Jodie Whittaker Short Film Fund Raises Value To $50,000
Exclusive: The Empower Fund, an initiative that champions female and non-binary filmmakers, has seen its value rise to £40,000 after post-production house Picture Shop came onboard to support the Empower Fund with in-kind post services up to a value of £15k. Film equipment company Hawk London had already provided access to a camera kit shooting package worth £15,000 on top of a minimum £10,000 for the winning team, who will see former Doctor Who lead Jodie Whittaker attached to their project. Founded by actress Victoria Emslie’s Primetime, a global platform for women and non-binary people working behind the camera, in partnership with Funding Futures, the fun launched at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023 and has received almost 100 submissions from around the world. A jury of consisting of Whittaker, another former Doctor Who star, Mandip Gill; Emslie; director Ella Glendining; producer Ameenah Ayub Allen; Curtis Brown...
Exclusive: The Empower Fund, an initiative that champions female and non-binary filmmakers, has seen its value rise to £40,000 after post-production house Picture Shop came onboard to support the Empower Fund with in-kind post services up to a value of £15k. Film equipment company Hawk London had already provided access to a camera kit shooting package worth £15,000 on top of a minimum £10,000 for the winning team, who will see former Doctor Who lead Jodie Whittaker attached to their project. Founded by actress Victoria Emslie’s Primetime, a global platform for women and non-binary people working behind the camera, in partnership with Funding Futures, the fun launched at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023 and has received almost 100 submissions from around the world. A jury of consisting of Whittaker, another former Doctor Who star, Mandip Gill; Emslie; director Ella Glendining; producer Ameenah Ayub Allen; Curtis Brown...
- 5/15/2024
- by Max Goldbart and Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Non-scripted production company Asylum Entertainment Group has taken a stake in London-based Dare Entertainment, the companies announced Monday. Under the deal, Dare Pictures will use the investment to expand its development, while its current angel investors Rosegown will exit the business.
Dare founder/CEO Derren Lawford will continue overseeing the company, which focuses on TV, film and podcasts. Dare’s credits include non-scripted projects like “Crypto Queen: Visionary, Victim or Villain?” and “Dalton’s Dream,” as well as “The Secrets of UK Prisons.” Michelle Morgan remains the chair in Dare’s new board structure, and becomes company director and minority shareholder of the business.
Meanwhile, launched by Steve Michaels, Asylum Entertainment Group — part of Endeavor’s non-scripted content group — is behind television, features, documentaries and unscripted series including “30 for 30,” limited series “The Kennedys” and documentary “How I Caught My Killer.”
“Derren and his studio exemplify the vision and trajectory we value at Asylum,...
Dare founder/CEO Derren Lawford will continue overseeing the company, which focuses on TV, film and podcasts. Dare’s credits include non-scripted projects like “Crypto Queen: Visionary, Victim or Villain?” and “Dalton’s Dream,” as well as “The Secrets of UK Prisons.” Michelle Morgan remains the chair in Dare’s new board structure, and becomes company director and minority shareholder of the business.
Meanwhile, launched by Steve Michaels, Asylum Entertainment Group — part of Endeavor’s non-scripted content group — is behind television, features, documentaries and unscripted series including “30 for 30,” limited series “The Kennedys” and documentary “How I Caught My Killer.”
“Derren and his studio exemplify the vision and trajectory we value at Asylum,...
- 4/8/2024
- by Lexi Carson
- Variety Film + TV
Filmmakers Alex Gibney, Johan Grimonprez and Laura Huertas Millan, along with industry figures Jessica Harrop from Sandbox and Marie Nelson from Hot Docs will be among the speakers at Cph:conference, the discussion program at documentary festival Cph:dox.
The program, which is curated in partnership with the training initiative Documentary Campus, has the theme “rebuilding narratives.”
The conference will kick off on March 18 with a collaboration with the Disco Network – made up of Ambulante, Aflamuna, DocsMX, Doc Society, DocSP, Docubox, In-Docs and India Docs – who will present and workshop “Our Declaration of Independence.” This session, led by Jad Abi-Khalil (Aflamuna) and Beadie Finzi (Doc Society), is a result of an initiative aiming to “articulate the importance of independent documentaries to culture, society and democracy, and to advocate for the resources and platforms they deserve.”
In the mornings of March 19-21, there will be thought-provoking conversations with filmmakers featured in this year’s Cph:dox program.
The program, which is curated in partnership with the training initiative Documentary Campus, has the theme “rebuilding narratives.”
The conference will kick off on March 18 with a collaboration with the Disco Network – made up of Ambulante, Aflamuna, DocsMX, Doc Society, DocSP, Docubox, In-Docs and India Docs – who will present and workshop “Our Declaration of Independence.” This session, led by Jad Abi-Khalil (Aflamuna) and Beadie Finzi (Doc Society), is a result of an initiative aiming to “articulate the importance of independent documentaries to culture, society and democracy, and to advocate for the resources and platforms they deserve.”
In the mornings of March 19-21, there will be thought-provoking conversations with filmmakers featured in this year’s Cph:dox program.
- 2/14/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
First project to benefit is upcoming documentary ‘Tens Across The Borders’.
Singapore production outfit Momo Film has partnered with new investment firm Minri Media to boost Asian and Lgbtqi+ representation on screen, beginning with Cannes Doc feature Tens Across The Borders.
Minri has stepped in as a key financier of the project, which marks the feature directorial debut of artist Chan Sze-Wei and follows four queer pioneers who are growing flourishing communities in Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore. It is one of several titles selected for the Marche’s section dedicated to documentary.
The newly founded investment firm will...
Singapore production outfit Momo Film has partnered with new investment firm Minri Media to boost Asian and Lgbtqi+ representation on screen, beginning with Cannes Doc feature Tens Across The Borders.
Minri has stepped in as a key financier of the project, which marks the feature directorial debut of artist Chan Sze-Wei and follows four queer pioneers who are growing flourishing communities in Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore. It is one of several titles selected for the Marche’s section dedicated to documentary.
The newly founded investment firm will...
- 5/22/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Further producers include Nikki Parrott and Tom Wood.
Twelve UK producers including Damian Jones, Emily Morgan, Nikki Parrott and Tom Wood are heading to Paris later this month for a series of co-production meetings arranged through a partnership between the British Film Institute (BFI) and France’s national film centre, the Cnc.
The meetings will take place from April 20-21.
Scroll down for the full list of participants
“After a successful trip of French producers to the BFI London Film Festival (Lff) last October organised by the BFI with Institut francais in the UK and Unifrance, the BFI is delighted...
Twelve UK producers including Damian Jones, Emily Morgan, Nikki Parrott and Tom Wood are heading to Paris later this month for a series of co-production meetings arranged through a partnership between the British Film Institute (BFI) and France’s national film centre, the Cnc.
The meetings will take place from April 20-21.
Scroll down for the full list of participants
“After a successful trip of French producers to the BFI London Film Festival (Lff) last October organised by the BFI with Institut francais in the UK and Unifrance, the BFI is delighted...
- 4/5/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Writer, producer and script editor Cassandra Johnson-Bekoe has joined U.K. independent production company Dare Pictures in the newly created position of head of scripted development.
Johnson-Bekoe was previously senior development executive at Daniel Kaluuya’s production outfit 59%, overseeing the company’s slate and generating new IP across international and regional markets. Prior to this she worked in scripted development. Her credits include “Ted Lasso” season 2 (WarnerBros/Apple+), “Riches” (Greenacre Films for ITV), “Secret Invasion” (Marvel Studios) and “The Chemistry of Death”.
Reporting into Dare CEO Derren Lawford, Johnson-Bekoe will focus on developing the company’s scripted slate, as well bringing with her an original slate of IP and working on new drama and film projects with a view to taking them from pitch to commission with a particular emphasis on the U.S. and African markets. She will also identify and develop relationships with emerging and established storytelling talent.
Johnson-Bekoe was previously senior development executive at Daniel Kaluuya’s production outfit 59%, overseeing the company’s slate and generating new IP across international and regional markets. Prior to this she worked in scripted development. Her credits include “Ted Lasso” season 2 (WarnerBros/Apple+), “Riches” (Greenacre Films for ITV), “Secret Invasion” (Marvel Studios) and “The Chemistry of Death”.
Reporting into Dare CEO Derren Lawford, Johnson-Bekoe will focus on developing the company’s scripted slate, as well bringing with her an original slate of IP and working on new drama and film projects with a view to taking them from pitch to commission with a particular emphasis on the U.S. and African markets. She will also identify and develop relationships with emerging and established storytelling talent.
- 3/15/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Acquisition
Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights from Participant to “A Compassionate Spy,” the new documentary from Steve James. The film, which world premiered at the Venice Film Festival ahead of its North American launch at Telluride, is a real-life spy story about Manhattan Project physicist Ted Hall, who provided nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union, told through the perspective of his wife Joan, who protected his secret for decades. Magnolia will release the film in theaters later this year.
“A Compassionate Spy” is presented by Participant and is a Mitten Media and Kartemquin Films production produced by Mark Mitten p.g.a., Dave Lindorff, and Steve James. Executive producers are Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Tim Horsburgh and Gordon Quinn.
The deal was negotiated by Magnolia executive VP Dori Begley and senior VP of acquisitions John Von Thaden; Participant’s Liesl Copland, executive VP content strategy and sales, Adam Macy,...
Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights from Participant to “A Compassionate Spy,” the new documentary from Steve James. The film, which world premiered at the Venice Film Festival ahead of its North American launch at Telluride, is a real-life spy story about Manhattan Project physicist Ted Hall, who provided nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union, told through the perspective of his wife Joan, who protected his secret for decades. Magnolia will release the film in theaters later this year.
“A Compassionate Spy” is presented by Participant and is a Mitten Media and Kartemquin Films production produced by Mark Mitten p.g.a., Dave Lindorff, and Steve James. Executive producers are Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Tim Horsburgh and Gordon Quinn.
The deal was negotiated by Magnolia executive VP Dori Begley and senior VP of acquisitions John Von Thaden; Participant’s Liesl Copland, executive VP content strategy and sales, Adam Macy,...
- 2/16/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran and Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Sales
Abacus Media Rights have sold S4C’s Welsh-language crime caper drama, “Dal y Mellt” to Netflix. This will be the first Welsh-language only drama licensed on Netflix and will stream on Netflix U.K. from April 2023.
The drama follows the troubled story of the main character Carbo as he is drawn into a world of wrongdoing, lies, secrets and heartbreak. The series starts out on the dark back streets of Cardiff then moves back and forth between Cardiff, Soho, Porthmadog and Holyhead. The cast includes Mark Lewis Jones, Gwïon Morris Jones, Graham Land, Siw Hughes, Dyfan Roberts, Lois Meleri-Jones, Owen Arwyn and Ali Yassine.
The series was released in October 2022 as a box set on S4C Clic and BBC iPlayer. Produced by Vox Pictures, the drama is an adaptation of Iwan ‘Iwcs’ Roberts novel of the same name. The novelist also wrote the script and co-produced the drama...
Abacus Media Rights have sold S4C’s Welsh-language crime caper drama, “Dal y Mellt” to Netflix. This will be the first Welsh-language only drama licensed on Netflix and will stream on Netflix U.K. from April 2023.
The drama follows the troubled story of the main character Carbo as he is drawn into a world of wrongdoing, lies, secrets and heartbreak. The series starts out on the dark back streets of Cardiff then moves back and forth between Cardiff, Soho, Porthmadog and Holyhead. The cast includes Mark Lewis Jones, Gwïon Morris Jones, Graham Land, Siw Hughes, Dyfan Roberts, Lois Meleri-Jones, Owen Arwyn and Ali Yassine.
The series was released in October 2022 as a box set on S4C Clic and BBC iPlayer. Produced by Vox Pictures, the drama is an adaptation of Iwan ‘Iwcs’ Roberts novel of the same name. The novelist also wrote the script and co-produced the drama...
- 1/19/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Stephen Fry-Narrated Doc Set For Prime Video
Mind Games – The Experiment, a Stephen Fry-narrated doc, is dropping today on Prime Video. The program is billed as a “a groun breaking study that follows sedentary and physically inactive gamers” to see if exercise makes their gameplaying abilities better by improving cognitive functions. It will follow four professional games, who specialize in chess, mahjong, memory and esports, respectively, and take the results from 70+ gamers elsewhere around the world to draw conclusions. The doc is from Beyond Productions, which is now part of Banijay. The study and doc were initially commissioned by international sportsware brand Asics, though the film is editorially independent and unbranded.
Mbc And Warner Bros Discovery Extend Middle East Pact
Middle Eastern media group Mbc has extended its content pact with Warner Bros Discovery. A new multi-year deal hands Mbc Group first-run free-tv rights on features such as Tenet,...
Mind Games – The Experiment, a Stephen Fry-narrated doc, is dropping today on Prime Video. The program is billed as a “a groun breaking study that follows sedentary and physically inactive gamers” to see if exercise makes their gameplaying abilities better by improving cognitive functions. It will follow four professional games, who specialize in chess, mahjong, memory and esports, respectively, and take the results from 70+ gamers elsewhere around the world to draw conclusions. The doc is from Beyond Productions, which is now part of Banijay. The study and doc were initially commissioned by international sportsware brand Asics, though the film is editorially independent and unbranded.
Mbc And Warner Bros Discovery Extend Middle East Pact
Middle Eastern media group Mbc has extended its content pact with Warner Bros Discovery. A new multi-year deal hands Mbc Group first-run free-tv rights on features such as Tenet,...
- 1/19/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
A cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that pulled in an estimated 4 billion worldwide is getting the documentary treatment.
Sky Germany, the U.K.’s Channel 4 and super-indie Fremantle are backing a three-part doc series about the con, which was spearheaded by the mysterious Dr. Ruja Ignatova, who is still on the run from law enforcement officials.
“Crypto Queen” (working title) promises to shed exclusive new light on one of the biggest digital scams of the last decade. Produced by Tondowski Films and Derren Lawford’s Dare Pictures, the series explores the story of how self-styled lawyer and Bulgarian businesswoman Dr. Ruja Ignatova, dubbed ‘The Queen of Crypto,’ scammed investors out of billions of dollars in less than three years through her cryptocurrency brainchild, OneCoin.
At her peak, in 2016, Ignatova presented OneCoin on stage in Wembley stadium and hosted lavish parties in Dubai and New York, all at the expense of her investors.
Sky Germany, the U.K.’s Channel 4 and super-indie Fremantle are backing a three-part doc series about the con, which was spearheaded by the mysterious Dr. Ruja Ignatova, who is still on the run from law enforcement officials.
“Crypto Queen” (working title) promises to shed exclusive new light on one of the biggest digital scams of the last decade. Produced by Tondowski Films and Derren Lawford’s Dare Pictures, the series explores the story of how self-styled lawyer and Bulgarian businesswoman Dr. Ruja Ignatova, dubbed ‘The Queen of Crypto,’ scammed investors out of billions of dollars in less than three years through her cryptocurrency brainchild, OneCoin.
At her peak, in 2016, Ignatova presented OneCoin on stage in Wembley stadium and hosted lavish parties in Dubai and New York, all at the expense of her investors.
- 6/29/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Derren Lawford, the former creative director of British indie producer Woodcut Media, has launched a new film and TV outfit focused on premium content with diversity at its core.
Headquartered in London, Dare Pictures will span documentaries, drama, film and podcasts, with plans to enlist an award-winning international network of directors, authors and producers who want to tell inclusive stories. Through Lawford’s previous work, the company is also positioned to access the worlds of fashion, music and advertising.
“Dare Pictures is primed as a new breed of production studio that takes a progressive and transnational approach in uncovering impactful ideas, whilst shining a light on creative talent across multiple cultures and backgrounds from around the world,” said Lawford.
“It’s both a bold and boutique approach to developing, producing and financing incredible stories, which is why Dare is positioned as a unique hub where independent and commercial creators can...
Headquartered in London, Dare Pictures will span documentaries, drama, film and podcasts, with plans to enlist an award-winning international network of directors, authors and producers who want to tell inclusive stories. Through Lawford’s previous work, the company is also positioned to access the worlds of fashion, music and advertising.
“Dare Pictures is primed as a new breed of production studio that takes a progressive and transnational approach in uncovering impactful ideas, whilst shining a light on creative talent across multiple cultures and backgrounds from around the world,” said Lawford.
“It’s both a bold and boutique approach to developing, producing and financing incredible stories, which is why Dare is positioned as a unique hub where independent and commercial creators can...
- 1/6/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
“We apologise to the signatories for not communicating better.”
The Sheffield Doc/Fest board of trustees have apologised to the festival’s outgoing programming team for “not communicating better” after their contracts ended following the departure of Cintia Gil as festival director due to “artistic differences” earlier this month.
On Friday (August 27) programmers Juliano Gomes, Qila Gill, Carlos Pereira, Christopher Small, Rabz Lansiquot, Soukaina Aboulaoula and Herb Shellenberger - who worked on the festival’s 2020 and 2021 editions - claimed in an open letter that after Gil’s departure they were “silently locked out of our email accounts and all traces of...
The Sheffield Doc/Fest board of trustees have apologised to the festival’s outgoing programming team for “not communicating better” after their contracts ended following the departure of Cintia Gil as festival director due to “artistic differences” earlier this month.
On Friday (August 27) programmers Juliano Gomes, Qila Gill, Carlos Pereira, Christopher Small, Rabz Lansiquot, Soukaina Aboulaoula and Herb Shellenberger - who worked on the festival’s 2020 and 2021 editions - claimed in an open letter that after Gil’s departure they were “silently locked out of our email accounts and all traces of...
- 8/31/2021
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
The Sheffield Doc/Fest board of trustees has apologized to its programming team who departed on acrimonious terms last week, following the departure of artistic director Cintia Gil.
In an emotional statement last week, the festival’s group of seven programmers — Juliano Gomes, Qila Gill, Carlos Pereira, Christopher Small, Rabz Lansiquot, Soukaina Aboulaoula and Herb Shellenberger — spoke out about an ugly clash between the festival’s board and its outlook for the event, and the artistic team and their curatorial vision.
On Tuesday, the board of trustees released an apologetic statement that also asked some searching questions of themselves.
“We agree with the signatories of the letter ‘What is a film festival even for?’ that it is an important question to be asking,” the statement said. “And it’s also important to ask, how does an artistic program balance its subjects and perspectives, while simultaneously championing its filmmakers, growing its audiences and engaging its partners.
In an emotional statement last week, the festival’s group of seven programmers — Juliano Gomes, Qila Gill, Carlos Pereira, Christopher Small, Rabz Lansiquot, Soukaina Aboulaoula and Herb Shellenberger — spoke out about an ugly clash between the festival’s board and its outlook for the event, and the artistic team and their curatorial vision.
On Tuesday, the board of trustees released an apologetic statement that also asked some searching questions of themselves.
“We agree with the signatories of the letter ‘What is a film festival even for?’ that it is an important question to be asking,” the statement said. “And it’s also important to ask, how does an artistic program balance its subjects and perspectives, while simultaneously championing its filmmakers, growing its audiences and engaging its partners.
- 8/31/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The programmers said they received no note of termination and were told they could “reapply for our jobs when the positions were advertised again.”
The programming team for the 2020-2021 editions of Sheffield Doc/Fest has written an open letter lambasting the festival’s board of trustees following the departure of Cintia Gil as festival director due to “artistic differences” earlier this month.
In a long statement, programmers Juliano Gomes, Qila Gill, Carlos Pereira, Christopher Small, Rabz Lansiquot, Soukaina Aboulaoula and Herb Shellenberger claim that following Gil’s departure they were “silently locked out of our email accounts and all...
The programming team for the 2020-2021 editions of Sheffield Doc/Fest has written an open letter lambasting the festival’s board of trustees following the departure of Cintia Gil as festival director due to “artistic differences” earlier this month.
In a long statement, programmers Juliano Gomes, Qila Gill, Carlos Pereira, Christopher Small, Rabz Lansiquot, Soukaina Aboulaoula and Herb Shellenberger claim that following Gil’s departure they were “silently locked out of our email accounts and all...
- 8/27/2021
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Sheffield Doc/Fest, one of the world’s top gatherings for the documentary industry, is in turmoil as its entire programming team appears to have been quietly terminated following the exit of artistic director Cintia Gil last week.
On Friday, in an emotional statement, the festival’s group of seven programmers — Juliano Gomes, Qila Gill, Carlos Pereira, Christopher Small, Rabz Lansiquot, Soukaina Aboulaoula and Herb Shellenberger — spoke out about an ugly clash between the festival’s board of trustees and its outlook for the event, and the artistic team and their curatorial vision.
Noting that the entire group has been with the festival since 2019, under former DocsLisboa chief Gil, they claim they were “silently locked out of our email accounts” days after Gil’s departure, which was chalked up to “artistic differences.” The group also notes that “all traces of our presence at the festival—names, photos, information about our...
On Friday, in an emotional statement, the festival’s group of seven programmers — Juliano Gomes, Qila Gill, Carlos Pereira, Christopher Small, Rabz Lansiquot, Soukaina Aboulaoula and Herb Shellenberger — spoke out about an ugly clash between the festival’s board of trustees and its outlook for the event, and the artistic team and their curatorial vision.
Noting that the entire group has been with the festival since 2019, under former DocsLisboa chief Gil, they claim they were “silently locked out of our email accounts” days after Gil’s departure, which was chalked up to “artistic differences.” The group also notes that “all traces of our presence at the festival—names, photos, information about our...
- 8/27/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Gil will be replaced by interim director Sylvia Bednarz.
Sheffield DocFest director Cintia Gil has left her position over “artistic differences”, according to a statement from the festival.
After two editions in charge, Gil is departing “as a result of artistic differences over the present and future direction of the Festival with the Board of Trustees”, the statement read.
Director of partnerships Sylvia Bednarz is taking over as interim managing director with immediate effect. Bednarz joined DocFest in 2013, having previously worked in production, commissioning and for festivals in the documentary sector.
“The Trustees are extremely grateful for Cíntia’s significant...
Sheffield DocFest director Cintia Gil has left her position over “artistic differences”, according to a statement from the festival.
After two editions in charge, Gil is departing “as a result of artistic differences over the present and future direction of the Festival with the Board of Trustees”, the statement read.
Director of partnerships Sylvia Bednarz is taking over as interim managing director with immediate effect. Bednarz joined DocFest in 2013, having previously worked in production, commissioning and for festivals in the documentary sector.
“The Trustees are extremely grateful for Cíntia’s significant...
- 8/19/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
New members include filmmakers Lynne Ramsay, Haifaa al-Mansour, Fox Searchlight’s Kate Gardiner and Screen Scotland’s Isabel Davis.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has revealed its 2019 intake of new members drawn from the film, TV and games industry.
Among the record 558 new members are filmmakers and writers Haifaa al-Mansour (Wadjda), Laszlo Nemes (Son Of Saul), Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here), Lee Unkrich (Coco) and former Screen Star of Tomorrow Rose Glass (Saint Maud).
New executives on the list include Kate Gardiner (head of Fox Searchlight UK); Jason Maza (Unstoppable), Emma Hewitt (BBC Films...
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has revealed its 2019 intake of new members drawn from the film, TV and games industry.
Among the record 558 new members are filmmakers and writers Haifaa al-Mansour (Wadjda), Laszlo Nemes (Son Of Saul), Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here), Lee Unkrich (Coco) and former Screen Star of Tomorrow Rose Glass (Saint Maud).
New executives on the list include Kate Gardiner (head of Fox Searchlight UK); Jason Maza (Unstoppable), Emma Hewitt (BBC Films...
- 12/4/2019
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
Luke Moody said ‘dinosaurs’ of UK TV had narrowed focus of the festival programme.
Luke Moody, director of programming at the UK’s Sheffield Doc/Fest’s has left the festival, blasting the ‘factual TV dinosaurs’ for restricting plurality and ‘putting forward a colonial focus’ on international issues. His departure comes as DocLisboa co-director Cíntia Gil prepares to take on the role of director, succeeding Liz McIntyre.
Moody left the festival team last week, telling the BFI’s Sight & Sound magazine he quit after this year’s festival, blaming the UK factual TV departments’ dominance of the Doc/Fest board,...
Luke Moody, director of programming at the UK’s Sheffield Doc/Fest’s has left the festival, blasting the ‘factual TV dinosaurs’ for restricting plurality and ‘putting forward a colonial focus’ on international issues. His departure comes as DocLisboa co-director Cíntia Gil prepares to take on the role of director, succeeding Liz McIntyre.
Moody left the festival team last week, telling the BFI’s Sight & Sound magazine he quit after this year’s festival, blaming the UK factual TV departments’ dominance of the Doc/Fest board,...
- 7/23/2019
- by Robin Parker Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
Joseph Fiennes and his cousin Sir Ranulph Fiennes are joining forces for a three-part exploration series on Nat Geo, The Wrap has confirmed. "The Handmaid’s Tale" star and the explorer will take a journey down the Nile River for the documentary series.
"Fiennes: Return to the Nile" will air in 2019, though an exact date is still to be announced. The series commemorates the 50th anniversary of Fiennes’ first journey down the Nile, one of his earliest expeditions, in 1969. The three-part series will see if his Emmy-nominated cousin has what it takes, and the two will crawl through a newly-discovered ancient Egyptian tomb in Minya, get to grips with Tachtib – a traditional fighting technique using four foot sticks and come face to face with dangerous snakes and spiders.
"Fiennes: Return to the Nile" will air in 2019, though an exact date is still to be announced. The series commemorates the 50th anniversary of Fiennes’ first journey down the Nile, one of his earliest expeditions, in 1969. The three-part series will see if his Emmy-nominated cousin has what it takes, and the two will crawl through a newly-discovered ancient Egyptian tomb in Minya, get to grips with Tachtib – a traditional fighting technique using four foot sticks and come face to face with dangerous snakes and spiders.
- 10/29/2018
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Joseph Fiennes and Sir Ranulph Fiennes are teaming up to journey down the Nile in a three-part documentary series for Nat Geo.
The Handmaid’s Tale and Shakespeare in Love star is teaming with the explorer, who is his cousin, in Fiennes: Return to the Nile. The pair will journey down the river in Egypt to re-visit the locations that Ranulph explored on his first expedition 50 years ago.
Ranulph was the first to journey down the Nile in 1969 as part of the White Nile Hovercraft Expedition, which saw him travel from Alexandria on the Mediterranean to the Nile’s source at Lake Victoria. He used a Hoverhawk to ascend the longest river in the world at 4,000 miles.
The doc series will find out whether Joseph Fiennes can cut it in Sir Ranulph’s world and ask whether he has what it takes to be an explorer. The pair will...
The Handmaid’s Tale and Shakespeare in Love star is teaming with the explorer, who is his cousin, in Fiennes: Return to the Nile. The pair will journey down the river in Egypt to re-visit the locations that Ranulph explored on his first expedition 50 years ago.
Ranulph was the first to journey down the Nile in 1969 as part of the White Nile Hovercraft Expedition, which saw him travel from Alexandria on the Mediterranean to the Nile’s source at Lake Victoria. He used a Hoverhawk to ascend the longest river in the world at 4,000 miles.
The doc series will find out whether Joseph Fiennes can cut it in Sir Ranulph’s world and ask whether he has what it takes to be an explorer. The pair will...
- 10/29/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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