Sheffield DocFest has selected 50 projects for the 2024 edition of MeetMarket, its pitching event for documentary films at development, production and rough cut stage.
Titles in the selection include Rachel Close’s One Of Us, a Romanian film in co-production with the UK. The film sees UK-Romanian filmmaker Close travel to Romania to help a stranger search for her birth mother. The project is produced by Monica Lazurean-Gorgan, who previously produced Berlinale 2023 selection Between Revolutions, and Elena Martin.
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The five Rough Cut projects include Isabel Alcantara and Alfredo Alcantara’s Mexican title The Age Of Water,...
Titles in the selection include Rachel Close’s One Of Us, a Romanian film in co-production with the UK. The film sees UK-Romanian filmmaker Close travel to Romania to help a stranger search for her birth mother. The project is produced by Monica Lazurean-Gorgan, who previously produced Berlinale 2023 selection Between Revolutions, and Elena Martin.
Scroll down for the full list of projects
The five Rough Cut projects include Isabel Alcantara and Alfredo Alcantara’s Mexican title The Age Of Water,...
- 4/25/2024
- ScreenDaily
Sheffield DocFest has selected 50 projects for the 2024 edition of MeetMarket, its pitching event for documentary films at development, production and rough cut stage.
Titles in the selection include Rachel Close’s One Of Us, a Romanian film in co-production with the UK. The film sees UK-Romanian filmmaker Close travel to Romania to help a stranger search for her birth mother. The project is produced by Monica Lazurean-Gorgan, who previously produced Berlinale 2023 selection Between Revolutions, and Elena Martin.
Scroll down for the full list of projects
The five Rough Cut projects include Isabel Alcantara and Alfredo Alcantara’s Mexican title The Age Of Water,...
Titles in the selection include Rachel Close’s One Of Us, a Romanian film in co-production with the UK. The film sees UK-Romanian filmmaker Close travel to Romania to help a stranger search for her birth mother. The project is produced by Monica Lazurean-Gorgan, who previously produced Berlinale 2023 selection Between Revolutions, and Elena Martin.
Scroll down for the full list of projects
The five Rough Cut projects include Isabel Alcantara and Alfredo Alcantara’s Mexican title The Age Of Water,...
- 4/25/2024
- ScreenDaily
Less than two weeks after 20 Days in Mariupol won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, another important film about Ukraine has bowed on the world stage.
A Poem for Little People, directed by Ivan Sautkin, held its international premiere Thursday at Cph:dox in Copenhagen. It screens again on Saturday. In cinéma vérité style, the film documents the most vulnerable people on front lines of the war in Ukraine, and the volunteers of an evacuation team who risk their lives to save them.
“Through its two parallel plotlines, the film follows the exploits of a volunteer evacuation team in the front lines of Eastern Ukraine, led by young, precociously stoic Anton, as well as the wartime daily lives and unlikely friendship of two elderly women – pragmatic Zinaida and dreamy, starry-eyed Taisia – who decided to stay at their homes in the now de-occupied Chernihiv region,” according to a synopsis of the documentary.
A Poem for Little People, directed by Ivan Sautkin, held its international premiere Thursday at Cph:dox in Copenhagen. It screens again on Saturday. In cinéma vérité style, the film documents the most vulnerable people on front lines of the war in Ukraine, and the volunteers of an evacuation team who risk their lives to save them.
“Through its two parallel plotlines, the film follows the exploits of a volunteer evacuation team in the front lines of Eastern Ukraine, led by young, precociously stoic Anton, as well as the wartime daily lives and unlikely friendship of two elderly women – pragmatic Zinaida and dreamy, starry-eyed Taisia – who decided to stay at their homes in the now de-occupied Chernihiv region,” according to a synopsis of the documentary.
- 3/22/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Duo joined by Altitude, BBC Film, Lionsgate execs.
The second group of judges for The Big Screen Awards 2023 has been announced, ahead of the ceremony on November 23 at The Brewery in London.
New judges include Krishnendu Majumdar, former chair of Bafta and co-founder of UK production company Me + You Productions; and Fiona Lamptey, former director of UK features at Netflix and founder and producer at Fruit Tree Media.
Also joining the judging panel are Kristin Irving, BBC Film commissioning executive; Stuart Brown, head of programme and acquisitions at the BFI; and Paul Sophocli, senior theatrical sales manager at Lionsgate.
The second group of judges for The Big Screen Awards 2023 has been announced, ahead of the ceremony on November 23 at The Brewery in London.
New judges include Krishnendu Majumdar, former chair of Bafta and co-founder of UK production company Me + You Productions; and Fiona Lamptey, former director of UK features at Netflix and founder and producer at Fruit Tree Media.
Also joining the judging panel are Kristin Irving, BBC Film commissioning executive; Stuart Brown, head of programme and acquisitions at the BFI; and Paul Sophocli, senior theatrical sales manager at Lionsgate.
- 9/29/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
MetFilm Sales has picked up worldwide rights (excluding U.K.) and will handle international sales on acclaimed documentary “Name Me Lawand” from “Gangs of London” producer Pulse Films.
Directed by Edward Lovelace (“The Possibilities Are Endless”), the documentary, filmed over four years, follows Lawand Hamad Amin, who spent his early years in Iraq unable to hear or communicate. His profound deafness meant he could not learn language, and with no access to a deaf education, Lawand grew isolated and trapped inside himself.
His parents and brother decided to take Lawand on an epic and bewildering journey across Europe to seek refuge in England. At a specialist deaf school in Derby, Lawand starts learning British Sign Language. For the first time in his life he begins to understand the world around him. In order to overcome what he’s been through, he will need to articulate who Lawand really is.
When...
Directed by Edward Lovelace (“The Possibilities Are Endless”), the documentary, filmed over four years, follows Lawand Hamad Amin, who spent his early years in Iraq unable to hear or communicate. His profound deafness meant he could not learn language, and with no access to a deaf education, Lawand grew isolated and trapped inside himself.
His parents and brother decided to take Lawand on an epic and bewildering journey across Europe to seek refuge in England. At a specialist deaf school in Derby, Lawand starts learning British Sign Language. For the first time in his life he begins to understand the world around him. In order to overcome what he’s been through, he will need to articulate who Lawand really is.
When...
- 9/20/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The ceremony will take place on November 23 at The Brewery in London.
The deadline for entries for The Big Screen Awards 2023 has been extended to Friday September 15.
Click Here to enter the Awards
The Big Screen Awards were rebranded from the Screen Awards last year, and recognise the achievements of marketing, distribution, publicity and exhibition teams and companies for their work releasing films into UK cinemas and connecting them with audiences.
The ceremony will take place on November 23 at The Brewery in London.
A new category for 2023 is Team Of The Year, which is open to a team from any discipline,...
The deadline for entries for The Big Screen Awards 2023 has been extended to Friday September 15.
Click Here to enter the Awards
The Big Screen Awards were rebranded from the Screen Awards last year, and recognise the achievements of marketing, distribution, publicity and exhibition teams and companies for their work releasing films into UK cinemas and connecting them with audiences.
The ceremony will take place on November 23 at The Brewery in London.
A new category for 2023 is Team Of The Year, which is open to a team from any discipline,...
- 9/5/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
The Big Screen Awards ceremony will take place on November 23 at The Brewery in London.
The first group of judges for The Big Screen Awards 2023 has been announced ahead of the entry deadline of September 8.
The Big Screen Awards were rebranded from the Screen Awards last year, and recognise the achievements of marketing, distribution, publicity and exhibition teams and companies for their work releasing films into UK cinemas and connecting them with audiences.
Among the first group of judges confirmed for this year’s awards are producers Andrea Cornwell and Lisa Marie Russo, plus former Lff head and current Nfts exec Tricia Tuttle,...
The first group of judges for The Big Screen Awards 2023 has been announced ahead of the entry deadline of September 8.
The Big Screen Awards were rebranded from the Screen Awards last year, and recognise the achievements of marketing, distribution, publicity and exhibition teams and companies for their work releasing films into UK cinemas and connecting them with audiences.
Among the first group of judges confirmed for this year’s awards are producers Andrea Cornwell and Lisa Marie Russo, plus former Lff head and current Nfts exec Tricia Tuttle,...
- 8/16/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
The Big Screen Awards ceremony will take place on November 23 at The Brewery in London.
The first group of judges for The Big Screen Awards 2023 has been announced ahead of the entry deadline of September 8.
The Big Screen Awards were rebranded from the Screen Awards last year, and recognise the achievements of marketing, distribution, publicity and exhibition teams and companies for their work releasing films into UK cinemas and connecting them with audiences.
Among the first group of judges confirmed for this year’s awards are producers Andrea Cornwall and Lisa Marie Russo, plus former Lff head and current Nfts exec Tricia Tuttle,...
The first group of judges for The Big Screen Awards 2023 has been announced ahead of the entry deadline of September 8.
The Big Screen Awards were rebranded from the Screen Awards last year, and recognise the achievements of marketing, distribution, publicity and exhibition teams and companies for their work releasing films into UK cinemas and connecting them with audiences.
Among the first group of judges confirmed for this year’s awards are producers Andrea Cornwall and Lisa Marie Russo, plus former Lff head and current Nfts exec Tricia Tuttle,...
- 8/16/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Guests to attend include Harris Dickinson, Emilia Jones, Anton Corbijn.
New BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson, Elysian CEO Danny Perkins and producers Tristan Goligher and Mary Burke are among the recent additions to the industry programme at next month’s Sundance Film Festival: London (July 6-9).
All four will be speaking at the event, as will filmmakers Gurinder Chadha, Alice Lowe, Marianna Palka and Zeina Durra; composer Nainita Desai; and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2021 casting director Heather Basten.
Further new speakers include A24 executives Harpa Manku and Tom Lazenby; and Luane Gauer, SVP, international production and acquisitions at Black Bear International.
New BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson, Elysian CEO Danny Perkins and producers Tristan Goligher and Mary Burke are among the recent additions to the industry programme at next month’s Sundance Film Festival: London (July 6-9).
All four will be speaking at the event, as will filmmakers Gurinder Chadha, Alice Lowe, Marianna Palka and Zeina Durra; composer Nainita Desai; and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2021 casting director Heather Basten.
Further new speakers include A24 executives Harpa Manku and Tom Lazenby; and Luane Gauer, SVP, international production and acquisitions at Black Bear International.
- 6/15/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Guests to attend include Harris Dickinson, Emilia Jones, Anton Corbijn.
New BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson, Elysian CEO Danny Perkins and producers Tristan Goligher and Mary Burke are among the recent additions to the industry programme at next month’s Sundance Film Festival: London (July 6-9).
All four will be speaking at the event, as will filmmakers Gurinder Chadha, Alice Lowe, Marianna Palka and Zeina Durra; composer Nainita Desai; and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2021 casting director Heather Basten.
Further new speakers include A24 executives Harpa Manku and Tom Lazenby; and Luane Gauer, SVP, international production and acquisitions at Black Bear International.
New BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson, Elysian CEO Danny Perkins and producers Tristan Goligher and Mary Burke are among the recent additions to the industry programme at next month’s Sundance Film Festival: London (July 6-9).
All four will be speaking at the event, as will filmmakers Gurinder Chadha, Alice Lowe, Marianna Palka and Zeina Durra; composer Nainita Desai; and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2021 casting director Heather Basten.
Further new speakers include A24 executives Harpa Manku and Tom Lazenby; and Luane Gauer, SVP, international production and acquisitions at Black Bear International.
- 6/15/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The film will have its international premiere at Hot Docs in May.
BFI Distribution has acquired UK-Ireland distribution rights to Name Me Lawand, Edward Lovelace’s documentary about a deaf Kurdish boy who moves from Iraq to the UK, where he learns British Sign Language.
The film debuted at the BFI London Film Festival in October last year in the documentary competition; it will have its international premiere at Hot Docs in Toronto on May 1.
BFI Distribution acquired the rights from producers Pulse Films, and will release the film in cinemas this summer.
Name Me Lawand follows the eponymous Kurdish boy,...
BFI Distribution has acquired UK-Ireland distribution rights to Name Me Lawand, Edward Lovelace’s documentary about a deaf Kurdish boy who moves from Iraq to the UK, where he learns British Sign Language.
The film debuted at the BFI London Film Festival in October last year in the documentary competition; it will have its international premiere at Hot Docs in Toronto on May 1.
BFI Distribution acquired the rights from producers Pulse Films, and will release the film in cinemas this summer.
Name Me Lawand follows the eponymous Kurdish boy,...
- 4/4/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
MetFilm has announced the release date and debuted a trailer for the documentary ‘A Bunch of Amateurs.’
To be released in UK cinemas on 11 November, the doc follows the members of Britain’s oldest amateur film club, the film won the Audience Award at this year’s Sheffield Doc Fest.
Members of a quintessentially British working-class amateur filmmaking club, ‘Bradford Movie Makers’ grow old together amid flickering memories and challenging final years. Clinging to their dreams, and to each other, fuelled by endless cups of tea, this gently comedic, profoundly moving portrait of shared artistic folly speaks to the escapist dreamer in us all and to the enduring power of face-to-face time together, in an increasingly lonely, digital age.
Kim Hopkins directs and produces under her Labor of Love Films banner, alongside co-founder Margareta Szabo and The BFI Doc Society Fund. Simon Beaufoy executive produces alongside Lisa Marie Russo, Caroline Cooper Charles,...
To be released in UK cinemas on 11 November, the doc follows the members of Britain’s oldest amateur film club, the film won the Audience Award at this year’s Sheffield Doc Fest.
Members of a quintessentially British working-class amateur filmmaking club, ‘Bradford Movie Makers’ grow old together amid flickering memories and challenging final years. Clinging to their dreams, and to each other, fuelled by endless cups of tea, this gently comedic, profoundly moving portrait of shared artistic folly speaks to the escapist dreamer in us all and to the enduring power of face-to-face time together, in an increasingly lonely, digital age.
Kim Hopkins directs and produces under her Labor of Love Films banner, alongside co-founder Margareta Szabo and The BFI Doc Society Fund. Simon Beaufoy executive produces alongside Lisa Marie Russo, Caroline Cooper Charles,...
- 9/29/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
“Nothing Compares,” a documentary about the life and career of Sinead O’Connor, will be released in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on Sept. 23 for a one-week run that qualify it for Academy Award consideration. The film’s theatrical release will come days ahead of the docu’s Sept. 30 Showtime streaming and on-demand debut.
The 97-minute film, directed by Kathryn Ferguson, traces O’Connor’s rise to worldwide fame after “Nothing Compares 2 U” was released in 1990, as well as the Irish singer’s eventual exile from pop mainstream after she tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II on “Saturday Night Live” in 1992. The docu also examines other headline-grabbing controversies, like O’Connor’s refusal to perform at a New Jersey stadium amid the Persian Gulf War unless stadium officials agreed to forgo the playing of the national anthem. At the time, the star’s political and religious outrage was met with outrage.
The 97-minute film, directed by Kathryn Ferguson, traces O’Connor’s rise to worldwide fame after “Nothing Compares 2 U” was released in 1990, as well as the Irish singer’s eventual exile from pop mainstream after she tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II on “Saturday Night Live” in 1992. The docu also examines other headline-grabbing controversies, like O’Connor’s refusal to perform at a New Jersey stadium amid the Persian Gulf War unless stadium officials agreed to forgo the playing of the national anthem. At the time, the star’s political and religious outrage was met with outrage.
- 9/15/2022
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Showtime announced today that “Nothing Compares,” a documentary feature about Sinéad O’Connor, will debut in select U.S. theaters on Sept. 23 and air on Sept. 30 (for Showtime subscribers) before streaming on Oct. 2. The film will release theatrically in the U.K. and Ireland on Oct. 7.
Directed by Kathryn Ferguson, “Nothing Compares” charts the musician’s rise to global fame and how her outspoken personality led to her eventual exile from mainstream pop music.
As seen in the trailer, the film will draw from archival material, music videos, live performances and unseen footage, focusing on her life from 1987 to 1993. Among other commentators and contemporary musicians, O’Connor gives a new interview in which she reflects on her words and actions from a present-day perspective.
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“Nothing Compares” was an official selection in the World Cinema Documentary Competition...
Directed by Kathryn Ferguson, “Nothing Compares” charts the musician’s rise to global fame and how her outspoken personality led to her eventual exile from mainstream pop music.
As seen in the trailer, the film will draw from archival material, music videos, live performances and unseen footage, focusing on her life from 1987 to 1993. Among other commentators and contemporary musicians, O’Connor gives a new interview in which she reflects on her words and actions from a present-day perspective.
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Showtime Documentary Films Acquires Worldwide Rights to Sinéad O’Connor Doc ‘Nothing Compares’
“Nothing Compares” was an official selection in the World Cinema Documentary Competition...
- 9/15/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
“Gangs of London” producer Pulse Films has unveiled the first clip from “Name Me Lawand,” which will have its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival.
Directed by Edward Lovelace (“The Possibilities Are Endless”), the film is in competition at the festival’s The Grierson Award for documentaries.
The documentary, filmed over four years, follows Lawand Hamad Amin, who spent his early years in Iraq unable to hear or communicate. His profound deafness meant he could not learn language, and with no access to a deaf education, Lawand grew isolated and trapped inside himself.
His parents and brother decided to take Lawand on an epic and bewildering journey across Europe to seek refuge in England. At a specialist deaf school in Derby, Lawand starts learning British Sign Language. For the first time in his life he begins to understand the world around him. In order to overcome what he’s been through,...
Directed by Edward Lovelace (“The Possibilities Are Endless”), the film is in competition at the festival’s The Grierson Award for documentaries.
The documentary, filmed over four years, follows Lawand Hamad Amin, who spent his early years in Iraq unable to hear or communicate. His profound deafness meant he could not learn language, and with no access to a deaf education, Lawand grew isolated and trapped inside himself.
His parents and brother decided to take Lawand on an epic and bewildering journey across Europe to seek refuge in England. At a specialist deaf school in Derby, Lawand starts learning British Sign Language. For the first time in his life he begins to understand the world around him. In order to overcome what he’s been through,...
- 9/13/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
MetFilm Sales has boarded Sheffield Doc Fest feature “A Bunch Of Amateurs.” The film is set to have its world premiere at the U.K. festival on Friday (Jun 24).
Directed by Kim Hopkins (“Voices of the Sea”), “A Bunch of Amateurs” tells the story of the world’s oldest amateur film club, Bradford Movie Makers, which is desperately trying to survive.
“Desperately clinging to their dreams, and to each other, this hilarious and moving portrait of artistic folly speaks to the delusional escapist dreamer in us all,” reads the official logline.
“MetFilm Sales is the perfect home for ‘A Bunch of Amateurs,'” Hopkins said. “The company’s track record and unique sensibility in the documentary world speaks for itself. We’re very excited to be approaching our world premiere at Sheffield DocFest, and are proud to be the only British title in their incredible International Competition line-up.”
Mitch Clare...
Directed by Kim Hopkins (“Voices of the Sea”), “A Bunch of Amateurs” tells the story of the world’s oldest amateur film club, Bradford Movie Makers, which is desperately trying to survive.
“Desperately clinging to their dreams, and to each other, this hilarious and moving portrait of artistic folly speaks to the delusional escapist dreamer in us all,” reads the official logline.
“MetFilm Sales is the perfect home for ‘A Bunch of Amateurs,'” Hopkins said. “The company’s track record and unique sensibility in the documentary world speaks for itself. We’re very excited to be approaching our world premiere at Sheffield DocFest, and are proud to be the only British title in their incredible International Competition line-up.”
Mitch Clare...
- 6/22/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Tel Aviv-based sales company Cinephil has acquired worldwide sales rights for documentary feature “A Story of Bones,” which is in competition at the ongoing Tribeca Festival.
Directed by Joseph Curran and Dominic Aubrey de Vere and produced by Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, the documentary follows Annina Van Neel, who, as the chief environmental officer for Saint Helena’s troubled 360 million airport project, learned of the island’s most terrible atrocity – an unmarked mass burial ground of an estimated 9,000 formerly enslaved Africans in Rupert’s Valley, one of the most significant traces of the transatlantic slave trade still on earth.
Haunted by this historical injustice, Van Neel now fights alongside renowned African American preservationist Peggy King Jorde and a group of disenfranchised islanders – many of them descendants of the formerly enslaved – for the proper memorialization of these forgotten victims. The resistance they face exposes disturbing truths about the U.K.’s colonial past and present.
Directed by Joseph Curran and Dominic Aubrey de Vere and produced by Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, the documentary follows Annina Van Neel, who, as the chief environmental officer for Saint Helena’s troubled 360 million airport project, learned of the island’s most terrible atrocity – an unmarked mass burial ground of an estimated 9,000 formerly enslaved Africans in Rupert’s Valley, one of the most significant traces of the transatlantic slave trade still on earth.
Haunted by this historical injustice, Van Neel now fights alongside renowned African American preservationist Peggy King Jorde and a group of disenfranchised islanders – many of them descendants of the formerly enslaved – for the proper memorialization of these forgotten victims. The resistance they face exposes disturbing truths about the U.K.’s colonial past and present.
- 6/13/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Rocks writer Theresa Ikoko is creating a Channel 4 coming-of-age drama with A Discovery of Witches scribe Lisa Holdsworth about an eclectic group of dance students.
Dance School (working title) will provide 10 industry training placements to individuals with no previous TV experience.
Produce by Channel 4 Growth Fund-backed indie Duck Soup Films and inspired by true stories from inner-city Leeds, the eight-part show will follow the students as they navigate the intense highs and lows of coming-of-age in today’s complex world. Teacher Jackie heads up the Saturday class and brings together the core friendship gang and dance ensemble: Puppy, Kobby, Liam, Tim, Francesca, Tash and Nohail.
Street casting and recruitment starts in the summer and the production will shoot in the Autumn in and around Leeds.
The show has shades of Ikoko and director Sarah Gavron’s approach to BAFTA-winning Rocks, which cast young non-actors in inner-city London in what was an extensive process.
Dance School (working title) will provide 10 industry training placements to individuals with no previous TV experience.
Produce by Channel 4 Growth Fund-backed indie Duck Soup Films and inspired by true stories from inner-city Leeds, the eight-part show will follow the students as they navigate the intense highs and lows of coming-of-age in today’s complex world. Teacher Jackie heads up the Saturday class and brings together the core friendship gang and dance ensemble: Puppy, Kobby, Liam, Tim, Francesca, Tash and Nohail.
Street casting and recruitment starts in the summer and the production will shoot in the Autumn in and around Leeds.
The show has shades of Ikoko and director Sarah Gavron’s approach to BAFTA-winning Rocks, which cast young non-actors in inner-city London in what was an extensive process.
- 6/9/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
The fourth edition of Animation Day, which is part of the Cannes Film Festival’s Market, will take place on May 22.
A one-day event aimed at the global animation filmmaking community, it is a joint initiative launched in 2019 by the Cannes Film Market and the Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival, in partnership with Animation! Ventana Sur, the animation branch of Latin America’s leading film market.
This edition will kick off with the Annecy Goes to Cannes pitching sessions, featuring five works-in-progress projects at various stages of development. Attendees will also be able to attend a morning panel discussion entitled “What Is Adult Animation Film’s Strategy and Where Is It Headed?,” which will address the question of the animated film offer for adults, both in theaters and on smaller screens, as viewing habits evolve.
Panelists include Dutch-born French filmmaker Jan Kounen, who is also presenting his latest project “Epiphania” in the pitching sessions,...
A one-day event aimed at the global animation filmmaking community, it is a joint initiative launched in 2019 by the Cannes Film Market and the Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival, in partnership with Animation! Ventana Sur, the animation branch of Latin America’s leading film market.
This edition will kick off with the Annecy Goes to Cannes pitching sessions, featuring five works-in-progress projects at various stages of development. Attendees will also be able to attend a morning panel discussion entitled “What Is Adult Animation Film’s Strategy and Where Is It Headed?,” which will address the question of the animated film offer for adults, both in theaters and on smaller screens, as viewing habits evolve.
Panelists include Dutch-born French filmmaker Jan Kounen, who is also presenting his latest project “Epiphania” in the pitching sessions,...
- 5/17/2022
- by Lise Pedersen
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: European organization Ace Producers has unveiled the 17 producers who will participate in the third edition of its Ace Animation Special workshop. Scroll down for the list.
The initiative is deigned to provide extensive knowledge of how to diversify by developing and producing long-form, feature film and series animation for international audiences across cinema, broadcast and streaming,
It will run May 30 – June 4 in Dublin, Ireland and will include sessions on story development, international production workflows, the creative dynamics of animation production, financing strategies and international distribution. There will also be sessions on physical line production as well as case studies on completed animation projects.
Experts consulting on this year’s edition include Sebastien Onomo (Final Touch Studios), Simon Quinn (Big Fat Studio), Martin Pope (Magic Light Pictures), and Marleen Slot (Viking Film).
Producers applied with animated features and series projects in early development. The selected list are:
Ivan Agenjo, Peekaboo Animation,...
The initiative is deigned to provide extensive knowledge of how to diversify by developing and producing long-form, feature film and series animation for international audiences across cinema, broadcast and streaming,
It will run May 30 – June 4 in Dublin, Ireland and will include sessions on story development, international production workflows, the creative dynamics of animation production, financing strategies and international distribution. There will also be sessions on physical line production as well as case studies on completed animation projects.
Experts consulting on this year’s edition include Sebastien Onomo (Final Touch Studios), Simon Quinn (Big Fat Studio), Martin Pope (Magic Light Pictures), and Marleen Slot (Viking Film).
Producers applied with animated features and series projects in early development. The selected list are:
Ivan Agenjo, Peekaboo Animation,...
- 4/20/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Showtime plans theatrical release later this year in US, UK & Ireland.
Showtime Documentary Films has acquired worldwide rights to the Sinead O’Connor documentary and recent Sundance premiere Nothing Compares directed by Kathryn Ferguson.
The film premiered in World Cinema Documentary Competition and charts the Irish singer-songwriter’s meteoric rise to stardom and how she used her voice at the height of her fame before she was vilified in the media and pushed to the sidelines.
O’Connor, who continues to make music, reflects on her turbulent life through voice-over and the film includes first-hand insight from artists and social commentators.
Showtime Documentary Films has acquired worldwide rights to the Sinead O’Connor documentary and recent Sundance premiere Nothing Compares directed by Kathryn Ferguson.
The film premiered in World Cinema Documentary Competition and charts the Irish singer-songwriter’s meteoric rise to stardom and how she used her voice at the height of her fame before she was vilified in the media and pushed to the sidelines.
O’Connor, who continues to make music, reflects on her turbulent life through voice-over and the film includes first-hand insight from artists and social commentators.
- 2/1/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Showtime Documentary Films have acquired worldwide rights to “Nothing Compares,” the documentary about Sinéad O’Connor that premiered at the virtual 2022 Sundance Film Festival, Vinnie Malhotra, Executive Vice President, Nonfiction Programming, Showtime Networks Inc. announced on Tuesday.
“Nothing Compares” was directed by Kathryn Ferguson in feature directorial debut, and was an official selection in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the Sundance Film Festival last week.
Showtime is planning a theatrical release later this year in the U.S., UK and Ireland ahead of the premiere in the U.S., and its international partner streaming platforms later this year.
“When we began making this documentary four years ago, a key objective was that we would one day be able to share the film with audiences around the world, and to celebrate Sinéad’s music and artistry with fans both old and new,” Ferguson said in a statement. “We’re delighted to...
“Nothing Compares” was directed by Kathryn Ferguson in feature directorial debut, and was an official selection in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the Sundance Film Festival last week.
Showtime is planning a theatrical release later this year in the U.S., UK and Ireland ahead of the premiere in the U.S., and its international partner streaming platforms later this year.
“When we began making this documentary four years ago, a key objective was that we would one day be able to share the film with audiences around the world, and to celebrate Sinéad’s music and artistry with fans both old and new,” Ferguson said in a statement. “We’re delighted to...
- 2/1/2022
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
The experienced doc executive has worked previously at Guardian Docs and the BBC.
Leading UK non-profit organisation Doc Society has appointed Shanida Scotland, a former Guardian Docs commissioning editor and BBC Storyville executive, to the newly-created role of head of film.
She will work directly with Doc Society directors in the UK, Jess Search, Sandra Whipham and Beadie Finzi, as well as Lisa Marie Russo, the BFI Doc Society fund executive.
In the US, she will work with Doc Society Inc director Maxyne Franklin.
Scotand’s responsibilites will encompass all of Doc Society’s film activities, strengthening the work of grantees,...
Leading UK non-profit organisation Doc Society has appointed Shanida Scotland, a former Guardian Docs commissioning editor and BBC Storyville executive, to the newly-created role of head of film.
She will work directly with Doc Society directors in the UK, Jess Search, Sandra Whipham and Beadie Finzi, as well as Lisa Marie Russo, the BFI Doc Society fund executive.
In the US, she will work with Doc Society Inc director Maxyne Franklin.
Scotand’s responsibilites will encompass all of Doc Society’s film activities, strengthening the work of grantees,...
- 10/21/2020
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
The event’s Doc Market is accepting submissions until April 19.
Doc Fest Ireland, an industry-focused documentary festival taking place in Northern Ireland this summer, has launched the programme for its inaugural event (June 12-16).
The Belfast-based festival will be running a Doc Market on June 13, through which filmmakers can meet international funders, broadcasters, distributors and exhibitors on a one-to-one basis.
The market is open to factual projects of 50 minutes and more, at any stage of development, production or completion. The deadline for submissions is April 19.
Companies represented at the market will include BBC Arts, Arte France and Arte Germany, Showtime,...
Doc Fest Ireland, an industry-focused documentary festival taking place in Northern Ireland this summer, has launched the programme for its inaugural event (June 12-16).
The Belfast-based festival will be running a Doc Market on June 13, through which filmmakers can meet international funders, broadcasters, distributors and exhibitors on a one-to-one basis.
The market is open to factual projects of 50 minutes and more, at any stage of development, production or completion. The deadline for submissions is April 19.
Companies represented at the market will include BBC Arts, Arte France and Arte Germany, Showtime,...
- 4/9/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The projects have received between £10,000 - £80,000.
The BFI has increased its funding commitment to the BFI Doc Society Fund to £1.776m for a period of 18 months.
The organisation had earlier this year committed to injecting £1m annually into the newly-formed fund, which has taken over all of the BFI’s production funding activities for documentaries.
A total of £650,000 of that amount was ring-fenced for production grants, with the remaining £350,000 set aside for initiatives including four regional outreach events a year, an edit lab, staff costs and further events.
That amount has now increased to £1.776m to cover a period of 18 months.
The BFI has increased its funding commitment to the BFI Doc Society Fund to £1.776m for a period of 18 months.
The organisation had earlier this year committed to injecting £1m annually into the newly-formed fund, which has taken over all of the BFI’s production funding activities for documentaries.
A total of £650,000 of that amount was ring-fenced for production grants, with the remaining £350,000 set aside for initiatives including four regional outreach events a year, an edit lab, staff costs and further events.
That amount has now increased to £1.776m to cover a period of 18 months.
- 11/23/2018
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
The projects have received between £10,000 - £80,000.
The BFI has increased its funding commitment to the BFI Doc Society Fund by 50% from an annual £1m to £1.5m per year.
The organisation had earlier this year committed to injecting £1m annually into the newly-formed fund, which has taken over all of the BFI’s production funding activities for documentaries.
A total of £650,000 of that amount was ring-fenced for production grants, with the remaining £350,000 set aside for initiatives including four regional outreach events a year, an edit lab, staff costs and further events.
That amount has now increased to £1.776m to cover a period of 15 months,...
The BFI has increased its funding commitment to the BFI Doc Society Fund by 50% from an annual £1m to £1.5m per year.
The organisation had earlier this year committed to injecting £1m annually into the newly-formed fund, which has taken over all of the BFI’s production funding activities for documentaries.
A total of £650,000 of that amount was ring-fenced for production grants, with the remaining £350,000 set aside for initiatives including four regional outreach events a year, an edit lab, staff costs and further events.
That amount has now increased to £1.776m to cover a period of 15 months,...
- 11/23/2018
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
The Spirit of ’45 to oversee grants as Doc Society’s film fund executive.
Producer Lisa Marie Russo has been appointed by Doc Society (formerly Britdoc) to head up the newly-launched BFI Doc Society Fund.
The BFI selected Doc Society as the delivery partner for its £1m-per-year doc fund in December last year. The commitment, which runs through to 2022, is part of the BFI’s five-year strategy (BFI2022), which includes a promise to support the documentary medium and its emerging filmmakers.
Russo‘s credits include Ken Loach’s The Spirit of ’45, Terence Davies’ Of Time And The City, Gillian Wearing’s...
Producer Lisa Marie Russo has been appointed by Doc Society (formerly Britdoc) to head up the newly-launched BFI Doc Society Fund.
The BFI selected Doc Society as the delivery partner for its £1m-per-year doc fund in December last year. The commitment, which runs through to 2022, is part of the BFI’s five-year strategy (BFI2022), which includes a promise to support the documentary medium and its emerging filmmakers.
Russo‘s credits include Ken Loach’s The Spirit of ’45, Terence Davies’ Of Time And The City, Gillian Wearing’s...
- 3/12/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Screen’s Andreas Wiseman to join experts from British Council as well as film PR, distribution, production and marketing.
The BFI is to host an afternoon of panel and Q&A sessions with UK film industry experts on Wednesday (April 15) to demystify international film festivals and markets.
Ahead of Cannes, but relevant to all major festivals, the afternoon is aimed at new filmmakers, and will cover a host of topics including: the role of festivals and markets; when and how to work with sales agents; planning for a market and drawing up a promotional plan; and ‘Croisette etiquette’ - how to have a good Cannes.
Representatives from the BFI, British Council, Film Export UK, UK sales agents and experienced producers, trade journalists and film publicists.
There will opportunities to ask questions after each session, and the event will be followed by networking drinks.
Speakers confirmed so far include: Briony Hanson, Will Massa and Wendy...
The BFI is to host an afternoon of panel and Q&A sessions with UK film industry experts on Wednesday (April 15) to demystify international film festivals and markets.
Ahead of Cannes, but relevant to all major festivals, the afternoon is aimed at new filmmakers, and will cover a host of topics including: the role of festivals and markets; when and how to work with sales agents; planning for a market and drawing up a promotional plan; and ‘Croisette etiquette’ - how to have a good Cannes.
Representatives from the BFI, British Council, Film Export UK, UK sales agents and experienced producers, trade journalists and film publicists.
There will opportunities to ask questions after each session, and the event will be followed by networking drinks.
Speakers confirmed so far include: Briony Hanson, Will Massa and Wendy...
- 4/13/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Satellite event planned live from Hockney’s Los Angeles studio.
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired Randall Wright’s feature documentary on artist David Hockney and will open it across the UK on Nov 28.
The launch of Hockney will be driven by an exclusive preview at cinemas around the UK, followed by a satellite Q&A with David Hockney live from his studio in Los Angeles on Nov 25.
The 77-year-old artist granted unprecedented access to his personal archive of photographs and films for the documentary for the first time.
An important contributor to the Pop Art movement of the 1960s, Hockney is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century and is perhaps most famous for his series of paintings of swimming pools, including 1967 work A Bigger Splash.
The documentary chronicles Hockney’s career, from his early life in working-class Bradford, where his love for pictures was developed through his admiration for cinema, to his relocation...
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired Randall Wright’s feature documentary on artist David Hockney and will open it across the UK on Nov 28.
The launch of Hockney will be driven by an exclusive preview at cinemas around the UK, followed by a satellite Q&A with David Hockney live from his studio in Los Angeles on Nov 25.
The 77-year-old artist granted unprecedented access to his personal archive of photographs and films for the documentary for the first time.
An important contributor to the Pop Art movement of the 1960s, Hockney is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century and is perhaps most famous for his series of paintings of swimming pools, including 1967 work A Bigger Splash.
The documentary chronicles Hockney’s career, from his early life in working-class Bradford, where his love for pictures was developed through his admiration for cinema, to his relocation...
- 9/2/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Satellite event planned live from Hockney’s Los Angeles studio.
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired Randall Wright’s feature documentary on artist David Hockney and will open it across the UK on Nov 28.
The launch of Hockney will be driven by an exclusive preview at cinemas around the UK, followed by a satellite Q&A with David Hockney live from his studio in Los Angeles on Nov 25.
The 77-year-old artist granted unprecedented access to his personal archive of photographs and films for the documentary for the first time.
An important contributor to the Pop Art movement of the 1960s, Hockney is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century and is perhaps most famous for his series of paintings of swimming pools, including 1967 work A Bigger Splash.
The documentary chronicles Hockney’s career, from his early life in working-class Bradford, where his love for pictures was developed through his admiration for cinema, to his relocation...
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired Randall Wright’s feature documentary on artist David Hockney and will open it across the UK on Nov 28.
The launch of Hockney will be driven by an exclusive preview at cinemas around the UK, followed by a satellite Q&A with David Hockney live from his studio in Los Angeles on Nov 25.
The 77-year-old artist granted unprecedented access to his personal archive of photographs and films for the documentary for the first time.
An important contributor to the Pop Art movement of the 1960s, Hockney is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century and is perhaps most famous for his series of paintings of swimming pools, including 1967 work A Bigger Splash.
The documentary chronicles Hockney’s career, from his early life in working-class Bradford, where his love for pictures was developed through his admiration for cinema, to his relocation...
- 9/2/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Last week, we reported on the news that 360 was set to open the 55th BFI London Film Festival and this morning we found out the news that The Deep Blue Sea starring Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston and Simon Russell Beale will be closing the 2011 event.
The Deep Blue Sea is directed by Terence Davies and from the images that Jon posted a while ago, it looks beautifully shot.
Set in post-war Britain, this deeply moving story is an adaptation of Terence Rattigan’s classic play, The Deep Blue Sea is a study of forbidden love, suppressed desire, and the fear of loneliness. Stuck between the devil and the deep blue sea, what – or whom – should Hester choose?
I’ve placed the full press release below for your viewing pleasure and we can’t wait to see what else will be playing this year. We’ll find out the full line-up...
The Deep Blue Sea is directed by Terence Davies and from the images that Jon posted a while ago, it looks beautifully shot.
Set in post-war Britain, this deeply moving story is an adaptation of Terence Rattigan’s classic play, The Deep Blue Sea is a study of forbidden love, suppressed desire, and the fear of loneliness. Stuck between the devil and the deep blue sea, what – or whom – should Hester choose?
I’ve placed the full press release below for your viewing pleasure and we can’t wait to see what else will be playing this year. We’ll find out the full line-up...
- 8/30/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Los Angeles Film Festival has announced the world premiere of Richard Linklater's Bernie as the opening night film for the 2011 festival.
The film will kick off the festival on June 16 at Regal Cinemas Stadium 14 at L.A. Live. It is written by Skip Hollandsworth and director Linklater and stars Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, and Matthew McConaughey.
The film follows a beloved mortician (Black) from a small Texas town, even winning over the town's richest, meanest widow (MacLaine). Even after Bernie commits a horrible crime, people still will not utter a bad word against him.
"We're thrilled to be opening the Festival with the world premiere of this delicious black comedy - a treat from one of the most original and exciting voices in independent film, Richard Linklater," said Festival director Rebecca Yeldham. "With its fabulous all-star cast, Bernie is a perfect stage setter for the incredible line-up of...
The film will kick off the festival on June 16 at Regal Cinemas Stadium 14 at L.A. Live. It is written by Skip Hollandsworth and director Linklater and stars Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, and Matthew McConaughey.
The film follows a beloved mortician (Black) from a small Texas town, even winning over the town's richest, meanest widow (MacLaine). Even after Bernie commits a horrible crime, people still will not utter a bad word against him.
"We're thrilled to be opening the Festival with the world premiere of this delicious black comedy - a treat from one of the most original and exciting voices in independent film, Richard Linklater," said Festival director Rebecca Yeldham. "With its fabulous all-star cast, Bernie is a perfect stage setter for the incredible line-up of...
- 5/30/2011
- by alyssa@mediavine.com (Alyssa Caverley)
- Reel Movie News
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