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Andrew Cumming’s Stone Age thriller Out Of Darkness leads the film nominations for the 2024 Bafta Scotland Awards, nominated in three categories including best feature film.

The film, which follows a gang of early humans who suspect a malevolent being is hunting them down, also received nominations for actor film for Kit Young, and actress film for Safia Oakley-Green.

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Out Of Darkness premiered at the BFI London Film Festival in 2022, before a UK-Ireland release in February this year by Signature Entertainment under the title The Origin.

Cumming, writer Ruth Greenberg and Oakley-Green...

The Mediapro Studio US/Canada, the offshoot of the Spanish media giant, has unveiled its North American leadership team as it prepares its autumn slate.

Erika Kennair is named head of scripted content and Pam Healey head of unscripted content reporting to The Mediapro Studio US/Canada head Juan Acosta.

The North American leadership team comprises Ari Tan as head of strategy and operations and Robert Haiat as head of commercial in Los Angeles, with Leslie Cohen as head of global acquisitions and Juan Pablo Santos as SVP content and business development, both based in New York.

The Mediapro Studio...

The Oscars added a category for casting, and it’s about damn time.

The announcement of the new category, slated to debut in 2026 for films released in 2025, has been warmly received on social media by awards aficionados. Many consider it a long-overdue acknowledgment, especially since the Casting Directors Branch was established over a decade ago in 2013. However, this raises questions about future categories and if, when, and how they will be accommodated in an awards ceremony that aims to stay under three hours.

It’s important to note that the Academy has yet to commit to featuring the best achievement in casting award during the televised ceremony. Details regarding eligibility and voting for the inaugural award will be disclosed in April 2025, alongside the complete rules for the 98th Academy Awards. The presentation method will be determined by the Academy’s Board of Governors and its administrative leadership at a later date.

Bafta has announced the nominations for the Ee British Academy Film Awards in 2024, celebrating the very best in film of the past year. Former Ee Rising Star nominees Naomi Ackie and Kingsley Ben-Adir hosted the announcement via global livestream from the arts charity’s headquarters at 195 Piccadilly, London. The Ee Bafta Film Awards, hosted by David Tennant, will be broadcast on BBC One and iPlayer from London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 18 February. In addition, the Ee Bafta Film Awards will be available across BritBox International in USA, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, South Africa and Australia, with more international broadcasters to be confirmed. Viewers at home will also have front row seats to the red-carpet arrivals, which will be streamed live on Bafta’s YouTube, featuring interviews with nominees and other special guests. Voting for the Ee Rising Star Award is now open at ee.co.uk/BAFTA.

This afternoon the full list of nominations for the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards were announced in London, with Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things leading the nominees.

Jonathan Glazer’s adaptation of Martin Amis’s The Zone of Interest received nine nominations, the same as Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon. Other notable films we’ll be looking out for on the night include Andrew Haigh’s brilliant and touching film All of Us Strangers, and the enthralling Anatomy of a Fall.

British films are well represented with Rye Lane, Scrapper and How to Have Sex among the nominees.

The 77th annual British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards will be held on Sunday, the 18th of February. We’ll see you there.

Full List of 2024 BAFTA Nominations

Best Film

Anatomy Of A Fall Marie-Ange Luciani, David Thion

The Holdovers Mark Johnson

Killers Of The Flower Moon Dan Friedkin,...

The annual 16 Days 16 Films short movie festival is running: more details and this year’s finalists all here.

Finalists are now being revealed for this year’s 16 Days 16 Films festival, an annual competition that’s attracted entrants from around the world.

To qualify, films are directed by a filmmaker who identifies as female, with their films 25 minutes or under. This year’s selection all, in the words of the festival, ‘explore, emote, or educate on a form of violence against women.’

Partners for the festival include Un Women, The Geena Davis Institute and the BFI. Previous finalists have included How To Have Sex director Molly Manning Walker, and Girl director Adura Onashile.

This year’s finalists – and we’ll be adding the films as they become available over the 16 day period – are…

Esperanza (Mexico) – Mayra Veliz

A Very Nice Guy (Mexico) – Minerva R. Bolaños Rodrigo Fierro

After Fred (UK) – Rachel Meyrick...

“All of Us Strangers”, del director Andrew Haigh, la gran ganadora de la noche.

Ayer tuvo lugar la ceremonia de los premios BIFA (British Independent Film Awards). Estos premios son galardones cinematográficos que se otorgan en el Reino Unido para destacar y honrar las películas independientes británicas. Aquí os dejamos con la lista de los ganadores de esta edición:

Mejor PELÍCULA Independiente BRITÁNICA

All Of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh

Mejor PELÍCULA Independiente Internacional

Anatomy Of A Fall, Justine Triet

Mejor DIRECCIÓN

Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers

Mejor Guion

Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers

Mejor ACTUACIÓN

Mia McKenna-Bruce, How to Have Sex

Mejor ACTUACIÓN De Reparto

Paul Mescal, All of Us Strangers

Shaun Thomas, How to Have Sex

Mejor ACTUACIÓN Conjunta

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett & George MacKay, Femme

Premio Douglas Hickox (Debut De DIRECCIÓN)

Savanah Leaf, Earth Mama

Mejor PRODUCCIÓN REVELACIÓN

Theo Barrowclough, Scrapper

Mejor ACTUACIÓN REVELACIÓN

Vivian Oparah, Rye Lane

Mejor Guion Debut

Nida Manzoor,...

Andrew Haigh‘s Oscar hopeful had a wonderful night at the British Independent Film Awards on Sunday as it took home seven gongs including Best Picture, the most of any film. Haigh won two awards — Best Director and Best Screenplay. Paul Mescal won Best Supporting Performance alongside “How to Have Sex” actor Shaun Thomas while it also won Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Music Supervision.

“Rye Lane” won a trio of prizes: Raine Allen Miller was Best Debut Director while Vivian Oparah was awarded Best Breakthrough Performance. It also won Best Original Music.

Mia McKenna-Bruce won Best Lead Performance for “How to Have Sex” in a stacked gender-neutral category that also included Jodie Comer (“The End We Start From”), Tia Nomore (“Earth Mama”), Nabhaan Rizwan (“In Camera”), Andrew Scott (“All of Us Strangers”), and Tilda Swinton (“The Eternal Daughter”). And Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and George MacKay shared in Best Joint Lead Performance for “Femme.

Andrew Haigh’s “All of Us Strangers” was the big winner at the 2023 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) with seven wins.

“All of Us Strangers” won best British independent film, Haigh won best director and best screenplay and Paul Mescal won best supporting performance, adding to its three craft awards, announced in November, for cinematography, editing and music supervision.

Best lead performance went to Mia McKenna-Bruce in Molly Manning Walker’s debut feature “How to Have Sex” and the film also won the other best supporting performance BIFA for Shaun Thomas, adding to its best casting win.

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and George MacKay won best joint lead performance for “Femme,” which also won for make-up and hair design and costume design.

Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or winning “Anatomy of a Fall” won best international independent film. Best debut director went to Savanah Leaf for “Earth Mama,” while best debut screenwriter...

Disney opens animation ‘Wish’; indie titles include ‘The Eternal Daughter’, ‘Girl’.

Ridley Scott’s historical epic Napoleon becomes the widest release ever in the UK and Ireland for Sony, starting in 716 cinemas this weekend.

The film, starring Joaquin Phoenix as the early 19th century French leader, tops the 690-location opening of Whitney Houston biopic Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody from December 2022.

Written by David Scarpa – who previously collaborated with Scott on All The Money In The World – Napoleon tells the story of Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power, and his relationship with Empress Josephine, played in the film...

Andrew Haigh’s critically lauded All of Us Strangers has won three awards in the craft categories of the 2023 British Independent Film Awards, putting it in the lead going into the main ceremony on Dec. 3.

The film — starring Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott and which amassed a total of 14 BIFA nominations — won best cinematography for Jamie D. Ramsay, best editing for Jonathan Alberts and best music supervision for Connie Farr (who won a BIFA for her work on Clio Barnard’s Ali & Ava in 2021).

Femme, Sam H Freeman and Ng Choon Ping’s “queer noir” thriller, won two awards — best costume design for Buki Ebiesuwa and best makeup and hair design for Marie Deehan — as did Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe Tavares’ dystopian drama The Kitchen, which won best production design for Nathan Parker and best effects for Richard Baker and the late Jonathan Gales.

Elsewhere, Raine Allen-Miller’s Rye Lane (which garnered 16 nominations,...

Andrew Haigh's All Of Us Strangers garnered four nominations The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) has announced the winners of its ten film craft categories.

Andrew Haigh's tale of a writer drawn back to his past and towards a mysterious new relationship received 16 BIFA nominations and has won the wards for Best Cinematography, for Jaime D Ramsay, Best Editing for Jonathan Alberts and Best Music Supervision for Connie Farr.

Revenge thriller Femme, won craft awards for Buki Ebiesuwa's Costume Design and Marie Deehan's Make Up & Hair. Two awards also went to The Kitchen, which saw Nathan Parker win Best Production Design, and Richard Baker pick up the prize for Best Effects.

Best Original Music went to Kwes for his work on debut director Raine Allen-Miller’s Peckham-set love story Rye Lane.

Mark Jenkin won Best Sound supported by Halo for his 1970s-set remote island mystery Enys Men.

‘Femme’, ‘The Kitchen’ take two prizes each.

Andrew Haigh’s romantic drama All Of Us Strangers led the craft winners for the 2023 British Independent Film Awards (Bifas), converting three of its craft nominations to wins.

The Searchlight Pictures film, which is backed by Film4, took prizes in best cinematography, for Jamie D. Ramsay; best editing for Jonathan Alberts; and best music supervision for Connie Farr – her second Bifa, following a win for Ali & Ava in 2021.

Scroll down for the full list of craft winners

All Of Us Strangers has a further seven nominations in five categories at the 26th Bifa ceremony on Sunday,...

“Rye Lane”, “Scrapper”, “All of Us Strangers”, “How to Have Sex” y “Femme” encabezan las nominaciones a los premios BIFA.

El jueves se anunciaron los nominados a los premios BIFA (British Independent Film Awards). Estos premios son galardones cinematográficos que se otorgan en el Reino Unido para destacar y honrar las películas independientes británicas. Los ganadores de los premios BIFA 2023 se darán a conocer el 3 de diciembre. Aquí os dejamos con la lista de los nominados de esta edición:

Mejor PELÍCULA Independiente BRITÁNICA

All Of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh

Femme, Sam H Freeman & Ng Choon Ping

How To Have Sex, Molly Manning Walker

Rye Lane, Raine Allen-Miller

Scrapper, Charlotte Regan

Mejor PELÍCULA Independiente Internacional

Anatomy Of A Fall, Justine Triet

Fallen Leaves, Aki Kauriskmäki

Fremont, Babak Jalali

Monster, Hirokazu Kore-eda

Past Lives, Celine Song

Mejor DIRECCIÓN

Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane

Sam H Freeman & Ng Choon Ping, Femme

Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers...

Studiocanal has Samuel Beckett biopic ‘Dance First’.

Molly Manning Walker’s How To Have Sex, Emma Seligman’s Bottoms and Kitty Green’s The Royal Hotel are all opening in UK-Ireland cinemas, on a weekend with several well-reviewed films by and about women.

Starting in 150 cinemas through Mubi, How To Have Sex is the debut feature of Screen 2021 Star of Tomorrow Walker. The film follows three British teenage girls on a clubbing holiday in Malia, where one of the group has her first experiences with sex. The cast includes fellow Screen Stars Mia McKenna-Bruce and Samuel Bottomley, with casting director...

It’s already been a good year for the English cinematographer turned writer-director Molly Manning Walker. A film that she shot, “Scrapper,” won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, as well as praise for her vibrant lensing. Now, her first feature, the intimate, near-anthropological “How to Have Sex,” premieres as part of Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section. And to top it off, Mubi has already acquired the title for major territories.

“How to Have Sex” follows three female teens on a summer holiday in the loud, hectic party town of Malia, Crete. Having just completed their Gcse exams, the English trio are ready to let off steam by drinking, dancing and getting laid. This latter goal ranks as the most sensitive for petite Tara (Mia McKenna-Bruce), who still retains her virginity. The film shows how having sex as a teenager is complicated and the role that peer pressure and consent...

In British director Eddie Sternberg’s feature debut “I Used to Be Famous” – produced by Collie McCarthy at Forty Foot Pictures for Netflix – two sides of the music world clash with each other. Netflix released the trailer for the film Monday (below), and Variety has been given the first-look images, exclusively. The film is one of the first to come out of Netflix’s U.K. Original Slate, commissioned by Fiona Lamptey, director of U.K. features. It will be released in select U.K. theaters from Sept. 9, and on Netflix from Sept. 16.

Sternberg set out to create a film with “a British heart,” he says. “It is made in the vein of ‘The Full Monty,’ ‘Billy Elliot’ and ‘East Is East’ … that sort of heartfelt British film with a bit of grit, with earned heart that doesn’t become cheesy. It’s heartfelt rather than cheesy.” It is set in Peckham,...

Further Christmas releases include ‘Silent Night’, ‘CBeebies Christmas Show’.

Aml Ameen’s romantic comedy Boxing Day heads the new titles at the UK-Ireland box office, as one of six Christmas-themed releases this weekend.

Released in 439 sites through Warner Bros, Boxing Day is inspired by Ameen’s own experiences, and follows a UK author who returns home from Los Angeles to introduce his US fiancée to his eccentric British-Caribbean family at Christmas.

The film is produced by Screen Star of Tomorrow 2020 Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, alongside Damian Jones of DJ Films, plus Ameen, Dominique Telson and Matthew G. Zamias; backing came from the BFI Film Fund and Film4.

Screen Star of Tomorrow Isabella Odoffin cast ’Blue Story’.

Casting directors from Blue Story and The Personal History Of David Copperfield won the film prizes at the UK’s third Casting Directors’ Guild awards on Tuesday February 16.

2019 Screen UK & Ireland Star of Tomorrow Isabella Odoffin won best casting for an independent film for Rapman’s debut feature Blue Story, which grossed £4.5m in the UK through Paramount in November 2019.

Sarah Crowe won best casting in a film for Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History Of David Copperfield, which she cast with casting associate Xanthe Spencer-Davidson. It made £6.4m in the UK through Lionsgate,...

TV nominations include ‘Normal People’ and ‘Ted Lasso’.

Rose Glass’s psychological horror Saint Maud and Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History of David Copperfield are among the nominations for the UK Casting Directors’ Guild awards.

The third edition of the CDG Casting Awards will take place online on February 21 and encompass film, TV, theatre and commercials.

In the independent film category, Kharmel Cochrane has been nominated for her casting of Saint Maud, which stars Morfydd Clark, who was named a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2016.

Further nominees include Isabella Odoffin for Blue Story, Shaheen Baig for Calm with Horses,...

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Spain’s Mediapro Group has upped Laura Fernández Espeso to the role of Chief Executive Officer at its Mediapro Studio, which produces and distributes content. She has been with the company for a decade and was previously Corporate and Television Director. In the new role she will direct the management and strategy of all the productions and production companies integrated under the Mediapro Studio umbrella. Recent films out of Mediapro include Woody Allen’s Rifkin’s Festival and Official Competition with Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas.

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Exclusive: Filmmaker Christian Nilsson and YouTuber Eric Tabach have partnered with production co Kamikaze Dogfight to finance Nilsson’s feature-length directorial debut Dashcam. Nilsson previously directed short film Unsubscribe, shot over Zoom, which gained prominence for topping the U.S. box office chart in June during lockdown despite only playing in one theater, grossing $25,000. The feature will star Tabach with Giorgia Whigham,...

HBO’s “Chernobyl,” Netflix’s “Sex Education” and indie film “Wild Rose” took top prizes at the U.K.’s second annual Cdg Casting Awards, held on Feb. 11 in London.

Meant to spotlight the full breadth of the profession, the Cdg Casting Awards feature competitive categories for theatre, television, film and commercials.

Divided into two categories, the television arm awarded prizes for both drama and comedy.

“Chernobyl” casting directors Nina Gold and Robert Sterne took home top honors for drama – a category that also included “Killing Eve,” “Black Earth Rising,” “Line of Duty 5,” “The Long Song” and “Years and Years.”

For comedy, “Sex Education” casting director Lauren Evans bested nominees for “Catastrophe,” “Stath Lets Flats,” “After Life,” “Ghosts” and “Brassic.”

The lone film prize went to “Wild Rose,” a musical dramedy about a would-be country singer in Glasgow. The prize went to Kahleen Crawford, who was named twice in this category,...

The second edition of the awards honoured six different categories.

UK feature Wild Rose and Netflix series Sex Education were among the winners at the 2nd Casting Directors’ Guild awards, held on Tuesday, February 11 in London.

Kahleen Crawford received best casting in a film for her work on Tom Harper’s Wild Rose. The film stars Screen Star of Tomorrow 2017 Jessie Buckley as a Glaswegian mother who dreams of becoming a country music star. Julie Walters and Buckley’s fellow 2017 Screen Star James Harkness are also in the cast.

Lauren Evans received the best casting in a TV comedy award...

The chain is putting “additional security arrangements” in cinemas.

Update: As of Thursday, November 28, Blue Story was screening again at venues across the UK and Ireland.

Original story:

Vue Cinemas, the UK’s third-biggest cinema chain, has reversed its decision to remove the film Blue Story from its venues, following several days of criticism and online protest .

A statement from Vue on Wednesday evening (November 27) said, “Following an ongoing review of security to protect the safety of our staff and customers we hope to be showing the film from this weekend with additional security arrangements in our cinemas to ensure...

The chain is putting “additional security arrangements” in cinemas.

Vue Cinemas, the UK’s third-biggest cinema chain, has reversed its decision to remove the film Blue Story from its venues, following several days of criticism and online protest .

A statement from Vue on Wednesday evening (November 27) said, “Following an ongoing review of security to protect the safety of our staff and customers we hope to be showing the film from this weekend with additional security arrangements in our cinemas to ensure everyone can enjoy the film in comfort and safety.”

The decision comes after great attention in national and international press,...

Showcase became the second chain to remove the film on Sunday.

Showcase Cinemas has become the second UK cinema chain to remove Paramount Pictures’ Blue Story from its venues.

It has followed Vue Cinemas in the move, after reported violence at a Vue cinema in Birmingham on Saturday, November 23 to which the exhibitors are linking the film for reasons that remain unclear.

A message on the Showcase telephone booking line advises customers: ‘Unfortunately we’re not currently showing this film at this cinema’, then directs them to book for a different film if they wish.

As of this morning, the...

“Safety and welfare of our customers and staff is always our first priority” said Vue.

Vue Cinemas has pulled Paramount Pictures’ Blue Story from all its 91 cinemas in the UK and Ireland, following reported violence at its Birmingham Star City venue on Saturday, November 23 which the exhibitor is linking to the film.

“We can confirm a decision was made to remove the film from our cinemas,” a Vue representative told Screen. “The safety and welfare of our customers and staff is always our first priority. We are saddened to have had to take this step, which is not made lightly,...

Further new openers include ‘Harriet’, ‘Blue Story’, ‘Greener Grass’.

Disney’s latest blockbuster Frozen II is looking to challenge the highest openings for an animated title in the UK when it launches this weekend.

Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck return to direct this second instalment, which follows sisters Anna and Elsa as they travel to an ancient forest looking for the origin of Elsa’s powers.

The first Frozen opened to £4.8m in December 2013, two weeks later in the year than the second title. It pulled in a £9,368 location average from 508 locations – a wide release, but not fully so.

This...

The hottest up-and-coming actors, filmmakers, and heads of department in the UK and Ireland.Scroll down for the full list

In the midst of the international production boom, fuelled by the rise of the streaming platforms and the associated demand for emerging UK and Irish film and TV talent, Screen International is thrilled to announce the 2019 Stars of Tomorrow.

With the industry demand for fresh talent as strong as ever, Screen International is also permanently including heads of department this year to be celebrated alongside the featured actors, writers, directors and producers. All of the 2019 Stars of Tomorrow are ready...