What's been going on in the world of news this Friday afternoon?
We've got word of a new show coming to Apple TV+ starring Jon Hamm. Does he ever disappoint? Hallmark never disappoints, either, and we've got Loveuary with Jane Austin coming this February.
There are also some limited details about the potential Fire Country Spinoff, the renewal of Power Book IV: Force, and the key art and another teaser trailer for Justin Hartley's Tracker coming to CBS.
Apple TV+ today announced it has ordered Your Friends and Neighbors, a new drama series developed by Apple Studios.
It will star Emmy Award-winner Jon Hamm, who will also serve as executive producer, and is based on an original idea by acclaimed screenwriter, producer and novelist Jonathan Tropper.
In Your Friends and Neighbors, Hamm will star in the lead role as ‘Coop,’ a recently divorced hedge fund manager who, after being fired,...
We've got word of a new show coming to Apple TV+ starring Jon Hamm. Does he ever disappoint? Hallmark never disappoints, either, and we've got Loveuary with Jane Austin coming this February.
There are also some limited details about the potential Fire Country Spinoff, the renewal of Power Book IV: Force, and the key art and another teaser trailer for Justin Hartley's Tracker coming to CBS.
Apple TV+ today announced it has ordered Your Friends and Neighbors, a new drama series developed by Apple Studios.
It will star Emmy Award-winner Jon Hamm, who will also serve as executive producer, and is based on an original idea by acclaimed screenwriter, producer and novelist Jonathan Tropper.
In Your Friends and Neighbors, Hamm will star in the lead role as ‘Coop,’ a recently divorced hedge fund manager who, after being fired,...
- 12/15/2023
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Sweetheart Photo: Jd Dillard
As the school summer holidays are well under way in Scotland and Ireland, with England and Wales not far behind, thoughts are turning to getaways. Among the most traditional - and fruitful for filmmakers - are camping, caravaning or hiking trips. So this week, we're packing our Streaming Spotlight backpack full of films on the theme.
Sweetheart, BFI Player, YouTube, Google Play
Family holidays, great as a child, not always so great as a teenager. That's certainly the case for Aj (impressive newcomer Nell Barlow), who would pretty much rather be anywhere else than in a caravan at a holiday camp with her extended family. Writer/director handles the familiar coming-of-age themes with a light touch as Aj - whose queer identity is fully accepted by her family - embarks on a brief romance with lifeguard Isla (Ella-Rae Smith). Morrison captures the lovable messiness of families and first loves,...
As the school summer holidays are well under way in Scotland and Ireland, with England and Wales not far behind, thoughts are turning to getaways. Among the most traditional - and fruitful for filmmakers - are camping, caravaning or hiking trips. So this week, we're packing our Streaming Spotlight backpack full of films on the theme.
Sweetheart, BFI Player, YouTube, Google Play
Family holidays, great as a child, not always so great as a teenager. That's certainly the case for Aj (impressive newcomer Nell Barlow), who would pretty much rather be anywhere else than in a caravan at a holiday camp with her extended family. Writer/director handles the familiar coming-of-age themes with a light touch as Aj - whose queer identity is fully accepted by her family - embarks on a brief romance with lifeguard Isla (Ella-Rae Smith). Morrison captures the lovable messiness of families and first loves,...
- 7/15/2023
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Representation in the arts matters, and for young, up and coming stars representing a minority, it’s important and powerful to be recognised, and vitally, to be seen. BAFTA seemingly agree – and are spotlighting talent from in-front of and behind the lens from across the UK & US, in their annual initiative titled BAFTA Breakthrough, with alumni consisting of the likes of Tom Holland, Florence Pugh, Letitia Wright & Jessie Buckley.
This year we had the pleasure to speak to two of the breakthroughs, in British actress Rose Ayling-Ellis, as well as American actor Brandon Perea, who made his name with a role in Jordan Peele’s Nope. We spoke about their thoughts on being named a Breakthrough star, and what it means for them personally and for their respective careers. We also look back on projects been, such as Eastenders for Ayling-Ellis, and Nope for Perea, and look ahead to the future,...
This year we had the pleasure to speak to two of the breakthroughs, in British actress Rose Ayling-Ellis, as well as American actor Brandon Perea, who made his name with a role in Jordan Peele’s Nope. We spoke about their thoughts on being named a Breakthrough star, and what it means for them personally and for their respective careers. We also look back on projects been, such as Eastenders for Ayling-Ellis, and Nope for Perea, and look ahead to the future,...
- 11/11/2022
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
BAFTA has unveiled the 33 creatives across two continents who have been selected for the organization’s talent initiative BAFTA Breakthrough 2022.
Selected from the worlds of film, games and TV by an experienced jury, participants are set to receive professional development support including coaching, mentoring and networking opportunities with BAFTA’s vast range of members from the creative industries.
The 2022 UK jury was chaired by Ade Rawcliffe (group director of diversity and inclusion at ITV), and included Fiona Lamptey (director of features at Netflix), performer Marianne Jean-Baptiste, BBC Comedy commissioning editor Emma Lawson, casting director Lauren Evans, and Breakthrough alumnae Ruth Madeley and Charu Desodt. The U.S. jury was chaired by actor Nyasha Hatendi, and included the actors Jodi Balfour and Bianca Lawson, cinematographer Ava Berkofsky, TV executive producer and showrunner Ari Katcher, director, writer and producer Stephanie Laing and Netflix Studio exec Racheline Benveniste.
The Breakthroughs include creatives from...
Selected from the worlds of film, games and TV by an experienced jury, participants are set to receive professional development support including coaching, mentoring and networking opportunities with BAFTA’s vast range of members from the creative industries.
The 2022 UK jury was chaired by Ade Rawcliffe (group director of diversity and inclusion at ITV), and included Fiona Lamptey (director of features at Netflix), performer Marianne Jean-Baptiste, BBC Comedy commissioning editor Emma Lawson, casting director Lauren Evans, and Breakthrough alumnae Ruth Madeley and Charu Desodt. The U.S. jury was chaired by actor Nyasha Hatendi, and included the actors Jodi Balfour and Bianca Lawson, cinematographer Ava Berkofsky, TV executive producer and showrunner Ari Katcher, director, writer and producer Stephanie Laing and Netflix Studio exec Racheline Benveniste.
The Breakthroughs include creatives from...
- 11/10/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Chloe Fairweather, who directed documentary ‘Dying To Divorce’ has also been selected
UK actors Ambika Mod and Nell Barlow are among the 33 talents across film, TV and game selected for the 2022 edition of Bafta Breakthrough.
Mod was also chosen as a 2022 Screen Star of Tomorrow. She appeared alongside Ben Whishaw in the BBC series This Is Going To Hurt and is starring in the upcoming Netflix series One Day.
Barlow starred in the coming-of-age comedy Sweetheart which was written and directed by Marley Morrison who has also been selected as a Bafta Breakthrough. The film was nominated for five British...
UK actors Ambika Mod and Nell Barlow are among the 33 talents across film, TV and game selected for the 2022 edition of Bafta Breakthrough.
Mod was also chosen as a 2022 Screen Star of Tomorrow. She appeared alongside Ben Whishaw in the BBC series This Is Going To Hurt and is starring in the upcoming Netflix series One Day.
Barlow starred in the coming-of-age comedy Sweetheart which was written and directed by Marley Morrison who has also been selected as a Bafta Breakthrough. The film was nominated for five British...
- 11/10/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
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The British Academy has unveiled the latest crop of participants the U.S. and U.K. that will take part in its annual Breakthrough program, aimed at supporting emerging talent across film, TV and video games.
The 32-strong list of names — 20 from the U.K. and 12 from the U.S. — includes an impressive ensemble of creatives, such as Nope breakout Brandon Perea and Sex Education director Runyararo Mapfumo, who were selected by an international jury that included Oscar-winning actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Ramy co-creator Ari Katcher and Swan Song and Alex Rider actor Nyasha Hatendi.
Backed by Netflix for the last two years (the streamer’s head of U.K. features Fiona Lamptey is also on the jury), the BAFTA Breakthrough program first launched in the U.K. in 2013 before expanding to China in 2019 and the U.S. and India in 2020. It sees each...
The British Academy has unveiled the latest crop of participants the U.S. and U.K. that will take part in its annual Breakthrough program, aimed at supporting emerging talent across film, TV and video games.
The 32-strong list of names — 20 from the U.K. and 12 from the U.S. — includes an impressive ensemble of creatives, such as Nope breakout Brandon Perea and Sex Education director Runyararo Mapfumo, who were selected by an international jury that included Oscar-winning actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Ramy co-creator Ari Katcher and Swan Song and Alex Rider actor Nyasha Hatendi.
Backed by Netflix for the last two years (the streamer’s head of U.K. features Fiona Lamptey is also on the jury), the BAFTA Breakthrough program first launched in the U.K. in 2013 before expanding to China in 2019 and the U.S. and India in 2020. It sees each...
- 11/10/2022
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Theatrical release to come later this year.
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Marley Morrison’s LGBTQ coming-of-age story Sweetheart, winner of the Glasgow Film Festival audience award and two British Independent Film Awards (Bifas) breakthrough prizes.
The film stars Nell Barlow as Aj, a young woman dreading a week on the Dorset coast with her family and boyfriend. When Aj lays eyes on the resident lifeguard Isla, her world changes. Jo Hartley, Sophia Di Martino, Samuel Anderson and Ella-Rae Smith round out the key cast.
Film Movement plans a theatrical release later this year followed by home...
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Marley Morrison’s LGBTQ coming-of-age story Sweetheart, winner of the Glasgow Film Festival audience award and two British Independent Film Awards (Bifas) breakthrough prizes.
The film stars Nell Barlow as Aj, a young woman dreading a week on the Dorset coast with her family and boyfriend. When Aj lays eyes on the resident lifeguard Isla, her world changes. Jo Hartley, Sophia Di Martino, Samuel Anderson and Ella-Rae Smith round out the key cast.
Film Movement plans a theatrical release later this year followed by home...
- 6/13/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Theatrical release to come later this year.
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Marley Morrison’s LGBTQ coming-of-age story Sweetheart, winner of the Glasgow Film Festival audience award and two British Independent Film Awards (Bifas) breakthrough prizes.
The film stars Nell Barlow as Aj, a young woman dreading a week on the Dorset coast with her family and boyfriend. When Aj lays eyes on the resident lifeguard Isla, her world changes. Jo Hartley, Sophia Di Martino, Samuel Anderson and Ella-Rae Smith round out the key cast.
Film Movement plans a theatrical release later this year followed by home...
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Marley Morrison’s LGBTQ coming-of-age story Sweetheart, winner of the Glasgow Film Festival audience award and two British Independent Film Awards (Bifas) breakthrough prizes.
The film stars Nell Barlow as Aj, a young woman dreading a week on the Dorset coast with her family and boyfriend. When Aj lays eyes on the resident lifeguard Isla, her world changes. Jo Hartley, Sophia Di Martino, Samuel Anderson and Ella-Rae Smith round out the key cast.
Film Movement plans a theatrical release later this year followed by home...
- 6/13/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
It’s our favourite night of the year! The 2021 BIFA awards took place this evening at Old Billingsgate in London. Hosted by People Just Do Nothing’s Asim Chaudhry, those attending include Emma Corrin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Joe Cole, Lucy Boynton, Jude Law, Harris Dickinson, Paapa Essiedu, Caitriona Balfe, Morfydd Clark, Riz Ahmed, Wumni Mosaku, Ruth Wilson, Stephen Graham and James Norton.
The 24th British Independent Film Awards saw Joanna Scanlan’s After Love take home a handful of awards, Clio Barnard’s Ali & Ava also did well – and there’s something wonderful in championing the very best in British Independent film – so, hey – we’re all winners here.*
David Sztypuljak and Scott Davis were our men at the event, asking questions.
You can see our interviews below, as well as a full list of tonight’s winners and nominees.
*Actual winners are below.
The 2021 BIFA Red Carpet Interviews
The...
The 24th British Independent Film Awards saw Joanna Scanlan’s After Love take home a handful of awards, Clio Barnard’s Ali & Ava also did well – and there’s something wonderful in championing the very best in British Independent film – so, hey – we’re all winners here.*
David Sztypuljak and Scott Davis were our men at the event, asking questions.
You can see our interviews below, as well as a full list of tonight’s winners and nominees.
*Actual winners are below.
The 2021 BIFA Red Carpet Interviews
The...
- 12/6/2021
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Aleem Khan’s After Love dominated the 2021 British Independent Film Awards, winning six prizes in total including Best British Independent Film.
Khan also took home both Best Director and the Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director, as well as Best Screenplay. Joanna Scanlan won Best Actress and Talid Ariss won Best Supporting Actor for their roles in the movie.
Set in the port town of Dover, the film follows Mary Hussain who suddenly finds herself a widow following the unexpected death of her husband. A day after the burial, she discovers he has a secret just twenty-one miles across the English Channel in Calais.
Khan said at the ceremony: “What the f***?! … Never in my wildest dreams did I think this would be happening tonight. My mum and my dad and family are going to be going nuts. This film, at its core, is about strangers seeing one another.
Khan also took home both Best Director and the Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director, as well as Best Screenplay. Joanna Scanlan won Best Actress and Talid Ariss won Best Supporting Actor for their roles in the movie.
Set in the port town of Dover, the film follows Mary Hussain who suddenly finds herself a widow following the unexpected death of her husband. A day after the burial, she discovers he has a secret just twenty-one miles across the English Channel in Calais.
Khan said at the ceremony: “What the f***?! … Never in my wildest dreams did I think this would be happening tonight. My mum and my dad and family are going to be going nuts. This film, at its core, is about strangers seeing one another.
- 12/5/2021
- by Tom Grater and Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Aleem Khan’s directorial debut “After Love” dominated the British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) with six wins.
The film, in which a recently widowed woman comes to terms with a shocking secret about her husband’s life won the award for Best British Independent Film, presented by Kate Beckinsale. Khan won three more BIFAs – Best Director, The Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director and Best Screenplay, with Joanna Scanlan winning Best Actress and Talid Ariss Best Supporting Actor for their performances in the film.
Adeel Akhtar won Best Actor for his role in Clio Barnard’s story of forbidden love, “Ali & Ava,” which also saw Connie Farr and Harry Escott scoring the Best Music award.
The Best Supporting Actress award went to Vinette Robinson for her work in Philip Barantini’s single-take restaurant kitchen drama “Boiling Point,” which also received awards for Carolyn McCleod for Best Casting, Matthew Lewis...
The film, in which a recently widowed woman comes to terms with a shocking secret about her husband’s life won the award for Best British Independent Film, presented by Kate Beckinsale. Khan won three more BIFAs – Best Director, The Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director and Best Screenplay, with Joanna Scanlan winning Best Actress and Talid Ariss Best Supporting Actor for their performances in the film.
Adeel Akhtar won Best Actor for his role in Clio Barnard’s story of forbidden love, “Ali & Ava,” which also saw Connie Farr and Harry Escott scoring the Best Music award.
The Best Supporting Actress award went to Vinette Robinson for her work in Philip Barantini’s single-take restaurant kitchen drama “Boiling Point,” which also received awards for Carolyn McCleod for Best Casting, Matthew Lewis...
- 12/5/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
’After Love’ wins best British independent film, plus actress and director prizes.
Aleem Khan’s feature directing debut After Love won six awards at this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), which took place tonight (December 5) in London.
Scroll down for full lst of winners
After Love won best British independent film, with Khan taking home three prizes: best director, best debut director and best screenplay. Khan was named a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2015 and his 2014 short Three Brothers received a Bafta nomination.
The film stars Joanna Scanlan, who also won best actress, as a Muslim woman who...
Aleem Khan’s feature directing debut After Love won six awards at this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), which took place tonight (December 5) in London.
Scroll down for full lst of winners
After Love won best British independent film, with Khan taking home three prizes: best director, best debut director and best screenplay. Khan was named a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2015 and his 2014 short Three Brothers received a Bafta nomination.
The film stars Joanna Scanlan, who also won best actress, as a Muslim woman who...
- 12/5/2021
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
To mark the release of Sweetheart on 29th November, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on DVD.
For Aj (Nell Barlow) planning a gap year trip to knit jumpers for elephants is much more appealing than spending a week with her family at a British Seaside Holiday Park. Yet, she finds herself on a four-hour car journey to the Dorset coast with her mum Tina and little sister Dayna. Met by older sister Lucy, and her boyfriend Steve, Aj expects this to be ‘a week of hell’. That is, until she lays her eyes on the resident lifeguard Isla (Ella-Rae Smith) and is instantly infatuated.
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For Aj (Nell Barlow) planning a gap year trip to knit jumpers for elephants is much more appealing than spending a week with her family at a British Seaside Holiday Park. Yet, she finds herself on a four-hour car journey to the Dorset coast with her mum Tina and little sister Dayna. Met by older sister Lucy, and her boyfriend Steve, Aj expects this to be ‘a week of hell’. That is, until she lays her eyes on the resident lifeguard Isla (Ella-Rae Smith) and is instantly infatuated.
Please note: This competition is open to UK residents only
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Open to UK residents only The competition will close 6th December 2021 at 23.59 GMT The winner will be picked at random from entries received No cash alternative is...
- 11/21/2021
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast” and Philip Barantini’s “Boiling Point” lead nominations at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA), with 11 nods each.
Nominations for “Belfast,” Branagh’s autobiographical tale of life as a young boy in Belfast in 1969 in the midst of the Troubles, include best actress for Caitríona Balfe, best supporting actress for Judi Dench, best supporting actor for Ciarán Hinds and a breakthrough performance nomination for newcomer Jude Hill in addition to seven craft nominations.
Nominations for single take film “Boiling Point,” which follows an up-and-coming chef under extreme pressure, include best actor for Stephen Graham, best supporting actor for Ray Panthaki, best supporting actress for Vinette Robinson and a breakthrough performance nomination for Lauryn Ajufo.
Aleem Khan’s “After Love,” Prano Bailey-Bond’s “Censor” and Joanna Hogg’s “The Souvenir Part II” have nine nominations each, while Clio Barnard’s “Ali & Ava” has seven nominations, Sean Durkin...
Nominations for “Belfast,” Branagh’s autobiographical tale of life as a young boy in Belfast in 1969 in the midst of the Troubles, include best actress for Caitríona Balfe, best supporting actress for Judi Dench, best supporting actor for Ciarán Hinds and a breakthrough performance nomination for newcomer Jude Hill in addition to seven craft nominations.
Nominations for single take film “Boiling Point,” which follows an up-and-coming chef under extreme pressure, include best actor for Stephen Graham, best supporting actor for Ray Panthaki, best supporting actress for Vinette Robinson and a breakthrough performance nomination for Lauryn Ajufo.
Aleem Khan’s “After Love,” Prano Bailey-Bond’s “Censor” and Joanna Hogg’s “The Souvenir Part II” have nine nominations each, while Clio Barnard’s “Ali & Ava” has seven nominations, Sean Durkin...
- 11/3/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Kenneth Branagh’s autobiographical drama Belfast and Philip Barantini’s single-take title Boiling Point both lead nominations for this year’s British Independent Film Awards with 11 nods a piece.
Belfast, which chronicles the tale of life as a young boy in the city in 1969 in the midst of the Troubles, earned a Best Actress nom for Caitríona Balfe, Best Supporting Actress nom for Judi Dench, Best Supporting Actor for Ciarán Hinds and a Breakthrough Performance nomination for newcomer Jude Hill. The title, which is being released in the U.S. by Focus Features on November 12, also earned seven craft nominations including Best Casting and Best Cinematography.
Boiling Point, which follows an up-and-coming chef under extreme pressure, scored a Best Actor nom for Stephen Graham, Best Supporting Actor for Ray Panthaki, Best Supporting Actress for Vinette Robinson and a Breakthrough Performance nomination for Lauryn Ajufo as well as a Breakthrough Producer nomination.
Belfast, which chronicles the tale of life as a young boy in the city in 1969 in the midst of the Troubles, earned a Best Actress nom for Caitríona Balfe, Best Supporting Actress nom for Judi Dench, Best Supporting Actor for Ciarán Hinds and a Breakthrough Performance nomination for newcomer Jude Hill. The title, which is being released in the U.S. by Focus Features on November 12, also earned seven craft nominations including Best Casting and Best Cinematography.
Boiling Point, which follows an up-and-coming chef under extreme pressure, scored a Best Actor nom for Stephen Graham, Best Supporting Actor for Ray Panthaki, Best Supporting Actress for Vinette Robinson and a Breakthrough Performance nomination for Lauryn Ajufo as well as a Breakthrough Producer nomination.
- 11/3/2021
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Variety Director to Watch Prano Bailey-Bond (“Censor”) and BAFTA-nominated “After Love” filmmaker Aleem Khan are among the 39 filmmakers longlisted in the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) new talent categories.
The 39 longlisted filmmakers will be invited to join BIFA’s Springboard scheme, a tailored program of professional development, peer-to-peer support, mentoring, networking and skills enhancement aimed to nurture emerging talent as they build on the success of their first features.
The final five nominations in each category will be announced on Nov. 3. Winners will be revealed at the ceremony on Dec. 5.
The longlists:
The Douglas Hickox Award
(Best Debut Director)
Aleem Khan – “After Love”
Matt Chambers – “The Bike Thief”
Prano Bailey-Bond – “Censor”
Jonathan Butterell – “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie”
Sonita Gale – “Hostile”
Jack Clough – “People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan”
Reggie Yates – “Pirates”
Celeste Bell “Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché” [also Directed By Paul Sng]
Corinna Faith – “The Power”
Charlotte Colbert – “She Will...
The 39 longlisted filmmakers will be invited to join BIFA’s Springboard scheme, a tailored program of professional development, peer-to-peer support, mentoring, networking and skills enhancement aimed to nurture emerging talent as they build on the success of their first features.
The final five nominations in each category will be announced on Nov. 3. Winners will be revealed at the ceremony on Dec. 5.
The longlists:
The Douglas Hickox Award
(Best Debut Director)
Aleem Khan – “After Love”
Matt Chambers – “The Bike Thief”
Prano Bailey-Bond – “Censor”
Jonathan Butterell – “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie”
Sonita Gale – “Hostile”
Jack Clough – “People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan”
Reggie Yates – “Pirates”
Celeste Bell “Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché” [also Directed By Paul Sng]
Corinna Faith – “The Power”
Charlotte Colbert – “She Will...
- 10/20/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Further new titles include ‘The Sopranos’ prequel ‘The Many Saints Of Newark’.
Fourteen new titles are looking to make the most of the last session at the UK-Ireland box office before James Bond film No Time To Die dominates cinemas.
Independent titles such as The Green Knight, Sweetheart, Gagarine and The Man Who Sold His Skin are going up against Warner Bros’ The Many Saints Of Newark, in a truncated week for new titles.
No Time To Die opens on Thursday, September 30, with many cinemas screening the film from 00.01 BST. With projections from Gower Street Analytics that the film will...
Fourteen new titles are looking to make the most of the last session at the UK-Ireland box office before James Bond film No Time To Die dominates cinemas.
Independent titles such as The Green Knight, Sweetheart, Gagarine and The Man Who Sold His Skin are going up against Warner Bros’ The Many Saints Of Newark, in a truncated week for new titles.
No Time To Die opens on Thursday, September 30, with many cinemas screening the film from 00.01 BST. With projections from Gower Street Analytics that the film will...
- 9/24/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Nell Barlow is the long-suffering gay teenager who falls for a lifeguard on holiday in Marley Morrison’s likably wistful debut
The holiday romance coming-of-ager is the genre that’s given writer-director Marley Morrison her likable feature debut. And if you thought Ammonite was going to be this year’s only gay love story set in Dorset, think again. Aj (Nell Barlow) is a smart, intense, socially difficult and lonely teen who wears a bucket hat and aviator shades, and whose overbearing mum Tina (Jo Hartley) still insists on calling her by her childhood name of “April”, unfortunately abbreviated to “Ape”. In a fiercely misjudged attempt to get Aj to cheer up and buck up, she insists on taking her on an old-fashioned family getaway to a holiday park in Dorset, along with her younger sister Dayna (Tabitha Byron), pregnant older sister Lucy (Sophia di Martino) and Lucy’s easygoing partner Steve (Samuel Anderson).
Grumpy,...
The holiday romance coming-of-ager is the genre that’s given writer-director Marley Morrison her likable feature debut. And if you thought Ammonite was going to be this year’s only gay love story set in Dorset, think again. Aj (Nell Barlow) is a smart, intense, socially difficult and lonely teen who wears a bucket hat and aviator shades, and whose overbearing mum Tina (Jo Hartley) still insists on calling her by her childhood name of “April”, unfortunately abbreviated to “Ape”. In a fiercely misjudged attempt to get Aj to cheer up and buck up, she insists on taking her on an old-fashioned family getaway to a holiday park in Dorset, along with her younger sister Dayna (Tabitha Byron), pregnant older sister Lucy (Sophia di Martino) and Lucy’s easygoing partner Steve (Samuel Anderson).
Grumpy,...
- 9/23/2021
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Drink, depression, homelessness and football injuries: the road to the director’s first feature, Sweetheart, has been difficult. She even dumped one project when her feelings about her gender identity changed
Marley Morrison has written and directed a knockout first feature – the witty, spiky queer romance Sweetheart – but when she rocks up to the back terrace of a London cafe, her appearance doesn’t exactly scream “film-maker”. The impish 35-year-old looks more like the coolest cartoon character you ever saw: the love child of Popeye and Tank Girl. Bleached hair peeks out from beneath her pink Barbour cap; shorts and T-shirt leave her intricately cross-hatched tattoos on display. “My partner’s a tattoo artist,” she explains as she sits down, “so I’m a sketch book.” On one arm is Marlene Dietrich; on the other, Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet are snuggled up together in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Marley Morrison has written and directed a knockout first feature – the witty, spiky queer romance Sweetheart – but when she rocks up to the back terrace of a London cafe, her appearance doesn’t exactly scream “film-maker”. The impish 35-year-old looks more like the coolest cartoon character you ever saw: the love child of Popeye and Tank Girl. Bleached hair peeks out from beneath her pink Barbour cap; shorts and T-shirt leave her intricately cross-hatched tattoos on display. “My partner’s a tattoo artist,” she explains as she sits down, “so I’m a sketch book.” On one arm is Marlene Dietrich; on the other, Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet are snuggled up together in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
- 9/9/2021
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
Festival also honours Elliot Page and Octavia Spencer.
Vivian Kleiman’s No Straight Lines: The Rise Of Queer Comics and Lyle Kash’s Death And Bowling have been named among the award winners at the 2021 Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival.
No Straight Lines took the documentary feature grand jury prize at the August 13-22 festival, back this year as an in-person event at several Los Angeles venues, and Death And Bowling won the narrative feature audience award.
The festival’s closing night awards ceremony also saw Elliot Page receiving the Outfest Annual Achievement Award and Octavia Spencer the Outfest Annual James Schamus Ally Award.
Vivian Kleiman’s No Straight Lines: The Rise Of Queer Comics and Lyle Kash’s Death And Bowling have been named among the award winners at the 2021 Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival.
No Straight Lines took the documentary feature grand jury prize at the August 13-22 festival, back this year as an in-person event at several Los Angeles venues, and Death And Bowling won the narrative feature audience award.
The festival’s closing night awards ceremony also saw Elliot Page receiving the Outfest Annual Achievement Award and Octavia Spencer the Outfest Annual James Schamus Ally Award.
- 8/25/2021
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Outfest announced the winners of its 2021 edition, including Vivian Kleiman’s “No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics” for documentary feature and Brielle Brilliant’s “Firstness” for U.S. narrative feature.
The Los Angeles LGBTQ film festival also honored Pooya Mohseni with the grand jury prize for best performance in a U.S. narrative feature for her performance in “See You Then,” while Wes Hurley won best screenplay for “Potato Dreams of America,” a non-traditional portrayal of a gay immigrant’s transition to America and his relationship with his mother.
Park Kun-young was awarded best international narrative feature for “A Distant Place,” and Ümit Ünal won best international screenplay for “Love, Spells, And All That.” “Sweetheart” actor Nell Barlow took home the award for best performance in an international narrative feature “for her ability to emote even under a pair of sunglasses and a bucket hat.”
Xavier Seron won...
The Los Angeles LGBTQ film festival also honored Pooya Mohseni with the grand jury prize for best performance in a U.S. narrative feature for her performance in “See You Then,” while Wes Hurley won best screenplay for “Potato Dreams of America,” a non-traditional portrayal of a gay immigrant’s transition to America and his relationship with his mother.
Park Kun-young was awarded best international narrative feature for “A Distant Place,” and Ümit Ünal won best international screenplay for “Love, Spells, And All That.” “Sweetheart” actor Nell Barlow took home the award for best performance in an international narrative feature “for her ability to emote even under a pair of sunglasses and a bucket hat.”
Xavier Seron won...
- 8/24/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Outfest has announced the award winners of its 2021 Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival.
The nation’s leading LGBTQ festival ran from August 13th to August 22nd, holding its closing night at the iconic Orpheum Theatre, with Vivian Kleiman’s No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics claiming the Documentary Feature Grand Jury Prize, and Brielle Brilliant’s Firstness winning the U.S. Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize.
For the first time ever, Outfest collaborated with IMDb in choosing Audience Award winners, selecting them based on IMDb ratings. Among other prizes and recognition, eligible Outfest Los Angeles winners received a one-year membership to IMDbPro.
The winners of the Grand Jury Prizes for Best U.S. Narrative Short, Best Documentary Short, and Best International Narrative Short all received a $2000 cash prize awarded in partnership with Entertainment Partners.
Also of note is the fact that the U.S. and International Narrative...
The nation’s leading LGBTQ festival ran from August 13th to August 22nd, holding its closing night at the iconic Orpheum Theatre, with Vivian Kleiman’s No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics claiming the Documentary Feature Grand Jury Prize, and Brielle Brilliant’s Firstness winning the U.S. Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize.
For the first time ever, Outfest collaborated with IMDb in choosing Audience Award winners, selecting them based on IMDb ratings. Among other prizes and recognition, eligible Outfest Los Angeles winners received a one-year membership to IMDbPro.
The winners of the Grand Jury Prizes for Best U.S. Narrative Short, Best Documentary Short, and Best International Narrative Short all received a $2000 cash prize awarded in partnership with Entertainment Partners.
Also of note is the fact that the U.S. and International Narrative...
- 8/24/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
"Why can't I just do what I want to do?" Peccadillo Pictures has released the first official UK trailer for a British indie coming-of-age comedy called Sweetheart, not to be confused with the low key island monster horror also titled Sweetheart from recently. This British film premiered at the Glasgow Film Festival earlier this year, where it won the Audience Award, then it won Best First Feature at Inside Out Toronto. A socially awkward, environmentally conscious teen named Aj is dragged to a coastal holiday park by her painfully "normal" family, where she becomes unexpectedly captivated by a chlorine smelling, sun-loving lifeguard named Isla. Starring Nell Barlow as Aj, along with Jo Hartley, Ella-Rae Smith, Sophia Di Martino, Samuel Anderson, Tabitha Byron, and Steffan Cennydd. The film "captures the ups and downs of the quintessential British family holiday," which is usually amusing. This one looks like it might be quite good.
- 8/16/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Peccadillo Pictures has launched a trailer for the upcoming comedy ‘Sweetheart.’
No 17-year-old dreams of spending a week with their family in a British Seaside Holiday Park. For socially conscious Aj (Nell Barlow) planning a gap year trip to knit jumpers for elephants is much more appealing. Yet, she finds herself on a four-hour car journey to the Dorset coast with her mum Tina and little sister Dayna. Her mum is determined to spend quality time with her little sweetheart before she flies the nest.
Joined by pregnant sister Lucy & her boyfriend Steve, Aj expects this to be ‘a week of hell’. That is until she lays her eyes on the resident lifeguard Isla (Ella-Rae Smith) who might just be the girl of her dreams.
Written and directed by Marley Morrison, the film is a coming-of-age comedy that captures the ups and downs of first love against the backdrop of the quintessential British family holiday.
No 17-year-old dreams of spending a week with their family in a British Seaside Holiday Park. For socially conscious Aj (Nell Barlow) planning a gap year trip to knit jumpers for elephants is much more appealing. Yet, she finds herself on a four-hour car journey to the Dorset coast with her mum Tina and little sister Dayna. Her mum is determined to spend quality time with her little sweetheart before she flies the nest.
Joined by pregnant sister Lucy & her boyfriend Steve, Aj expects this to be ‘a week of hell’. That is until she lays her eyes on the resident lifeguard Isla (Ella-Rae Smith) who might just be the girl of her dreams.
Written and directed by Marley Morrison, the film is a coming-of-age comedy that captures the ups and downs of first love against the backdrop of the quintessential British family holiday.
- 8/16/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Inside Out 2Slgbtq+ Film Festival on Monday unveiled winners for its just-wrapped 31st edition, bestowing its Audience Award for narrative feature on Ümit Ünal’s Love, Spells and All That and its best first feature honor on Marley Morrison’s Sweetheart.
A total of 143 films including 33 features and five episodic series unspooled during the Ontario-based virtual festival that ran May 27-June 6, with a total of 70% of this year’s selected films by women/trans/non-binary directors.
Love, Spells centers on the reunion 20 years later of two woman who were separated from their families after a love affair as teens; one believes they were reunited because she cast a love spell on the other. Sweetheart is a comedic coming-of-age story about a socially awkward girl (Nell Barlow) forced to go on a family vacation only to discover after a chance meeting with a local lifeguard that she has a chance...
A total of 143 films including 33 features and five episodic series unspooled during the Ontario-based virtual festival that ran May 27-June 6, with a total of 70% of this year’s selected films by women/trans/non-binary directors.
Love, Spells centers on the reunion 20 years later of two woman who were separated from their families after a love affair as teens; one believes they were reunited because she cast a love spell on the other. Sweetheart is a comedic coming-of-age story about a socially awkward girl (Nell Barlow) forced to go on a family vacation only to discover after a chance meeting with a local lifeguard that she has a chance...
- 6/7/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Nell Barlow and Ella-Rae Smith in Sweetheart Photo: courtesy of Glasgow Film Festival
This year's Glasgow Film Festival has now officially drawn to a close, and the organisers have revealed that it reached an impressive 37,733 viewers despite being forced by the Covid-19 pandemic to operate entirely online. More than 70 filmmakers participated in Q&As and further 1,500 people attended online events such as a music session presented by Nightwave, one of the DJs who features in Underplayed.
Several of the films featured in the festival line-up will remain available for UK viewers to watch via Glasgow Film At home until 10 March, with the festival team planning to arrange additional online screenings through the platform throughout the year to come.
As is traditional, the Audience Award was also announced tonight, going to Marley Morrison's whimsical take on teenage holiday romance, Sweetheart. "This is totally unexpected," said Morrison. "It’s been an emotional and wild.
This year's Glasgow Film Festival has now officially drawn to a close, and the organisers have revealed that it reached an impressive 37,733 viewers despite being forced by the Covid-19 pandemic to operate entirely online. More than 70 filmmakers participated in Q&As and further 1,500 people attended online events such as a music session presented by Nightwave, one of the DJs who features in Underplayed.
Several of the films featured in the festival line-up will remain available for UK viewers to watch via Glasgow Film At home until 10 March, with the festival team planning to arrange additional online screenings through the platform throughout the year to come.
As is traditional, the Audience Award was also announced tonight, going to Marley Morrison's whimsical take on teenage holiday romance, Sweetheart. "This is totally unexpected," said Morrison. "It’s been an emotional and wild.
- 3/7/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Sun, sea, sand and the opportunity to spend time with the family. When you're 15, what could be worse? Aj (Nell Barlow) really doesn't want to go on holiday. She insists she'd be fine at home, and that seems believable enough, because she doesn't come across as someone who has friends to get in trouble with, but her mother (Jo Hartley) disagrees. To make matters worse, her mother has secretly emptied her suitcase and filled it with clothes that she thinks will help her look pretty and feel happy, meaning she has only one thing to wear that makes her feel like herself. Of course, if Aj complains, after they've crammed themselves into the caravan with her pregnant older sister and her pregnant older sister's boyfriend and her younger sister, she's the one who gets told that she's spoiling it for everyone.
There's not a lot of self-awareness to go round.
There's not a lot of self-awareness to go round.
- 3/4/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Glasgow Film Festival has made great strides in building its own identity in recent years. The film Sweetheart, playing at the festival this year, is a perfect example of the type of gem which shines in the (virtual) Glaswegian sun and our man at the festival, Thomas Alexander, recently took time with the director and star of the film.
Directed by Marley Morrison, the film stars Nell Barlow, Ella-Rae Smith, Jo Hartley, Sophia Di Martino, and Samuel Anderson and is a painful and hilarious coming of age story set in Southern England.
Plot: 17-year-old Aj (Nell Barlow) is not one of life’s shiny, happy people. A family holiday at a caravan park in Dorset is her idea of hell. A moody misfit, she dresses for concealment and lets everyone know that she would rather be anywhere else. Then she spies flirty, free-spirited lifeguard Isla (Ella-Rae Smith) who might...
Directed by Marley Morrison, the film stars Nell Barlow, Ella-Rae Smith, Jo Hartley, Sophia Di Martino, and Samuel Anderson and is a painful and hilarious coming of age story set in Southern England.
Plot: 17-year-old Aj (Nell Barlow) is not one of life’s shiny, happy people. A family holiday at a caravan park in Dorset is her idea of hell. A moody misfit, she dresses for concealment and lets everyone know that she would rather be anywhere else. Then she spies flirty, free-spirited lifeguard Isla (Ella-Rae Smith) who might...
- 3/1/2021
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The BFI London Film Festival has added a new, annual works-in-progress showcase as part of its industry program, and has invited seven projects to participate, including two featuring “Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker” and “The End of the F***ing World” actor Naomie Ackie and “ZeroZeroZero” actor Andrea Riseborough.
The showcase features works made for cinema, television and immersive platforms by U.K. emerging talent and will be presented to an invited audience of international buyers and festival programmers.
The projects include psychological thriller “Here Before” by Stacey Gregg (“Little Birds”), produced by Sophie Vickers (“Surge”) and Julia Godzinskaya (“The Other Lamb”), starring Riseborough, Martin McCann (“Wildfire”) and Jonjo O’Neill (“Pennyworth”); and heist film “The Score,” directed by Malachi Smyth (“Nocturne”), produced by Matthew James Wilkinson (“Yesterday”), Ben Pullen (“Light of the World), alongside co-producer Isabelle Georgeaux (“Calibre”), starring Johnny Flynn (“Stardust”), Ackie and Will Poulter (“Midsommar”).
Experimental filmmaker Baff Akoto,...
The showcase features works made for cinema, television and immersive platforms by U.K. emerging talent and will be presented to an invited audience of international buyers and festival programmers.
The projects include psychological thriller “Here Before” by Stacey Gregg (“Little Birds”), produced by Sophie Vickers (“Surge”) and Julia Godzinskaya (“The Other Lamb”), starring Riseborough, Martin McCann (“Wildfire”) and Jonjo O’Neill (“Pennyworth”); and heist film “The Score,” directed by Malachi Smyth (“Nocturne”), produced by Matthew James Wilkinson (“Yesterday”), Ben Pullen (“Light of the World), alongside co-producer Isabelle Georgeaux (“Calibre”), starring Johnny Flynn (“Stardust”), Ackie and Will Poulter (“Midsommar”).
Experimental filmmaker Baff Akoto,...
- 9/22/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The film is the final one from the latest Microwave slate to wrap.
Production has wrapped on Marley Morrison’s feature debut Sweetheart, the final title from the latest Film London Microwave slate of low-budget projects.
Screen can exclusively reveal a first-look image from the film, which follows a socially awkward 17-year-old on a family trip to a Dorset caravan park, as she embarks on her first holiday romance.
Newcomer Nell Barlow takes the lead role of A.J. alongside a supporting cast that includes Jo Hartley, Ella Rae Smith, Sophia Di Martino, Samuel Anderson and Tabitha Byron. Shooting took...
Production has wrapped on Marley Morrison’s feature debut Sweetheart, the final title from the latest Film London Microwave slate of low-budget projects.
Screen can exclusively reveal a first-look image from the film, which follows a socially awkward 17-year-old on a family trip to a Dorset caravan park, as she embarks on her first holiday romance.
Newcomer Nell Barlow takes the lead role of A.J. alongside a supporting cast that includes Jo Hartley, Ella Rae Smith, Sophia Di Martino, Samuel Anderson and Tabitha Byron. Shooting took...
- 10/18/2019
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
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