First programme reveal includes screenwriter Danny Brocklehurst, Argonon CEO James Burstall, Spun Gold TV MD Daniela Neumann, and more.
The Media Production & Technology Show has revealed the first speakers on the seminar programme for its 2023 show.
Taking place on 10-11 May in the iconic Grand Hall at Olympia London, the show will host more than 300 speakers across six theatres, featuring keynote presentations, masterclasses, panel discussions and educational sessions.
This year there is a special focus on disruptive and interactive technologies, including AI and virtual production.
The Keynote Theatre presents a host of industry leaders who will share their successes and visions for the future.
The Media Production & Technology Show has revealed the first speakers on the seminar programme for its 2023 show.
Taking place on 10-11 May in the iconic Grand Hall at Olympia London, the show will host more than 300 speakers across six theatres, featuring keynote presentations, masterclasses, panel discussions and educational sessions.
This year there is a special focus on disruptive and interactive technologies, including AI and virtual production.
The Keynote Theatre presents a host of industry leaders who will share their successes and visions for the future.
- 3/29/2023
- by Max Miller Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
Spring release planned on British-Palestinian filmmaker Basil Khalil’s culture-clash comedy-drama.
Cohen Media Group has acquired US rights to British-Palestinian filmmaker Basil Khalil’s TIFF Discovery premiere A Gaza Weekend.
‘A Gaza Weekend’: Toronto Review
Khalil’s made his feature directorial debut on the culture-clash comedy-drama about a couple stranded amid a deadly virus outbreak which has sealed off Israel and turned the Gaza Strip into the safest place in the region.
A British journalist and his Israeli girlfriend who want to flee Israel must place their faith in two Palestinian street merchants who promise a way out in exchange for cash.
Cohen Media Group has acquired US rights to British-Palestinian filmmaker Basil Khalil’s TIFF Discovery premiere A Gaza Weekend.
‘A Gaza Weekend’: Toronto Review
Khalil’s made his feature directorial debut on the culture-clash comedy-drama about a couple stranded amid a deadly virus outbreak which has sealed off Israel and turned the Gaza Strip into the safest place in the region.
A British journalist and his Israeli girlfriend who want to flee Israel must place their faith in two Palestinian street merchants who promise a way out in exchange for cash.
- 3/23/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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Cara Sheppard has been named president of Picture Shop, the picture division of postproduction business Streamland Media.
Most recently, she served as managing director for London’s Twickenham Film Studios, and prior to that, as managing director of Warner Bros. De Lane Lea. Earlier, Sheppard spent six years in management at British broadcaster Sky. She started in the industry as a freelancer in production and then as a postproduction supervisor.
Picture Shop’s locations include Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Vancouver, London, Manchester, Bristol and Wales. It also has dailies outposts in various production hubs such as Austin, Atlanta, New Orleans and Albuquerque.
Parent company Streamland has been growing, including with the 2021 acquisitions of Technicolor Post and Sim. In addition to Picture Shop — which includes color grading, editorial, dailies, mastering and restoration services — Streamland maintains sound division Formosa Group, Ghost VFX, and marketing brand Picture Head.
Cara Sheppard has been named president of Picture Shop, the picture division of postproduction business Streamland Media.
Most recently, she served as managing director for London’s Twickenham Film Studios, and prior to that, as managing director of Warner Bros. De Lane Lea. Earlier, Sheppard spent six years in management at British broadcaster Sky. She started in the industry as a freelancer in production and then as a postproduction supervisor.
Picture Shop’s locations include Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Vancouver, London, Manchester, Bristol and Wales. It also has dailies outposts in various production hubs such as Austin, Atlanta, New Orleans and Albuquerque.
Parent company Streamland has been growing, including with the 2021 acquisitions of Technicolor Post and Sim. In addition to Picture Shop — which includes color grading, editorial, dailies, mastering and restoration services — Streamland maintains sound division Formosa Group, Ghost VFX, and marketing brand Picture Head.
- 9/6/2022
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Production
Principal photography has commenced on Season 2 of acclaimed Sky original paramedic comedy “Bloods.”
U.S. streaming service Hulu has acquired the series in a multi-season deal and season 1 will debut on the streamer Dec. 9.
The series stars BAFTA nominated Samson Kayo and Golden Globe nominated Jane Horrocks. The first season had eight episodes while the second will have 10.
Bloods follows tough-acting loner Maleek (Kayo) and over-friendly divorcee Wendy (Horrocks), a pair of mismatched paramedics, and their fellow ambulance station colleagues through the life-saving world of a south London emergency service. Katherine Kelly (“Innocent”) and Nathan Foad (“Our Flag Means Death”) are joining the cast for the new season.
The show’s returning cast includes Lucy Punch (“Motherland”), Julian Barratt (“Mighty Boosh”), Adrian Scarborough (“Gavin and Stacey”), Aasiya Shah (“Raised By Wolves”), Kevin Garry (“Ted Lasso”) and Sam Campbell (“Stath Lets Flats”).
The series is being made for Sky by...
Principal photography has commenced on Season 2 of acclaimed Sky original paramedic comedy “Bloods.”
U.S. streaming service Hulu has acquired the series in a multi-season deal and season 1 will debut on the streamer Dec. 9.
The series stars BAFTA nominated Samson Kayo and Golden Globe nominated Jane Horrocks. The first season had eight episodes while the second will have 10.
Bloods follows tough-acting loner Maleek (Kayo) and over-friendly divorcee Wendy (Horrocks), a pair of mismatched paramedics, and their fellow ambulance station colleagues through the life-saving world of a south London emergency service. Katherine Kelly (“Innocent”) and Nathan Foad (“Our Flag Means Death”) are joining the cast for the new season.
The show’s returning cast includes Lucy Punch (“Motherland”), Julian Barratt (“Mighty Boosh”), Adrian Scarborough (“Gavin and Stacey”), Aasiya Shah (“Raised By Wolves”), Kevin Garry (“Ted Lasso”) and Sam Campbell (“Stath Lets Flats”).
The series is being made for Sky by...
- 11/17/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Twickenham Film Studios, where the original “Blade Runner” was shot, has hired former Universal Pictures executive Cherri Arpino as its new head of production.
Arpino will be responsible for nurturing client relationships as well as new business and sales and delivering projects across a range of departments, offering technical production and post production support. She will work closely with the senior management team, including managing director Cara Sheppard as well Tom Witkowski, director of technology and engineering, and Laurence McCormack, director of facilities and operations,
Arpino joins from Universal Pictures, where she has been working on “Jurassic World: Dominion.” Previously Arpino worked as head of production at Cinelab. She also spent several years at Company 3 and was head of dailies at Technicolor for almost a decade.
She is credited on projects including “Wonder Woman 1984,” “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Part 2.
Arpino will be responsible for nurturing client relationships as well as new business and sales and delivering projects across a range of departments, offering technical production and post production support. She will work closely with the senior management team, including managing director Cara Sheppard as well Tom Witkowski, director of technology and engineering, and Laurence McCormack, director of facilities and operations,
Arpino joins from Universal Pictures, where she has been working on “Jurassic World: Dominion.” Previously Arpino worked as head of production at Cinelab. She also spent several years at Company 3 and was head of dailies at Technicolor for almost a decade.
She is credited on projects including “Wonder Woman 1984,” “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Part 2.
- 7/27/2021
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Panel will feature Twickenham Studios’ Cara Sheppard, Afro-Mic Productions’ Emma-Rosa Dias and Little House Productions’ Uzma Hasan.
The women who are leading in their roles within the film and TV industry will be highlighted at the upcoming Restart conference (May 18-20).
Register here
Twickenham Studios managing director Cara Sheppard, Afro-Mic Productions managing director Emma-Rosa Dias and Little House Productions producer Uzma Hasan will discuss their roles, what brought them to the industry and their hopes for the future of the sector as well as their thoughts on how the world and their businesses have changed over the past year.
The live panel,...
The women who are leading in their roles within the film and TV industry will be highlighted at the upcoming Restart conference (May 18-20).
Register here
Twickenham Studios managing director Cara Sheppard, Afro-Mic Productions managing director Emma-Rosa Dias and Little House Productions producer Uzma Hasan will discuss their roles, what brought them to the industry and their hopes for the future of the sector as well as their thoughts on how the world and their businesses have changed over the past year.
The live panel,...
- 5/13/2021
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
In today’s Global Bulletin, the BBC unveils “Dodger,” a new Dickens-inspired drama series with an all-star cast; U.K. comedy royalty recognizes Jenna Al as the head of the next generation of writer-performers with the Screenshot award; Keshet Productions in Israel and Twickenham Film Studios in the U.K. get makeovers with new rebrandings; Canada’s Black Screen Office and Telefilm Canada unite to improve the quality of minority representation in the country’s screen industries; Channel 4 commissions an anti-vaxx documentary; English soccer favorite Peter Crouch and the BBC prep a daily European Championship entertainment program; All3Media International deals “Too Close” abroad; Spanish golfing great Severiano “Seve” Ballesteros Sota gets the documentary treatment; and Warner Bros. International Television Production appoints Bruno Henriquet to lead operations in France.
Series
Christopher Eccleston (“Doctor Who”), David Threlfall (“Shameless”), Billy Jenkins (“The Crown”) and Saira Choudhry (“Hollyoaks”) are set to star in “Dodger,...
Series
Christopher Eccleston (“Doctor Who”), David Threlfall (“Shameless”), Billy Jenkins (“The Crown”) and Saira Choudhry (“Hollyoaks”) are set to star in “Dodger,...
- 5/5/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
There was lively discussion on the state of the film and TV industry during a panel at the Winston Baker UK Summit today which included Dan Steinman, Co-President and COO of 30West; Solstice Studios President & CEO Mark Gill; See-Saw Films COO Simon Gillis and Twickenham Studios Managing Director Cara Sheppard.
Among the topics addressed were “fake packaging,” a term Steinman sort of regretted using but also elaborated upon; the future of theatrical windowing; and the “minefield” that the pandemic era has created for agents and producers.
On the subject of “fake packaging” — think movies that are brought to markets, perhaps with a director or talent attached, but then never see the light of day — Steinman told moderator Sara Curran of Tricycle Talent and Tricycle Media, “It has been my experience that at times these packages come together with people involved in them not really thinking that they will get made.
Among the topics addressed were “fake packaging,” a term Steinman sort of regretted using but also elaborated upon; the future of theatrical windowing; and the “minefield” that the pandemic era has created for agents and producers.
On the subject of “fake packaging” — think movies that are brought to markets, perhaps with a director or talent attached, but then never see the light of day — Steinman told moderator Sara Curran of Tricycle Talent and Tricycle Media, “It has been my experience that at times these packages come together with people involved in them not really thinking that they will get made.
- 12/3/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Executive joins from Warner Bros De Lane Lea.
The UK’s Twickenham Studios (TW1) has appointed Cara Sheppard as managing director, overseeing production, post-production and emerging technology.
Sheppard joins from post-production house Warner Bros De Lane Lea, where she spent four year as managing director. She previously spent more than five years at Sky as senior manager of post-production operations as well as running post at Goldcrest.
In a statement, Sheppard said her ambition was to grow the studio by “ensuring we are the chosen London studio for large Hollywood and independent features, TV series, music videos, commercials, documentaries through...
The UK’s Twickenham Studios (TW1) has appointed Cara Sheppard as managing director, overseeing production, post-production and emerging technology.
Sheppard joins from post-production house Warner Bros De Lane Lea, where she spent four year as managing director. She previously spent more than five years at Sky as senior manager of post-production operations as well as running post at Goldcrest.
In a statement, Sheppard said her ambition was to grow the studio by “ensuring we are the chosen London studio for large Hollywood and independent features, TV series, music videos, commercials, documentaries through...
- 9/29/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
London’s Twickenham Studios has appointed Warner Bros De Lane Lea Director Cara Sheppard as MD.
Sheppard will be tasked with guiding all aspects of production, post-production and emerging technology and developing the studio’s ties with UK, Hollywood and international clients.
Sheppard spent four years at post house De Lane Lea, where she oversaw a fully serviced production Digital Dailies offering and new facility and the studio’s dark fibre capability. She previously spent five years with Sky as a senior manager of post production operations as well as running post at Goldcrest. She is a board member on UK Screen.
Twickenham is operated by Time+Space Studios. Managing Partners Piers Read and Jeremy Rainbird acquired the venue earlier this year and took over management control. The studio has been operational in recent months despite the Covid crisis.
Recent movies and series to make use of the facilities include Enola Holmes,...
Sheppard will be tasked with guiding all aspects of production, post-production and emerging technology and developing the studio’s ties with UK, Hollywood and international clients.
Sheppard spent four years at post house De Lane Lea, where she oversaw a fully serviced production Digital Dailies offering and new facility and the studio’s dark fibre capability. She previously spent five years with Sky as a senior manager of post production operations as well as running post at Goldcrest. She is a board member on UK Screen.
Twickenham is operated by Time+Space Studios. Managing Partners Piers Read and Jeremy Rainbird acquired the venue earlier this year and took over management control. The studio has been operational in recent months despite the Covid crisis.
Recent movies and series to make use of the facilities include Enola Holmes,...
- 9/29/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Cara Sheppard is joining the U.K.’s Twickenham Studios (TW1), where she will lead and guide all aspects of production, post-production and emerging technology as managing director.
Sheppard joins from post-production facility Warner Bros De Lane Lea, where she was managing director for the last four years. She previously spent some five years with Sky as a senior manager of post-production operations, as well as running post-production at Goldcrest.
“This is a time to bravely respect the legacy of the studios and all the iconic work that has gone before, from the likes of ‘Zulu,’ ‘The Italian Job,’ ‘1917,’ ‘War Horse,’ ‘Baby Driver,’ ‘The Iron Lady’ to Netflix’s ‘The Witcher,’ ITV’s ‘Belgravia,’ Netflix’s ‘Black Mirror,’ ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and most recently Netflix’s ‘The Duchess’ and the current top trending film on Netflix, ‘Enola Holmes.’ I want us to be ambitious, so as to evolve TW1 into a future-focused,...
Sheppard joins from post-production facility Warner Bros De Lane Lea, where she was managing director for the last four years. She previously spent some five years with Sky as a senior manager of post-production operations, as well as running post-production at Goldcrest.
“This is a time to bravely respect the legacy of the studios and all the iconic work that has gone before, from the likes of ‘Zulu,’ ‘The Italian Job,’ ‘1917,’ ‘War Horse,’ ‘Baby Driver,’ ‘The Iron Lady’ to Netflix’s ‘The Witcher,’ ITV’s ‘Belgravia,’ Netflix’s ‘Black Mirror,’ ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and most recently Netflix’s ‘The Duchess’ and the current top trending film on Netflix, ‘Enola Holmes.’ I want us to be ambitious, so as to evolve TW1 into a future-focused,...
- 9/29/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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