The folk horror genre is set to gain a new gem with Starve Acre, directed by the talented Daniel Kokotajlo, known for his work on Apostasy. The movie, adapted from Andrew Michael Hurley’s novel, stars Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark as a couple grappling with a devastating loss. A Heart-Wrenching Plot Coupled with Supernatural Elements The film follows the story of Richard and Juliette Willoughby, whose son Ewan dies unexpectedly at five years old. Their home, Starve Acre, was meant to be filled with laughter but becomes a place of grief and supernatural occurrences instead. As they confront their loss,...
- 6/8/2024
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
Matt Smith (Last Night in Soho) and Morfydd Clark (Saint Maud) star in the supernatural horror film Starve Acre, which is coming our way from BAFTA-nominated Apostasy creator Daniel Kokotajlo. It was announced back in October that the film had secured North American distribution through Brainstorm Media, and now we know what Brainstorm has planned for it: they will be giving Starve Acre a theatrical and VOD release on July 26th. Along with that information comes the unveiling of a trailer for the film, and you can check that out in the embed above.
Based on a novel by Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre is said to be a “brooding horror film” that follows Richard and Juliette, whose seemingly idyllic rural English family life is thrown into turmoil when their son Ewan starts acting out of character. At Starve Acre, their remote family home, archaeologist Richard buries himself in exploring...
Based on a novel by Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre is said to be a “brooding horror film” that follows Richard and Juliette, whose seemingly idyllic rural English family life is thrown into turmoil when their son Ewan starts acting out of character. At Starve Acre, their remote family home, archaeologist Richard buries himself in exploring...
- 6/6/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
BFI Distribution has released the official UK trailer for ‘Starve Acre,’ an unsettling British folk horror written and directed by BAFTA nominee Daniel Kokotajlo (Apostasy), starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark.
1970s, rural Yorkshire. Richard and Juliette Willoughby’s seemingly idyllic family life is thrown into turmoil when their young son Owen starts acting out of character. A sudden, tragic event brings grief and drives a wedge between the once-happy couple. At Starve Acre, their remote family home, academic archaeologist Richard buries himself in exploring a folkloric myth that the ancient oak tree that once stood on their land is imbued with phenomenal powers. While Juliette turns to the local community to find some kind of peace, Richard obsessively digs deeper. An unexpected discovery soon occupies the couple’s attention and dark and sinister forces, unwittingly allowed into their home, offer a disturbing possibility of reconnection between them.
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1970s, rural Yorkshire. Richard and Juliette Willoughby’s seemingly idyllic family life is thrown into turmoil when their young son Owen starts acting out of character. A sudden, tragic event brings grief and drives a wedge between the once-happy couple. At Starve Acre, their remote family home, academic archaeologist Richard buries himself in exploring a folkloric myth that the ancient oak tree that once stood on their land is imbued with phenomenal powers. While Juliette turns to the local community to find some kind of peace, Richard obsessively digs deeper. An unexpected discovery soon occupies the couple’s attention and dark and sinister forces, unwittingly allowed into their home, offer a disturbing possibility of reconnection between them.
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- 6/6/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
There's a long and rich history of nerve-fraying folk horror in British cinema. From Witchfinder General to The Wicker Man, and A Field In England to small-screen offerings like recent Doctor Who chiller '73 Yards', these isles have proven perpetually fertile ground for tales of eldritch terror. And into that canon is about to come writer-director Daniel Kokotajlo's (Apostasy) Starve Acre. An adaptation of Andrew Michael Hurly's same-named novel, the film sees Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark star as a couple whose rural family bliss is disrupted when their son begins acting very strangely. Check out the atmospheric trailer for the movie below:
With its folk legends of 'Dandelion Jack', candlelit séances, creepy kids, reanimated rabbits, and grim-faced stars, the rain-lashed and mud-strewn Starve Acre looks like it'll be right at home amongst its rural horror peers. Here's the official synopsis, offering some tantalising clues as to what's going...
With its folk legends of 'Dandelion Jack', candlelit séances, creepy kids, reanimated rabbits, and grim-faced stars, the rain-lashed and mud-strewn Starve Acre looks like it'll be right at home amongst its rural horror peers. Here's the official synopsis, offering some tantalising clues as to what's going...
- 6/6/2024
- by Jordan King
- Empire - Movies
"I am here for her!!" Brainstorm Media has unveiled an official US trailer for a British folk horror film titled Starve Acre, written and directed by British filmmaker Daniel Kokotajlo. This first premiered last year at the 2023 London Film Festival in the Main Competition, but it didn't win anything then or show up at any other festivals after. The film is described as a "meditation on grief and memory", starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark (from The Rings of Power) as an idyllic rural couple who descend into madness. Their life is thrown into turmoil when their son starts acting strangely, unwittingly allowing dark and sinister forces into their home, awakening a long-dormant ancient evil rooted deep in the countryside. Also starring Erin Richards, Sean Gilder, Robert Emms, & Roger Barclay. It did get mostly positive reviews, one saying it is "fantastically enigmatic horror film done beautifully well." Seems like it has plenty of creepy moments.
- 6/6/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
British folk horror Starve Acre, from writer/director Daniel Kokotajlo, gets an eerie new trailer and poster today ahead of its theatrical and on-demand release on July 26. Morfydd Clark and Matt Smith Headline Starring Morfydd Clark (Saint Maud) and Matt Smith, Starve Acre is based on an award-winning novel of the same name by Andrew Michael Hurley. A plot synopsis reads: When their son starts acting strangely, a couple unwittingly allow dark and sinister forces into their home, awakening a long-dormant ancient evil rooted deep in the countryside. The Team Behind Starve Acre Producing...
- 6/6/2024
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
Former OpenAI and Google DeepMind employees have published an open letter that asks AI companies to allow employees to raise concerns about the technology without fear of retaliation.
The website Ars Technica reports that the letter, titled “A Right to Warn about Advanced Artificial Intelligence,” has been signed by 13 individuals, including some anonymous people fearing potential repercussions.
The signatories argue that AI’s risks include “further entrenchment of existing inequalities, to manipulation and misinformation, to the loss of control of autonomous AI systems potentially resulting in human extinction.”
More concerning is the assertion that AI companies possess substantial non-public information about their systems’ capabilities, limitations, and risk levels. Currently, they have minimal obligations to share this information with governments, and none with civil society, Ars Technica reports.
Non-anonymous signers former OpenAI employees Jacob Hilton, Daniel Kokotajlo, William Saunders, Carroll Wainwright, and Daniel Ziegler, as well as former Google DeepMind employees Ramana Kumar and Neel Nanda.
The website Ars Technica reports that the letter, titled “A Right to Warn about Advanced Artificial Intelligence,” has been signed by 13 individuals, including some anonymous people fearing potential repercussions.
The signatories argue that AI’s risks include “further entrenchment of existing inequalities, to manipulation and misinformation, to the loss of control of autonomous AI systems potentially resulting in human extinction.”
More concerning is the assertion that AI companies possess substantial non-public information about their systems’ capabilities, limitations, and risk levels. Currently, they have minimal obligations to share this information with governments, and none with civil society, Ars Technica reports.
Non-anonymous signers former OpenAI employees Jacob Hilton, Daniel Kokotajlo, William Saunders, Carroll Wainwright, and Daniel Ziegler, as well as former Google DeepMind employees Ramana Kumar and Neel Nanda.
- 6/6/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
British folk horror Starve Acre, from writer/director Daniel Kokotajlo, gets an eerie new trailer and poster fresh off its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival. The film, based on the novel by Andrew Michael Hurley, stars Morfydd Clark (Best known for Saint Maud) and Matt Smith (Notable as the Doctor Who alum). Here’s a brief synopsis: A couple, living in 1970s Yorkshire, grapple with the psychological horror after their son starts acting strangely, allowing dark forces into their home. Kokotajlo’s direction has been called impressive with one reviewer noting how 1970s Yorkshire is perfectly captured by director Daniel...
- 6/6/2024
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
When their son starts acting strangely, a couple unwittingly allow dark and sinister forces into their home, awakening a long-dormant ancient evil rooted deep in the countryside. Directed and written by Daniel Kokotajlo, Starve Acre stars Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark. Based on the award-winning 2019 novel Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre is an unsettling British folk horror tale set in rural Yorkshire during the 1970s. Daniel Kokotajlo's British folk horror, Starve Acre, is coming to theaters and On Demand July 26th. The official trailer and poster were passed along today. Check them out down below. ...
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- 6/5/2024
- Screen Anarchy
“Starve Acre” is a new Brit-produced horror feature, written and directed by Daniel Kokotajlo, starring Matt Smith (“House of the Dragon”), with Erin Richards, Sean Gilder, Robert Emms, Roger Barclay and Maltilda Firth, releasing July 26, 2024 in theaters:
“…in the 1970’s, when their son starts acting strangely, a couple unwittingly allow dark and sinister forces into their home.
“This awakens a long-dormant ancient evil rooted deep in rural Yorkshire…”
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“…in the 1970’s, when their son starts acting strangely, a couple unwittingly allow dark and sinister forces into their home.
“This awakens a long-dormant ancient evil rooted deep in rural Yorkshire…”
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- 6/5/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Starve Acre, Daniel Kokotajlo’s folk horror starring Morfydd Clark and Matt Smith, is coming to UK cinemas in September.
After a glitzy world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival last October, Daniel Kokotajlo’s Starve Acre is finally being released in cinemas later this year.
Kokotajlo’s follow-up to his vastly underrated 2017 first feature Apostasy stars Morfydd Clark and Matt Smith as a Yorkshire couple whose life is turned upside down, with terrifying consequences. Starve Acre is based on a book of the same name by Andrew Michael Hurley, published in 2019 and the film adaptation is hitting cinemas on the 6th September, courtesy of BFI Distribution.
Here’s a more detailed synopsis:
1970s, rural Yorkshire. Richard and Juliette Willoughby’s seemingly idyllic family life is thrown into turmoil when their young son Owen starts acting out of character. A sudden, tragic event brings grief and drives a wedge between the once happy couple.
After a glitzy world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival last October, Daniel Kokotajlo’s Starve Acre is finally being released in cinemas later this year.
Kokotajlo’s follow-up to his vastly underrated 2017 first feature Apostasy stars Morfydd Clark and Matt Smith as a Yorkshire couple whose life is turned upside down, with terrifying consequences. Starve Acre is based on a book of the same name by Andrew Michael Hurley, published in 2019 and the film adaptation is hitting cinemas on the 6th September, courtesy of BFI Distribution.
Here’s a more detailed synopsis:
1970s, rural Yorkshire. Richard and Juliette Willoughby’s seemingly idyllic family life is thrown into turmoil when their young son Owen starts acting out of character. A sudden, tragic event brings grief and drives a wedge between the once happy couple.
- 5/2/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
A total of £208,217 was awarded to 10 projects through the international distribution strand.
Hoard, The Radleys and How To Have Sex are among the 10 titles to receive funding from the latest round of UK Global Screen Fund (Ukgsf) awards, totalling £208,217 through the international distribution strand, administered by the British Film Institute (BFI).
To-date, this strand has made 57 awards totalling nearly £2m, 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.
Venice Critics’ Week award winner Hoard,...
Hoard, The Radleys and How To Have Sex are among the 10 titles to receive funding from the latest round of UK Global Screen Fund (Ukgsf) awards, totalling £208,217 through the international distribution strand, administered by the British Film Institute (BFI).
To-date, this strand has made 57 awards totalling nearly £2m, 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.
Venice Critics’ Week award winner Hoard,...
- 11/30/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Matt Smith has signed on to executive produce and star in an adaptation of Nick Cave’s novel The Death Of Bunny Munro.
The former Doctor Who star is swapping dragons and incest for… sex addiction. Smith is starring as the titular character, as well as executive producing, a TV adaptation of Nick Cave’s novel The Death Of Bunny Munro.
Smith’s Bunny, a self-professed lothario and a sex-addicted door-to-door salesman, will find himself a little out of his depth after his wife Libby dies and he is left with a 9-year-old son, Bunny Jr., to take care of. The two Bunnies embark on an epic road trip across southern England in this tale of grief.
The Death Of Bunny Munro is Cave’s second novel and was published in 2009. Cave has published several collections of essays, lyrics and poetry as well as the two novels, but The Death...
The former Doctor Who star is swapping dragons and incest for… sex addiction. Smith is starring as the titular character, as well as executive producing, a TV adaptation of Nick Cave’s novel The Death Of Bunny Munro.
Smith’s Bunny, a self-professed lothario and a sex-addicted door-to-door salesman, will find himself a little out of his depth after his wife Libby dies and he is left with a 9-year-old son, Bunny Jr., to take care of. The two Bunnies embark on an epic road trip across southern England in this tale of grief.
The Death Of Bunny Munro is Cave’s second novel and was published in 2009. Cave has published several collections of essays, lyrics and poetry as well as the two novels, but The Death...
- 11/28/2023
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
Matt Smith (Last Night in Soho) and Morfydd Clark (Saint Maud) star in the supernatural horror film Starve Acre, which is coming our way from BAFTA-nominated Apostasy creator Daniel Kokotajlo. We don’t know exactly when the movie is going to be released, but The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Starve Acre just secured multiple distribution deals. Brainstorm Media will be releasing the film in North America, while BFI Distribution will be bringing it to the U.K. and Ireland. The list of deals continues, with other distributors including X Verleih (Germany and Switzerland), Blitz (Ex-Yugoslavia), Galapagos (Poland), Front Row (Middle East), Klockworx (Japan), and Terry Steiner (Airlines).
Starve Acre recently had its World Premiere at the BFI London Film Festival.
Based on a novel by Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre is said to be a “brooding horror film” that follows Richard and Juliette, whose seemingly idyllic rural English...
Starve Acre recently had its World Premiere at the BFI London Film Festival.
Based on a novel by Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre is said to be a “brooding horror film” that follows Richard and Juliette, whose seemingly idyllic rural English...
- 10/30/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Cornerstone has closed sales on multiple territories, including North America and the U.K., for writer and director Daniel Kokotajlo’s “Starve Acre,” a brooding and atmospheric folk horror feature. “House of the Dragon’s” Matt Smith and “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” actor Morfydd Clark star in the film, which is produced by House Prods.
The deals were finalized following the film’s world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival, where it screened in competition. Brainstorm Media has acquired distribution rights for North America and Cornerstone also closed a deal with BFI Distribution for the U.K. and Ireland. Additional deals include X Verleih (Germany and Switzerland), Blitz (Ex-Yugoslavia), Galapagos (Poland), Front Row (Middle East), Klockworx (Japan) and Terry Steiner (Airlines).
“Starve Acre” is written and directed by Kokotajlo, based on the book by Andrew Michael Hurly, and with music by Matthew Herbert. It is produced by Tessa Ross,...
The deals were finalized following the film’s world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival, where it screened in competition. Brainstorm Media has acquired distribution rights for North America and Cornerstone also closed a deal with BFI Distribution for the U.K. and Ireland. Additional deals include X Verleih (Germany and Switzerland), Blitz (Ex-Yugoslavia), Galapagos (Poland), Front Row (Middle East), Klockworx (Japan) and Terry Steiner (Airlines).
“Starve Acre” is written and directed by Kokotajlo, based on the book by Andrew Michael Hurly, and with music by Matthew Herbert. It is produced by Tessa Ross,...
- 10/30/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Film debuted in competition at BFI London Film Festival this month.
Cornerstone has secured key deals for Daniel Kokotajlo’s UK feature Starve Acre, starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark.
The film has sold to North America (Brainstorm Media), UK-Ireland (BFI Distribution), Germany and Switzerland (X Verleih), former Yugoslavia (Blitz), Poland (Galapagos), Middle East (Front Row), Japan (Klockworx) and airlines (Terry Steiner).
Starve Acre had its world premiere at BFI London Film Festival earlier this month. Set in 1970s rural England, the film is a folk horror in which a couple’s idyllic family life is thrown into turmoil when...
Cornerstone has secured key deals for Daniel Kokotajlo’s UK feature Starve Acre, starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark.
The film has sold to North America (Brainstorm Media), UK-Ireland (BFI Distribution), Germany and Switzerland (X Verleih), former Yugoslavia (Blitz), Poland (Galapagos), Middle East (Front Row), Japan (Klockworx) and airlines (Terry Steiner).
Starve Acre had its world premiere at BFI London Film Festival earlier this month. Set in 1970s rural England, the film is a folk horror in which a couple’s idyllic family life is thrown into turmoil when...
- 10/30/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Cornerstone has closed sales on multiple territories including North America and the UK for writer and director Daniel Kokotajlo’s folk horror Starve Acre.
The deals were finalized following the film’s world premiere in Competition at the BFI London Film Festival.
Brainstorm Media has acquired distribution rights for North America while BFI Distribution has taken the UK and Ireland.
Additional deals include to Germany and Switzerland (X Verleih), ex-Yugoslavia (Blitz) Poland (Galapagos), Middle East (Front Row), Japan (Klockworx) and airlines (Terry Steiner) (Airlines).
Starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark, Starve Acre is written and directed by Kokotajlo and based on the book by Andrew Michael Hurly.
Set in the 1970s, an idyllic family life is thrown into turmoil when the son starts acting out of character. At Starve Acre, their remote family home, the archaeologist father buries himself in exploring a folkloric myth that the ancient oak tree on...
The deals were finalized following the film’s world premiere in Competition at the BFI London Film Festival.
Brainstorm Media has acquired distribution rights for North America while BFI Distribution has taken the UK and Ireland.
Additional deals include to Germany and Switzerland (X Verleih), ex-Yugoslavia (Blitz) Poland (Galapagos), Middle East (Front Row), Japan (Klockworx) and airlines (Terry Steiner) (Airlines).
Starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark, Starve Acre is written and directed by Kokotajlo and based on the book by Andrew Michael Hurly.
Set in the 1970s, an idyllic family life is thrown into turmoil when the son starts acting out of character. At Starve Acre, their remote family home, the archaeologist father buries himself in exploring a folkloric myth that the ancient oak tree on...
- 10/30/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Starve Acre, the chilling folk horror from British writer and director Daniel Kokotajlo (Apostasy) and starring Morfydd Clark (The Rings of Power) and Matt Smith (The Crown), has landed U.S. and U.K deals.
Cornerstone has closed sales on multiple territories on the film, with Brainstorm Media acquiring distribution rights for North America and BFI Distribution picking it up for the the U.K. and Ireland. The deals were finalized following the film’s world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival where it screened In competition. Additional deals include X Verleih (Germany and Switzerland), Blitz (Ex-Yugoslavia), Galapagos (Poland), Front Row (Middle East), Klockworx (Japan) and Terry Steiner (Airlines).
Written and directed by Kokotajlo and his second feature following his critically lauded debut feature Apostasy, Starve Acre is based on the book by Andrew Michael Hurly and is set in rural England in the 1970s. The story follows a...
Cornerstone has closed sales on multiple territories on the film, with Brainstorm Media acquiring distribution rights for North America and BFI Distribution picking it up for the the U.K. and Ireland. The deals were finalized following the film’s world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival where it screened In competition. Additional deals include X Verleih (Germany and Switzerland), Blitz (Ex-Yugoslavia), Galapagos (Poland), Front Row (Middle East), Klockworx (Japan) and Terry Steiner (Airlines).
Written and directed by Kokotajlo and his second feature following his critically lauded debut feature Apostasy, Starve Acre is based on the book by Andrew Michael Hurly and is set in rural England in the 1970s. The story follows a...
- 10/30/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
You can smell what’s happening in “Starve Acre” before you puzzle the rest of it out. The grassy, peaty dampness of its rural Yorkshire setting seems to hit the olfactory glands without any scratch-and-sniff assistance, only intensifying as the film unearths its literally deep-buried secrets. Daniel Kokotajlo’s impressive second feature unfolds in a vein of British folk horror that has been popular of late — with films from Ben Wheatley’s “A Field in England” to Mark Jenkins’s “Enys Men” all tapping into that retro “Wicker Man” eeriness — but rarely with such rattling sensory specificity or formal refinement. Starring Morfydd Clark and Matt Smith as former townies unprepared for the full burden of lore they inherit with their desolate farmhouse, it’s a tale of quite outlandish fantastical leaps, grounded by the chills it also finds in common weather and wildlife.
Premiering in the main competition at this year’s London Film Festival,...
Premiering in the main competition at this year’s London Film Festival,...
- 10/20/2023
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
With great success comes great expectation, and I doubt that Daniel Kokotajlo’s Starve Acre will quite live up to the favorable notices of his first feature, the BAFTA-nominated Apostasy. The story, which has been adapted from a novel by Andrew Michael Hurley, concerns Richard (Matt Smith) and Juliette Willoughby (Morfydd Clark), who have recently moved from the city to the comparatively desolate Yorkshire Dales. At the village fair, their son Owen, who has complained of hearing the voice and whistles of a sprite named Jack Grey, blinds a horse with a sharp stick and is duly sent to a psychiatric hospital. Shortly after his consultation, which includes a nightmarish brain scan, he dies suddenly at the family home, paralyzing Richard and Juliette and further enlivening the spirit that so tormented him.
It is here the film takes its boldest, most bewildering turn. After Owen’s death, Richard commits himself...
It is here the film takes its boldest, most bewildering turn. After Owen’s death, Richard commits himself...
- 10/16/2023
- by Oliver Weir
- The Film Stage
We present our interviews from the Starve Acre Lff Premiere. Directed and written by Danial Kokotajlo from the novel by Andrew Michael Hurley, the film stars Matt Smith, Morfydd Clark, Erin Richards, Sean Gilder and Robert Emms.
Colin Hart and Ethan Hart were on the red carpet, here are their interviews.
Starve Acre Lff Premiere Interviews
Plot:
An idyllic rural family life of a couple is thrown into turmoil when their son starts acting out of character.
The post Starve Acre Lff Premiere Interviews: Morfydd Clark & Daniel Kokotajlo on hysteria, the uncanny & modern folk horror cinema appeared first on HeyUGuys.
Colin Hart and Ethan Hart were on the red carpet, here are their interviews.
Starve Acre Lff Premiere Interviews
Plot:
An idyllic rural family life of a couple is thrown into turmoil when their son starts acting out of character.
The post Starve Acre Lff Premiere Interviews: Morfydd Clark & Daniel Kokotajlo on hysteria, the uncanny & modern folk horror cinema appeared first on HeyUGuys.
- 10/12/2023
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
London film festival Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark play an unhappy couple who have moved to the moors with their young son, and soon become entwined in the occult
Award-winning director Daniel Kokotajlo made a real impression five years ago with his fiercely distinctive debut feature, Apostasy, set in an enclosed religious world. Here is his diverting but frankly more generic follow-up, adapted from the novel by Andrew Michael Hurley. It is billed as contemporary folk horror but borders on film-school pastiche, and “contemporary” means set in the era of The Wicker Man in the early 70s – a British world of brown corduroy, Austin 1100s, no central heating, odd locals and a persistent, sinister encroaching gloom in the countryside. The movie teeters on a knife-edge between scary and silly, and yet without that weird flavour of silly, the scares wouldn’t mean as much.
Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark, two...
Award-winning director Daniel Kokotajlo made a real impression five years ago with his fiercely distinctive debut feature, Apostasy, set in an enclosed religious world. Here is his diverting but frankly more generic follow-up, adapted from the novel by Andrew Michael Hurley. It is billed as contemporary folk horror but borders on film-school pastiche, and “contemporary” means set in the era of The Wicker Man in the early 70s – a British world of brown corduroy, Austin 1100s, no central heating, odd locals and a persistent, sinister encroaching gloom in the countryside. The movie teeters on a knife-edge between scary and silly, and yet without that weird flavour of silly, the scares wouldn’t mean as much.
Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark, two...
- 10/12/2023
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
It’s a been quite a life-changing few years for Morfydd Clark. After breaking out as a troubled and God-fearing palliative care nurse in A24’s wonderfully unsettling and critically lauded psychological horror Saint Maud, which was finally released in 2021 after several pandemic delays, the fast-rising Welsh actress headed straight to Middle-earth, fronting The Rings of Power’s ensemble cast as the young and fearless Galadriel.
The second season of Amazon’s megabudget J.R.R. Tolkien prequel wrapped earlier this year, but before donning Galadriel’s battle armor for another orc battle, Clark found the time to venture back into creepy genre territories with Starve Acre, getting its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on Thursday.
From Brit director Daniel Kokotajlo — whose hugely well-received 2017 debut Apostasy earned a BAFTA nomination — and based on the book by Andrew Michael Hurly, the gothic horror sees Clarke star alongside Matt Smith as...
The second season of Amazon’s megabudget J.R.R. Tolkien prequel wrapped earlier this year, but before donning Galadriel’s battle armor for another orc battle, Clark found the time to venture back into creepy genre territories with Starve Acre, getting its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on Thursday.
From Brit director Daniel Kokotajlo — whose hugely well-received 2017 debut Apostasy earned a BAFTA nomination — and based on the book by Andrew Michael Hurly, the gothic horror sees Clarke star alongside Matt Smith as...
- 10/11/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Voting will close on November 1.
Voting is now open for the Big Screen Award’s Best British Film of the Year 2023.
The vote closes on November 1 and the winner will be announced at the Big Screen Awards ceremony on November 23 at The Brewery in London.
The Big Screen Awards 2023: Best British Film Of The Year
Last year’s best British film was awarded to Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast with Mark Jenkin’s Bait winning in 2019 and 2018’s inaugural prize going to Daniel Kokotajlo’s Apostasy.
The full list of nominees for this year’s Big Screen Awards can be found here.
Voting is now open for the Big Screen Award’s Best British Film of the Year 2023.
The vote closes on November 1 and the winner will be announced at the Big Screen Awards ceremony on November 23 at The Brewery in London.
The Big Screen Awards 2023: Best British Film Of The Year
Last year’s best British film was awarded to Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast with Mark Jenkin’s Bait winning in 2019 and 2018’s inaugural prize going to Daniel Kokotajlo’s Apostasy.
The full list of nominees for this year’s Big Screen Awards can be found here.
- 10/11/2023
- by Screen staff¬Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
The 2023 London Film Festival kicks off on Wednesday (Oct. 4) with the European premiere of Emerald Fennell’s sophomore feature Saltburn. While the ongoing actors strike means that the films lead cast — including Jacob Elordi, Barry Keoghan and Rosamund Pike — won’t be in attendance at Royal Festival Hall, there will be a new face o look out for in Lff creative director Kristy Matheson.
The Australian, who previously headed up the Edinburgh Film Festival, joined the U.K.’s most prominent film event earlier this year, taking over from Tricia Tuttle who, alongside her predecessor Clare Stewart, had helped build Lff into both a major public cinematic celebration as well as a significant industry stop on the festival calendar. While London may not compete with the A-list events in terms of its pulling power, its autumnal positioning just as awards season creaks into gear has given it both the chance...
The Australian, who previously headed up the Edinburgh Film Festival, joined the U.K.’s most prominent film event earlier this year, taking over from Tricia Tuttle who, alongside her predecessor Clare Stewart, had helped build Lff into both a major public cinematic celebration as well as a significant industry stop on the festival calendar. While London may not compete with the A-list events in terms of its pulling power, its autumnal positioning just as awards season creaks into gear has given it both the chance...
- 10/3/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
More than a year and a half has gone by since we heard that Matt Smith (Last Night in Soho) and Morfydd Clark (Saint Maud) had signed on to star in the supernatural horror film Starve Acre, coming our way from BAFTA-nominated Apostasy creator Daniel Kokotajlo. Now we finally have a positive update to share about the project: Starve Acre will be having its World Premiere at the BFI London Film Festival, where it will be screening In Competition. Along with that confirmation comes the unveiling of a pair of first look images from the film that show Smith and Clark’s characters. You can check those out at the bottom of this article.
The BFI London Film Festival is scheduled to take place in October and will be running from the 4th to the 15th.
Based on a novel by Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre is said to be...
The BFI London Film Festival is scheduled to take place in October and will be running from the 4th to the 15th.
Based on a novel by Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre is said to be...
- 8/31/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Premiering at the London Film Festival this coming October is director Daniel Kokotajlo’s Starve Acre, which is being described as a supernatural folk horror movie.
Morfydd Clark (Saint Maud) and Matt Smith (Morbius) star in Starve Acre, and you’ll find first-look images of both actors in the upcoming movie above and below.
The film is set in rural 1970s England, exploring trauma and loss.
“Starve Acre follows Richard and Juliette, whose seemingly idyllic rural English family life is thrown into turmoil when their son Ewan starts acting out of character.
“At Starve Acre, their remote family home, archaeologist Richard buries himself in exploring a folkloric myth that the ancient oak tree on their land is imbued with phenomenal powers, while Juliette turns to the local community to find some kind of peace.”
The horror movie is adapted from a novel written by Andrew Michael Hurley.
BFI London Film...
Morfydd Clark (Saint Maud) and Matt Smith (Morbius) star in Starve Acre, and you’ll find first-look images of both actors in the upcoming movie above and below.
The film is set in rural 1970s England, exploring trauma and loss.
“Starve Acre follows Richard and Juliette, whose seemingly idyllic rural English family life is thrown into turmoil when their son Ewan starts acting out of character.
“At Starve Acre, their remote family home, archaeologist Richard buries himself in exploring a folkloric myth that the ancient oak tree on their land is imbued with phenomenal powers, while Juliette turns to the local community to find some kind of peace.”
The horror movie is adapted from a novel written by Andrew Michael Hurley.
BFI London Film...
- 8/30/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Titles include Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist; Kitty Green’s The Royal Hotel; and Christos Nikou’s Fingernails.
BFI London Film Festival has unveiled the competition line-ups for best film, best first feature and best documentary.
The 11 films competing for best film include Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist; Kitty Green’s The Royal Hotel; Daniel Kokotajlo’s Starve Acre and Christos Nikou’s Fingernails.
Christine Molloy returns to the competition after 2019’s Rose Plays Julie. This time she has co-directed Baltimore with frequent collaborator and partner Joe Lawlor. The pair recently directed The Future Tense which...
BFI London Film Festival has unveiled the competition line-ups for best film, best first feature and best documentary.
The 11 films competing for best film include Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist; Kitty Green’s The Royal Hotel; Daniel Kokotajlo’s Starve Acre and Christos Nikou’s Fingernails.
Christine Molloy returns to the competition after 2019’s Rose Plays Julie. This time she has co-directed Baltimore with frequent collaborator and partner Joe Lawlor. The pair recently directed The Future Tense which...
- 8/29/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
The ‘Scrapper’ producer will take on the role of executive producer, film.
Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell’s UK film and TV production outfit, House Productions, has expanded its senior film team with the hire of Scrapper producer Theo Barrowclough as executive producer.
Barrowclough will work alongside Ross and Howell on their burgeoning film slate, which includes The Iron Claw from Sean Durkin, Ed Berger’s Conclave and Daniel Kokotajlo’s Starve Acre, which all wrapped in the last six months.
Barrowclough joins House Productions from Dmc Film where he worked for eight years and most recently produced Charlotte Regan’s debut Scrapper,...
Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell’s UK film and TV production outfit, House Productions, has expanded its senior film team with the hire of Scrapper producer Theo Barrowclough as executive producer.
Barrowclough will work alongside Ross and Howell on their burgeoning film slate, which includes The Iron Claw from Sean Durkin, Ed Berger’s Conclave and Daniel Kokotajlo’s Starve Acre, which all wrapped in the last six months.
Barrowclough joins House Productions from Dmc Film where he worked for eight years and most recently produced Charlotte Regan’s debut Scrapper,...
- 7/24/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
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
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
Voting closes at midnight October 27.
Public voting has opened for Screen International’s Best British Film of the Year award.
Scroll down to vote
Voting closes at midnight October 27. The winner will be announced at The Big Screen Awards ceremony held on November 24 at the Brewery in London.
The Big Screen Awards were rebranded from the Screen Awards, last held in 2019, and aim to recognise the achievements of marketing, distribution, publicity and exhibition teams and companies for their work releasing films into UK cinemas and connecting them with audiences.
The full list of nominees have been announced here.
The Best...
Public voting has opened for Screen International’s Best British Film of the Year award.
Scroll down to vote
Voting closes at midnight October 27. The winner will be announced at The Big Screen Awards ceremony held on November 24 at the Brewery in London.
The Big Screen Awards were rebranded from the Screen Awards, last held in 2019, and aim to recognise the achievements of marketing, distribution, publicity and exhibition teams and companies for their work releasing films into UK cinemas and connecting them with audiences.
The full list of nominees have been announced here.
The Best...
- 10/18/2022
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Further titles include ‘Doctor Jekyll’ and ‘Starve Acre’.
The UK Global Screen Fund is to award 10 features with support for their international distribution, including upcoming comedy A Gaza Weekend and period romance Summerland.
The titles will receive a share of £273,000 allocated through the international distribution stand of the £7m fund, which was piloted last year by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms) to boost international opportunities for the UK’s independent screen sector following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. It is administered by the British Film Institute (BFI), which confirmed the scheme’s renewal for...
The UK Global Screen Fund is to award 10 features with support for their international distribution, including upcoming comedy A Gaza Weekend and period romance Summerland.
The titles will receive a share of £273,000 allocated through the international distribution stand of the £7m fund, which was piloted last year by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms) to boost international opportunities for the UK’s independent screen sector following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. It is administered by the British Film Institute (BFI), which confirmed the scheme’s renewal for...
- 6/24/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Funding stays at same annual level as one-year pilot.
The UK’s Global Screen Fund (Gsf) has received £21m for the next three years of its operation, as part of the latest investment from the government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms).
The figure means the funding will remain at the same level as the £7m allocated to the initial one-year pilot, which went live on April 28, 2021.
The investment forms part of a new round of £50m in government funding for UK creative businesses. Further allocations including £18m for the Creative Scale Up Programme, which provides finance...
The UK’s Global Screen Fund (Gsf) has received £21m for the next three years of its operation, as part of the latest investment from the government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms).
The figure means the funding will remain at the same level as the £7m allocated to the initial one-year pilot, which went live on April 28, 2021.
The investment forms part of a new round of £50m in government funding for UK creative businesses. Further allocations including £18m for the Creative Scale Up Programme, which provides finance...
- 2/1/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Sarah Brocklehurst’s new Brock Media is producing.
Saoirse Ronan is set to star in Nora Fingscheidt’s The Outrun, a UK-Germany collaboration that Protagonist Pictures is launching at the European Film Market.
Protagonist will executive produce the project and is arranging financing; it will co-represent the North American sales with CAA Media Finance. The film is adapted from Amy Liptrot’s memoir of the same name, with Fingscheidt writing the adaptation alongside Liptrot.
The film has been developed by Sarah Brocklehurst through her newly-launched Brock Media; Screen reported the optioning of the book in 2019. Brocklehurst will produce the film through Brock Media,...
Saoirse Ronan is set to star in Nora Fingscheidt’s The Outrun, a UK-Germany collaboration that Protagonist Pictures is launching at the European Film Market.
Protagonist will executive produce the project and is arranging financing; it will co-represent the North American sales with CAA Media Finance. The film is adapted from Amy Liptrot’s memoir of the same name, with Fingscheidt writing the adaptation alongside Liptrot.
The film has been developed by Sarah Brocklehurst through her newly-launched Brock Media; Screen reported the optioning of the book in 2019. Brocklehurst will produce the film through Brock Media,...
- 1/31/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
“The Crown” star Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark, who will appear in the upcoming “Lord of the Rings” series “The Rings of Power,” will star together in a supernatural horror film called “Starve Acre.”
Daniel Kokotajlo (“Apostasy”) will direct and write the screenplay for his sophomore film based on the novel of the same name by Andrew Michael Hurley.
Set in 1970s rural England, the story follows an archaeologist named Richard, who buries himself in exploring a folkloric myth that the ancient oak tree on the land his family lives on is imbued with phenomenal powers. While his wife, Juliette, turns to the local community to find some kind of peace, Richard obsessively digs deeper. But an unexpected discovery soon occupies the couple’s attention and their seemingly idyllic family life is thrown into turmoil when their son Ewan starts acting out of character, creating an insurmountable wedge between the once happy couple.
Daniel Kokotajlo (“Apostasy”) will direct and write the screenplay for his sophomore film based on the novel of the same name by Andrew Michael Hurley.
Set in 1970s rural England, the story follows an archaeologist named Richard, who buries himself in exploring a folkloric myth that the ancient oak tree on the land his family lives on is imbued with phenomenal powers. While his wife, Juliette, turns to the local community to find some kind of peace, Richard obsessively digs deeper. But an unexpected discovery soon occupies the couple’s attention and their seemingly idyllic family life is thrown into turmoil when their son Ewan starts acting out of character, creating an insurmountable wedge between the once happy couple.
- 1/31/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark are already set to be part of the casts of two of the biggest TV series of 2022. Smith is one of the stars of HBO’s first “Game of Thrones” spinoff, “House of the Dragons.” Clark, on the other hand, is part of the cast of Amazon’s highly anticipated “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” And now, they’re set to cross paths in the new horror film, “Starve Acre.”
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According to THR, Morfydd Clark and Matt Smith are set to lead the cast of “Starve Acre,” a new horror film from director Daniel Kokotajlo.
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According to THR, Morfydd Clark and Matt Smith are set to lead the cast of “Starve Acre,” a new horror film from director Daniel Kokotajlo.
Continue reading ‘Starve Acre’: Matt Smith & Morfydd Clark To Star In Daniel Kokotajlo’s New Horror Film at The Playlist.
- 1/31/2022
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Laura Dern, Noah Jupe, Benedict Cumberbatch to star.
HanWay Films has boarded sales on Justin Kurzel’s upcoming feature Morning, which it is launching to buyers at next month’s online European Film Market.
HanWay is handling international sales, with CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group co-representing the US sale.
Shooting dates are yet to be confirmed. The film will be set in a near future where a pill exists that removes the need to sleep. A woman who previously advocated for such living sees her world begin to crumble, as she and her son pick up the...
HanWay Films has boarded sales on Justin Kurzel’s upcoming feature Morning, which it is launching to buyers at next month’s online European Film Market.
HanWay is handling international sales, with CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group co-representing the US sale.
Shooting dates are yet to be confirmed. The film will be set in a near future where a pill exists that removes the need to sleep. A woman who previously advocated for such living sees her world begin to crumble, as she and her son pick up the...
- 1/31/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
“Doctor Who” star Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark are set to star in supernatural horror film “Starve Acre.”
From BAFTA-nominated “Apostasy” writer and director Daniel Kokotajlo, “Starve Acre” explores “inherited trauma and loss within a world ruled by supernatural folklore.”
The film is based on Andrew Michael Hurley’s novel of the same name.
BAFTA and Emmy Award nominee Smith (“House of the Dragon”) and BAFTA Cymru winner Morfydd Clark (“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”) will play a disconnected couple worried about their son in the “brooding and stylistic modern horror.”
Set in their family estate, Starve Acre, in rural 1970s England, Richard (played by Smith) and Juliette (Clark) find their idyllic family life disrupted when their son Ewan starts acting strangely. The formerly happy couple grow farther apart when Richard buries himself in local folklore -— including the myth that an ancient oak tree set...
From BAFTA-nominated “Apostasy” writer and director Daniel Kokotajlo, “Starve Acre” explores “inherited trauma and loss within a world ruled by supernatural folklore.”
The film is based on Andrew Michael Hurley’s novel of the same name.
BAFTA and Emmy Award nominee Smith (“House of the Dragon”) and BAFTA Cymru winner Morfydd Clark (“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”) will play a disconnected couple worried about their son in the “brooding and stylistic modern horror.”
Set in their family estate, Starve Acre, in rural 1970s England, Richard (played by Smith) and Juliette (Clark) find their idyllic family life disrupted when their son Ewan starts acting strangely. The formerly happy couple grow farther apart when Richard buries himself in local folklore -— including the myth that an ancient oak tree set...
- 1/31/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
The Crown star Matt Smith and Saint Maud’s Morfydd Clark are to lead supernatural horror film Starve Acre from BAFTA-nominated Apostasy creator Daniel Kokotajlo. Cornerstone is handling world sales and will launch at next month’s European Film Market.
The brooding horror film, which is adapted from an Andrew Michael Hurley novel and will enter production in the Spring, follows Richard and Juliette, whose seemingly idyllic rural English family life is thrown into turmoil when their son Ewan starts acting out of character. At Starve Acre, their remote family home, archaeologist Richard buries himself in exploring a folkloric myth that the ancient oak tree on their land is imbued with phenomenal powers, while Juliette turns to the local community to find some kind of peace.
Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell’s prolific House Productions is producing the film, which is being developed with BBC Film and funded by BBC Film,...
The brooding horror film, which is adapted from an Andrew Michael Hurley novel and will enter production in the Spring, follows Richard and Juliette, whose seemingly idyllic rural English family life is thrown into turmoil when their son Ewan starts acting out of character. At Starve Acre, their remote family home, archaeologist Richard buries himself in exploring a folkloric myth that the ancient oak tree on their land is imbued with phenomenal powers, while Juliette turns to the local community to find some kind of peace.
Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell’s prolific House Productions is producing the film, which is being developed with BBC Film and funded by BBC Film,...
- 1/31/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
The film is based on Andrew Michael Hurley’s novel of the same name.
Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark have signed to star in UK project Starve Acre, the second feature from Apostasy director Daniel Kokotajlo, which Cornerstone FIlms is launching at the online European Film Market.
The film is in pre-production and will start shooting this spring in the UK, having been developed and backed by BBC Film, and backed by Access Entertainment and the BFI. Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell are producing for House Productions, alongside Emma Duffy.
The film is based on Andrew Michael Hurley’s 2019 novel of the same name.
Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark have signed to star in UK project Starve Acre, the second feature from Apostasy director Daniel Kokotajlo, which Cornerstone FIlms is launching at the online European Film Market.
The film is in pre-production and will start shooting this spring in the UK, having been developed and backed by BBC Film, and backed by Access Entertainment and the BFI. Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell are producing for House Productions, alongside Emma Duffy.
The film is based on Andrew Michael Hurley’s 2019 novel of the same name.
- 1/31/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The U.K. mod revival of the late 1970s and 1980s was a retro-minded movement, albeit meshed a little with then-current trends: a bit of contemporary punk, a bit of midcentury Teddy Boy grease, all swirled together with a swagger that peaked in 1979’s time-capsule rock opera “Quadrophenia.” , “The Pebble and the Boy” forgets the present-day touch that made the earlier revival hip, presenting us with a pair of Zoomers on scooters who feel wholly middle-aged in conception and sensibility. The result is an exercise in retro-upon-retro nostalgia that feels as ill-defined as a Xerox of a Xerox, though die-hard dad mods will thrill to its styling and soundtrack.
“Once a mod, always a mod” is the mantra repeated by multiple characters in the course of writer-director Chris Green’s leanly plotted film, which, even across a scant 80-minute running time, manages to repeat itself in more ways than that alone.
“Once a mod, always a mod” is the mantra repeated by multiple characters in the course of writer-director Chris Green’s leanly plotted film, which, even across a scant 80-minute running time, manages to repeat itself in more ways than that alone.
- 11/17/2021
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
The BFI London Film Festival 2021 has named Panah Panahi’s Hit The Road as its best film of the competition. Panahi’s debut film covers the drama in the chaotic claustrophobia of a car, as an energetic child (Rayan Sarlak) clambers over his surly father (Hassan Madjooni), whose broken leg – and mood – take up considerable space. In the front, mother (Pantea Panahiha) fusses over her other son in the driver’s seat (Amin Simiar), whose sullen face stays fixed on the deserted horizon. Nobody mentions where they are going, but knowledge of their unspoken destination causes concern, turning despair into affection and some very eccentric behavior. Add in a soundtrack of 1970s Iranian pop as the cherry on the cake. The films in the competition explore a fascinating breadth of themes, from cave mapping in the Calabrian mountains to the military dictatorship in 1980s Buenos Aires, playground politics through the...
- 10/17/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Phoebe Waller-Bridge is on the jury for the key UK film prize.
Lee Haven Jones, Harry Wootliff and Rob Savage, the directors of The Feast, True Things and Dashcam respectively, have been shortlisted for the £50,000 Iwc Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award in association with the BFI, which will be presented on Sunday October 17 as part of the BFI London Film Festival (Lff).
Haven Jones has been selected for his debut feature, while Wootliff and Savage are both selected for their second films. This year’s winner will be chosen by writer, actor and producer Phoebe Waller-Bridge, alongside BFI CEO Ben Roberts.
Lee Haven Jones, Harry Wootliff and Rob Savage, the directors of The Feast, True Things and Dashcam respectively, have been shortlisted for the £50,000 Iwc Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award in association with the BFI, which will be presented on Sunday October 17 as part of the BFI London Film Festival (Lff).
Haven Jones has been selected for his debut feature, while Wootliff and Savage are both selected for their second films. This year’s winner will be chosen by writer, actor and producer Phoebe Waller-Bridge, alongside BFI CEO Ben Roberts.
- 10/1/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Annual bursary prize is awarded at the BFI London Film Festival.
Diversity standards have been introduced to the Iwc Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award, which grants a £50,000 prize to a UK-based writer, director, or writer-director with a first or second film at the BFI London Film Festival.
For the first time, all of the projects by the filmmakers applying for the annual award will have to meet BFI Diversity Standards, in a bid to support underrepresented filmmakers and raise awareness of the drive towards greater inclusion.
The BFI Diversity Standards – which are a requirement for the majority of public funding for film in the UK,...
Diversity standards have been introduced to the Iwc Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award, which grants a £50,000 prize to a UK-based writer, director, or writer-director with a first or second film at the BFI London Film Festival.
For the first time, all of the projects by the filmmakers applying for the annual award will have to meet BFI Diversity Standards, in a bid to support underrepresented filmmakers and raise awareness of the drive towards greater inclusion.
The BFI Diversity Standards – which are a requirement for the majority of public funding for film in the UK,...
- 5/7/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Series includes British independent titles released theatrically in the last three years.
BBC Film and the BFI have united on a new series of UK films from the past three years which will screen on BBC Two on a weekly basis.
‘British Film Premiere: New Films From New Voices’ marks a change in broadcast strategy for films previously on theatrical release: of the seven films in the series, six had a theatrical premiere within the last two years.
BBC Film (previously known as BBC Films) and the BFI negotiated with the films’ distributors to allow for a shorter window to the broadcast premiere.
BBC Film and the BFI have united on a new series of UK films from the past three years which will screen on BBC Two on a weekly basis.
‘British Film Premiere: New Films From New Voices’ marks a change in broadcast strategy for films previously on theatrical release: of the seven films in the series, six had a theatrical premiere within the last two years.
BBC Film (previously known as BBC Films) and the BFI negotiated with the films’ distributors to allow for a shorter window to the broadcast premiere.
- 10/22/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Canadian Comedy Jann Heads To Hulu
Hit Canadian comedy Jann is headed to the U.S. with streamer Hulu. From Andrew Barnsley, executive producer of Schitt’s Creek, the half-hour original comedy stars Canadian singer and broadcaster Jann Arden as a fictionalized version of herself. CTV, Project 10 Productions, and Seven24 Films are behind the series, which was the most-watched new Canadian comedy series in 2018-2019. The deal was struck by Project 10 Productions and Seven24 Films.
Borat London Stunt
Because…why not? From 2Pm GMT today a giant blowup Borat will be floating down London’s River Thames to mark the launch of Amazon’s Borat sequel starring Sacha Baron Cohen. Starting at London’s Tower Bridge, the blowup will travel to the London Eye and back again. It’s getting chilly out there. Luckily he is appropriately attired.
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Hit Canadian comedy Jann is headed to the U.S. with streamer Hulu. From Andrew Barnsley, executive producer of Schitt’s Creek, the half-hour original comedy stars Canadian singer and broadcaster Jann Arden as a fictionalized version of herself. CTV, Project 10 Productions, and Seven24 Films are behind the series, which was the most-watched new Canadian comedy series in 2018-2019. The deal was struck by Project 10 Productions and Seven24 Films.
Borat London Stunt
Because…why not? From 2Pm GMT today a giant blowup Borat will be floating down London’s River Thames to mark the launch of Amazon’s Borat sequel starring Sacha Baron Cohen. Starting at London’s Tower Bridge, the blowup will travel to the London Eye and back again. It’s getting chilly out there. Luckily he is appropriately attired.
North America Deal For Horror Beast Mode
Exclusive: Devilworks Pictures will give...
- 10/22/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman, Tom Grater and Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
BBC Film and the BFI today announce a new season of British films beginning on BBC Two on Saturday 24 October with Daniel Kokotajlo’s BAFTA-nominated ‘Apostasy.’
British Film Premiere: New Films from New Voices will present a brand new premiere every Saturday night, celebrating a new wave of British filmmakers who are offering fresh perspectives on UK life and experiences.
Each film will be available on BBC iPlayer after its transmission on BBC Two, and all will be accompanied by a short introduction from a UK film critic. Most of the films will also be available for free on BFI Player.
The films premiering in the British Film Premiere season are all backed by BBC Film and the BFI, which awards National Lottery funding. They are all critically acclaimed feature films which premiered at top tier international film festivals, with many nominated for or winning major awards.
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British Film Premiere: New Films from New Voices will present a brand new premiere every Saturday night, celebrating a new wave of British filmmakers who are offering fresh perspectives on UK life and experiences.
Each film will be available on BBC iPlayer after its transmission on BBC Two, and all will be accompanied by a short introduction from a UK film critic. Most of the films will also be available for free on BFI Player.
The films premiering in the British Film Premiere season are all backed by BBC Film and the BFI, which awards National Lottery funding. They are all critically acclaimed feature films which premiered at top tier international film festivals, with many nominated for or winning major awards.
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- 10/22/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Cathy Brady, Aleem Khan, and Francis Lee make the shortlist.
The BFI has revealed the shortlist for the three filmmakers in the running for the Iwc Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award, which grants a £50,000 prize to a UK-based writer, director, or writer-director with a first or second film at the BFI London Film Festival.
The 2020 shortlist comprises Cathy Brady, writer-director of Wildfire; Aleem Khan, writer-director of After Love; and Francis Lee, writer-director of Ammonite.
The jury will be led by Michaela Coel, the creator and star of HBO/BBC drama series I May Destroy You, who will be joined by BFI...
The BFI has revealed the shortlist for the three filmmakers in the running for the Iwc Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award, which grants a £50,000 prize to a UK-based writer, director, or writer-director with a first or second film at the BFI London Film Festival.
The 2020 shortlist comprises Cathy Brady, writer-director of Wildfire; Aleem Khan, writer-director of After Love; and Francis Lee, writer-director of Ammonite.
The jury will be led by Michaela Coel, the creator and star of HBO/BBC drama series I May Destroy You, who will be joined by BFI...
- 9/21/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
The BFI and Iwc Schaffhausen today revealed the three filmmakers shortlisted for the annual Iwc Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award, given in association with the UK film organization.
The 2020 contenders are Cathy Brady, writer-director of debut feature Wildfire, Aleem Khan, writer-director of debut feature After Love, and Francis Lee, writer-director of sophomore feature Ammonite, starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan.
At £50,000 ($65k), and now in its fifth year, the prize is one of the most significant bursaries of its kind in the UK, expressly designed to support the future careers of promising new UK film talent.
Brit multi-hyphenate Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You) will join Ben Roberts, Chief Executive of the BFI and Christoph Grainger-Herr, CEO of luxury watch maker Iwc Schaffhausen, to select the winner, which will be announced at the BFI London Film Festival 2020 Virtual Lff Audience Awards, on Sunday 18 October – the closing night of the festival.
Chaired by Tricia Tuttle,...
The 2020 contenders are Cathy Brady, writer-director of debut feature Wildfire, Aleem Khan, writer-director of debut feature After Love, and Francis Lee, writer-director of sophomore feature Ammonite, starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan.
At £50,000 ($65k), and now in its fifth year, the prize is one of the most significant bursaries of its kind in the UK, expressly designed to support the future careers of promising new UK film talent.
Brit multi-hyphenate Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You) will join Ben Roberts, Chief Executive of the BFI and Christoph Grainger-Herr, CEO of luxury watch maker Iwc Schaffhausen, to select the winner, which will be announced at the BFI London Film Festival 2020 Virtual Lff Audience Awards, on Sunday 18 October – the closing night of the festival.
Chaired by Tricia Tuttle,...
- 9/21/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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