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For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmakers Podcast #252: Lapwing – Making a Historical Drama on a Micro-Budget with writer Laura Turner,...
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmakers Podcast #252: Lapwing – Making a Historical Drama on a Micro-Budget with writer Laura Turner,...
- 12/13/2021
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
I would love to say that prejudice is confined to the past, but as we see on a daily basis it is still rampant today. If there is one seemingly unbreakable connection to our ancestors is our ability to be intolerant. Stories filter through the centuries of racism, sexism, and homophobia which still trickle into today’s supposedly more enlightened society.
These dark facets of our nature collide in the brooding and brilliant Lapwing. Screenwriter Laura Turner and director Philip Stevens have crafted a striking and stunning debut feature which grapples fiercely with love, xenophobia, and the wild coasts of England.
Lapwing revolves around a coastline settlement of salt famers, somewhat led by the aggressive David. When a group of Romani settle into the local marshes, David rules and cheats them with a fierce hand – as he similarly does his fellow farmers. His mute sister-in-law Patience, who bears the titular nickname,...
These dark facets of our nature collide in the brooding and brilliant Lapwing. Screenwriter Laura Turner and director Philip Stevens have crafted a striking and stunning debut feature which grapples fiercely with love, xenophobia, and the wild coasts of England.
Lapwing revolves around a coastline settlement of salt famers, somewhat led by the aggressive David. When a group of Romani settle into the local marshes, David rules and cheats them with a fierce hand – as he similarly does his fellow farmers. His mute sister-in-law Patience, who bears the titular nickname,...
- 11/29/2021
- by Sarah Cook
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Philip Stevens and Laura Turner may have crafted one of the bleakest films of the year so far, with stomach-churning moments juxtaposed with the romantic scenery of rural Lincolnshire. Turner’s powerfully nihilistic script and Stevens’ gritty translation of her screenplay onto the big screen most certainly make them newcomers in the industry to get excited about.
In 1555 England, Queen Mary’s Egyptian Act means that all Gypsies must be expelled from England, any who stay run the risk of execution, as does anyone who helps them remain in the country. David (Emmett J Scanlan), leads a small community of salt farmers, and has arranged for illegal passage by boat for an Indian Gypsy family in return for payment. When Patience (Hannah Douglas), an aphonic English girl, falls for Egyptian son Rumi (Sebastian De Souza), David’s wrath endangers both communities.
Lapwing is an interesting feature debut from Stevens and Turner,...
In 1555 England, Queen Mary’s Egyptian Act means that all Gypsies must be expelled from England, any who stay run the risk of execution, as does anyone who helps them remain in the country. David (Emmett J Scanlan), leads a small community of salt farmers, and has arranged for illegal passage by boat for an Indian Gypsy family in return for payment. When Patience (Hannah Douglas), an aphonic English girl, falls for Egyptian son Rumi (Sebastian De Souza), David’s wrath endangers both communities.
Lapwing is an interesting feature debut from Stevens and Turner,...
- 11/28/2021
- by Stephanie Brown
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
An intriguing debut feature set on the Lincolnshire coast depicts a Romani family hoodwinked and menaced by a vengeful salt farmer
Screenwriter Laura Turner and director Philip Stevens are making their feature-film debuts with this intriguing, slightly stylised and quasi-theatrical piece: stark, oppressive, menacing, a historical drama with a slice of horror. It is set in 16th-century England on the remote Lincolnshire coast, a time when the Egyptian Act of 1554 effectively criminalised Romani and Gypsy people and those who harboured them.
Stevens resourcefully uses the blank canvases of wild, empty coastline and forest to avoid the need for much specific period detail. David (played by Emmett J Scanlan from TV’s Peaky Blinders) is the aggressive bully who leads a small community of people farming salt from the marshes; he has made a deal with a Romani called Arif (Javed Khan) to get a boat to take him and his family away from England,...
Screenwriter Laura Turner and director Philip Stevens are making their feature-film debuts with this intriguing, slightly stylised and quasi-theatrical piece: stark, oppressive, menacing, a historical drama with a slice of horror. It is set in 16th-century England on the remote Lincolnshire coast, a time when the Egyptian Act of 1554 effectively criminalised Romani and Gypsy people and those who harboured them.
Stevens resourcefully uses the blank canvases of wild, empty coastline and forest to avoid the need for much specific period detail. David (played by Emmett J Scanlan from TV’s Peaky Blinders) is the aggressive bully who leads a small community of people farming salt from the marshes; he has made a deal with a Romani called Arif (Javed Khan) to get a boat to take him and his family away from England,...
- 11/22/2021
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Festivals
The 17th Zurich Film Festival (Sept. 23-Oct. 3) will honor Sharon Stone with its highest accolade, the Golden Icon Award. Stone will be in Zurich to accept the award in person on Sept. 25. The award ceremony will be followed by a screening of Martin Scorsese’s “Casino,” which earned Stone an Oscar nomination. The actor will also conduct a masterclass where she will offer insights into her creative process and career.
“It is an honor to engage with the global community and celebrate the profound depth of our art,” said Stone. “I am thrilled to be recognized in this capacity.”
“Sharon Stone is a true icon of the seventh art,” said festival artistic director Christian Jungen. “She is a woman that Hitchcock would have loved. Her distinguishing qualities include an irresistible charm, a great human depth, the talent to play a whole range of roles and the ability to captivate an audience like no other.
The 17th Zurich Film Festival (Sept. 23-Oct. 3) will honor Sharon Stone with its highest accolade, the Golden Icon Award. Stone will be in Zurich to accept the award in person on Sept. 25. The award ceremony will be followed by a screening of Martin Scorsese’s “Casino,” which earned Stone an Oscar nomination. The actor will also conduct a masterclass where she will offer insights into her creative process and career.
“It is an honor to engage with the global community and celebrate the profound depth of our art,” said Stone. “I am thrilled to be recognized in this capacity.”
“Sharon Stone is a true icon of the seventh art,” said festival artistic director Christian Jungen. “She is a woman that Hitchcock would have loved. Her distinguishing qualities include an irresistible charm, a great human depth, the talent to play a whole range of roles and the ability to captivate an audience like no other.
- 8/26/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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