The British Independent Film Awards has selected 17 producers to participate in its Springboard programme assisting filmmakers beyond their first feature.
They include Savannah James-Bayly, producer of Amrou Al-Kadhi’s Layla through her company Fox Cub Films. James-Bayly also runs Teen Club with Loran Dunn and Sorcha Bacon, with the company focusing on commercial, positive, queer content for young audiences.
Nisha Mullea, executive producer at Caviar London, is also selected, having recently produced Sasha Nathwani’s Last Swim, winner of the Crystal Bear for best feature film in the Generation 14plus section at the Berlinale.
The programme runs from May 2024 until...
They include Savannah James-Bayly, producer of Amrou Al-Kadhi’s Layla through her company Fox Cub Films. James-Bayly also runs Teen Club with Loran Dunn and Sorcha Bacon, with the company focusing on commercial, positive, queer content for young audiences.
Nisha Mullea, executive producer at Caviar London, is also selected, having recently produced Sasha Nathwani’s Last Swim, winner of the Crystal Bear for best feature film in the Generation 14plus section at the Berlinale.
The programme runs from May 2024 until...
- 5/8/2024
- ScreenDaily
Bafta and BFI Flare are teaming up for the 10th year to support six Lgbtqia+ creatives with their film or television debuts through a professional development programme.
The cohort includes Cherish Oteka, who won the 2022 Bafta in best British short film for their docudrama The Black Cop. Oteka is currently directing and producing a feature documentary about the Gay Games.
Also selected is Glasgow-based producer Isabella Bassett, whose credits include development coordinator for BBC Studios continuing drama River City; writer and actor Zak Ghazi-Torbati, who is developing a musical TV series with Left Bank Pictures; filmmaker Charlie Tidmas, who has...
The cohort includes Cherish Oteka, who won the 2022 Bafta in best British short film for their docudrama The Black Cop. Oteka is currently directing and producing a feature documentary about the Gay Games.
Also selected is Glasgow-based producer Isabella Bassett, whose credits include development coordinator for BBC Studios continuing drama River City; writer and actor Zak Ghazi-Torbati, who is developing a musical TV series with Left Bank Pictures; filmmaker Charlie Tidmas, who has...
- 3/12/2024
- ScreenDaily
The BFI and BAFTA have unveiled the 2024 intake for its 10th BFI Flare x BAFTA professional development program, supporting six emerging Lgbtqia+ creatives working on their debuts in film and TV.
They comprise writer and performer Travis Alabanza, creative producer Isabella Bassett, actor and writer Zak Ghazi-Torbati, filmmaker Cherish Oteka, writer and actor Miles Sloman and screenwriter and director Charlie Tidmas. (see full bios below)
The participants benefit from industry mentorship, bespoke events and workshops at BAFTA and BFI as well as wellbeing and career coaching and access to BAFTA Connect, the academy’s membership programme for emerging and mid-level talent.
They will also be given networking opportunities during the BFI Flare: London Lgbtqia+ Film Festival, running from March 13 to 24 March.
BFI and BAFTA noted that the festival’s opening night film, Layla, was created by two alumni of the scheme.
“The BFI Flare x BAFTA mentorship had a profound impact on my career and,...
They comprise writer and performer Travis Alabanza, creative producer Isabella Bassett, actor and writer Zak Ghazi-Torbati, filmmaker Cherish Oteka, writer and actor Miles Sloman and screenwriter and director Charlie Tidmas. (see full bios below)
The participants benefit from industry mentorship, bespoke events and workshops at BAFTA and BFI as well as wellbeing and career coaching and access to BAFTA Connect, the academy’s membership programme for emerging and mid-level talent.
They will also be given networking opportunities during the BFI Flare: London Lgbtqia+ Film Festival, running from March 13 to 24 March.
BFI and BAFTA noted that the festival’s opening night film, Layla, was created by two alumni of the scheme.
“The BFI Flare x BAFTA mentorship had a profound impact on my career and,...
- 3/12/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
If you've dated around as a young 20- or 30-something minority in a big city, then you have definitely seen “Layla” before. Amrou Al-Kadhi's feature premiered as a part of Sundance Film Festival's World Cinema – Dramatic Competition, and – with no awards – is possibly one of the most underrated films of the festival.
Here, in Al-Kadhi's bold debut feature, Palestinian drag queen Layla (Bilal Hasna) yearns for love. Even though they have carved out their niche in East London – a loving queer community that is full of affirmations, good food, and bad jokes – Layla cannot help but wonder what it must be like to date someone who fully accepts them for who they are.
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Love can be found in the most innocuous of places, however, which Layla realizes when they make eye contact with a sharply-dressed man at a corporate Pride event.
Here, in Al-Kadhi's bold debut feature, Palestinian drag queen Layla (Bilal Hasna) yearns for love. Even though they have carved out their niche in East London – a loving queer community that is full of affirmations, good food, and bad jokes – Layla cannot help but wonder what it must be like to date someone who fully accepts them for who they are.
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Love can be found in the most innocuous of places, however, which Layla realizes when they make eye contact with a sharply-dressed man at a corporate Pride event.
- 2/21/2024
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Layla
The biggest LGBTQ+ film festival in the UK, BFI Flare, has just announced its line-up for this year. It will open with Layla, which explores the complicated romance between a very conventional white gay man and a glamorous British-Palestinian drag queen, and will be introduced by director Amrou Al-Kadhi. The closing film will be Luke Willis' documentary Lady Like, which follows RuPaul's Drag Race star Lady Camden as she adjusts to fame and copes with the legacy of a troubled childhood.
Other highlights include family drama Close To You, whose star, Elliot Page, will discuss the film and reflect on his career. There are some fantastic international films in the line-up, including Brazilian drama Toll, which explores the complex relationship between a mother and son, and Canadian-Pakistani co-production The Queen Of My Dreams, in which a mother and her estranged lesbian daughter are reconnected by bereavement and...
The biggest LGBTQ+ film festival in the UK, BFI Flare, has just announced its line-up for this year. It will open with Layla, which explores the complicated romance between a very conventional white gay man and a glamorous British-Palestinian drag queen, and will be introduced by director Amrou Al-Kadhi. The closing film will be Luke Willis' documentary Lady Like, which follows RuPaul's Drag Race star Lady Camden as she adjusts to fame and copes with the legacy of a troubled childhood.
Other highlights include family drama Close To You, whose star, Elliot Page, will discuss the film and reflect on his career. There are some fantastic international films in the line-up, including Brazilian drama Toll, which explores the complex relationship between a mother and son, and Canadian-Pakistani co-production The Queen Of My Dreams, in which a mother and her estranged lesbian daughter are reconnected by bereavement and...
- 2/13/2024
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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.
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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
Sundance award-winner Kneecap, The Outrun and Layla are among nine titles to receive the latest round of UK Global Screen Fund awards (Ukgsf), totalling £129,498 through its international distribution strand.
Administered by the British Film Institute (BFI), 66 awards totalling more than £2m have now been given out by this strand, financed through the UK government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms).
Financial support for international distribution provides sales agents and producers with funding via three tracks – film sales, prints & advertising (P&a) and festival launch.
Rich Peppiatt’s Irish-language hip-hop drama Kneecap won the Next audience award at Sundance after...
Administered by the British Film Institute (BFI), 66 awards totalling more than £2m have now been given out by this strand, financed through the UK government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms).
Financial support for international distribution provides sales agents and producers with funding via three tracks – film sales, prints & advertising (P&a) and festival launch.
Rich Peppiatt’s Irish-language hip-hop drama Kneecap won the Next audience award at Sundance after...
- 2/8/2024
- ScreenDaily
The European premiere of Amrou Al-Kadhi’s Layla will open the 38th BFI Flare: London Lgbtqia+ Film Festival on March 13.
Al-Kadhi’s drag queen drama made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this month.
The world premiere of Luke Willis’ docu-fiction hybrid Lady Like as the Closing Night Gala on Sunday, March 24.
Written and directed by 2018 Screen Star of Tomorrow Al-Kadhi, Layla tells the story of a struggling Arab drag queen who catches the eye of a marketing executive, starting a romance in which both must face uncomfortable truths.
Bilal Hasna, a 2023 Screen Star, leads the cast,...
Al-Kadhi’s drag queen drama made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this month.
The world premiere of Luke Willis’ docu-fiction hybrid Lady Like as the Closing Night Gala on Sunday, March 24.
Written and directed by 2018 Screen Star of Tomorrow Al-Kadhi, Layla tells the story of a struggling Arab drag queen who catches the eye of a marketing executive, starting a romance in which both must face uncomfortable truths.
Bilal Hasna, a 2023 Screen Star, leads the cast,...
- 1/30/2024
- ScreenDaily
At its heart, Sundance is about discovery. Some of our brightest, biggest filmmaking stars — we’re talking Steven Soderbergh, Richard Linklater, Ava DuVernay, Paul Thomas Anderson, Lulu Wang, Ryan Coogler, Aubrey Plaza, Catherine Hardwicke, Todd Haynes, Tessa Thompson, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Eggers, the Duplass brothers, Michael B. Jordan, Amy Adams, Elizabeth Olsen, Brie Larson, Lakeith Stanfield, Miles Teller, Anya Taylor-Joy, and many, many more — first rose to acclaim by bringing their work to Sundance.
Some of the biggest films at this year’s festivals came to us through creators and stars we already know and love — it’s no surprise that Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin are so wonderful in Eisenberg’s “A Real Pain” or that “Worst Person in the World” star Renate Reinsve finds new dimension in both pitch-black comedy “A Different Man” and the off-kilter zombie drama “Handling the Undead” or that Kristen Stewart is riveting in...
Some of the biggest films at this year’s festivals came to us through creators and stars we already know and love — it’s no surprise that Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin are so wonderful in Eisenberg’s “A Real Pain” or that “Worst Person in the World” star Renate Reinsve finds new dimension in both pitch-black comedy “A Different Man” and the off-kilter zombie drama “Handling the Undead” or that Kristen Stewart is riveting in...
- 1/26/2024
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The 40th edition of Sundance Film Festival kicks off today, and notably, queer and Himalaya-themed films take over the Asian/Asian diaspora slate of the mountain festival. In previous years, Sundance has been a frontier for Asian diaspora films. Last year alone saw a full slate of Asian diaspora films, with “Past Lives” (Celine Song), “Shortcomings” (Randall Park), “The Persian Version” (Maryam Keshavarz), and more, among others – there are considerably less Asian American films in the primary competition. This year, in the US Dramatic Competition, only one film, “Didi (弟弟)” by Sean Wang stands out amid the crowd.
Films about the Himalayas have taken center-stage in the World Cinema Competitions, however, with three titles this year: “Girls will be Girls” (Shuchi Talati), “Agent of Happiness” (Arun Bhattarai), and “Nocturnes” (Anirban Dutta). Queer Asian diaspora cinema is front and center this year as well, with “Layla” (Amrou Al-Khadi) and “Desire Lines...
Films about the Himalayas have taken center-stage in the World Cinema Competitions, however, with three titles this year: “Girls will be Girls” (Shuchi Talati), “Agent of Happiness” (Arun Bhattarai), and “Nocturnes” (Anirban Dutta). Queer Asian diaspora cinema is front and center this year as well, with “Layla” (Amrou Al-Khadi) and “Desire Lines...
- 1/20/2024
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Gay cinema certainly has turned a corner lately, in the wake of films as varied as Cassandro, Rustin and All of Us Strangers, stories in which the lead character’s sexuality might form a crucial part of the tapestry of the drama but isn’t the be-all and end-all. Leading the vanguard for the next generation is this confident debut from 33-year-old British-Iraqi director Amrou Al-Kadhi, a frank and emotionally honest portrait of someone who falls outside society’s boxes and steadfastly refuses to conform to them. This emphasis on the positive is sometimes counterintuitive (more on that later), but, thanks to its core cast, Layla is an engaging study of love in the pronoun era.
Layla (Bilal Hasna) is a non-binary drag queen/performance artist who lives in London, in a house they share with a bunch of like-minded queens, a sharp, ragtag bunch more prone to discussing the...
Layla (Bilal Hasna) is a non-binary drag queen/performance artist who lives in London, in a house they share with a bunch of like-minded queens, a sharp, ragtag bunch more prone to discussing the...
- 1/18/2024
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
In 2023, it’s up to young queer filmmakers to turn their cameras away from the trauma narratives that have so far mostly defined LGBTQ filmmaking and instead toward its potential for joyful expression and celebration. For cynics with a wary brow toward being uplifted, your mileage may vary for 1990-born drag performer turned filmmaker Amrou Al-Kadhi’s “Layla,” an exuberant appreciation of queer life even as it skims the surface of weightier issues around identity. But even the most callous of hearts — though anyone not already cosigned to the movie’s sensibilities is unlikely to see this film — will find it hard to skirt the charms of this sensitive, well-acted, and confidently shot feature about a non-binary Arab drag queen who gets lost in love but finds themselves at the other side of its failure. That’s even as many moments of the story feel manufactured just to keep it going.
- 1/18/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Drag queens are a huge part of contemporary pop culture. They are on TV, on social media and forever on the minds of conservative politicians who try to ostracize them and muffle their voices. Yet despite this ubiquity, they rarely appear as movie leads. Writer-director Amrou Al-Kadhi rectifies that with their debut feature “Layla,” unspooling in the World Dramatic competition at the Sundance Film Festival. Like most Sundance discoveries, it introduces a new voice trying to carve a space for themselves in the medium. And like most feature debuts, it shows how that voice needs to be honed and nurtured, so that their next feature might more successfully accomplish its goals.
Layla (Bilal Hasna) is a London drag queen living a double life. With their friends, they live their truth as a nonbinary person and drag performer. Yet when they visit their Palestinian family, they become Latif, the dutiful son.
Layla (Bilal Hasna) is a London drag queen living a double life. With their friends, they live their truth as a nonbinary person and drag performer. Yet when they visit their Palestinian family, they become Latif, the dutiful son.
- 1/18/2024
- by Murtada Elfadl
- Variety Film + TV
Park City – Trend alert: drag queen movies might just be the not new thing in the contemporary indie film world. And as a fan of both the visual arts of cinema and drag performance, we certainly aren’t complaining. 2023 saw at least three drag queen-centric movies debut at the Berlin and Toronto Film Festivals. That’s substantial. 2024 can now add a fourth to that list following the world premiere of Amrou Al-Kadhi ‘s feature directorial debut, “Layla” at the 40th Sundance Film Festival.
Continue reading ‘Layla’ Review: This Drag Queen Has Secrets But Does It Matter? [Sundance] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Layla’ Review: This Drag Queen Has Secrets But Does It Matter? [Sundance] at The Playlist.
- 1/18/2024
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
Films are made of and from places: the locations they are filmed in, the settings they are meant to evoke, the geographies where they are imagined and worked on. What place tells its own story about your film, whether a particularly challenging location that required production ingenuity or a map reference that inspired you personally, politically or creatively? Layla is a film of imagined space. Though set and filmed in East London, home to a vibrant queer scene and history, LGBTQ+ spaces in cities around the globe are currently victim to rapid gentrification. London is no exception. The majority of the […]
The post “We Imagined the Queer London of Our Dreams” | Amrou Al-Kadhi, Layla first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “We Imagined the Queer London of Our Dreams” | Amrou Al-Kadhi, Layla first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 1/18/2024
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Films are made of and from places: the locations they are filmed in, the settings they are meant to evoke, the geographies where they are imagined and worked on. What place tells its own story about your film, whether a particularly challenging location that required production ingenuity or a map reference that inspired you personally, politically or creatively? Layla is a film of imagined space. Though set and filmed in East London, home to a vibrant queer scene and history, LGBTQ+ spaces in cities around the globe are currently victim to rapid gentrification. London is no exception. The majority of the […]
The post “We Imagined the Queer London of Our Dreams” | Amrou Al-Kadhi, Layla first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “We Imagined the Queer London of Our Dreams” | Amrou Al-Kadhi, Layla first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 1/18/2024
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Writer and director Amrou Al-Kadhi shares many similarities with the eponymous protagonist of their directorial debut “Layla,” a drama about how a drag queen’s first love influences their sense of self. Al-Kadhi speaks exclusively to Variety ahead of the world premiere of “Layla” Thursday in Sundance Film Festival’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition. (Watch an exclusive clip below.)
Both Al-Kadhi and Layla are British of Arab descent — Al-Kadhi being British-Iraqi and Layla British-Palestinian — and both are non-binary and perform in drag. The director is used to blurring the lines between the personal and the fictional, rooting their drag persona Glamrou in first-hand experience as a queer Arab in Britain and having written award-winning “Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen.”
Al-Kadhi emphasizes that, as an artist, it is important to prod into the personal so they can create work that “resonates with people,” but reiterates that “Layla” is a work of fiction.
Both Al-Kadhi and Layla are British of Arab descent — Al-Kadhi being British-Iraqi and Layla British-Palestinian — and both are non-binary and perform in drag. The director is used to blurring the lines between the personal and the fictional, rooting their drag persona Glamrou in first-hand experience as a queer Arab in Britain and having written award-winning “Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen.”
Al-Kadhi emphasizes that, as an artist, it is important to prod into the personal so they can create work that “resonates with people,” but reiterates that “Layla” is a work of fiction.
- 1/17/2024
- by Rafa Sales Ross
- Variety Film + TV
Girls Will Be Girls To Premiere At Sundance Film Festival 2024: Here’s Everything You Should Know About Chadha & Ali Fazal’s Debut Production! ( Photo Credit – Instagram )
Ali Fazal and Richa Chadha’s debut production, ‘Girls Will Be Girls,’ a female-led drama written and directed by debutante Shuchi Talati, is set to premiere at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival 2024. The film will be screened in the World Dramatic Feature category, marking an extraordinary achievement for producers as well as the director. ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ is one of 16 films chosen to participate in the competitive category of the renowned Film Festival.
The 40th edition of the Sundance Film Festival, which aims to provide a space to gather, celebrate, and engage with risk-taking artists who are committed to bringing their independent visions to audiences through independent storytelling, will take place from January 18–28, 2024, in Park City, Utah.
Speaking about the film, producer Richa Chadha earlier said,...
Ali Fazal and Richa Chadha’s debut production, ‘Girls Will Be Girls,’ a female-led drama written and directed by debutante Shuchi Talati, is set to premiere at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival 2024. The film will be screened in the World Dramatic Feature category, marking an extraordinary achievement for producers as well as the director. ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ is one of 16 films chosen to participate in the competitive category of the renowned Film Festival.
The 40th edition of the Sundance Film Festival, which aims to provide a space to gather, celebrate, and engage with risk-taking artists who are committed to bringing their independent visions to audiences through independent storytelling, will take place from January 18–28, 2024, in Park City, Utah.
Speaking about the film, producer Richa Chadha earlier said,...
- 12/10/2023
- by Shivani Negi
- KoiMoi
Two UK productions and nine UK co-productions are in the line-up.
Rose Glass’ much-anticipated follow-up toSaint Maud, Love Lies Bleeding, is among 11 UK productions or co-productions heading to Salt Lake City for next year’s Sundance Film Festival (January 18-28), following yesterday’s line-up announcement of the 82 features programmed.
The overall figure of UK projects programmed is similar to last year’s line-up. Six UK productions and five UK co-productions premiered in 2023. In 2024, two UK productions and nine co-productions will play.
Screen Star of Tomorrow Glass’ thriller Love Lies Bleeding stars Kristen Stewart, and is set in the world of competitive bodybuilding.
Rose Glass’ much-anticipated follow-up toSaint Maud, Love Lies Bleeding, is among 11 UK productions or co-productions heading to Salt Lake City for next year’s Sundance Film Festival (January 18-28), following yesterday’s line-up announcement of the 82 features programmed.
The overall figure of UK projects programmed is similar to last year’s line-up. Six UK productions and five UK co-productions premiered in 2023. In 2024, two UK productions and nine co-productions will play.
Screen Star of Tomorrow Glass’ thriller Love Lies Bleeding stars Kristen Stewart, and is set in the world of competitive bodybuilding.
- 12/7/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Festival will take place January 18–28, 2024, in person in Park City and Salt Lake City.
Sundance Film Festival’s top brass have unveiled the 40th anniversary edition line-up for 2024 as Steven Soderbergh makes his return as director for the first time since his 1989 breakout sex, lies and videotape, and Ian Bonhote and Peter Ettedgui’s Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story is the opening night film.
The full slate of works announced includes 82 features representing 24 countries, and 91 selections including episodic programmes. World premieres make up 94% of the entire roster, and 40% of the filmmakers are debutants.
The festival will take place January...
Sundance Film Festival’s top brass have unveiled the 40th anniversary edition line-up for 2024 as Steven Soderbergh makes his return as director for the first time since his 1989 breakout sex, lies and videotape, and Ian Bonhote and Peter Ettedgui’s Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story is the opening night film.
The full slate of works announced includes 82 features representing 24 countries, and 91 selections including episodic programmes. World premieres make up 94% of the entire roster, and 40% of the filmmakers are debutants.
The festival will take place January...
- 12/6/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
FX released the official trailer for “American Horror Stories” Season 3, the spin-off of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s anthology series “American Horror Story.” The spin-off features a different horror story in each episode.
The trailer revealed that “Real Housewives” alum Lisa Rinna will star in the “Tapeworm” episode of Season 3, which premieres Oct. 26. The official logline for that installment reads, “An up-and-coming model will stop at nothing in her hunger for success.” The episode was written by Joe Baken and directed by Alexis Martin Woodall.
“Smize for the camera, sweetie,” Rinna’s character says in the trailer. She later responds to a young patient’s concern about a monster inside of her with the question, “But are you hungry?”
Alongside Rinna, the “Tapeworm” cast includes Laura Kariuki, Hazel Graye and Rob Yang.
From the trailer, it looks like Yang prescribes Kariuki’s model a tapeworm to help her lose weight for her modeling career.
The trailer revealed that “Real Housewives” alum Lisa Rinna will star in the “Tapeworm” episode of Season 3, which premieres Oct. 26. The official logline for that installment reads, “An up-and-coming model will stop at nothing in her hunger for success.” The episode was written by Joe Baken and directed by Alexis Martin Woodall.
“Smize for the camera, sweetie,” Rinna’s character says in the trailer. She later responds to a young patient’s concern about a monster inside of her with the question, “But are you hungry?”
Alongside Rinna, the “Tapeworm” cast includes Laura Kariuki, Hazel Graye and Rob Yang.
From the trailer, it looks like Yang prescribes Kariuki’s model a tapeworm to help her lose weight for her modeling career.
- 10/16/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Tricks, treats and a spectacled Lisa Rinna await in the Season 3 trailer for American Horror Stories.
FX on Monday released a sneak peek of the Hulu anthology’s return, which is being billed as a four-episode “Huluween” event and releasing all episodes on Thursday, Oct. 26. Additionally, the network has provided the following synopses and cast lists for each installment:
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FX on Monday released a sneak peek of the Hulu anthology’s return, which is being billed as a four-episode “Huluween” event and releasing all episodes on Thursday, Oct. 26. Additionally, the network has provided the following synopses and cast lists for each installment:
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- 10/16/2023
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
The one-minute trailer for FX’s special American Horror Stories Huluween event provides a freaky first look at the four-episode event. The trailer’s release was accompanied by additional details on the four episodes – “Bestie,” “Daphne,” “Tapeworm,” and “Organ” – including cast info and brief synopses.
“Bestie” involves a young woman who seeks connection with a mysterious online friend following the loss of her mother. Max Winkler directed from a script by Joe Baken, and Emma Halleen, Seth Gabel, Jessica Barden, Jeff Hiller, and Amrou Al-Kadhi star.
“Daphne,” directed by Elegance Bratton, will feature an artificial intelligence smart device that grows attached to her user. Written by Brad Falchuk and Manny Coto, “Daphne” stars Reid Scott, Annie Hamilton, Allegra Heart, and Christopher Fitzgerald.
“Tapeworm” is about an up-and-coming model who will stop at nothing in her hunger for success. Joe Baken wrote the script, Alexis Martin Woodall directed, and Laura Kariuki,...
“Bestie” involves a young woman who seeks connection with a mysterious online friend following the loss of her mother. Max Winkler directed from a script by Joe Baken, and Emma Halleen, Seth Gabel, Jessica Barden, Jeff Hiller, and Amrou Al-Kadhi star.
“Daphne,” directed by Elegance Bratton, will feature an artificial intelligence smart device that grows attached to her user. Written by Brad Falchuk and Manny Coto, “Daphne” stars Reid Scott, Annie Hamilton, Allegra Heart, and Christopher Fitzgerald.
“Tapeworm” is about an up-and-coming model who will stop at nothing in her hunger for success. Joe Baken wrote the script, Alexis Martin Woodall directed, and Laura Kariuki,...
- 10/16/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
The buyers’ event is organised by the BFI and British Council.
Janis Pugh’s Chuck Chuck Baby, Amrou Al-Kadhi’s Layla and Daniel Kokotajlo’s sophomore feature, Starve Acre, are among the eight features selected for Great8, the annual Cannes buyers’ showcase of UK films from emerging directors organised by the British Film Institute (BFI) and British Council.
The showcase, now in its sixth year, presents UK feature films from first and second-time filmmakers to international distributors and festival programmers. It is funded and run by the BFI and British Council, in partnership with BBC Film and Film4.
In preparation for the Marché,...
Janis Pugh’s Chuck Chuck Baby, Amrou Al-Kadhi’s Layla and Daniel Kokotajlo’s sophomore feature, Starve Acre, are among the eight features selected for Great8, the annual Cannes buyers’ showcase of UK films from emerging directors organised by the British Film Institute (BFI) and British Council.
The showcase, now in its sixth year, presents UK feature films from first and second-time filmmakers to international distributors and festival programmers. It is funded and run by the BFI and British Council, in partnership with BBC Film and Film4.
In preparation for the Marché,...
- 5/9/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Bhula fills the role vacated by Ollie Madden, who became director of Film4.
Film4 has promoted Farhana Bhula to head of creative, filling the role vacated by Ollie Madden since his move to director of Film4.
Bhula moves up from senior commissioning executive. She joined Film4 in January last year from the BFI, where she had been a senior development and production executive at the Film Fund.
Bhula will continue to report to Madden, with senior commissioner David Kimbangi and head of development Ben Coren now reporting into Bhula.
In her new role, Bhula will have oversight of Film4’s creative team and creative strategy.
Film4 has promoted Farhana Bhula to head of creative, filling the role vacated by Ollie Madden since his move to director of Film4.
Bhula moves up from senior commissioning executive. She joined Film4 in January last year from the BFI, where she had been a senior development and production executive at the Film Fund.
Bhula will continue to report to Madden, with senior commissioner David Kimbangi and head of development Ben Coren now reporting into Bhula.
In her new role, Bhula will have oversight of Film4’s creative team and creative strategy.
- 3/20/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Inward investment on film and Hetv production up 5.7 to £5.4bn.
A record £6.3bn was spent on film and high-end television (Hetv) production in the UK in 2022, up 11.1 on 2021; but spend on independent UK filmmaking dropped by 31 year on year.
According to figures published today (February 2) by the BFI’s Research and Statistics Unit, film and high-end production was up £1.8bn on 2019, the last full pre-pandemic year.
However, spend on independent UK filmmaking dropped to £173.6m, representing only 9 of the total spend.
Inward investment films and Hetv delivered a record £5.4bn, representing 86 of the combined production spend. In 2021 the spend was £5.1bn.
A record £6.3bn was spent on film and high-end television (Hetv) production in the UK in 2022, up 11.1 on 2021; but spend on independent UK filmmaking dropped by 31 year on year.
According to figures published today (February 2) by the BFI’s Research and Statistics Unit, film and high-end production was up £1.8bn on 2019, the last full pre-pandemic year.
However, spend on independent UK filmmaking dropped to £173.6m, representing only 9 of the total spend.
Inward investment films and Hetv delivered a record £5.4bn, representing 86 of the combined production spend. In 2021 the spend was £5.1bn.
- 2/2/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Independent Entertainment, the sales and production banner behind last year’s Harry Styles-led romantic drama My Policeman, has expanded its operations with the hire of Elisa Christophe as its head of marketing and communications.
With more than a decade of experience in the film and TV industry across both production and PR, Christophe was most recently associate director at publicity company Epilogue, where she oversaw the drama division and led on strategy and execution on international publicity campaigns. Among her 50-plus clients were Indira Varma (Obi Wan Kenobi), rising star Aaron Pierre (The Underground Railroad), author and filmmaker Emma Forrest (Your Voice In My Head), BAFTA winner Mark Bonnar (Guilt), as well as casting director Sophie Holland (Wednesday).
Reporting to COO Cora Palfrey and Managing Director International Sales Sarah Lebutsch, Christophe will be working across Independent’s film and television projects, overseeing the marketing strategy alongside filmmakers, distributors and buyers,...
With more than a decade of experience in the film and TV industry across both production and PR, Christophe was most recently associate director at publicity company Epilogue, where she oversaw the drama division and led on strategy and execution on international publicity campaigns. Among her 50-plus clients were Indira Varma (Obi Wan Kenobi), rising star Aaron Pierre (The Underground Railroad), author and filmmaker Emma Forrest (Your Voice In My Head), BAFTA winner Mark Bonnar (Guilt), as well as casting director Sophie Holland (Wednesday).
Reporting to COO Cora Palfrey and Managing Director International Sales Sarah Lebutsch, Christophe will be working across Independent’s film and television projects, overseeing the marketing strategy alongside filmmakers, distributors and buyers,...
- 1/30/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Here’s our annual rundown of the 10 largest production awards given out by the British Film Institute’s Film Fund in 2022. Backed by National Lottery money, the grants are a key supporter of indie cinema in the UK.
Top of the list is Timestalker, the debut feature film from actor and writer Alice Lowe. Billed as a “reincarnation romcom,” the film follows the tale of one woman’s unrequited love spanning several centuries. Lowe directs from a screenplay she wrote. She also stars in the film alongside Jacob Anderson (Game Of Thrones), Aneurin Barnard (David Copperfield), Tanya Reynolds (Sex Education), and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz). Vaughan Sivell and Western Edge Pictures are producers. The film is currently eyeing a 2023 release.
Second on the list is Starve Acre, a supernatural horror film from BAFTA-nominated Apostasy creator Daniel Kokotajlo. The Crown star Matt Smith and Saint Maud’s Morfydd Clark lead pic,...
Top of the list is Timestalker, the debut feature film from actor and writer Alice Lowe. Billed as a “reincarnation romcom,” the film follows the tale of one woman’s unrequited love spanning several centuries. Lowe directs from a screenplay she wrote. She also stars in the film alongside Jacob Anderson (Game Of Thrones), Aneurin Barnard (David Copperfield), Tanya Reynolds (Sex Education), and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz). Vaughan Sivell and Western Edge Pictures are producers. The film is currently eyeing a 2023 release.
Second on the list is Starve Acre, a supernatural horror film from BAFTA-nominated Apostasy creator Daniel Kokotajlo. The Crown star Matt Smith and Saint Maud’s Morfydd Clark lead pic,...
- 12/26/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Stone recalled her abrupt introduction to fame; explains Saudi visit.
Sharon Stone said she “would like to have directed” after her breakthrough role in Paul Verhoeven’s erotic thriller Basic Instinct in 1992, but was dissuaded from doing so due to her gender.
“I went to the studio [Stone didn’t confirm to which studio she was referring] and asked them for a small budget,” said Stone. “And I was laughed out of the room; I was told ‘women don’t direct’.”
Basic Instinct was produced by Mario Kassar’s Carolco Pictures and released in the US by TriStar Pictures.
Stone was speaking at an in-conversation event as part of the...
Sharon Stone said she “would like to have directed” after her breakthrough role in Paul Verhoeven’s erotic thriller Basic Instinct in 1992, but was dissuaded from doing so due to her gender.
“I went to the studio [Stone didn’t confirm to which studio she was referring] and asked them for a small budget,” said Stone. “And I was laughed out of the room; I was told ‘women don’t direct’.”
Basic Instinct was produced by Mario Kassar’s Carolco Pictures and released in the US by TriStar Pictures.
Stone was speaking at an in-conversation event as part of the...
- 12/2/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Updates on ‘Hercules’, next projects; filmmaker advocates “cultural collaboration”.
UK filmmaker Guy Ritchie has addressed his decision to attend the Red Sea International Film Festival in Saudi Arabia amid criticism of the country’s human rights record, saying “I’m a creative guy, not a political guy.”
Ritchie is accepting an honorary award from the festival, which is financed by the Red Sea Film Festival Foundation, chaired by Saudi Arabia’s minster of culture Prince Badr Al Saud.
The country continues to receive criticism of its human rights record, including treatment of women and LGBTQ people; it is illegal to be LGBTQ in Saudi Arabia.
UK filmmaker Guy Ritchie has addressed his decision to attend the Red Sea International Film Festival in Saudi Arabia amid criticism of the country’s human rights record, saying “I’m a creative guy, not a political guy.”
Ritchie is accepting an honorary award from the festival, which is financed by the Red Sea Film Festival Foundation, chaired by Saudi Arabia’s minster of culture Prince Badr Al Saud.
The country continues to receive criticism of its human rights record, including treatment of women and LGBTQ people; it is illegal to be LGBTQ in Saudi Arabia.
- 12/2/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Shekar Kapur says “winds need to change” in international film industry cultural dynamics.
US director Oliver Stone spoke out in support of Saudi Arabia at the opening ceremony of the second Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah on Thursday night (December 1).
Attending the festival as the president of the international jury, Stone said the country is “much misunderstood in the present world – people who have judged too harshly should come and visit to see for themselves”, to applause from the room. He also noted “changes” and “reforms” that he feels are making the nation a more hospitable place to visit.
US director Oliver Stone spoke out in support of Saudi Arabia at the opening ceremony of the second Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah on Thursday night (December 1).
Attending the festival as the president of the international jury, Stone said the country is “much misunderstood in the present world – people who have judged too harshly should come and visit to see for themselves”, to applause from the room. He also noted “changes” and “reforms” that he feels are making the nation a more hospitable place to visit.
- 12/1/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Dylan Sprouse, Virginia Gardner among cast.
Production is underway in the Dominican Republic on Beautiful Wedding, the sequel to Beautiful Disaster with Roger Kumble reprising his director role and Voltage Pictures handling worldwide sales.
Dylan Sprouse (After We Collided), Virginia Gardner, Austin North (Outer Banks), Libe Barer (Sneaky Pete) and Rob Estes (After series) star in the feature which is scheduled to open in international markets on April 5 2023 one week prior to the US release.
Alex Aiono (Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin), Steven Bauer (Scarface) and Kyle Richards (Halloween franchise) have joined the cast alongside Jack Hesketh, Micky Dartford, Declan Michael Laird...
Production is underway in the Dominican Republic on Beautiful Wedding, the sequel to Beautiful Disaster with Roger Kumble reprising his director role and Voltage Pictures handling worldwide sales.
Dylan Sprouse (After We Collided), Virginia Gardner, Austin North (Outer Banks), Libe Barer (Sneaky Pete) and Rob Estes (After series) star in the feature which is scheduled to open in international markets on April 5 2023 one week prior to the US release.
Alex Aiono (Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin), Steven Bauer (Scarface) and Kyle Richards (Halloween franchise) have joined the cast alongside Jack Hesketh, Micky Dartford, Declan Michael Laird...
- 12/1/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Chantal Akerman’s ’Jeanne Dielman 23, Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles’ previously sat at number 36 on the poll
Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman 23, Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles has topped Sight & Sound magazine’s Greatest Film of All Time Critics’ poll 2022, becoming the first woman director to do so.
Akerman’s 1975 French-language film was previously 36th place when the poll was last conducted in 2012.
The number one spot at the time, Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, has now fallen to second place with Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane - which was previously number one for 50 years - at number three.
Sight & Sound’s ’Greatest Film...
Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman 23, Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles has topped Sight & Sound magazine’s Greatest Film of All Time Critics’ poll 2022, becoming the first woman director to do so.
Akerman’s 1975 French-language film was previously 36th place when the poll was last conducted in 2012.
The number one spot at the time, Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, has now fallen to second place with Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane - which was previously number one for 50 years - at number three.
Sight & Sound’s ’Greatest Film...
- 12/1/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Kristy Matheson, creative director of the 2022 edition, is leading an appraisal of the viability of a 2023 festival.
Screen Scotland, the national body that drives the development of the Scottish film and TV industry, has purchased the intellectual property (IP) of Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) from the Centre for the Moving Image (Cmi) administrators, Frp Advisory.
An options appraisal is also underway for a film festival in Edinburgh in 2023. This appraisal is being led by Kristy Matheson, who was creative director of the Eiff in 2022, alongside colleagues. They will be supported by the Edinburgh International Festival, which has also provided...
Screen Scotland, the national body that drives the development of the Scottish film and TV industry, has purchased the intellectual property (IP) of Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) from the Centre for the Moving Image (Cmi) administrators, Frp Advisory.
An options appraisal is also underway for a film festival in Edinburgh in 2023. This appraisal is being led by Kristy Matheson, who was creative director of the Eiff in 2022, alongside colleagues. They will be supported by the Edinburgh International Festival, which has also provided...
- 12/1/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The film is described as a contemporary Romeo & Juliet story, set in London’s LGBTQ+ community.
Layla, the debut feature of 2018 Screen Star of Tomorrow Amrou Al-Kadhi, about the romance between a struggling British-Palestinian drag performer and a successful white gay man, wraps this week after a six-week shoot in east London.
The film is backed by Film4 and the BFI and is produced by UK producer Savannah James-Bayly of Fox Cub Films. WME Independent is handling North America and will oversee a potential global sale, with Luc Roeg’s Independent Entertainment on board as international sales agent handling individual territory sales.
Layla, the debut feature of 2018 Screen Star of Tomorrow Amrou Al-Kadhi, about the romance between a struggling British-Palestinian drag performer and a successful white gay man, wraps this week after a six-week shoot in east London.
The film is backed by Film4 and the BFI and is produced by UK producer Savannah James-Bayly of Fox Cub Films. WME Independent is handling North America and will oversee a potential global sale, with Luc Roeg’s Independent Entertainment on board as international sales agent handling individual territory sales.
- 12/1/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Production company is developing projects for BBC drama, and with talent from ’The Crown’ and ‘Severance.’
Former BFI Film Fund senior executive Mary Burke has launched film and TV production company Public Dreams.
Burke previously spent five years as a senior executive at the BFI Film Fund and 13 years at Warp Films. Her credits include Submarine, Saint Maud, Ammonite and God’s Own Country.
Public Dreams development slate includes Targets, a drama series blending comedy-horror and political drama from writer/director Amrou Al-Kadhi, for BBC Drama and it has an option on Kate Davies’ debut novel In At The Deep End.
Former BFI Film Fund senior executive Mary Burke has launched film and TV production company Public Dreams.
Burke previously spent five years as a senior executive at the BFI Film Fund and 13 years at Warp Films. Her credits include Submarine, Saint Maud, Ammonite and God’s Own Country.
Public Dreams development slate includes Targets, a drama series blending comedy-horror and political drama from writer/director Amrou Al-Kadhi, for BBC Drama and it has an option on Kate Davies’ debut novel In At The Deep End.
- 9/21/2022
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
Executive producer Mary Burke has launched production company Public Dreams Ltd, which aims to bring together the best of film and TV talent to produce distinctive, ambitious, commercial content for the British and global markets.
Burke launches the company after five years as senior executive at the BFI Film Fund and 13 years at Warp Films where she amassed more than 40 TV and film credits including “Submarine,” “Saint Maud,” “Phantom of the Open,” “Brian and Charles,” “God’s Own Country,” “Colette” and “Ammonite.” She has won a BAFTA Scotland best feature award for “For Those in Peril” and a BAFTA Cymru in the same category for “Submarine.”
In 2010, Burke was recognized by Variety as a producer to watch.
Public Dreams launches with a development slate including “Targets,” a returnable drama series blending comedy-horror and political drama from writer/director Amrou Al-Kadhi (“The Watch”) for BBC Drama; an option on Kate Davies’ award-winning,...
Burke launches the company after five years as senior executive at the BFI Film Fund and 13 years at Warp Films where she amassed more than 40 TV and film credits including “Submarine,” “Saint Maud,” “Phantom of the Open,” “Brian and Charles,” “God’s Own Country,” “Colette” and “Ammonite.” She has won a BAFTA Scotland best feature award for “For Those in Peril” and a BAFTA Cymru in the same category for “Submarine.”
In 2010, Burke was recognized by Variety as a producer to watch.
Public Dreams launches with a development slate including “Targets,” a returnable drama series blending comedy-horror and political drama from writer/director Amrou Al-Kadhi (“The Watch”) for BBC Drama; an option on Kate Davies’ award-winning,...
- 9/21/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Diversity and inclusion have become a mandate for businesses trying to build representative workplaces and improve the experience for marginalized individuals. But when Covid-19 hit the U.K. in March, schemes focused on this area were often the first casualties of cost-cutting.
“I know a [major] global tech firm, and that’s one of the first things they did,” Elizabeth Bananuka, founder of cultural consultancy The Blueprint, tells Variety. “They massively cut their D&i work. I’ve heard loads of stories like this and it’s the first, anywhere, to go.”
Then, in May, George Floyd died in police custody and the Black Lives Matter movement forced the world to reckon with systemic racism. Businesses that had just cut their diversity initiatives, as well as those that didn’t have any to begin with, were scrambling to show their commitment.
A growing number of requests now fall on people of...
“I know a [major] global tech firm, and that’s one of the first things they did,” Elizabeth Bananuka, founder of cultural consultancy The Blueprint, tells Variety. “They massively cut their D&i work. I’ve heard loads of stories like this and it’s the first, anywhere, to go.”
Then, in May, George Floyd died in police custody and the Black Lives Matter movement forced the world to reckon with systemic racism. Businesses that had just cut their diversity initiatives, as well as those that didn’t have any to begin with, were scrambling to show their commitment.
A growing number of requests now fall on people of...
- 8/26/2020
- by Hanna Flint
- Variety Film + TV
Pennyworth’s Anna Chancellor and Outlander’s James Fleet have joined the cast of BBC America’s The Watch, based on Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels.
The pair are the latest actors to join the BBC Studios and Narrativia-produced series, joining lead Richard Dormer.
Chancellor stars as Lord Vetinari, The Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, and architect of the city’s normalized wrongness and ramshackle system of governance, while Fleet stars as The Archchancellor, wizard, magical advisor, and the Head of the Unseen University.
Set in the fictional city of Ankh-Morpork, where crime has been legalized, The Watch is a “punk rock” drama. The eight-part series centers on a group of misfit cops as they rise up from decades of helplessness to save their corrupt city from catastrophe.
Elsewhere, Ingrid Oliver (Doctor Who) stars as the Head of The Assassins’ Guild, Doctor Cruces. Ruth Madeley (The Rook) stars as the wiry Throat,...
The pair are the latest actors to join the BBC Studios and Narrativia-produced series, joining lead Richard Dormer.
Chancellor stars as Lord Vetinari, The Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, and architect of the city’s normalized wrongness and ramshackle system of governance, while Fleet stars as The Archchancellor, wizard, magical advisor, and the Head of the Unseen University.
Set in the fictional city of Ankh-Morpork, where crime has been legalized, The Watch is a “punk rock” drama. The eight-part series centers on a group of misfit cops as they rise up from decades of helplessness to save their corrupt city from catastrophe.
Elsewhere, Ingrid Oliver (Doctor Who) stars as the Head of The Assassins’ Guild, Doctor Cruces. Ruth Madeley (The Rook) stars as the wiry Throat,...
- 11/19/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Wash Westmoreland Heads Lff Jury; Polanski Added To Efa List; Tokyo Fest Competition — Global Briefs
Colette director Wash Westmoreland will head this year’s BFI London Film Festival (Lff) main jury. He will be joined by Game Of Thrones actress Lena Headey, Egyptian writer and producer Mohamed Hefzy, I, Daniel Blake actress Hayley Squires, director Sudabeh Mortezai (whose Joy won last year’s Lff Competition) and magazine editor Jane Crowther. The Lff First Feature Competition jury will be led by Jessica Hausner, whose Little Joe screens at this year’s fest. Joining her are filmmaker Shola Amoo, whose The Last Tree was at Sundance this year, playwright Theresa Ikoko, and Lilting director Hong Khaou. The festival’s Documentary Competition will be overseen by Strong Island director Yance Ford, with outgoing DocLisboa head Cintia Gil, soon to take over at Sheffield Doc/Fest, and Skate Kitchen producer Julia Nottingham. Finally, the short film jury consists of filmmakers Amrou Al-Kadhi and Mark Jenkin, actor Alex Lawther, and actress and writer Marli Siu.
- 9/26/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Colette director Wash Westmoreland will lead the official competition jury.
Colette and Still Alice director Wash Westmoreland heads the official competition jury at this year’s BFI London Film Festival. His latest film Earthquake Bird screens in this year’s event.
The jury for the first feature competition (Sutherland award) will be led by Austrian director Jessica Hausner, whose Little Joe is also playing at Lff.
Strong Island director Yance Ford and producer Jacqui Davies head the documentary and short film competition juries respectively.
The other jurors are:
Official competition: Jane Crowther, editor of Total Film; Hayley Squires, actress; Sudabeh Mortezai,...
Colette and Still Alice director Wash Westmoreland heads the official competition jury at this year’s BFI London Film Festival. His latest film Earthquake Bird screens in this year’s event.
The jury for the first feature competition (Sutherland award) will be led by Austrian director Jessica Hausner, whose Little Joe is also playing at Lff.
Strong Island director Yance Ford and producer Jacqui Davies head the documentary and short film competition juries respectively.
The other jurors are:
Official competition: Jane Crowther, editor of Total Film; Hayley Squires, actress; Sudabeh Mortezai,...
- 9/26/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Annual talent showcase spotlights the hottest up-and-coming actors and filmmakers in the UK and Ireland.
Screen International has revealed its Stars of Tomorrow 2018, spotlighting the hottest up-and-coming actors and filmmakers in the UK and Ireland.
Now in its 15th year, the annual talent showcase spotlights up-and-coming actors, writers, directors and producers from the UK and Ireland who are primed to make their mark in the industry in the years to come.
The annual showcase has established itself as a key identifier of emerging UK and Ireland talent, both in front of and behind the camera.
Screen International has revealed its Stars of Tomorrow 2018, spotlighting the hottest up-and-coming actors and filmmakers in the UK and Ireland.
Now in its 15th year, the annual talent showcase spotlights up-and-coming actors, writers, directors and producers from the UK and Ireland who are primed to make their mark in the industry in the years to come.
The annual showcase has established itself as a key identifier of emerging UK and Ireland talent, both in front of and behind the camera.
- 10/4/2018
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
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