Two years ago, writer/director Jon Bell made a 15 minute horror short called The Moogai. Bell is now set to make his feature debut with an expansion of The Moogai, and The Babadook producers Kristina Ceyton and Samantha Jennings of Causeway Films are producing the film alongside Mitchell Stanley of No Coincidence Media. Filming will be underway by the end of this month.
The Moogai has the following synopsis:
A young Aboriginal couple brings home their second baby. What should be a joyous time takes a sinister turn, as the baby’s mother starts seeing a malevolent spirit she is convinced is trying to take her baby. The feature explores post-natal depression, transgenerational trauma and Australia’s Stolen Generation (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who were removed from their families between 1910 and 1970).
The film stars Shari Sebbens (Thor: Ragnarok) and Meyne Wyatt (The Sapphires), who were both in the short.
The Moogai has the following synopsis:
A young Aboriginal couple brings home their second baby. What should be a joyous time takes a sinister turn, as the baby’s mother starts seeing a malevolent spirit she is convinced is trying to take her baby. The feature explores post-natal depression, transgenerational trauma and Australia’s Stolen Generation (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who were removed from their families between 1910 and 1970).
The film stars Shari Sebbens (Thor: Ragnarok) and Meyne Wyatt (The Sapphires), who were both in the short.
- 10/25/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The shortlist will be announced the week beginning October 10.
The final round of judges for Screen’s revamped The Big Screen Awards has been unveiled.
Featured in the final batch of judges are producer, consultant and former president of international marketing at 20th Century Fox Kieran Breen; Netflix’s director of distribution for Emea Hamish Moseley; and Anton’s vice president for international marketing and publicity, Karina Gechtman.
Also joining the judging panel are Warp Films’ joint CEO Mark Herbert, and distribution and marketing consultant at IHeartCinema, Deborah Sheppard.
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The final round of judges for Screen’s revamped The Big Screen Awards has been unveiled.
Featured in the final batch of judges are producer, consultant and former president of international marketing at 20th Century Fox Kieran Breen; Netflix’s director of distribution for Emea Hamish Moseley; and Anton’s vice president for international marketing and publicity, Karina Gechtman.
Also joining the judging panel are Warp Films’ joint CEO Mark Herbert, and distribution and marketing consultant at IHeartCinema, Deborah Sheppard.
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- 10/4/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Paralympics
U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 has revealed a disabled presenting team for the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games, who will present on the ground in China. Award-winning presenter Ade Adepitan will front the daily highlights show, with former rugby player Ed Jackson and Paralympic champion triathlete Lauren Steadman presenting the “Breakfast Show.” Recently retired Paralympic swimmer Ellie Robinson will be joined by British racing car driver Billy Monger as on-screen reporters and former sit-kier Sean Rose as pundit. Tokyo 2020 presenter Arthur Williams will lead overnight sports coverage.
Over 80 hours of the games will be on Channel 4 live from Beijing and will also stream on the broadcaster’s streaming on YouTube platform.
Channel 4’s director of programs Ian Katz said: “Channel 4 is incredibly proud to announce a stellar presenting team and — in a first for any broadcaster around the world — an entire presenting team who are disabled. This is testament to...
U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 has revealed a disabled presenting team for the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games, who will present on the ground in China. Award-winning presenter Ade Adepitan will front the daily highlights show, with former rugby player Ed Jackson and Paralympic champion triathlete Lauren Steadman presenting the “Breakfast Show.” Recently retired Paralympic swimmer Ellie Robinson will be joined by British racing car driver Billy Monger as on-screen reporters and former sit-kier Sean Rose as pundit. Tokyo 2020 presenter Arthur Williams will lead overnight sports coverage.
Over 80 hours of the games will be on Channel 4 live from Beijing and will also stream on the broadcaster’s streaming on YouTube platform.
Channel 4’s director of programs Ian Katz said: “Channel 4 is incredibly proud to announce a stellar presenting team and — in a first for any broadcaster around the world — an entire presenting team who are disabled. This is testament to...
- 2/7/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Principal photography has begun on Penélope Cruz drama On The Fringe (En Los Márgenes), directed by Juna Diego Botto, and written by Botto and Olga Rodríguez.
Currently filming on location in Madrid, the Spanish-language film stars an ensemble cast which includes Oscar winner Cruz (Pain and Glory), Luis Tosar (Miami Vice), Aixa Villagrán (Loco Por Ella), Adelfa Calvo (Madres Paralelas), Nur Levi (Hablar) and Christian Checa. Above is a first look at director Botto, Cruz and Tosar on set.
Told over the course of one day, the movie will follow interweaving stories, including that of a woman (Cruz) who has 24 hours to prevent herself and her family being evicted from their home by a bank intent on repossessing it. Cell 211 star Tosar will play a passionate lawyer and activist.
The film is a Spanish-Belgian co-production and is produced by Cruz and Álvaro Longoria for Morena Films. The duo recently...
Currently filming on location in Madrid, the Spanish-language film stars an ensemble cast which includes Oscar winner Cruz (Pain and Glory), Luis Tosar (Miami Vice), Aixa Villagrán (Loco Por Ella), Adelfa Calvo (Madres Paralelas), Nur Levi (Hablar) and Christian Checa. Above is a first look at director Botto, Cruz and Tosar on set.
Told over the course of one day, the movie will follow interweaving stories, including that of a woman (Cruz) who has 24 hours to prevent herself and her family being evicted from their home by a bank intent on repossessing it. Cell 211 star Tosar will play a passionate lawyer and activist.
The film is a Spanish-Belgian co-production and is produced by Cruz and Álvaro Longoria for Morena Films. The duo recently...
- 10/28/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: UK sales company Bankside Film has inked a development overhead deal with Sydney-based production company Causeway Films, which has credits including Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook and The Nightingale.
The agreement will see Bankside provide development finance in exchange for a first look on international sales rights and production finance. The companies have worked previously and are already teaming on three projects in the pipeline: Racka Racka’s horror feature Talk To Me; Catriona McKenzie’s drama Stolen; and Goran Stolevski’s second feature Of An Age.
Alongside Kent’s hit horror The Babadook, which premiered to raves at Sundance, and her follow-up The Nightingale, which was at Venice, Causeway’s credits also include Yolande Ramke and Ben Howling’s Cargo, which Bankside sold to Netflix in Aus, and the upcoming You Won’t Be Alone starring Noomi Rapace, which is in post and Bankside has pre-sold to Focus Features.
The agreement will see Bankside provide development finance in exchange for a first look on international sales rights and production finance. The companies have worked previously and are already teaming on three projects in the pipeline: Racka Racka’s horror feature Talk To Me; Catriona McKenzie’s drama Stolen; and Goran Stolevski’s second feature Of An Age.
Alongside Kent’s hit horror The Babadook, which premiered to raves at Sundance, and her follow-up The Nightingale, which was at Venice, Causeway’s credits also include Yolande Ramke and Ben Howling’s Cargo, which Bankside sold to Netflix in Aus, and the upcoming You Won’t Be Alone starring Noomi Rapace, which is in post and Bankside has pre-sold to Focus Features.
- 7/20/2021
- by Tom Grater and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Bankside will introduce the project to buyers at EFM.
Tuppence Middleton, Max Harwood and Thomas Turgoose will lead the cast of Dean Puckett’s Magpie, a UK title developed by Bankside Films.
Bankside Films has boarded sales on the project, having taken over development through its in-house development slate after the film was initially selected for Creative England’s iFeatures scheme in 2018. Bankside will present to buyers at next week’s online European Film Market.
Puckett’s fiction feature directorial debut is an evolution of his 2018 short The Sermon.
It follows an eponymous character, who lives in an isolated church...
Tuppence Middleton, Max Harwood and Thomas Turgoose will lead the cast of Dean Puckett’s Magpie, a UK title developed by Bankside Films.
Bankside Films has boarded sales on the project, having taken over development through its in-house development slate after the film was initially selected for Creative England’s iFeatures scheme in 2018. Bankside will present to buyers at next week’s online European Film Market.
Puckett’s fiction feature directorial debut is an evolution of his 2018 short The Sermon.
It follows an eponymous character, who lives in an isolated church...
- 2/25/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Bankside will introduce the project to buyers at EFM.
Tuppence Middleton, Max Harwood and Thomas Turgoose will lead the cast of Dean Puckett’s Magpie, a UK title developed through Creative England’s low-budget iFeatures scheme.
Bankside Films has boarded sales on the project, having provided further development beyond iFeatures through its in-house development slate. It will present to buyers at next week’s online European Film Market.
Puckett’s fiction feature directorial debut is an evolution of his 2018 short The Sermon.
It follows an eponymous character, who lives in an isolated church community ruled over by her father The Pastor.
Tuppence Middleton, Max Harwood and Thomas Turgoose will lead the cast of Dean Puckett’s Magpie, a UK title developed through Creative England’s low-budget iFeatures scheme.
Bankside Films has boarded sales on the project, having provided further development beyond iFeatures through its in-house development slate. It will present to buyers at next week’s online European Film Market.
Puckett’s fiction feature directorial debut is an evolution of his 2018 short The Sermon.
It follows an eponymous character, who lives in an isolated church community ruled over by her father The Pastor.
- 2/25/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Taneli Mustonen’s much-anticipated horror and Tania Moilanen’s documentary The Mission were crowned the winners at Finland’s biggest film-industry event. The industry sidebar of the Helsinki Film Festival Love & Anarchy, the Finnish Film Affair, showcased nearly 50 Finnish films during its hybrid ninth edition – as well as the Nordic titles Superposition, Knocking, Quake and Ninjababy, for the first time in the event’s history. As stated by the organisers, the event welcomed nearly 400 film-industry professionals from 27 different countries, this time tuning in online due to the pandemic. The Twin, produced by Don Films and pitched by Taneli Mustonen and his producer and co-writer Aleksi Hyvärinen, was given the Best Fiction Award. “This elevated horror piece also speaks to a bigger thematic with its exploration of grief, giving a unique twist to the genre,” observed jurors Sarah Lutton, Sophie Green and Cineuropa’s own Vassilis Economou. “The Twin is a.
Emma Appleton and Stefanie Martini to star in feature set during Second World War.
Bankside Films has taken worldwide sales rights to Irish filmmaker Andrew Legge’s directorial debut L.O.L.A., a sci-fi feature that will begin shooting in Ireland next week.
The London-based sales agent is introducing the project to buyers during the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.
Emma Appleton, whose credits include TV series Traitors, The Witchers, and Stefanie Martini, who has appeared in Prime Suspect 1973, and The Last Kingdom, will star in the film which starts shooting on September 7.
Set in 1940, the story centres on...
Bankside Films has taken worldwide sales rights to Irish filmmaker Andrew Legge’s directorial debut L.O.L.A., a sci-fi feature that will begin shooting in Ireland next week.
The London-based sales agent is introducing the project to buyers during the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.
Emma Appleton, whose credits include TV series Traitors, The Witchers, and Stefanie Martini, who has appeared in Prime Suspect 1973, and The Last Kingdom, will star in the film which starts shooting on September 7.
Set in 1940, the story centres on...
- 9/3/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
New members include filmmakers Lynne Ramsay, Haifaa al-Mansour, Fox Searchlight’s Kate Gardiner and Screen Scotland’s Isabel Davis.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has revealed its 2019 intake of new members drawn from the film, TV and games industry.
Among the record 558 new members are filmmakers and writers Haifaa al-Mansour (Wadjda), Laszlo Nemes (Son Of Saul), Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here), Lee Unkrich (Coco) and former Screen Star of Tomorrow Rose Glass (Saint Maud).
New executives on the list include Kate Gardiner (head of Fox Searchlight UK); Jason Maza (Unstoppable), Emma Hewitt (BBC Films...
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has revealed its 2019 intake of new members drawn from the film, TV and games industry.
Among the record 558 new members are filmmakers and writers Haifaa al-Mansour (Wadjda), Laszlo Nemes (Son Of Saul), Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here), Lee Unkrich (Coco) and former Screen Star of Tomorrow Rose Glass (Saint Maud).
New executives on the list include Kate Gardiner (head of Fox Searchlight UK); Jason Maza (Unstoppable), Emma Hewitt (BBC Films...
- 12/4/2019
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Rising actresses Brianna Hildebrand (Deadpool) and Lana Condor (X-Men: Apocalypse) are attached to star in female buddy comedy Girls Night, written by Cristina Kinon (Bravo’s Adulting) and to be directed by multi-hyphenate Marianna Palka (G.L.O.W).
Pic follows unlikely best friends, college seniors, Alex (Condor) and Tina (Hildebrand), and their adventures over the course of Halloween Night in New York City as they try and track down a lost one-night stand – and figure out what they’re going to do with the rest of their lives.
Producing are Shaun Redick (BlacKkKlansman) and Yvette Yates (Malicious) of Impossible Dream Entertainment. Executive producers are Mickey Gooch of Delray Village Ent, Stephen Kelliher and Sophie Green of Bankside Films and Priya Amritraj, and Addison Mehr. Ashok Amritraj will also produce. Bankside handles international sales and will co-rep U.S. with Impossible Dream.
Production is slated for late summer in...
Pic follows unlikely best friends, college seniors, Alex (Condor) and Tina (Hildebrand), and their adventures over the course of Halloween Night in New York City as they try and track down a lost one-night stand – and figure out what they’re going to do with the rest of their lives.
Producing are Shaun Redick (BlacKkKlansman) and Yvette Yates (Malicious) of Impossible Dream Entertainment. Executive producers are Mickey Gooch of Delray Village Ent, Stephen Kelliher and Sophie Green of Bankside Films and Priya Amritraj, and Addison Mehr. Ashok Amritraj will also produce. Bankside handles international sales and will co-rep U.S. with Impossible Dream.
Production is slated for late summer in...
- 5/14/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Jamila Wenske and Sol Bondy’s Berlin-based One Two Films, co-producer of this year’s Efm buzz title “Persian Lessons,” has scored another early winner with comedy-drama “Franky Five Star.”
The project, from writer-director Birgit Möller, won the Junior Entertainment Talent Slate (Jets) pitching competition at the Berlin Film Festival on Tuesday, securing it industry support from a broad range of international participants.
“Franky Five Star” stars Jella Haase, who shot to fame in the “Fack ju Göhte” franchise, as a young woman dealing with her often meddling multiple personalities as she navigates a blossoming romance.
The Jets initiative, organized by William Peschek’s German-u.K. group Wep Films, unites up-and-coming filmmakers and their feature film projects with producers, sales agents, financing companies and distributors from Germany, Canada, Ireland, Britain, Finland, Norway and the U.S.
This year the 13-member Jets jury, which included Sophie Green of Bankside Films; Antonio Exacoustos of Arri Media Intl.
The project, from writer-director Birgit Möller, won the Junior Entertainment Talent Slate (Jets) pitching competition at the Berlin Film Festival on Tuesday, securing it industry support from a broad range of international participants.
“Franky Five Star” stars Jella Haase, who shot to fame in the “Fack ju Göhte” franchise, as a young woman dealing with her often meddling multiple personalities as she navigates a blossoming romance.
The Jets initiative, organized by William Peschek’s German-u.K. group Wep Films, unites up-and-coming filmmakers and their feature film projects with producers, sales agents, financing companies and distributors from Germany, Canada, Ireland, Britain, Finland, Norway and the U.S.
This year the 13-member Jets jury, which included Sophie Green of Bankside Films; Antonio Exacoustos of Arri Media Intl.
- 2/14/2019
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Green joins from WestEnd Films.
UK sales outfit Bankside Films has appointed Sophie Green as its head of acquisitions and development.
Green joins from WestEnd Films where she held the same position since 2016. Before then, she had roles at Studiocanal, literary agency David Higham Associates, and TV companies Tiger Aspect and Company Pictures.
During her time at WestEnd she worked on Sophie Fiennes’ Grace Jones: Bloodlight And Bami, Vicky Jewson’s Close starring Noami Rapace which was recently picked up by Netflix, and Agnieszka Holland’s Gareth Jones starring James Norton and Vanessa Kirby.
Green joined Bankside this week and...
UK sales outfit Bankside Films has appointed Sophie Green as its head of acquisitions and development.
Green joins from WestEnd Films where she held the same position since 2016. Before then, she had roles at Studiocanal, literary agency David Higham Associates, and TV companies Tiger Aspect and Company Pictures.
During her time at WestEnd she worked on Sophie Fiennes’ Grace Jones: Bloodlight And Bami, Vicky Jewson’s Close starring Noami Rapace which was recently picked up by Netflix, and Agnieszka Holland’s Gareth Jones starring James Norton and Vanessa Kirby.
Green joined Bankside this week and...
- 4/27/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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