Exclusive: AMC Networks’ business unit Rlje Films and its genre streaming service Shudder have acquired North American rights to the Neil Marshall-directed horror film The Lair from Highland Film Group, with the latter also picking up the rights for UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Rlje Films will release the pic in theaters and on digital and VOD on October 28, with Shudder bringing it to streaming early next year.
In the film written by Marshall and Charlotte Kirk (The Reckoning), Royal Air Force pilot Lt. Kate Sinclair (Kirk) is shot down over Afghanistan and finds refuge in an abandoned underground bunker where deadly man-made biological weapons—half human, half alien—are awakened. Jonathan Howard (Thor: The Dark World) and Jamie Bamber (Battlestar Galactica) also star in the pic, which next month makes its world premiere at FrightFest. It was produced by Rather Good Films Ltd and Daniel-Konrad Cooper with...
In the film written by Marshall and Charlotte Kirk (The Reckoning), Royal Air Force pilot Lt. Kate Sinclair (Kirk) is shot down over Afghanistan and finds refuge in an abandoned underground bunker where deadly man-made biological weapons—half human, half alien—are awakened. Jonathan Howard (Thor: The Dark World) and Jamie Bamber (Battlestar Galactica) also star in the pic, which next month makes its world premiere at FrightFest. It was produced by Rather Good Films Ltd and Daniel-Konrad Cooper with...
- 7/27/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The prestigious exec training programme is delivered by the Nfts and supported by the BFI.
DNA Films chairman Andrew Macdonald will be the industry ambassador for the 2022 edition of European business training and leadership skills development programme Inside Pictures, which has selected 20 participants including executives from MGM, Netflix and Amazon.
Macdonald will represent the programme to the wider international industry, and share his expertise and insight with the participants.
Scroll down for the full list of participants
For its 19th edition, Inside Pictures will include both film and television executives for the first time. The 20 participants come from seven different territories,...
DNA Films chairman Andrew Macdonald will be the industry ambassador for the 2022 edition of European business training and leadership skills development programme Inside Pictures, which has selected 20 participants including executives from MGM, Netflix and Amazon.
Macdonald will represent the programme to the wider international industry, and share his expertise and insight with the participants.
Scroll down for the full list of participants
For its 19th edition, Inside Pictures will include both film and television executives for the first time. The 20 participants come from seven different territories,...
- 5/12/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The Reckoning
Even though English director Neil Marshall’s first foray into franchise filmmaking with 2019’s Hellboy was a critical and financial disappointment (and broke a nine year hiatus between feature films), the genre auteur will be returning with something to be a bit more excited for with The Reckoning, a return to the genre tropes from his earlier features. The UK film is produced by Daniel-Konrad Cooper and Steffen Wild and stars Charlotte Kirk, Joe Anderson, Steven Waddington and Sean Pertwee. Marshall became an instant genre director of note with his 2005 hit The Descent, followed by his Mad Max homage Doomsday (2008) and his 2010 period drama Centurion (read review).…...
Even though English director Neil Marshall’s first foray into franchise filmmaking with 2019’s Hellboy was a critical and financial disappointment (and broke a nine year hiatus between feature films), the genre auteur will be returning with something to be a bit more excited for with The Reckoning, a return to the genre tropes from his earlier features. The UK film is produced by Daniel-Konrad Cooper and Steffen Wild and stars Charlotte Kirk, Joe Anderson, Steven Waddington and Sean Pertwee. Marshall became an instant genre director of note with his 2005 hit The Descent, followed by his Mad Max homage Doomsday (2008) and his 2010 period drama Centurion (read review).…...
- 1/1/2020
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Exclusive: Writer-director Neil Marshall has firmed his next action thriller, The Reckoning. He has set Joe Anderson (The Crazies), Steven Waddington (The Imitation Game) and Sean Pertwee (Gotham) to star alongside Charlotte Kirk (Vice).
Marshall, whose films include The Descent and Dog Soldiers, also has set Leon Ockenden (Mr. Selfridge), Emma Campbell-Jones (Doctor Who), Callum Goulden (Ghost Stories), Suzanne Magowan (Samantha), Indianna Ryan (The A List), Mark Ryan (Transformers), Oliver Trevena (The Angel) and newcomer Sarah Lambie to join previously cast Bill Fellows, Emma Holzer, Rick Warden and Ian Whyte.
Highland Film Group is selling world rights on the picture, from a script by Edward Evers-Swindell (The Descent), Kirk and Marshall. Steffen Wild of Fourth Culture Films and Daniel-Konrad Cooper of Rather Good Films are producing, with Esther Turan of Moviebar Productions and Sean Wheelan of Filmgate Films co-producing. Exec producers are Goldrush Entertainment’s Eric Gozlan and Richard Iott,...
Marshall, whose films include The Descent and Dog Soldiers, also has set Leon Ockenden (Mr. Selfridge), Emma Campbell-Jones (Doctor Who), Callum Goulden (Ghost Stories), Suzanne Magowan (Samantha), Indianna Ryan (The A List), Mark Ryan (Transformers), Oliver Trevena (The Angel) and newcomer Sarah Lambie to join previously cast Bill Fellows, Emma Holzer, Rick Warden and Ian Whyte.
Highland Film Group is selling world rights on the picture, from a script by Edward Evers-Swindell (The Descent), Kirk and Marshall. Steffen Wild of Fourth Culture Films and Daniel-Konrad Cooper of Rather Good Films are producing, with Esther Turan of Moviebar Productions and Sean Wheelan of Filmgate Films co-producing. Exec producers are Goldrush Entertainment’s Eric Gozlan and Richard Iott,...
- 8/5/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
As promised, Fantaspoa 2019 has announced the second wave of films, and we are here to share the list of screenings with our readers, along with the exciting news that the legendary Roger Corman will be in attendance as a special guest. Also in today's Horror Highlights: Universal and DeviantArt's "Heroes vs. Villains" Glass contest winners and DeviantArt's interview with M. Night Shyamalan, as well as a trailer for The Young Cannibals.
Fantaspoa 2019 Announces Second Wave of Films, Roger Corman to Attend: "Brazil's Fantaspoa, the largest genre film festival in Latin America, is proud to reveal the second wave of films selected for their upcoming fifteenth edition, running from May 16th through June 2nd. The celebrated genre film fest, which takes place annually in Porto Alegre will announce their full line-up, consisting of more than 100 films, on the first week of May.
The 2019 edition of the festival will pay an homage...
Fantaspoa 2019 Announces Second Wave of Films, Roger Corman to Attend: "Brazil's Fantaspoa, the largest genre film festival in Latin America, is proud to reveal the second wave of films selected for their upcoming fifteenth edition, running from May 16th through June 2nd. The celebrated genre film fest, which takes place annually in Porto Alegre will announce their full line-up, consisting of more than 100 films, on the first week of May.
The 2019 edition of the festival will pay an homage...
- 4/24/2019
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Fantaspoa 2019 ― which will take place from May 16th through June 2nd in Porto Alegre ― has announced its first wave of films! The complete lineup will be revealed in early May. Also: The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies - NYC presents The Shadow Over Lovecraft: Interrogating H.P. Lovecraft's Racism, Down to Hell game release details, and Trail of Blood's release on Audible.
Fantaspoa 2019's First Wave of Films Announced: "Brazil's Fantaspoa, the largest genre film festival in Latin America, is proud to reveal the first wave of films selected for their upcoming fifteenth edition, running from May 16th through June 2nd, 2019. The celebrated film fest, which takes place annually in Porto Alegre will announce their full line-up, consisting of more than 100 films, on the first week of May.
The whimsical poster for the festival's 2019 edition pays homage to Lewis Carroll’s Alice, one of literature and cinema's most memorable fantasy characters,...
Fantaspoa 2019's First Wave of Films Announced: "Brazil's Fantaspoa, the largest genre film festival in Latin America, is proud to reveal the first wave of films selected for their upcoming fifteenth edition, running from May 16th through June 2nd, 2019. The celebrated film fest, which takes place annually in Porto Alegre will announce their full line-up, consisting of more than 100 films, on the first week of May.
The whimsical poster for the festival's 2019 edition pays homage to Lewis Carroll’s Alice, one of literature and cinema's most memorable fantasy characters,...
- 4/11/2019
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
A line-up of 22 projects were presented at first edition of event.
Azerbaijan-born Elmar Ivanov’s debut feature End Of Season took home the main award of €20,000 in postproduction services from Mmc Film & TV Studios at the first edition of the new market platform European Work in Progress (Ewip) in Germany’s Cologne last week (October 10).
“We really need this prize!” said Ivanov who had shot the film about a family drama over 24 hours on location in his native Azerbaijan last autumn.
He and his partner Eva Blondiau of their company Color of May presented footage at Ewip to find support...
Azerbaijan-born Elmar Ivanov’s debut feature End Of Season took home the main award of €20,000 in postproduction services from Mmc Film & TV Studios at the first edition of the new market platform European Work in Progress (Ewip) in Germany’s Cologne last week (October 10).
“We really need this prize!” said Ivanov who had shot the film about a family drama over 24 hours on location in his native Azerbaijan last autumn.
He and his partner Eva Blondiau of their company Color of May presented footage at Ewip to find support...
- 10/12/2018
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
€20,000 in post services awarded to debut film from Elmar Ivanov.
End Of Season, the debut feature from Azerbaijan director Elmar Ivanov, won the main award of €20,000 in post-production services from Mmc Film & TV Studios, at the first edition of the new market platform European Work in Progress (Ewip), part of the Film Festival Cologne on Tuesday (October 11).
¨We really need this prize!¨ said Ivanov, who had shot the film about a family drama over 24 hours on location in his native Azerbaijan a year ago.
He and his partner Eva Blondiau of their company Color of May had presented footage at...
End Of Season, the debut feature from Azerbaijan director Elmar Ivanov, won the main award of €20,000 in post-production services from Mmc Film & TV Studios, at the first edition of the new market platform European Work in Progress (Ewip), part of the Film Festival Cologne on Tuesday (October 11).
¨We really need this prize!¨ said Ivanov, who had shot the film about a family drama over 24 hours on location in his native Azerbaijan a year ago.
He and his partner Eva Blondiau of their company Color of May had presented footage at...
- 10/11/2018
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
First look at Hinds in road comedy, exec producer by Dominic Dromgoole.
Ciarán Hinds is set to wrap filming on comedy The Thin Man, a road movie co-directed and written by Stephen Warbeck and John Paul Davidson. Warbeck won an Oscar for his score for Shakespeare In Love in 1999.
The UK-France project is produced by Daniel-Konrad Cooper of Rather Good Films whose credits include Dead In A Week (Or Your Money Back).
Theatre director-turned-film producer Dominic Dromgoole’s Open Palm Films is behind the production, on which Dromgoole serves as an executive producer. Set up in 2016, the company’s credits...
Ciarán Hinds is set to wrap filming on comedy The Thin Man, a road movie co-directed and written by Stephen Warbeck and John Paul Davidson. Warbeck won an Oscar for his score for Shakespeare In Love in 1999.
The UK-France project is produced by Daniel-Konrad Cooper of Rather Good Films whose credits include Dead In A Week (Or Your Money Back).
Theatre director-turned-film producer Dominic Dromgoole’s Open Palm Films is behind the production, on which Dromgoole serves as an executive producer. Set up in 2016, the company’s credits...
- 9/28/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Here’s the first trailer for Edinburgh Film Festival-bound black-comedy Dead In A Week (Or Your Money Back), starring rising UK actor Aneurin Barnard (Dunkirk) and Oscar-nominee Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton).
Barnard plays a young man who, after nine unsuccessful attempts, outsources his suicide to an aging hitman (Wilkinson). However, Barnard’s character has a change of heart after meeting a young woman played by Freya Mavor (Skins). Christopher Eccleston, Marion Bailey, Nigel Lindsay, Gethin Anthony and Velibor Topic also star.
Writer-director Tom Edmunds makes his feature debut and producers are Daniel-Konrad Cooper and Nick Clark Windo with Gina Carter, Stephen Fry, Orion Lee, Mike Runagall and Andy Mayson on board as executive producer. The film will get its UK premiere in Edinburgh next Wednesday.
Altitude is handling sales and has sold the film to Ascot Elite for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Eagle for Italy, Inopia for Spain, Sandrew Metronome for Scandinavia,...
Barnard plays a young man who, after nine unsuccessful attempts, outsources his suicide to an aging hitman (Wilkinson). However, Barnard’s character has a change of heart after meeting a young woman played by Freya Mavor (Skins). Christopher Eccleston, Marion Bailey, Nigel Lindsay, Gethin Anthony and Velibor Topic also star.
Writer-director Tom Edmunds makes his feature debut and producers are Daniel-Konrad Cooper and Nick Clark Windo with Gina Carter, Stephen Fry, Orion Lee, Mike Runagall and Andy Mayson on board as executive producer. The film will get its UK premiere in Edinburgh next Wednesday.
Altitude is handling sales and has sold the film to Ascot Elite for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Eagle for Italy, Inopia for Spain, Sandrew Metronome for Scandinavia,...
- 6/21/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Events include ’Meet The BFI Network’ and Kevin Macdonald Q&A.
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has revealed the line-up of industry events running alongside this year’s festival.
The nine-day industry programme, which runs June 21-29, takes place at the Press and Industry Centre in the Traverse theatre.
Industry events
The BFI’s six new regional talent executives, announced in April, will attend a ‘Meet the Network’ event that will feature an introduction by talent development manager Matimba Kabalika and a roundtable focussing on making the most of a short film, hosted by two BFI execs.
Fresh from the film’s Cannes premiere,...
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has revealed the line-up of industry events running alongside this year’s festival.
The nine-day industry programme, which runs June 21-29, takes place at the Press and Industry Centre in the Traverse theatre.
Industry events
The BFI’s six new regional talent executives, announced in April, will attend a ‘Meet the Network’ event that will feature an introduction by talent development manager Matimba Kabalika and a roundtable focussing on making the most of a short film, hosted by two BFI execs.
Fresh from the film’s Cannes premiere,...
- 6/5/2018
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
The project is produced by Daniel-Konrad Cooper of Rather Good Films.
Source: Ross Ferguson
A first look at Ivanno Jeremiah and Emun Elliott in Limbo.
Limbo, a UK sci-fi thriller short starring Emun Elliott (Prometheus) and Ivanno Jeremiah (Humans), has finished shooting at WB Studios Leavesden after also shooting on location in North Wales. Screen can reveal the first looj at the film (see above).
The project is produced by Daniel-Konrad Cooper of Rather Good Films, whose previous credits include Burn Burn Burn. Annelie Simmons also produced, her feature film debut.
Written and directed by duo Rob Silva and Andrew Morris, whose credits include the shorts Abducted and 7x5, the film follows a happily married man whose world is torn apart by the abduction of his daughter. When a stranger appears on his doorstep and tells him that his daughter was never actually taken, the unfolding truth proves more terrifying than he could have imagined.
Source: Ross Ferguson
A first look at Ivanno Jeremiah and Emun Elliott in Limbo.
Limbo, a UK sci-fi thriller short starring Emun Elliott (Prometheus) and Ivanno Jeremiah (Humans), has finished shooting at WB Studios Leavesden after also shooting on location in North Wales. Screen can reveal the first looj at the film (see above).
The project is produced by Daniel-Konrad Cooper of Rather Good Films, whose previous credits include Burn Burn Burn. Annelie Simmons also produced, her feature film debut.
Written and directed by duo Rob Silva and Andrew Morris, whose credits include the shorts Abducted and 7x5, the film follows a happily married man whose world is torn apart by the abduction of his daughter. When a stranger appears on his doorstep and tells him that his daughter was never actually taken, the unfolding truth proves more terrifying than he could have imagined.
- 12/18/2017
- by Tom Grater
- Screen Daily Test
The project is produced by Daniel-Konrad Cooper of Rather Good Films.
Source: Ross Ferguson
A first look at Ivanno Jeremiah and Emun Elliott in Limbo.
Limbo, a UK sci-fi thriller short starring Emun Elliott (Prometheus) and Ivanno Jeremiah (Humans), has finished shooting at WB Studios Leavesden after also shooting on location in North Wales. Screen can reveal the first looj at the film (see above).
The project is produced by Daniel-Konrad Cooper of Rather Good Films, whose previous credits include Burn Burn Burn. Annelie Simmons also produced, her feature film debut.
Written and directed by duo Rob Silva and Andrew Morris, whose credits include the shorts Abducted and 7x5, the film follows a happily married man whose world is torn apart by the abduction of his daughter. When a stranger appears on his doorstep and tells him that his daughter was never actually taken, the unfolding truth proves more terrifying than he could have imagined.
The group are aiming...
Source: Ross Ferguson
A first look at Ivanno Jeremiah and Emun Elliott in Limbo.
Limbo, a UK sci-fi thriller short starring Emun Elliott (Prometheus) and Ivanno Jeremiah (Humans), has finished shooting at WB Studios Leavesden after also shooting on location in North Wales. Screen can reveal the first looj at the film (see above).
The project is produced by Daniel-Konrad Cooper of Rather Good Films, whose previous credits include Burn Burn Burn. Annelie Simmons also produced, her feature film debut.
Written and directed by duo Rob Silva and Andrew Morris, whose credits include the shorts Abducted and 7x5, the film follows a happily married man whose world is torn apart by the abduction of his daughter. When a stranger appears on his doorstep and tells him that his daughter was never actually taken, the unfolding truth proves more terrifying than he could have imagined.
The group are aiming...
- 12/18/2017
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Christopher Eccleston has joined the cast of comedy Dead In A Week (Or Your Money Back), written and directed by Tom Edmunds. He'll star alongside Tom Wilkinson, Aneurin Barnard and Marion Bailey. Freya Mavor, Nigel Lindsay, Gethin Anthony and Velibor Topic have also been added to the title, which is being edited by Tariq Anwar. Daniel-Konrad Cooper and Nick Clark Windo produce. Story follows a man who, after several unsuccessful suicide attempts, hires an aging hitman on…...
- 1/30/2017
- Deadline TV
Christopher Eccleston has joined the cast of comedy Dead In A Week (Or Your Money Back), written and directed by Tom Edmunds. He'll star alongside Tom Wilkinson, Aneurin Barnard and Marion Bailey. Freya Mavor, Nigel Lindsay, Gethin Anthony and Velibor Topic have also been added to the title, which is being edited by Tariq Anwar. Daniel-Konrad Cooper and Nick Clark Windo produce. Story follows a man who, after several unsuccessful suicide attempts, hires an aging hitman on…...
- 1/30/2017
- Deadline
Exclusive: Short stars Scott and Ciarán Hinds as an estranged father and son.
The first trailer for The Hope Rooms, a short film starring Andrew Scott (Sherlock) and Ciarán Hinds (Game Of Thrones), has been released.
Click Here to watch the trailer on mobile devices.
Directed by Screen International Star of Tomorrow 2016 Sam Yates, the film sees Hinds and Scott play an estranged father and son haunted by the past.
Yates said: “Pairing Ciarán and Andrew on screen for the first time has been magical and the response from film festivals has been fantastic”.
The film was first shown to audiences at the Cork Film Festival, which featured a new documentary strand including speakers from Hot Docs, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Channel 4 and the British Film Institute.
The Hope Rooms was produced by Bill Kenwright and Daniel-Konrad Cooper.
The first trailer for The Hope Rooms, a short film starring Andrew Scott (Sherlock) and Ciarán Hinds (Game Of Thrones), has been released.
Click Here to watch the trailer on mobile devices.
Directed by Screen International Star of Tomorrow 2016 Sam Yates, the film sees Hinds and Scott play an estranged father and son haunted by the past.
Yates said: “Pairing Ciarán and Andrew on screen for the first time has been magical and the response from film festivals has been fantastic”.
The film was first shown to audiences at the Cork Film Festival, which featured a new documentary strand including speakers from Hot Docs, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Channel 4 and the British Film Institute.
The Hope Rooms was produced by Bill Kenwright and Daniel-Konrad Cooper.
- 11/21/2016
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Altitude to launch sales on comedy due for 2017 shoot.
Altitude Film Sales has taken worldwide sales rights to comedy feature Dead In A Week (Or Your Money Back), currently in pre-production and set for an early 2017 shoot.
Two-time Oscar nominee Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton) and BBC/TWC’s War & Peace star Aneurin Barnard - who will be seen next summer in Christopher Nolan’s anticipated war drama Dunkirk - lead the cast alongside Mr. Turner actress Marion Bailey who recently played in Nicholas Hytner’s The Lady In The Van.
Tom Edmunds’ feature debut charts the story of a young man who outsources his suicide to an ageing assassin after his ninth unsuccessful attempt on his own life.
Additional casting is underway.
Producers are Daniel-Konrad Cooper (Burn Burn Burn) and Nick Clark Windo (Blooded). Executive producer is Gina Carter (Bright Young Things) of Sprout Pictures.
Mike Runagall of Altitude Film Sales, said: “The film...
Altitude Film Sales has taken worldwide sales rights to comedy feature Dead In A Week (Or Your Money Back), currently in pre-production and set for an early 2017 shoot.
Two-time Oscar nominee Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton) and BBC/TWC’s War & Peace star Aneurin Barnard - who will be seen next summer in Christopher Nolan’s anticipated war drama Dunkirk - lead the cast alongside Mr. Turner actress Marion Bailey who recently played in Nicholas Hytner’s The Lady In The Van.
Tom Edmunds’ feature debut charts the story of a young man who outsources his suicide to an ageing assassin after his ninth unsuccessful attempt on his own life.
Additional casting is underway.
Producers are Daniel-Konrad Cooper (Burn Burn Burn) and Nick Clark Windo (Blooded). Executive producer is Gina Carter (Bright Young Things) of Sprout Pictures.
Mike Runagall of Altitude Film Sales, said: “The film...
- 11/3/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Chanya Button’s debut feature getting theatrical release in UK via Verve Pictures. Director also talks new projects.
Chanya Button’s debut feature Burn Burn Burn has been acquired by Netflix for global VoD rights.
Verve Pictures will release the film in the UK on Oct 28 at about 20 cinemas across the UK, and the film will then launch on Netflix UK in early 2017.
Everyman Cinemas is working with the film to do a special tour of event screenings featuring Q&As with the likes of Button and cast members Chloe Pirrie, Laura Carmichael, Jack Farthing and Joe Dempsie. Those screenings include Oct 25 at Screen on the Green, Oct 29 in Harrogate, Oct 30 in Bristol, Nov 1 in Esher and Nov 2 at Kings Cross.
“It’s so fantastic that Everyman is so behind us to create something that feels like an event,” Button told Screen. “As an independent film, anything you can do to make it feel like an...
Chanya Button’s debut feature Burn Burn Burn has been acquired by Netflix for global VoD rights.
Verve Pictures will release the film in the UK on Oct 28 at about 20 cinemas across the UK, and the film will then launch on Netflix UK in early 2017.
Everyman Cinemas is working with the film to do a special tour of event screenings featuring Q&As with the likes of Button and cast members Chloe Pirrie, Laura Carmichael, Jack Farthing and Joe Dempsie. Those screenings include Oct 25 at Screen on the Green, Oct 29 in Harrogate, Oct 30 in Bristol, Nov 1 in Esher and Nov 2 at Kings Cross.
“It’s so fantastic that Everyman is so behind us to create something that feels like an event,” Button told Screen. “As an independent film, anything you can do to make it feel like an...
- 10/7/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Directors Chanya Button, Adrian Sitaru, Xavier Seron scoop prizes; festival reveals works in progress winners.
UK filmmaker Chanya Button’s debut feature as director and producer, Burn Burn Burn, was voted by the audience at the Odessa International Film Festival (Oiff) as the winner of this year’s Grand Prix.
Producer Daniel-Konrad Cooper accepted the Golden Duke statuette on behalf of the production team from Oiff’s festival president Victoria Tigipko during the gala closing ceremony in the Black Sea city’s historic National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet.
Button’s melancholic comedy had premiered at last year’s London Film Festival and is being handled internationally by Urban Distribution International.
International Competition
Meanwhile, the International Competition jury - headed by the UK writer Christopher Hampton and also including Oiff 2015 winner Eva Neymann, Us writer-director-actor Alex Ross Perry, producer Rebecca O’Brien and producer-director Uberto Pasolini - gave the Golden Duke statuette for Best Film to...
UK filmmaker Chanya Button’s debut feature as director and producer, Burn Burn Burn, was voted by the audience at the Odessa International Film Festival (Oiff) as the winner of this year’s Grand Prix.
Producer Daniel-Konrad Cooper accepted the Golden Duke statuette on behalf of the production team from Oiff’s festival president Victoria Tigipko during the gala closing ceremony in the Black Sea city’s historic National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet.
Button’s melancholic comedy had premiered at last year’s London Film Festival and is being handled internationally by Urban Distribution International.
International Competition
Meanwhile, the International Competition jury - headed by the UK writer Christopher Hampton and also including Oiff 2015 winner Eva Neymann, Us writer-director-actor Alex Ross Perry, producer Rebecca O’Brien and producer-director Uberto Pasolini - gave the Golden Duke statuette for Best Film to...
- 7/25/2016
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Sci-fi Ex Machina wins four, including Best British Independent Film; re-watch the ceremony here.
The 2015 Moet British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) were held at Old Billingsgate Market in London on Dec 6, where Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Lobster led the nominations with seven nods.
But it was sci-fi Ex Machina that won the night, with four awards including Best British Independent Film. Full report here.
BIFAs 2015Best British Independent Film
Ex Machina, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Alex Garland
45 Years, Tristan Goligher, Andrew HaighAmy, James Gay-Rees, Asif KapadiaThe Lobster, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Efthymis Filippou, Yorgos LanthimosMacbeth, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Laura Hastings-Smith, Todd Louiso, Jacob Koskoff, Michael Lesslie, Justin KurzelBest Director
Alex Garland, Ex Machina
45 Years, Andrew HaighAmy, Asif KapadiaThe Lobster, Yorgos LanthimosMacbeth, Justin KurzelBest Actress
Saorise Ronan, Brooklyn
Marion Cotillard, MacbethCarey Mulligan, SuffragetteCharlotte Rampling, 45 YearsAlicia Vikander, The Danish GirlBest Supporting Actress
Olivia Colman, The Lobster
Helen Bonham Carter, SuffragetteAnne-Marie Duff, SuffragetteSienna...
The 2015 Moet British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) were held at Old Billingsgate Market in London on Dec 6, where Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Lobster led the nominations with seven nods.
But it was sci-fi Ex Machina that won the night, with four awards including Best British Independent Film. Full report here.
BIFAs 2015Best British Independent Film
Ex Machina, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Alex Garland
45 Years, Tristan Goligher, Andrew HaighAmy, James Gay-Rees, Asif KapadiaThe Lobster, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Efthymis Filippou, Yorgos LanthimosMacbeth, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Laura Hastings-Smith, Todd Louiso, Jacob Koskoff, Michael Lesslie, Justin KurzelBest Director
Alex Garland, Ex Machina
45 Years, Andrew HaighAmy, Asif KapadiaThe Lobster, Yorgos LanthimosMacbeth, Justin KurzelBest Actress
Saorise Ronan, Brooklyn
Marion Cotillard, MacbethCarey Mulligan, SuffragetteCharlotte Rampling, 45 YearsAlicia Vikander, The Danish GirlBest Supporting Actress
Olivia Colman, The Lobster
Helen Bonham Carter, SuffragetteAnne-Marie Duff, SuffragetteSienna...
- 12/6/2015
- ScreenDaily
Watch the Bifa ceremony here from 7pm (GMT); winners list updated here as they are announced.
The 2015 Moet British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) are set to be held in London this evening, where Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Lobster leads the nominations with seven nods.
Also going into the night with numerous nominations are Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years and Justin Kurzel’s Macbeth, with six apiece, as well as Asif Kapadia’s documentary Amy andJohn Crowley’s period drama Brooklyn, with five each, while Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise and Sarah Gavron’s Suffragette each received four nominations.
Screen is at the ceremony and will be updating the winners here…
BIFAs 2015Best British Independent Film45 Years, Tristan Goligher, Andrew HaighAmy, James Gay-Rees, Asif KapadiaEx Machina, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Alex GarlandThe Lobster, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Efthymis Filippou, Yorgos LanthimosMacbeth, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Laura Hastings-Smith, Todd Louiso, Jacob Koskoff, Michael Lesslie, Justin...
The 2015 Moet British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) are set to be held in London this evening, where Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Lobster leads the nominations with seven nods.
Also going into the night with numerous nominations are Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years and Justin Kurzel’s Macbeth, with six apiece, as well as Asif Kapadia’s documentary Amy andJohn Crowley’s period drama Brooklyn, with five each, while Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise and Sarah Gavron’s Suffragette each received four nominations.
Screen is at the ceremony and will be updating the winners here…
BIFAs 2015Best British Independent Film45 Years, Tristan Goligher, Andrew HaighAmy, James Gay-Rees, Asif KapadiaEx Machina, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Alex GarlandThe Lobster, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Efthymis Filippou, Yorgos LanthimosMacbeth, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Laura Hastings-Smith, Todd Louiso, Jacob Koskoff, Michael Lesslie, Justin...
- 12/6/2015
- ScreenDaily
Second World War drama begins UK shoot; first image revealed.
Boyzone frontman Ronan Keating has joined the ensemble cast of period drama Another Mother’s Son, which also includes Jenny Seagrove, John Hannah, Amanda Abbington, Peter Wight and Susan Hampshire.
Principal photography is underway on the film, which will shoot for six weeks across Somerset and the South West of England.
Another Mother’s Son is set during the Second World War, when the island of Jersey was occupied by the Nazis.
The film is based on the true story of Louisa Gould, who took in an escaped Russian Pow and hid him over the course of the war, amid growing tension as it became clear that British wartime leader Winston Churchill would not risk an assault to re-capture the island and the community began to fray under pressures of hunger, occupation and divided loyalty.
BAFTA-winning Chris Menaul (Summer In February) directs a screenplay by Jenny Lecoat.
The...
Boyzone frontman Ronan Keating has joined the ensemble cast of period drama Another Mother’s Son, which also includes Jenny Seagrove, John Hannah, Amanda Abbington, Peter Wight and Susan Hampshire.
Principal photography is underway on the film, which will shoot for six weeks across Somerset and the South West of England.
Another Mother’s Son is set during the Second World War, when the island of Jersey was occupied by the Nazis.
The film is based on the true story of Louisa Gould, who took in an escaped Russian Pow and hid him over the course of the war, amid growing tension as it became clear that British wartime leader Winston Churchill would not risk an assault to re-capture the island and the community began to fray under pressures of hunger, occupation and divided loyalty.
BAFTA-winning Chris Menaul (Summer In February) directs a screenplay by Jenny Lecoat.
The...
- 11/12/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Film4 has received a total of 41 nominations for the films it has backed at this year.s British Independent Film Awards, including six for Justin Kurzel's Macbeth.
Macbeth is in contention for best British independent film, best director, lead actor Michael Fassbender, lead actress Marion Cotillard, support actor Sean Harris and cinematographer Adam Arkapaw.
The film will soon be available on Amazon Prime Video in an exclusive streaming deal negotiated by the Us distributor, the Weinstein Co. According to one report that deal is worth $US4 million.. Macbeth opens in limited theatrical release in the Us on December 4.
Another film co-produced by See-Saw Films, Slow West, scored a nomination for John Maclean as best debut director.
Yorgos Lanthimos.s The Lobster tops the list with seven nominations. Andrew Haigh.s 45 Years and Macbeth each received six while. Alex Garland.s Ex Machina and Asif Kapadia.s Amy garnered five each.
Macbeth is in contention for best British independent film, best director, lead actor Michael Fassbender, lead actress Marion Cotillard, support actor Sean Harris and cinematographer Adam Arkapaw.
The film will soon be available on Amazon Prime Video in an exclusive streaming deal negotiated by the Us distributor, the Weinstein Co. According to one report that deal is worth $US4 million.. Macbeth opens in limited theatrical release in the Us on December 4.
Another film co-produced by See-Saw Films, Slow West, scored a nomination for John Maclean as best debut director.
Yorgos Lanthimos.s The Lobster tops the list with seven nominations. Andrew Haigh.s 45 Years and Macbeth each received six while. Alex Garland.s Ex Machina and Asif Kapadia.s Amy garnered five each.
- 11/3/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Lobster received seven nominations; 45 Years and Macbeth received six each.
Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Lobster topped this year’s Moet British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) nominations, which were presented in London this morning (Nov 3) by Gemma Chan and Thomas Brodie-Sangster.
The film garnered seven nods including Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Producer of the Year.
Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years and Justin Kurzel’s Macbeth both received six nominations each, receiving acting nods for stars Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay for the former, and Marion Cotillard and Michael Fassbender for the latter.
Asif Kapadi’s documentary Amy, which told the story of the late singer Amy Winehouse, received five nominations, as did John Crowley’s period drama Brooklyn.
Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise and Sarah Gavron’s Suffragette each received four nominations.
Alongside The Lobster, the titles also nominated for Best British Indepedent Film were: 45 Years, Amy, Ex Machina and [link...
Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Lobster topped this year’s Moet British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) nominations, which were presented in London this morning (Nov 3) by Gemma Chan and Thomas Brodie-Sangster.
The film garnered seven nods including Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Producer of the Year.
Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years and Justin Kurzel’s Macbeth both received six nominations each, receiving acting nods for stars Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay for the former, and Marion Cotillard and Michael Fassbender for the latter.
Asif Kapadi’s documentary Amy, which told the story of the late singer Amy Winehouse, received five nominations, as did John Crowley’s period drama Brooklyn.
Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise and Sarah Gavron’s Suffragette each received four nominations.
Alongside The Lobster, the titles also nominated for Best British Indepedent Film were: 45 Years, Amy, Ex Machina and [link...
- 11/3/2015
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Starry short wraps for Bill Kenwright Films ahead of company’s feature push.
Pride star Andrew Scott and Munich actor Ciaran Hinds lead cast in recently wrapped short The Hope Rooms, the filmmaking debut of theatre director Sam Yates.
Daniel Konrad Cooper (Burn Burn Burn) produces for Bill Kenwright Films and under his own banner Rather Good Films. Screenplay is from David Watson.
The high-end short tells the story of estranged father, Eamonn, and his son, Sean, who meet up after 15 years in a café in London in order to heal old wounds.
The film also stars Polish actress Agnieszka Grochowska, who joined the film set straight from the premiere of Obce Niebo at the Gdansk Film Festival for which she collected the Best Actress award.
Director Yates is known for his work in theatre with recent productions including East Is East with Jane Horrocks and Ayub Khan Din and The El. Train with Golden...
Pride star Andrew Scott and Munich actor Ciaran Hinds lead cast in recently wrapped short The Hope Rooms, the filmmaking debut of theatre director Sam Yates.
Daniel Konrad Cooper (Burn Burn Burn) produces for Bill Kenwright Films and under his own banner Rather Good Films. Screenplay is from David Watson.
The high-end short tells the story of estranged father, Eamonn, and his son, Sean, who meet up after 15 years in a café in London in order to heal old wounds.
The film also stars Polish actress Agnieszka Grochowska, who joined the film set straight from the premiere of Obce Niebo at the Gdansk Film Festival for which she collected the Best Actress award.
Director Yates is known for his work in theatre with recent productions including East Is East with Jane Horrocks and Ayub Khan Din and The El. Train with Golden...
- 9/25/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Staff addition forms part of production push for London outfit.
Burn Burn Burn producer Daniel-Konrad Cooper has joined Bill Kenwright Films as an in-house producer as part of the company’s drive to move film and TV projects into production later this year.
The company, owned by Everton Football Club chairman and West End theatre producer Bill Kenwright, has previously worked on titles including Broken and Cheri.
Cooper, whose production credits include Chanya Button’s Burn Burn Burn - currently in post-production – and Edinburgh 2015 title Narcopolis, joins Naomi George, head of film & TV, and Steve Potts, who oversees all operations and productions for the Bkl group.
Potts said: “I’m delighted that Daniel has joined us.He brings a great deal of experience, passion and ideas to Bill Kenwright Ltd. at a time when we’re busier than ever, including with several exciting film and TV projects at various stages of production – more on that very...
Burn Burn Burn producer Daniel-Konrad Cooper has joined Bill Kenwright Films as an in-house producer as part of the company’s drive to move film and TV projects into production later this year.
The company, owned by Everton Football Club chairman and West End theatre producer Bill Kenwright, has previously worked on titles including Broken and Cheri.
Cooper, whose production credits include Chanya Button’s Burn Burn Burn - currently in post-production – and Edinburgh 2015 title Narcopolis, joins Naomi George, head of film & TV, and Steve Potts, who oversees all operations and productions for the Bkl group.
Potts said: “I’m delighted that Daniel has joined us.He brings a great deal of experience, passion and ideas to Bill Kenwright Ltd. at a time when we’re busier than ever, including with several exciting film and TV projects at various stages of production – more on that very...
- 6/26/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: First image from road trip comedy starring Downton Abbey’s Laura Carmichael and Chloe Pirrie.
Regional body Creative England has backed upcoming indie feature Burn Burn Burn.
The road trip comedy is in post-production after a five-week shoot last autumn, with world sales handled by Paris-based sales agent Urban Distribution International (Udi). Udi will screen a teaser at the Efm in Berlin from next week. Urban Distribution will handle in France.
Creative England is supporting the film as part of its production funding programme. Richard Holmes, senior film executive at Creative England, said: “British independent film is the greatest place to nurture talent and we are convinced this team offers huge potential going forward.”
Burn Burn Burn is the feature debut of Chanya Button and is written by Charlie Covell, co-writer of new Channel 4 comedy Banana, Cucumber, Tofu. The new film is partly inspired by the pair’s own friendship.
The women take...
Regional body Creative England has backed upcoming indie feature Burn Burn Burn.
The road trip comedy is in post-production after a five-week shoot last autumn, with world sales handled by Paris-based sales agent Urban Distribution International (Udi). Udi will screen a teaser at the Efm in Berlin from next week. Urban Distribution will handle in France.
Creative England is supporting the film as part of its production funding programme. Richard Holmes, senior film executive at Creative England, said: “British independent film is the greatest place to nurture talent and we are convinced this team offers huge potential going forward.”
Burn Burn Burn is the feature debut of Chanya Button and is written by Charlie Covell, co-writer of new Channel 4 comedy Banana, Cucumber, Tofu. The new film is partly inspired by the pair’s own friendship.
The women take...
- 1/28/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Road trip comedy to co-star Laura Carmichael and Chloe Pirrie.
Paris-based Urban Distribution International (Udi) has picked up sales on Chanya Button’s upcoming road-trip comedy Burn, Burn, Burn on the eve of its shoot.
Downton Abbey actress Laura Carmichael and Chloe Pirrie (Shell), a Screen Star of Tomorrow and Bafta Breakthrough Brit in 2013, are set to co-star as two friends who travel across Britain to scatter the ashes of their late best friend Dan.
Other cast members include Alison Steadman and Nigel Planer.
The women take turns driving with Dan in the glove compartment, in a tupperware container, decreasing in volume as the trip progresses.
“Burn Burn Burn is the perfect feelgood movie - the one you want to see after a hard day’s work with your best friend, or again on TV and VOD with your mum,” said Udi chief Frederic Corvez.
“It’s funny, insolent, tender, smart...
Paris-based Urban Distribution International (Udi) has picked up sales on Chanya Button’s upcoming road-trip comedy Burn, Burn, Burn on the eve of its shoot.
Downton Abbey actress Laura Carmichael and Chloe Pirrie (Shell), a Screen Star of Tomorrow and Bafta Breakthrough Brit in 2013, are set to co-star as two friends who travel across Britain to scatter the ashes of their late best friend Dan.
Other cast members include Alison Steadman and Nigel Planer.
The women take turns driving with Dan in the glove compartment, in a tupperware container, decreasing in volume as the trip progresses.
“Burn Burn Burn is the perfect feelgood movie - the one you want to see after a hard day’s work with your best friend, or again on TV and VOD with your mum,” said Udi chief Frederic Corvez.
“It’s funny, insolent, tender, smart...
- 10/14/2014
- ScreenDaily
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