Kent Melton, the animation sculptor who created maquettes made of clay for iconic characters found in movies including Aladdin, The Lion King, Mulan, The Incredibles and Coraline, has died. He was 68.
Melton died Thursday at his home in Stone County, Missouri, of Lewy body dementia, family members told The Hollywood Reporter.
One of the few artists left in the industry who still sculpted in clay, Melton was a key player in the Disney animation renaissance of the 1990s. Later, he helped Laika Studios become a stop-motion powerhouse. Along the way, he was entrusted by animators to bring their two-dimensional drawings into a three-dimensional world.
Melton’s first Disney credit came on Aladdin (1992), followed by work on such other studio films as Thumbelina (1994), The Lion King (1994), Pocahontas (1995), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Hercules (1997), Mulan (1998), The Prince of Egypt (1998), Tarzan (1999), The Road to El Dorado (2000), Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron...
Melton died Thursday at his home in Stone County, Missouri, of Lewy body dementia, family members told The Hollywood Reporter.
One of the few artists left in the industry who still sculpted in clay, Melton was a key player in the Disney animation renaissance of the 1990s. Later, he helped Laika Studios become a stop-motion powerhouse. Along the way, he was entrusted by animators to bring their two-dimensional drawings into a three-dimensional world.
Melton’s first Disney credit came on Aladdin (1992), followed by work on such other studio films as Thumbelina (1994), The Lion King (1994), Pocahontas (1995), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Hercules (1997), Mulan (1998), The Prince of Egypt (1998), Tarzan (1999), The Road to El Dorado (2000), Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron...
- 2/22/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Frank Welker is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. He has appeared in some of the biggest blockbusters ever which have, collectively, earned over $17 billion. Children everywhere can likely recognize Welker's voice on the spot, as he played Freddy in the original "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!" TV series, a role he continued to play until the present day. He also eventually took over playing Shaggy when Casey Kasem passed away in 2014.
Welker has also played DynoMutt, Jabberjaw, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Bogg, Flooky, Spike, Tyke, Droopy, Slick Wolf, Sporticus XI, Hefty Smurf, Clockwork Smurf, Poet Smurf, Chomp Chomp, Morris, Adult Pac-Baby, Brain, Dr. Claw, M.A.D. Cat, Donkey Kong Junior, Q*Mungus, Coilee, Ugg, Wrongway, Sam Slick, Blades, Chromedome, Frenzy, Groove, Mirage, Mixmaster, Ratbat, Ravage, Rumble, Sharkticon, Skywarp, Sludge, Soundwave, Superion, Sweep, Trailbreaker, Wreck-Gar, Orbitty, Richard Rocketeer, Copperhead, Flash, Freedom, Junkyard, Polly, Short-Fuse, Timber, Torch, Wild Bill, Terry, Lunex, Zorg,...
Welker has also played DynoMutt, Jabberjaw, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Bogg, Flooky, Spike, Tyke, Droopy, Slick Wolf, Sporticus XI, Hefty Smurf, Clockwork Smurf, Poet Smurf, Chomp Chomp, Morris, Adult Pac-Baby, Brain, Dr. Claw, M.A.D. Cat, Donkey Kong Junior, Q*Mungus, Coilee, Ugg, Wrongway, Sam Slick, Blades, Chromedome, Frenzy, Groove, Mirage, Mixmaster, Ratbat, Ravage, Rumble, Sharkticon, Skywarp, Sludge, Soundwave, Superion, Sweep, Trailbreaker, Wreck-Gar, Orbitty, Richard Rocketeer, Copperhead, Flash, Freedom, Junkyard, Polly, Short-Fuse, Timber, Torch, Wild Bill, Terry, Lunex, Zorg,...
- 9/3/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Converge have added a run of Fall 2023 North American tour dates.
The outing will stick to the West Coast and kicks off September 29th in Los Angeles before wrapping up on October 8th in Pamona, California. Deaf Club, Elizabeth Colour Wheel, and Entry will provide support for the run, which includes a stop at the Aftershock Festival in Sacramento on October 6th (minus the support acts)
A Live Nation pre-sale for select dates launched today (July 13th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster using the code Legend. General ticket sales for the upcoming West Coast dates begin Friday (July 14th). You can also check for deals or pick up tickets to sold-out dates via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.
The West Coast jaunt is bookended by a set of European/UK tour dates in August and two additional East Coast shows with...
The outing will stick to the West Coast and kicks off September 29th in Los Angeles before wrapping up on October 8th in Pamona, California. Deaf Club, Elizabeth Colour Wheel, and Entry will provide support for the run, which includes a stop at the Aftershock Festival in Sacramento on October 6th (minus the support acts)
A Live Nation pre-sale for select dates launched today (July 13th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster using the code Legend. General ticket sales for the upcoming West Coast dates begin Friday (July 14th). You can also check for deals or pick up tickets to sold-out dates via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.
The West Coast jaunt is bookended by a set of European/UK tour dates in August and two additional East Coast shows with...
- 7/13/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
"What if everything you know to be true is one big lie?" Apple has revealed a quick teaser for an intriguing new sci-fi series titled Silo, arriving for streaming starting in May. This new title, Silo, is the same title as the book series it's based on - but the project was going with the title Wool initially while in production. Perhaps a reference to the "wool" being pulled over our eyes? "The truth will surface." In a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously, engineer Juliette starts to uncover shocking secrets and the truth about the silo. The series stars Rebecca Ferguson as Juliette, with an ensemble cast including Tim Robbins, Rashida Jones, David Oyelowo, Common, Harriet Walter, Avi Nash, Chinaza Uche, & Iain Glen. This looks legit - I dig the entire setup...
- 3/6/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Regé-Jean Page shot into stardom with his role as the Duke of Hastings on Netflix’s Bridgerton. Since his exit, he has dodged rumors of his return and quickly made a name for himself in Hollywood.
Page is now trying to bring his success to the big screen. He’s slated to star in the upcoming Dungeons and Dragons movie and is repeatedly mentioned when discussing who will become the next James Bond.
Page takes his fame in stride and recently revealed he isn’t phased by whether or not he’s a so-called “movie star.”
The movie star controversy
In late 2022, Quentin Tarantino, the director of cult classics like Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill, went on the podcast 2 Bears, 1 Cave, to discuss the death of the movie star. He told the show’s host, Tom Segura, that the “Marvelization” of Hollywood movies has made the industry stagnant.
“And they...
Page is now trying to bring his success to the big screen. He’s slated to star in the upcoming Dungeons and Dragons movie and is repeatedly mentioned when discussing who will become the next James Bond.
Page takes his fame in stride and recently revealed he isn’t phased by whether or not he’s a so-called “movie star.”
The movie star controversy
In late 2022, Quentin Tarantino, the director of cult classics like Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill, went on the podcast 2 Bears, 1 Cave, to discuss the death of the movie star. He told the show’s host, Tom Segura, that the “Marvelization” of Hollywood movies has made the industry stagnant.
“And they...
- 3/4/2023
- by Julie Rhoads
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Director Mimi Cave – who recently made her feature directorial debut with the thriller Fresh – is now set to take the helm of a Hitchcockian thriller called Holland, Michigan, and she’s busy building a supporting cast around the film’s star and producer Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge). A couple weeks ago, it was announced that Gael García Bernal (Werewolf by Night) had joined the cast. Now Matthew Macfadyen (Succession) and child actor Jude Hill (Belfast) have also signed on to play roles in Holland, Michigan. Details on their characters have not been shared.
Holland, Michigan is a project that has spent the last decade in development hell. It started out with a screenplay by Andrew Sodroski, creator of the Discovery television series Manhunt, that was featured on the Black List back in 2013. At one point, documentarian Errol Morris was going to direct a version of Holland, Michigan that was going to star Naomi Watts,...
Holland, Michigan is a project that has spent the last decade in development hell. It started out with a screenplay by Andrew Sodroski, creator of the Discovery television series Manhunt, that was featured on the Black List back in 2013. At one point, documentarian Errol Morris was going to direct a version of Holland, Michigan that was going to star Naomi Watts,...
- 2/13/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
At this point, it feels like there have already been 13 movies made about the 2018 Thai cave rescue, with "The Cave," "The Rescue," and now Ron Howard's "Thirteen Lives" flooding the market — not unlike the cave system where 12 boys and their soccer coach were once trapped and in need of rescue. "Thirteen Lives," however, boasts what is perhaps the most impressive cast list, including but not limited to Colin Farrell, Viggo Mortensen, Joel Edgerton, and Vithaya Pansringarm (the man who put the "God" in Nicolas Winding Refn's "Only God Forgives.")
"Thirteen Lives" was originally on the calendar for April 2022,...
The post Ron Howard's Thai Cave Rescue Movie, Thirteen Lives, is Coming to Theaters and Streaming in August appeared first on /Film.
"Thirteen Lives" was originally on the calendar for April 2022,...
The post Ron Howard's Thai Cave Rescue Movie, Thirteen Lives, is Coming to Theaters and Streaming in August appeared first on /Film.
- 5/17/2022
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
The musician holds the spotlight again in Andrew Dominik’s followup documentary, with star-quality input from Warren Ellis and Marianne Faithfull
There’s a sweet moment in this mostly music documentary about rock star Nick Cave, in which he talks about having always defined himself in the past as a musician or a performer, but now he thinks of himself increasingly as a father or a husband. He even jokes that recently he took the government’s advice to retrain during the pandemic and became a ceramicist, specialising in mock-Meissen figurines showing the devil at various stages of a melancholy life, several of which enigmatically involved sailors.
As the soliloquy says, one man in his time plays many parts, and in Cave’s case one of those roles could be described as semi-professional documentary subject, as there have already been quite a few films about him – most notably Iain Forsyth...
There’s a sweet moment in this mostly music documentary about rock star Nick Cave, in which he talks about having always defined himself in the past as a musician or a performer, but now he thinks of himself increasingly as a father or a husband. He even jokes that recently he took the government’s advice to retrain during the pandemic and became a ceramicist, specialising in mock-Meissen figurines showing the devil at various stages of a melancholy life, several of which enigmatically involved sailors.
As the soliloquy says, one man in his time plays many parts, and in Cave’s case one of those roles could be described as semi-professional documentary subject, as there have already been quite a few films about him – most notably Iain Forsyth...
- 5/10/2022
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: In 2016, Cheryl Guerriero’s script about a college football star-turned-convict landed her a spot on the Black List. Nearly four years later, the writer-producer’s screenplay became Palmer, the Apple TV+ film directed by Oscar-winning The Cave helmer Fisher Stevens with Justin Timberlake starring in the lead role.
Set in a small Louisiana town, Palmer follows Timberlake’s Eddie Palmer as he returns to his community following some time behind bars. Looking to start over, Eddie finds company in a 7-year-old boy named Sam (breakout Ryder Allen), who amuses himself with pretty hair accessories, dolls and Disney princesses. Abandoned by his mother (Juno Temple) and often the target of bullying, Sam forges a brotherly bond with Eddie that helps the latter pick up the pieces of his once-broken life. June Squibb stars as Eddie’s grandmother Vivian, and Alisha Wainwright plays Sam’s Teacher Maggie.
Apple acquired Palmer in...
Set in a small Louisiana town, Palmer follows Timberlake’s Eddie Palmer as he returns to his community following some time behind bars. Looking to start over, Eddie finds company in a 7-year-old boy named Sam (breakout Ryder Allen), who amuses himself with pretty hair accessories, dolls and Disney princesses. Abandoned by his mother (Juno Temple) and often the target of bullying, Sam forges a brotherly bond with Eddie that helps the latter pick up the pieces of his once-broken life. June Squibb stars as Eddie’s grandmother Vivian, and Alisha Wainwright plays Sam’s Teacher Maggie.
Apple acquired Palmer in...
- 2/5/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Well, the biggest reason that Encino Man 2 could work is that the main stars, Brendan Fraser, Pauley Shore, and Sean Astin are all ready and willing to get moving on the project, but beyond that, it’s kind of hard to come up with other reasons why it would work. It’s a question of how many others the movie could bring back since getting Sandra Hess back would be nice, and it would be great to get Megan Ward back as well. If you’re not remembering which parts they played, Sandra was Link’s Cave Nug, or girlfriend, that showed up
An Encino Man 2 Could Actually Work: Here’s Why...
An Encino Man 2 Could Actually Work: Here’s Why...
- 11/24/2020
- by Tom
- TVovermind.com
Filmmaker Feras Fayyad joined me for Deadline’s Contenders Television: The Nominees all-day event to discuss his multiple-Emmy nominated The Cave, the harrowing documentary he spent 3 1/2 years making.
It chronicles the plight of hospitals trying to provide urgent medical care during the five-year Syrian civil war. His focused on one that, as many have been forced to do, became an underground operation in order to remain undetected. In particular, The Cave centered on Dr. Amani Ballour, who ran the operation at great risk to her own life.
The Cave is up for Outstanding Merit in Documentary Film as well as writing, directing and cinematography. Earlier this year, it was nominated for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar, Fayyad’s second after being Oscar nominated and awarded an Emmy for 2018’s Last Men in Aleppo.
Talking to me from Berlin, Fayyad, who is Syrian, explained why this was a personal story affecting...
It chronicles the plight of hospitals trying to provide urgent medical care during the five-year Syrian civil war. His focused on one that, as many have been forced to do, became an underground operation in order to remain undetected. In particular, The Cave centered on Dr. Amani Ballour, who ran the operation at great risk to her own life.
The Cave is up for Outstanding Merit in Documentary Film as well as writing, directing and cinematography. Earlier this year, it was nominated for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar, Fayyad’s second after being Oscar nominated and awarded an Emmy for 2018’s Last Men in Aleppo.
Talking to me from Berlin, Fayyad, who is Syrian, explained why this was a personal story affecting...
- 8/16/2020
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Putting together the documentary “The Cave” — which follows a group of mostly female doctors working at a subterranean hospital in Eastern Ghouta during the Syrian Civil War — was so traumatizing that the filmmakers employed an on-call therapist during production.
“Some days I could only work one hour, and then I had to go home, crying,” editor Per Kirkegaard told awards editor Steve Pond during TheWrap’s Oscars Screening Series on Sunday. “But it’s a little price to pay, given what the Syrian people are experiencing.”
Pediatrician Amani Ballour is the subject of the Best Feature Documentary nominee. Viewers follow the doctor as she operates the underground hospital nicknamed “The Cave,” covering under shelling as she pulls shrapnel from children’s mouths and resuscitates victims of chemical warfare.
Also Read: 'The Cave' Film Review: Women Are Lifesaving Heroes in Syrian War Hospital Documentary
“I will never do a...
“Some days I could only work one hour, and then I had to go home, crying,” editor Per Kirkegaard told awards editor Steve Pond during TheWrap’s Oscars Screening Series on Sunday. “But it’s a little price to pay, given what the Syrian people are experiencing.”
Pediatrician Amani Ballour is the subject of the Best Feature Documentary nominee. Viewers follow the doctor as she operates the underground hospital nicknamed “The Cave,” covering under shelling as she pulls shrapnel from children’s mouths and resuscitates victims of chemical warfare.
Also Read: 'The Cave' Film Review: Women Are Lifesaving Heroes in Syrian War Hospital Documentary
“I will never do a...
- 2/4/2020
- by Daniel Toomey
- The Wrap
While an all-male list of director contenders and a mostly white actors roster caught the eye of the diversity-conscious on Oscar nominations day, another blip signaled deep change within the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. That is, four out of five documentary feature nominees—The Cave, The Edge Of Democracy, For Sama, and Honeyland— came from outside the United States, and leaned heavily into foreign languages, including Arabic, Portuguese, Turkish, Macedonian, and Serbo-Croatian dialects. Meanwhile, the single largely American nominee—American Factory, from Netflix—featured a number of Chinese factory managers in Ohio, and communicated partly in Mandarin.
This is new, and not an accident.
In eight of the prior ten years, there were at least three nominated documentary features of U. S. origin, and never fewer than two. Even in 2013, when How To Survive A Plague and The Invisible War were the only American entries, the year...
This is new, and not an accident.
In eight of the prior ten years, there were at least three nominated documentary features of U. S. origin, and never fewer than two. Even in 2013, when How To Survive A Plague and The Invisible War were the only American entries, the year...
- 1/20/2020
- by Michael Cieply
- Deadline Film + TV
Feras Fayyad, the two-time Academy Award nominee behind Last Men in Aleppo and The Cave, has yet to be able to secure an extended U.S. visa — despite his recent Oscar nomination for best documentary and multiple other awards.
The Cave, distributed by National Geographic Documentary Films in the U.S., has earned the Syrian filmmaker universal acclaim, as have his visa struggles, which have not gone unnoticed. This week alone, the TV Academy and the International Documentary Association were among the entertainment organizations that implored the State Department to grant Fayyad entry.
Still, efforts to get him to the U.S....
The Cave, distributed by National Geographic Documentary Films in the U.S., has earned the Syrian filmmaker universal acclaim, as have his visa struggles, which have not gone unnoticed. This week alone, the TV Academy and the International Documentary Association were among the entertainment organizations that implored the State Department to grant Fayyad entry.
Still, efforts to get him to the U.S....
- 1/17/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Feras Fayyad risked his own life to bring “The Cave,” his harrowing look at a team of female doctors tending to the wounded in the midst of the Syrian War, to the screen.
The acclaimed documentary is short-listed for an Academy Award and has earned rave reviews for its unflinching portrait of heroism in the face of a complete social breakdown. In addition to its artistic achievements, “The Cave” also represents an extraordinary endurance act on the part the filmmakers.
Fayyad and his primary cinematographers Muhammed Khair Al Shami, Ammar Sulaiman and Mohammed Eyad, followed Dr. Amani Ballor, a pediatrician and the manager of an underground hospital in war-torn Al Ghouta, as she tended to patients and tried to maintain morale as bombs dropped all around her and her team. Between 2012 to 2018, they shot roughly 1,000 hours of material.
Capturing the story required Fayyad to improvise ways to smuggle himself and...
The acclaimed documentary is short-listed for an Academy Award and has earned rave reviews for its unflinching portrait of heroism in the face of a complete social breakdown. In addition to its artistic achievements, “The Cave” also represents an extraordinary endurance act on the part the filmmakers.
Fayyad and his primary cinematographers Muhammed Khair Al Shami, Ammar Sulaiman and Mohammed Eyad, followed Dr. Amani Ballor, a pediatrician and the manager of an underground hospital in war-torn Al Ghouta, as she tended to patients and tried to maintain morale as bombs dropped all around her and her team. Between 2012 to 2018, they shot roughly 1,000 hours of material.
Capturing the story required Fayyad to improvise ways to smuggle himself and...
- 1/4/2020
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Documentaries will play a more prominent role than ever before at the AFI Fest, which kicks off Nov. 14.
While AFI Fest 2018 featured 15 documentary features playing in various categories, this year’s edition of Los Angeles-based fest will play host to 22 feature docs, 16 of which will screen in the fest’s new documentary section.
“When documentaries were part of other sections in years past we felt like attendees were having trouble finding them,” says festival director Michael Lumpkin, who took the reins last year from previous AFI head Jacqueline Lyanga. “People go to see documentaries with a clear interest in them, so by incorporating this new section, we are helping audiences find exactly what they’re looking for.”
AFI Fest director of programming Lane Kneedler adds that the nonfiction genre’s recent big-ticket acquisitions and impressive box-office receipts made the addition of the section a no-brainer.
“Just a few years ago,...
While AFI Fest 2018 featured 15 documentary features playing in various categories, this year’s edition of Los Angeles-based fest will play host to 22 feature docs, 16 of which will screen in the fest’s new documentary section.
“When documentaries were part of other sections in years past we felt like attendees were having trouble finding them,” says festival director Michael Lumpkin, who took the reins last year from previous AFI head Jacqueline Lyanga. “People go to see documentaries with a clear interest in them, so by incorporating this new section, we are helping audiences find exactly what they’re looking for.”
AFI Fest director of programming Lane Kneedler adds that the nonfiction genre’s recent big-ticket acquisitions and impressive box-office receipts made the addition of the section a no-brainer.
“Just a few years ago,...
- 11/14/2019
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: France, Japan, Spain among deals for adventure-thriller.
Danish outfit LevelK has sold Norwegian action-thriller Cave to Spain (Film Buro), Japan (At Entertainment), France (Swift Distribution), China (Jetsen Huashi Cultural Media), Korea (JoyNCinema), Turkey (Sinema TV) and Iran (21st Century Pictures).
The deals follow the recently secured pact for North America and Latin America with California Filmes.
Writer-director-producer Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken’s third feature, shot on location in Norway and Mexico, follows a group of former elite military operatives who set out to explore an uncharted cave system.
Cast includes Mads Sjøgård Pettersen (Eddie The Eagle), Benjamin Helstad (King Of Devil’s Island), Heidi Toini (Nobel) and Ingar Helge Gimle (Hotel Caesar).
Cave closed the Haugesund Film Festival and premiered in Norway on Sept. 2.
Danish outfit LevelK has sold Norwegian action-thriller Cave to Spain (Film Buro), Japan (At Entertainment), France (Swift Distribution), China (Jetsen Huashi Cultural Media), Korea (JoyNCinema), Turkey (Sinema TV) and Iran (21st Century Pictures).
The deals follow the recently secured pact for North America and Latin America with California Filmes.
Writer-director-producer Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken’s third feature, shot on location in Norway and Mexico, follows a group of former elite military operatives who set out to explore an uncharted cave system.
Cast includes Mads Sjøgård Pettersen (Eddie The Eagle), Benjamin Helstad (King Of Devil’s Island), Heidi Toini (Nobel) and Ingar Helge Gimle (Hotel Caesar).
Cave closed the Haugesund Film Festival and premiered in Norway on Sept. 2.
- 11/5/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The Damned producers Emilie Jouffroy and Kamilla Hodol are recipients of a BFI Vision Award this year.
Seven genre features were pitched as part of the Nordic Genre Boost at Haugesund’s New Nordic Films market on Wednesday.
Highlights include prolific Icelandic director’s character-driven sci-fi East By Eleven; and The Damned, a Norwegian-uk-Iceland co-production that will be directed by Iceland-born, UK-based director Thordur Palsson and produced by Emilie Jouffroy and Kamilla Hodol of London’s Elation Pictures, which has just received a BFI Vision Award announced today.
This is the third round of the development initiative Nordic Genre Boost launched by Nordisk Film & TV Fond in December 2014. The Boost gives each project a grant of $18,500 (Nok 200,000) as well as offering two residential workshops and mentoring.
“The aim of this initiative is to encourage and support Nordic genre films, giving the selected projects a platform on which to strengthen their visibility and potential to reach the production...
Seven genre features were pitched as part of the Nordic Genre Boost at Haugesund’s New Nordic Films market on Wednesday.
Highlights include prolific Icelandic director’s character-driven sci-fi East By Eleven; and The Damned, a Norwegian-uk-Iceland co-production that will be directed by Iceland-born, UK-based director Thordur Palsson and produced by Emilie Jouffroy and Kamilla Hodol of London’s Elation Pictures, which has just received a BFI Vision Award announced today.
This is the third round of the development initiative Nordic Genre Boost launched by Nordisk Film & TV Fond in December 2014. The Boost gives each project a grant of $18,500 (Nok 200,000) as well as offering two residential workshops and mentoring.
“The aim of this initiative is to encourage and support Nordic genre films, giving the selected projects a platform on which to strengthen their visibility and potential to reach the production...
- 8/24/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Twenty-two emerging producers to receive up to £2.2m; almost 500 applicants.Scroll Down For Recipients
The BFI has announced the recipients of its 2016-18 Vision Awards, comprising 22 investments in up-and-coming UK producers.
The awards, generally spread over two years, are designed to enable producers to build and develop their companies, slates and creative relationships.
The BFI had intended to give 20 awards but increased that allocation to 22 in response to the number of strong applications it received. Almost 500 companies applied for the awards, which are backed by a total commitment from the BFI of £2.2m of National Lottery funding.
Fifteen of the awards are to women producers or partnerships, while eight of the companies are based outside of London, located in Belfast, Cardiff, Glasgow, Hull, Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield and York.
In a bid to foster sustainability, the third iteration of the Vision Awards will include an allowance to cover a producer’s fees and overheads of up to half...
The BFI has announced the recipients of its 2016-18 Vision Awards, comprising 22 investments in up-and-coming UK producers.
The awards, generally spread over two years, are designed to enable producers to build and develop their companies, slates and creative relationships.
The BFI had intended to give 20 awards but increased that allocation to 22 in response to the number of strong applications it received. Almost 500 companies applied for the awards, which are backed by a total commitment from the BFI of £2.2m of National Lottery funding.
Fifteen of the awards are to women producers or partnerships, while eight of the companies are based outside of London, located in Belfast, Cardiff, Glasgow, Hull, Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield and York.
In a bid to foster sustainability, the third iteration of the Vision Awards will include an allowance to cover a producer’s fees and overheads of up to half...
- 8/24/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Companies to collaborate on slate from emerging Norwegian director.
Danish sales outfit LevelK is partnering with Norwegian production company FilmBros to work on a slate of films by 26-year-old rising director Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken.
The first film in the deal will be Dahlsbakken´s third feature Cave, an action-thriller shot on location in Norway and Mexico, which is currently in post-production and will be released theatrically in Norway on September 2 by Another World Entertainment.
Cave, which has a production budget of $500,000, is about a group of former military elites who set out to explore a terrifying uncharted abyss. Cast includes Mads Sjøgård Pettersen (Eddie The Eagle), Benjamin Helstad (King Of Devil’s Island), Heidi Toini (Nobel) and Ingar Helge Gimle (Hotel Caesar).
The film was pitched as a work in progress at this year’s Goteborg Film Festival and LevelK will show a promo in Cannes.
FilmBros is already in pre-production on a sequel, Cave 2, which...
Danish sales outfit LevelK is partnering with Norwegian production company FilmBros to work on a slate of films by 26-year-old rising director Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken.
The first film in the deal will be Dahlsbakken´s third feature Cave, an action-thriller shot on location in Norway and Mexico, which is currently in post-production and will be released theatrically in Norway on September 2 by Another World Entertainment.
Cave, which has a production budget of $500,000, is about a group of former military elites who set out to explore a terrifying uncharted abyss. Cast includes Mads Sjøgård Pettersen (Eddie The Eagle), Benjamin Helstad (King Of Devil’s Island), Heidi Toini (Nobel) and Ingar Helge Gimle (Hotel Caesar).
The film was pitched as a work in progress at this year’s Goteborg Film Festival and LevelK will show a promo in Cannes.
FilmBros is already in pre-production on a sequel, Cave 2, which...
- 4/25/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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