Picturehouse Entertainment has made its first animation pickup, acquiring UK-Ireland distribution rights to Sylvain Chomet’s The Magnificent Life Of Marcel Pagnol.
The Magnificent Life Of Marcel Pagnol follows the life of Pagnol, a playwright, novelist and filmmaker who became one of the world’s most inventive and prolific artists in the mid-20th century.
The film is currently in production ahead of completion in 2025. It is produced by Ashargin Poire and Valerie Puech for What the Prod. Co-producers are Lilian Eche’s Bidibul Productions, Adrian Politowski’s Align and Aton Soumache for On Classics (Mediawan Kids & Family), in...
The Magnificent Life Of Marcel Pagnol follows the life of Pagnol, a playwright, novelist and filmmaker who became one of the world’s most inventive and prolific artists in the mid-20th century.
The film is currently in production ahead of completion in 2025. It is produced by Ashargin Poire and Valerie Puech for What the Prod. Co-producers are Lilian Eche’s Bidibul Productions, Adrian Politowski’s Align and Aton Soumache for On Classics (Mediawan Kids & Family), in...
- 5/20/2024
- ScreenDaily
Queen Of Hearts director May el-Toukhy has set her next feature, post-Second World War drama Woman, Unknown (working title).
The film revolves around Marie, a former housekeeper preparing a lavish dinner party to celebrate her engagement to the patriarch of the house, when the truth of her secret past starts to emerge.
el-Toukhy is writing the script with her Queen Of Hearts co-writer Maren Louise Kaehne. The film will be produced by Mikael Christian Rieks for Nordisk Film Production, with filming expected to begin in the first half of 2025.
Backers on the film include the Danish Film Institute.
“With Woman,...
The film revolves around Marie, a former housekeeper preparing a lavish dinner party to celebrate her engagement to the patriarch of the house, when the truth of her secret past starts to emerge.
el-Toukhy is writing the script with her Queen Of Hearts co-writer Maren Louise Kaehne. The film will be produced by Mikael Christian Rieks for Nordisk Film Production, with filming expected to begin in the first half of 2025.
Backers on the film include the Danish Film Institute.
“With Woman,...
- 5/17/2024
- ScreenDaily
George Miller has teased the prospect of more Mad Max films, speaking at the press conference for his Cannes out of Competition title Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.
“There’s certainly other stories there, maybe because in order to tell the story of Fury Road we had to build the backstory of Furiosa, and of Max in the year before,” said Miller. “That was a tool for the cast and crew. So we know the backstory. But definitely wait and see how this one does [before starting new films].”
Earlier in the session, Miller expressed his surprise that the franchise has lasted this long.
“There’s certainly other stories there, maybe because in order to tell the story of Fury Road we had to build the backstory of Furiosa, and of Max in the year before,” said Miller. “That was a tool for the cast and crew. So we know the backstory. But definitely wait and see how this one does [before starting new films].”
Earlier in the session, Miller expressed his surprise that the franchise has lasted this long.
- 5/16/2024
- ScreenDaily
Studiocanal has acquired UK-Ireland distribution rights to Ali Abbasi’s The Apprentice, ahead of its world premiere in Cannes Competition next week.
Rocket Science is handling international sales.
The company will release the film in UK-Ireland cinemas in 2024.
Directed by Border and Holy Spider filmmaker Abbasi and written by Gabe Sherman, The Apprentice charts a young Donald Trump’s rise to power through a Faustian deal with influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn.
Sebastian Stan stars as Trump, with Jeremy Strong as Cohn, Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump, and Martin Donovan as Fred Trump Sr.
The Apprentice is...
Rocket Science is handling international sales.
The company will release the film in UK-Ireland cinemas in 2024.
Directed by Border and Holy Spider filmmaker Abbasi and written by Gabe Sherman, The Apprentice charts a young Donald Trump’s rise to power through a Faustian deal with influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn.
Sebastian Stan stars as Trump, with Jeremy Strong as Cohn, Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump, and Martin Donovan as Fred Trump Sr.
The Apprentice is...
- 5/16/2024
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Picturehouse managing director Clare Binns says the company’s move into film financing is due to a changing industry, in which Picturehouse can “help films actually get over the line.”
The distributor-exhibitor is kicking off its financing activities with Harry Lighton’s feature debut Pillion starring Alexander Skarsgard and Harry Melling, shooting this summer for Element Pictures, developed and co-financed by BBC Film.
Without revealing exact figures, Binns says Picturehouse put “a little bit into the pot” after Element sent Binns the script. This built on the strong relationship between Picturehouse and Element dating back to Yorgos Lanthimos’ 2015 The Lobster,...
The distributor-exhibitor is kicking off its financing activities with Harry Lighton’s feature debut Pillion starring Alexander Skarsgard and Harry Melling, shooting this summer for Element Pictures, developed and co-financed by BBC Film.
Without revealing exact figures, Binns says Picturehouse put “a little bit into the pot” after Element sent Binns the script. This built on the strong relationship between Picturehouse and Element dating back to Yorgos Lanthimos’ 2015 The Lobster,...
- 5/16/2024
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Vue founder and CEO Tim Richards caused a stir last month with an intriguing appearance in front of the UK Parliament’s British Film & High-End TV Inquiry.
Launched by the influential Culture, Media and Sport Committee, the bipartisan inquiry has spent weeks interviewing industry figures as part of an investigation into the current state of film and TV production in the UK. Richards appeared at the session alongside Picturehouse Managing Director Clare Binns and Alex Hamilton, CEO of Studiocanal UK, who both expressed fairly downbeat conclusions about the current and future position of independent British cinema. Richards, however, was the dissenting voice.
The longtime Vue chief set out an optimistic vision for independent British cinema informed by the performance and variety of films on his screens across the UK and Europe. His only gripe was that the market isn’t unearthing enough projects to service operators, which is why...
Launched by the influential Culture, Media and Sport Committee, the bipartisan inquiry has spent weeks interviewing industry figures as part of an investigation into the current state of film and TV production in the UK. Richards appeared at the session alongside Picturehouse Managing Director Clare Binns and Alex Hamilton, CEO of Studiocanal UK, who both expressed fairly downbeat conclusions about the current and future position of independent British cinema. Richards, however, was the dissenting voice.
The longtime Vue chief set out an optimistic vision for independent British cinema informed by the performance and variety of films on his screens across the UK and Europe. His only gripe was that the market isn’t unearthing enough projects to service operators, which is why...
- 5/15/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Steven Soderbergh’s Sundance title ‘Presence’ acquired for UK-Ireland theatrical release (exclusive)
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK-Ireland distribution rights to Steven Soderbergh’s Presence, following its world premiere at Sundance in January.
The film stars Lucy Liu, Julia Fox and Chris Sullivan, in the story of a family who moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced that they’re not alone. Neon International handles worldwide sales.
Presence was written by David Koepp, and produced by Julie M. Anderson and Ken Meyer.
The latest buy from Picturehouse’s revamped acquisitions team, it joins a slate that includes Alonso Ruizpalacios’ La Cocina, Matthias Glasner’s Dying and Andreas Dresen’s From Hilde, With Love.
The film stars Lucy Liu, Julia Fox and Chris Sullivan, in the story of a family who moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced that they’re not alone. Neon International handles worldwide sales.
Presence was written by David Koepp, and produced by Julie M. Anderson and Ken Meyer.
The latest buy from Picturehouse’s revamped acquisitions team, it joins a slate that includes Alonso Ruizpalacios’ La Cocina, Matthias Glasner’s Dying and Andreas Dresen’s From Hilde, With Love.
- 5/9/2024
- ScreenDaily
Harry Potter star Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgard will star in Pillion, the debut feature of UK filmmaker Harry Lighton, produced by Element Pictures and shooting in the UK this summer.
Based on Adam Mars-Jones’ novel Box Hill, the film follows a romance between a shy young man and the handsome leader of a kinky, queer motorbike club.
Element Pictures’ Emma Norton, Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe will produce the film with Lee Groombridge.
Cornerstone Films is handling worldwide sales on the project, which it will launch at Cannes this month.
The film is backed by BBC Film, which developed the project,...
Based on Adam Mars-Jones’ novel Box Hill, the film follows a romance between a shy young man and the handsome leader of a kinky, queer motorbike club.
Element Pictures’ Emma Norton, Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe will produce the film with Lee Groombridge.
Cornerstone Films is handling worldwide sales on the project, which it will launch at Cannes this month.
The film is backed by BBC Film, which developed the project,...
- 5/8/2024
- ScreenDaily
Picturehouse managing director Clare Binns and Vue CEO Tim Richards offered differing outlooks on the condition of the UK exhibition sector, speaking at the latest UK cross-party Culture, Media and Sport Committee yesterday.
“The industry’s in a bit of crisis at the moment, because it doesn’t really know where the future is,” said Binns, responding to a question from Committee chair Caroline Dinenage about how the next 10 years will look for the UK industry. “The franchise movies are costing more to make, and the profits are less than they were.”
Binns acknowledged the success of two original films...
“The industry’s in a bit of crisis at the moment, because it doesn’t really know where the future is,” said Binns, responding to a question from Committee chair Caroline Dinenage about how the next 10 years will look for the UK industry. “The franchise movies are costing more to make, and the profits are less than they were.”
Binns acknowledged the success of two original films...
- 4/24/2024
- ScreenDaily
“We’re in a crisis situation,” Picturehouse Managing Director Clare Binns concluded this morning when quizzed on the current challenges facing British cinemas during an appearance at the UK’s British Film & High-End TV Inquiry.
Binns, who has been with Picturehouse since 2003, was joined in front of the committee by Vue CEO Tim Richards and Alex Hamilton, CEO of Studiocanal UK. The trio spoke for over an hour about various topics surrounding the distribution and exhibition of British films, each with differing opinions and approaches.
“The industry is in a bit of crisis at the moment because it doesn’t really know where the future is,” Binns continued. “Since Covid, streamers coming into the marketplace and now the franchise movies are costing more to make and the profits are less than they were. So the studios are looking now at what they’re making.”
Binns added that the runaway success...
Binns, who has been with Picturehouse since 2003, was joined in front of the committee by Vue CEO Tim Richards and Alex Hamilton, CEO of Studiocanal UK. The trio spoke for over an hour about various topics surrounding the distribution and exhibition of British films, each with differing opinions and approaches.
“The industry is in a bit of crisis at the moment because it doesn’t really know where the future is,” Binns continued. “Since Covid, streamers coming into the marketplace and now the franchise movies are costing more to make and the profits are less than they were. So the studios are looking now at what they’re making.”
Binns added that the runaway success...
- 4/23/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Clare Binns, managing director of Picturehouse Cinemas and Picturehouse Entertainment, is to be presented with Unic’s 2024 achievement award for her dedication to the exhibition of European cinema.
The International Union of Cinemas (Unic) will present the award during the CineEurope awards ceremony on June 20 at the International Barcelona Convention Centre.
Phil Clapp, president of Unic and chief executive of the UK Cinema Association, said: “Clare’s contribution to cinema programming and audience development have been widely recognised, and her leadership continues to shape the industry. The award recognises her incredible passion for the big screen, her outstanding career and...
The International Union of Cinemas (Unic) will present the award during the CineEurope awards ceremony on June 20 at the International Barcelona Convention Centre.
Phil Clapp, president of Unic and chief executive of the UK Cinema Association, said: “Clare’s contribution to cinema programming and audience development have been widely recognised, and her leadership continues to shape the industry. The award recognises her incredible passion for the big screen, her outstanding career and...
- 4/15/2024
- ScreenDaily
The U.K. premieres of Rich Peppiatt’s “Kneecap” and Sean Wang’s “Dìdi” will open and close the 11th edition of Sundance Film Festival: London. Both films won awards at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah in January.
Rambunctious Irish-language film “Kneecap” is the real-life story of how an anarchic Belfast rap trio became the unlikely figureheads of a civil rights movement to save and reinvigorate their mother tongue. “Bursting with unruly energy that practically escapes the confines of the screen, ‘Kneecap’ is a riotous, drug-laced triumph in the name of freedom that bridges political substance and crowd-pleasing entertainment,” reads Variety‘s review of the film. “Kneecap” won the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award: Next in January.
“Kneecap” was produced by Mother Tongues Films and Fine Point Films. The U.K.-Ireland co-production is financed by BFI (awarding National Lottery funding), Screen Ireland, Coimisiún na Meán, TG4 and Northern Ireland Screen,...
Rambunctious Irish-language film “Kneecap” is the real-life story of how an anarchic Belfast rap trio became the unlikely figureheads of a civil rights movement to save and reinvigorate their mother tongue. “Bursting with unruly energy that practically escapes the confines of the screen, ‘Kneecap’ is a riotous, drug-laced triumph in the name of freedom that bridges political substance and crowd-pleasing entertainment,” reads Variety‘s review of the film. “Kneecap” won the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award: Next in January.
“Kneecap” was produced by Mother Tongues Films and Fine Point Films. The U.K.-Ireland co-production is financed by BFI (awarding National Lottery funding), Screen Ireland, Coimisiún na Meán, TG4 and Northern Ireland Screen,...
- 4/4/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Matthias Glasner’s Berlinale Competition Dying from The Match Factory.
The melodrama follows a woman secretly enjoying her husband’s deteriorating health before death knocks on her door as well, causing estranged family members to reconnect.
Corinna Harfouch, Lars Eidinger, Lilith Stangenberg, Ronald Zehrfeld, Robert Gwisdek and Anna Bederke lead the cast.
Dying picked up several prizes in Berlin including the silver bear in best screenplay. It scored a solid 2.8 on Screen’s critics jury grid.
‘Dying’: Berlin Review
The feature is written by Glasner who also produces with Jan Krüger and Ulf Israel.
The melodrama follows a woman secretly enjoying her husband’s deteriorating health before death knocks on her door as well, causing estranged family members to reconnect.
Corinna Harfouch, Lars Eidinger, Lilith Stangenberg, Ronald Zehrfeld, Robert Gwisdek and Anna Bederke lead the cast.
Dying picked up several prizes in Berlin including the silver bear in best screenplay. It scored a solid 2.8 on Screen’s critics jury grid.
‘Dying’: Berlin Review
The feature is written by Glasner who also produces with Jan Krüger and Ulf Israel.
- 3/12/2024
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Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Andreas Dresen’s Berlinale competition film From Hilde, With Love from Beta Cinema.
The biopic stars Babylon Berlin’s Liv Lisa Fries as real-life German resistance fighter Hilde Coppi. The film depicts her relationship with Communist activist Hans Coppi, who brought her into the anti-Nazi resistance, and her subsequent arrest and imprisonment by the Gestapo while pregnant.
From Hilde With Love is written by Laila Stieler and produced by Claudia Steffen and Christoph Friedel.
Johannes Hegemann, Lisa Wagner and Alexander Scheer also star.
From Hilde, With Love is produced by Pandora Film Produktion,...
The biopic stars Babylon Berlin’s Liv Lisa Fries as real-life German resistance fighter Hilde Coppi. The film depicts her relationship with Communist activist Hans Coppi, who brought her into the anti-Nazi resistance, and her subsequent arrest and imprisonment by the Gestapo while pregnant.
From Hilde With Love is written by Laila Stieler and produced by Claudia Steffen and Christoph Friedel.
Johannes Hegemann, Lisa Wagner and Alexander Scheer also star.
From Hilde, With Love is produced by Pandora Film Produktion,...
- 3/4/2024
- ScreenDaily
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK-Ireland distribution rights to Alonso Ruizpalacios’ Berlinale Competition title La Cocina.
Picturehouse’s newly-announced acquisitions team James Brown and Julia Trawinska acquired the film from sales agent HanWay Films in Berlin.
La Cocina had its world premiere on Friday, February 16 in Berlin.
The black-and-white drama follows a Mexican cook in a New York tourist trap restaurant, who is in love with an American waitress who cannot commit to a relationship with an undocumented alien.
Rooney Mara stars alongside Raul Briones Carmona. The film is co-financed by Fifth Season, which co-represents North America rights with WME Independent.
Picturehouse’s newly-announced acquisitions team James Brown and Julia Trawinska acquired the film from sales agent HanWay Films in Berlin.
La Cocina had its world premiere on Friday, February 16 in Berlin.
The black-and-white drama follows a Mexican cook in a New York tourist trap restaurant, who is in love with an American waitress who cannot commit to a relationship with an undocumented alien.
Rooney Mara stars alongside Raul Briones Carmona. The film is co-financed by Fifth Season, which co-represents North America rights with WME Independent.
- 2/26/2024
- ScreenDaily
UK exhibitor-distributor Picturehouse Entertainment today unveiled an updated acquisitions team following the departure of its long-term head, Paul Ridd, who joined the Edinburgh Film Festival as director late last year.
Industry veteran James Brown has joined the company to head acquisitions strategy, a role that he will begin immediately on a consultant basis. He will work alongside Julia Trawinska, a former Picturehouse part-time staffer who has now taken on the full-time role of Acquisitions Manager.
Brown and Trawinska will report to Picturehouse Managing Director Clare Binns, who will continue to attend all major film festivals to lead the acquisitions team.
Julia Trawinska
Brown previously held acquisition roles at a variety of independent distribution companies across the world, including Metrodome (UK/Ire), The Works (UK/Ire), Music Box (US), and Rialto (Aus/Nz). He will continue to work as a film producer, with his notable productions including the Academy Award winner Still Alice.
Industry veteran James Brown has joined the company to head acquisitions strategy, a role that he will begin immediately on a consultant basis. He will work alongside Julia Trawinska, a former Picturehouse part-time staffer who has now taken on the full-time role of Acquisitions Manager.
Brown and Trawinska will report to Picturehouse Managing Director Clare Binns, who will continue to attend all major film festivals to lead the acquisitions team.
Julia Trawinska
Brown previously held acquisition roles at a variety of independent distribution companies across the world, including Metrodome (UK/Ire), The Works (UK/Ire), Music Box (US), and Rialto (Aus/Nz). He will continue to work as a film producer, with his notable productions including the Academy Award winner Still Alice.
- 1/11/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Two new staff follow departure of Paul Ridd to head up Edinburgh Film Festival.
UK distributor Picturehouse Entertainment has hired two new members to its acquisitions team with immediate effect.
Producer and distribution executive James Brown joins as head of acquisitions; he will lead the acquisitions strategy, beginning immediately on a consultant basis, and will attend Sundance Film Festival with the company.
Brown has previously worked in acquisitions for Metrodome and The Works in UK-Ireland, as well as Music Box in the US and Rialto in Australia-New Zealand.
Julia Trawinska joins as acquisitions manager. A graduate of the National Film and Television School,...
UK distributor Picturehouse Entertainment has hired two new members to its acquisitions team with immediate effect.
Producer and distribution executive James Brown joins as head of acquisitions; he will lead the acquisitions strategy, beginning immediately on a consultant basis, and will attend Sundance Film Festival with the company.
Brown has previously worked in acquisitions for Metrodome and The Works in UK-Ireland, as well as Music Box in the US and Rialto in Australia-New Zealand.
Julia Trawinska joins as acquisitions manager. A graduate of the National Film and Television School,...
- 1/11/2024
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The Edinburgh International Film Festival has tapped Picturehouse Entertainment head of acquisitions Paul Ridd as its new director.
Ridd will join in December. His first festival, the event’s 77th anniversary, will take place in August 2024, with specific dates to be announced.
The festival returned for its 76th edition earlier this year following financial difficulties. It was led by Kate Taylor, who took over from Kristy Matheson who became the new director of the BFI London Film Festival. Taylor did not apply for the position again.
As director, Ridd will be responsible for creating, developing and running the business, implementing the fundraising strategy, and delivering a budget and a multi-year plan for the festival. In addition, he will work collaboratively with the board to lead the organization’s overall strategic direction and sustainability, develop the strategy and vision and build a new and dynamic team.
During Ridd’s tenure at Picturehouse,...
Ridd will join in December. His first festival, the event’s 77th anniversary, will take place in August 2024, with specific dates to be announced.
The festival returned for its 76th edition earlier this year following financial difficulties. It was led by Kate Taylor, who took over from Kristy Matheson who became the new director of the BFI London Film Festival. Taylor did not apply for the position again.
As director, Ridd will be responsible for creating, developing and running the business, implementing the fundraising strategy, and delivering a budget and a multi-year plan for the festival. In addition, he will work collaboratively with the board to lead the organization’s overall strategic direction and sustainability, develop the strategy and vision and build a new and dynamic team.
During Ridd’s tenure at Picturehouse,...
- 11/15/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Paul Ridd, a long-term acquisitions exec at Picturehouse Cinemas, has been named director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff).
Ridd joins Edinburgh in December from his current role as head of acquisitions at Picturehouse. His first edition — the festival’s 77th anniversary — will take place in August 2024. He takes over from Kate Taylor, who quietly left the festival after leading this year’s smaller, one-off edition as part of the city’s wider cultural festival.
As director, Ridd will be responsible for creating, developing, and running the business, implementing the fundraising strategy, and delivering a budget and a multi-year plan for the festival. In addition, he will work collaboratively with the board to lead the organization’s overall strategic direction and sustainability, develop the strategy and vision, and build a new team.
Picturehouse releases during Ridd’s time at the company included Francis Lee’s God’s Own Country, Audrey Diwan’s Happening,...
Ridd joins Edinburgh in December from his current role as head of acquisitions at Picturehouse. His first edition — the festival’s 77th anniversary — will take place in August 2024. He takes over from Kate Taylor, who quietly left the festival after leading this year’s smaller, one-off edition as part of the city’s wider cultural festival.
As director, Ridd will be responsible for creating, developing, and running the business, implementing the fundraising strategy, and delivering a budget and a multi-year plan for the festival. In addition, he will work collaboratively with the board to lead the organization’s overall strategic direction and sustainability, develop the strategy and vision, and build a new team.
Picturehouse releases during Ridd’s time at the company included Francis Lee’s God’s Own Country, Audrey Diwan’s Happening,...
- 11/15/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Ridd, presently head of acquisitions at Picturehouse Entertainment, will take up the role in December.
Paul Ridd, head of acquisitions at UK distributor Picturehouse Entertainment, has been named festival director of Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff).
Ridd will be responsible for creating, developing and running the business, implementing the fundraising strategy, and delivering a budget and a multi-year plan for the festival.
In addition, the fesival said he will work collaboratively with the board to lead the organisation’s overall strategic direction and sustainability, develop the strategy and vision and build the wider team.
“I am beyond thrilled to be...
Paul Ridd, head of acquisitions at UK distributor Picturehouse Entertainment, has been named festival director of Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff).
Ridd will be responsible for creating, developing and running the business, implementing the fundraising strategy, and delivering a budget and a multi-year plan for the festival.
In addition, the fesival said he will work collaboratively with the board to lead the organisation’s overall strategic direction and sustainability, develop the strategy and vision and build the wider team.
“I am beyond thrilled to be...
- 11/15/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Picturehouse Entertainment had previously acquired the title at Cannes.
Lionsgate UK has acquired UK and Ireland distribution rights to Justine Triet’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner Anatomy Of A Fall, from Picturehouse Entertainment.
Picturehouse initially picked up the title in May from French sales agent mk2 Films following its Cannes premiere.
Lionsgate plans a theatrical release for November 10, with the two companies collaborating on the campaign in terms of marketing strategy and materials.
Anatomy Of A Fall marks French filmmaker Triet’s fourth feature, with previous credits including Cannes Competition title Sibyl. It is billed as a Hitchockian drama,...
Lionsgate UK has acquired UK and Ireland distribution rights to Justine Triet’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner Anatomy Of A Fall, from Picturehouse Entertainment.
Picturehouse initially picked up the title in May from French sales agent mk2 Films following its Cannes premiere.
Lionsgate plans a theatrical release for November 10, with the two companies collaborating on the campaign in terms of marketing strategy and materials.
Anatomy Of A Fall marks French filmmaker Triet’s fourth feature, with previous credits including Cannes Competition title Sibyl. It is billed as a Hitchockian drama,...
- 9/18/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Timm Kröger’s feature debut title is being sold by Paris-based sales outfit Charades.
Picturehouse Entertainment has taken UK and Ireland rights for Timm Kröger’s Venice competition title The Theory Of Everything from Paris-based sales outfit Charades.
German director Kröger’s black-and-white metaphysical noir is set in the Swiss Alps in the winter of 1962. It centres on a young doctor-to-be attending an international convention where he finds a mysterious pianist, a bizarre cloud formation in the sky and a dark, booming secret under the mountain, all part of the titular “theory of everything.”
The genre-hopping film is produced by Germany’s ma.
Picturehouse Entertainment has taken UK and Ireland rights for Timm Kröger’s Venice competition title The Theory Of Everything from Paris-based sales outfit Charades.
German director Kröger’s black-and-white metaphysical noir is set in the Swiss Alps in the winter of 1962. It centres on a young doctor-to-be attending an international convention where he finds a mysterious pianist, a bizarre cloud formation in the sky and a dark, booming secret under the mountain, all part of the titular “theory of everything.”
The genre-hopping film is produced by Germany’s ma.
- 9/13/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
It is the third feature from Chinese filmmaker Wei Shujun, and the sixth title Picturehouse has picked up from this year’s Cannes.
Picturehouse Entertainment has taken UK and Ireland rights for Wei Shujun’s Cannes Un Certain Regard title Only The River Flows, from Paris-based sales outfit mk2 films.
Set in 1990s, Banpo Town in rural China, a woman’s body is found by a river. The murderer’s identity seems obvious, but the chief of the criminal police, played by Zhu Yilong, starts to suspect otherwise.
It is based on Yu Hua’s short novel Mistakes By The River.
Picturehouse Entertainment has taken UK and Ireland rights for Wei Shujun’s Cannes Un Certain Regard title Only The River Flows, from Paris-based sales outfit mk2 films.
Set in 1990s, Banpo Town in rural China, a woman’s body is found by a river. The murderer’s identity seems obvious, but the chief of the criminal police, played by Zhu Yilong, starts to suspect otherwise.
It is based on Yu Hua’s short novel Mistakes By The River.
- 6/1/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Period drama inspired by the true story of a French bearded woman.
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Stephanie Di Giusto’s period drama Rosalie from France’s Gaumont, following its premiere in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.
Set in 1870s France, it stars Nadia Tereszkiewicz as a woman who must constantly shave her face to conceal her hairiness, which extends across her whole body. Her new husband, played by Benoît Magimel, is initially repulsed but when she lets go of her embarrassment, the novelty begins to attract curious customers to their struggling cafe.
‘Rosalie’: Cannes...
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Stephanie Di Giusto’s period drama Rosalie from France’s Gaumont, following its premiere in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.
Set in 1870s France, it stars Nadia Tereszkiewicz as a woman who must constantly shave her face to conceal her hairiness, which extends across her whole body. Her new husband, played by Benoît Magimel, is initially repulsed but when she lets go of her embarrassment, the novelty begins to attract curious customers to their struggling cafe.
‘Rosalie’: Cannes...
- 5/30/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
The film is Picturehouse Entertainment’s fourth acquisition at the Cannes Film Festival.
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Justine Triet’s Cannes Competition title Anatomy Of A Fall from France’s mk2 films.
Described as a Hitchockian drama, the film stars Sandra Hüller as a woman on trial following her husband’s mysterious death in the Alps. The cast also includes Swann Arlaud and musician/actress Jehnny Beth.
‘Anatomy Of A Fall’: Cannes Review
It marks the fourth feature from French writer/director Triet, who has been a regular since her fiction debut Age Of...
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Justine Triet’s Cannes Competition title Anatomy Of A Fall from France’s mk2 films.
Described as a Hitchockian drama, the film stars Sandra Hüller as a woman on trial following her husband’s mysterious death in the Alps. The cast also includes Swann Arlaud and musician/actress Jehnny Beth.
‘Anatomy Of A Fall’: Cannes Review
It marks the fourth feature from French writer/director Triet, who has been a regular since her fiction debut Age Of...
- 5/26/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
The film is Picturehouse Entertainment’s third acquisition at the Cannes Film Festival.
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Tran Anh Hung’s Cannes Competition title The Pot-Au-Feu from France’s Gaumont.
Set in the world of French gastronomy in 1885, the film stars Juliette Binoche as an esteemed cook who has a long-term relationship with a gourmet, played by Benoit Magimel.
It marks the latest feature from Vietnam-born Hung, who won the Caméra d’Or at Cannes in 1993 with The Scent Of Green Papaya, and returned to the festival with The Vertical Ray Of The Sun in...
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Tran Anh Hung’s Cannes Competition title The Pot-Au-Feu from France’s Gaumont.
Set in the world of French gastronomy in 1885, the film stars Juliette Binoche as an esteemed cook who has a long-term relationship with a gourmet, played by Benoit Magimel.
It marks the latest feature from Vietnam-born Hung, who won the Caméra d’Or at Cannes in 1993 with The Scent Of Green Papaya, and returned to the festival with The Vertical Ray Of The Sun in...
- 5/25/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Andreson is in Cannes as ’Asteroid City’ premieres in Competition.
Wes Anderson joined a constellation of stars from his space- themed southwestern US fable Asteroid City for a colourfully jubilant press conference in Cannes on Wednesday (May 24) to talk techniques, inspiration and working with such an elegant ensemble cast.
Cast members Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Bryan Cranston, Jeffrey Wright, Maya Hawke, Rupert Friend and Stephen Park were in town to support the Cannes Competition premiere of the love story set in 1955 at a junior space cadet conference is disrupted by an alien invasion.
“With a movie like Asteroid City, there...
Wes Anderson joined a constellation of stars from his space- themed southwestern US fable Asteroid City for a colourfully jubilant press conference in Cannes on Wednesday (May 24) to talk techniques, inspiration and working with such an elegant ensemble cast.
Cast members Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Bryan Cranston, Jeffrey Wright, Maya Hawke, Rupert Friend and Stephen Park were in town to support the Cannes Competition premiere of the love story set in 1955 at a junior space cadet conference is disrupted by an alien invasion.
“With a movie like Asteroid City, there...
- 5/24/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Gebeka is the animatoin feature specialist launched by Hildegarde and Goodfellas in 2021.
Gebeka International, a Hildegarde-Goodfellas company has signed a slew of international sales for animated features Wojtek Wawszczyk’s Diplodocus and Kristina Dufková’s Living Large.
Dinosaur adventure tale Diplodocus has sold to Signature Entertainment in the UK, and across Europe to Vertigo Films in Spain, Cinemundo in Portugal, Pro Film in Bulgaria, Acme Film in the Baltics, Ads Service for Hungary and Romania, Distri7 for Benelux, Arthouse Traffic in Ukraine and Njutafilms for Scandinavia.
The film has also sold to Boxoo Entertainment for Korea and Vietnam, Forefront Media Group in South Africa,...
Gebeka International, a Hildegarde-Goodfellas company has signed a slew of international sales for animated features Wojtek Wawszczyk’s Diplodocus and Kristina Dufková’s Living Large.
Dinosaur adventure tale Diplodocus has sold to Signature Entertainment in the UK, and across Europe to Vertigo Films in Spain, Cinemundo in Portugal, Pro Film in Bulgaria, Acme Film in the Baltics, Ads Service for Hungary and Romania, Distri7 for Benelux, Arthouse Traffic in Ukraine and Njutafilms for Scandinavia.
The film has also sold to Boxoo Entertainment for Korea and Vietnam, Forefront Media Group in South Africa,...
- 5/24/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
The film is Picturehouse Entertainment’s second acquisition at the Cannes Film Festival.
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Cannes Competition title About Dry Grasses from France’s Playtime.
Ceylan’s seventh Competition film follows a teacher doing a mandatory stint at a small village in Eastern Anatolia. He loses hope of escaping the grim life he seems to be stuck in, but an encounter with another teacher could help him overcome his angst.
Co-producers include France’s Arte France Cinéma and Sweden’s Film i Väst — both served as co-producers...
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Cannes Competition title About Dry Grasses from France’s Playtime.
Ceylan’s seventh Competition film follows a teacher doing a mandatory stint at a small village in Eastern Anatolia. He loses hope of escaping the grim life he seems to be stuck in, but an encounter with another teacher could help him overcome his angst.
Co-producers include France’s Arte France Cinéma and Sweden’s Film i Väst — both served as co-producers...
- 5/23/2023
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Japan’s Gaga Corporation is handling sales in Asia, while Paris-based Goodfellas has the rest of the world.
Picturehouse Entertainment has picked up the UK and Ireland rights to Japanese Palme d’Or winner Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Cannes competition title Monster, from French sales outfit Goodfellas.
Japan’s Gaga Corporation is handling sales in Asia, while Goodfellas has the rest of the world.
A mother feels something is wrong with her son as he begins acting strangely. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms into the school demanding to know what’s going on. Gradually, the truth starts to emerge.
Picturehouse Entertainment has picked up the UK and Ireland rights to Japanese Palme d’Or winner Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Cannes competition title Monster, from French sales outfit Goodfellas.
Japan’s Gaga Corporation is handling sales in Asia, while Goodfellas has the rest of the world.
A mother feels something is wrong with her son as he begins acting strangely. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms into the school demanding to know what’s going on. Gradually, the truth starts to emerge.
- 5/21/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The Sundance Film Festival: London 2023 will close with the U.K. premiere of Nicole Holofcener’s “You Hurt My Feelings.”
The comedy-drama is set in Brooklyn and stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tobias Menzies as a couple whose marriage is thrown into turmoil when she overhears his honest reaction to her latest book.
As previously announced, the festival will open with the U.K. premiere of “Scrapper,” written and directed by Londoner Charlotte Regan, starring Harris Dickinson and newcomers Lola Campbell and Alin Uzun. It follows Georgie, a dreamy 12-year-old girl, who lives happily alone in her London flat, filling it with magic. Suddenly, her estranged father turns up and forces her to confront reality.
Curated by Picturehouse and the Sundance Institute, the 10th edition of the festival is set to take place from July 6-9 July at Picturehouse Central and will showcase 11 feature films that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City,...
The comedy-drama is set in Brooklyn and stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tobias Menzies as a couple whose marriage is thrown into turmoil when she overhears his honest reaction to her latest book.
As previously announced, the festival will open with the U.K. premiere of “Scrapper,” written and directed by Londoner Charlotte Regan, starring Harris Dickinson and newcomers Lola Campbell and Alin Uzun. It follows Georgie, a dreamy 12-year-old girl, who lives happily alone in her London flat, filling it with magic. Suddenly, her estranged father turns up and forces her to confront reality.
Curated by Picturehouse and the Sundance Institute, the 10th edition of the festival is set to take place from July 6-9 July at Picturehouse Central and will showcase 11 feature films that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City,...
- 5/3/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Scrapper Photo: Courtesy of Sundance Institute The 10th edition of Sundance London will run from July 6 to 9 and open with the UK premiere of Scrapper.
The film, written and directed by Londoner Charlotte Regan, won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic in Utah. It tells the story of a 12-year-old girl who is evading child services but who finds her life shifting after her estranged father turns up. Starring Harris Dickinson and Lola Campbell, the film will be released across the UK on August 25.
Clare Binns, managing director, Picturehouse said: “We are delighted to welcome the hugely talented Charlotte Regan to Sundance Film Festival: London. It is thrilling that Scrapper is opening the 2022 festival in her hometown - and this original and terrific film will set the tone for a wonderful weekend.”
Charlotte Regan, Director, says: “Opening Sundance Film Festival: London is insane and not something we imagined getting to do.
The film, written and directed by Londoner Charlotte Regan, won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic in Utah. It tells the story of a 12-year-old girl who is evading child services but who finds her life shifting after her estranged father turns up. Starring Harris Dickinson and Lola Campbell, the film will be released across the UK on August 25.
Clare Binns, managing director, Picturehouse said: “We are delighted to welcome the hugely talented Charlotte Regan to Sundance Film Festival: London. It is thrilling that Scrapper is opening the 2022 festival in her hometown - and this original and terrific film will set the tone for a wonderful weekend.”
Charlotte Regan, Director, says: “Opening Sundance Film Festival: London is insane and not something we imagined getting to do.
- 3/7/2023
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The festival will open with a prizewinner from Sundance in the US.
Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper will open the 2023 Sundance Film Festival: London, which will run from July 6-9 at the Picturehouse Central cinema.
The 10th edition of the offshoot of Sundance Film Festival has moved four weeks later in the summer, from its previous date at the start of June.
Directed by 2020 Screen Star of Tomorrow Regan, Scrapper will have its UK premiere at the festival on July 6; before Picturehouse Entertainment releases it in UK cinemas on August 25.
The film follows Georgie, a dreamy 12-year-old girl, who lives happily alone in her London flat.
Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper will open the 2023 Sundance Film Festival: London, which will run from July 6-9 at the Picturehouse Central cinema.
The 10th edition of the offshoot of Sundance Film Festival has moved four weeks later in the summer, from its previous date at the start of June.
Directed by 2020 Screen Star of Tomorrow Regan, Scrapper will have its UK premiere at the festival on July 6; before Picturehouse Entertainment releases it in UK cinemas on August 25.
The film follows Georgie, a dreamy 12-year-old girl, who lives happily alone in her London flat.
- 3/7/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Heretic has closed a raft of deals on Sundance prize-winning documentary “And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine,” with Picturehouse Entertainment acquiring U.K. rights ahead of the film’s European premiere in the Generation 14plus strand at the Berlin Film Festival.
The Athens-based outfit also closed deals for Italy (Teodora Film), Benelux, (September Film), Poland (Against Gravity) and Czech Republic, where the rights were sold to arthouse distributor Aerofilms and the newly launched streaming platform Kviff.TV, both part of the Kviff Group, a media conglomerate built around the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. It’s the first title acquired under the new partnership.
“Fantastic Machine” will also be distributed on HBO channels and HBO Max in Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslavia. The film, which had its world premiere at Sundance in the World Cinema Documentary section, won the festival’s...
The Athens-based outfit also closed deals for Italy (Teodora Film), Benelux, (September Film), Poland (Against Gravity) and Czech Republic, where the rights were sold to arthouse distributor Aerofilms and the newly launched streaming platform Kviff.TV, both part of the Kviff Group, a media conglomerate built around the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. It’s the first title acquired under the new partnership.
“Fantastic Machine” will also be distributed on HBO channels and HBO Max in Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslavia. The film, which had its world premiere at Sundance in the World Cinema Documentary section, won the festival’s...
- 2/13/2023
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
‘No Bears’, ‘A Bunch Of Amateurs’, ‘Retrograde’ as counter-programming.
UK-Ireland cinemas are looking for Disney blockbuster sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever to inject new life into the box office this weekend as the film opens in a hefty 700 cinemas.
The release is over 100 sites up on the 588-site opening of 2018’s Black Panther. That film started with a £10.5m weekend and £17.7m total opening at a colossal average of £30,105 per site.
Black Panther took more in its first six days than the entire runs of most other films introducing a new character to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), including The Incredible Hulk...
UK-Ireland cinemas are looking for Disney blockbuster sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever to inject new life into the box office this weekend as the film opens in a hefty 700 cinemas.
The release is over 100 sites up on the 588-site opening of 2018’s Black Panther. That film started with a £10.5m weekend and £17.7m total opening at a colossal average of £30,105 per site.
Black Panther took more in its first six days than the entire runs of most other films introducing a new character to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), including The Incredible Hulk...
- 11/11/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Protest
Oscar and Venice-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras and fellow filmmakers Georgia Oakley (“Blue Jean”), Roberto Minervini (“What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire?”) and Ondi Timoner (“Last Flight Home”) were among those who protested against the imprisonment of Iranian filmmakers and other incarcerated artists around the world, and to demonstrate support for the tenacious women of Iran who are challenging for their freedom at the BFI London Film Festival on Monday.
They joined festival director Tricia Tuttle, producer Madeleine Molyneaux (“Gospel Hill”); actors Aurélia Petit (“Saint Omer”) and Taki Mumladze (“A Room of My Own”); actor and writer Mariam Khundadze (“To Batumi and every single memory”); writer Morgan M. Page (“Framing Agnes”); industry leaders Tabitha Jackson, Clare Binns and Jason Wood; and other festival delegates in a moment of solidarity and reflection.
They stood together holding the names of imprisoned Iranian filmmakers Mohammad Rasoulof, Mostafa Al-Ahmad and Jafar Panahi,...
Oscar and Venice-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras and fellow filmmakers Georgia Oakley (“Blue Jean”), Roberto Minervini (“What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire?”) and Ondi Timoner (“Last Flight Home”) were among those who protested against the imprisonment of Iranian filmmakers and other incarcerated artists around the world, and to demonstrate support for the tenacious women of Iran who are challenging for their freedom at the BFI London Film Festival on Monday.
They joined festival director Tricia Tuttle, producer Madeleine Molyneaux (“Gospel Hill”); actors Aurélia Petit (“Saint Omer”) and Taki Mumladze (“A Room of My Own”); actor and writer Mariam Khundadze (“To Batumi and every single memory”); writer Morgan M. Page (“Framing Agnes”); industry leaders Tabitha Jackson, Clare Binns and Jason Wood; and other festival delegates in a moment of solidarity and reflection.
They stood together holding the names of imprisoned Iranian filmmakers Mohammad Rasoulof, Mostafa Al-Ahmad and Jafar Panahi,...
- 10/11/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Members of the UK film community came together at the BFI Southbank.
Around 40 members of the UK filmmaking community came together at the BFI Southbank yesterday (October 10) to stand in solidarity with jailed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, the women leading the protest movement in Iran and all those demonstrating for freedom in the country.
BFI London Film Festival director Tricia Tuttle led the event, which was attended by filmmakers and executives including: Picturehouse’s managing director Clare Binns; former Sundance director Tabitha Jackson; All The Beauty And The Bloodshed filmmaker Laura Poitras; Blue Jean director Georgia Oakley; No Kings director...
Around 40 members of the UK filmmaking community came together at the BFI Southbank yesterday (October 10) to stand in solidarity with jailed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, the women leading the protest movement in Iran and all those demonstrating for freedom in the country.
BFI London Film Festival director Tricia Tuttle led the event, which was attended by filmmakers and executives including: Picturehouse’s managing director Clare Binns; former Sundance director Tabitha Jackson; All The Beauty And The Bloodshed filmmaker Laura Poitras; Blue Jean director Georgia Oakley; No Kings director...
- 10/11/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The French drama details a woman getting her life back on track following a terrorist attack.
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight title Paris Memories, by Alice Winocour, from Pathé International.
The French-language drama stars Virginie Efira, best known for her role in Oscar-nominated Elle, as a woman struggling to get her life back on track three months after surviving a terrorist attack in Paris.
Winocour collaborated on the screenplay with Happening
screenwriter Marcia Romano and Jean-Stéphane Bron, with Dharmsala’s Isabelle Madelaine and Darius Film’s Emilie Tisné producing.
It is the second...
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight title Paris Memories, by Alice Winocour, from Pathé International.
The French-language drama stars Virginie Efira, best known for her role in Oscar-nominated Elle, as a woman struggling to get her life back on track three months after surviving a terrorist attack in Paris.
Winocour collaborated on the screenplay with Happening
screenwriter Marcia Romano and Jean-Stéphane Bron, with Dharmsala’s Isabelle Madelaine and Darius Film’s Emilie Tisné producing.
It is the second...
- 8/2/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
The French drama details a woman getting her life back on track following a terrorist attack.
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight title Paris Memories, by Anna Winocour, from Pathé International.
The French-language drama stars Virginie Efira, best known for her role in Oscar-nominated Elle, as a woman struggling to get her life back on track three months after surviving a terrorist attack in Paris.
Winocour collaborated on the screenplay with Happening
screenwriter Marcia Romano and Jean-Stéphane Bron, with Dharmsala’s Isabelle Madelaine and Darius Film’s Emilie Tisné producing.
It is the second...
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight title Paris Memories, by Anna Winocour, from Pathé International.
The French-language drama stars Virginie Efira, best known for her role in Oscar-nominated Elle, as a woman struggling to get her life back on track three months after surviving a terrorist attack in Paris.
Winocour collaborated on the screenplay with Happening
screenwriter Marcia Romano and Jean-Stéphane Bron, with Dharmsala’s Isabelle Madelaine and Darius Film’s Emilie Tisné producing.
It is the second...
- 8/2/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ played as a surprise film.
Jim Archer’s comedy Brian And Charles won the audience award at Sundance Film Festival: London on Sunday, June 12.
Archer was present to accept the award at Picturehouse Central, presented by Clare Binns, managing director at Picturehouse.
Brian And Charles is a comedy about a man who builds and befriends a robot. It is sold by Bankside Films, with Focus Features having acquired global rights following its Sundance premiere in January.
Brian And Charles director Jim Archer on why he hopes the UK is poised for a comedy film revival
The four-day...
Jim Archer’s comedy Brian And Charles won the audience award at Sundance Film Festival: London on Sunday, June 12.
Archer was present to accept the award at Picturehouse Central, presented by Clare Binns, managing director at Picturehouse.
Brian And Charles is a comedy about a man who builds and befriends a robot. It is sold by Bankside Films, with Focus Features having acquired global rights following its Sundance premiere in January.
Brian And Charles director Jim Archer on why he hopes the UK is poised for a comedy film revival
The four-day...
- 6/12/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The film is the directorial debut of Screen Star of Tomorrow Charlotte Regan
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired all UK and Ireland rights to Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper, which was part of this year’s Great8 showcase at Cannes.
The directorial debut of 2020 Screen Star of Tomorrow Regan, the film is a comedy drama about a 12-year-old girl living happily alone in London until her estranged father returns and forces her to face reality.
Scrapper was presented as part of Cannes’ Great8 selection which showcases the work of emerging UK filmmakers to international buyers and festival programmers.
The film stars Harris Dickson,...
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired all UK and Ireland rights to Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper, which was part of this year’s Great8 showcase at Cannes.
The directorial debut of 2020 Screen Star of Tomorrow Regan, the film is a comedy drama about a 12-year-old girl living happily alone in London until her estranged father returns and forces her to face reality.
Scrapper was presented as part of Cannes’ Great8 selection which showcases the work of emerging UK filmmakers to international buyers and festival programmers.
The film stars Harris Dickson,...
- 5/31/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Quentin Dupieux’s film debuted out of Competition.
Picturehouse Entertainment has made Quentin Dupieux’s Smoking Causes Coughing its latest Cannes 2022 acquisition, buying UK-Ireland rights for the out of Competition title.
Smoking Causes Coughing debuted as a Midnight screening on the Croisette; it is sold by France’s Gaumont.
The film follows a team of five avengers known as the Tobacco Force. After a devastating battle against a diabolical turtle, they are sent on a retreat to strengthen their cohesion, which goes well until Lezardin, Emperor of Evil, decides to annihilate planet Earth.
Gilles Lelouche, Vincent Lacoste, Anais Demoustier, Jean-Pascal Zadi and Oulaya Amamra star.
Picturehouse Entertainment has made Quentin Dupieux’s Smoking Causes Coughing its latest Cannes 2022 acquisition, buying UK-Ireland rights for the out of Competition title.
Smoking Causes Coughing debuted as a Midnight screening on the Croisette; it is sold by France’s Gaumont.
The film follows a team of five avengers known as the Tobacco Force. After a devastating battle against a diabolical turtle, they are sent on a retreat to strengthen their cohesion, which goes well until Lezardin, Emperor of Evil, decides to annihilate planet Earth.
Gilles Lelouche, Vincent Lacoste, Anais Demoustier, Jean-Pascal Zadi and Oulaya Amamra star.
- 5/28/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
’Corsage’ stars Vicky Krieps as Empress Elizabeth of Austria.
Picturehouse Entertianment has acquired UK and Ireland rights to for Marie Kreutzer’s Un Certain Regard title Corsage from Paris-based mk2 Films.
The film is one of the buzziest of the festival and is a prestige addition to Picturehouse’s packed acquisition slate.
Corsage stars Vicky Krieps as Empress Elizabeth of Austria as she turns 40 in 1877 when she begins to rebel against her role as the beautiful but passive companion to the emperor.
mk2 has also secured deals to Germany and Austria (Alamode) and to France (Ad Vitam).
Clare Binns, managing director of Picturehouse Entertainment,...
Picturehouse Entertianment has acquired UK and Ireland rights to for Marie Kreutzer’s Un Certain Regard title Corsage from Paris-based mk2 Films.
The film is one of the buzziest of the festival and is a prestige addition to Picturehouse’s packed acquisition slate.
Corsage stars Vicky Krieps as Empress Elizabeth of Austria as she turns 40 in 1877 when she begins to rebel against her role as the beautiful but passive companion to the emperor.
mk2 has also secured deals to Germany and Austria (Alamode) and to France (Ad Vitam).
Clare Binns, managing director of Picturehouse Entertainment,...
- 5/26/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Ireland rights.
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s Competition title Tori And Lokita from Wild Bunch International.
The film follows the friendship between a young boy and a girl as they as they make the perilous journey from Africa to Belgium. The film is co-produced by the pair’s Les Films du Fleuve, France’s Archipel 35 and Belgium’s Savage Film.
The directors won the Palme d’Or in 1999 for Rosetta and again in 2005 for The Child. They won the best director prize for Young Ahmed in 2019.
Clare Binns,...
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s Competition title Tori And Lokita from Wild Bunch International.
The film follows the friendship between a young boy and a girl as they as they make the perilous journey from Africa to Belgium. The film is co-produced by the pair’s Les Films du Fleuve, France’s Archipel 35 and Belgium’s Savage Film.
The directors won the Palme d’Or in 1999 for Rosetta and again in 2005 for The Child. They won the best director prize for Young Ahmed in 2019.
Clare Binns,...
- 5/22/2022
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
Both features will receive their world premieres at the Cannes Film Festival.
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Ireland rights for two Cannes Competition titles: Léonor Serraille’s Mother And Son and Tarik Saleh’s Boy From Heaven.
Mother And Son debuts on the Croisette today (April 20), and is sold by mk2 films. It tells the story of a woman who moves from the Ivory Coast to the Paris suburbs with her two sons in the late 1980s and follows the construction and deconstruction of her family over the subsequent 20 years.
It marks the second feature from French filmmaker Serraille,...
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Ireland rights for two Cannes Competition titles: Léonor Serraille’s Mother And Son and Tarik Saleh’s Boy From Heaven.
Mother And Son debuts on the Croisette today (April 20), and is sold by mk2 films. It tells the story of a woman who moves from the Ivory Coast to the Paris suburbs with her two sons in the late 1980s and follows the construction and deconstruction of her family over the subsequent 20 years.
It marks the second feature from French filmmaker Serraille,...
- 5/20/2022
- ScreenDaily
Both features will receive their world premieres at the Cannes Film Festival.
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Ireland rights for two Cannes Competition titles: Léonor Serraille’s Mother And Son and Tarik Saleh’s Boy From Heaven.
Mother And Son debuts on the Croisette today (April 20), and is sold by mk2 films. It tells the story of a woman who moves from the Ivory Coast to the Paris suburbs with her two sons in the late 1980s and follows the construction and deconstruction of her family over the subsequent 20 years.
It marks the second feature from French filmmaker Serraille,...
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Ireland rights for two Cannes Competition titles: Léonor Serraille’s Mother And Son and Tarik Saleh’s Boy From Heaven.
Mother And Son debuts on the Croisette today (April 20), and is sold by mk2 films. It tells the story of a woman who moves from the Ivory Coast to the Paris suburbs with her two sons in the late 1980s and follows the construction and deconstruction of her family over the subsequent 20 years.
It marks the second feature from French filmmaker Serraille,...
- 5/20/2022
- ScreenDaily
Festivals
The U.K. premiere of “Good Luck To You, Leo Grande,” directed by Sophie Hyde, will open this year’s Sundance London (June 9-12), with lead actors Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack in attendance. The festival will close with the U.K. premiere screening of Jim Archer’s “Brian and Charles,” starring actor and comedian David Earl.
In all, the festival will host several features chosen from the larger U.S. Sundance Film Festival. These include Adamma Ebo’s “Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul”; Andrew Semans’ “Resurrection”; Max Walker-Silverman’s “A Love Song”; Lena Dunham’s “Sharp Stick”; Chloe Okuno’s “Watcher”; Sara Dosa’s “Fire of Love”; Ed Perkins’ “The Princess”; Joe Hunting’s “We Met in Virtual Reality”; Julie Ha and Eugene Yi’s “Free Chol Soo Lee”; and Hanna Bergholm’s “Hatching.”
This year, the festival will feature an equal number of male and female directors across features and shorts.
The U.K. premiere of “Good Luck To You, Leo Grande,” directed by Sophie Hyde, will open this year’s Sundance London (June 9-12), with lead actors Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack in attendance. The festival will close with the U.K. premiere screening of Jim Archer’s “Brian and Charles,” starring actor and comedian David Earl.
In all, the festival will host several features chosen from the larger U.S. Sundance Film Festival. These include Adamma Ebo’s “Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul”; Andrew Semans’ “Resurrection”; Max Walker-Silverman’s “A Love Song”; Lena Dunham’s “Sharp Stick”; Chloe Okuno’s “Watcher”; Sara Dosa’s “Fire of Love”; Ed Perkins’ “The Princess”; Joe Hunting’s “We Met in Virtual Reality”; Julie Ha and Eugene Yi’s “Free Chol Soo Lee”; and Hanna Bergholm’s “Hatching.”
This year, the festival will feature an equal number of male and female directors across features and shorts.
- 4/25/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Four features have received support in the development fund’s first round.
Projects from County Lines filmmaker Henry Blake and Almost Heaven director Carol Salter are among the first four to receive support from the Uncertain Kingdom Development Fund.
The £60,000 fund is a relaunch of The Uncertain Kingdom short film initiative. The aim is to support commercial projects that unpack UK culture and identity and have at least 70-minute running times, with features considered at script or treatment stage.
Unlike the earlier anthology project, the Uncertain Kingdom Development Fund will not fund production and the projects are not intended to be released together.
Projects from County Lines filmmaker Henry Blake and Almost Heaven director Carol Salter are among the first four to receive support from the Uncertain Kingdom Development Fund.
The £60,000 fund is a relaunch of The Uncertain Kingdom short film initiative. The aim is to support commercial projects that unpack UK culture and identity and have at least 70-minute running times, with features considered at script or treatment stage.
Unlike the earlier anthology project, the Uncertain Kingdom Development Fund will not fund production and the projects are not intended to be released together.
- 4/14/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
US producer Christine Vachon has been confirmed as keynote speaker.
Sundance Film Festival: London, the UK offshoot of Sundance, is to host its first industry programme, running concurrently with the festival at Picturehouse Central from June 9-12.
Industry passholders will have exclusive access to talks, events, round-table meetings, keynote speeches, masterclasses, panel discussions and daily networking drinks. Passholders will also have access to three public screenings of their choice.
“Sundance Film Festival: London has had industry talks and events in the past, but it’s great to formalise it and make it a real strand that offers the industry more,...
Sundance Film Festival: London, the UK offshoot of Sundance, is to host its first industry programme, running concurrently with the festival at Picturehouse Central from June 9-12.
Industry passholders will have exclusive access to talks, events, round-table meetings, keynote speeches, masterclasses, panel discussions and daily networking drinks. Passholders will also have access to three public screenings of their choice.
“Sundance Film Festival: London has had industry talks and events in the past, but it’s great to formalise it and make it a real strand that offers the industry more,...
- 4/13/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Mitchell replaces Mia Bays, who has taken over at the BFI Film Fund.
Sundance Film Festival: London has hired film journalist and moderator Wendy Mitchell as producer for its 2022 edition, which will take place at Picturehouse Central from June 9-12, 2022.
Mitchell will run the seventh edition of the festival, which plays international and UK premieres that have played at Sundance Film Festival in Utah, US.
She replaces outgoing producer Mia Bays, who began her role as director of the BFI Film Fund in October.
Mitchell will continue to work as contributing editor and Nordic correspondent for Screen International. She will...
Sundance Film Festival: London has hired film journalist and moderator Wendy Mitchell as producer for its 2022 edition, which will take place at Picturehouse Central from June 9-12, 2022.
Mitchell will run the seventh edition of the festival, which plays international and UK premieres that have played at Sundance Film Festival in Utah, US.
She replaces outgoing producer Mia Bays, who began her role as director of the BFI Film Fund in October.
Mitchell will continue to work as contributing editor and Nordic correspondent for Screen International. She will...
- 12/3/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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