Cannes conversations were continued in a more relaxed setting, said attendees.
International buyers have given a generally positive response to this week’s three-day London Screenings event held at Picturehouse Central from June 21-23, organised by Film London.
“It was very good to catch-up after Cannes to get a broader picture of what is coming from the UK,” said Anna Lindstrom, acquisitions manager at Stockholm-based Lucky Dogs.
Lindstrom confirmed she had made one acquisition during the event for a film which she had been discussing in Cannes.
UK titles that have been generating buzz include Frank Berry’s Irish asylum drama Aisha,...
International buyers have given a generally positive response to this week’s three-day London Screenings event held at Picturehouse Central from June 21-23, organised by Film London.
“It was very good to catch-up after Cannes to get a broader picture of what is coming from the UK,” said Anna Lindstrom, acquisitions manager at Stockholm-based Lucky Dogs.
Lindstrom confirmed she had made one acquisition during the event for a film which she had been discussing in Cannes.
UK titles that have been generating buzz include Frank Berry’s Irish asylum drama Aisha,...
- 6/24/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Irish Film London, the London-based organization championing Irish film, TV and animation across the UK, has named Carey Fitzgerald as Chair Person of its Board of Directors.
Fitzgerald is the founder and MD of Irish production and sales business Silver Mountain Productions, and partner and producer with Len Collin of Newcastle-based Ballpoint Films.
She is also a co-chair at Boftv (Business of Film & TV) and is a mentor for a number of organizations including Screen Skills Ireland.
Irish Film London, now in its 11th year, runs a year-round program of screenings, industry and community workshops including the annual St Patricks Film Festival with the Mayor of London and the Embassy of Ireland’s St Brigid’s Day Film Festival in addition to the annual London Irish Film Festival each November, home of the Irish Film London Awards.
The organization has its own online portal, Irish Film From Home, as...
Fitzgerald is the founder and MD of Irish production and sales business Silver Mountain Productions, and partner and producer with Len Collin of Newcastle-based Ballpoint Films.
She is also a co-chair at Boftv (Business of Film & TV) and is a mentor for a number of organizations including Screen Skills Ireland.
Irish Film London, now in its 11th year, runs a year-round program of screenings, industry and community workshops including the annual St Patricks Film Festival with the Mayor of London and the Embassy of Ireland’s St Brigid’s Day Film Festival in addition to the annual London Irish Film Festival each November, home of the Irish Film London Awards.
The organization has its own online portal, Irish Film From Home, as...
- 2/23/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: NBCUniversal, CBS, Walt Disney Studios, 21st Century Fox and SAG-AFTRA are among the latest Hollywood-based groups to sign on to sponsor the ReelAbilities Film Festival: Los Angeles, set for October 11-14 around the city. The festival is dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories, and artistic expressions of people with different abilities.
The event will showcase new and classic films, conversations and artistic programs and kicks off with Chloé Zhao’s opening-night film The Rider, which won the top Directors’ Fortnight prize at Cannes in 2017 (Zhao has since booked a directing gig for Marvel’s The Eternals). It’s playing at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood.
The fest closes with Len Collin’s Sanctuary, with special screenings set for Leslie McCleave’s 2015 documentary How Sweet the Sound: The Blind Boys of Alabama and Hungary’s 2016 Oscar submission Kills on Wheels among others.
The event will showcase new and classic films, conversations and artistic programs and kicks off with Chloé Zhao’s opening-night film The Rider, which won the top Directors’ Fortnight prize at Cannes in 2017 (Zhao has since booked a directing gig for Marvel’s The Eternals). It’s playing at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood.
The fest closes with Len Collin’s Sanctuary, with special screenings set for Leslie McCleave’s 2015 documentary How Sweet the Sound: The Blind Boys of Alabama and Hungary’s 2016 Oscar submission Kills on Wheels among others.
- 9/28/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Aided by their care worker, a couple in love embark on an illegal tryst in an unsentimental romcom played with terrific gentleness and honesty
There’s a wonderful warmth and directness to this movie, adapted by Galway dramatist Christian O’Reilly from his original stage play, and directed by feature first-timer Len Collin.
In the lead roles, non-professionals Charlene Kelly and Kieran Coppinger have a terrific gentleness and honesty. They play Sophie and Larry – one has epilepsy and the other Down’s syndrome. Sophie is cared for in a community facility and Larry is at home with his mum, but they have met in Sophie’s care home and have fallen in love. And care worker Tom (Robert Doherty) has arranged to let them have an afternoon together in a local hotel in town, sneaking them away from a group trip to the cinema. This is against his better judgement,...
There’s a wonderful warmth and directness to this movie, adapted by Galway dramatist Christian O’Reilly from his original stage play, and directed by feature first-timer Len Collin.
In the lead roles, non-professionals Charlene Kelly and Kieran Coppinger have a terrific gentleness and honesty. They play Sophie and Larry – one has epilepsy and the other Down’s syndrome. Sophie is cared for in a community facility and Larry is at home with his mum, but they have met in Sophie’s care home and have fallen in love. And care worker Tom (Robert Doherty) has arranged to let them have an afternoon together in a local hotel in town, sneaking them away from a group trip to the cinema. This is against his better judgement,...
- 12/27/2017
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
California festival’s 18th edition ran from April 20-27.
Moon Dogs was named best film in the juried awards as the 18th Newport Beach Film Festival came to a close at the weekend.
Jack Parry-Jones of Moon Dogs took the best actor award and Olivia Cooke was named best actress for Katie Says Goodbye (pictured).
City Of Joy claimed best documentary honours, as the best director prize went to Len Collin for Sanctuary, and Marden Dean claimed the cinematography award for Boys In The Trees.
In the audience awards, Don’t Tell won best film, Sami Blood (Sameblod) won best foreign film, and I’ll Push You took documentary honours.
The 18th annual Newport Beach Film Festival ran from April 20-April 27 and screened more than 350 films.
For further details of prize-winners, click here.
Moon Dogs was named best film in the juried awards as the 18th Newport Beach Film Festival came to a close at the weekend.
Jack Parry-Jones of Moon Dogs took the best actor award and Olivia Cooke was named best actress for Katie Says Goodbye (pictured).
City Of Joy claimed best documentary honours, as the best director prize went to Len Collin for Sanctuary, and Marden Dean claimed the cinematography award for Boys In The Trees.
In the audience awards, Don’t Tell won best film, Sami Blood (Sameblod) won best foreign film, and I’ll Push You took documentary honours.
The 18th annual Newport Beach Film Festival ran from April 20-April 27 and screened more than 350 films.
For further details of prize-winners, click here.
- 4/28/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
Lineup Announcements
– The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has announced its lineup for the 32nd edition, which will run February 1 – 11. The festival will offer a vast array of films representing 50+ countries, 51 world premieres and 64 Us premieres, along with tributes with the year’s top talent, panel discussions, and free community education and outreach programs. The festival will kick off on February 1 with the world premiere of “Charged.” The fest will also feature “Heal the Living” as its international gala and “Their Finest” as it closing night offering.
Sbiff will also play home to a number of tributes, with honorees including Denzel Washington, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, Isabelle Huppert and many more, previously announced accolades.
To find out more about the full lineup, plus information on tributes...
Lineup Announcements
– The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has announced its lineup for the 32nd edition, which will run February 1 – 11. The festival will offer a vast array of films representing 50+ countries, 51 world premieres and 64 Us premieres, along with tributes with the year’s top talent, panel discussions, and free community education and outreach programs. The festival will kick off on February 1 with the world premiere of “Charged.” The fest will also feature “Heal the Living” as its international gala and “Their Finest” as it closing night offering.
Sbiff will also play home to a number of tributes, with honorees including Denzel Washington, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, Isabelle Huppert and many more, previously announced accolades.
To find out more about the full lineup, plus information on tributes...
- 1/12/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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