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The Film London event runs from June 20-23.
UK sales agents are feeling confident after a surprisingly strong Cannes as Film London’s four-day London Screenings opens today at Picturehouse Central and runs until June 23.
Eighty-five international buyers including executives from the US’ IFC Films, Germany’s Tobis and X-Verlieh, and Italy’s Teodora, and the UK’s main buyers and festival programmers, are in town to watch footage and completed films that include Bankside Films’ The Almond And The Seahorse, starring Rebel Wilson, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Trine Dyrholm, and tennis doc Silver Servers.
“We didn’t want them to...
UK sales agents are feeling confident after a surprisingly strong Cannes as Film London’s four-day London Screenings opens today at Picturehouse Central and runs until June 23.
Eighty-five international buyers including executives from the US’ IFC Films, Germany’s Tobis and X-Verlieh, and Italy’s Teodora, and the UK’s main buyers and festival programmers, are in town to watch footage and completed films that include Bankside Films’ The Almond And The Seahorse, starring Rebel Wilson, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Trine Dyrholm, and tennis doc Silver Servers.
“We didn’t want them to...
- 6/20/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Twenty-two emerging producers to receive up to £2.2m; almost 500 applicants.Scroll Down For Recipients
The BFI has announced the recipients of its 2016-18 Vision Awards, comprising 22 investments in up-and-coming UK producers.
The awards, generally spread over two years, are designed to enable producers to build and develop their companies, slates and creative relationships.
The BFI had intended to give 20 awards but increased that allocation to 22 in response to the number of strong applications it received. Almost 500 companies applied for the awards, which are backed by a total commitment from the BFI of £2.2m of National Lottery funding.
Fifteen of the awards are to women producers or partnerships, while eight of the companies are based outside of London, located in Belfast, Cardiff, Glasgow, Hull, Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield and York.
In a bid to foster sustainability, the third iteration of the Vision Awards will include an allowance to cover a producer’s fees and overheads of up to half...
The BFI has announced the recipients of its 2016-18 Vision Awards, comprising 22 investments in up-and-coming UK producers.
The awards, generally spread over two years, are designed to enable producers to build and develop their companies, slates and creative relationships.
The BFI had intended to give 20 awards but increased that allocation to 22 in response to the number of strong applications it received. Almost 500 companies applied for the awards, which are backed by a total commitment from the BFI of £2.2m of National Lottery funding.
Fifteen of the awards are to women producers or partnerships, while eight of the companies are based outside of London, located in Belfast, Cardiff, Glasgow, Hull, Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield and York.
In a bid to foster sustainability, the third iteration of the Vision Awards will include an allowance to cover a producer’s fees and overheads of up to half...
- 8/24/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: 160 applicants whittled down to chase thriller and horror.
Successful UK micro-budget film fund Film London Microwave has selected chase thriller Kill Her Witch and psychological horror The Visitor as its two films to go into production later this year.
Each team will receive £10,000 development funding, £100,000 production funding and can access an additional £25,000 for distribution support.
Selected from a record 160 applications, Kill Her Witch brings BAFTA-nominated writer/director Faye Gilbert and producer Yaw Basoah together for their third collaboration.
Set in a dystopian future, the film follows two sisters as they run for their lives across hostile territory
The Visitor, a psychological horror exploring family relationships, comes from brothers Sebastian Godwin (writer/director) and Hugo Godwin (producer).
The Film London, BFI, BBC Films and Creative Skillset scheme has previously backed films including Shifty and Lilting.
Adrian Wootton, chief Executive of Film London and the British Film Commission, said: “Our ambition is to deliver exciting new talent into the...
Successful UK micro-budget film fund Film London Microwave has selected chase thriller Kill Her Witch and psychological horror The Visitor as its two films to go into production later this year.
Each team will receive £10,000 development funding, £100,000 production funding and can access an additional £25,000 for distribution support.
Selected from a record 160 applications, Kill Her Witch brings BAFTA-nominated writer/director Faye Gilbert and producer Yaw Basoah together for their third collaboration.
Set in a dystopian future, the film follows two sisters as they run for their lives across hostile territory
The Visitor, a psychological horror exploring family relationships, comes from brothers Sebastian Godwin (writer/director) and Hugo Godwin (producer).
The Film London, BFI, BBC Films and Creative Skillset scheme has previously backed films including Shifty and Lilting.
Adrian Wootton, chief Executive of Film London and the British Film Commission, said: “Our ambition is to deliver exciting new talent into the...
- 5/15/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Low budget production scheme selects 12 projects; hits diversity target.
Film London Microwave has announced a shortlist of 12 projects for the development stage of its next edition.
The shortlisted projects and teams are:
• The Blue House, Patrick Dickinson (writer and director), Sophie Venner (producer)
• Butterfly Kisses, Greer Ellison (writer), Rafal Kapelinski (director), Merlin Merton and David Braithwaite (producers)
• Daphne’s Inferno, Nico Mensinga (writer) Peter Mackie Burns (director) Valentina Brazzini and Tristan Goligher (producers)
• Engaged, James Condon (writer) Adam Randall (director) Bennett McGhee and Matt Wilkinson (producers)
• Kill Her Witch, Faye Gilbert (writer and director), Yaw Basoah (producer)
• The New Thirty, Wendy Okoi-Obuli (writer), Remi Vaughan-Richards (director), Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo (producer)
• Night Dances, Johnny Kenton (writer and director), Jo Allan (producer)
• The Opposite of Everything, Ruth Pickett (writer), Nour Wazzi ( director), Stephen Smith (producer)
• Punch, Ruth Ivo (writer and director), Rachel Wardlow (producer)
• Unsung, Ayndrilla Singharay (writer), Liam Creighton (director) Fiona Black (producer)
• The Visitor, Sebastian Godwin (writer...
Film London Microwave has announced a shortlist of 12 projects for the development stage of its next edition.
The shortlisted projects and teams are:
• The Blue House, Patrick Dickinson (writer and director), Sophie Venner (producer)
• Butterfly Kisses, Greer Ellison (writer), Rafal Kapelinski (director), Merlin Merton and David Braithwaite (producers)
• Daphne’s Inferno, Nico Mensinga (writer) Peter Mackie Burns (director) Valentina Brazzini and Tristan Goligher (producers)
• Engaged, James Condon (writer) Adam Randall (director) Bennett McGhee and Matt Wilkinson (producers)
• Kill Her Witch, Faye Gilbert (writer and director), Yaw Basoah (producer)
• The New Thirty, Wendy Okoi-Obuli (writer), Remi Vaughan-Richards (director), Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo (producer)
• Night Dances, Johnny Kenton (writer and director), Jo Allan (producer)
• The Opposite of Everything, Ruth Pickett (writer), Nour Wazzi ( director), Stephen Smith (producer)
• Punch, Ruth Ivo (writer and director), Rachel Wardlow (producer)
• Unsung, Ayndrilla Singharay (writer), Liam Creighton (director) Fiona Black (producer)
• The Visitor, Sebastian Godwin (writer...
- 12/15/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The fifth Underwire Festival, which showcases shorts made by female filmmakers, will run Nov 11-15 at The Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick, London.
The festival presents 10 programmes of shorts by women and 10 awards. Screen Interantional is proud to sponsor the Xx Award for best female protagonist.
The nominees for that prize are:
The Wolf, the Ship and the Little Green Bag – Kathryn MacCorgarry Gray
A Moment to Move – Georgia Parris
Lay Me Down – Lucy Tcherniak [pictured]
Anita – Geoff Bellhouse
The Line – Faye Gilbert
In addition to screenings, the festival hosts development and networking events, live music, comedy and parties. Events include a day devoted to women comedy writers, screenwriting advice, an animators discussion, and panels on lesbian representation, the Bechdel Test, and female superheroes.
There will also be a new screenwriting competition launched with The Tommy Vine Fund.
The awards are:
Xx Award: Best Female Protagonist, sponsored by Screen International
Sonic Sirens: Best Sound Designer, sponsored by Sound...
The festival presents 10 programmes of shorts by women and 10 awards. Screen Interantional is proud to sponsor the Xx Award for best female protagonist.
The nominees for that prize are:
The Wolf, the Ship and the Little Green Bag – Kathryn MacCorgarry Gray
A Moment to Move – Georgia Parris
Lay Me Down – Lucy Tcherniak [pictured]
Anita – Geoff Bellhouse
The Line – Faye Gilbert
In addition to screenings, the festival hosts development and networking events, live music, comedy and parties. Events include a day devoted to women comedy writers, screenwriting advice, an animators discussion, and panels on lesbian representation, the Bechdel Test, and female superheroes.
There will also be a new screenwriting competition launched with The Tommy Vine Fund.
The awards are:
Xx Award: Best Female Protagonist, sponsored by Screen International
Sonic Sirens: Best Sound Designer, sponsored by Sound...
- 10/21/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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