Project and talent development programmes delivered by partners including UK-France sales outfit Film Constellation, Sheffield DocFest and Glasgow Film Festival are among the first recipients of the BFI’s National Lottery Creative Challenge fund.
The fund will invest up to £2.7m in total over three years from 2023-2026, focusing on five different ‘challenges’ . The aim is to decentralise project development and support with an expectation to support around 24 development programmes or labs, each supporting many more projects and filmmakers.
All of the programmes are expected to launch over the next couple of months and to have completed delivery by end...
The fund will invest up to £2.7m in total over three years from 2023-2026, focusing on five different ‘challenges’ . The aim is to decentralise project development and support with an expectation to support around 24 development programmes or labs, each supporting many more projects and filmmakers.
All of the programmes are expected to launch over the next couple of months and to have completed delivery by end...
- 5/1/2024
- ScreenDaily
Bridge06 is an agency and consultancy that supports access coordinators and disabled, d/Deaf and neurodiverse talent.
UK film, TV and theatre talent agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates has appointed access advocates Sara Johnson and Julie Fernandez, co-founders of Bridge06, to expand the agency’s committment to improve disability representation for the media and entertainment Industries.
Bridge06 is an agency and consultancy that supports access coordinators and disabled, d/Deaf and neurodiverse talent, as well as offering training to all areas of the film and TV industry on bringing accessibility into day-to-day business.
Johnson and Fernandez will be working full-time...
UK film, TV and theatre talent agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates has appointed access advocates Sara Johnson and Julie Fernandez, co-founders of Bridge06, to expand the agency’s committment to improve disability representation for the media and entertainment Industries.
Bridge06 is an agency and consultancy that supports access coordinators and disabled, d/Deaf and neurodiverse talent, as well as offering training to all areas of the film and TV industry on bringing accessibility into day-to-day business.
Johnson and Fernandez will be working full-time...
- 11/28/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Justin Edgar, a well-established British filmmaker and advocate for disabled people, has pushed the boundaries for accessibility films with “The Letter,” a drama shedding light on a lesser known deaf community in Germany during the WW2.
Now in post, “The Letter” was produced by Edgar, who is hard of hearing. The director, Samuel Dore, writer, exec producers and several of the crew are deaf, as well as the lead cast.
Edgar recently directed the pilot “Kirkmoore,” a coming-of-age comedy series created and written by Andrew Bogle and commissioned by Fudge Park/BBC. Set in a residential college for young disabled students, the series is currently available on BBC iPlayer.”
Written by deaf writer Julian Peedle-Calloo, “The Letter” follows the struggle of deaf people who fought back against Nazis’ oppression during the war. It tells the story of a deaf regiment of stormtroopers and charts the rise of the Nazi-ruled social...
Now in post, “The Letter” was produced by Edgar, who is hard of hearing. The director, Samuel Dore, writer, exec producers and several of the crew are deaf, as well as the lead cast.
Edgar recently directed the pilot “Kirkmoore,” a coming-of-age comedy series created and written by Andrew Bogle and commissioned by Fudge Park/BBC. Set in a residential college for young disabled students, the series is currently available on BBC iPlayer.”
Written by deaf writer Julian Peedle-Calloo, “The Letter” follows the struggle of deaf people who fought back against Nazis’ oppression during the war. It tells the story of a deaf regiment of stormtroopers and charts the rise of the Nazi-ruled social...
- 10/23/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
“Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” star Morfydd Clark is set to headline a biopic “Making Noise,” about Evelyn Glennie, a deaf woman who became the world’s premier solo percussionist.
Multi-Grammy winner Glennie, who hails from Scotland, experienced profound hearing loss as a child. But instead of giving up on her dream of making music, she instead went on to become a global star, performing with artists including Bjork, Underworld and Mark Knopfler. She has also released more than 40 albums and performed over 2,500 concerts worldwide.
Embankment is launching global pre-sales on the project at the Toronto Film Festival. Directed by “The Levelling” helmer Hope Dickson Leach, “Making Noise” is described as a “vibrant, exhilarating story of how the world fell in love with a woman who broke all the rules.”
Clark, who has also appeared in “Saint Maud” (earning her a BAFTA Rising Star nom) and will...
Multi-Grammy winner Glennie, who hails from Scotland, experienced profound hearing loss as a child. But instead of giving up on her dream of making music, she instead went on to become a global star, performing with artists including Bjork, Underworld and Mark Knopfler. She has also released more than 40 albums and performed over 2,500 concerts worldwide.
Embankment is launching global pre-sales on the project at the Toronto Film Festival. Directed by “The Levelling” helmer Hope Dickson Leach, “Making Noise” is described as a “vibrant, exhilarating story of how the world fell in love with a woman who broke all the rules.”
Clark, who has also appeared in “Saint Maud” (earning her a BAFTA Rising Star nom) and will...
- 9/7/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy and K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Glendining is touring the festival circuit with her documentary Is There Anybody Out There?
Ella Glendining, touring the festival circuit with her documentary Is There Anybody Out There?, is now at first-draft script stage on her fiction feature debut, Curiosities Of Fools. Janine Marmot of Hot Property Films, who she also worked with on the doc, is producing and the project has funding from the BFI Film Fund.
Glendining, a 2020 Screen Star of Tomorrow, says: “It’s period drama about the life of a court dwarf in the 1600s. It’s about his journey to overcome his internalised ableism and...
Ella Glendining, touring the festival circuit with her documentary Is There Anybody Out There?, is now at first-draft script stage on her fiction feature debut, Curiosities Of Fools. Janine Marmot of Hot Property Films, who she also worked with on the doc, is producing and the project has funding from the BFI Film Fund.
Glendining, a 2020 Screen Star of Tomorrow, says: “It’s period drama about the life of a court dwarf in the 1600s. It’s about his journey to overcome his internalised ableism and...
- 8/18/2023
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The four short films centre around the theme of love.
Film4 has commissioned a collection of four short films from disabled and neurodivergent filmmakers titled ‘4Love’.
The filmmakers, who include 2020 Screen Stars of Tomorrow Ella Glendining and Matilda Ibini, were commissioned by Film4 to create a short film inspired by or challenging the theme of love.
104 Films, a production company that regularly works with disabled and neurodivergent UK talent, produced the films which will be released in the UK later this year.
Speaking of the initiative, producer Justin Edgar said: “These films are truly ground-breaking because they were made by disabled writers and directors,...
Film4 has commissioned a collection of four short films from disabled and neurodivergent filmmakers titled ‘4Love’.
The filmmakers, who include 2020 Screen Stars of Tomorrow Ella Glendining and Matilda Ibini, were commissioned by Film4 to create a short film inspired by or challenging the theme of love.
104 Films, a production company that regularly works with disabled and neurodivergent UK talent, produced the films which will be released in the UK later this year.
Speaking of the initiative, producer Justin Edgar said: “These films are truly ground-breaking because they were made by disabled writers and directors,...
- 2/14/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Speakers are actor, presenter and campaigner Adam Pearson, 104 Films’ Justin Edgar and producer Bryony Arnold.
Top film and TV experts – who work across acting, directing and producing – discuss at the Restart Conference (May 18-20) how they have successfully made their productions more accessible at stages from development to shooting to post-production.
This session covers not only ‘how’ to be accessible but also examining ‘why’ it creatively benefits your production to involve disabled storytellers, cast or crew.
Watch the panel in full above.
Speakers:
Adam Pearson, Actor, Presenter & Disability Rights Campaigner
Justin Edgar, Creative Director - 104 Films
Bryony Arnold, Drama...
Top film and TV experts – who work across acting, directing and producing – discuss at the Restart Conference (May 18-20) how they have successfully made their productions more accessible at stages from development to shooting to post-production.
This session covers not only ‘how’ to be accessible but also examining ‘why’ it creatively benefits your production to involve disabled storytellers, cast or crew.
Watch the panel in full above.
Speakers:
Adam Pearson, Actor, Presenter & Disability Rights Campaigner
Justin Edgar, Creative Director - 104 Films
Bryony Arnold, Drama...
- 5/24/2021
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Festival will also launch a new Ambassador programme, spotlighting rising talent under 30.
Glasgow Film Festival (Gff) is to host interviews with 1917 writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns and Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald as part of its industry platform, which will take place online and feature a rising talent initiative for the first time.
Scottish writer Wilson-Cairns and The Mauritanian director Macdonald will take part in the spotlight interviews during Gff’s Industry Focus, set to run March 1-6.
The festival has also partnered with global streaming platform Mubi on a new Ambassador initiative, aimed at highlighting under 30s talent in the Gff programme.
Glasgow Film Festival (Gff) is to host interviews with 1917 writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns and Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald as part of its industry platform, which will take place online and feature a rising talent initiative for the first time.
Scottish writer Wilson-Cairns and The Mauritanian director Macdonald will take part in the spotlight interviews during Gff’s Industry Focus, set to run March 1-6.
The festival has also partnered with global streaming platform Mubi on a new Ambassador initiative, aimed at highlighting under 30s talent in the Gff programme.
- 2/9/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
They include Hurricane Films’ Sid Vicious biopic ’Something Else’.
A drama about Sid Vicious and his mother is among four UK projects to receive a tranche of development funding from the European Union’s Creative Europe Media programme.
Something Else (aka Ma Vicious) will be written and directed by Justin Edgar of 104 Films and received €50,000 from Creative Europe.
The awards will be some of the last in the UK to receive support from the fund as the UK will not participate in the next Creative Europe programme, due to start in January 2021, as a result of the UK leaving...
A drama about Sid Vicious and his mother is among four UK projects to receive a tranche of development funding from the European Union’s Creative Europe Media programme.
Something Else (aka Ma Vicious) will be written and directed by Justin Edgar of 104 Films and received €50,000 from Creative Europe.
The awards will be some of the last in the UK to receive support from the fund as the UK will not participate in the next Creative Europe programme, due to start in January 2021, as a result of the UK leaving...
- 5/20/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Justin Edgar‘s action-thriller Stalked has been acquired by Uncork’d Entertainment. They are planning a Digital and DVD release for February 4th, 2020. Screen Anarchy has been asked to premiere the new poster and trailer for the flick. Have a look. A female-driven action film set largely in one location, Stalked focuses on a young woman (Red 2’s Nathalie Buscombe) that wakes up in a deserted factory where she is hunted by an invisible force. Billy Cooke and Vanessa Donovan also star....
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- 12/20/2019
- Screen Anarchy
In this hide-and-seek suspense story, a usually capable woman is put on the back foot when she’s taunted by a ghostly adversary that turns out to be anything but supernatural.
“I’ll be eight minutes, tops,” says frazzled single mother and former Royal Marine Commando Sam, as she makes the foolhardy, fateful decision to leave her feverish five-month-old at home while she nips out for some medicine. When Sam is abducted and wakes up in a seemingly deserted industrial estate, the pressure is on to find an exit and get back to her baby.
Sam isn’t alone here. The industrial estate? That’ll be a military-hardware factory that produces all manner of bleeding-edge equipment, including autonomous gun-toting drones and, as Sam soon discovers, quantum stealth suits, which manipulate light waves to render their wearer invisible to the naked eye. Along with a long list of bad intentions, Sam...
“I’ll be eight minutes, tops,” says frazzled single mother and former Royal Marine Commando Sam, as she makes the foolhardy, fateful decision to leave her feverish five-month-old at home while she nips out for some medicine. When Sam is abducted and wakes up in a seemingly deserted industrial estate, the pressure is on to find an exit and get back to her baby.
Sam isn’t alone here. The industrial estate? That’ll be a military-hardware factory that produces all manner of bleeding-edge equipment, including autonomous gun-toting drones and, as Sam soon discovers, quantum stealth suits, which manipulate light waves to render their wearer invisible to the naked eye. Along with a long list of bad intentions, Sam...
- 8/25/2019
- by Sean McGeady
- DailyDead
Stars: Rebecca Rogers, Nathalie Buscombe, Laurence Saunders, Ian Sharp, Stephen Uppal, Vanessa Donovan, Imogen Irving, Amber Edgar, Billy Cooke | Written and Directed by Justin Edgar
Written and Directed by Justin Edgar, Stalked follows our main character, Sam, who is a single mom and a former marine who, on the way to get her baby some medicine from the pharmacy, is abducted only to find herself waking up in a deserted factory. When she tries to leave, however, she realises that all the ways out have been sealed up, and she’s stuck there, with her baby alone at home. She isn’t alone either. Something invisible is stalking her and she must use her military experience and utilise her skills in order to survive.
This plot alone immediately grabbed my interest. A survival-thriller is something I tend to enjoy. There are unnerving horror-style moments to be found here in the early stages,...
Written and Directed by Justin Edgar, Stalked follows our main character, Sam, who is a single mom and a former marine who, on the way to get her baby some medicine from the pharmacy, is abducted only to find herself waking up in a deserted factory. When she tries to leave, however, she realises that all the ways out have been sealed up, and she’s stuck there, with her baby alone at home. She isn’t alone either. Something invisible is stalking her and she must use her military experience and utilise her skills in order to survive.
This plot alone immediately grabbed my interest. A survival-thriller is something I tend to enjoy. There are unnerving horror-style moments to be found here in the early stages,...
- 8/25/2019
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
In the first of this weeks Arrow Video Frightfest preview podcasts, host Stuart Wright talks Stalked with the films writer/director Justin Edgar.
Former Royal Marine Commando and single mother Sam is brutally kidnapped and wakes up disorientated in what seems to be a deserted military factory. Worried about her baby at home, she finds all the exits sealed, and soon learns she is not alone. Stalked and attacked by an invisible foe she must use all her skills to survive a deadly game of cat and mouse, perpetrated by her kidnapper, a serial killer wearing a quantum stealth suit that renders him undetectable. Surrounded by drones, she unleashes all her ingenuity and strength to get back home in a nail-biting suspense thriller.
Catch Stalked at Arrow Video Frightfest
22th to 26th August 2018
Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7Na.
Programme listings and film details www.frightfest.co.uk/2019films/index.
Former Royal Marine Commando and single mother Sam is brutally kidnapped and wakes up disorientated in what seems to be a deserted military factory. Worried about her baby at home, she finds all the exits sealed, and soon learns she is not alone. Stalked and attacked by an invisible foe she must use all her skills to survive a deadly game of cat and mouse, perpetrated by her kidnapper, a serial killer wearing a quantum stealth suit that renders him undetectable. Surrounded by drones, she unleashes all her ingenuity and strength to get back home in a nail-biting suspense thriller.
Catch Stalked at Arrow Video Frightfest
22th to 26th August 2018
Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7Na.
Programme listings and film details www.frightfest.co.uk/2019films/index.
- 8/12/2019
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
Nominees include Rebecca Rogers for her role in ‘Stalked’.
Four directors and one actor are on the five-person shortlist for the 2019 FrightFest Screen Genre Rising Star Award.
This year’s event is the 20th edition, and runs from August 22 to 26 at cinemas in Leicester Square, London.
Nominees for the Genre Rising Star award include Rebecca Rogers, who takes the lead role in Justin Edgar’s Stalked. Rogers plays Sam, a former Royal Marine Commando and single mother who wakes up disoriented in a deserted factory and must evade an invisible foe.
Writer-director-producer Fredi ‘Kruga’ Nwaka is nominated for his debut feature Are We Dead Yet?...
Four directors and one actor are on the five-person shortlist for the 2019 FrightFest Screen Genre Rising Star Award.
This year’s event is the 20th edition, and runs from August 22 to 26 at cinemas in Leicester Square, London.
Nominees for the Genre Rising Star award include Rebecca Rogers, who takes the lead role in Justin Edgar’s Stalked. Rogers plays Sam, a former Royal Marine Commando and single mother who wakes up disoriented in a deserted factory and must evade an invisible foe.
Writer-director-producer Fredi ‘Kruga’ Nwaka is nominated for his debut feature Are We Dead Yet?...
- 7/18/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Uncork'd Entertainment is releasing Justin Edgar's crime chiller The Marker on digital platforms on August 14th. We have been asked to premiere the poster, which you will see to your left, our right, and the trailer below. In The Marker, A criminal (Schmidt) seeks redemption by connecting with the daughter of the woman he killed. Along the way he is haunted by his guilt in the guise of the woman's ghost. Supergirl’s Frederick Schmidt and familiar face John Hannah lead a cast which includes Ana Ularu (Siberia), Cathy Tyson (The Serpent and the Rainbow) and Lara Peake (Final Score). ...
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- 6/21/2019
- Screen Anarchy
Verve Pictures to distribute completed films at the end of the year.
The £200,000 short films initiative The Uncertain Kingdom, launched in December 2018, has finalised the 20 directors who will each receive £10,000 to finance a short film project.
Joining the previously announced Hope Dickson Leach (The Levelling) are the Oscar-winning Orlando Von Einsiedel (The White Helmets), International Emmy winner Guy Jenkin (Outnumbered) and Bifa winner Carol Salter (Almost Heaven).
Also on the roster are four former Screen Stars of Tomorrow: actor/writer/director Antonia Campbell-Hughes, writer/director Rubika Shah, and producers Helen Simmons and Yaw Basoah.
The full list of project teams can be found below.
The £200,000 short films initiative The Uncertain Kingdom, launched in December 2018, has finalised the 20 directors who will each receive £10,000 to finance a short film project.
Joining the previously announced Hope Dickson Leach (The Levelling) are the Oscar-winning Orlando Von Einsiedel (The White Helmets), International Emmy winner Guy Jenkin (Outnumbered) and Bifa winner Carol Salter (Almost Heaven).
Also on the roster are four former Screen Stars of Tomorrow: actor/writer/director Antonia Campbell-Hughes, writer/director Rubika Shah, and producers Helen Simmons and Yaw Basoah.
The full list of project teams can be found below.
- 5/31/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Writer-director Justin Edgar's (We Are The Freaks) latest film is a gritty thriller based on themes of guilt and redemption, and follows the story of Marley (Frederick Schmidt), a gangster struggling with his conscience following a terrible event occurring early in the story. Set in Edgar's home-town of Birmingham, it's a broody but efficient film with several strong performances, particularly from Schmidt as our troubled and conflicted protagonist.
Opening scenes introduce Marley visiting a hospital morgue to identify the body of his recently deceased mother, as flashbacks show us how her ad [Continued ...]...
Opening scenes introduce Marley visiting a hospital morgue to identify the body of his recently deceased mother, as flashbacks show us how her ad [Continued ...]...
- 7/4/2017
- QuietEarth.us
Exclusive: Kaleidoscope picks up Justin Edgar-directed movie.
Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment (Khe) has taken all UK rights to writer-director Justin Edgar’s thriller The Marker and plan to release across all formats later in the year.
The dark thriller charts the story of a criminal who seeks redemption by tracking down the daughter of the woman he killed.
Cast includes Frederick Schmidt (Starred Up), Ana Uluru (Inferno) and John Hannah (The Mummy).
Supporting cast includes Cosmo Jarvis (Lady Macbeth), Struan Rodger (Kill List), Cathy Tyson (Mona Lisa), Lara Peake (How to Talk to Girls at Parties), Ian Sharp (Pleasure Island...
Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment (Khe) has taken all UK rights to writer-director Justin Edgar’s thriller The Marker and plan to release across all formats later in the year.
The dark thriller charts the story of a criminal who seeks redemption by tracking down the daughter of the woman he killed.
Cast includes Frederick Schmidt (Starred Up), Ana Uluru (Inferno) and John Hannah (The Mummy).
Supporting cast includes Cosmo Jarvis (Lady Macbeth), Struan Rodger (Kill List), Cathy Tyson (Mona Lisa), Lara Peake (How to Talk to Girls at Parties), Ian Sharp (Pleasure Island...
- 6/21/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Paul Ashton to lead film department at UK creative industries outfit.
Creative England has appointed Paul Ashton to the role of head of film.
Ashton, who has recently served as acting head of film following the departure of Brek Taylor in January, becomes the outfit’s third head of film in the last 12 months.
Ashton’s executive producer credits at Creative England include Rachel Tunnard’s Bifa-winning feature debut Adult Life Skills, Justin Edgar’s upcoming feature The Marker and upcoming Jack Lowden-Martin McCann thriller Calibre.
Since joining the agency in 2013, he has also worked on a host of successful shorts such as Emotional Fusebox, Real Gods Require Blood and Ernestine And Kit.
Prior to joining Creative England, he was a development producer at the BBC where he worked on Riz Ahmed drama Shifty and shorts including Wish 143 and Turning.
Ashton told Screen: “I’ve been working for nearly four years as part...
Creative England has appointed Paul Ashton to the role of head of film.
Ashton, who has recently served as acting head of film following the departure of Brek Taylor in January, becomes the outfit’s third head of film in the last 12 months.
Ashton’s executive producer credits at Creative England include Rachel Tunnard’s Bifa-winning feature debut Adult Life Skills, Justin Edgar’s upcoming feature The Marker and upcoming Jack Lowden-Martin McCann thriller Calibre.
Since joining the agency in 2013, he has also worked on a host of successful shorts such as Emotional Fusebox, Real Gods Require Blood and Ernestine And Kit.
Prior to joining Creative England, he was a development producer at the BBC where he worked on Riz Ahmed drama Shifty and shorts including Wish 143 and Turning.
Ashton told Screen: “I’ve been working for nearly four years as part...
- 5/31/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Highlights include the UK premiere of Cars 3 and 17 world premieres.Scroll Down For Competition Titles
The line-up for the 71st Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has been unveiled this morning by artistic director Mark Adams.
This year’s Eiff (June 21-2 July) will comprise a total 151 features from 46 countries including 17 world premieres, 12 international premieres, 9 European premieres and 69 UK premieres.
Highlights include the UK Premiere of Disney-Pixar’s animation Cars 3, appearances from Stanley Tucci, Oliver Stone and Kevin Bacon and the Opening and Closing Gala premieres of the previously announced God’s Own Country and England Is Mine.
There will also be a special screening of Raiders Of The Lost Ark accompanied by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra performing the score live.
Best of British
The Best of British strand includes Bryn Higgins’ Access All Areas featuring Rizzle Kicks’ Jordan Stephens; Simon Hunter’s Edie starring Sheila Hancock; the Donmar Warehouse’s all-female adaptation of [link...
The line-up for the 71st Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has been unveiled this morning by artistic director Mark Adams.
This year’s Eiff (June 21-2 July) will comprise a total 151 features from 46 countries including 17 world premieres, 12 international premieres, 9 European premieres and 69 UK premieres.
Highlights include the UK Premiere of Disney-Pixar’s animation Cars 3, appearances from Stanley Tucci, Oliver Stone and Kevin Bacon and the Opening and Closing Gala premieres of the previously announced God’s Own Country and England Is Mine.
There will also be a special screening of Raiders Of The Lost Ark accompanied by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra performing the score live.
Best of British
The Best of British strand includes Bryn Higgins’ Access All Areas featuring Rizzle Kicks’ Jordan Stephens; Simon Hunter’s Edie starring Sheila Hancock; the Donmar Warehouse’s all-female adaptation of [link...
- 5/31/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Movies with a Scottish flavour include Daphne, The Last Photograph, The Marker, while Okja will also screen.
The Edinburgh International Film Festival has revealed a host of movies with Scottish connections set to play at its 70th anniversary edition.
Scottish director Peter Mackie Burns will bring his debut Daphne, which stars Emily Beecham (Hail Caesar) and Geraldine James (Sherlock Holmes), while Scottish actress Freya Mavor (Sunshine On Leith) stars in the world premiere of comedy-drama Modern Life Is Rubbish.
Filmmaker Justin Edgar also returns to the Eiff with The Marker, starring veteran Scottish actor John Hannah; while The Last Photograph, starring Danny Huston, revolves around the Lockerbie disaster.
Bong Joon Ho’s latest offering Okja, starring Eiff honorary patron Tilda Swinton, will also screen and there will also be showcases of local icons Sean Connery and Robbie Coltrane.
Titles filmed and set in Scotland will include Edie, starring Kevin Guthrie and psychological thriller The Dark Mile...
The Edinburgh International Film Festival has revealed a host of movies with Scottish connections set to play at its 70th anniversary edition.
Scottish director Peter Mackie Burns will bring his debut Daphne, which stars Emily Beecham (Hail Caesar) and Geraldine James (Sherlock Holmes), while Scottish actress Freya Mavor (Sunshine On Leith) stars in the world premiere of comedy-drama Modern Life Is Rubbish.
Filmmaker Justin Edgar also returns to the Eiff with The Marker, starring veteran Scottish actor John Hannah; while The Last Photograph, starring Danny Huston, revolves around the Lockerbie disaster.
Bong Joon Ho’s latest offering Okja, starring Eiff honorary patron Tilda Swinton, will also screen and there will also be showcases of local icons Sean Connery and Robbie Coltrane.
Titles filmed and set in Scotland will include Edie, starring Kevin Guthrie and psychological thriller The Dark Mile...
- 5/23/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Crime film from director Justin Edgar is being launched at Efm.
London-based sales outfit Truffle Pictures has boarded Justin Edgar’s dark thriller The Marker and will launch the completed film at this week’s European Film Market in Berlin.
Starring Frederick Schmidt (Starred Up), Ana Ularu (Inferno) and John Hannah (Four Weddings And A Funeral), the film follows a criminal seeking redemption by tracking down the daughter of a woman he killed. Along the way, he is haunted by guilt in the guise of the woman’s ghost.
The project was backed by Creative England, Sharp House and Met Film Post, with Film Finances providing the completed bond.
Ian Sharp, Rebecca Joerin-Sharp, Alex Usborne and director Edgar are producing for 104 films. Paul Ashton and Cavan Ash serve as executive producers for Creative England and Met Film Post respectively. Former Creative England exec Richard Holmes (who was made redundant in March last year) continues to executive...
London-based sales outfit Truffle Pictures has boarded Justin Edgar’s dark thriller The Marker and will launch the completed film at this week’s European Film Market in Berlin.
Starring Frederick Schmidt (Starred Up), Ana Ularu (Inferno) and John Hannah (Four Weddings And A Funeral), the film follows a criminal seeking redemption by tracking down the daughter of a woman he killed. Along the way, he is haunted by guilt in the guise of the woman’s ghost.
The project was backed by Creative England, Sharp House and Met Film Post, with Film Finances providing the completed bond.
Ian Sharp, Rebecca Joerin-Sharp, Alex Usborne and director Edgar are producing for 104 films. Paul Ashton and Cavan Ash serve as executive producers for Creative England and Met Film Post respectively. Former Creative England exec Richard Holmes (who was made redundant in March last year) continues to executive...
- 2/8/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Starred Up and Snow In Paradise star leads cast in thriller from 104 Films.
Shooting is underway in Birmingham, UK, on noir thriller The Marker starring Frederick Schmidt (Starred Up, Snow in Paradise), Ana Uluru (Serena) and John Hannah (Four Weddings And A Funeral, The Mummy).
Writer-director Justin Edgar’s (We Are The Freaks) fourth film is a low-budget noir thriller about a criminal seeking redemption by tracking down the daughter of the woman he killed. Along the way he is haunted by his guilt in the guise of the woman’s ghost.
Backers include Creative England, Achilles Entertainments and Met Film Post.
Producers are Ian Sharp and Rebecca Joerin-Sharp from Achilles Entertainments with Alex Usborne and Edgar from 104 Films.
Executive producers are Richard Holmes and Cavan Ash for Creative England and Met Film Post respectively. Film Finances are providing the completion bond.
Supporting cast includes Struan Rodger (Kill List), Ian Sharp (Pleasure Island), Cathy Tyson (Mona...
Shooting is underway in Birmingham, UK, on noir thriller The Marker starring Frederick Schmidt (Starred Up, Snow in Paradise), Ana Uluru (Serena) and John Hannah (Four Weddings And A Funeral, The Mummy).
Writer-director Justin Edgar’s (We Are The Freaks) fourth film is a low-budget noir thriller about a criminal seeking redemption by tracking down the daughter of the woman he killed. Along the way he is haunted by his guilt in the guise of the woman’s ghost.
Backers include Creative England, Achilles Entertainments and Met Film Post.
Producers are Ian Sharp and Rebecca Joerin-Sharp from Achilles Entertainments with Alex Usborne and Edgar from 104 Films.
Executive producers are Richard Holmes and Cavan Ash for Creative England and Met Film Post respectively. Film Finances are providing the completion bond.
Supporting cast includes Struan Rodger (Kill List), Ian Sharp (Pleasure Island), Cathy Tyson (Mona...
- 1/7/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Starred Up and Snow In Paradise star leads cast in thriller from 104 Films.
Shooting is underway in Birmingham, UK, on noir thriller The Marker starring Frederick Schmidt (Starred Up, Snow in Paradise), Ana Uluru (Serena) and John Hannah (Four Weddings And A Funeral, The Mummy).
Writer-director Justin Edgar’s (We Are The Freaks) fourth film is a noir thriller about a criminal seeking redemption by tracking down the daughter of the woman he killed. Along the way he is haunted by his guilt in the guise of the woman’s ghost.
Backers include Creative England, Achilles Entertainments and Met Film Post.
Producers are Ian Sharp and Rebecca Joerin-Sharp from Achilles Entertainments with Alex Usborne and Edgar from 104 Films.
Executive producers are Richard Holmes and Cavan Ash for Creative England and Met Film Post respectively. Film Finances are providing the completion bond.
Supporting cast includes Struan Rodger (Kill List), Ian Sharp (Pleasure Island), Cathy Tyson (Mona...
Shooting is underway in Birmingham, UK, on noir thriller The Marker starring Frederick Schmidt (Starred Up, Snow in Paradise), Ana Uluru (Serena) and John Hannah (Four Weddings And A Funeral, The Mummy).
Writer-director Justin Edgar’s (We Are The Freaks) fourth film is a noir thriller about a criminal seeking redemption by tracking down the daughter of the woman he killed. Along the way he is haunted by his guilt in the guise of the woman’s ghost.
Backers include Creative England, Achilles Entertainments and Met Film Post.
Producers are Ian Sharp and Rebecca Joerin-Sharp from Achilles Entertainments with Alex Usborne and Edgar from 104 Films.
Executive producers are Richard Holmes and Cavan Ash for Creative England and Met Film Post respectively. Film Finances are providing the completion bond.
Supporting cast includes Struan Rodger (Kill List), Ian Sharp (Pleasure Island), Cathy Tyson (Mona...
- 1/7/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Company acquires Us distribution rights to Justin Edgar’s third feature.
Juice Worldwide has acquired Us distribution rights to We are the Freaks.
Set in 1990s Birmingham, Justin Edgar’s teen comedy follows three misfits on a disastrous night out.
Paul Zimic, Juice’s president of sales and acquisitions, commented: “The film is very entertaining and there are many universal gags that would cross any border.”
“We are delighted that Us and Canadian audiences will get a chance to see We are the Freaks. It’s a film made with heart and we’re very proud of it.”
Lead actor Jamie Blackley will next be seen in Woody Allen’s Irrational Man, which als stars Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams.
Juice Worldwide has acquired Us distribution rights to We are the Freaks.
Set in 1990s Birmingham, Justin Edgar’s teen comedy follows three misfits on a disastrous night out.
Paul Zimic, Juice’s president of sales and acquisitions, commented: “The film is very entertaining and there are many universal gags that would cross any border.”
“We are delighted that Us and Canadian audiences will get a chance to see We are the Freaks. It’s a film made with heart and we’re very proud of it.”
Lead actor Jamie Blackley will next be seen in Woody Allen’s Irrational Man, which als stars Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams.
- 3/9/2015
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Company acquires Us distribution rights to Justin Edgar’s third feature.
Juice Worldwide has acquired Us distribution rights to We are the Freaks.
Set in 1990s Birmingham, Justin Edgar’s teen comedy follows three misfits on a disastrous night out.
Paul Zimic, Juice’s president of sales and acquisitions, commented: “The film is very entertaining and there are many universal gags that would cross any border.”
“We are delighted that Us and Canadian audiences will get a chance to see We are the Freaks. It’s a film made with heart and we’re very proud of it.”
Lead actor Jamie Blackley will next be seen in Woody Allen’s Irrational Man, which als stars Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams.
Juice Worldwide has acquired Us distribution rights to We are the Freaks.
Set in 1990s Birmingham, Justin Edgar’s teen comedy follows three misfits on a disastrous night out.
Paul Zimic, Juice’s president of sales and acquisitions, commented: “The film is very entertaining and there are many universal gags that would cross any border.”
“We are delighted that Us and Canadian audiences will get a chance to see We are the Freaks. It’s a film made with heart and we’re very proud of it.”
Lead actor Jamie Blackley will next be seen in Woody Allen’s Irrational Man, which als stars Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams.
- 3/9/2015
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Company acquires Us distribution rights to Justin Edgar’s third feature.
Juice Worldwide has acquired Us distribution rights to We are the Freaks.
Set in 1990s Birmingham, Justin Edgar’s teen comedy follows three misfits on a disastrous night out.
Paul Zimic, Juice’s president of sales and acquisitions, commented: “The film is very entertaining and there are many universal gags that would cross any border.”
“We are delighted that Us and Canadian audiences will get a chance to see We are the Freaks. It’s a film made with heart and we’re very proud of it.”
Lead actor Jamie Blackley will next be seen in Woody Allen’s Irrational Man, which als stars Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams.
Juice Worldwide has acquired Us distribution rights to We are the Freaks.
Set in 1990s Birmingham, Justin Edgar’s teen comedy follows three misfits on a disastrous night out.
Paul Zimic, Juice’s president of sales and acquisitions, commented: “The film is very entertaining and there are many universal gags that would cross any border.”
“We are delighted that Us and Canadian audiences will get a chance to see We are the Freaks. It’s a film made with heart and we’re very proud of it.”
Lead actor Jamie Blackley will next be seen in Woody Allen’s Irrational Man, which als stars Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams.
- 3/9/2015
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
David Proud, who has broken ground as a disabled actor playing a wheelchair-using character on EastEnders, is now set for another first by playing an able-bodied character in psychological thriller iWitness.
Proud, who has Spina Bifida, stars in the project about miscommunication and distorted perceptions. “To me, iWitness is a game changer,” the actor said. “It is a British film making first. To have produced and starred in a film that I would have never even been auditioned for fills me with so much pride. It’s a gem of a film, but it’s the symbolism that I’m most proud of.”
104 Films, which champions film productions involving cast and crew with diabilities, produces. Steve Rainbow writes and directs.
Rainbow, who is based in the West Midlands, said: “The inspiration for the plot came from the opening of Rear Window but iWitness is more about modern day confusion caused by lack of information.”
Of Proud, Rainbow...
Proud, who has Spina Bifida, stars in the project about miscommunication and distorted perceptions. “To me, iWitness is a game changer,” the actor said. “It is a British film making first. To have produced and starred in a film that I would have never even been auditioned for fills me with so much pride. It’s a gem of a film, but it’s the symbolism that I’m most proud of.”
104 Films, which champions film productions involving cast and crew with diabilities, produces. Steve Rainbow writes and directs.
Rainbow, who is based in the West Midlands, said: “The inspiration for the plot came from the opening of Rear Window but iWitness is more about modern day confusion caused by lack of information.”
Of Proud, Rainbow...
- 10/27/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
German distributor Lighthouse has acquired rights from 104 Films to Justin Edgar’s We Are The Freaks for German-speaking territories.
The off-beat comedy, starring 2014 Screen International Star of Tomorrow Jamie Blackley, centres on one eventful night with three teenagers, set against the backdrop of the social and political turmoil of 1990 England. Producer is Alex Usborne.
The film has now clocked up eight territories in direct sales for 104 Films. It was released in the UK in April and has since been released on DVD and for download by UK distributor Metrodome.
In addition to the film’s cult following, Blackley has also seen his star rise. He appears in teen drama If I Stay with Chloe Grace Moretz, released in the Us last weekend, and will be seen in Yorgos Lanthimos’s upcoming feature The Lobster, starring Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz.
Blackley will also star opposite Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams in Woody Allen’s untitled next film...
The off-beat comedy, starring 2014 Screen International Star of Tomorrow Jamie Blackley, centres on one eventful night with three teenagers, set against the backdrop of the social and political turmoil of 1990 England. Producer is Alex Usborne.
The film has now clocked up eight territories in direct sales for 104 Films. It was released in the UK in April and has since been released on DVD and for download by UK distributor Metrodome.
In addition to the film’s cult following, Blackley has also seen his star rise. He appears in teen drama If I Stay with Chloe Grace Moretz, released in the Us last weekend, and will be seen in Yorgos Lanthimos’s upcoming feature The Lobster, starring Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz.
Blackley will also star opposite Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams in Woody Allen’s untitled next film...
- 8/28/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Distributor Pink Moon has acquired the Benelux rights from 104 films to Justin Edgar’s feature We Are The Freaks.
The comedy, starring 2014 Screen International Star of Tomorrow Jamie Blackley, follows the eventful night out of three teenagers, set against the backdrop of the social and political turmoil of 1990 England.
Edgar said he’s happy with the success the film has seen thus far, which was released in the UK on April 25.
“We always intended the film as a cult item for a savvy youth audience so I’m really pleased it has connected in that way”, said the director.
In addition to the film’s cult following, Blackley has also seen his star rise. He will appear in the teen drama If I Stay with Chloe Grace Moretz in August, and recently joined Yorgos Lanthimos’s upcoming feature The Lobster, starring Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz.
The comedy, starring 2014 Screen International Star of Tomorrow Jamie Blackley, follows the eventful night out of three teenagers, set against the backdrop of the social and political turmoil of 1990 England.
Edgar said he’s happy with the success the film has seen thus far, which was released in the UK on April 25.
“We always intended the film as a cult item for a savvy youth audience so I’m really pleased it has connected in that way”, said the director.
In addition to the film’s cult following, Blackley has also seen his star rise. He will appear in the teen drama If I Stay with Chloe Grace Moretz in August, and recently joined Yorgos Lanthimos’s upcoming feature The Lobster, starring Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz.
- 6/25/2014
- ScreenDaily
Normal 0 false false false En-gb X-none X-none In 1990's England three friends embark on a crazy night out akin to Human Traffic. Narrator, Jack (Jamie Blackley, Misfits), confesses he hates "rioters... politicians... archive footage... mobs... skin heads... goths... films where people talk to the camera..” as a montage of archive footage is shown, immediately suggesting Director/Writer, Justin Edgar (Large) is trying to be clever in his second feature, We Are The Freaks.
Jack explicitly states “This isn't a teen movie" but setting and content don't quite match this claim. Jack and pals are immature pre-university age, either miserably failing, arrogantly choosing to opt out or expectantly awaiting University acceptance letters; Jack plans to study to be a writer, Parsons (Mike Bailey, Skins) is content coasting and Chunks (Sean Teale, Skins) is happy living off the allowances his guilt-ridden extremely rich divorced parents dole out.
Set in Birmingham, opening with...
Jack explicitly states “This isn't a teen movie" but setting and content don't quite match this claim. Jack and pals are immature pre-university age, either miserably failing, arrogantly choosing to opt out or expectantly awaiting University acceptance letters; Jack plans to study to be a writer, Parsons (Mike Bailey, Skins) is content coasting and Chunks (Sean Teale, Skins) is happy living off the allowances his guilt-ridden extremely rich divorced parents dole out.
Set in Birmingham, opening with...
- 5/29/2014
- Shadowlocked
The way things are shaping up, it could be a really strong year for talented British actor Jamie Blackley, as he has U Want Me 2 Kill Him? recently coming out in the States, and If I Stay – alongside Chloë Grace Moretz this Summer. However before then we get to see Blackley in Justin Edgar’s We Are The Freaks.
We spoke to the actor, currently La based, over the phone, discussing the strong spirit on set for the film, and the friendships he’s taken away from it. He also speaks about what he shares in common with his character Jack, and about his future projects and where he can see his future…
So what first attracted you to getting involved in this project?
The first thing really, was that it kind of went against most teen movies that we know and I found that attractive. I liked the character,...
We spoke to the actor, currently La based, over the phone, discussing the strong spirit on set for the film, and the friendships he’s taken away from it. He also speaks about what he shares in common with his character Jack, and about his future projects and where he can see his future…
So what first attracted you to getting involved in this project?
The first thing really, was that it kind of went against most teen movies that we know and I found that attractive. I liked the character,...
- 4/25/2014
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Justin Edgar's one-crazy-night comedy would struggle to get on to British TV
There can hardly be a movie genre more knackered than the post-Trainspotting ensemble/coming-of-age/drug-zeitgeisty/one-crazy-night comedy. Ten or 15 years ago, at the tail-end of Uncool Britannia, we seemed to get a new one every week. We are the Freaks, from writer-director Justin Edgar, is set in the 90s and looks at first as if it is going to satirise these 90s cliches. But actually we don't get anything other than more cliches: the film is made up of secondhand ideas, characters and riffs. Jamie Blackley plays Jack, a bloke hanging round in his hometown one summer, waiting for a grant (those were the days) to go to uni to study creative writing. His mad friend Chunks (Sean Teale) and nerdy, useless friend Parsons (Mike Bailey) are up for a night out, but Jack is still mooning around,...
There can hardly be a movie genre more knackered than the post-Trainspotting ensemble/coming-of-age/drug-zeitgeisty/one-crazy-night comedy. Ten or 15 years ago, at the tail-end of Uncool Britannia, we seemed to get a new one every week. We are the Freaks, from writer-director Justin Edgar, is set in the 90s and looks at first as if it is going to satirise these 90s cliches. But actually we don't get anything other than more cliches: the film is made up of secondhand ideas, characters and riffs. Jamie Blackley plays Jack, a bloke hanging round in his hometown one summer, waiting for a grant (those were the days) to go to uni to study creative writing. His mad friend Chunks (Sean Teale) and nerdy, useless friend Parsons (Mike Bailey) are up for a night out, but Jack is still mooning around,...
- 4/24/2014
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Falling somewhere between being a satirical social commentary and a full on teen comedy caper – Justin Edgar’s We Are The Freaks may be somewhat chaotic in many regards, yet maintains a genial spirit and distinct watchability, marking the continuously fledging careers of a handful of talented, young British actors.
One of which is Jamie Blackley, who plays Jack, fresh out of school and hoping to begin a university course in creative writing, though unable to fund his ambitions. Set primarily along the course of one eventful evening, along with his misfit friends Chunks (Sean Teale) and Parsons (Mike Bailey), Jack is hoping to forget about his problems, and instead focus on winning the heart of Elinor (Amber Anderson). Feeling the effects of being young in a suddenly post-Thatcher Britain, our protagonists embark on a wildly unforgettable night on the town.
Though not always hitting the mark, Edgar must be commended for his stylistic fervour,...
One of which is Jamie Blackley, who plays Jack, fresh out of school and hoping to begin a university course in creative writing, though unable to fund his ambitions. Set primarily along the course of one eventful evening, along with his misfit friends Chunks (Sean Teale) and Parsons (Mike Bailey), Jack is hoping to forget about his problems, and instead focus on winning the heart of Elinor (Amber Anderson). Feeling the effects of being young in a suddenly post-Thatcher Britain, our protagonists embark on a wildly unforgettable night on the town.
Though not always hitting the mark, Edgar must be commended for his stylistic fervour,...
- 4/24/2014
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
At Screen International and Broadcast’s Diversify conference today, Aaqil Ahmed, commissioning editor for religion at the BBC, has said the UK film and TV industries should be “ashamed” of the decline in Bame representation in the creative media industries.
Ahmed lamented the findings of a recent Creative Skillset report, which highlighted a significant decline in Bame (black, Asian and minority ethnic people) representation in the film and TV industries between 2009-12.
“We should be ashamed of those figures. But we don’t need figures to show us. We look around us and we can see it. It’s not just that the figures have gone down but it’s that you won’t get another Aaqil Ahmed - a working class, Pakistani boy from Manchester - coming through the ranks. Mono-cultural issues are getting worse. I feel ashamed, personally and as an industry we should be ashamed. I don’t think we care enough. This industry...
Ahmed lamented the findings of a recent Creative Skillset report, which highlighted a significant decline in Bame (black, Asian and minority ethnic people) representation in the film and TV industries between 2009-12.
“We should be ashamed of those figures. But we don’t need figures to show us. We look around us and we can see it. It’s not just that the figures have gone down but it’s that you won’t get another Aaqil Ahmed - a working class, Pakistani boy from Manchester - coming through the ranks. Mono-cultural issues are getting worse. I feel ashamed, personally and as an industry we should be ashamed. I don’t think we care enough. This industry...
- 11/13/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Micro-budget finance market to run alongside London’s Pfm.Scroll down for full list of projects
FilmLondon is launching a new UK-wide micro-budget finance market that will run alongside London’s Production Finance Market.
The Micro-Market, supported by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, will provide 19 production teams with one day of meetings with financiers looking for films budgeted at €1m ($1.36m) and under.
The teams will meet representatives from sales companies, investment funds, post houses, online and VOD platforms and public agencies and also get training in pitching ahead of the market which will take place on Oct 16-17.
Adrian Wootton, chief executive of Film London and British Film Commission, said: “Having identified a need among emerging UK producers, we have developed a unique event connecting micro-budget film-makers with financiers looking for projects in that bracket.
“The Micro-Market also includes a critical training component, so we are encouraging essential skills around pitching and packaging projects...
FilmLondon is launching a new UK-wide micro-budget finance market that will run alongside London’s Production Finance Market.
The Micro-Market, supported by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, will provide 19 production teams with one day of meetings with financiers looking for films budgeted at €1m ($1.36m) and under.
The teams will meet representatives from sales companies, investment funds, post houses, online and VOD platforms and public agencies and also get training in pitching ahead of the market which will take place on Oct 16-17.
Adrian Wootton, chief executive of Film London and British Film Commission, said: “Having identified a need among emerging UK producers, we have developed a unique event connecting micro-budget film-makers with financiers looking for projects in that bracket.
“The Micro-Market also includes a critical training component, so we are encouraging essential skills around pitching and packaging projects...
- 10/7/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Jamie Blackley (represented by United Agents) has been cast to star opposite Chloe Moretz, in the film adaptation of Gayle Forman's 2009 Young Adult novel If I Stay, in which he will play her boyfriend Adam.
If I Stay is the story of a 17 year old gifted classical musician Mia (Moretz) and her boyfriend, Adam, an up and coming indie-rock star. Torn between two paths in life, her art or her relationship, Mia is forced to make an even starker choice between life and death when she is caught in a fatal car accident with her family one snowy morning in Oregon.
21 year old Jamie has the musical credentials for the role of Adam. After appearing in the London stage production of Spring Awakening, he played George Harrison in the stage adaptation of Beatles musical Backbeat. Last year he filmed the lead role of Mark, alongside another rising star Toby Regbo,...
If I Stay is the story of a 17 year old gifted classical musician Mia (Moretz) and her boyfriend, Adam, an up and coming indie-rock star. Torn between two paths in life, her art or her relationship, Mia is forced to make an even starker choice between life and death when she is caught in a fatal car accident with her family one snowy morning in Oregon.
21 year old Jamie has the musical credentials for the role of Adam. After appearing in the London stage production of Spring Awakening, he played George Harrison in the stage adaptation of Beatles musical Backbeat. Last year he filmed the lead role of Mark, alongside another rising star Toby Regbo,...
- 9/6/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Review Andrew Blair 1 Jul 2013 - 06:37
A British teen comedy - set in Birmingham in 1990 - with a surprisingly political bent, according to Andrew
When you're watching The Inbetweeners, do you ever wish the visuals could be a bit more dreamlike? That characters would ignore the fourth wall as if it wasn't a big deal and that the whole thing could have a political subtext and an early-90s soundtrack? And be set in Birmingham?
Neither do I. Why would we, when We Are The Freaks does all of the above so well?
Set at the end of Margaret Thatcher's reign as supreme overlord of Englandland and its various appendages, We Are The Freaks sets out its stall early. It knows what kind of film it is, and with its complete disregard for verisimilitude manages to provide the most successful representation of male teenagers I've seen at this festival.
A British teen comedy - set in Birmingham in 1990 - with a surprisingly political bent, according to Andrew
When you're watching The Inbetweeners, do you ever wish the visuals could be a bit more dreamlike? That characters would ignore the fourth wall as if it wasn't a big deal and that the whole thing could have a political subtext and an early-90s soundtrack? And be set in Birmingham?
Neither do I. Why would we, when We Are The Freaks does all of the above so well?
Set at the end of Margaret Thatcher's reign as supreme overlord of Englandland and its various appendages, We Are The Freaks sets out its stall early. It knows what kind of film it is, and with its complete disregard for verisimilitude manages to provide the most successful representation of male teenagers I've seen at this festival.
- 6/30/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Stars: Jamie Blackley, Sean Teale , Michael Smiley, Danielle Bux | Written and Directed by Justin Edgar
Review by Andrew MacArthur of Cinehouse
Justin Edgar’s We Are the Freaks sets out to challenge the conventions of the traditional teen-comedy, and it mostly does so with a cheeky sense of humour and fond nostalgia for the nineties.
We Are the Freaks follows working class Jack (Blackley) who dreams of going to university yet struggles to get funding. Jack’s best-friend Chunks (Teale) who dubs himself a “textbook underachiever” suggests a night-out that begins with gate crashing a party.
The setting of the early 1990s provides an exciting twist on the traditional teen comedy, allowing Edgar to pack his film with a soundtrack including the likes of New Order and The Happy Mondays which certainly adds a distinct and likeable character to the film. This era also means that Edgar can pack his...
Review by Andrew MacArthur of Cinehouse
Justin Edgar’s We Are the Freaks sets out to challenge the conventions of the traditional teen-comedy, and it mostly does so with a cheeky sense of humour and fond nostalgia for the nineties.
We Are the Freaks follows working class Jack (Blackley) who dreams of going to university yet struggles to get funding. Jack’s best-friend Chunks (Teale) who dubs himself a “textbook underachiever” suggests a night-out that begins with gate crashing a party.
The setting of the early 1990s provides an exciting twist on the traditional teen comedy, allowing Edgar to pack his film with a soundtrack including the likes of New Order and The Happy Mondays which certainly adds a distinct and likeable character to the film. This era also means that Edgar can pack his...
- 6/28/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
A total of 12 projects selected for training addressing the changing face of distribution.Scroll down for full list of projects
Film London has revealed the 12 projects participating in Audience on Demand, the training and mentorship programme addressing the changing face of feature film distribution.
Details of the successful film-makers and projects were unveiled at The Future of Independent Distribution event at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, which featured a case study on Film London Microwave’s Borrowed Time, currently preparing for a self funded direct distribution UK release on August 16.
Audience on Demand, funded by Creative Skillset and run in partnership with Creative England, is a three-month pilot programme that mixes classroom and one-on-one sessions alongside dedicated mentoring from top industry experts.
For emerging UK talent with a completed first or second feature, a key aspect of the programme is a marketing and distribution plan created by Iris Lamprecht (Film Tiki). This enables the participating teams to develop...
Film London has revealed the 12 projects participating in Audience on Demand, the training and mentorship programme addressing the changing face of feature film distribution.
Details of the successful film-makers and projects were unveiled at The Future of Independent Distribution event at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, which featured a case study on Film London Microwave’s Borrowed Time, currently preparing for a self funded direct distribution UK release on August 16.
Audience on Demand, funded by Creative Skillset and run in partnership with Creative England, is a three-month pilot programme that mixes classroom and one-on-one sessions alongside dedicated mentoring from top industry experts.
For emerging UK talent with a completed first or second feature, a key aspect of the programme is a marketing and distribution plan created by Iris Lamprecht (Film Tiki). This enables the participating teams to develop...
- 6/24/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The Iranian director will be joined by Scottish actor Kevin McKidd and film critic Derek Malcom.
Iranian director Samira Makhmalbaf will chair the Michael Powell Best British Feature Film Competition Jury at the upcoming Edinburgh Film Festival, which runs June 19-30.
Makhmalbaf became the youngest director in official selection at the Cannes Film Festival 1988 with her first feature The Apple, for which she won the London Film Festival’s Sutherland Trophy. Her second film The Blackboard and third, At Five in the Afternoon, both received the jury prize at Cannes.
She will be joined on the jury by Scottish actor Kevin McKidd, who starred in last year’s Eiff closing night gala Brave, and chief film critic at the Evening Standard, Derek Malcolm.
British films competing for the Michael Powell Award include Justin Edgar’s We Are The Freaks, Paul Wright’s For Those In Peril, Jamie Chambers’ Blackbird and John Hardwick’s Svengali.
The jury will...
Iranian director Samira Makhmalbaf will chair the Michael Powell Best British Feature Film Competition Jury at the upcoming Edinburgh Film Festival, which runs June 19-30.
Makhmalbaf became the youngest director in official selection at the Cannes Film Festival 1988 with her first feature The Apple, for which she won the London Film Festival’s Sutherland Trophy. Her second film The Blackboard and third, At Five in the Afternoon, both received the jury prize at Cannes.
She will be joined on the jury by Scottish actor Kevin McKidd, who starred in last year’s Eiff closing night gala Brave, and chief film critic at the Evening Standard, Derek Malcolm.
British films competing for the Michael Powell Award include Justin Edgar’s We Are The Freaks, Paul Wright’s For Those In Peril, Jamie Chambers’ Blackbird and John Hardwick’s Svengali.
The jury will...
- 6/19/2013
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
Screenterrier spotted We Are The Freaks, a new teen comedy directed by Justin Edgar and produced by Alex Usborne at 104 Films back in March last year when it started filming.
Starring two Skins alumni, Mike Bailey (represented by Waring and McKenna) and Sean Teale (also Waring and McKenna), alongside fast-rising star Jamie Blackley (represented by United Agents).
The cast also includes Michael Smiley, Rosamund Hanson, and Adam Gillen, and the film is set to premiere at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Check out the trailer below!
Starring two Skins alumni, Mike Bailey (represented by Waring and McKenna) and Sean Teale (also Waring and McKenna), alongside fast-rising star Jamie Blackley (represented by United Agents).
The cast also includes Michael Smiley, Rosamund Hanson, and Adam Gillen, and the film is set to premiere at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Check out the trailer below!
- 6/18/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Exclusive: Justin Edgar’s teen comedy stars Michael Smiley and Jamie Blackley. Watch the first trailer here.
104 Films’ We Are The Freaks has been chosen as the opening film of the Bornshorts film festival in Denmark, which runs September 12-14.
Written and directed by Justin Edgar, the anarchic “anti-teen comedy” about three misfits on a disastrous night out, is set against the social and political turmoil of 1990.
Rosamund Hanson, Mike Bailey, Sean Teale, Adam Gillen, Hera Hilmar and Amber Anderson also star.
Profile: Justin Edgar and Alex Usborne, 104 Films
Metrodome will release the film in the UK later this year, following its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival and market premiere at Luff.
The film is produced by Alex Usborne and Justin Edgar for their UK production company 104 Films, with Gareth Jones and Colin Pons as executive producers. Metfilm Post are co-financiers.
Edgar said: “I am delighted that We Are The Freaks has been invited...
104 Films’ We Are The Freaks has been chosen as the opening film of the Bornshorts film festival in Denmark, which runs September 12-14.
Written and directed by Justin Edgar, the anarchic “anti-teen comedy” about three misfits on a disastrous night out, is set against the social and political turmoil of 1990.
Rosamund Hanson, Mike Bailey, Sean Teale, Adam Gillen, Hera Hilmar and Amber Anderson also star.
Profile: Justin Edgar and Alex Usborne, 104 Films
Metrodome will release the film in the UK later this year, following its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival and market premiere at Luff.
The film is produced by Alex Usborne and Justin Edgar for their UK production company 104 Films, with Gareth Jones and Colin Pons as executive producers. Metfilm Post are co-financiers.
Edgar said: “I am delighted that We Are The Freaks has been invited...
- 6/18/2013
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
Shooting started on March 5th in Birmingham on teen comedy We Are The Freaks, directed by Justin Edgar and produced by Alex Usborne at 104 Films.
The cast includes two Skins alumni, 23 year old Mike Bailey from Bristol who played Sid in series 1 and 2.
And 19 year old Sean Teale (represented by Waring and McKenna) who stars as Nick in the latest incarnation of Skins characters currently showing on E4.
The young cast also includes 22 year old Rosamund Hanson (represented by Curtis Brown), star of This is England, and 20 year old Jamie Blackley (represented by United Agents), who has just been cast in 300: Battle of Artemisia.
Amber Anderson
Newcomer 20 year old model Amber Anderson (represented by Curtis Brown) also stars, alongside Adam Gillen (represented by Independent Talent) who was recently seen as Brian in Fresh Meat, and Icelandic actress Hera Hilmar (represented by Tavistock Wood), who recently graduated from Lamda.
The...
The cast includes two Skins alumni, 23 year old Mike Bailey from Bristol who played Sid in series 1 and 2.
And 19 year old Sean Teale (represented by Waring and McKenna) who stars as Nick in the latest incarnation of Skins characters currently showing on E4.
The young cast also includes 22 year old Rosamund Hanson (represented by Curtis Brown), star of This is England, and 20 year old Jamie Blackley (represented by United Agents), who has just been cast in 300: Battle of Artemisia.
Amber Anderson
Newcomer 20 year old model Amber Anderson (represented by Curtis Brown) also stars, alongside Adam Gillen (represented by Independent Talent) who was recently seen as Brian in Fresh Meat, and Icelandic actress Hera Hilmar (represented by Tavistock Wood), who recently graduated from Lamda.
The...
- 3/10/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
During my time submitting my graduation short film to various festivals and screenings from around the world, one of the film festivals that it was accepted into was the Oska Bright 2011 Film Festival.
For those who may not know, Oska Bright is a group that supports, teaches and makes short films and video projects for people with different forms of special needs and learning difficulties, with their film festival being one of the only few festivals that exclusively screen short films made by people with the same type of disabilities.
The organizers usually put on their festival once every couple of years in Brighton and this year they formed a partnership with The Outsiders Festival, as well as having screenings at the same time as Cine-City Brighton Film Festival. Since I attended the Oska Bright Film Festival, I thought that it would be the perfect opportunity to write about my experiences at the screenings,...
For those who may not know, Oska Bright is a group that supports, teaches and makes short films and video projects for people with different forms of special needs and learning difficulties, with their film festival being one of the only few festivals that exclusively screen short films made by people with the same type of disabilities.
The organizers usually put on their festival once every couple of years in Brighton and this year they formed a partnership with The Outsiders Festival, as well as having screenings at the same time as Cine-City Brighton Film Festival. Since I attended the Oska Bright Film Festival, I thought that it would be the perfect opportunity to write about my experiences at the screenings,...
- 11/29/2011
- by Martyn Warren
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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