10 films were competing for the Powell and Pressburger award.
Scottish animators Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson’s 60-minutes documentary A Cat Called Dom has won the inaugural Powell and Pressburger Award for best film at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Anderson and Henderson star in and co-direct the inventive documentary, which had its world premiere at Eiff. The film explores how Will deals with his mother’s cancer diagnosis and also the frustrations of trying to make a film.
The jury, comprised of president Gaylene Gould (founder of creative lab The Space to Come), producer Rosie Crerar and author Sarah Winman,...
Scottish animators Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson’s 60-minutes documentary A Cat Called Dom has won the inaugural Powell and Pressburger Award for best film at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Anderson and Henderson star in and co-direct the inventive documentary, which had its world premiere at Eiff. The film explores how Will deals with his mother’s cancer diagnosis and also the frustrations of trying to make a film.
The jury, comprised of president Gaylene Gould (founder of creative lab The Space to Come), producer Rosie Crerar and author Sarah Winman,...
- 8/23/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Festival
Ana de Armas will be honored with the Hollywood Rising-Star Award at the Deauville American Film Festival (Sept. 2-11). After it debuts at Venice, her latest film “Blonde,” where she plays Marilyn Monroe, will have its French premiere at the festival, with her and director Andrew Dominik in attendance.
Cuban born actor de Armas’s star has been in the ascendant and she has worked with several noted filmmakers including Denis Villeneuve (“Blade Runner 2049”), Rian Johnson (“Knives Out”), Olivier Assayas (“Wasp Network), Cary Joji Fukunaga (“No Time to Die”) and the Russo Brothers (“The Gray Man”).
Past winners of the award include Ryan Gosling (2011), Jessica Chastain (2011), Paul Dano (2012), Robert Pattinson (2015), Elizabeth Olsen (2015), Chloé Grace Moretz (2016), Daniel Radcliffe (2016), Shailene Woodley (2018), Elle Fanning (2018), Sophie Turner (2019) and Dylan Penn (2021).
Meanwhile, the Edinburgh International Film Festival has added Cannes titles, Owen Kline’s “Funny Pages” and Annie Ernaux and David Ernaux-Briot’s...
Ana de Armas will be honored with the Hollywood Rising-Star Award at the Deauville American Film Festival (Sept. 2-11). After it debuts at Venice, her latest film “Blonde,” where she plays Marilyn Monroe, will have its French premiere at the festival, with her and director Andrew Dominik in attendance.
Cuban born actor de Armas’s star has been in the ascendant and she has worked with several noted filmmakers including Denis Villeneuve (“Blade Runner 2049”), Rian Johnson (“Knives Out”), Olivier Assayas (“Wasp Network), Cary Joji Fukunaga (“No Time to Die”) and the Russo Brothers (“The Gray Man”).
Past winners of the award include Ryan Gosling (2011), Jessica Chastain (2011), Paul Dano (2012), Robert Pattinson (2015), Elizabeth Olsen (2015), Chloé Grace Moretz (2016), Daniel Radcliffe (2016), Shailene Woodley (2018), Elle Fanning (2018), Sophie Turner (2019) and Dylan Penn (2021).
Meanwhile, the Edinburgh International Film Festival has added Cannes titles, Owen Kline’s “Funny Pages” and Annie Ernaux and David Ernaux-Briot’s...
- 8/2/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Owen Kline’s directing debut Funny Pages has been added to the line-up.
Gaylene Gould, founder and creative director of interactive art installations project The Space To Come, will head the jury for the new Powell and Pressburger award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) later this month.
Joining her will be Glasgow-based producer Rosie Crerar and author Sarah Winman.
Gould was the former head of cinemas at the BFI until 2019.
Raul Niño Zambrano will head the McLaren short film award jury, working with film programmer Raymah Tariq and director Sean Dunn.
Zambrano is head of film programming at...
Gaylene Gould, founder and creative director of interactive art installations project The Space To Come, will head the jury for the new Powell and Pressburger award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) later this month.
Joining her will be Glasgow-based producer Rosie Crerar and author Sarah Winman.
Gould was the former head of cinemas at the BFI until 2019.
Raul Niño Zambrano will head the McLaren short film award jury, working with film programmer Raymah Tariq and director Sean Dunn.
Zambrano is head of film programming at...
- 8/2/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
‘Lord Of The Rings’ Oscar-winner Richard Taylor to oversee effects for New Zealand horror.
New Zealand filmmaker Scott Walker is to direct creature feature The Tank, which Cornerstone Films is launching at the virtual Cannes market.
Richard Taylor, the five-time Oscar-winning special effects supervisor whose credits include Blade Runner 2049 and The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, will create the creature effects with his team at leading VFX studio Weta Workshop.
The film, which will shoot in New Zealand later this summer, centres on a young family that inherits a remote coastal property in Oregon. When attempting to repair a buried water tank,...
New Zealand filmmaker Scott Walker is to direct creature feature The Tank, which Cornerstone Films is launching at the virtual Cannes market.
Richard Taylor, the five-time Oscar-winning special effects supervisor whose credits include Blade Runner 2049 and The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, will create the creature effects with his team at leading VFX studio Weta Workshop.
The film, which will shoot in New Zealand later this summer, centres on a young family that inherits a remote coastal property in Oregon. When attempting to repair a buried water tank,...
- 6/3/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Elisabeth Moss, Michelle MacLaren and Daina Reid are set to take turns directing Apple’s upcoming thriller series Shining Girls.
The eight-episode series, hailing from MRC Television and executive producer/showrunner Silka Luisa, is based on the 2013 best-selling novel of the same name by Lauren Beukes. Shining Girls follows a Chicago reporter named Kirby who survived a brutal assault only to find her reality shifting as she hunts down her attacker. The cast features Moss, Jaime Bell and Wagner Moura as veteran journalist Dan and loner Harper, respectively.
Moss executive produces through Love & Squalor Pictures, alongside Lindsey McManus. Leonardo DiCaprio serves as executive producer through Appian Way alongside Jennifer Davisson and Michael Hampton. Beukes and Alan Page Arriaga will also serve as executive producers on the project.
MacLaren will direct the first two episodes of the series’ first season, with Moss directing another pair and Reid helming four episodes.
The eight-episode series, hailing from MRC Television and executive producer/showrunner Silka Luisa, is based on the 2013 best-selling novel of the same name by Lauren Beukes. Shining Girls follows a Chicago reporter named Kirby who survived a brutal assault only to find her reality shifting as she hunts down her attacker. The cast features Moss, Jaime Bell and Wagner Moura as veteran journalist Dan and loner Harper, respectively.
Moss executive produces through Love & Squalor Pictures, alongside Lindsey McManus. Leonardo DiCaprio serves as executive producer through Appian Way alongside Jennifer Davisson and Michael Hampton. Beukes and Alan Page Arriaga will also serve as executive producers on the project.
MacLaren will direct the first two episodes of the series’ first season, with Moss directing another pair and Reid helming four episodes.
- 5/24/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
"They were Kiwis taking on the world." FilmBuff has revealed the trailer for a racing documentary titled McLaren, telling the story of Bruce McLaren, the New Zealander who started the McLaren Motor Racing team. You may recognize the name, especially if you love cars, as Bruce McLaren is the father & founder of McLaren Automotive, which manufactures some of the fastest cars on the planet. McLaren died at age 32 in 1970 when his car crashed while racing in England. Despite this tragic early death, he left quite a legacy, and achieved a great amount of success. "A man who showed the world that a man of humble beginnings could take on the elite of motor racing and win." There have been some excellent racing movies recently (Senna and Rush come to mind) and this looks like it's another that will appeal to all audiences, not just racing fans. Here's the official trailer...
- 8/21/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
'Transformers: The Last Knight'..
Moviegoers in Australia and internationally increasingly are showing signs of fatigue with the never-ending procession of Hollywood franchises.
The latest examples: The underwhelming debuts of the fifth film in the Transformers series and the third edition of Cars.
That coupled with the fast-sinking Pirates of the Caribbean 5 and The Mummy reboot indicates studios should spend more money on original content and less on tiring franchises.
The top 20 titles collectively minted $17 million last weekend, down 5 per cent on the previous frame, according to Numero..
Of the new independent releases, A Quiet Passion and Hindi drama Tubelight registered well while Una was Ok and McLaren tanked.
Paramount.s Transformers: The Last Knight rang up $4.46 million from 285 locations and $4.7 million with previews. That.s way down on the $8.8 million debut of Transformers: Age of Extinction in 2014, which finished up with $26.9 million.
Michael Bay.s bombastic action-adventure starring Mark Wahlberg,...
Moviegoers in Australia and internationally increasingly are showing signs of fatigue with the never-ending procession of Hollywood franchises.
The latest examples: The underwhelming debuts of the fifth film in the Transformers series and the third edition of Cars.
That coupled with the fast-sinking Pirates of the Caribbean 5 and The Mummy reboot indicates studios should spend more money on original content and less on tiring franchises.
The top 20 titles collectively minted $17 million last weekend, down 5 per cent on the previous frame, according to Numero..
Of the new independent releases, A Quiet Passion and Hindi drama Tubelight registered well while Una was Ok and McLaren tanked.
Paramount.s Transformers: The Last Knight rang up $4.46 million from 285 locations and $4.7 million with previews. That.s way down on the $8.8 million debut of Transformers: Age of Extinction in 2014, which finished up with $26.9 million.
Michael Bay.s bombastic action-adventure starring Mark Wahlberg,...
- 6/26/2017
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Author: Linda Marric
Heralded as one of the greatest and most loved figures in the history of motor racing, Bruce McLaren was also one of the most respected racing drivers of all time, both in his native New Zealand and around the world. His rise to the top of the sport from very humble beginnings to being the owner of one the greatest and most successful Formula 1 teams in the 1970s and to this day, was a real testament to the man’s determination and hard work. In a new documentary produced by Universal Pictures and simply titled McLaren, director Roger Donaldson offers a comprehensive account of the the motor-racing hero’s exhilarating achievements as he attempts to shine a light on the man behind the legend.
Taking a leaf out of Asif Kapadia’s award winning documentary Senna (2010), Donaldson offers a comprehensive account of the highs and lows in the man’s short,...
Heralded as one of the greatest and most loved figures in the history of motor racing, Bruce McLaren was also one of the most respected racing drivers of all time, both in his native New Zealand and around the world. His rise to the top of the sport from very humble beginnings to being the owner of one the greatest and most successful Formula 1 teams in the 1970s and to this day, was a real testament to the man’s determination and hard work. In a new documentary produced by Universal Pictures and simply titled McLaren, director Roger Donaldson offers a comprehensive account of the the motor-racing hero’s exhilarating achievements as he attempts to shine a light on the man behind the legend.
Taking a leaf out of Asif Kapadia’s award winning documentary Senna (2010), Donaldson offers a comprehensive account of the highs and lows in the man’s short,...
- 5/24/2017
- by Linda Marric
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A bland documentary about pioneering driver Bruce McLaren does not tell us why we should be interested in its subject
Roger Donaldson’s documentary about motor-racing pioneer Bruce McLaren is well produced, well researched, well intended … and a bit boring. It makes no serious attempt at reaching out beyond its fanbase, connecting with non-petrolheads, or gaining any perspective on the sometimes scary and dysfunctional world of motor racing. It just celebrates McLaren in a good-natured, bland and slightly complacent way, with newsreel clips, artfully presented stills, interviews with beaming contemporaries and some unsignposted dramatic reconstruction: mock-Super-8 footage imagining key scenes of his early life. In some ways, McLaren’s straightforwardly pleasant personality is refreshing; unlike the raffish bad boys who always get mythologised, he was an unassuming professional and a family man. A class act. But why should we be interested in him, beyond the races won and race cars designed?...
Roger Donaldson’s documentary about motor-racing pioneer Bruce McLaren is well produced, well researched, well intended … and a bit boring. It makes no serious attempt at reaching out beyond its fanbase, connecting with non-petrolheads, or gaining any perspective on the sometimes scary and dysfunctional world of motor racing. It just celebrates McLaren in a good-natured, bland and slightly complacent way, with newsreel clips, artfully presented stills, interviews with beaming contemporaries and some unsignposted dramatic reconstruction: mock-Super-8 footage imagining key scenes of his early life. In some ways, McLaren’s straightforwardly pleasant personality is refreshing; unlike the raffish bad boys who always get mythologised, he was an unassuming professional and a family man. A class act. But why should we be interested in him, beyond the races won and race cars designed?...
- 5/19/2017
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Wayne. .
Feature documentary Wayne, which follows the life story of former world motorcycle champion Wayne Gardner, has begun production.
The doco is helmed by Last Cab to Darwin.s Jeremy Sims, who wrote the screen treatment alongside producer Matthew Metcalfe (Dead Lands) of the General Film Corporation.
.I love the feature doc format, and I am excited to be bringing the thrilling and complex story of Wayne Gardner.s incredible journey to cinema goers," said Sims.
"It is a tale of speed, danger, love, adversity, dogged willpower and, eventually, triumph, all set in the heady days of Australia.s .coming of age. in the late 80s. I was there, and I.m aiming to take our audience there too..
Metcalfe said he knew Sims was the man for the job after watching Last Cab to Darwin at Tiff in 2015.
"I knew that Jeremy was the best person to approach to tell this story.
Feature documentary Wayne, which follows the life story of former world motorcycle champion Wayne Gardner, has begun production.
The doco is helmed by Last Cab to Darwin.s Jeremy Sims, who wrote the screen treatment alongside producer Matthew Metcalfe (Dead Lands) of the General Film Corporation.
.I love the feature doc format, and I am excited to be bringing the thrilling and complex story of Wayne Gardner.s incredible journey to cinema goers," said Sims.
"It is a tale of speed, danger, love, adversity, dogged willpower and, eventually, triumph, all set in the heady days of Australia.s .coming of age. in the late 80s. I was there, and I.m aiming to take our audience there too..
Metcalfe said he knew Sims was the man for the job after watching Last Cab to Darwin at Tiff in 2015.
"I knew that Jeremy was the best person to approach to tell this story.
- 2/23/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Author: David Sztypuljak
We’ve been rather blessed with wonderful motor racing documentaries and feature films over the past few years. Senna immediately comes to mind bringing unseen footage and a truly inspiring story that was beautiful to watch on the cinema screen. The likes of Tt: 3D based around the Isle of Man Tt was another that stands out introducing the fabulous Guy Martin to the world!
Today we’ve been sent the first look trailer of ‘McLaren’ – a feature-length documentary about Bruce McLaren and the man behind the company that still continues at the top flight of international motorsport to this very day. McLaren takes us through the rise, domination and legacy that Bruce McLaren was able to leave after his untimely death in a crash while testing in 1970 at age of just 32 while testing his new M8D at Goodwood.
The movie trailer gives you an...
We’ve been rather blessed with wonderful motor racing documentaries and feature films over the past few years. Senna immediately comes to mind bringing unseen footage and a truly inspiring story that was beautiful to watch on the cinema screen. The likes of Tt: 3D based around the Isle of Man Tt was another that stands out introducing the fabulous Guy Martin to the world!
Today we’ve been sent the first look trailer of ‘McLaren’ – a feature-length documentary about Bruce McLaren and the man behind the company that still continues at the top flight of international motorsport to this very day. McLaren takes us through the rise, domination and legacy that Bruce McLaren was able to leave after his untimely death in a crash while testing in 1970 at age of just 32 while testing his new M8D at Goodwood.
The movie trailer gives you an...
- 2/21/2017
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Feature version launches of hit book Capital In The 21st Century.
Thomas Piketty’s New York Times bestseller Capital In The 21st Century is to be made into a feature documentary as a New Zealand/France co-production with Piketty on board as a consultant.
Justin Pemberton (The Golden Hour) will direct the film with Mathew Metcalfe (The Dead Lands) on board as producer. General Film Corporation will produce.
Upside Distribution handles world sales. Transmission Films will release in Australia/Nz. Production is due to get underway in August of this year.
The film will explore the book’s subject of how capitalism affects our world today; the forces that govern everything from house prices in Auckland to economic upheavals on Wall St.
Presented without a narrator, the story will reveal itself through a combination of interviews, visual clips (movies, TV shows, training films, cartoons, pop culture references etc), original footage and the occasional news programme snippet...
Thomas Piketty’s New York Times bestseller Capital In The 21st Century is to be made into a feature documentary as a New Zealand/France co-production with Piketty on board as a consultant.
Justin Pemberton (The Golden Hour) will direct the film with Mathew Metcalfe (The Dead Lands) on board as producer. General Film Corporation will produce.
Upside Distribution handles world sales. Transmission Films will release in Australia/Nz. Production is due to get underway in August of this year.
The film will explore the book’s subject of how capitalism affects our world today; the forces that govern everything from house prices in Auckland to economic upheavals on Wall St.
Presented without a narrator, the story will reveal itself through a combination of interviews, visual clips (movies, TV shows, training films, cartoons, pop culture references etc), original footage and the occasional news programme snippet...
- 5/12/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Production has begun in New Zealand on Welcome to the Thrill, an extreme sports action adventure movie starring Olympic freestyle skier Jossi Wells.
In the film, Wells takes up the challenge of new extreme sports in which he has no experience at all.
The film examines why adrenaline junkies do what they do.
It is laced with philosophical reflections ranging from Mark Twain to the athletes themselves.
Directed by Toa Fraser(The Dead Lands, Giselle), Welcome to the Thrill brings Fraser.s cinematic sensibility and narrative construction to the world of extreme sports..
It is the latest film from producer Matthew Metcalfe.s General Film Corporation and is his fifth collaboration with Toa Fraser (6 Days, The Dead Lands, Giselle, Dean Spanley).
Filming will take place in New Zealand, USA, France and Hawaii..
New Zealand distribution is by Rialto Distribution.
Fraser and Metcalfe are currently in post-production on action thriller 6 Days,...
In the film, Wells takes up the challenge of new extreme sports in which he has no experience at all.
The film examines why adrenaline junkies do what they do.
It is laced with philosophical reflections ranging from Mark Twain to the athletes themselves.
Directed by Toa Fraser(The Dead Lands, Giselle), Welcome to the Thrill brings Fraser.s cinematic sensibility and narrative construction to the world of extreme sports..
It is the latest film from producer Matthew Metcalfe.s General Film Corporation and is his fifth collaboration with Toa Fraser (6 Days, The Dead Lands, Giselle, Dean Spanley).
Filming will take place in New Zealand, USA, France and Hawaii..
New Zealand distribution is by Rialto Distribution.
Fraser and Metcalfe are currently in post-production on action thriller 6 Days,...
- 12/8/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Transmission Films has formed a new venture to manage its film distribution activities in New Zealand..
Transmission Films New Zealand (Tmfnz) will be headed by Michael Eldred in the role of general manager.
He will oversee all of Transmission.s interests in New Zealand..
Eldred will work in close association with Sony Pictures New Zealand, the current home media sub-distributor for Transmission films..
Under a new arrangement, Sony will also handle the booking of Transmission.s theatrical releases under direction from, and in co-ordination with, Tmfnz..
The move consolidates Transmission.s activities in the New Zealand market, where they have been releasing films with various local partners since 2008..
Over the intervening period the company has invested in and brought over 75 films to New Zealand audiences, including such successful local films as Boy, The Dark Horse, The Dead Lands, The Orator and Slow West..
Tmfnz under Eldred signals Transmission.s major...
Transmission Films New Zealand (Tmfnz) will be headed by Michael Eldred in the role of general manager.
He will oversee all of Transmission.s interests in New Zealand..
Eldred will work in close association with Sony Pictures New Zealand, the current home media sub-distributor for Transmission films..
Under a new arrangement, Sony will also handle the booking of Transmission.s theatrical releases under direction from, and in co-ordination with, Tmfnz..
The move consolidates Transmission.s activities in the New Zealand market, where they have been releasing films with various local partners since 2008..
Over the intervening period the company has invested in and brought over 75 films to New Zealand audiences, including such successful local films as Boy, The Dark Horse, The Dead Lands, The Orator and Slow West..
Tmfnz under Eldred signals Transmission.s major...
- 12/3/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
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