Applications are now open for the 21st edition of Screen International’s Screen Stars of Tomorrow, our annual portfolio of new talent from the UK and Ireland.
The submissions window is open for one month, from March 6 to April 5, 2024.
Applications are open to UK and Irish citizens and long-term residents of either country. There is no upper or lower age limit, but applicants should be at an early stage in their film career, demonstrate exceptional promise and be ready to progress to the next level.
Applicants should use this Google Form and need to attach a brief bio, a headshot...
The submissions window is open for one month, from March 6 to April 5, 2024.
Applications are open to UK and Irish citizens and long-term residents of either country. There is no upper or lower age limit, but applicants should be at an early stage in their film career, demonstrate exceptional promise and be ready to progress to the next level.
Applicants should use this Google Form and need to attach a brief bio, a headshot...
- 3/6/2024
- ScreenDaily
The renowned annual talent showcase spotlights the hottest up-and-coming actors and filmmakers in the UK and Ireland.
Screen International has unveiled the 2023 edition of Stars of Tomorrow, spotlighting the hottest up-and-coming actors and filmmakers in the UK and Ireland.
This year marks a special milestone for Stars of Tomorrow – its 20th edition, and the annual talent showcase has demonstrated an unparalleled track record for spotting emerging UK and Irish talent, both in front of and behind the camera, since its launch in 2004.
Those selected this time include Heartstopper star Kit Connor, Mia McKenna-Bruce, who played the lead role in Cannes breakout How To Have Sex,...
Screen International has unveiled the 2023 edition of Stars of Tomorrow, spotlighting the hottest up-and-coming actors and filmmakers in the UK and Ireland.
This year marks a special milestone for Stars of Tomorrow – its 20th edition, and the annual talent showcase has demonstrated an unparalleled track record for spotting emerging UK and Irish talent, both in front of and behind the camera, since its launch in 2004.
Those selected this time include Heartstopper star Kit Connor, Mia McKenna-Bruce, who played the lead role in Cannes breakout How To Have Sex,...
- 6/28/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Alexandra Burke and Natey Jones in Pretty Red Dress
Dionne Edwards’ directorial feature debut, Pretty Red Dress, tells the story of Travis (Natey Jones), who returns to his wife Candice (Alexandra Burke) and daughter Kenisha (Temilola Olatunbosun), having served time. When Candice, who has an audition to play Tina Turner in a new musical, eyes a red dress in a shop window, Travis buys it for her. Something strange happens – Travis finds himself drawn to the dress. He begins wearing it secretly, but why? To feel pretty, he tells his daughter when she discovers him crossdressing. Travis’ exploration of his feminine side changes the family’s dynamic in unexpected ways, and challenges his masculine identity in their urban South London community.
In conversation with Eye For Film, Edwards and Jones discussed the deeper meanings of their crossdressing story, how it was driven by a search for answers, and their interest...
Dionne Edwards’ directorial feature debut, Pretty Red Dress, tells the story of Travis (Natey Jones), who returns to his wife Candice (Alexandra Burke) and daughter Kenisha (Temilola Olatunbosun), having served time. When Candice, who has an audition to play Tina Turner in a new musical, eyes a red dress in a shop window, Travis buys it for her. Something strange happens – Travis finds himself drawn to the dress. He begins wearing it secretly, but why? To feel pretty, he tells his daughter when she discovers him crossdressing. Travis’ exploration of his feminine side changes the family’s dynamic in unexpected ways, and challenges his masculine identity in their urban South London community.
In conversation with Eye For Film, Edwards and Jones discussed the deeper meanings of their crossdressing story, how it was driven by a search for answers, and their interest...
- 6/22/2023
- by Paul Risker
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Natey Jones and Alexandra Burke play a couple tussling with dreams and secret shame in Dionne Edwards’s defiant yet uplifting drama with music at its core
This feisty, uplifting Brit pic arrives in UK cinemas just weeks after the announcement of the death of Tina Turner – an indomitable figure who serves as an inspirational role model for at least one of the film’s key characters. Indeed, there’s more than a hint of the great soul singer’s spirit in the very likable and slyly subversive feature debut from writer-director Dionne Edwards. Like Turner, Pretty Red Dress is both playful and defiant, swept along on a tide of toe-tapping tunes that tug at the heartstrings, yet unafraid to face up to complex personal issues while still maintaining its solidly mainstream appeal.
Rising star Natey Jones puts an enticing twist on performative machismo as Travis, a young man whom...
This feisty, uplifting Brit pic arrives in UK cinemas just weeks after the announcement of the death of Tina Turner – an indomitable figure who serves as an inspirational role model for at least one of the film’s key characters. Indeed, there’s more than a hint of the great soul singer’s spirit in the very likable and slyly subversive feature debut from writer-director Dionne Edwards. Like Turner, Pretty Red Dress is both playful and defiant, swept along on a tide of toe-tapping tunes that tug at the heartstrings, yet unafraid to face up to complex personal issues while still maintaining its solidly mainstream appeal.
Rising star Natey Jones puts an enticing twist on performative machismo as Travis, a young man whom...
- 6/18/2023
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Also opening is ‘Fleabag’ and ‘Pretty Red Dress’.
UK musical Greatest Days is taking on Warner Bros’ superhero title The Flash at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend as the two open in 603 and 670 locations, respectively.
Elysian Film Group is distributing Greatest Days, a jukebox musical using songs from boyband Take That, which follows a group of friends who reconnect 25 years later for the reunion concert of their teenage selves’ favourite band. It’s directed by Coky Giedroyc and adapted from the stage musical (The Band), with Aisling Bea leading the cast.
The Flash is opening marginally wider than Warner...
UK musical Greatest Days is taking on Warner Bros’ superhero title The Flash at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend as the two open in 603 and 670 locations, respectively.
Elysian Film Group is distributing Greatest Days, a jukebox musical using songs from boyband Take That, which follows a group of friends who reconnect 25 years later for the reunion concert of their teenage selves’ favourite band. It’s directed by Coky Giedroyc and adapted from the stage musical (The Band), with Aisling Bea leading the cast.
The Flash is opening marginally wider than Warner...
- 6/16/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Pretty Red Dress impressed audiences last Autumn at the London Film Festival, and is now making its way to cinemas across the UK, and it’s a musical-drama that deserves to be seen. To mark the film’s release, we had the pleasure in speaking to the two leading stars, Alexandra Burke and Natey Jones, as well as the director Dionne Edwards.
It’s worth noting that these interviews took place a day or two prior to the passing of the icon that is Tina Turner, but needless to say even before the sad news came in, we still discussed the merit of her work, and how it compliments this narrative, and for Burke, just the sheer pleasure of having the opportunity to perform it on screen. We also discuss masculinity, casting, South London, football and even Beyonce. Watch both interviews in their entirety below.
Alexandra Burke & Natey Jones
Dionne...
It’s worth noting that these interviews took place a day or two prior to the passing of the icon that is Tina Turner, but needless to say even before the sad news came in, we still discussed the merit of her work, and how it compliments this narrative, and for Burke, just the sheer pleasure of having the opportunity to perform it on screen. We also discuss masculinity, casting, South London, football and even Beyonce. Watch both interviews in their entirety below.
Alexandra Burke & Natey Jones
Dionne...
- 6/14/2023
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
It goes without saying that life in prison is tough on almost everyone, but for some people, it creates additional layers of strain. Few environments are so narrowly focused around restrictive ideas of gender. To survive in prison, a man has to give the impression of flawless, unimpeachable masculinity. The pressure this puts on men who are naturally inclined to express themselves in different ways can be overwhelming.
When we meet him, Travis (Natey Jones) has just left prison. He’s picked up by his partner, Candice (Alexandra Burke), who is thrilled that they’re together again and wants to celebrate. He calls his mum, who is determined to throw a party for him. He really just wants to chill out. Then there is teenage daughter Kanisha (Temilola Olatunbosun) to deal with. Candice has been finding her increasingly difficult to deal with and wants him to lay down the law.
When we meet him, Travis (Natey Jones) has just left prison. He’s picked up by his partner, Candice (Alexandra Burke), who is thrilled that they’re together again and wants to celebrate. He calls his mum, who is determined to throw a party for him. He really just wants to chill out. Then there is teenage daughter Kanisha (Temilola Olatunbosun) to deal with. Candice has been finding her increasingly difficult to deal with and wants him to lay down the law.
- 6/11/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Outer Critics Circle (Occ), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers and national publications, today announced the nominees for the 72nd Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, honoring the 2022-2023 Broadway and Off-Broadway season.
“New York, New York” received a major backing from this announcement, which coincides with the production’s opening night. The new musical with songs from John Kander, the late Fred Ebb and Lin-Manuel Miranda earned a whopping 12 nominations, the most of any production. “Some Like it Hot” trails just behind it with 10 nominations. The most nominated plays of the season are the Off-Broadway sensation “Downstate” and Broadway epic “Leopoldstadt,” both with six nominations apiece.
This is the first season with newly reconstructed acting categories, which have removed gender specifications, and have been expanded to separately include off-Broadway performers. In the previous configuration, actors in Broadway and off-Broadway productions competed in the same category.
“New York, New York” received a major backing from this announcement, which coincides with the production’s opening night. The new musical with songs from John Kander, the late Fred Ebb and Lin-Manuel Miranda earned a whopping 12 nominations, the most of any production. “Some Like it Hot” trails just behind it with 10 nominations. The most nominated plays of the season are the Off-Broadway sensation “Downstate” and Broadway epic “Leopoldstadt,” both with six nominations apiece.
This is the first season with newly reconstructed acting categories, which have removed gender specifications, and have been expanded to separately include off-Broadway performers. In the previous configuration, actors in Broadway and off-Broadway productions competed in the same category.
- 4/26/2023
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
"We can't become ourselves, until we find ourselves." BFI has revealed an official trailer for an indie drama titled Pretty Red Dress, an acclaimed feature directorial debut that first premiered at the 2022 London Film Festival last fall. It's opening in UK cinemas this June, though there's still no US release date set yet. The film follows a family tested to their limit when Travis, fresh out of jail, is found wearing a dress by his partner Candice and their teen daughter Kenisha. The family is sent spinning by this startling discovery and the truths that have been revealed. A debut feature from writer and director Dionne Edwards, Pretty Red Dress has breakthrough performances from Natey Jones (National Theatre Live: Small Island), newcomer Temilola Olatunbosun, and chart-topping singer / West End actor Alexandra Burke in her first movie role. Secrets and desires threaten to spill out in this compelling drama. Looks good!
- 4/20/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
BFI Distribution has released the official trailer and poster for ‘Pretty Red Dresses,’ the debut feature from writer and director Dionne Edwards.
Travis (Natey Jones) has just been released from prison and finds everything has changed while he’s been gone. While girlfriend Candice (Alexandra Burke) is on the up and auditioning to star in a musical, teenage daughter Kenisha (Temilola Olatunbosun) is struggling in school and her relationship with her mum is tense. When Travis buys Candice her dream dress for the audition to smooth over the family’s problems he ends up creating even more… As secrets and desires threaten to spill out, Travis is forced to re-examine who he is and how he wants to be perceived in the world.
Natey Jones and the chart-topping singer and West End actor Alexandra Burke star in this bold and uplifting family drama which opens in cinemas across the UK...
Travis (Natey Jones) has just been released from prison and finds everything has changed while he’s been gone. While girlfriend Candice (Alexandra Burke) is on the up and auditioning to star in a musical, teenage daughter Kenisha (Temilola Olatunbosun) is struggling in school and her relationship with her mum is tense. When Travis buys Candice her dream dress for the audition to smooth over the family’s problems he ends up creating even more… As secrets and desires threaten to spill out, Travis is forced to re-examine who he is and how he wants to be perceived in the world.
Natey Jones and the chart-topping singer and West End actor Alexandra Burke star in this bold and uplifting family drama which opens in cinemas across the UK...
- 4/20/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In 1972, director-writer Perry Henzell released his Jamaican crime flick “The Harder They Come” with singer-songwriter Jimmy Cliff — then, a burgeoning reggae star — as its anti-hero lead actor. For his menacing cinematic debut, Cliff provided the lion’s share of the film’s riveting soundtrack, with lilting songs such as “You Can Get It If You Really Want” and the movie’s title tune.
Both the soundtrack and film (the latter released in the United States in 1973) became sensations. “The Harder They Come” brought island culture to the world beyond the Caribbean, and helped popularize reggae in the Americas. Along with his anthemic title song becoming an instant classic, Cliff’s “Many Rivers to Cross” was subsequently covered by Linda Ronstadt, John Lennon and Annie Lennox, among other artists. Along with being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010, the Library of Congress deemed Cliff’s “The Harder They Come...
Both the soundtrack and film (the latter released in the United States in 1973) became sensations. “The Harder They Come” brought island culture to the world beyond the Caribbean, and helped popularize reggae in the Americas. Along with his anthemic title song becoming an instant classic, Cliff’s “Many Rivers to Cross” was subsequently covered by Linda Ronstadt, John Lennon and Annie Lennox, among other artists. Along with being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010, the Library of Congress deemed Cliff’s “The Harder They Come...
- 3/20/2023
- by A.D. Amorosi
- Variety Film + TV
The musical impact of The Harder They Come, Perry Henzell’s 1972 film about an aspiring reggae singer who becomes an outlaw and anti-hero, can’t be understated. At the time, few outside of Jamaica had ever heard of the likes of Bob Marley, but The Harder They Come — starring Jimmy Cliff — introduced a global audience to the rhythms of the country. In 2020, it was included in the Library of Congress’ National Registry, and its Cliff-dominated soundtrack, an essential reggae collection in and of itself, was ranked 174 on Rs’ Top 500 Albums of All Time.
- 12/14/2022
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Protagonist Pictures has closed a U.K. and Ireland distribution deal with BFI Distribution on the debut feature from Dionne Edwards, “Pretty Red Dress,” it was announced Tuesday by CEO Dave Bishop. Protagonist is handling worldwide sales on the critically lauded title and will continue sales at the ongoing American Film Market.
“Pretty Red Dress,” which world premiered at the BFI London Film Festival, will receive its market premiere at AFM screening for world buyers on Nov. 2 at 11 a.m. at the AMC Broadway.
The film stars Natey Jones, singer Alexandra Burke, and new talent Temilola Olatunbosun in the story of a south London family and how their lives revolve around one red dress.
The film is produced by Georgia Goggin for the U.K.’s Teng Teng Films, with the support of the BFI, which awarded National Lottery funding, and BBC Film, in association with Magellanic Media Limited and Great Point Media.
“Pretty Red Dress,” which world premiered at the BFI London Film Festival, will receive its market premiere at AFM screening for world buyers on Nov. 2 at 11 a.m. at the AMC Broadway.
The film stars Natey Jones, singer Alexandra Burke, and new talent Temilola Olatunbosun in the story of a south London family and how their lives revolve around one red dress.
The film is produced by Georgia Goggin for the U.K.’s Teng Teng Films, with the support of the BFI, which awarded National Lottery funding, and BBC Film, in association with Magellanic Media Limited and Great Point Media.
- 11/1/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Music is a big part of "Pretty Red Dress," the debut feature from writer-director Dionne Edwards. It's essential to its characters as well. The film opens with an electric musical performance that channels the best of the 1960s before settling into itself. Music is central to Candice (Alexandra Burke), as she dreams of being a star in London -- since she has been blessed with immense musical talent, her dreams may just become reality. She's got the opportunity of a lifetime thanks to her agent, who's got her an audition to play Tina Turner in an upcoming West End (the UK's equivalent to Broadway) musical. A few key scenes focus on the brilliance of Candice's voice, and she does a number of auditions to the songs of Tina Turner.
The dreams Candice has been fighting for her whole life may be coming to fruition, but her personal life has some significant challenges.
The dreams Candice has been fighting for her whole life may be coming to fruition, but her personal life has some significant challenges.
- 11/1/2022
- by Barry Levitt
- Slash Film
An elaborately beaded red shimmy dress becomes a talisman of beauty, truth and freedom in Dionne Edwards’ debut feature, BFI London Film Festival premiere Pretty Red Dress, a vivid portrait of a family with at least one too many secrets lurking in the closet along with that alluring frock.
Candice, (Alexandra Burke) a thirtysomething supermarket check-out girl with a big voice and big theatrical ambitions, believes it will help turn her into Tina Turner; it is her chief prop at her successive auditions for a forthcoming musical. But for her bad-boy partner Travis, slipping his tattooed torso into that dress when nobody else is at home makes him feel at last like his real, whole self. It is a self that is equal parts lipstick and beard, heels and muscles. It is also a self he can’t show to anyone.
Travis...
Candice, (Alexandra Burke) a thirtysomething supermarket check-out girl with a big voice and big theatrical ambitions, believes it will help turn her into Tina Turner; it is her chief prop at her successive auditions for a forthcoming musical. But for her bad-boy partner Travis, slipping his tattooed torso into that dress when nobody else is at home makes him feel at last like his real, whole self. It is a self that is equal parts lipstick and beard, heels and muscles. It is also a self he can’t show to anyone.
Travis...
- 10/11/2022
- by Stephanie Bunbury
- Deadline Film + TV
London film festival: Terrific performances from Natey Jones, Alexandra Burke and Temilola Olatunbosun match this tender drama about masculinity
There’s warmth, humour, sadness and tenderness in this big-hearted feature debut from writer-director Dionne Edwards. It’s a movie about masculinity that could have been solemn and prescriptive; instead it’s pulsing with humanity, thanks in great part to tremendous performances from its leads Natey Jones, Alexandra Burke and smart newcomer Temilola Olatunbosun.
Burke is already known as the West End performer, recording star and X Factor winner; she plays Candice, a singer about to land the role of a lifetime playing Tina Turner in a big musical – just a few more audition rounds to go. But she has problems: teen daughter Kenisha (Olatunbosun) is in trouble at school, and her partner, Travis (Jones) is just out of prison on licence, his ankle tag giving him a strange and sinister limp.
There’s warmth, humour, sadness and tenderness in this big-hearted feature debut from writer-director Dionne Edwards. It’s a movie about masculinity that could have been solemn and prescriptive; instead it’s pulsing with humanity, thanks in great part to tremendous performances from its leads Natey Jones, Alexandra Burke and smart newcomer Temilola Olatunbosun.
Burke is already known as the West End performer, recording star and X Factor winner; she plays Candice, a singer about to land the role of a lifetime playing Tina Turner in a big musical – just a few more audition rounds to go. But she has problems: teen daughter Kenisha (Olatunbosun) is in trouble at school, and her partner, Travis (Jones) is just out of prison on licence, his ankle tag giving him a strange and sinister limp.
- 10/9/2022
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Includes ’The Whale’, ’White Noise’, ’The Eternal Daughter’, and ’Decision To Leave’.
Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, Noah Baumbach’s White Noise, Joanna Hogg’s The Eternal Daughter, and Park Chan-wook’s Decision To Leave are among the titles that will play at the 66th BFI London Film Festival (Lff), that runs from October 5-16.
A total of 164 feature films (up from last year’s 159), including 23 world premieres, six international premieres and 15 European premieres have been programmed, with a curated programme of over 20 features and 15 short films available digitally across the whole of the UK on BFI Player until October...
Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, Noah Baumbach’s White Noise, Joanna Hogg’s The Eternal Daughter, and Park Chan-wook’s Decision To Leave are among the titles that will play at the 66th BFI London Film Festival (Lff), that runs from October 5-16.
A total of 164 feature films (up from last year’s 159), including 23 world premieres, six international premieres and 15 European premieres have been programmed, with a curated programme of over 20 features and 15 short films available digitally across the whole of the UK on BFI Player until October...
- 9/1/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
BFI London Film Festival has revealed its line-up for its second Works-in-Progress showcase, including a documentary about Hong Kong’s draconian National Security law and a TV narrative feature starring Sir Lenny Henry and Malachi Kirby (pictured above).
The showcase will take place on Oct. 9.
It consists of seven recently completed or in production/post-production audio-visual projects from emerging British talent made for cinema, television and immersive platforms.
The audience will include international buyers, festival programmers and, via a secure digital platform, a number of other industry professionals.
The talent selected for the workshop will also, with assistance from the British Council as well as the BFI Lff, get an opportunity to network with various industry players such as buyers, commissioners, producers and programmers via a number of initiatives including a reception for new talent and a producers’ lunch.
2021 marks the workshop’s second year. Last year’s projects included...
The showcase will take place on Oct. 9.
It consists of seven recently completed or in production/post-production audio-visual projects from emerging British talent made for cinema, television and immersive platforms.
The audience will include international buyers, festival programmers and, via a secure digital platform, a number of other industry professionals.
The talent selected for the workshop will also, with assistance from the British Council as well as the BFI Lff, get an opportunity to network with various industry players such as buyers, commissioners, producers and programmers via a number of initiatives including a reception for new talent and a producers’ lunch.
2021 marks the workshop’s second year. Last year’s projects included...
- 10/4/2021
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Series
The U.K. premiere screening of Ninja Thyberg’s feature debut “Pleasure” and a masterclass with “Herself” director Phyllida Lloyd have been added to the Sundance Film Festival: London program.
“Host” director Rob Savage joins the previously announced horror panel, “Scare Tactics – Making Modern Horror,” which also includes “Censor” director Prano Bailey Bond.
“Pleasure,” a deep dive into the world of adult entertainment, was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema – Dramatic category at the Sundance Film Festival in January and won the Fipresci Award at the Göteborg Film Festival.
The “Shaping The Truth – Discussing Documentary Ethics and Filmmaking” panel hosted by Doc Society’s Shanida Scotland will feature guests including directors Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri (“The Most Beautiful Boy In The World”) and Sam Hobkinson (“Misha and the Wolves”).
The festival will open with Edgar Wright’s rockumentary “The Sparks Brothers” and the program also includes “Zola” and “Coda.
The U.K. premiere screening of Ninja Thyberg’s feature debut “Pleasure” and a masterclass with “Herself” director Phyllida Lloyd have been added to the Sundance Film Festival: London program.
“Host” director Rob Savage joins the previously announced horror panel, “Scare Tactics – Making Modern Horror,” which also includes “Censor” director Prano Bailey Bond.
“Pleasure,” a deep dive into the world of adult entertainment, was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema – Dramatic category at the Sundance Film Festival in January and won the Fipresci Award at the Göteborg Film Festival.
The “Shaping The Truth – Discussing Documentary Ethics and Filmmaking” panel hosted by Doc Society’s Shanida Scotland will feature guests including directors Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri (“The Most Beautiful Boy In The World”) and Sam Hobkinson (“Misha and the Wolves”).
The festival will open with Edgar Wright’s rockumentary “The Sparks Brothers” and the program also includes “Zola” and “Coda.
- 6/22/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Marco Bellocchio Cannes Honor
Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio will receive an honorary Palme d’Or at this year’s edition of Cannes. He will travel to the French fest to present his latest picture, Marx Can Wait, film on July 16, before receiving his prize at the closing ceremony on July 17. Bellocchio has been a regular in Cannes’ Competition over the years, with pics ranging from Henry IV in 1984 to The Traitor in 2019. “Marco has always questioned institutions, traditions, personal and collective history. In each of his works, almost involuntarily, or at least as naturally as possible, he revolutionizes the established order,” said Cannes President Pierre Lescure. “We are proud to distinguish Marco Bellocchio, one of the great masters of Italian cinema after 56 years of fascinating work, in succession to his director friends Bernardo Bertolucci, Manoel de Oliveira and Agnès Varda. He is a filmmaker, an auteur and a poet,” added General Delegate Thierry Fremaux.
Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio will receive an honorary Palme d’Or at this year’s edition of Cannes. He will travel to the French fest to present his latest picture, Marx Can Wait, film on July 16, before receiving his prize at the closing ceremony on July 17. Bellocchio has been a regular in Cannes’ Competition over the years, with pics ranging from Henry IV in 1984 to The Traitor in 2019. “Marco has always questioned institutions, traditions, personal and collective history. In each of his works, almost involuntarily, or at least as naturally as possible, he revolutionizes the established order,” said Cannes President Pierre Lescure. “We are proud to distinguish Marco Bellocchio, one of the great masters of Italian cinema after 56 years of fascinating work, in succession to his director friends Bernardo Bertolucci, Manoel de Oliveira and Agnès Varda. He is a filmmaker, an auteur and a poet,” added General Delegate Thierry Fremaux.
- 6/22/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Natey Jones, Alexandra Burke, Temilola Olatunbosun star in the film.
Pretty Red Dress, the debut feature of Screen Star of Tomorrow 2019 Dionne Edwards, has wrapped production in London.
The film stars Natey Jones, singer Alexandra Burke, and new talent Temilola Olatunbosun, in the story of a south London family and how their lives revolve around one red dress.
Filming of Pretty Red Dress took place over eight weeks this spring; Protagonist Pictures is handling world sales.
The film is produced by Georgia Goggin for the UK’s Teng Teng Films, in collaboration with the BFI, BBC Film and the Sundance Institute.
Pretty Red Dress, the debut feature of Screen Star of Tomorrow 2019 Dionne Edwards, has wrapped production in London.
The film stars Natey Jones, singer Alexandra Burke, and new talent Temilola Olatunbosun, in the story of a south London family and how their lives revolve around one red dress.
Filming of Pretty Red Dress took place over eight weeks this spring; Protagonist Pictures is handling world sales.
The film is produced by Georgia Goggin for the UK’s Teng Teng Films, in collaboration with the BFI, BBC Film and the Sundance Institute.
- 6/21/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Joining the previously announced Adrienne Warren, who plays the title role, are Kobna Holdbrook-Smith as Ike Turner, Madeline Appiah as Tina's mother Zelma Bullock, Jenny Fitzpatrick as the alternate Tina, Lorna Gayle as Tina's Grandmother Gg, Tom Godwin as Record Producer Phil Spector and Lyricist Terry Britten, Francesca Jackson as Ike and Tina's manager Rhonda Graam, Aisha Jawando as Tina's sister Alline Bullock, Natey Jones as Tina's father Richard Bullock and Tina's first love Raymond Hill, Gerard McCarthy as record company Marketing Manager Erwin Bach and Ryan O'Donnell as Tina's Manager Roger Davies. They are joined by ensemble members Tsemaye Bob-Egbe, Keisher Downie, Kit Esuruoso who also plays Tina's son Craig Hill, Jammy Kasongo, Sia Kiwa, Jason Langley, Kayleigh McKnight, Baker Mukasa and Tanisha Spring and swings Derek Aidoo, Gavin Alex, Edward Bourne, Candace Furbert, Hannah Jay-Allan and Rodney Vubya.
- 11/17/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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