Exclusive: Projects involving Damian Jones and Versailles breakout star George Blagden also pitched at Edinburgh’s first works in progress event.
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (June 15-26) hosted its first works in progress event on Sunday, presenting seven British features still in production.
Films were looking for a combination of sales company representation, festival interest and final finance.
Between pitches were meetings and networking with industry representatives from Protagonist, Metrodome, Carnaby, Stray Dogs, Film4, Studiocanal, Lionsgate, Soda and Creative England.
Festival representatives attended from Tallinn Black Nights and International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Holly Daniel, Edinburgh’s head of industry and talent development, told Screen: “It’s something we’ve wanted to do for a while now. There’s a gap across the UK for films looking for the final piece of the puzzle…Given all our work with emerging talent already, that put us in a good position to provide that platform.”
“We are very...
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (June 15-26) hosted its first works in progress event on Sunday, presenting seven British features still in production.
Films were looking for a combination of sales company representation, festival interest and final finance.
Between pitches were meetings and networking with industry representatives from Protagonist, Metrodome, Carnaby, Stray Dogs, Film4, Studiocanal, Lionsgate, Soda and Creative England.
Festival representatives attended from Tallinn Black Nights and International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Holly Daniel, Edinburgh’s head of industry and talent development, told Screen: “It’s something we’ve wanted to do for a while now. There’s a gap across the UK for films looking for the final piece of the puzzle…Given all our work with emerging talent already, that put us in a good position to provide that platform.”
“We are very...
- 6/20/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Festival favourite For Those In Peril was named Best Film at last night's Scottish BAFTA award ceremony, beating off competition from The Wee Man, which took the Audience Award, and Fire in The Night, about the Piper Alpha disaster, which took Best Documentary. The awards were handed out at a ceremony in Glasgow which saw stars like Brian Cox and Peter Mullan on the red carpet.
"For a first-time director to win an award like this is a phenomenal achievement," said BAFTA Scotland's Alan de Pellette.
Best Director went to Emma Davie and Morag McKinnon for I Am Breathing, a documentary about a man with motor neurone disease, and Best Actor was won by For Those In Peril star George MacKay.
Visual effects supervisor Steven Begg received a special award for his lifetime achievements and for his contribution to recent James Bond films including Skyfall....
"For a first-time director to win an award like this is a phenomenal achievement," said BAFTA Scotland's Alan de Pellette.
Best Director went to Emma Davie and Morag McKinnon for I Am Breathing, a documentary about a man with motor neurone disease, and Best Actor was won by For Those In Peril star George MacKay.
Visual effects supervisor Steven Begg received a special award for his lifetime achievements and for his contribution to recent James Bond films including Skyfall....
- 11/18/2013
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
For Those in Peril and Screen Star of Tomorrow George Mackay picked up top awards.Scroll down for full list of winners
Paul Wright’s For Those In Peril, about a young man in a Scottish fishing village reeling after a tragic accident, did the double at the BAFTA Scotland Awards 2013 last night.
At a ceremony in Glasgow, honouring both Scottish productions as well as Scottish talent working in other UK productions, lead actor George Mackay picked up the coveted best actor/actress in film award.
The film, which was selected for Cannes Critics’ Week, also won best film beating competition from documentary Fire in the Night and ganger feature The Wee Man.
However, both runners-up picked up separate awards with Fire In the Night winning best single documentary and The Wee Man picking up the BAFTA Scotland Cineworld Audience Award, voted for by the public.
Emma Davie and Morag Mckinnon both collected the best director award for...
Paul Wright’s For Those In Peril, about a young man in a Scottish fishing village reeling after a tragic accident, did the double at the BAFTA Scotland Awards 2013 last night.
At a ceremony in Glasgow, honouring both Scottish productions as well as Scottish talent working in other UK productions, lead actor George Mackay picked up the coveted best actor/actress in film award.
The film, which was selected for Cannes Critics’ Week, also won best film beating competition from documentary Fire in the Night and ganger feature The Wee Man.
However, both runners-up picked up separate awards with Fire In the Night winning best single documentary and The Wee Man picking up the BAFTA Scotland Cineworld Audience Award, voted for by the public.
Emma Davie and Morag Mckinnon both collected the best director award for...
- 11/18/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
For Those in Peril and Screen Star of Tomorrow George Mackay picked up top awards.Scroll down for full list of winners
Paul Wright’s For Those In Peril, about a young man in a Scottish fishing village reeling after a tragic accident, did the double at the BAFTA Scotland Awards 2013 last night.
At a ceremony in Glasgow, honouring both Scottish productions as well as Scottish talent working in other UK productions, lead actor George Mackay picked up the coveted best actor/actress in film award.
The film, which was selected for Cannes Critics’ Week, also won best film beating competition from documentary Fire in the Night and ganger feature The Wee Man.
However, both runners-up picked up separate awards with Fire In the Night winning best single documentary and The Wee Man picking up the BAFTA Scotland Cineworld Audience Award, voted for by the public.
Emma Davie and Morag Mckinnon both collected the best director award for...
Paul Wright’s For Those In Peril, about a young man in a Scottish fishing village reeling after a tragic accident, did the double at the BAFTA Scotland Awards 2013 last night.
At a ceremony in Glasgow, honouring both Scottish productions as well as Scottish talent working in other UK productions, lead actor George Mackay picked up the coveted best actor/actress in film award.
The film, which was selected for Cannes Critics’ Week, also won best film beating competition from documentary Fire in the Night and ganger feature The Wee Man.
However, both runners-up picked up separate awards with Fire In the Night winning best single documentary and The Wee Man picking up the BAFTA Scotland Cineworld Audience Award, voted for by the public.
Emma Davie and Morag Mckinnon both collected the best director award for...
- 11/18/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Outstanding Contribution to Craft award recognises excellence in one of the craft areas of film and television.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Scotland has announced that visual effects supervisor Steven Begg will receive the Outstanding Contribution to Craft award.
Recognising excellence in one of the craft areas of film and television, the award is in memory of renowned make-up designer Robert McCann.
Alan de Pellette, acting director, BAFTA Scotland, commented: “Steven is a ‘legend’ among colleagues from the ‘old school era’ of effects production and he is hugely valued by filmmakers across the globe. BAFTA Scotland is proud to be able to honour Steven for the incredible career he has had to date.”
Begg will receive the award at the British Academy Scotland Awards 2013, which take place this Sunday [Nov 17] at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow. Edith Bowman will once again host, and this year sees For Those In peril lead with four...
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Scotland has announced that visual effects supervisor Steven Begg will receive the Outstanding Contribution to Craft award.
Recognising excellence in one of the craft areas of film and television, the award is in memory of renowned make-up designer Robert McCann.
Alan de Pellette, acting director, BAFTA Scotland, commented: “Steven is a ‘legend’ among colleagues from the ‘old school era’ of effects production and he is hugely valued by filmmakers across the globe. BAFTA Scotland is proud to be able to honour Steven for the incredible career he has had to date.”
Begg will receive the award at the British Academy Scotland Awards 2013, which take place this Sunday [Nov 17] at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow. Edith Bowman will once again host, and this year sees For Those In peril lead with four...
- 11/13/2013
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Outstanding Contribution to Craft award recognises excellence in one of the craft areas of film and television.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Scotland has announced that visual effects supervisor Steven Begg will receive the Outstanding Contribution to Craft award.
Recognising excellence in one of the craft areas of film and television, the award is in memory of renowned make-up designer Robert McCann.
Alan de Pellette, acting director, BAFTA Scotland, commented: “Steven is a ‘legend’ among colleagues from the ‘old school era’ of effects production and he is hugely valued by filmmakers across the globe. BAFTA Scotland is proud to be able to honour Steven for the incredible career he has had to date.”
Begg will receive the award at the British Academy Scotland Awards 2013, which take place this Sunday [Nov 17] at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow. Edith Bowman will once again host, and this year sees For Those In peril lead with four...
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Scotland has announced that visual effects supervisor Steven Begg will receive the Outstanding Contribution to Craft award.
Recognising excellence in one of the craft areas of film and television, the award is in memory of renowned make-up designer Robert McCann.
Alan de Pellette, acting director, BAFTA Scotland, commented: “Steven is a ‘legend’ among colleagues from the ‘old school era’ of effects production and he is hugely valued by filmmakers across the globe. BAFTA Scotland is proud to be able to honour Steven for the incredible career he has had to date.”
Begg will receive the award at the British Academy Scotland Awards 2013, which take place this Sunday [Nov 17] at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow. Edith Bowman will once again host, and this year sees For Those In peril lead with four...
- 11/13/2013
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Ahead of the British Academy Scotland Awards next month, BAFTA Scotland has once more joined forces with Cineworld to launch this year’s Audience Award category.
The award category is designed to promote emerging home-grown talent, bringing a set of eight films this year back to the big screen later this month, and the nominations have now been announced.
Blackbird The Devil’s Plantation Fire In The Night The Happy Lands I Am Breathing Sawney: Flesh Of Man We Are Northern Lights The Wee Man
Cineworld cinemas in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Dundee will be screening the films again from Sunday 20th October to Tuesday 29th October, and from that Sunday 20th, audiences can vote for their favourite of the octet by going to www.cineworld.co.uk/baftascotland.
Carter Ferguson’s Fast Romance won the award two years back, with David Mackenzie’s Perfect Sense, Mackenzie’s You, Instead,...
The award category is designed to promote emerging home-grown talent, bringing a set of eight films this year back to the big screen later this month, and the nominations have now been announced.
Blackbird The Devil’s Plantation Fire In The Night The Happy Lands I Am Breathing Sawney: Flesh Of Man We Are Northern Lights The Wee Man
Cineworld cinemas in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Dundee will be screening the films again from Sunday 20th October to Tuesday 29th October, and from that Sunday 20th, audiences can vote for their favourite of the octet by going to www.cineworld.co.uk/baftascotland.
Carter Ferguson’s Fast Romance won the award two years back, with David Mackenzie’s Perfect Sense, Mackenzie’s You, Instead,...
- 10/8/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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