In the wake of Brexit and worldwide political division, a new series of shorts commissioned by The Guardian and the Headlong theatre group explore European attitudes to the EU. As the effects of Brexit ripple throughout the UK and the rest of Europe, UK paper The Guardian has teamed up with theatre company Headlong to commission a series of shorts made in Germany, France, UK, Ireland, Poland, Sweden and Spain, which all explore the relationships of member countries to the European Union. The films include Borders (Amy Hodge), in which a Polish long-distance lorry driver reflects on a life of distrust, borders and endless queuing before the creation of Schengen; and the Sweden-set Top of the Class (Amy Hodge) in which a father describes how, by trying to always be the best, Swedish politics has been devoured by the internet and division has taken hold. Producer Jess Gormley, who commissioned.
Exclusive: Eight scripts selected from 1,400 submissions, including short from The Brothers Lynch.
Collabor8te, the short film collaboration launched by Rankin Film Productions, in partnership with The Bureau, Dazed & Confused and Nokia, has selected eight scripts for production backing and industry mentorship.
Each project will receive £10,000.
Amy Hubbard of Hubbard Casting will work on several of the projects, DoP Rob Hardy will work on Tracks, while Old Habits is written and directed by 2013 Screen Stars of Tomorrow The Brothers Lynch.
Rankin will oversee the slate with executive producers David Allain and Jess Gormley.
In its first year, the new talent initiative produced eight shorts featuring emerging and established talent including Robert Emms, Leila Mimmack, Bill Nighy and Stephen Mangan. Rory Alexander Stewart’s project Liar went on to win a Scottish BAFTA New Talent Award.
Tristan Goligher of The Bureau commented: “Now in its second year Collabor8te continues as a rare opportunity not just for the...
Collabor8te, the short film collaboration launched by Rankin Film Productions, in partnership with The Bureau, Dazed & Confused and Nokia, has selected eight scripts for production backing and industry mentorship.
Each project will receive £10,000.
Amy Hubbard of Hubbard Casting will work on several of the projects, DoP Rob Hardy will work on Tracks, while Old Habits is written and directed by 2013 Screen Stars of Tomorrow The Brothers Lynch.
Rankin will oversee the slate with executive producers David Allain and Jess Gormley.
In its first year, the new talent initiative produced eight shorts featuring emerging and established talent including Robert Emms, Leila Mimmack, Bill Nighy and Stephen Mangan. Rory Alexander Stewart’s project Liar went on to win a Scottish BAFTA New Talent Award.
Tristan Goligher of The Bureau commented: “Now in its second year Collabor8te continues as a rare opportunity not just for the...
- 7/26/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
At Streetwise Opera we make shows with people who have experienced homelessness. Could combining live performance and film bring us a bigger audience?
Over the last few years, cinemas have been filled with something a little more lyrical than Tom Cruise jumping out of a helicopter in his latest blockbuster. These days you're as likely to encounter The Magic Flute as Mission Impossible at your local Odeon, since live opera relays from the likes of New York's Metropolitan Opera and Glyndebourne, with multiple camera set-ups capturing the action at close quarters, make you feel as if you're in the actual theatre – in the best seats in the house.
But purists maintain that nothing can really compare with the raw passion and immediacy of experiencing opera live, and we at Streetwise Opera began to wonder if there was a way of combining the best of live opera and film in a single production.
Over the last few years, cinemas have been filled with something a little more lyrical than Tom Cruise jumping out of a helicopter in his latest blockbuster. These days you're as likely to encounter The Magic Flute as Mission Impossible at your local Odeon, since live opera relays from the likes of New York's Metropolitan Opera and Glyndebourne, with multiple camera set-ups capturing the action at close quarters, make you feel as if you're in the actual theatre – in the best seats in the house.
But purists maintain that nothing can really compare with the raw passion and immediacy of experiencing opera live, and we at Streetwise Opera began to wonder if there was a way of combining the best of live opera and film in a single production.
- 4/23/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
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