A 17-title buying spree from Scandinavian and Baltic distributor NonStop Entertainment includes deals for Mati Diop’s Berlinale Golden Bear winner Dahomey, and Aaron Schimberg’s Sundance title A Different Man.
Diop’s documentary Dahomey tells the story of 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey (located within present-day Benin in Africa) that were returned to Benin after being held in a French museum. Films du Losange handles sales.
Sold by A24, Schimberg’s A Different Man stars Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve and Adam Pearson in the story of a man with neurofibromatosis, who undergoes surgery for a new start...
Diop’s documentary Dahomey tells the story of 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey (located within present-day Benin in Africa) that were returned to Benin after being held in a French museum. Films du Losange handles sales.
Sold by A24, Schimberg’s A Different Man stars Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve and Adam Pearson in the story of a man with neurofibromatosis, who undergoes surgery for a new start...
- 3/28/2024
- ScreenDaily
Sean Durkin’s wrestling drama The Iron Claw will look to become box office champion on its opening weekend, starting in 517 UK-Ireland cinemas through Lionsgate.
The film tells the true story of the Von Erich brothers, who made history in the competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s.
Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, 2017 Screen Star of Tomorrow Harris Dickinson and Stanley Simons star as the Von Erich brothers, with Lily James and Maura Tierney also on the cast; Arcade Fire member Richard Reed Parry wrote the film’s score.
The Iron Claw premiered in Dallas, Texas just hours...
The film tells the true story of the Von Erich brothers, who made history in the competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s.
Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, 2017 Screen Star of Tomorrow Harris Dickinson and Stanley Simons star as the Von Erich brothers, with Lily James and Maura Tierney also on the cast; Arcade Fire member Richard Reed Parry wrote the film’s score.
The Iron Claw premiered in Dallas, Texas just hours...
- 2/9/2024
- ScreenDaily
A frank but endearing documentary makes for a convincing indictment of the corporate machine that says big is bad
Film-maker Jeanie Finlay paints a warm and generous portrait of a sympathetic subject: the American fat activist, podcaster and bestselling author Aubrey Gordon who became a viral sensation for her blog Your Fat Friend, in which she railed against the cruelty – sometimes unintentional and sometimes not – of people who can’t help deriding people like her. Her sprightly, witty, unrepentant arias of complaint earned her a fanbase that included Roxane Gay, James Corden and Adele. But it also got her trolling and vicious abuse.
Gordon tells us of a lifetime enduring cringe-making euphemisms and condescension, as well as taking on the insidious diet industry, which has now rebranded itself the “wellness” industry; she makes a fierce and persuasive case that the diet/wellness racket is a corporate machine that promotes anxieties...
Film-maker Jeanie Finlay paints a warm and generous portrait of a sympathetic subject: the American fat activist, podcaster and bestselling author Aubrey Gordon who became a viral sensation for her blog Your Fat Friend, in which she railed against the cruelty – sometimes unintentional and sometimes not – of people who can’t help deriding people like her. Her sprightly, witty, unrepentant arias of complaint earned her a fanbase that included Roxane Gay, James Corden and Adele. But it also got her trolling and vicious abuse.
Gordon tells us of a lifetime enduring cringe-making euphemisms and condescension, as well as taking on the insidious diet industry, which has now rebranded itself the “wellness” industry; she makes a fierce and persuasive case that the diet/wellness racket is a corporate machine that promotes anxieties...
- 2/7/2024
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
The Maintenance Phase podcaster was an anonymous blogger before her open letter on fatness went viral. Now the subject of Jeanie Finlay’s documentary Your Fat Friend, she hopes it can reshape the way we discuss bodies
In February 2016, Aubrey Gordon sat at her computer and pressed publish on a blog post. An open letter, it was titled A Request from Your Fat Friend. She decided not to sign it with her name. “I need less sympathy and more solidarity; less pity and more anger,” she wrote, about being denied medical care by doctors, and basic understanding from her thinner friends. Gordon describes herself as a fat woman, who at that time wore a US dress size 26 (about a UK size 30). “If you disapprove of yourself, vivisect your own body, and then compliment me,” she explained in the letter, “I will remember how you talk about both of us.” Within one week,...
In February 2016, Aubrey Gordon sat at her computer and pressed publish on a blog post. An open letter, it was titled A Request from Your Fat Friend. She decided not to sign it with her name. “I need less sympathy and more solidarity; less pity and more anger,” she wrote, about being denied medical care by doctors, and basic understanding from her thinner friends. Gordon describes herself as a fat woman, who at that time wore a US dress size 26 (about a UK size 30). “If you disapprove of yourself, vivisect your own body, and then compliment me,” she explained in the letter, “I will remember how you talk about both of us.” Within one week,...
- 1/26/2024
- by Simran Hans
- The Guardian - Film News
2023 has been one of the most professionally exhilarating years of my life but also one of the hardest. I have been affected deeply by losing Tom Butchart suddenly in June, the childhood friend “the keeper of sacred knowledge and provider of affordable dreams” that I made Sound It Out (my 2011 film) about. We also lost my mother-in-law Pat and documentary titan Jess Search. The impact of these deaths have intertwined with hugely positive experiences that I could never have predicted, leaving me a little discombobulated, determined to live with boldness, albeit with a twinge of melancholy.
In February I received the Chicken & Egg Award, which is given to eight established filmmakers from marginalised genders a year. The recipients form a cohort, are given mentorship, and an unrestricted prize. I spent some of my award going out to New Mexico to experiment with the arts lab at the University of New Mexico...
In February I received the Chicken & Egg Award, which is given to eight established filmmakers from marginalised genders a year. The recipients form a cohort, are given mentorship, and an unrestricted prize. I spent some of my award going out to New Mexico to experiment with the arts lab at the University of New Mexico...
- 12/31/2023
- by Jeanie Finlay
- Directors Notes
by Cláudio Alves
Not to be indulging in self-pity, but I think it's fair to say that existing as a fat person in our world is a complicated affair. And I'm not talking about the physical realities of being fat. Instead, it's how people see and treat you that irks, how so much of our society is full of insidious anti-fat bias, from the doctor's office to pop culture, from total strangers to those who call themselves your friends. Social codes so often teach us to conflate fatness with moral rot, laziness, stupidity, the worst of humankind, and something worthy of disgust. Feeling unlovable, inward hate is the inevitable endpoint. What's worse is that when you try to call attention to it, you're often met with euphemistic justifications or treated as if what you're saying is nonsense.
Even those who putatively sympathize can be doing more harm than good, confusing...
Not to be indulging in self-pity, but I think it's fair to say that existing as a fat person in our world is a complicated affair. And I'm not talking about the physical realities of being fat. Instead, it's how people see and treat you that irks, how so much of our society is full of insidious anti-fat bias, from the doctor's office to pop culture, from total strangers to those who call themselves your friends. Social codes so often teach us to conflate fatness with moral rot, laziness, stupidity, the worst of humankind, and something worthy of disgust. Feeling unlovable, inward hate is the inevitable endpoint. What's worse is that when you try to call attention to it, you're often met with euphemistic justifications or treated as if what you're saying is nonsense.
Even those who putatively sympathize can be doing more harm than good, confusing...
- 12/13/2023
- by Cláudio Alves
- FilmExperience
“Your Fat Friend” begins with blogger Aubrey Gordon reciting the simple request that elevated her to literary prominence: Just say “fat.” In a viral blog post, she implored her readers to stop tiptoeing around her feelings with a thesaurus full of softer adjectives like “curvy” or “overweight” and simply embrace “fat” as a definitive term. By stripping the word of its negative connotations, she argued, the world might be able to move on from an unproductive conversation about the offensiveness of various terms and focus on finding more tangible ways to help people.
The message resonated with readers around the world. Since launching her “Your Fat Friend” blog in 2015, Gordon has become one of the Internet’s most prominent voices advocating for “fat acceptance.” Highly skeptical of diets, wellness fads, and conventional medical advice, she views many of the struggles faced by fat people as symptoms of a society that ignores their unique needs.
The message resonated with readers around the world. Since launching her “Your Fat Friend” blog in 2015, Gordon has become one of the Internet’s most prominent voices advocating for “fat acceptance.” Highly skeptical of diets, wellness fads, and conventional medical advice, she views many of the struggles faced by fat people as symptoms of a society that ignores their unique needs.
- 12/10/2023
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
A new documentary, Your Fat Friend, details Aubrey Gordon’s journey from blogger to bestselling author. It debuts in the UK early next year.
After premiering at the Tribeca film festival earlier this year, Jeanie Finlay’s latest documentary has finally nailed down a UK release plan. The film arrives in UK cinemas nationally on 9th February, following a preview Q&a tour with Finlay and the film’s subject – author and podcaster Aubrey Gordon – across the UK and Ireland.
Made over six years, the film follows Gordon’s journey into the public eye, as she works to re-configure societal perceptions of fat people and the fat on our bodies.
Director Jeanie Finlay had the following to say about it:
“Experiencing audience reactions to the film I have made as we have toured film festivals around the world has been so moving. People have connected very strongly with Aubrey, her...
After premiering at the Tribeca film festival earlier this year, Jeanie Finlay’s latest documentary has finally nailed down a UK release plan. The film arrives in UK cinemas nationally on 9th February, following a preview Q&a tour with Finlay and the film’s subject – author and podcaster Aubrey Gordon – across the UK and Ireland.
Made over six years, the film follows Gordon’s journey into the public eye, as she works to re-configure societal perceptions of fat people and the fat on our bodies.
Director Jeanie Finlay had the following to say about it:
“Experiencing audience reactions to the film I have made as we have toured film festivals around the world has been so moving. People have connected very strongly with Aubrey, her...
- 12/6/2023
- by James Harvey
- Film Stories
In his latest podcast/interview, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with documentary producer Charlie Phillips about how excited he is to be working with Jeanie Finlay, his love of Jeremy Deller, the Folkestone Documentary Festival and “3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life”
Jubilee (1978) Gallivant (1996) Lost Highway (1997)
“3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life” is about those films that made you fall in love with film. The guest selects their trio of movies and we talk for 5 minutes, against the clock. When the alarm goes off for five minutes we move on to the next film.
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Jubilee (1978) Gallivant (1996) Lost Highway (1997)
“3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life” is about those films that made you fall in love with film. The guest selects their trio of movies and we talk for 5 minutes, against the clock. When the alarm goes off for five minutes we move on to the next film.
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- 11/14/2023
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
The UK documentary charts the rise of Aubrey Gordon from anonymous blogger to best-selling author.
UK-based sales and distribution firm Together Films has acquired Jeanie Finlay’s documentary Your Fat Friend for international sales.
Together will present the film to buyers at Doc NYC (November 8-26) and IDFA (November 8-19) over the coming weeks.
Your Fat Friend had a world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival in June, followed by an international premiere at Sheffield DocFest. Written, directed and produced by UK filmmaker Finlay for her company Glimmer Films, the film charts the rise of writer and activist Aubrey Gordon, from...
UK-based sales and distribution firm Together Films has acquired Jeanie Finlay’s documentary Your Fat Friend for international sales.
Together will present the film to buyers at Doc NYC (November 8-26) and IDFA (November 8-19) over the coming weeks.
Your Fat Friend had a world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival in June, followed by an international premiere at Sheffield DocFest. Written, directed and produced by UK filmmaker Finlay for her company Glimmer Films, the film charts the rise of writer and activist Aubrey Gordon, from...
- 11/9/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The U.K.’s Documentary Film Council (Dfc) is seeking funds to support the independent documentary sector, which is under “existential threat.”
The Dfc was formed in response to a three-year study on the U.K. feature-length documentary film industry and co-designed by several organizations in the field, including Doc Society, Sheffield DocFest, the Grierson Trust, The Whickers, Scottish Documentary Institute, Docs Ireland and BBC Storyville.
An open letter to the U.K. screen industries compiled by the Dfc states that the formation of the Dfc is “based on the recognition that independent documentary in the U.K. faces an existential threat and that there is urgent need for coordinated, long-term interventions across the sector.”
“Films at the independent end of the spectrum – creative, observational, character-led films, films that originate outside of a commissioner’s brief or which explore difficult-but-vital political or cultural questions – are increasingly hard to get made,” the letter adds.
The Dfc was formed in response to a three-year study on the U.K. feature-length documentary film industry and co-designed by several organizations in the field, including Doc Society, Sheffield DocFest, the Grierson Trust, The Whickers, Scottish Documentary Institute, Docs Ireland and BBC Storyville.
An open letter to the U.K. screen industries compiled by the Dfc states that the formation of the Dfc is “based on the recognition that independent documentary in the U.K. faces an existential threat and that there is urgent need for coordinated, long-term interventions across the sector.”
“Films at the independent end of the spectrum – creative, observational, character-led films, films that originate outside of a commissioner’s brief or which explore difficult-but-vital political or cultural questions – are increasingly hard to get made,” the letter adds.
- 10/20/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Budget cap for the retitled award has risen to £1m.
Mark Jenkin’s Enys Men and Edward Lovelace’s Name Me Lawand are among the 11 films longlisted for the renamed Bifa Maverick award, which has an increased budget cap this year.
Formerly the Raindance Discovery award, the Maverick prize is now open to independent UK features made for up to £1m – up from the previous cap of £500,000.
Scroll down for the full longlist
There is no limit on UK theatrical distribution for the award.
Nine of the 11 films are documentaries, including Screen Star of Tomorrow Ella Glendining’s Is There Anybody Out There?.
Mark Jenkin’s Enys Men and Edward Lovelace’s Name Me Lawand are among the 11 films longlisted for the renamed Bifa Maverick award, which has an increased budget cap this year.
Formerly the Raindance Discovery award, the Maverick prize is now open to independent UK features made for up to £1m – up from the previous cap of £500,000.
Scroll down for the full longlist
There is no limit on UK theatrical distribution for the award.
Nine of the 11 films are documentaries, including Screen Star of Tomorrow Ella Glendining’s Is There Anybody Out There?.
- 10/20/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
“Fake it till you make it,” or so the saying goes. Well, back in the late ‘90s, that’s exactly what Scottish pals Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd did, reinventing themselves as Californian rappers Silibil N' Brains before rocking up in London and taking the music industry by storm. It sounds like something out of a movie right? Well, :a[X-Men]{href='https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/x-men-first-class-review/' target='_blank' rel='noreferrer noopener'} and :a[Split]{href='https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/split-review/' target='_blank' rel='noreferrer noopener'} star James McAvoy certainly thinks so. Per :a[Deadline]{href='https://deadline.com/2023/10/james-mcavoy-directorial-debut-movie-film-scottish-rap-duo-california-1235577878/' target='_blank' rel='noreferrer noopener'}’s reporting, the Scottish actor is set to make his directorial debut with a biopic about the fearless fraudsters, who had the world fooled – until they didn’t.
Talking to Deadline about the project, McAvoy expressed his excitement for the film,...
Talking to Deadline about the project, McAvoy expressed his excitement for the film,...
- 10/20/2023
- by Jordan King
- Empire - Movies
Final five nominations to be announced on November 2.
Steve McQueen’s Occupied City, Justine Triet’s Anatomy Of A Fall and Todd Haynes’ May December are among the titles on the latest British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) longlists, for Best Feature Documentary and Best International Independent Film.
15 films are on the documentary longlist, with five of them by first-time directors; with 17 films on the international list.
Scroll down for the longlists
Alongside McQueen’s film combining analysis of Amsterdam during the Second World War with the present day, documentary titles include Kevin MacDonald’s High & Low: John Galliano about the...
Steve McQueen’s Occupied City, Justine Triet’s Anatomy Of A Fall and Todd Haynes’ May December are among the titles on the latest British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) longlists, for Best Feature Documentary and Best International Independent Film.
15 films are on the documentary longlist, with five of them by first-time directors; with 17 films on the international list.
Scroll down for the longlists
Alongside McQueen’s film combining analysis of Amsterdam during the Second World War with the present day, documentary titles include Kevin MacDonald’s High & Low: John Galliano about the...
- 10/19/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Signatories include Kim Longinotto, Sean McAllister, Orlando von Einsiedel, Jeanie Finlay, Jerry Rothwell, Andre Singer, Mark Cousins, Andrew Kötting, and Mike Lerner.
Leading figures from the UK documentary world have thrown their support behind an open letter from the Documentary Film Council (Dfc) raising the alarm about the predicament of the UK indie doc sector.
Despite rhetoric about this being a golden age of documentary, the letter claims the sector “faces an existential threat”. Production funding for indie docs has plummeted and chances of distribution and exhibition for many are “non-existent.” Broadcast slots are also dwindling as are deals with...
Leading figures from the UK documentary world have thrown their support behind an open letter from the Documentary Film Council (Dfc) raising the alarm about the predicament of the UK indie doc sector.
Despite rhetoric about this being a golden age of documentary, the letter claims the sector “faces an existential threat”. Production funding for indie docs has plummeted and chances of distribution and exhibition for many are “non-existent.” Broadcast slots are also dwindling as are deals with...
- 10/18/2023
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Japanese filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi has clinched the best film award in the main official competition of the 67th London Film Festival with his latest feature, Evil Does Not Exist.
The enigmatic pic is Hamaguchi’s follow-up to the Oscar-winning Drive My Car and follows young father Takumi and his daughter, Hana, who live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. Like generations before them, they live a modest life according to the cycles and order of nature. A plan to construct a glamping site near Takumi’s house, offering city residents a comfortable “escape” to nature, threatens to endanger the ecological balance of the area and the local people’s way of life.
The festival jury, headed by Mexican filmmaker Amat Escalante (Lost in the Night), alongside Kate Taylor, program director of the 2023 Edinburgh International Film Festival, and English novelist Niven Govinden (Diary of a Film), described Evil Does Not Exist as “subtle” and “cinematic.
The enigmatic pic is Hamaguchi’s follow-up to the Oscar-winning Drive My Car and follows young father Takumi and his daughter, Hana, who live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. Like generations before them, they live a modest life according to the cycles and order of nature. A plan to construct a glamping site near Takumi’s house, offering city residents a comfortable “escape” to nature, threatens to endanger the ecological balance of the area and the local people’s way of life.
The festival jury, headed by Mexican filmmaker Amat Escalante (Lost in the Night), alongside Kate Taylor, program director of the 2023 Edinburgh International Film Festival, and English novelist Niven Govinden (Diary of a Film), described Evil Does Not Exist as “subtle” and “cinematic.
- 10/15/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The Rough Cut Presentations section has expanded, including five additional projects from Ukraine.
IDFA Forum (November 12-15), the co-production and co-financing market of International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), has selected its 2023 edition titles, with the likes of Aboozar Amini, Asmae El Moudir and Michael Madsen returning with their latest projects to Forum Pitch, while the Rough Cut Presentations section has expanded.
Afghanistan-born, Netherlands-based filmmaker Amini’s Kabul, City In The Wind screened at IDFA in 2018, and is now pitching Kabul, Year Zero, which threads together four vivid coming-of-age stories against the backdrop of war.
After presenting The Postcard at IDFA...
IDFA Forum (November 12-15), the co-production and co-financing market of International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), has selected its 2023 edition titles, with the likes of Aboozar Amini, Asmae El Moudir and Michael Madsen returning with their latest projects to Forum Pitch, while the Rough Cut Presentations section has expanded.
Afghanistan-born, Netherlands-based filmmaker Amini’s Kabul, City In The Wind screened at IDFA in 2018, and is now pitching Kabul, Year Zero, which threads together four vivid coming-of-age stories against the backdrop of war.
After presenting The Postcard at IDFA...
- 10/5/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Film Preservation
India’s Film Heritage Foundation (Fhf), which enjoys the support of cinema greats Martin Scorsese and Amitabh Bachchan, is conducting the third edition of the Biennial Audio-Visual Archival Summer School in partnership with the International Federation of Film Archives. The global film preservation training workshop is coming to India for the first time and will be held at the India International Centre in Delhi Oct. 10–19.
Fhf founder Shivendra Singh Dungarpur said that the final selection of some 50 participants, from 13 African countries, Asia, Europe, Australia, South and North America reaffirms the organization’s goal to “create a worldwide network of film archivists who can work together to save their film heritage around the globe.”
Scorsese said: “The World Cinema Project is committed to locating, preserving and distributing films from all over the world. A program like Bavass benefits this mission enormously by educating future film preservationists who can share...
India’s Film Heritage Foundation (Fhf), which enjoys the support of cinema greats Martin Scorsese and Amitabh Bachchan, is conducting the third edition of the Biennial Audio-Visual Archival Summer School in partnership with the International Federation of Film Archives. The global film preservation training workshop is coming to India for the first time and will be held at the India International Centre in Delhi Oct. 10–19.
Fhf founder Shivendra Singh Dungarpur said that the final selection of some 50 participants, from 13 African countries, Asia, Europe, Australia, South and North America reaffirms the organization’s goal to “create a worldwide network of film archivists who can work together to save their film heritage around the globe.”
Scorsese said: “The World Cinema Project is committed to locating, preserving and distributing films from all over the world. A program like Bavass benefits this mission enormously by educating future film preservationists who can share...
- 9/19/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The compact programme saw 71% of screenings sell out.
Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has wrapped its six-day 2023 edition with over 10,000 in-person attendees, and 71% of cinema screenings sold out.
A total of 10,277 guests attended the festival between August 18-23, with an overall cinema occupancy of 82%.
The festival played 75 cinema screenings, 10 outdoor screenings and five discussion events, in a compact programme concentrated on deeper engagement.
The programme included 24 feature films, five retrospective titles, and five short film selections; with seven further features played on an outdoor screening weekend.
More than 75 guests attended the festival to present their films, including directors Hope Dickson Leach,...
Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has wrapped its six-day 2023 edition with over 10,000 in-person attendees, and 71% of cinema screenings sold out.
A total of 10,277 guests attended the festival between August 18-23, with an overall cinema occupancy of 82%.
The festival played 75 cinema screenings, 10 outdoor screenings and five discussion events, in a compact programme concentrated on deeper engagement.
The programme included 24 feature films, five retrospective titles, and five short film selections; with seven further features played on an outdoor screening weekend.
More than 75 guests attended the festival to present their films, including directors Hope Dickson Leach,...
- 8/24/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The compact programme saw 71% of screenings sell out.
Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has wrapped its six-day 2023 edition with over 10,000 in-person attendees, and 71% of cinema screenings sold out.
A total of 10,277 guests attended the festival between August 18-23, with an overall cinema occupancy of 82%.
The festival played 75 cinema screenings, 10 outdoor screenings and five discussion events, in a compact programme concentrated on deeper engagement.
The programme included 24 feature films, five retrospective titles, and five short film selections; with seven further features played on an outdoor screening weekend.
More than 75 guests attended the festival to present their films, including directors Hope Dickson Leach,...
Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has wrapped its six-day 2023 edition with over 10,000 in-person attendees, and 71% of cinema screenings sold out.
A total of 10,277 guests attended the festival between August 18-23, with an overall cinema occupancy of 82%.
The festival played 75 cinema screenings, 10 outdoor screenings and five discussion events, in a compact programme concentrated on deeper engagement.
The programme included 24 feature films, five retrospective titles, and five short film selections; with seven further features played on an outdoor screening weekend.
More than 75 guests attended the festival to present their films, including directors Hope Dickson Leach,...
- 8/24/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Messages have been pouring in to pay tribute to Jess Search, producer and co-founder of U.K.’s Doc Society, who died Monday from brain cancer at the age of 54.
Search was a founding director of Doc Society, the mission of which is to “unleash the transformational power of documentary film to address the two critical and intertwined issues of climate change and democracies in crisis.”
Before that, she was a commissioning editor at Channel 4 and a founder of Shooting People, the online filmmakers network. She was also a board member of the U.K. think tank Ippr. She moderated panel discussions for IDFA, the Skoll World Forum, the Trust Women conference, and Doc Society’s Good Pitch.
Search was nominated for an Emmy for “Virunga.” Her recent executive producer credits included “F@ck This Job,” “Welcome to Chechnya” and “Cold Case Hammarskjöld.”
British Film Institute CEO Ben Roberts said:...
Search was a founding director of Doc Society, the mission of which is to “unleash the transformational power of documentary film to address the two critical and intertwined issues of climate change and democracies in crisis.”
Before that, she was a commissioning editor at Channel 4 and a founder of Shooting People, the online filmmakers network. She was also a board member of the U.K. think tank Ippr. She moderated panel discussions for IDFA, the Skoll World Forum, the Trust Women conference, and Doc Society’s Good Pitch.
Search was nominated for an Emmy for “Virunga.” Her recent executive producer credits included “F@ck This Job,” “Welcome to Chechnya” and “Cold Case Hammarskjöld.”
British Film Institute CEO Ben Roberts said:...
- 8/3/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSEvil Does Not Exist.The Venice Film Festival has unveiled its full lineup, featuring new films from Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Sofia Coppola, and Yorgos Lanthimos in competition, alongside buzzy titles like David Fincher’s The Killer and Michael Mann’s Ferrari.There's lineup news from Toronto as well. So far, TIFF has revealed its opening night selection, Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron (better original title: How Do You Live?), as well as its gala, special, Platform, and nonfiction presentations. On the docket are new films from Raoul Peck, Kitty Green, Atom Egoyan, and Richard Linklater, among others. The Platform section will open with Kristoffer Borgli's Dream Scenario, starring Nicolas Cage; he portrays an academic who begins appearing in people's dreams.Dream Scenario.REMEMBERINGPee-wee's Big Adventure.Comedian and actor Paul Reubens—best...
- 8/2/2023
- MUBI
A total of 24 feature films, including five world premieres, make up this year’s programme.
Edinburgh International Film Festival has unveiled a 24-title programme for 2023, featuring the world premiere of Janis Pugh’s feature debut Chuck Chuck Baby, and international titles spanning Europe, China, India and Japan.
There are five world premieres, plus five retrospective titles, five short films and an outdoor screening weekend of seven features.
Chuck Chuck Baby unfurls in a chicken factory in north Wales, and stars Louise Brealey, Annabel Scholey, Sorcha Cusack, Celyn Jones and Emily Fairn. It’s set in the present day, with a...
Edinburgh International Film Festival has unveiled a 24-title programme for 2023, featuring the world premiere of Janis Pugh’s feature debut Chuck Chuck Baby, and international titles spanning Europe, China, India and Japan.
There are five world premieres, plus five retrospective titles, five short films and an outdoor screening weekend of seven features.
Chuck Chuck Baby unfurls in a chicken factory in north Wales, and stars Louise Brealey, Annabel Scholey, Sorcha Cusack, Celyn Jones and Emily Fairn. It’s set in the present day, with a...
- 7/6/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Over the past 15 years, British filmmaker Jeanie Finlay has earned a reputation for nuanced, sensitive and compelling documentary portraits. Her films have told many unlikely stories: the rise and fall of a reluctant Elvis lookalike in Orion: The Man Who Would Be King, two Scottish hip hop fraudsters in The Great Hip Hop Hoax, a pregnant transgender man in Seahorse. Her third feature film, Sound it Out, told the story of the last record shop in the Northeast of England and its owner, Tom Butchart, a school friend of Finlay’s. The morning after the world premiere of Finlay’s latest […]
The post “I’m Not a Fly on the Wall, I’m Not Invisible”: Jeanie Finlay on Your Fat Friend first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “I’m Not a Fly on the Wall, I’m Not Invisible”: Jeanie Finlay on Your Fat Friend first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 6/27/2023
- by Carol Nahra
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Over the past 15 years, British filmmaker Jeanie Finlay has earned a reputation for nuanced, sensitive and compelling documentary portraits. Her films have told many unlikely stories: the rise and fall of a reluctant Elvis lookalike in Orion: The Man Who Would Be King, two Scottish hip hop fraudsters in The Great Hip Hop Hoax, a pregnant transgender man in Seahorse. Her third feature film, Sound it Out, told the story of the last record shop in the Northeast of England and its owner, Tom Butchart, a school friend of Finlay’s. The morning after the world premiere of Finlay’s latest […]
The post “I’m Not a Fly on the Wall, I’m Not Invisible”: Jeanie Finlay on Your Fat Friend first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “I’m Not a Fly on the Wall, I’m Not Invisible”: Jeanie Finlay on Your Fat Friend first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 6/27/2023
- by Carol Nahra
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Your Fat Friend has received a very friendly reception at Sheffield DocFest. The documentary directed by Jeanie Finlay was announced today as the winner of the Audience Award at the prestigious festival in the North of England.
The film came to Sheffield for its international premiere after holding its world premiere at Tribeca Fest on June 8. Both Finlay and the protagonist of the film, Aubrey Gordon, attended DocFest.
Finlay’s film chronicles “the rise of Aubrey Gordon from anonymous blogger (Your Fat Friend) to NYTimes best seller. Her aim? A paradigm shift in the way that we view fat people and the fat on our bodies. The most meaningful change is when her family start listening to her message.”
The 30th edition of Sheffield DocFest concludes today after opening on June 14. More than 4,000 votes were tallied for the Audience Award.
“To bring a film home to Sheff DocFest, a festival...
The film came to Sheffield for its international premiere after holding its world premiere at Tribeca Fest on June 8. Both Finlay and the protagonist of the film, Aubrey Gordon, attended DocFest.
Finlay’s film chronicles “the rise of Aubrey Gordon from anonymous blogger (Your Fat Friend) to NYTimes best seller. Her aim? A paradigm shift in the way that we view fat people and the fat on our bodies. The most meaningful change is when her family start listening to her message.”
The 30th edition of Sheffield DocFest concludes today after opening on June 14. More than 4,000 votes were tallied for the Audience Award.
“To bring a film home to Sheff DocFest, a festival...
- 6/19/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Just in time for Succession‘s end, let’s look at method acting. The Criterion Channel are highlighting the controversial practice in a 27-film series centered on Brando, Newman, Nicholson, and many other’s embodiment of “an intensely personal, internalized, and naturalistic approach to performance.” That series makes mention of Marilyn Monroe, who gets her own, 11-title highlight––the iconic commingling with deeper cuts.
Pride Month offers “Masc,” a consideration of “trans men, butch lesbians, and gender-nonconforming heroes” onscreen; the Michael Koresky-curated Queersighted returning with a study of the gay best friend; and the 20-film “LGBTQ+ Favorites.” Louis Garrel’s delightful The Innocent (about which I talked to him here), the director’s cut of Gregg Araki’s The Doom Generation, and Stanley Kwan’s hugely underseen Lan Yu make streaming premieres, while Araki’s Totally F***ed Up and Mysterious Skin also get a run. Criterion Editions include Five Easy Pieces,...
Pride Month offers “Masc,” a consideration of “trans men, butch lesbians, and gender-nonconforming heroes” onscreen; the Michael Koresky-curated Queersighted returning with a study of the gay best friend; and the 20-film “LGBTQ+ Favorites.” Louis Garrel’s delightful The Innocent (about which I talked to him here), the director’s cut of Gregg Araki’s The Doom Generation, and Stanley Kwan’s hugely underseen Lan Yu make streaming premieres, while Araki’s Totally F***ed Up and Mysterious Skin also get a run. Criterion Editions include Five Easy Pieces,...
- 5/22/2023
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Melanie Iredale, Jeanie Finlay and Lauren Castro are among the participants.
Birds Eye View director Melanie Iredale, British Council’s Catherine Bray, and filmmaker Jeanie Finlay are among the speakers participating in the industry programme of this year’s Glasgow Film Festival (Gff), taking place from March 6-9 and with a particular focus on female talent.
Iredale will participate in an event called ”20 years of Birds Eye View” which celebrates the organisation’s Reclaim The Frame, a spotlight for female and non-binary filmmakers.
Bray will host one-to-one sessions with first and second-time directors to discuss their festival strategies.
Jeanie Finlay,...
Birds Eye View director Melanie Iredale, British Council’s Catherine Bray, and filmmaker Jeanie Finlay are among the speakers participating in the industry programme of this year’s Glasgow Film Festival (Gff), taking place from March 6-9 and with a particular focus on female talent.
Iredale will participate in an event called ”20 years of Birds Eye View” which celebrates the organisation’s Reclaim The Frame, a spotlight for female and non-binary filmmakers.
Bray will host one-to-one sessions with first and second-time directors to discuss their festival strategies.
Jeanie Finlay,...
- 2/8/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Programme will have a particular focus on female talent across the industry
The Glasgow film festival (Gff) has unveiled the full programme for its 2023 industry focus strand with participants including Birds Eye View director Melanie Iredale and the British Council’s Catherine Bray.
The programme will run March 6-9 and have a particular focus on female talent across the industry.
Iredale will participate in an event celebrating 20 years of Reclaim The Frame – a spotlight for female and non-binary filmmakers – with film critic and curator Xuanlin Tham.
Bray will be offering 1:1 sessions with first and second-time directors to discuss their festival strategies.
The Glasgow film festival (Gff) has unveiled the full programme for its 2023 industry focus strand with participants including Birds Eye View director Melanie Iredale and the British Council’s Catherine Bray.
The programme will run March 6-9 and have a particular focus on female talent across the industry.
Iredale will participate in an event celebrating 20 years of Reclaim The Frame – a spotlight for female and non-binary filmmakers – with film critic and curator Xuanlin Tham.
Bray will be offering 1:1 sessions with first and second-time directors to discuss their festival strategies.
- 2/8/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
It is fair to assume Criterion could plunder the world of licensed film to build an ultimate noir playlist; credit, then, for focusing sharp and nabbing deep cuts. The Criterion Channel’s November / Noirvember program will be headlined by “Fox Noir,” an eight-title program with Otto Preminger deep cut Fallen Angel, three by Henry Hathaway, Siodmak, Dassin, Kazan, and Robert Wise, and while retrospectives of Veronica Lake and John Garfield will bring some canon into the fold, I’m mostly thinking about that potential for discovery.
Following “Free Jazz,” Bob Hoskins, and Joyce Chopra programs, the other big series is a 30-year survey of Sony Pictures Classics: Sally Potter, Satoshi Kon, Panahi, Errol Morris, Almodóvar, Haneke, Mike Leigh, just a murderer’s row. Streaming premieres include 499 and A Night of Knowing Nothing, two recent epitomes of I Wish I Had Seen That; Criterion Editions comprise Cure, Brazil, Sullivan’s Travels,...
Following “Free Jazz,” Bob Hoskins, and Joyce Chopra programs, the other big series is a 30-year survey of Sony Pictures Classics: Sally Potter, Satoshi Kon, Panahi, Errol Morris, Almodóvar, Haneke, Mike Leigh, just a murderer’s row. Streaming premieres include 499 and A Night of Knowing Nothing, two recent epitomes of I Wish I Had Seen That; Criterion Editions comprise Cure, Brazil, Sullivan’s Travels,...
- 10/26/2022
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
She spent a year in her room as a teenager, and now makes heart-wrenching documentaries about people looking for safe spaces in record shops, on goth cruises – and even on the set of Game of Thrones
There are many wonderful moments in the films of Jeanie Finlay but my current favourite is in Seahorse, her intimate and profoundly moving 2019 documentary about the struggles of transgender man Freddy McConnell to conceive and give birth to his own child. The scene takes place during a party at Freddy’s mum’s house as a room full of family friends, all women, talk to Freddy about the clothes he’ll wear during pregnancy.
Related: ‘It’s so normalised you think it’s part of your job’: the woman who lifted the lid on harassment in TV...
There are many wonderful moments in the films of Jeanie Finlay but my current favourite is in Seahorse, her intimate and profoundly moving 2019 documentary about the struggles of transgender man Freddy McConnell to conceive and give birth to his own child. The scene takes place during a party at Freddy’s mum’s house as a room full of family friends, all women, talk to Freddy about the clothes he’ll wear during pregnancy.
Related: ‘It’s so normalised you think it’s part of your job’: the woman who lifted the lid on harassment in TV...
- 8/23/2021
- by Andrew Male
- The Guardian - Film News
Burbank, CA, July 9, 2020 – The #1 selling home entertainment television series of all time*, and most-watched series in HBO history, Game of Thrones remains a blockbuster hit and cultural sensation. Now, for the first time ever, the entire series can be owned in spectacular 4K Ultra HD when Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Game of Thrones®: The Complete Collection on 4K Ultra HD Blu-rayTM on November 3, 2020. Featuring all 73 episodes along with over 15 hours of bonus content, plus Digital Copy (US only), this must-have set is priced to own at $254.99 Srp ($289.99 in Canada). Game of Thrones Seasons 1-8 are also available to own on Digital in HD via purchase from digital retailers.
*Source: Whv Category Management, Market Insights. Data thru 6/20/20, United States.
Game of Thrones: The Complete Collection on 4K Ultra HD will also be available in an exclusive limited-edition version at Best Buy for $285.43 Srp ($320.43 in Canada). Containing the same episode and bonus content,...
*Source: Whv Category Management, Market Insights. Data thru 6/20/20, United States.
Game of Thrones: The Complete Collection on 4K Ultra HD will also be available in an exclusive limited-edition version at Best Buy for $285.43 Srp ($320.43 in Canada). Containing the same episode and bonus content,...
- 7/12/2020
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Freddy McConnell
Not so long ago, the idea of trans men getting pregnant and giving birth was treated by the media as pure sensation. One major newspaper actually ran three successive stories within two years, each with a different subject, each claiming to be abut the first man to do it in Britain. By the time Freddy McConnell came to it, the picture was thankfully changing. He might have had the option of enjoying a quite, peaceful pregnancy in relative obscurity, but events were destined to change all that. In the meantime, he made a big decision: he was going to find somebody to film his journey.
The result was Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth, directed by Jeanie Finlay. Freddy and I recently arranged to talk about it. Sitting back in his spacious living room with the clear light of the Brighton coast bouncing off the white walls, he looked.
Not so long ago, the idea of trans men getting pregnant and giving birth was treated by the media as pure sensation. One major newspaper actually ran three successive stories within two years, each with a different subject, each claiming to be abut the first man to do it in Britain. By the time Freddy McConnell came to it, the picture was thankfully changing. He might have had the option of enjoying a quite, peaceful pregnancy in relative obscurity, but events were destined to change all that. In the meantime, he made a big decision: he was going to find somebody to film his journey.
The result was Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth, directed by Jeanie Finlay. Freddy and I recently arranged to talk about it. Sitting back in his spacious living room with the clear light of the Brighton coast bouncing off the white walls, he looked.
- 6/13/2020
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Study suggests BFI should ringfence 25% of Lottery funding for documentaries.
A report on the UK’s documentary film industry has called for “urgent policy intervention” as the creative sector works to rebuild in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
One suggestion is to increase the proportion of lottery funds ring-fenced for documentary from 9.1% to 25% for 2020-21.
The BFI awarded Doc Society £1.8m for documentary activity for 2020-21, out of a total lottery funding pot of £20.9m. The report suggests this support should be 20-25% of the total pot, up to £5.2m.
Another recommendation is to amend the UK’s current...
A report on the UK’s documentary film industry has called for “urgent policy intervention” as the creative sector works to rebuild in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
One suggestion is to increase the proportion of lottery funds ring-fenced for documentary from 9.1% to 25% for 2020-21.
The BFI awarded Doc Society £1.8m for documentary activity for 2020-21, out of a total lottery funding pot of £20.9m. The report suggests this support should be 20-25% of the total pot, up to £5.2m.
Another recommendation is to amend the UK’s current...
- 6/11/2020
- by 1100142¦Wendy Mitchell¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
"It's a scary, daunting prospect... You just worry for your child." 1091 Media has debuted an official trailer for a documentary titled Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth, which will be available to watch on VOD in June this year. Director Jeanie Finlay charts a transgender man's path to parenthood after he decides to carry his child himself. The pregnancy prompts an unexpected and profound reckoning with conventions of masculinity, self-definition and biology. The title is a reference to seahorses, obviously enough, because the male of the species carries the eggs deposited by the female in his pouch until they're ready to be released. This film seems like a bit of a shock at first, but when you get a look at the footage, it seems to be built upon a great deal of compassion and understanding. Which is something we do need more of in the world anyway. Here's...
- 3/31/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Speakers to include Nfts Scotland’s Debbie Rowland and Film Disruptors’ Alex Stolz.
Glasgow Film Festival (Gff)’s expanded Industry Focus strand (March 2-6) will spotlight the distribution sector, and launch a talent mentorship scheme for underrepresented groups.
The fifth edition of the programme, which expands from three to five days, includes a session on the female perspective in distribution, hosted by Birds Eye View’s Future Leaders in Distribution.
Oliver Fegan, CEO and co-founder of cinema data analytics firm Usheru, and Alex Stolz, founder of Film Disruptors podcast and Future of Film Summit, will run a workshop called ‘Hack...
Glasgow Film Festival (Gff)’s expanded Industry Focus strand (March 2-6) will spotlight the distribution sector, and launch a talent mentorship scheme for underrepresented groups.
The fifth edition of the programme, which expands from three to five days, includes a session on the female perspective in distribution, hosted by Birds Eye View’s Future Leaders in Distribution.
Oliver Fegan, CEO and co-founder of cinema data analytics firm Usheru, and Alex Stolz, founder of Film Disruptors podcast and Future of Film Summit, will run a workshop called ‘Hack...
- 2/6/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Last night Old Billingsgate in London played host to the 22nd annual British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), the yearly celebration of some of the most unique voices in film. It was a pleasure to be on the red carpet and talk to the likes of Asa Butterfield, Sam Adewunmi, Jessie Buckley and Armando Iannucci, and you can find all of our interviews below the list of winners announced on the night.
The phenomenal documentary For Sama won four awards including Best British Independent Film, while Armando Iannucci’s festival favourite The Personal History of David Copperfield took home five. A sadly-absent Renée Zellweger won Best Actress for her portrayal of Judy Garland, while The Last Tree’s Ruthxjiah Bellenea won the Best Supporting Actress award. Currently seen in Netflix’s The Crown as Prince Charles, Josh O’Connor won Best Actor.
There’s a full list of the winners from the...
The phenomenal documentary For Sama won four awards including Best British Independent Film, while Armando Iannucci’s festival favourite The Personal History of David Copperfield took home five. A sadly-absent Renée Zellweger won Best Actress for her portrayal of Judy Garland, while The Last Tree’s Ruthxjiah Bellenea won the Best Supporting Actress award. Currently seen in Netflix’s The Crown as Prince Charles, Josh O’Connor won Best Actor.
There’s a full list of the winners from the...
- 12/2/2019
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Bifa Winners: ‘For Sama’, ‘The Personal History Of David Copperfield’, Renée Zellweger Among Victors
Documentary For Sama, the intimate and scarring portrait of a young mother’s experience of the Syrian civil war, has scored Best British Independent Film, Best Director and Best Documentary at the 2019 British Independent Film Awards ceremony in London. Scroll down for a full list of winners.
The film’s three awards announced this evening were added to the previously announced win for Best Editing. Waad Al-Khateab and Edward Watts direct the Channel4 and PBS Frontline feature, which has played at festivals the world over.
The Personal History Of David Copperfield won two awards on the night: Best Supporting Actor for Hugh Laurie, who plays Mr Dick in Armando Iannucci’s adaptation of the Dickens classic, and Best Screenplay sponsored by BBC Films for writers Armando Iannucci and Simon Blackwell. Previously announced had been the film’s awards for Best Casting sponsored by Casting Society of America and Spotlight, Best Costume Design,...
The film’s three awards announced this evening were added to the previously announced win for Best Editing. Waad Al-Khateab and Edward Watts direct the Channel4 and PBS Frontline feature, which has played at festivals the world over.
The Personal History Of David Copperfield won two awards on the night: Best Supporting Actor for Hugh Laurie, who plays Mr Dick in Armando Iannucci’s adaptation of the Dickens classic, and Best Screenplay sponsored by BBC Films for writers Armando Iannucci and Simon Blackwell. Previously announced had been the film’s awards for Best Casting sponsored by Casting Society of America and Spotlight, Best Costume Design,...
- 12/1/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
’The Personal History Of David Copperfield’ finished with five awards, the highest of the night, from 11 nominations.
For Sama and The Personal History Of David Copperfield were the big winners at the 2019 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs).
The ceremony was hosted by actress and comedian Aisling Bea and held at London’s Old Billingsgate tonight (Dec 1).
Syrian civil war documentary For Sama scooped the night’s top prize, best British independent film, as well as best director for Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts, best documentary, and best editing at the previously announced craft awards last month.
The Personal History Of David Copperfield...
For Sama and The Personal History Of David Copperfield were the big winners at the 2019 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs).
The ceremony was hosted by actress and comedian Aisling Bea and held at London’s Old Billingsgate tonight (Dec 1).
Syrian civil war documentary For Sama scooped the night’s top prize, best British independent film, as well as best director for Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts, best documentary, and best editing at the previously announced craft awards last month.
The Personal History Of David Copperfield...
- 12/1/2019
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History Of David Copperfield and Tom Harper’s Wild Rose lead the nominees pool for the 2019 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), which were unveiled in London this morning. Scroll down for the full list.
Copperfield has 11 nods including best film and director as well as actor for star Dev Patel. Wild Rose has 10 including best film and director, and actress for Jessie Buckley.
Peter Strickland’s In Fabric has nine and Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir, which is up for best film, has eight.
Judy missed out on best film but did take a nom for star Renee Zellweger and has five in total.
The best film category is completed by Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts’ Syria doc For Sama, and Mark Jenkin’s micro-budget Bait, which has been a surprise box office hit in the UK, grossing $520k.
Other notable nominees include Chiwetel Ejiofor,...
Copperfield has 11 nods including best film and director as well as actor for star Dev Patel. Wild Rose has 10 including best film and director, and actress for Jessie Buckley.
Peter Strickland’s In Fabric has nine and Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir, which is up for best film, has eight.
Judy missed out on best film but did take a nom for star Renee Zellweger and has five in total.
The best film category is completed by Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts’ Syria doc For Sama, and Mark Jenkin’s micro-budget Bait, which has been a surprise box office hit in the UK, grossing $520k.
Other notable nominees include Chiwetel Ejiofor,...
- 10/30/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
The documentary Seahorse tells the story of trans man Freddy McConnell, whose attempt to conceive and give birth was filmed from start to finish. In this exclusive video for the Guardian, McConnell and Seahorse's director, Jeanie Finlay, discuss the filming process and the challenges of portraying an emotional and unpredictable situation
Seahorse is out now at UK cinemasRead the Weekend magazine interview with Freddy McConnell
Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth, is presented by BBC Two and produced by Andrea Cornwell, Jeanie Finlay, Grain Media and Glimmer films...
Seahorse is out now at UK cinemasRead the Weekend magazine interview with Freddy McConnell
Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth, is presented by BBC Two and produced by Andrea Cornwell, Jeanie Finlay, Grain Media and Glimmer films...
- 9/3/2019
- by Freddy McConnell, Charlie Phillips, Jeanie Finlay and Andrea Cornwell
- The Guardian - Film News
‘The Australian Dream’.
This year’s Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) opener – director Daniel Gordon’s The Australian Dream – has proved an audience favourite, winning the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature.
The film, which was also nominated for an Aacta Award earlier this week, explores race, identity and belonging from the perspective of former Sydney Swans captain and Australian of the Year, Adam Goodes. Written by Stan Grant, it opened at Miff to a seven minute standing ovation.
The winner of the Best Narrative Feature went to Celine Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire, which depicts a romance between a painter and her subject. It won Best Screenplay and the Queer Palm in Cannes earlier this year.
John Sheedy’s debut feature H is For Happiness, which stars Daisy Axon, Wesley Patten,, Richard Roxburgh, Emma Booth, Miriam Margolyes, Joel Jackson and Deborah Mailman, was the runner up in the narrative awards.
This year’s Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) opener – director Daniel Gordon’s The Australian Dream – has proved an audience favourite, winning the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature.
The film, which was also nominated for an Aacta Award earlier this week, explores race, identity and belonging from the perspective of former Sydney Swans captain and Australian of the Year, Adam Goodes. Written by Stan Grant, it opened at Miff to a seven minute standing ovation.
The winner of the Best Narrative Feature went to Celine Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire, which depicts a romance between a painter and her subject. It won Best Screenplay and the Queer Palm in Cannes earlier this year.
John Sheedy’s debut feature H is For Happiness, which stars Daisy Axon, Wesley Patten,, Richard Roxburgh, Emma Booth, Miriam Margolyes, Joel Jackson and Deborah Mailman, was the runner up in the narrative awards.
- 8/23/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
New York, N.Y., June 26, 2019 – Rally the realm on December 3rd as HBO is releasing all eight epic seasons of one of the most talked about programs in TV history with Game of Thrones®: The Complete Collection, an ultra-premium, limited-edition Blu-ray set. This must-have collectible exclusively features Game of Thrones: Reunion Special, a two-part reunion show with cast members from the final season including Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke, Sophie Turner and more, as well as previously departed fan-favorites like Sean Bean, Jason Momoa, Mark Addy and others. Hosted by Emmy®-award winning host Conan O’Brien, the reunion was shot in front of a live audience in Belfast and includes segments of footage from both the show and behind-the-scenes, highlighting a variety of topics that are sure to captivate fans.
Additional bonus content includes all-new deleted and extended scenes, animated histories and lore pieces, fascinating behind-the-scene featurettes, audio commentaries...
Additional bonus content includes all-new deleted and extended scenes, animated histories and lore pieces, fascinating behind-the-scene featurettes, audio commentaries...
- 6/30/2019
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
The last month has been filled with highs and lows for Game of Thrones fans. Back in May, the series finale for HBO’s fantasy drama was released, and while some were satisfied with how creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss wrapped things up, plenty of longtime viewers were left disappointed with how the ending panned out. In a show which featured dozens of characters and plotlines, it’s not entirely surprising how some long-hanging stories didn’t get the conclusions they deserve, but that realization doesn’t make the sting any more palatable.
A few staff writers here at We Got This Covered felt that the final season left a dark mark on the franchise as a whole, and chances are, you probably have a couple of friends of your own who feel the same way. Still, it seems like HBO hasn’t given up on Game of Thrones just yet.
A few staff writers here at We Got This Covered felt that the final season left a dark mark on the franchise as a whole, and chances are, you probably have a couple of friends of your own who feel the same way. Still, it seems like HBO hasn’t given up on Game of Thrones just yet.
- 6/26/2019
- by Shaan Joshi
- We Got This Covered
If you missed the conclusion of HBO's Game of Thrones when it premiered this year, or you want to experience the battle for Westeros all over again, HBO has you covered with their limited edition Game of Thrones: The Complete Collection Blu-ray set. Ahead of its release on December 3rd (smack-dab in the middle of holiday shopping season), we have photos and full release details for the set, as well as a clip from Conan O’Brien's reunion interview with the show's cast.
Press Release: New York, N.Y., June 26, 2019 – Rally the realm on December 3rd as HBO is releasing all eight epic seasons of one of the most talked about programs in TV history with Game of Thrones®: The Complete Collection, an ultra-premium, limited-edition Blu-ray™ set. This must-have collectible exclusively features Game of Thrones: Reunion Special, a two-part reunion show with cast members from the final season including Kit Harrington,...
Press Release: New York, N.Y., June 26, 2019 – Rally the realm on December 3rd as HBO is releasing all eight epic seasons of one of the most talked about programs in TV history with Game of Thrones®: The Complete Collection, an ultra-premium, limited-edition Blu-ray™ set. This must-have collectible exclusively features Game of Thrones: Reunion Special, a two-part reunion show with cast members from the final season including Kit Harrington,...
- 6/26/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
HBO went the extra mile to protect the secrets of “Game of Thrones'” final season, but at least one person who is not a member of the cast and crew knew everything there was to know about the last six episodes: British director Jeanie Finlay. The documentary filmmaker was hired to make a top secret behind-the-scenes movie on the making of the final “Thrones” season, which aired on HBO a week after the final episode under the title “Game of Thrones: The Last Watch.” Finlay opened up about the film for the first time in an interview with Variety, admitting that having direct access to the biggest plot details in the final season freaked her out.
“I was given pretty much unfettered access. My main fear was that if there was a leak that it would come from me or my team,” Finlay said. “The documentary was also a secret.
“I was given pretty much unfettered access. My main fear was that if there was a leak that it would come from me or my team,” Finlay said. “The documentary was also a secret.
- 6/3/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The documentary “Game of Thrones: The Last Watch” took fans inside the Herculean effort to film the final season of the megahit HBO series.
Jeanie Finlay, director of “The Last Watch,” spoke with Variety about how she became involved with the documentary, how much access she was given on set, and how longtime series extra Andrew McClay stood out among a cast of hundreds of extras.
Read the full interview below.
Whose idea was this documentary?
Two years ago, an Irish producer I know called me and said, ‘HBO is going to call. Take the call.’ So I spoke to three guys from the HBO New York office who said they were interested in a documentary on the final season and how would I approach it. This is my eighth feature documentary, so I just talked about my practice and how I would go about it. A few weeks later,...
Jeanie Finlay, director of “The Last Watch,” spoke with Variety about how she became involved with the documentary, how much access she was given on set, and how longtime series extra Andrew McClay stood out among a cast of hundreds of extras.
Read the full interview below.
Whose idea was this documentary?
Two years ago, an Irish producer I know called me and said, ‘HBO is going to call. Take the call.’ So I spoke to three guys from the HBO New York office who said they were interested in a documentary on the final season and how would I approach it. This is my eighth feature documentary, so I just talked about my practice and how I would go about it. A few weeks later,...
- 6/3/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
“Game of Thrones” fans who tuned into “Game of Thrones: The Last Watch” on May 26 — the Sunday after the HBO fantasy epic’s series finale — to find out more about stars like Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Sophie Turner, Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey and Maisie Williams probably didn’t get what they were hoping for, as the two-hour final season doc focused on a different set of stars.
And that’s because documentary filmmaker Jeanie Finlay and “GoT” executive producer Bernie Caulfield wanted to introduce viewers to the “unsung heroes” of Westeros that made their favorite show a possibility over the years, including Andrew McClay (an extra who played a Stark guard for several seasons), Del Reid (the head of the show’s snow department) Leigh McCrum, (the set’s coffee van manager), Vladimir Furdik (stuntman-turned-Night King) Sarah and Barrie Gower (the prosthetics team) and Naomi Liston (the series’ location manager...
And that’s because documentary filmmaker Jeanie Finlay and “GoT” executive producer Bernie Caulfield wanted to introduce viewers to the “unsung heroes” of Westeros that made their favorite show a possibility over the years, including Andrew McClay (an extra who played a Stark guard for several seasons), Del Reid (the head of the show’s snow department) Leigh McCrum, (the set’s coffee van manager), Vladimir Furdik (stuntman-turned-Night King) Sarah and Barrie Gower (the prosthetics team) and Naomi Liston (the series’ location manager...
- 6/3/2019
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
“Game of Thrones” finally delivers the beautiful, epic, and heartfelt farewell that fans want — not with the finale episode but through the behind-the-scenes documentary “The Last Watch.” Helmed by “Seahorse” director Jeanie Finlay, it’s a remarkable snapshot of the people who’ve given their lives to the sprawling production.
The biggest draw for fans of the series is of course seeing the cast in their civilian clothing assemble for the final season table read. Presided over by showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, with stage directions read by executive producers, the whole affair feels energetic and somber at the same time. This is the beginning of the end of their Long Night that is the making of Season 8.
Beyond the actor-centric scenes, however, the documentary also makes stars of the people behind the scenes. From Del Reid, the Head of Snow, to Andy McClay, the most recognizable extra on the show,...
The biggest draw for fans of the series is of course seeing the cast in their civilian clothing assemble for the final season table read. Presided over by showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, with stage directions read by executive producers, the whole affair feels energetic and somber at the same time. This is the beginning of the end of their Long Night that is the making of Season 8.
Beyond the actor-centric scenes, however, the documentary also makes stars of the people behind the scenes. From Del Reid, the Head of Snow, to Andy McClay, the most recognizable extra on the show,...
- 5/27/2019
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
A week following the series finale, Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and Dan Weiss have yet to break their silence about the ending. The writing team who brought George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels to stunning life did not participate in an "Inside the Episode" feature following "The Iron Throne," their typical venue for post-episode discussion. As such, many in the audience hoped they were saving their remarks for Game of Thrones: The Last Watch, the feature-length documentary directed by Jeanie Finlay, dedicated to the creation of the final season.
By now,...
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- 5/27/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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