportunity gap”, the free event (Tnb Xpo) will run from March 25-28 at community arts hub Rich Mix in London. The programme features talks, interactive sessions, pitching and networking.
Johnson-Sinclair, Warner Bros Discovery’s CrewHQ director of skills and training, will deliver the keynote speech addressing the gap between potential and opportunities for Black and Global Majority creatives.
- 2/1/2024
- ScreenDaily
Warner Bros’ Rico Johnson-Sinclair and the British Film Institute’s Mia Bays and Ama Ampadu are among the speakers at the annual convention of the UK’s New Black Film Collective, showcasing Black creative talent across the screen industries.
With a focus on the “opportunity gap”, the free event (Tnb Xpo) will run from March 25-28 at community arts hub Rich Mix in London. The programme features talks, interactive sessions, pitching and networking.
Johnson-Sinclair, Warner Bros Discovery’s CrewHQ director of skills and training, will deliver the keynote speech addressing the gap between potential and opportunities for Black and Global Majority creatives.
With a focus on the “opportunity gap”, the free event (Tnb Xpo) will run from March 25-28 at community arts hub Rich Mix in London. The programme features talks, interactive sessions, pitching and networking.
Johnson-Sinclair, Warner Bros Discovery’s CrewHQ director of skills and training, will deliver the keynote speech addressing the gap between potential and opportunities for Black and Global Majority creatives.
- 2/1/2024
- ScreenDaily
Representatives of the UK and international film industry were in attendance at the the annual Brunch With The Brits event in Park City supported by British Film Commission, British Film Institute, BBC Films, Film4, Screen Scotland, and Screen International.
The event was held at the High Park Distillery at Park City on January 21.
Guests included Adrian Wootton, CEO of the British Film Commission; BFI Filmmaking Fund director Mia Bays; Film4 director Ollie Madden; and Eva Yates, director of BBC Film.
See pictures from the event above.
The event was held at the High Park Distillery at Park City on January 21.
Guests included Adrian Wootton, CEO of the British Film Commission; BFI Filmmaking Fund director Mia Bays; Film4 director Ollie Madden; and Eva Yates, director of BBC Film.
See pictures from the event above.
- 1/23/2024
- ScreenDaily
Speakers and mentors taking part include BFI Filmmaking Fund director Mia Bays and Bafta chair Sara Putt.
Reclaim The Frame, the UK’s gender equality in cinema charity, has set the filmmakers from across the UK who will take part in the eighth edition of professional development programme, Filmonomics, with BFI Filmmaking Fund director Mia Bays and Bafta chair Sara Putt among the mentors and speakers offering their support.
Among the 18 filmmakers taking part for this edition are director Jessica Bishopp, who has had documentary shorts premiere in BFI London Film Festival and SXSW; Bafta Scotland-nominated producer and founder of Lothian Films,...
Reclaim The Frame, the UK’s gender equality in cinema charity, has set the filmmakers from across the UK who will take part in the eighth edition of professional development programme, Filmonomics, with BFI Filmmaking Fund director Mia Bays and Bafta chair Sara Putt among the mentors and speakers offering their support.
Among the 18 filmmakers taking part for this edition are director Jessica Bishopp, who has had documentary shorts premiere in BFI London Film Festival and SXSW; Bafta Scotland-nominated producer and founder of Lothian Films,...
- 12/8/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Ama Ampadu, Louise Ortega, Aoife Hayes, Phoebe Sutherland and Charley Fox all have expanded their remits within the fund.
Studiocanal’s Anna Hintzen has joined the British Film Institute (BFI) as senior production executive at the BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund.
Hintzen will have oversight of all aspects of production on BFI-backed projects. She will initially engage with projects at application stage to advise on their viability, ensuring they are appropriately budgeted and scheduled, and will support filmmaking teams both practically and creatively through pre-production, shooting and post to help them maximise budgets and use the funding responsibly.
“We are...
Studiocanal’s Anna Hintzen has joined the British Film Institute (BFI) as senior production executive at the BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund.
Hintzen will have oversight of all aspects of production on BFI-backed projects. She will initially engage with projects at application stage to advise on their viability, ensuring they are appropriately budgeted and scheduled, and will support filmmaking teams both practically and creatively through pre-production, shooting and post to help them maximise budgets and use the funding responsibly.
“We are...
- 11/20/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The BFI will award up to £150,000 per programme and £2.7m across three years.
The British Film Institute (BFI) has today (October 24) opened its National Lottery Creative Challenge Fund, seeking applications from UK screen organisations and production companies to create and run targeted project development labs for features or immersive projects, awarding up to £150,000 to each development programme.
It is the first of five rounds of the fund, totalling £2.7m over three years. Each round is setting a different ‘challenge’ – this callout is looking for applicants who can deliver labs for genre-focused project development for new and/or emerging filmmakers, to...
The British Film Institute (BFI) has today (October 24) opened its National Lottery Creative Challenge Fund, seeking applications from UK screen organisations and production companies to create and run targeted project development labs for features or immersive projects, awarding up to £150,000 to each development programme.
It is the first of five rounds of the fund, totalling £2.7m over three years. Each round is setting a different ‘challenge’ – this callout is looking for applicants who can deliver labs for genre-focused project development for new and/or emerging filmmakers, to...
- 10/24/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
A first clip has been unveiled from Luna Carmoon’s feature debut “Hoard,” which will premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
In the film, set in 1984 London, 7-year-old Maria and her mother live in their own loving world built on sorting through bins and collecting shiny rubbish. One night, their world falls apart, and the film joins Maria a decade later, living with her foster mother. An older stranger, Michael, then enters their home, opening the door to past trauma, magic and madness.
“‘Hoard’ came from a place of venom; spite really is the great transformer. It was a story I was writing for just me, the world of ‘Hoard’ and its characters saved me truly,” Carmoon told Variety. “I never intended it to be seen … I was going to leave it at the bottom of my bed wrapped in string for the Newshopper and family to find to their shock and horror,...
In the film, set in 1984 London, 7-year-old Maria and her mother live in their own loving world built on sorting through bins and collecting shiny rubbish. One night, their world falls apart, and the film joins Maria a decade later, living with her foster mother. An older stranger, Michael, then enters their home, opening the door to past trauma, magic and madness.
“‘Hoard’ came from a place of venom; spite really is the great transformer. It was a story I was writing for just me, the world of ‘Hoard’ and its characters saved me truly,” Carmoon told Variety. “I never intended it to be seen … I was going to leave it at the bottom of my bed wrapped in string for the Newshopper and family to find to their shock and horror,...
- 8/22/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Moody’s previous roles include director of film programming at Sheffield Doc Fest.
Luke W Moody, the former director of film programming at the UK’s Sheffield DocFest, has been named the head of the BFI Doc Society Fund at Doc Society.
In this role, Moody will lead the team in managing all aspects of the UK-wide BFI Doc Society Fund slate and will collaborate with Doc Society directors Shanida Scotland and Sandra Whipham on the strategic direction of Doc Society’s role as the BFI’s UK-wide delegate partner for documentary.
Scotland and Whipham had been managing the fund on an interim basis.
Luke W Moody, the former director of film programming at the UK’s Sheffield DocFest, has been named the head of the BFI Doc Society Fund at Doc Society.
In this role, Moody will lead the team in managing all aspects of the UK-wide BFI Doc Society Fund slate and will collaborate with Doc Society directors Shanida Scotland and Sandra Whipham on the strategic direction of Doc Society’s role as the BFI’s UK-wide delegate partner for documentary.
Scotland and Whipham had been managing the fund on an interim basis.
- 7/4/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
”We are forming a new-look team to deliver the ambitious strategy,” said Filmmaking Fund director Mia Bays.
The British Film Institute (BFI) has appointed Vicki Brown as its senior executive for sales and distribution for the BFI Filmmaking Fund.
Brown joins from London and New York-based sales firm Together Films, where she was head of acquisitions, sales and distribution. She was also previously director of international sales at UK sales outfit Altitude Film Sales. She will be responsible for ensuring features awarded BFI National Lottery production funding are successfully delivered to the marketplace and to UK and international audiences.
This...
The British Film Institute (BFI) has appointed Vicki Brown as its senior executive for sales and distribution for the BFI Filmmaking Fund.
Brown joins from London and New York-based sales firm Together Films, where she was head of acquisitions, sales and distribution. She was also previously director of international sales at UK sales outfit Altitude Film Sales. She will be responsible for ensuring features awarded BFI National Lottery production funding are successfully delivered to the marketplace and to UK and international audiences.
This...
- 6/29/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The BFI has hired veteran sales exec Vicki Brown as Senior Executive for Sales and Distribution for the BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund.
Brown, who joins from Together Films, where she was Head of Acquisitions, Sales, and Distribution, will be responsible for delivering features that are awarded BFI National Lottery production funding to the market as well as to UK and international audiences.
Her remit will include oversight and joint approval of production funding decisions from Discovery and Impact funds and inputting into and signing off sales, distribution, and commercial strategies for all titles. She will also be responsible for aligning her work supporting Filmmaking Fund titles with the UK Global Screen Fund, the BFI’s National Lottery International Fund, and working with other key stakeholders such as BBC Film, Film4, and other national, regional, and commercial funders.
In addition to Brown’s hire, the BFI said today that a...
Brown, who joins from Together Films, where she was Head of Acquisitions, Sales, and Distribution, will be responsible for delivering features that are awarded BFI National Lottery production funding to the market as well as to UK and international audiences.
Her remit will include oversight and joint approval of production funding decisions from Discovery and Impact funds and inputting into and signing off sales, distribution, and commercial strategies for all titles. She will also be responsible for aligning her work supporting Filmmaking Fund titles with the UK Global Screen Fund, the BFI’s National Lottery International Fund, and working with other key stakeholders such as BBC Film, Film4, and other national, regional, and commercial funders.
In addition to Brown’s hire, the BFI said today that a...
- 6/29/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Guests to attend include Harris Dickinson, Emilia Jones, Anton Corbijn.
New BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson, Elysian CEO Danny Perkins and producers Tristan Goligher and Mary Burke are among the recent additions to the industry programme at next month’s Sundance Film Festival: London (July 6-9).
All four will be speaking at the event, as will filmmakers Gurinder Chadha, Alice Lowe, Marianna Palka and Zeina Durra; composer Nainita Desai; and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2021 casting director Heather Basten.
Further new speakers include A24 executives Harpa Manku and Tom Lazenby; and Luane Gauer, SVP, international production and acquisitions at Black Bear International.
New BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson, Elysian CEO Danny Perkins and producers Tristan Goligher and Mary Burke are among the recent additions to the industry programme at next month’s Sundance Film Festival: London (July 6-9).
All four will be speaking at the event, as will filmmakers Gurinder Chadha, Alice Lowe, Marianna Palka and Zeina Durra; composer Nainita Desai; and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2021 casting director Heather Basten.
Further new speakers include A24 executives Harpa Manku and Tom Lazenby; and Luane Gauer, SVP, international production and acquisitions at Black Bear International.
- 6/15/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Guests to attend include Harris Dickinson, Emilia Jones, Anton Corbijn.
New BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson, Elysian CEO Danny Perkins and producers Tristan Goligher and Mary Burke are among the recent additions to the industry programme at next month’s Sundance Film Festival: London (July 6-9).
All four will be speaking at the event, as will filmmakers Gurinder Chadha, Alice Lowe, Marianna Palka and Zeina Durra; composer Nainita Desai; and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2021 casting director Heather Basten.
Further new speakers include A24 executives Harpa Manku and Tom Lazenby; and Luane Gauer, SVP, international production and acquisitions at Black Bear International.
New BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson, Elysian CEO Danny Perkins and producers Tristan Goligher and Mary Burke are among the recent additions to the industry programme at next month’s Sundance Film Festival: London (July 6-9).
All four will be speaking at the event, as will filmmakers Gurinder Chadha, Alice Lowe, Marianna Palka and Zeina Durra; composer Nainita Desai; and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2021 casting director Heather Basten.
Further new speakers include A24 executives Harpa Manku and Tom Lazenby; and Luane Gauer, SVP, international production and acquisitions at Black Bear International.
- 6/15/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The event showcases UK titles and UK sales companies to mainly European buyers.
Animated features Kensuke’s Kingdom, an adaptation of a Michael Morpurgo novel directed by Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry.and sold by Bankside, and Tim Harper’s Ozi - Voice Of The Forest, about an orphan orangutang, that is produced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way and sold by Gfm, are among the high-profile projects that will screen to distributors at this year’s London Screenings.
The three-day event will take place at Picturehouse Central in Piccadilly Circus from June 19 - 21 2023,
UK and international sales companies will be...
Animated features Kensuke’s Kingdom, an adaptation of a Michael Morpurgo novel directed by Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry.and sold by Bankside, and Tim Harper’s Ozi - Voice Of The Forest, about an orphan orangutang, that is produced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way and sold by Gfm, are among the high-profile projects that will screen to distributors at this year’s London Screenings.
The three-day event will take place at Picturehouse Central in Piccadilly Circus from June 19 - 21 2023,
UK and international sales companies will be...
- 6/8/2023
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
“Be as production-ready as possible,” they advised of applications to the new-look Fund.
The BFI Filmmaking Fund executives said the revamped National Lottery fund is looking for projects “as production ready” as possible, and have underlined the limited pot “can’t be all the answers” for supporting the UK independent industry.
Mia Bays, director of the BFI Filmmaking fund and senior production and development executives Ama Ampadu and Louise Ortega were speaking on a panel on Monday in the UK Pavilion in Cannes, moderated by Telefilm Canada’s Mehernaz Lentin.
Details of the revamped fund were first announced in March,...
The BFI Filmmaking Fund executives said the revamped National Lottery fund is looking for projects “as production ready” as possible, and have underlined the limited pot “can’t be all the answers” for supporting the UK independent industry.
Mia Bays, director of the BFI Filmmaking fund and senior production and development executives Ama Ampadu and Louise Ortega were speaking on a panel on Monday in the UK Pavilion in Cannes, moderated by Telefilm Canada’s Mehernaz Lentin.
Details of the revamped fund were first announced in March,...
- 5/25/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Taking part will be Mia Bays, director of the BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund and Ama Ampadu and Louise Ortega, the fund’s senior production and production executives.
The British Filmmaking Fund (BFI) team will discuss details of how the fund will work for UK and international filmmakers at today’s (May 22) UK Pavilion.
Taking part will be Mia Bays, director of the BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund and Ama Ampadu and Louise Ortega, the fund’s senior production and production executives.
Telefilm Canada’s Mehernaz Lentin will moderate the panel (14:00-15:00).
Bays said: “We are inspired by...
The British Filmmaking Fund (BFI) team will discuss details of how the fund will work for UK and international filmmakers at today’s (May 22) UK Pavilion.
Taking part will be Mia Bays, director of the BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund and Ama Ampadu and Louise Ortega, the fund’s senior production and production executives.
Telefilm Canada’s Mehernaz Lentin will moderate the panel (14:00-15:00).
Bays said: “We are inspired by...
- 5/22/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
“We’re the ones making work for actors and everybody,’” said Anna Griffin at a BFI / Screen panel in Cannes.
UK producers need more financial assistance to be able to support up-and-coming local talent efficiently, according to a lively debate in the UK Pavilion at Cannes.
“We need to talk about how to support producers because the producers are the ones galvanising and making work for the actors and for everybody else,” said Anna Griffin, of Griffin Pictures, who produced 2016’s Paa Joe & The Lion and 2018’s Calibre and is a former Screen Star of Tomorrow.
“There’s such an elite system…...
UK producers need more financial assistance to be able to support up-and-coming local talent efficiently, according to a lively debate in the UK Pavilion at Cannes.
“We need to talk about how to support producers because the producers are the ones galvanising and making work for the actors and for everybody else,” said Anna Griffin, of Griffin Pictures, who produced 2016’s Paa Joe & The Lion and 2018’s Calibre and is a former Screen Star of Tomorrow.
“There’s such an elite system…...
- 5/21/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
A talent talk with Cannes Un Certain Regard title ‘How To Have Sex’ director Molly Manning Walker is also on today’s line-up.
International industry figures, including sustainability expert Louise Marie Smith, CEO of the Austrian Film Institute Roland Teichmann and Pauline Burt, CEO of Ffilm Cymru Wales, will share insights into the challenges they face and the innovative and creative ways they are cultivating a sustainable screen sector as part of the line-up today (May 21) at the Cannes’ UK Pavilion.
The panel, titled ‘Positive practical action for sustainable screen – leading ideas and practicalities of greening film production’ (16:00-...
International industry figures, including sustainability expert Louise Marie Smith, CEO of the Austrian Film Institute Roland Teichmann and Pauline Burt, CEO of Ffilm Cymru Wales, will share insights into the challenges they face and the innovative and creative ways they are cultivating a sustainable screen sector as part of the line-up today (May 21) at the Cannes’ UK Pavilion.
The panel, titled ‘Positive practical action for sustainable screen – leading ideas and practicalities of greening film production’ (16:00-...
- 5/21/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
They will take part in a panel discussion chaired by Screen International’s Fionnuala Halligan.
How to attract UK talent and filmmakers to a project with international potential; what kinds of scripts and packages an agent will put in front of their client; and how working with UK talent enhances a project, will all be discussed at a panel in the UK Pavilion in Cannes today.
The panel marks 20 years of Screen’s pioneering new talent spotlight UK Stars of Tomorrow with a panel discussion at the moderated by Fionnuala Halligan, Screen’s executive editor for reviews and new talent.
How to attract UK talent and filmmakers to a project with international potential; what kinds of scripts and packages an agent will put in front of their client; and how working with UK talent enhances a project, will all be discussed at a panel in the UK Pavilion in Cannes today.
The panel marks 20 years of Screen’s pioneering new talent spotlight UK Stars of Tomorrow with a panel discussion at the moderated by Fionnuala Halligan, Screen’s executive editor for reviews and new talent.
- 5/20/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
They will take part in a panel discussion chaired by Screen International’s Fionnuala Halligan.
Screen will be marking 20 years of its pioneering new talent spotlight UK Stars of Tomorrow with a panel discussion at the UK Pavilion in Cannes today, moderated by Fionnuala Halligan, Screen’s executive editor for reviews and new talent.
Up for discussion will be how to attract UK talent and filmmakers to a project with international potential; what kinds of scripts and packages an agent will put in front of their client; and how working with UK talent enhances a project.
The panel involves Roger Charteris,...
Screen will be marking 20 years of its pioneering new talent spotlight UK Stars of Tomorrow with a panel discussion at the UK Pavilion in Cannes today, moderated by Fionnuala Halligan, Screen’s executive editor for reviews and new talent.
Up for discussion will be how to attract UK talent and filmmakers to a project with international potential; what kinds of scripts and packages an agent will put in front of their client; and how working with UK talent enhances a project.
The panel involves Roger Charteris,...
- 5/20/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
BFI’s Ben Luxford and Ama Ampadu; Glasgow Film CEO Allison Gardner; and Quiddity Films’ Emily Morgan are on today’s line-up.
Ben Luxford, the British Film Institute’s head of UK audiences, will lead a discussion on how to encourage audiences back to arthouse cinemas around the world at a panel taking place today as part of the UK Pavilion industry programme in Cannes.
The UK Pavilion runs from May 18 to May 23, and is based at the Cannes Marché International Village.
“As an industry we are all still talking about post-pandemic recovery,” said Luxford, ”taking heart from release schedules...
Ben Luxford, the British Film Institute’s head of UK audiences, will lead a discussion on how to encourage audiences back to arthouse cinemas around the world at a panel taking place today as part of the UK Pavilion industry programme in Cannes.
The UK Pavilion runs from May 18 to May 23, and is based at the Cannes Marché International Village.
“As an industry we are all still talking about post-pandemic recovery,” said Luxford, ”taking heart from release schedules...
- 5/19/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Also sells ‘A Mystery On The Cattle Hill Express’.
New Europe Film Sales has secured key European deals on Berlinale Panorama title Matria.
The Spanish film has sold to France (Les Alchimistes), Italy (Europictures) and Portugal (Nitrato Filmes).
The feature debut of Spanish director Alvaro Gago Diaz, Matria depicts a woman in a Galician fishing village, who begins to question her life to this point when her daughter turns 18. It is based on Diaz’s 2017 short of the same name.
New Europe has also sold Will Ashurst’s Norwegian animation A Mystery On The Cattle Hill Express to Benelux (Just4Kids...
New Europe Film Sales has secured key European deals on Berlinale Panorama title Matria.
The Spanish film has sold to France (Les Alchimistes), Italy (Europictures) and Portugal (Nitrato Filmes).
The feature debut of Spanish director Alvaro Gago Diaz, Matria depicts a woman in a Galician fishing village, who begins to question her life to this point when her daughter turns 18. It is based on Diaz’s 2017 short of the same name.
New Europe has also sold Will Ashurst’s Norwegian animation A Mystery On The Cattle Hill Express to Benelux (Just4Kids...
- 5/17/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Also sells ‘A Mystery On The Cattle Hill Express’.
New Europe Film Sales has secured key European deals on Berlinale Panorama title Matria.
The Spanish film has sold to France (Les Alchimistes), Italy (Europictures) and Portugal (Nitrato Filmes).
The feature debut of Spanish director Alvaro Gago Diaz, Matria depicts a woman in a Galician fishing village, who begins to question her life to this point when her daughter turns 18. It is based on Diaz’s 2017 short of the same name.
New Europe has also sold Will Ashurst’s Norwegian animation A Mystery On The Cattle Hill Express to Benelux (Just4Kids...
New Europe Film Sales has secured key European deals on Berlinale Panorama title Matria.
The Spanish film has sold to France (Les Alchimistes), Italy (Europictures) and Portugal (Nitrato Filmes).
The feature debut of Spanish director Alvaro Gago Diaz, Matria depicts a woman in a Galician fishing village, who begins to question her life to this point when her daughter turns 18. It is based on Diaz’s 2017 short of the same name.
New Europe has also sold Will Ashurst’s Norwegian animation A Mystery On The Cattle Hill Express to Benelux (Just4Kids...
- 5/17/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Revised BFI Filmmaking Fund and UK tax credits system up for discussion in UK Pavilion events programme.
The British Film Institute (BFI) has named its roster of speakers taking part in this year’s series of events hosted at the UK Pavilion in Cannes, including talent talks from official selection filmmakers such as How To Have Sex director Molly Manning Walker, The Old Oak producer Rebecca O’Brien and The Settlers producer Emily Morgan, plus industry figures such as the BFI’s Mia Bays and We Are Parable’s Anthony Andrews.
Conversations will explore developing talent, co-production, film financing, the UK...
The British Film Institute (BFI) has named its roster of speakers taking part in this year’s series of events hosted at the UK Pavilion in Cannes, including talent talks from official selection filmmakers such as How To Have Sex director Molly Manning Walker, The Old Oak producer Rebecca O’Brien and The Settlers producer Emily Morgan, plus industry figures such as the BFI’s Mia Bays and We Are Parable’s Anthony Andrews.
Conversations will explore developing talent, co-production, film financing, the UK...
- 5/12/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Revised BFI Filmmaking Fund and UK tax credits system up for discussion in UK Pavilion events programme.
The British Film Institute (BFI) has named its roster of speakers taking part in this year’s series of events hosted at the UK Pavilion in Cannes, including talent talks from official selection filmmakers such as How To Have Sex director Molly Manning Walker, The Old Oak producer Rebecca O’Brien and The Settlers producer Emily Morgan, plus industry figures such as the BFI’s Mia Bays and We Are Parable’s Anthony Andrews.
Conversations will explore developing talent, co-production, film financing, the UK...
The British Film Institute (BFI) has named its roster of speakers taking part in this year’s series of events hosted at the UK Pavilion in Cannes, including talent talks from official selection filmmakers such as How To Have Sex director Molly Manning Walker, The Old Oak producer Rebecca O’Brien and The Settlers producer Emily Morgan, plus industry figures such as the BFI’s Mia Bays and We Are Parable’s Anthony Andrews.
Conversations will explore developing talent, co-production, film financing, the UK...
- 5/12/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Paris-based sales agent to launch film at Cannes market.
Paris-based Luxbox has boarded Ali Ahmadzadeh’s Iranian-German co-production Critical Zone, set in the underworld of Tehran, and will kick off sales at the upcoming Cannes market.
The Persian-language feature follows a man driving through Tehran’s underworld with his dog, dealing drugs and healing troubled souls.
Ahmadzadeh produces alongside Sina Ataeian Dena in co-production with Germany’s Counterintuitive film.
Ahmadzadeh made his feature debut in 2013 with Kami’s Party, followed by Atomic Heart that premiered in Berlin in 2014 and 2017’s Phenomenon (Padideh).
The filmmaker was arrested in Tehran last year...
Paris-based Luxbox has boarded Ali Ahmadzadeh’s Iranian-German co-production Critical Zone, set in the underworld of Tehran, and will kick off sales at the upcoming Cannes market.
The Persian-language feature follows a man driving through Tehran’s underworld with his dog, dealing drugs and healing troubled souls.
Ahmadzadeh produces alongside Sina Ataeian Dena in co-production with Germany’s Counterintuitive film.
Ahmadzadeh made his feature debut in 2013 with Kami’s Party, followed by Atomic Heart that premiered in Berlin in 2014 and 2017’s Phenomenon (Padideh).
The filmmaker was arrested in Tehran last year...
- 5/10/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
The birth of the hip and naughty Irish-language rap group Kneecap will be portrayed in a raucous anti-establishment comedy penned and directed by Rich Peppiatt (“One Rogue Reporter”).
The film, which wrapped shooting this month, features the eponymous trio who play heightened versions of their own lives against the backdrop of post-Troubles Belfast. The politically engaged band has gained critical acclaim for their artful blend of Irish and English rap about the gritty reality of growing up in Northern Ireland.
French sales and co-production house Charades has boarded “Kneecap” and will be representing the film in international sales, while Curzon and Wildcard will handle the distribution in the U.K. and Ireland.
Charades will be unveiling the first footage of “Kneecap” at the Great 8 event, the annual Cannes buyers’ showcase of U.K. films from up-and-coming first and second-time directors. Charades previously took part of Great 8 with Charlotte Regan’s...
The film, which wrapped shooting this month, features the eponymous trio who play heightened versions of their own lives against the backdrop of post-Troubles Belfast. The politically engaged band has gained critical acclaim for their artful blend of Irish and English rap about the gritty reality of growing up in Northern Ireland.
French sales and co-production house Charades has boarded “Kneecap” and will be representing the film in international sales, while Curzon and Wildcard will handle the distribution in the U.K. and Ireland.
Charades will be unveiling the first footage of “Kneecap” at the Great 8 event, the annual Cannes buyers’ showcase of U.K. films from up-and-coming first and second-time directors. Charades previously took part of Great 8 with Charlotte Regan’s...
- 5/9/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Market
The Cannes Film Market has launched Cannes Investors Circle, which will commence with a keynote introduction by Liesl Copland, Participant’s executive VP, content and platform strategy, who will offer her perspective on the modern media landscape. The initiative will also feature a panel discussion titled Navigating Film Finance in a Changing World that aims to offer insights on global financing and market trends in 2023 and beyond. The panelists will include Elisa Alvares, finance expert at Jacaranda Consultants; Rikke Ennis, CEO of REinvent Studios; Emilie Georges, co-founder and CEO of Paradise City; Mike Goodridge, U.K. producer at Good Chaos who is also presenting Jessica Hausner’s “Club Zero” in the festival’s official competition; with film festival consultant Wendy Mitchell moderating.
The event will also include an invitation-only session where VIP private investors will listen to pitches of nine new global film projects at the investment stage. The...
The Cannes Film Market has launched Cannes Investors Circle, which will commence with a keynote introduction by Liesl Copland, Participant’s executive VP, content and platform strategy, who will offer her perspective on the modern media landscape. The initiative will also feature a panel discussion titled Navigating Film Finance in a Changing World that aims to offer insights on global financing and market trends in 2023 and beyond. The panelists will include Elisa Alvares, finance expert at Jacaranda Consultants; Rikke Ennis, CEO of REinvent Studios; Emilie Georges, co-founder and CEO of Paradise City; Mike Goodridge, U.K. producer at Good Chaos who is also presenting Jessica Hausner’s “Club Zero” in the festival’s official competition; with film festival consultant Wendy Mitchell moderating.
The event will also include an invitation-only session where VIP private investors will listen to pitches of nine new global film projects at the investment stage. The...
- 5/9/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The European Film Academy (Efa) has unveiled 462 film professionals as new members in an announcement timed to coincide with Europe Day on May 9.
The new arrivals will be eligible to vote in the academy’s European Film Awards, the region’s equivalent to the Academy Awards, as well as contribute to its other initiatives across the year.
The Efa said a record number of professionals had accepted to join the organization this year, adding that 50% were female, 49%, were male, and 1% defined as non-binary.
The bigger intake comes amid a drive to revamp the academy which recently announced it would be moving the Efa ceremony to January in 2026, from its traditional December slot, to make it more relevant in the annual film awards season culminating with the Oscars.
The Efa currently now counts 4,600 members based in 52 countries.
The new members mainly hailed from Germany (68), France (38), Switzerland (37), Poland (36), Italy (33), Spain (24), UK (28) and...
The new arrivals will be eligible to vote in the academy’s European Film Awards, the region’s equivalent to the Academy Awards, as well as contribute to its other initiatives across the year.
The Efa said a record number of professionals had accepted to join the organization this year, adding that 50% were female, 49%, were male, and 1% defined as non-binary.
The bigger intake comes amid a drive to revamp the academy which recently announced it would be moving the Efa ceremony to January in 2026, from its traditional December slot, to make it more relevant in the annual film awards season culminating with the Oscars.
The Efa currently now counts 4,600 members based in 52 countries.
The new members mainly hailed from Germany (68), France (38), Switzerland (37), Poland (36), Italy (33), Spain (24), UK (28) and...
- 5/9/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The Romanian film festival runs June 9-18.
Transilvania International Film Festival has announced the line-up for its 22nd edition which takes place in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
The official competition is made up of 12 features while the documentary strand, entitled What’s Up Doc?, will screen 10 titles. All of the films are from first and second-time directors.
Among the competition selection is Ion Bors’ Carbon which premiered in San Sebastian’s New Directors strand last year, having won the festival’s Wip Europa Industry and Wip Europa awards the previous year. The dark comedy, surrounding the Transnistrian conflict of the 1990s, is...
Transilvania International Film Festival has announced the line-up for its 22nd edition which takes place in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
The official competition is made up of 12 features while the documentary strand, entitled What’s Up Doc?, will screen 10 titles. All of the films are from first and second-time directors.
Among the competition selection is Ion Bors’ Carbon which premiered in San Sebastian’s New Directors strand last year, having won the festival’s Wip Europa Industry and Wip Europa awards the previous year. The dark comedy, surrounding the Transnistrian conflict of the 1990s, is...
- 5/9/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Moin film fund exec to succeed Albert Wiederspiel.
Malika Rabahallah is to succeed Albert Wiederspiel as the festival director of Filmfest Hamburg.
The 52-year-old Franco German executive, who is head of the funding department at Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein’s regional film fund Moin (Moving Images North), will take over on January 1, 2024.
Her appointment was unanimously agreed by the supervisory board of the Moin film fund, Filmfest’s parent company.
It followed the recommendation of a selection committee which included the heads of the European Film Academy and European Film Promotion, Matthijs Wouter Knol and Sonja Heinen.
Wiederspiel, who will step...
Malika Rabahallah is to succeed Albert Wiederspiel as the festival director of Filmfest Hamburg.
The 52-year-old Franco German executive, who is head of the funding department at Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein’s regional film fund Moin (Moving Images North), will take over on January 1, 2024.
Her appointment was unanimously agreed by the supervisory board of the Moin film fund, Filmfest’s parent company.
It followed the recommendation of a selection committee which included the heads of the European Film Academy and European Film Promotion, Matthijs Wouter Knol and Sonja Heinen.
Wiederspiel, who will step...
- 5/9/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
50% of new members are women, 49% are men and 1% are non-binary.
The European Film Academy has welcomed a record intake of 462 new members, including US-Italian actor Willem Dafoe, Austrian director Marie Kreutzer, and Mia Bays, head of the BFI Film Fund.
The new members have been announced today, May 9, on Europe Day, a day promoted by the European Union for celebrating peace and unity in Europe.
European Film Academy members are invited to join the organisation once per year; it currently has 4,600 members in 52 countries.
Dafoe, who is known for roles in films including Platoon, Spider-Man and The Florida Project, was born in the US,...
The European Film Academy has welcomed a record intake of 462 new members, including US-Italian actor Willem Dafoe, Austrian director Marie Kreutzer, and Mia Bays, head of the BFI Film Fund.
The new members have been announced today, May 9, on Europe Day, a day promoted by the European Union for celebrating peace and unity in Europe.
European Film Academy members are invited to join the organisation once per year; it currently has 4,600 members in 52 countries.
Dafoe, who is known for roles in films including Platoon, Spider-Man and The Florida Project, was born in the US,...
- 5/9/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
First Look
U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 has released a first look image of its new comedy series, “Big Mood” (working title), produced by Fremantle‘s Dancing Ledge Productions. The six-part series explores the intricacies of female friendship when confronted with the complexities of serious mental illness.
Starring in the show are Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West. Joining the ensemble cast are Niamh Cusack, Eamon Farren, Luke Fetherston, Kate Fleetwood, Rob Gilbert, Rebecca Lowman, Sally Phillips, Ukweli Roach, and Amalia Vitale. The cast also includes Olu Adaeze, Max Bennett, Skylar Betteridge, David Bedella, Tim Downie, Ron Donachie, Sarah Durham, Lara Grace Ilori, Neil Edmond, Amy Gledhill, Maddie Grace Jepson, Tom Rhys Harries, Layla-Belle Matthews, Simon Meacock, David Mumeni, David Newman, Freya Parker, Shuna Snow, Sid Sagar, Stephen Sobal, Lottie Tolhurst, Isobel Thom and Robin Weaver.
Joanna Page, best known for her roles in “Love Actually” and “Gavin and Stacey,” will make a guest appearance,...
U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 has released a first look image of its new comedy series, “Big Mood” (working title), produced by Fremantle‘s Dancing Ledge Productions. The six-part series explores the intricacies of female friendship when confronted with the complexities of serious mental illness.
Starring in the show are Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West. Joining the ensemble cast are Niamh Cusack, Eamon Farren, Luke Fetherston, Kate Fleetwood, Rob Gilbert, Rebecca Lowman, Sally Phillips, Ukweli Roach, and Amalia Vitale. The cast also includes Olu Adaeze, Max Bennett, Skylar Betteridge, David Bedella, Tim Downie, Ron Donachie, Sarah Durham, Lara Grace Ilori, Neil Edmond, Amy Gledhill, Maddie Grace Jepson, Tom Rhys Harries, Layla-Belle Matthews, Simon Meacock, David Mumeni, David Newman, Freya Parker, Shuna Snow, Sid Sagar, Stephen Sobal, Lottie Tolhurst, Isobel Thom and Robin Weaver.
Joanna Page, best known for her roles in “Love Actually” and “Gavin and Stacey,” will make a guest appearance,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Speakers include BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson, Film4’s Farhana Bhula and The British Blacklist’s Akua Gyamfi.
US producer Anthony Bregman, incoming BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson and leading UK execs are among the speakers confirmed for the second edition of the Sundance Film Festival: London industry programme.
The Sundance Institute will once again be partnering with Picturehouse for this year’s event, which takes place at London’s Picturehouse Central from July 6-9.
Bregman will deliver the keynote talk. He premiered three features at the Sundance Film Festival in January: Flora And Son, Eileen and You Hurt My Feelings,...
US producer Anthony Bregman, incoming BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson and leading UK execs are among the speakers confirmed for the second edition of the Sundance Film Festival: London industry programme.
The Sundance Institute will once again be partnering with Picturehouse for this year’s event, which takes place at London’s Picturehouse Central from July 6-9.
Bregman will deliver the keynote talk. He premiered three features at the Sundance Film Festival in January: Flora And Son, Eileen and You Hurt My Feelings,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Bays was speaking alongside BFI exec Ama Ampadu, following allegations that the organisation has failed to address systemic racism.
Mia Bays, director of the BFI (British Film Institute) Filmmaking Fund, used a panel at The New Black Film Collective Xpo event in London this week to underline the BFI’s commitment to diversity, following allegations from filmmakers of colour that the organisation has failed to address systemic racism.
“The team I’m part of and the executive I’m part of are committed to being an anti-racist organisation. There’s been a lot of change that hasn’t been reported,...
Mia Bays, director of the BFI (British Film Institute) Filmmaking Fund, used a panel at The New Black Film Collective Xpo event in London this week to underline the BFI’s commitment to diversity, following allegations from filmmakers of colour that the organisation has failed to address systemic racism.
“The team I’m part of and the executive I’m part of are committed to being an anti-racist organisation. There’s been a lot of change that hasn’t been reported,...
- 3/31/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Creative and executives from the UK screen industries came together for the second day of the London event.
Creatives and executives from across the UK screen industries came together today (March 30) at the second edition of The New Black Film Collective Xpo in London, to discuss the “glass ceiling” facing Black individuals in film and TV.
“People of colour said we’re tired of being overlooked,” reflected Courtney Pryce, a VFX artist, of the impact of the murder of George Floyd in the US at the hands of the police, and the global eruption of the Black Lives Matter movement...
Creatives and executives from across the UK screen industries came together today (March 30) at the second edition of The New Black Film Collective Xpo in London, to discuss the “glass ceiling” facing Black individuals in film and TV.
“People of colour said we’re tired of being overlooked,” reflected Courtney Pryce, a VFX artist, of the impact of the murder of George Floyd in the US at the hands of the police, and the global eruption of the Black Lives Matter movement...
- 3/30/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The British Film Institute, one of the UK’s most powerful movie funding bodies, admitted to a filmmaker of color last year that it is “systemically racist” after apologizing for how it handled his long-running complaint over alleged discrimination.
The BFI is making changes to its complaints procedures and has committed to continued anti-racism soul-searching after Faisal A Qureshi, a scriptwriter, producer, and researcher, whose credits include Leaving Neverland and Four Lions, went on record for the first time to detail his experience.
Qureshi remains disturbed by his treatment. His case is unresolved after more than two years and, although the BFI has acknowledged his complaint could have been handled better, Qureshi told Deadline he is yet to receive the formal written apology he requested.
He is fearful that his pursuit of the BFI could be damaging to his career, despite assurances from the institute that complaints would never compromise access to funding.
The BFI is making changes to its complaints procedures and has committed to continued anti-racism soul-searching after Faisal A Qureshi, a scriptwriter, producer, and researcher, whose credits include Leaving Neverland and Four Lions, went on record for the first time to detail his experience.
Qureshi remains disturbed by his treatment. His case is unresolved after more than two years and, although the BFI has acknowledged his complaint could have been handled better, Qureshi told Deadline he is yet to receive the formal written apology he requested.
He is fearful that his pursuit of the BFI could be damaging to his career, despite assurances from the institute that complaints would never compromise access to funding.
- 3/27/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
An autumn theatrical release is planned.
Joanna Hogg’s gothic ghost story The Eternal Daughter has been acquired for distribution in the UK and Ireland by BFI Distribution.
The UK-us production marks the BFI’s second acquisition from A24, following God’s Creatures earlier this year.
A theatrical release is planned for autumn. It will also form part of a Joanna Hogg retrospective season running at BFI Southbank, also taking place in the autumn.
The film, which premiered at Venice, tells the story of an artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home,...
Joanna Hogg’s gothic ghost story The Eternal Daughter has been acquired for distribution in the UK and Ireland by BFI Distribution.
The UK-us production marks the BFI’s second acquisition from A24, following God’s Creatures earlier this year.
A theatrical release is planned for autumn. It will also form part of a Joanna Hogg retrospective season running at BFI Southbank, also taking place in the autumn.
The film, which premiered at Venice, tells the story of an artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home,...
- 3/22/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
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