A glimpse at upcoming UK DVD and Blu-ray release dates until early 2025: here’s what’s coming to disc and when.
Here, then, are a few of the upcoming dates for new movies on DVD and Blu-ray that may not yet have been officially announced. Note that all dates are for the UK.
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Just released
First Time On UK Blu-ray: No Way Out (Film Stories Blu-ray #2)
First Time On UK Blu-ray: Bull Durham (Film Stories Blu-ray #3)
2nd September: Before Dawn
2nd September: The Garfield Movie
2nd September: Pharoah
2nd September: The Commitments
2nd September: Unicorns
2nd September: Orca, The Killer Whale
2nd September:...
Here, then, are a few of the upcoming dates for new movies on DVD and Blu-ray that may not yet have been officially announced. Note that all dates are for the UK.
Also: We’ve started adding affiliate links. If you click on those, we benefit, and can spend more money paying more people to write more things for this website. No pressure, just hugely obliged.
Obviously in the current climate everything is subject to change, of course…
Just released
First Time On UK Blu-ray: No Way Out (Film Stories Blu-ray #2)
First Time On UK Blu-ray: Bull Durham (Film Stories Blu-ray #3)
2nd September: Before Dawn
2nd September: The Garfield Movie
2nd September: Pharoah
2nd September: The Commitments
2nd September: Unicorns
2nd September: Orca, The Killer Whale
2nd September:...
- 9/21/2024
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
Ben Hardy and Mia Tomlinson have joined Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga on the cast of ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites.’
Plot details are being kept locked up safe in the Warren’s evil relic room for now.
Wilson and Farmiga are reprising their roles as paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, the real-life husband and wife evil spirit warriors ‘The Conjuring’ franchise is based on.
Michael Chaves returns to take the helm on the sequel, Chaves previously directed ‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’ and ‘The Nun II.’
Also in news – Colman Domingo in talks for Steven Spielberg untitled event project
David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (The Conjuring 2; The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It) wrote the screenplay with current revisions by writing team Ian Goldberg and Richard Naing (The Nun II) based on a story by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and James Wan. Wan is also returning to produce with Peter Safran.
Plot details are being kept locked up safe in the Warren’s evil relic room for now.
Wilson and Farmiga are reprising their roles as paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, the real-life husband and wife evil spirit warriors ‘The Conjuring’ franchise is based on.
Michael Chaves returns to take the helm on the sequel, Chaves previously directed ‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’ and ‘The Nun II.’
Also in news – Colman Domingo in talks for Steven Spielberg untitled event project
David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (The Conjuring 2; The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It) wrote the screenplay with current revisions by writing team Ian Goldberg and Richard Naing (The Nun II) based on a story by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and James Wan. Wan is also returning to produce with Peter Safran.
- 9/20/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Festival favourites from throughout 2024 will screen at France’s Dinard Festival of British & Irish Film, including two films starring Barry Keoghan, Andrea Arnold’s Cannes premiere Bird and Chris Andrews’ Toronto title Bring Them Down.
Bring Them Down, a rural Ireland-set revenge story partly filmed in the Irish language and co-starring Christopher Abbott, will play in the main festival competition, alongside Ariane Labed’s Cannes premiere and directorial debut September Says.
Another Irish-language title in the 53-strong line-up is Rich Peppiatt’s Sundance breakout hip-hop biopic Kneecap. While Irish titles have previously been included in the festival’s programme, this...
Bring Them Down, a rural Ireland-set revenge story partly filmed in the Irish language and co-starring Christopher Abbott, will play in the main festival competition, alongside Ariane Labed’s Cannes premiere and directorial debut September Says.
Another Irish-language title in the 53-strong line-up is Rich Peppiatt’s Sundance breakout hip-hop biopic Kneecap. While Irish titles have previously been included in the festival’s programme, this...
- 9/4/2024
- ScreenDaily
France’s Dinard Festival of British & Irish Film has unveiled the line-up of its 34th edition, including two films starring Barry Keoghan, Andrea Arnold’s Cannes premiere Bird and Chris Andrews’ Toronto title Bring Them Down.
Bring Them Down, a rural Ireland-set revenge story that’s also partly in the Irish language and stars Poor Things’ Christopher Abbott, will play in the main festival competition, competing for the Golden Hitchcock award for best film award, alongside Ariane Labed’s Cannes premiere and directorial debut September Says.
Another Irish-language title in the 53-strong line-up is Rich Peppiatt’s Sundance breakout hip-hop biopic Kneecap.
Bring Them Down, a rural Ireland-set revenge story that’s also partly in the Irish language and stars Poor Things’ Christopher Abbott, will play in the main festival competition, competing for the Golden Hitchcock award for best film award, alongside Ariane Labed’s Cannes premiere and directorial debut September Says.
Another Irish-language title in the 53-strong line-up is Rich Peppiatt’s Sundance breakout hip-hop biopic Kneecap.
- 9/4/2024
- ScreenDaily
After nearly two years, “Industry” is back for a third season. And this time around, the HBO drama is chronicling a financial saga that will pull its antiheroes into the upper echelons of the financial, political and media worlds.
Created by Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, “Industry” first premiered in 2020 as a steamy and high-stakes drama about a group of new hires at a top-tier London bank. Not all of those newbies lasted, but Down and Kay have found new ways to dive into this ever-stressful world. This season, they’re diving into the world of ethical investment through a new character played by Kit Harington.
Consider this your guide on who’s who in the cast of “Industry” Season 3.
“Industry” Season 3 (Photo Credit: HBO) Marisa Abela as Yasmin Kara-Hanani
Yasmin is one of two characters who has remained at Pierpoint and at the center of “Industry” since Season 1. Part...
Created by Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, “Industry” first premiered in 2020 as a steamy and high-stakes drama about a group of new hires at a top-tier London bank. Not all of those newbies lasted, but Down and Kay have found new ways to dive into this ever-stressful world. This season, they’re diving into the world of ethical investment through a new character played by Kit Harington.
Consider this your guide on who’s who in the cast of “Industry” Season 3.
“Industry” Season 3 (Photo Credit: HBO) Marisa Abela as Yasmin Kara-Hanani
Yasmin is one of two characters who has remained at Pierpoint and at the center of “Industry” since Season 1. Part...
- 8/12/2024
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Johnny Sequoyah has been cast opposite Troy Kotsur in the Paramount Pictures horror feature Primate.
Details regarding the film’s plot and character descriptions are under wraps.
Johannes Roberts and Ernest Riera penned the screenplay with the former also set to direct. Walter Hamada produces Primate via his 18hz production company, as part of his first look deal with the studio, alongside John Hodges and Bradley Pilz.
Sequoyah is most known for playing ‘Bo Adams’ on the NBC TV series Believe, created by Alfonso Cuarón and produced by J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot. She can recently be seen as one of the female leads on the hit Showtime limited series, Dexter: New Blood in the role of Audrey Bishop opposite Michael C. Hall.
On the features side, her credits include The Enchanted Stallion, Plastic Jesus, I Believe in Unicorns and Ass Backward. She can also...
Details regarding the film’s plot and character descriptions are under wraps.
Johannes Roberts and Ernest Riera penned the screenplay with the former also set to direct. Walter Hamada produces Primate via his 18hz production company, as part of his first look deal with the studio, alongside John Hodges and Bradley Pilz.
Sequoyah is most known for playing ‘Bo Adams’ on the NBC TV series Believe, created by Alfonso Cuarón and produced by J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot. She can recently be seen as one of the female leads on the hit Showtime limited series, Dexter: New Blood in the role of Audrey Bishop opposite Michael C. Hall.
On the features side, her credits include The Enchanted Stallion, Plastic Jesus, I Believe in Unicorns and Ass Backward. She can also...
- 8/1/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Greta Gerwig is set to be honored with the Pioneer of the Year Award by the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation.
The “Barbie” writer and director will receive the award at the Pioneer of the Year Dinner, set for Sept. 25 at The Beverly Hilton. The event benefit will honor Gerwig and raise proceeds for Wrmppf’s Pioneers Assistance Fund, a charity that provides financial assistance and supportive counseling to individuals in the motion picture distribution and exhibition community in times of need.
The award is honored to members of the motion picture industry with exceptional leadership, service to the community and commitment to philanthropy.
Gerwig, who has written and directed Oscar-nominated films like “Lady Bird,” and “Little Women,” is currently working on an adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ “The Chronicles of Narnia” book series for Netflix. In February, the actor, writer and director revealed that a script for the...
The “Barbie” writer and director will receive the award at the Pioneer of the Year Dinner, set for Sept. 25 at The Beverly Hilton. The event benefit will honor Gerwig and raise proceeds for Wrmppf’s Pioneers Assistance Fund, a charity that provides financial assistance and supportive counseling to individuals in the motion picture distribution and exhibition community in times of need.
The award is honored to members of the motion picture industry with exceptional leadership, service to the community and commitment to philanthropy.
Gerwig, who has written and directed Oscar-nominated films like “Lady Bird,” and “Little Women,” is currently working on an adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ “The Chronicles of Narnia” book series for Netflix. In February, the actor, writer and director revealed that a script for the...
- 7/16/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay, Selena Kuznikov, Jack Dunn and Diego Ramos Bechara
- Variety Film + TV
Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (July 5-7) Total gross to date Week 1. Inside Out 2 (Disney) £5.1m £40.1m 4 2. A Quiet Place: Day One (Paramount) £1.6m £6.2m 2 3. Bad Boys: Ride Or Die (Sony) £446,578 £11.1m 5 4. MaXXXine (Universal) £384,410 £384,410 1 5. The Bikeriders (Universal) £373,027 £3.2m 3
Disney’s Inside Out 2 has become the highest-grossing title 2024 so far at the UK and Ireland box office, after hitting £40m in four weeks.
The animated sequel added another £5.1m, down just 15% on the previous session. Inside Out 2 overtakes Warner Bros’ Dune: Part Two on £39.4m as well as its own predecessor, 2015’s Inside Out, which also ended on £39.4m.
Disney’s Inside Out 2 has become the highest-grossing title 2024 so far at the UK and Ireland box office, after hitting £40m in four weeks.
The animated sequel added another £5.1m, down just 15% on the previous session. Inside Out 2 overtakes Warner Bros’ Dune: Part Two on £39.4m as well as its own predecessor, 2015’s Inside Out, which also ended on £39.4m.
- 7/8/2024
- ScreenDaily
Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (July 5-7) Total gross to date Week 1. Inside Out 2 (Disney) £5.1m £40.1m 4 2. A Quiet Place: Day One (Paramount) £1.6m £6.2m 2 3. Bad Boys: Ride Or Die (Sony) £446,578 £11.1m 5 4. MaXXXine (Universal) £384,410 £384,410 1 5. The Bikeriders (Universal) £373,027 £3.2m 3
Disney’s Inside Out 2 has become the highest-grossing title 2024 so far at the UK and Ireland box office, after hitting £40m in four weeks.
The animated sequel added another £5.1m, down just 15% on the previous session. Inside Out 2 overtakes Warner Bros’ Dune: Part Two on £39.4m as well as its own predecessor, 2015’s Inside Out, which also ended on £39.4m.
Disney’s Inside Out 2 has become the highest-grossing title 2024 so far at the UK and Ireland box office, after hitting £40m in four weeks.
The animated sequel added another £5.1m, down just 15% on the previous session. Inside Out 2 overtakes Warner Bros’ Dune: Part Two on £39.4m as well as its own predecessor, 2015’s Inside Out, which also ended on £39.4m.
- 7/8/2024
- ScreenDaily
On this week's 100% politics free episode of the Empire podcast, the release of Ti West's eagerly anticipated X trilogy closer Maxxxine — which sees the series' instantly iconic porn star-turned-Final Girl Maxine being stalked by a shadowy killer on the streets of mid-80s LA — brings star Mia Goth our way. The decidedly less shadowy and less killery Chris Hewitt sat down with Goth over Zoom for a lovely chat about all things Maxxxine, getting drenched in prosthetics, being a non-screaming scream queen, and much more besides [41:11 - 53:59 approx].
Then, back in the non-political pod booth, Chris is joined by Helen O'Hara and James Dyer for an episode in which they don't talk about politics, even though it was recorded on General Election Day, and even though this week's listener question is specifically about movie politicians. What were the chances? Elsewhere, the team also discuss this week's movie news (Just news — no politics!
Then, back in the non-political pod booth, Chris is joined by Helen O'Hara and James Dyer for an episode in which they don't talk about politics, even though it was recorded on General Election Day, and even though this week's listener question is specifically about movie politicians. What were the chances? Elsewhere, the team also discuss this week's movie news (Just news — no politics!
- 7/5/2024
- by Jordan King
- Empire - Movies
Ti West’s crime horror MaXXXine leads the new titles at this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office, opening in 477 cinemas through Universal.
The third title in the X film series from US director West follows X and Pearl. MaXXXine sees its protagonist, played by Mia Goth, set out for fame and success in 1980s Hollywood while being targeted by a mysterious killer.
X opened to £227,493 from 481 sites at a £473 average in March 2022, ending on £641,792, released through Entertainment Film Distributors. The franchise then moved to Universal for UK-Ireland, where Pearl started with £192,895 from 293 sites at a £658 average, ending on £477,076 in March...
The third title in the X film series from US director West follows X and Pearl. MaXXXine sees its protagonist, played by Mia Goth, set out for fame and success in 1980s Hollywood while being targeted by a mysterious killer.
X opened to £227,493 from 481 sites at a £473 average in March 2022, ending on £641,792, released through Entertainment Film Distributors. The franchise then moved to Universal for UK-Ireland, where Pearl started with £192,895 from 293 sites at a £658 average, ending on £477,076 in March...
- 7/5/2024
- ScreenDaily
In queer love story Unicorns, the young British actor plays a dazzling drag queen living two lives. He talks about his road to performing, family pride, and the need for a thick skin
When Jason Patel was young – a self-described “sassy teen” growing up in Manchester – he was told by a family friend to drop his dream of being a performer. Instead, she advised, Brits of Asian heritage should embrace the stereotype. “She was like: ‘You shouldn’t be an actor. You need to be a mathematician or a doctor or a scientist.’”
This never looked likely. Before his parents finally bought him a keyboard, Patel drew piano keys on a window sill to practise. He told his mother he needed acting lessons because he was “destined to be a star”. The family friend was duly corrected. “I literally went to her, ‘Watch me!’ and laughed,” says Patel. “Who were...
When Jason Patel was young – a self-described “sassy teen” growing up in Manchester – he was told by a family friend to drop his dream of being a performer. Instead, she advised, Brits of Asian heritage should embrace the stereotype. “She was like: ‘You shouldn’t be an actor. You need to be a mathematician or a doctor or a scientist.’”
This never looked likely. Before his parents finally bought him a keyboard, Patel drew piano keys on a window sill to practise. He told his mother he needed acting lessons because he was “destined to be a star”. The family friend was duly corrected. “I literally went to her, ‘Watch me!’ and laughed,” says Patel. “Who were...
- 7/4/2024
- by Hanna Flint
- The Guardian - Film News
Echoing its worldwide box office standing, Indian sci-fi epic “Kalki 2898 Ad” debuted in third place at the U.K. and Ireland box office.
“Kalki 2898 Ad,” one of the most expensive Indian films ever made with the budget estimated to be $72 million, is distributed in the territory by Dreamz Entertainment and bowed with £886,366 ($1.1 million). It was released in several Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil and Hindi.
Topping the charts in its third weekend was Disney’s “Inside Out 2,” which added another £6 million to take its tally to £31.9 million. Paramount’s “A Quiet Place: Day One” debuted with £2.9 million in second place.
Sony’s “Bad Boys: Ride Or Die” collected £651,891 in its fourth weekend to take its running total to £10.2 million. Rounding off the top five was Universal’s “The Bikeriders,” which earned £588,675 in its second weekend for a total of £2.3 million.
There were three more debuts in the...
“Kalki 2898 Ad,” one of the most expensive Indian films ever made with the budget estimated to be $72 million, is distributed in the territory by Dreamz Entertainment and bowed with £886,366 ($1.1 million). It was released in several Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil and Hindi.
Topping the charts in its third weekend was Disney’s “Inside Out 2,” which added another £6 million to take its tally to £31.9 million. Paramount’s “A Quiet Place: Day One” debuted with £2.9 million in second place.
Sony’s “Bad Boys: Ride Or Die” collected £651,891 in its fourth weekend to take its running total to £10.2 million. Rounding off the top five was Universal’s “The Bikeriders,” which earned £588,675 in its second weekend for a total of £2.3 million.
There were three more debuts in the...
- 7/3/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Jason Patel is excellent as drag queen Aysha in Sally El Hosaini’s new film, but the scenes where Aysha visits her parents as Ashiq really steal the show
Welsh-Egyptian film-maker Sally El Hosaini made a supremely confident debut in 2012 with My Brother the Devil, about a young gay Muslim drug dealer in Hackney. After following up with last year’s refugee drama The Swimmers, she is back exploring queer south Asian culture. Co-directing Unicorns with James Krishna Floyd (the star of My Brother the Devil), who wrote the script, El Hosaini brings a streak of hopefulness to gritty social realism, with the added attraction of superstar drag queens.
At the centre of the film are a pair of heartfelt performances. Ben Hardy is Luke, a straight white mechanic struggling to bring up his five-year-old son as a single dad. One night, Luke accidentally finds himself on the dancefloor of...
Welsh-Egyptian film-maker Sally El Hosaini made a supremely confident debut in 2012 with My Brother the Devil, about a young gay Muslim drug dealer in Hackney. After following up with last year’s refugee drama The Swimmers, she is back exploring queer south Asian culture. Co-directing Unicorns with James Krishna Floyd (the star of My Brother the Devil), who wrote the script, El Hosaini brings a streak of hopefulness to gritty social realism, with the added attraction of superstar drag queens.
At the centre of the film are a pair of heartfelt performances. Ben Hardy is Luke, a straight white mechanic struggling to bring up his five-year-old son as a single dad. One night, Luke accidentally finds himself on the dancefloor of...
- 7/3/2024
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
After capturing the hearts of audiences and critics alike at BFI Flare earlier this year, Unicorns arrives in UK cinemas this week. Loosely-inspired by the story of Asifa Lahore, Britain’s first out Muslim drag queen, the culture-clash romance also represents a number of firsts for its co-directors, Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd, as well as its stars, Ben Hardy and Jason Patel.
Hardy stars as Luke, a single father whose life is taken up with his job as a mechanic and his high-spirited five year old son. But when he stumbles on an underground club playing Asian dance music, he’s immediately fascinated by a flirtatious dancer who goes by the name of Aysha (Patel). The passionate kiss that follows makes it apparent that Aysha isn’t the person Luke had assumed, but the attraction is so powerful, he’s soon juggling his life with acting as her driver.
Hardy stars as Luke, a single father whose life is taken up with his job as a mechanic and his high-spirited five year old son. But when he stumbles on an underground club playing Asian dance music, he’s immediately fascinated by a flirtatious dancer who goes by the name of Aysha (Patel). The passionate kiss that follows makes it apparent that Aysha isn’t the person Luke had assumed, but the attraction is so powerful, he’s soon juggling his life with acting as her driver.
- 7/2/2024
- by Freda Cooper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
British actor Ben Hardy, whose credits include “X-Men: Apocalypse,” “Bohemian Rhapsody” and Netflix’s “Love at First Sight,” is one of the leads in upcoming film “Unicorns.”
Co-directed by BAFTA nominee Sally El Hosaini (“The Swimmers”) and her long-standing collaborator James Krishna Floyd, from a script written by Floyd, the film follows a queer South Asian club performer (Jason Patel) living a double life who meets Luke, a straight, single-father mechanic, with whom unexpected sparks begin to fly.
Hardy, who plays Luke in the LGBTQ+ romantic drama, was drawn to the project by the unique story and the opportunity to work with director El Hosaini. “It was a challenging role for me, something I’d never played before,” Hardy said of portraying Luke, a working-class mechanic who enters the world of “gaysian” clubs in London.
“We spent hours and hours going through Luke, going through the script and story,” Hardy said.
Co-directed by BAFTA nominee Sally El Hosaini (“The Swimmers”) and her long-standing collaborator James Krishna Floyd, from a script written by Floyd, the film follows a queer South Asian club performer (Jason Patel) living a double life who meets Luke, a straight, single-father mechanic, with whom unexpected sparks begin to fly.
Hardy, who plays Luke in the LGBTQ+ romantic drama, was drawn to the project by the unique story and the opportunity to work with director El Hosaini. “It was a challenging role for me, something I’d never played before,” Hardy said of portraying Luke, a working-class mechanic who enters the world of “gaysian” clubs in London.
“We spent hours and hours going through Luke, going through the script and story,” Hardy said.
- 6/28/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Signature Entertainment has unleashed the trailer for Sally El Hosaini (Swimmers) and BAFTA winner James Krishna Floyd’s ‘Unicorns’.
The movie is a cross-cultural romance about a single father from Essex who works as a mechanic and a British Indian drag queen living a double life. When their paths collide, an emotional search for identity is sparked.
The film had its world premiere at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and its UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival. It stars Ben Hardy (Bohemian Rhapsody) and Jason Patel who makes his feature film debut.
Also in trailers – “It was a golden age for motorcyles…” New trailer drops for ‘The Bikeriders’
The movie to be released in UK & Irish cinemas 5 July 2024.
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The movie is a cross-cultural romance about a single father from Essex who works as a mechanic and a British Indian drag queen living a double life. When their paths collide, an emotional search for identity is sparked.
The film had its world premiere at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and its UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival. It stars Ben Hardy (Bohemian Rhapsody) and Jason Patel who makes his feature film debut.
Also in trailers – “It was a golden age for motorcyles…” New trailer drops for ‘The Bikeriders’
The movie to be released in UK & Irish cinemas 5 July 2024.
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- 5/13/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Inevitable Foundation has announced the winners of its partnership with the Loreen Arbus Foundation to support disabled women and nonbinary writers.
The recipients are Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini, Melanie Abrams Fierstein, Natalia Temesgen and Anne Hamilton, who will each receive an $8,000 grant as well as mentorship, coaching and professional connections.
“We are incredibly excited to welcome our newest members of Elevate Collective with the support of The Loreen Arbus Foundation, who shares our steadfast dedication to elevating the voices of disabled creatives,” stated Inevitable Foundation co-founders Richie Siegel and Marisa Torelli-Pedevska. “Loreen’s unparalleled legacy of championing disabled creatives continues to impact the entertainment landscape — and these four disabled creatives — at-large.”
Added Arbus: “Given my lifelong commitment to advocating for the rights and opportunities of individuals with disabilities, I am thrilled to support this diverse cohort of writers and filmmakers. Together, we aim to provide these creatives with the necessary resources...
The recipients are Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini, Melanie Abrams Fierstein, Natalia Temesgen and Anne Hamilton, who will each receive an $8,000 grant as well as mentorship, coaching and professional connections.
“We are incredibly excited to welcome our newest members of Elevate Collective with the support of The Loreen Arbus Foundation, who shares our steadfast dedication to elevating the voices of disabled creatives,” stated Inevitable Foundation co-founders Richie Siegel and Marisa Torelli-Pedevska. “Loreen’s unparalleled legacy of championing disabled creatives continues to impact the entertainment landscape — and these four disabled creatives — at-large.”
Added Arbus: “Given my lifelong commitment to advocating for the rights and opportunities of individuals with disabilities, I am thrilled to support this diverse cohort of writers and filmmakers. Together, we aim to provide these creatives with the necessary resources...
- 4/30/2024
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
The BFI Flare: London Lgbtqia+ Film Festival has revealed the line-up for its 38th edition which takes place March 13-24.
The programme comprises 57 features across the Hearts, Bodies and Mind strands, four of which are world premieres.
Scroll down for full line-up
World premiering is Karen Knox’s sophomore feature We Forgot To Break Up about a trans musician caught in a love triangle with his bandmates. The Canadian actress and filmmaker’s debut Adult Adoption premiered at Glasgow Film Festival in 2022.
Other world premieres are Kat Rohrer’s Austrian romantic comedy What A Feeling about two women who meet...
The programme comprises 57 features across the Hearts, Bodies and Mind strands, four of which are world premieres.
Scroll down for full line-up
World premiering is Karen Knox’s sophomore feature We Forgot To Break Up about a trans musician caught in a love triangle with his bandmates. The Canadian actress and filmmaker’s debut Adult Adoption premiered at Glasgow Film Festival in 2022.
Other world premieres are Kat Rohrer’s Austrian romantic comedy What A Feeling about two women who meet...
- 2/13/2024
- ScreenDaily
Known for a cinema that tackles social issues via the fiction and documentary feature form, it’s after the release of his debut fiction feature in Unicorns (2023) that Àlex Lora Cercós took one more step back into the short form to tackle the implications of social hierarchy and wealth gets accumulated and not distributed. The idiom of one man’s trash (or recyclable goods) is another man’s treasure rings true here but this moves the needle into a more nuanced unsafe zone. A black comedy about social hierarchy that we witnessed Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, we witness how muscle power exists for the those who are better off and once a bidding war ensues in the most original of manners we reconsidered if there are indeed choices to be made or had.…...
- 2/9/2024
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Signature Entertainment has acquired the U.K. and Irish rights to “Unicorns,” the romance drama co-directed by BAFTA nominee Sally El Hosaini (“The Swimmers”) and her long-standing collaborator James Krishna Floyd, who starred in both “The Swimmers” and her directorial debut “My Brother the Devil.”
From a script written by Floyd, “Unicorns” is described as a “visually daring and heartfelt portrayal of modern masculinity” and follows a queer South Asian club performer living a double life who meets a straight, single-father mechanic, with whom unexpected sparks begin to fly. The film stars Ben Hardy (“Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Love at First Sight”), newcomer Jason Patel, Nisha Nayar (“Buddha of Suburbia”), Hannah Onslow (“Empire of Light”) and Sagar Radia (“Industry”).
“We are thrilled to have Signature bring ‘Unicorns’ to U.K. and Irish cinemas where we know audiences will enjoy our unique, timely, but above all entertaining film,” said El-Hosaini and Floyd.
“Unicorns,...
From a script written by Floyd, “Unicorns” is described as a “visually daring and heartfelt portrayal of modern masculinity” and follows a queer South Asian club performer living a double life who meets a straight, single-father mechanic, with whom unexpected sparks begin to fly. The film stars Ben Hardy (“Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Love at First Sight”), newcomer Jason Patel, Nisha Nayar (“Buddha of Suburbia”), Hannah Onslow (“Empire of Light”) and Sagar Radia (“Industry”).
“We are thrilled to have Signature bring ‘Unicorns’ to U.K. and Irish cinemas where we know audiences will enjoy our unique, timely, but above all entertaining film,” said El-Hosaini and Floyd.
“Unicorns,...
- 1/17/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
“Unicorns” explores a world not seen much in feature films — the world of “gaysians,” the South Asian gay community in the U.K. The film, directed by Sally El Hosaini (“The Swimmers”) and James Krishna Floyd and written by Floyd, follows Aysha/Ashiq (charismatic newcomer Jason Patel) a queer, Muslim, South Asian drag queen living a double life who sparks a friendship then romance with white, straight mechanic and single father Luke. The film bowed to rave reviews at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival. Protagonist Pictures is handling international sales at AFM.
“Unicorns” is El Hosaini and Floyd’s third collaboration.
“I think mainstream society is very good at lumping very reductive identity labels on all of us. Obviously, in terms of sexuality, but I think in terms of everything in terms of race and gender and I’ve always felt that these things are very gray and very fluid.
“Unicorns” is El Hosaini and Floyd’s third collaboration.
“I think mainstream society is very good at lumping very reductive identity labels on all of us. Obviously, in terms of sexuality, but I think in terms of everything in terms of race and gender and I’ve always felt that these things are very gray and very fluid.
- 11/1/2023
- by Carole Horst
- Variety Film + TV
Pauline Burt left the Welsh film agency in September.
Ffilm Cymru, the development agency for Welsh film, has named Lee Walters as its incoming CEO, taking up the position from November.
Walters joins from Media Cymru, an organisation set up to drive economic growth in the Welsh media sector, where he was a senior producer and funding manager.
Prior to that, he was senior change manager at BBC Cymru Wales, where he was instrumental in delivering the new headquarters to the centre of Cardiff. In 2020 he joined Cardiff University as programme manager for Clwstwr, an innovation programme supported by both...
Ffilm Cymru, the development agency for Welsh film, has named Lee Walters as its incoming CEO, taking up the position from November.
Walters joins from Media Cymru, an organisation set up to drive economic growth in the Welsh media sector, where he was a senior producer and funding manager.
Prior to that, he was senior change manager at BBC Cymru Wales, where he was instrumental in delivering the new headquarters to the centre of Cardiff. In 2020 he joined Cardiff University as programme manager for Clwstwr, an innovation programme supported by both...
- 10/17/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Following the TIFF world premiere of Unicorns, the buzzy cross-cultural romance marking his feature acting debut, British actor and singer Jason Patel has taken on new reps at Gersh and Untitled Entertainment.
World premiering up north just a few weeks ago, the film from Sally El-Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd has him starring as Aysha, a British Indian drag queen living a double life, with Ben Hardy (Love at First Sight) as Luke, a single father from Essex who works as a mechanic. When their paths collide, an emotional search for identity is sparked.
Pic debuted to almost universally positive reviews and landed Patel on several Best Performance lists out of the festival. CAA is handling sales.
In addition to his acting career, Patel is an emerging musical artist whose work spans pop and R&b. His latest single, “Choclafied,” was released worldwide in August, and will be followed...
World premiering up north just a few weeks ago, the film from Sally El-Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd has him starring as Aysha, a British Indian drag queen living a double life, with Ben Hardy (Love at First Sight) as Luke, a single father from Essex who works as a mechanic. When their paths collide, an emotional search for identity is sparked.
Pic debuted to almost universally positive reviews and landed Patel on several Best Performance lists out of the festival. CAA is handling sales.
In addition to his acting career, Patel is an emerging musical artist whose work spans pop and R&b. His latest single, “Choclafied,” was released worldwide in August, and will be followed...
- 9/27/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
by Cláudio Alves
The 48th Annual Toronto Film Festival may have ended already, but my coverage here at The Film Experience is still going for a few more days. This time, let's talk about the program's queer offerings, highlighting three projects that range from an award-winning World Premiere to a beloved Spanish auteur's first foray into the Western genre. They are the dragged-up double feature of Sophie Dupuis' Solo, which took the Best Canadian Feature prize, and Unicorns, directed by Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd. Finally, there's Pedro Almodóvar's Strange Way of Life, bound to hit American theaters on October 4th, released by Sony Pictures Classics…...
The 48th Annual Toronto Film Festival may have ended already, but my coverage here at The Film Experience is still going for a few more days. This time, let's talk about the program's queer offerings, highlighting three projects that range from an award-winning World Premiere to a beloved Spanish auteur's first foray into the Western genre. They are the dragged-up double feature of Sophie Dupuis' Solo, which took the Best Canadian Feature prize, and Unicorns, directed by Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd. Finally, there's Pedro Almodóvar's Strange Way of Life, bound to hit American theaters on October 4th, released by Sony Pictures Classics…...
- 9/19/2023
- by Cláudio Alves
- FilmExperience
Jason Patel and Ben Hardy walked the TIFF carpet for the premiere of their drama on Friday, “Unicorns”, and while the cameras flashed on them at every turn, they stopped for an interview with Et Canada’s Dallas Dixon.
In “Unicorns”, directed by Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd, Patel plays a femme drag queen engaging in a relationship with Luke, played by Hardy, a hardworking single father who begins exploring his identity.
Read More: TIFF 2023: Ben Hardy Talks About His Queer Fanbase: ‘I Have Always Been Very Thankful For That’
” I would say like there is a lot of queer representation out there now. Like it’s getting better, like it’s so great, but maybe not like all of it is like varied,” explained Patel to Dixon while stopping on the carpet for a quick chat. “And I think what’s really special about this film...
In “Unicorns”, directed by Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd, Patel plays a femme drag queen engaging in a relationship with Luke, played by Hardy, a hardworking single father who begins exploring his identity.
Read More: TIFF 2023: Ben Hardy Talks About His Queer Fanbase: ‘I Have Always Been Very Thankful For That’
” I would say like there is a lot of queer representation out there now. Like it’s getting better, like it’s so great, but maybe not like all of it is like varied,” explained Patel to Dixon while stopping on the carpet for a quick chat. “And I think what’s really special about this film...
- 9/9/2023
- by Emerson Pearson
- ET Canada
As Ben Hardy touched down in Toronto for TIFF for the premiere of his film “Unicorns” on Friday, the UK-born actor hit up a red carpet interview with Et Canada’s Dallas Dixon to discuss his support from the LGBTQ+ community and how he achieved a sizable derrière.
Directed by Sally El Hosani and James Krishna Floyd, “Unicorns” sees Hardy playing Luke, a single father whose sex life is marred with transactional hookups, until he meets a woman named Aysha, played by Jason Petal, in an underground club.
Read More: David Oyelowo Was ‘Surprised’ With ‘The Girl Before’ Ending
“I’ve always had a big old rump on me.”
As the two worlds collide, Luke discovers that Aysha is not a cis woman but a femme drag queen. As the film progresses, Luke and Aysha begin to transcend their ideas of identity and relationships.
On the topic of his vast fandom in the LGBTQ+ community,...
Directed by Sally El Hosani and James Krishna Floyd, “Unicorns” sees Hardy playing Luke, a single father whose sex life is marred with transactional hookups, until he meets a woman named Aysha, played by Jason Petal, in an underground club.
Read More: David Oyelowo Was ‘Surprised’ With ‘The Girl Before’ Ending
“I’ve always had a big old rump on me.”
As the two worlds collide, Luke discovers that Aysha is not a cis woman but a femme drag queen. As the film progresses, Luke and Aysha begin to transcend their ideas of identity and relationships.
On the topic of his vast fandom in the LGBTQ+ community,...
- 9/9/2023
- by Emerson Pearson
- ET Canada
On the way home after a party-ending brawl, Aysha (Jason Patel) explains to Luke (Ben Hardy) the torrid love triangle that precipitated the fight in the first place. It sounds complicated, Luke remarks, but Aysha counters that it’s actually pretty simple: “Everybody just wants what they can’t have.”
Despite her breezy delivery, the statement seems to hang in the air between them. Because by this point, both Luke and Aysha already know on some level what they want. They just have to allow themselves to have it. Unicorns traces their twin journeys toward self-acceptance with empathy, curiosity and a refreshing disregard for constricting labels.
What stands between the central pair is not a lack of desire, but a clash of identities. Luke is a straight white single dad from Essex who scrapes together a modest living as a mechanic; Aysha is a professional drag queen from Manchester hiding...
Despite her breezy delivery, the statement seems to hang in the air between them. Because by this point, both Luke and Aysha already know on some level what they want. They just have to allow themselves to have it. Unicorns traces their twin journeys toward self-acceptance with empathy, curiosity and a refreshing disregard for constricting labels.
What stands between the central pair is not a lack of desire, but a clash of identities. Luke is a straight white single dad from Essex who scrapes together a modest living as a mechanic; Aysha is a professional drag queen from Manchester hiding...
- 9/8/2023
- by Angie Han
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Welsh-Egyptian director Sally El Hosaini had the opening night film at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival with “The Swimmers,” a Netflix drama about two would-be Olympic swimmers fleeing Syria for a chance to compete in Europe. She’s back at the festival a year later with “Unicorns,” codirected with James Krishna Floyd. It’s a quieter, less rousing drama that in some ways couldn’t be further from “The Swimmers,” but in other ways shares that earlier film’s determination to find moments of happiness and celebration in the midst of struggle.
“Unicorns” is a work designed to bring empathy for its two lead characters, a scruffy auto mechanic trying to raise a young son by himself and a British-Asian drag queen looking for moments of release in a life of hardship. At times it finds El Hosaini holding beats for too long, as she also did in “The Swimmers,...
“Unicorns” is a work designed to bring empathy for its two lead characters, a scruffy auto mechanic trying to raise a young son by himself and a British-Asian drag queen looking for moments of release in a life of hardship. At times it finds El Hosaini holding beats for too long, as she also did in “The Swimmers,...
- 9/8/2023
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Toronto – We hate to break it to the haters, but hundreds of thousands of drag queens across the world have no intention of going back into the closet. Some make their living on a public stage, while others are looking for that perfect moment to step into the spotlight. And while many of them may wear the same wig, have similar makeup, and even wear the same costume bought off Amazon dot com, they each have their own unique stories to tell.
Continue reading ‘Unicorns’ Review: Ben Hardy Steals The Spotlight In Muslim Drag Queen Drama [TIFF] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Unicorns’ Review: Ben Hardy Steals The Spotlight In Muslim Drag Queen Drama [TIFF] at The Playlist.
- 9/8/2023
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
The U.K. has a robust presence at the Toronto International Film Festival this year, and several of the films screening there find contemporary resonance while exploring historical subjects.
In Thea Sharrock’s 1920s-set “Wicked Little Letters,” Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley play neighbors who get on each other’s nerves in a small English town where residents start receiving anonymous, expletive-laden letters. Sharrock sees parallels in the film’s theme with today’s social media trolling replacing poison-pen letters.
“The parallels are both so immediate and so obvious, but they’re very subtly made in the writing and therefore in the film,” Sharrock says. “You wonder how far we’ve come in 100 years. Technology-wise, it’s very obvious how far we’ve come, but as human beings in terms of humanity, actually, how much is exactly the same? And how much have we developed in a good way? And...
In Thea Sharrock’s 1920s-set “Wicked Little Letters,” Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley play neighbors who get on each other’s nerves in a small English town where residents start receiving anonymous, expletive-laden letters. Sharrock sees parallels in the film’s theme with today’s social media trolling replacing poison-pen letters.
“The parallels are both so immediate and so obvious, but they’re very subtly made in the writing and therefore in the film,” Sharrock says. “You wonder how far we’ve come in 100 years. Technology-wise, it’s very obvious how far we’ve come, but as human beings in terms of humanity, actually, how much is exactly the same? And how much have we developed in a good way? And...
- 9/8/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Bohemian Rhapsody actor Ben Hardy and newcomer Jason Patel were kept apart during the pre-production phase of Unicorns, a love story between an Essex car mechanic and a South Asian drag queen.
It’s the new film co-directed by Sally El Hosaini (My Brother the Devil) and James Krishna Floyd (The Good Karma Hospital), and they took measures to ensure that the relationship Hardy and Patel depict in the movie, which has its world premiere Friday at TIFF, was fresh.
“All of our prep was separate,” Patel confirmed. “They didn’t want us to meet.”
Floyd said that the only time they saw each other was at the read-through, “but they weren’t allowed to talk to each other. We explained it to Ben and Jason and to the heads of department that if they spent too much time together before filming began, then it would be too familiar...
It’s the new film co-directed by Sally El Hosaini (My Brother the Devil) and James Krishna Floyd (The Good Karma Hospital), and they took measures to ensure that the relationship Hardy and Patel depict in the movie, which has its world premiere Friday at TIFF, was fresh.
“All of our prep was separate,” Patel confirmed. “They didn’t want us to meet.”
Floyd said that the only time they saw each other was at the read-through, “but they weren’t allowed to talk to each other. We explained it to Ben and Jason and to the heads of department that if they spent too much time together before filming began, then it would be too familiar...
- 9/8/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Next Goal Wins (Taika Waititi, 2023).The lineup is being unveiled for the 2023 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, starting with 60 selections from the Gala and Special Presentations programs. The festival takes place from September 7–17, 2023.Gala PRESENTATIONSConcrete Utopia (Um Tae-Hwa)Dumb Money (Craig Gillespie)Fair Play (Chloe Domont)Flora and Son (John Carney)Hate to Love: Nickelback (Leigh Brooks)Lee (Ellen Kuras)Next Goal Wins (Taika Waititi)Nyad (Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin)Punjab ’95 (Honey Trehan)Solo (Sophie Dupuis)The End We Start From (Mahalia Belo)The Movie Emperor (Ning Hao)The New Boy (Warwick Thornton) The Royal Hotel (Kitty Green)The Holdovers.Special Presentationsa Difficult Year (Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache)A Normal Family (Hur Jin-ho)American Fiction (Cord Jefferson)Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet)Close to You (Dominic Savage)Days of Happiness (Chloé Robichaud)The Rescue (Daniela Goggi)Ezra (Tony Goldwyn)Fingernails (Christos Nikou)Four Daughters (Kaouther Ben Hania...
- 8/14/2023
- MUBI
Recruitment for a new CEO is underway.
Pauline Burt – the founding CEO of Welsh film agency Ffilm Cymru Wales – is to step down after 17 years.
Since Burt founded the agency in 2006, it has invested £15.8m of National Lottery funding in supporting 89 feature films through to production, and many more in development. These include Gideon Koppel’s documentary Sleeping Furiously, Rungano Nyoni’s I Am Not A Witch, Prano Bailey-Bond’s Censor, Lee Haven’s Gwledd (The Feast), Euros Lyn’s Dream Horse, Janis Pugh’s Chuck Chuck Baby, Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd’s Unicorns and animation Kensuke’s Kingdom.
Pauline Burt – the founding CEO of Welsh film agency Ffilm Cymru Wales – is to step down after 17 years.
Since Burt founded the agency in 2006, it has invested £15.8m of National Lottery funding in supporting 89 feature films through to production, and many more in development. These include Gideon Koppel’s documentary Sleeping Furiously, Rungano Nyoni’s I Am Not A Witch, Prano Bailey-Bond’s Censor, Lee Haven’s Gwledd (The Feast), Euros Lyn’s Dream Horse, Janis Pugh’s Chuck Chuck Baby, Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd’s Unicorns and animation Kensuke’s Kingdom.
- 8/11/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Few feature debuts at Malaga are more awaited than “Unicorns,” which world premieres on March 15, sold by Filmax. It is directed by multi award winning Àlex Lora best known for his work in documentary having won Gaudis, Emmys, and a nomination for a Goya with 2017’s “The Fourth Kingdom,”.
His feature debut gives us Isa played by Greta Fernandez. She is a hedonist, full of touch and feeling, lust and cool. She brings up Simone De Beavoir’s Second Sex in argument, but seems afflicted more by Sartre’s assertion of us being ‘condemned to be free.’ Skimming the surface of freedom from experience to experience fosters an inability to decide for herself what to focus on. Meanwhile, her mother is focussed on her novel writing, her boyfriend his wine shop, and her boss his marketing agency’s success.
Playing the mother is Nora Navas, whose latest accolade came with...
His feature debut gives us Isa played by Greta Fernandez. She is a hedonist, full of touch and feeling, lust and cool. She brings up Simone De Beavoir’s Second Sex in argument, but seems afflicted more by Sartre’s assertion of us being ‘condemned to be free.’ Skimming the surface of freedom from experience to experience fosters an inability to decide for herself what to focus on. Meanwhile, her mother is focussed on her novel writing, her boyfriend his wine shop, and her boss his marketing agency’s success.
Playing the mother is Nora Navas, whose latest accolade came with...
- 3/15/2023
- by Callum McLennan
- Variety Film + TV
“20,000 Species Of Bees”
(Estíbaliz Urresola)
A Berlin competition contender and, like “Alcarràs,” redolently grounded – unspooling in a Basque Country village – and yet a big-issue drama. Catalonia’s Inicia Films (“La Maternal”) and Basque Country’s Gariza Films (“Nora) produce.
Sales: Luxbox
“Anqa”
(Helin Celik)
Selected for Forum, a doc feature produced by Barcelona’s Kepler Mission Film and Vienna-based Kurd Celik. The harrowing story of three Jordanian women survivors of male violence.
“The Beasts”
(Rodrigo Sorogoyen)
A stylish feminist Western, set in modern deep Galicia, which, breaking out in France and Spain, rates with “Alcarràs” as the standout Spanish film of 2022.
Sales: Latido Films
“The Chauffeur’S Son”
(Isaki Lacuesta)
From “Elite’s” Zeta Studios, chosen for Co-Pro Series and bidding to become the series debut as writer-director of Lacuesta (“Between Two Waters”), a searing portrait of the perverse collusion of politics and media, exemplified by the real life...
(Estíbaliz Urresola)
A Berlin competition contender and, like “Alcarràs,” redolently grounded – unspooling in a Basque Country village – and yet a big-issue drama. Catalonia’s Inicia Films (“La Maternal”) and Basque Country’s Gariza Films (“Nora) produce.
Sales: Luxbox
“Anqa”
(Helin Celik)
Selected for Forum, a doc feature produced by Barcelona’s Kepler Mission Film and Vienna-based Kurd Celik. The harrowing story of three Jordanian women survivors of male violence.
“The Beasts”
(Rodrigo Sorogoyen)
A stylish feminist Western, set in modern deep Galicia, which, breaking out in France and Spain, rates with “Alcarràs” as the standout Spanish film of 2022.
Sales: Latido Films
“The Chauffeur’S Son”
(Isaki Lacuesta)
From “Elite’s” Zeta Studios, chosen for Co-Pro Series and bidding to become the series debut as writer-director of Lacuesta (“Between Two Waters”), a searing portrait of the perverse collusion of politics and media, exemplified by the real life...
- 2/16/2023
- by John Hopewell and Douglas Wilson
- Variety Film + TV
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