It may still be too soon to tell where they'll be headed in their respective acting careers, but they'll have Alicia Duffy to thank for helping them hone and develop their craft with All Good Children. First time actress Imogen Jones serves up a character (Bella) who is interested and just as quickly disinterested by what surrounds her, though the fiery redhead does have a lot of screen time, the bulk of the work goes to the young-looking Jack Gleeson who plays Dara. - As I've mentioned in the past, film festivals are a place for discovery: new behind the scenes talent worth noting and the next generation of new faces in front of the camera. At last year's Cannes Film Festival we discovered actors such as Tahar Rahim and Katie Jarvis, in this top ten list from this year, you'll have actors/actresses who've been in the...
- 5/27/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
As I've mentioned in the past, film festivals are a place for discovery: new behind the scenes talent worth noting and the next generation of new faces in front of the camera. At last year's Cannes Film Festival we discovered actors such as Tahar Rahim and Katie Jarvis, in this top ten list from this year, you'll have actors/actresses who've been in the business for a while now but are just now making their screen debuts, while others have worked on a local level and aren't yet know outside beyond their national cinema and then you have those who've literally have just begun busting their acting chops. We begin the countdown with:... #10. Jack Gleeson and Imogen Jones It may still be too soon to tell where they'll be headed in their respective acting careers, but they'll have Alicia Duffy to thank for helping them hone and develop their craft with All Good Children.
- 5/27/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
She's one of the few women competing at Cannes this year – and with her first feature. Alicia Duffy tells Maddy Costa about her lucky breaks, on-set rows and why Virginia Woolf is an inspiration
Here's a familiar story: a female director, with a clutch of prize-winning short films to her name, has her first feature selected for screening at Cannes. It happened to Lynne Ramsay, whose debut Ratcatcher was shown in 1999, three years after she won the Jury prize for her short Small Deaths. It happened to Andrea Arnold, who won the Jury prize for Red Road, and again in 2009 for Fish Tank. Now it's the turn of Alicia Duffy, whose debut feature, All Good Children, has been selected for the Director's Fortnight.
Like Arnold, who was an actor and TV presenter before switching to directing in her 30s, Duffy, now 38, was a latecomer to cinema. She tried everything from opera singing to advanced maths,...
Here's a familiar story: a female director, with a clutch of prize-winning short films to her name, has her first feature selected for screening at Cannes. It happened to Lynne Ramsay, whose debut Ratcatcher was shown in 1999, three years after she won the Jury prize for her short Small Deaths. It happened to Andrea Arnold, who won the Jury prize for Red Road, and again in 2009 for Fish Tank. Now it's the turn of Alicia Duffy, whose debut feature, All Good Children, has been selected for the Director's Fortnight.
Like Arnold, who was an actor and TV presenter before switching to directing in her 30s, Duffy, now 38, was a latecomer to cinema. She tried everything from opera singing to advanced maths,...
- 5/16/2010
- by Maddy Costa
- The Guardian - Film News
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