Supergirl actor Frederick Schmidt has joined the fleet in Paramount’s Mission:Impossible 6, the sequel to the Tom Cruise-starring franchise. Christopher McQuarrie returns as director in the film, with the plot still held under wraps. McQuarrie is producing alongside Cruise, Don Granger, J.J. Abrams and Skydance Production's David Ellison and Dana Goldberg. It’s scheduled for release July 27, 2018. Schmidt, who made his film debut in 2014’s Snow In Paradise, recently…...
- 4/4/2017
- Deadline
Four films, including the latest projects from Amma Asante, Mike Leigh and Lynne Ramsay, were granted more than £1m in production funding in 2016.
Four films received more than £1m in production funding through the BFI Film Fund this year, with Mike Leigh’s anticipated Peterloo drama leading the way with an award of £1.46m.
The BFI backed around 30 projects with production funding up until December 15. Since launching the BFI Film Fund six years ago, the organisation’s biggest single production grant remains the £2m awarded to Aardman and Studiocanal’s animation Early Man in 2015.
The ten biggest awards of 2016:
1. Peterloo (£1,461,000)
Mike Leigh’s Peterloo massacre drama is set to depict the protest of more than 60,000 people for parliamentary reform in 1819 and the death of 15 protesters who were charged down by British cavalry troops. Dick Pope, the director’s frequent collaborator, will be the cinematographer for the film, while Georgina Lowe will be executive producer after performing...
Four films received more than £1m in production funding through the BFI Film Fund this year, with Mike Leigh’s anticipated Peterloo drama leading the way with an award of £1.46m.
The BFI backed around 30 projects with production funding up until December 15. Since launching the BFI Film Fund six years ago, the organisation’s biggest single production grant remains the £2m awarded to Aardman and Studiocanal’s animation Early Man in 2015.
The ten biggest awards of 2016:
1. Peterloo (£1,461,000)
Mike Leigh’s Peterloo massacre drama is set to depict the protest of more than 60,000 people for parliamentary reform in 1819 and the death of 15 protesters who were charged down by British cavalry troops. Dick Pope, the director’s frequent collaborator, will be the cinematographer for the film, while Georgina Lowe will be executive producer after performing...
- 12/28/2016
- ScreenDaily
Principal photography has started on the third instalment in the lucrative UK crime franchise; Carnaby to sell at Afm.
Principal photography has started on UK crime-thriller Rise of the Footsoldier: The Beginning, the prequel to the home entertainment hit Rise of the Footsoldier.
The five week shoot will take place in London and Marbella. This will be the third instalment in the franchise.
Returning cast members incldude Craig Fairbass (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare) who stars as Pat Tate as well as Terry Stone (Doghouse) as Tony Tucker.
The third instalment will also feature Happy Monday frontman Shaun Ryder as a prison inmate, Union J’s Jj Hamblett as a young Pat Tate and EastEnders actors Larry Lamb and Jamie Foreman.
The film is based on the real-life story of the Rettendon Triple Murders, known as the ‘Range Rover murders’. Rise of the Footsoldier: The Beginning tells the story of Tate’s rise to notoriety...
Principal photography has started on UK crime-thriller Rise of the Footsoldier: The Beginning, the prequel to the home entertainment hit Rise of the Footsoldier.
The five week shoot will take place in London and Marbella. This will be the third instalment in the franchise.
Returning cast members incldude Craig Fairbass (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare) who stars as Pat Tate as well as Terry Stone (Doghouse) as Tony Tucker.
The third instalment will also feature Happy Monday frontman Shaun Ryder as a prison inmate, Union J’s Jj Hamblett as a young Pat Tate and EastEnders actors Larry Lamb and Jamie Foreman.
The film is based on the real-life story of the Rettendon Triple Murders, known as the ‘Range Rover murders’. Rise of the Footsoldier: The Beginning tells the story of Tate’s rise to notoriety...
- 10/25/2016
- ScreenDaily
UK sales outfit Protagonist, riding high off the success of Toronto hit Lady Macbeth, has boarded world sales on Andrew Hulme’s recently wrapped crime-horror The Devil Outside, which ScreenDaily shares the first ever image from. Writer-director Hulme’s BFI-backed follow up to his 2014 Cannes Official Selection debut Snow In Paradise charts the story of a young boy (Robert) brought […]...
- 9/23/2016
- by MrDisgusting
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: First look at Andrew Hulme’s follow up to Cannes 2014 entry Snow In Paradise.
UK sales outfit Protagonist, riding high off the success of Toronto hit Lady Macbeth, has boarded world sales on Andrew Hulme’s recently wrapped crime-horror The Devil Outside.
Writer-director Hulme’s BFI-backed follow up to his 2014 Cannes Official Selection debut Snow In Paradise charts the story of a young boy (Robert) brought up in a world of evangelical Christianity that has taught him to look for signs and to believe that evil is waiting just outside the front door.
Caught between his mother, who’s determined to bring Jesus’s love to a dead mining town, and his best friend who has introduced him to teenage rebellion, Robert becomes embroiled in a spiritual tug of war as he tries to escape his religious beliefs. It’s then that he discovers a dead body in the woods and realises that God has sent...
UK sales outfit Protagonist, riding high off the success of Toronto hit Lady Macbeth, has boarded world sales on Andrew Hulme’s recently wrapped crime-horror The Devil Outside.
Writer-director Hulme’s BFI-backed follow up to his 2014 Cannes Official Selection debut Snow In Paradise charts the story of a young boy (Robert) brought up in a world of evangelical Christianity that has taught him to look for signs and to believe that evil is waiting just outside the front door.
Caught between his mother, who’s determined to bring Jesus’s love to a dead mining town, and his best friend who has introduced him to teenage rebellion, Robert becomes embroiled in a spiritual tug of war as he tries to escape his religious beliefs. It’s then that he discovers a dead body in the woods and realises that God has sent...
- 9/22/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Former Catalyst and Matador exec joins as company secures Us deal.
Former Catalyst Global Media and Matador Pictures executive Mat Wakeham has joined Sadie Frost and Emma Comley’s production outfit Blonde To Black Pictures as a producer.
Wakeham’s credits as a development executive include recent Netflix series Residue and Cannes 2014 thriller Snow In Paradise.
Wakeham wrote 2008 BAFTA Scotland-winning TV special Phoo Action and produced 2012 feature The Facility starring Aneurin Barnard.
He will work across Blonde To Black’s film and TV slate and will bring a number of his own projects to the company.
On the appointment,...
Former Catalyst Global Media and Matador Pictures executive Mat Wakeham has joined Sadie Frost and Emma Comley’s production outfit Blonde To Black Pictures as a producer.
Wakeham’s credits as a development executive include recent Netflix series Residue and Cannes 2014 thriller Snow In Paradise.
Wakeham wrote 2008 BAFTA Scotland-winning TV special Phoo Action and produced 2012 feature The Facility starring Aneurin Barnard.
He will work across Blonde To Black’s film and TV slate and will bring a number of his own projects to the company.
On the appointment,...
- 6/16/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Art heist documentary to be sold by Metro International.
Metro International will give a premiere screening in Berlin to long-in-the-works art heist documentary The Banksy Job, which is due to be shown at one of the city’s art galleries.
The film charts the story behind an incident in London in 2004 when a sculpture by street artist Banksy was stolen by a group of eccentric ‘art terrorists’.
Ian Roderick Gray and Dylan Harvey direct, Christine Alderson (Snow In Paradise) and Alex Hurle of Ipso Facto Productions produce.
Will Machin, CEO of Metro International said: “We are really excited to be part of this celebration of street art and the cast of extraordinary characters involved in it. The filmmakers have toiled for four years to bring this unique story to the big screen, and Berlin, with its rich history of art, rebellion and counter-culture, is the perfect city for a private showcase of the film.”
As revealed...
Metro International will give a premiere screening in Berlin to long-in-the-works art heist documentary The Banksy Job, which is due to be shown at one of the city’s art galleries.
The film charts the story behind an incident in London in 2004 when a sculpture by street artist Banksy was stolen by a group of eccentric ‘art terrorists’.
Ian Roderick Gray and Dylan Harvey direct, Christine Alderson (Snow In Paradise) and Alex Hurle of Ipso Facto Productions produce.
Will Machin, CEO of Metro International said: “We are really excited to be part of this celebration of street art and the cast of extraordinary characters involved in it. The filmmakers have toiled for four years to bring this unique story to the big screen, and Berlin, with its rich history of art, rebellion and counter-culture, is the perfect city for a private showcase of the film.”
As revealed...
- 2/10/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Starred Up and Snow In Paradise star leads cast in thriller from 104 Films.
Shooting is underway in Birmingham, UK, on noir thriller The Marker starring Frederick Schmidt (Starred Up, Snow in Paradise), Ana Uluru (Serena) and John Hannah (Four Weddings And A Funeral, The Mummy).
Writer-director Justin Edgar’s (We Are The Freaks) fourth film is a low-budget noir thriller about a criminal seeking redemption by tracking down the daughter of the woman he killed. Along the way he is haunted by his guilt in the guise of the woman’s ghost.
Backers include Creative England, Achilles Entertainments and Met Film Post.
Producers are Ian Sharp and Rebecca Joerin-Sharp from Achilles Entertainments with Alex Usborne and Edgar from 104 Films.
Executive producers are Richard Holmes and Cavan Ash for Creative England and Met Film Post respectively. Film Finances are providing the completion bond.
Supporting cast includes Struan Rodger (Kill List), Ian Sharp (Pleasure Island), Cathy Tyson (Mona...
Shooting is underway in Birmingham, UK, on noir thriller The Marker starring Frederick Schmidt (Starred Up, Snow in Paradise), Ana Uluru (Serena) and John Hannah (Four Weddings And A Funeral, The Mummy).
Writer-director Justin Edgar’s (We Are The Freaks) fourth film is a low-budget noir thriller about a criminal seeking redemption by tracking down the daughter of the woman he killed. Along the way he is haunted by his guilt in the guise of the woman’s ghost.
Backers include Creative England, Achilles Entertainments and Met Film Post.
Producers are Ian Sharp and Rebecca Joerin-Sharp from Achilles Entertainments with Alex Usborne and Edgar from 104 Films.
Executive producers are Richard Holmes and Cavan Ash for Creative England and Met Film Post respectively. Film Finances are providing the completion bond.
Supporting cast includes Struan Rodger (Kill List), Ian Sharp (Pleasure Island), Cathy Tyson (Mona...
- 1/7/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Starred Up and Snow In Paradise star leads cast in thriller from 104 Films.
Shooting is underway in Birmingham, UK, on noir thriller The Marker starring Frederick Schmidt (Starred Up, Snow in Paradise), Ana Uluru (Serena) and John Hannah (Four Weddings And A Funeral, The Mummy).
Writer-director Justin Edgar’s (We Are The Freaks) fourth film is a noir thriller about a criminal seeking redemption by tracking down the daughter of the woman he killed. Along the way he is haunted by his guilt in the guise of the woman’s ghost.
Backers include Creative England, Achilles Entertainments and Met Film Post.
Producers are Ian Sharp and Rebecca Joerin-Sharp from Achilles Entertainments with Alex Usborne and Edgar from 104 Films.
Executive producers are Richard Holmes and Cavan Ash for Creative England and Met Film Post respectively. Film Finances are providing the completion bond.
Supporting cast includes Struan Rodger (Kill List), Ian Sharp (Pleasure Island), Cathy Tyson (Mona...
Shooting is underway in Birmingham, UK, on noir thriller The Marker starring Frederick Schmidt (Starred Up, Snow in Paradise), Ana Uluru (Serena) and John Hannah (Four Weddings And A Funeral, The Mummy).
Writer-director Justin Edgar’s (We Are The Freaks) fourth film is a noir thriller about a criminal seeking redemption by tracking down the daughter of the woman he killed. Along the way he is haunted by his guilt in the guise of the woman’s ghost.
Backers include Creative England, Achilles Entertainments and Met Film Post.
Producers are Ian Sharp and Rebecca Joerin-Sharp from Achilles Entertainments with Alex Usborne and Edgar from 104 Films.
Executive producers are Richard Holmes and Cavan Ash for Creative England and Met Film Post respectively. Film Finances are providing the completion bond.
Supporting cast includes Struan Rodger (Kill List), Ian Sharp (Pleasure Island), Cathy Tyson (Mona...
- 1/7/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Dimension Films
It hasn’t been the best year for independent filmmakers – a number of well-received movies which did the festival rounds last year have struggled to find distributors and their impact at the box office has subsequently been less than impressive.
It’s a crying shame, because on the evidence of those films which have been released the quality is as high as ever, with a number of genre-defining movies coming out which put Hollywood’s efforts to shame. As the saying goes, big ideas don’t need big budgets, and year after year indie movies prove that often the real quality comes from those filmmakers unable to lavish cash on their production.
From innovative movies shot entirely on a phone to bold, brilliant science fiction not afraid to explore deeper philosophical ideas, these are the 20 best indie films of 2015
20. Snow In Paradise Artificial Eye
British gangster movies are...
It hasn’t been the best year for independent filmmakers – a number of well-received movies which did the festival rounds last year have struggled to find distributors and their impact at the box office has subsequently been less than impressive.
It’s a crying shame, because on the evidence of those films which have been released the quality is as high as ever, with a number of genre-defining movies coming out which put Hollywood’s efforts to shame. As the saying goes, big ideas don’t need big budgets, and year after year indie movies prove that often the real quality comes from those filmmakers unable to lavish cash on their production.
From innovative movies shot entirely on a phone to bold, brilliant science fiction not afraid to explore deeper philosophical ideas, these are the 20 best indie films of 2015
20. Snow In Paradise Artificial Eye
British gangster movies are...
- 12/27/2015
- by Andrew Dilks
- Obsessed with Film
This is a reprint of our review from the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Though appearances in main Competition tend to be restricted to the Loaches and Leighs of the world, the British film industry has done well by the sidebars at Cannes in recent years. Films like "Hunger," "Sightseers" and "The Selfish Giant" all premiered in Un Certain Regard or Directors' Fortnight, and number among the very best films to come out of the U.K. in recent years. This year, along with Andrew Hulme's "Snow In Paradise," the hopes of Britannia rest on "Catch Me Daddy," screening at the Cannes Directors' Fortnight. The film marks the feature directorial debut of music video helmer Daniel Wolfe (who also co-wrote with his brother, Matthew, who in turn also scores the film, a close enough collaboration that the credits introduce the picture as "A Film By Daniel & Matthew Wolfe"), best known for...
- 7/15/2015
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
There was a bit of a fuss in the news recently about a chimera, the mixing of cellular components from three persons to get a more viable progeny. Well, Snow in Paradise is a lot like that. This is the illegitimate child of A Prophet and Only God Forgives (review), lacking the psychological insight of the former and the passive-aggressive idiocy of the latter and, since it wasn't going to live on its own, some bits of Into the Void were added into the pool.
Tiny bits involving fetishized meth use and the character design of our, for a better kind of word, hero: a junkie lowlife/petty thief with the charisma of dead shrew. Amusingly, like with ITV, I can't rememb [Continued ...]...
Tiny bits involving fetishized meth use and the character design of our, for a better kind of word, hero: a junkie lowlife/petty thief with the charisma of dead shrew. Amusingly, like with ITV, I can't rememb [Continued ...]...
- 3/24/2015
- QuietEarth.us
Love – or at least sweat-soaked Bdsm – is in the air this week on the Guardian film show. Guest host Simon Hattenstone indulges in bondage and badinage with critics Peter Bradshaw and Andrew Pulver as they discuss Sam Taylor-Johnson's adaptation of El James's Fifty Shades of Grey; Alfred Molina and John Lithgow as a long-term couple beset by catastrophe in Love is Strange; Kim Longinotto's petting documentary Love is All; and London-set gangster yarn Snow in Paradise
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• Why you should watch The Philadelphia Story this week Continue reading...
• Turn on the audio version
• Join our film team, live, for an Oscars special on 19 February at the Brixton Ritzy
• Why you should watch The Philadelphia Story this week Continue reading...
- 2/13/2015
- by Peter Bradshaw, Andrew Pulver, Simon Hattenstone, Paul Frankl and Ben Kape
- The Guardian - Film News
★★☆☆☆ The first film from editor Andrew Hulme has a promising visual edge but is saddled by a style-over-substance formula that harks away from character development and narrative discussion. Co-written by Martin Askew, on whose own story the film partly bases itself, Snow in Paradise (2014) is the tale of Dave, a low-life East London gangster who escapes into Islam for refuge from when he goes in too deep. We meet Dave (Frederick Schmidt) on a drug delivery in East London, alongside his best mate Tariq (Aymen Hamdouchi ). They don't look like typical gangsters - both slim, with Dave in a hipster shirt – especially swapping goods with burly men from a rival gang.
- 2/10/2015
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Want to know what British films are coming out this month? Then look no further than our fabulous movie calendar...
Welcome to our new, regularly updated calendar of all the British movies due for release in UK cinemas over the coming months. So if you're keen to keep up-to-date on the latest in home grown cinema - from documentaries to dramas, and comedy horror to science fiction - this is the ideal post for you.
So here's what's coming up in the future.
12 September 2014
Pride
Director: Matthew Warchus
Cast: Bill Nighy, Dominic West, Andrew Scott
Details: A drama about a group of gay and lesbian activists donating to people in need during the 1984 miners' strike.
Jack To A King - The Swansea Story
Director: Marc Evans
Cast: Tbc
Details: A documentary about Swansea football fans.
19 September 2014
Night Will Fall
Director: Andre Singer
Cast: Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney Bernstein
Details: A documentary...
Welcome to our new, regularly updated calendar of all the British movies due for release in UK cinemas over the coming months. So if you're keen to keep up-to-date on the latest in home grown cinema - from documentaries to dramas, and comedy horror to science fiction - this is the ideal post for you.
So here's what's coming up in the future.
12 September 2014
Pride
Director: Matthew Warchus
Cast: Bill Nighy, Dominic West, Andrew Scott
Details: A drama about a group of gay and lesbian activists donating to people in need during the 1984 miners' strike.
Jack To A King - The Swansea Story
Director: Marc Evans
Cast: Tbc
Details: A documentary about Swansea football fans.
19 September 2014
Night Will Fall
Director: Andre Singer
Cast: Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney Bernstein
Details: A documentary...
- 9/12/2014
- by sarahd
- Den of Geek
Fury (David Ayer)
[via the BFI]
The programme for the 58th BFI London Film Festival launched today, with Festival Director Clare Stewart presenting this year’s rich and diverse selection of films and events. The lineup includes highly anticipated fall titles including David Ayer’s Fury, Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher, the Sundance smash Whiplash, Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye to Language 3D, The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner, Jason Reitman’s Men, Women and Children and Jean-Marc Vallee’s Wild.
As Britain’s leading film event and one of the world’s oldest film festivals, it introduces the finest new British and international films to an expanding London and UK-wide audience, offering a compelling combination of red carpet glamour, engaged audiences and vibrant exchange. The Festival provides an essential profiling opportunity for films seeking global success at the start of the Awards season, promotes the careers of British and...
[via the BFI]
The programme for the 58th BFI London Film Festival launched today, with Festival Director Clare Stewart presenting this year’s rich and diverse selection of films and events. The lineup includes highly anticipated fall titles including David Ayer’s Fury, Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher, the Sundance smash Whiplash, Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye to Language 3D, The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner, Jason Reitman’s Men, Women and Children and Jean-Marc Vallee’s Wild.
As Britain’s leading film event and one of the world’s oldest film festivals, it introduces the finest new British and international films to an expanding London and UK-wide audience, offering a compelling combination of red carpet glamour, engaged audiences and vibrant exchange. The Festival provides an essential profiling opportunity for films seeking global success at the start of the Awards season, promotes the careers of British and...
- 9/3/2014
- by John
- SoundOnSight
Exclusive: Titles include Clouds of Sils Maria, starring Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart and Chloe Grace Moretz, and Damian Szifron’s Wild Tales.
Curzon has acquired a raft of titles showcased at the Cannes Film Festival for release in UK and Eire.
The films include Palme d’Or nominated Clouds of Sils Maria, Olivier Assayas’ follow up to Something in the Air, which stars Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart and Chloe Grace Moretz. The deal was negotiated with MK2.
Set in the Swiss alpine lake district of Sils Maria, Binoche stars as an actress at the peak of her fame who is thrown into turmoil after a younger woman is signed to play a role that made her famous two decades previously.
Another Cannes competition contender acquired by Curzon is Damian Szifron’s Argentinean dark comedy Wild Tales, co-produced by Pedro Almodovar. The deal was negotiated with Film Factory.
Curzon negotiated with Coproduction Office for Ruben Ostlund’s dark...
Curzon has acquired a raft of titles showcased at the Cannes Film Festival for release in UK and Eire.
The films include Palme d’Or nominated Clouds of Sils Maria, Olivier Assayas’ follow up to Something in the Air, which stars Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart and Chloe Grace Moretz. The deal was negotiated with MK2.
Set in the Swiss alpine lake district of Sils Maria, Binoche stars as an actress at the peak of her fame who is thrown into turmoil after a younger woman is signed to play a role that made her famous two decades previously.
Another Cannes competition contender acquired by Curzon is Damian Szifron’s Argentinean dark comedy Wild Tales, co-produced by Pedro Almodovar. The deal was negotiated with Film Factory.
Curzon negotiated with Coproduction Office for Ruben Ostlund’s dark...
- 6/16/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Cannes -- Andrew Hulme is not a name that many film fans know, but you've more than likely seen his work. As an editor, he's worked on "The American," "Red Riding: 1974," 'Control," "Gangster No. 1," and "Lucky Number Slevin," among others, and he's also served as a second unit director on a few films. His directorial debut, "Snow In Paradise," made its appearance at Cannes today in the same timeslot that Ryan Gosling's "Lost River" played yesterday. It bummed me out to see that there were maybe a third as many people waiting to get into this one, and that was before I saw the movie. Afterwards, I'm doubly sorry, because it's a self-assured and sincere piece of work. Based loosely on the true life story of Martin Askew, this movie feels like a direct refutation of the romanticized myth of London's criminal underworld. How many films have you...
- 5/22/2014
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Though appearances in main Competition tend to be restricted to the Loaches and Leighs of the world, the British film industry has done well by the sidebars at Cannes in recent years. Films like "Hunger," "Sightseers" and "The Selfish Giant" all premiered in Un Certain Regard or Directors' Fortnight, and number among the very best films to come out of the U.K. in recent years. This year, along with Andrew Hulme's "Snow In Paradise," the hopes of Britannia rest on "Catch Me Daddy," screening at the Cannes Directors' Fortnight. The film marks the feature directorial debut of music video helmer Daniel Wolfe (who also co-wrote with his brother, Matthew, who in turn also scores the film, a close enough collaboration that the credits introduce the picture as "A Film By Daniel & Matthew Wolfe"), best known for his work with Plan B and perhaps most notably, that The Shoes...
- 5/16/2014
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Cinephiles, rejoice! The Cannes Film Festival has announced its 2014 line-up today and as usual, it’s pretty damn impressive. A lot of the movies announced were already expected to play at the prestigious fest, but there are definitely a few surprises as well.
Leading the way is Nicole Kidman’s Grace of Monaco, which will be the opener. Following that we’ll have David Cronenberg’s promising Maps to the Stars and Animal Kingdom helmer David Michod’s The Rover, two films that I absolutely cannot wait to see. Joining them will be Bennett Miller’s Oscar-hopeful Foxcatcher as well as Olivier Assayas’ Sils Maria. The Artist director Michel Hazavanicius will be here too with his new film The Search, and Mike Leigh returns with Mr. Turner. But that only scratches the surface, and there’s still more to come, as next week will see the announcement of the Critics’ Week and Directors’ Fortnight line-ups.
Leading the way is Nicole Kidman’s Grace of Monaco, which will be the opener. Following that we’ll have David Cronenberg’s promising Maps to the Stars and Animal Kingdom helmer David Michod’s The Rover, two films that I absolutely cannot wait to see. Joining them will be Bennett Miller’s Oscar-hopeful Foxcatcher as well as Olivier Assayas’ Sils Maria. The Artist director Michel Hazavanicius will be here too with his new film The Search, and Mike Leigh returns with Mr. Turner. But that only scratches the surface, and there’s still more to come, as next week will see the announcement of the Critics’ Week and Directors’ Fortnight line-ups.
- 4/17/2014
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Croisette regulars veterans Jean Luc Godard, Ken Loach and Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne will compete alongside Competition first-timers Alice Rohrwacher, Xavier Dolan and Damian Szifron at the Cannes Film Festival next month.
Artistic director Thierry Fremaux announced the Official Selection of the 67th edition on Thursday (17) at a packed press conference at the Normandie Cinema on the Champs Elysées in Paris.
“Anyone who makes a film of more than one hour in duration, has the right to submit a film to Cannes… this year we received some 1,800 films in total – all of which were screened,” said Fremaux.
He announced 49 titles in total from 28 countries and hinted a further two or three could be announced ahead of Cannes. [Click here for the full list.]
Fremaux, who tied up the line-up at 1am local time ahead of the announcement, said films were arriving later and later for consideration due to digitisation of filmmaking.
“It used to be that January was late,” he said. “Now...
Artistic director Thierry Fremaux announced the Official Selection of the 67th edition on Thursday (17) at a packed press conference at the Normandie Cinema on the Champs Elysées in Paris.
“Anyone who makes a film of more than one hour in duration, has the right to submit a film to Cannes… this year we received some 1,800 films in total – all of which were screened,” said Fremaux.
He announced 49 titles in total from 28 countries and hinted a further two or three could be announced ahead of Cannes. [Click here for the full list.]
Fremaux, who tied up the line-up at 1am local time ahead of the announcement, said films were arriving later and later for consideration due to digitisation of filmmaking.
“It used to be that January was late,” he said. “Now...
- 4/17/2014
- ScreenDaily
David Michôd.s The Rover and Rolf de Heer.s Charlie.s Country will have their world premieres at the Cannes Film Festival.
The Rover, a futuristic thriller starring Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Anthony Hayes and David Field, will have a midnight screening out of competition.
Charlie.s Country, which stars David Gulpilil as an aging man who struggles to understand how he should define himself as an Aboriginal in modern Australia, will screen in the Un Certain Regard sidebar.
The South Australian Film Corp. and Screen Australia invested in both films. .This caps off a pretty good 12 months for Safc-backed films,. said CEO Richard Harris, also referring to The Babadook, 52 Tuesdays and The Infinite Man.
"This recognition from Cannes is very significant for the possibilities of the film in the marketplace," de Heer said. "I am so pleased for David, for all his effort to be rewarded and for...
The Rover, a futuristic thriller starring Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Anthony Hayes and David Field, will have a midnight screening out of competition.
Charlie.s Country, which stars David Gulpilil as an aging man who struggles to understand how he should define himself as an Aboriginal in modern Australia, will screen in the Un Certain Regard sidebar.
The South Australian Film Corp. and Screen Australia invested in both films. .This caps off a pretty good 12 months for Safc-backed films,. said CEO Richard Harris, also referring to The Babadook, 52 Tuesdays and The Infinite Man.
"This recognition from Cannes is very significant for the possibilities of the film in the marketplace," de Heer said. "I am so pleased for David, for all his effort to be rewarded and for...
- 4/17/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Official Selection for the 66th Cannes Film Festival has been unveiled in Paris.
At a press conference at the Ugc Normandie movie theatre on the Champs-Elysées in Paris, Cannes chief Thierry Frémaux is set to reveal the 49 features from 28 countries selected for inclusion in this year’s festival, which runs from May 14-25.
As previously announced, Olivier Dahan’s Grace of Monaco, starring Nicole Kidman, will be the opening film on May 14, out of competition.
Last week, Party Girl was named as the opening film of the Un Certain Regard strand. The debut feature is from co-directors Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis.
As previously announced, the competition jury will be presided over by New Zealand director, producer and scriptwriter Jane Campion.
Competition
Jury chair: Jane Campion
Sils Maria by Olivier Assayas
Saint Laurent by Bertrand Bonello
Kis Uykusu (Winter’S Sleep) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Maps To The Stars by David Cronenberg
Deux Jours...
At a press conference at the Ugc Normandie movie theatre on the Champs-Elysées in Paris, Cannes chief Thierry Frémaux is set to reveal the 49 features from 28 countries selected for inclusion in this year’s festival, which runs from May 14-25.
As previously announced, Olivier Dahan’s Grace of Monaco, starring Nicole Kidman, will be the opening film on May 14, out of competition.
Last week, Party Girl was named as the opening film of the Un Certain Regard strand. The debut feature is from co-directors Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis.
As previously announced, the competition jury will be presided over by New Zealand director, producer and scriptwriter Jane Campion.
Competition
Jury chair: Jane Campion
Sils Maria by Olivier Assayas
Saint Laurent by Bertrand Bonello
Kis Uykusu (Winter’S Sleep) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Maps To The Stars by David Cronenberg
Deux Jours...
- 4/17/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The Official Selection for the 66th Cannes Film Festival has been unveiled in Paris.
At a press conference at the Ugc Normandie movie theatre on the Champs-Elysées in Paris, Cannes chief Thierry Frémaux is set to reveal the 49 features from 28 countries selected for inclusion in this year’s festival, which runs from May 14-25.
As previously announced, Olivier Dahan’s Grace of Monaco, starring Nicole Kidman, will be the opening film on May 14, out of competition.
Last week, Party Girl was named as the opening film of the Un Certain Regard strand. The debut feature is from co-directors Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis.
As previously announced, the competition jury will be presided over by New Zealand director, producer and scriptwriter Jane Campion.
Competition
Jury chair: Jane Campion
Sils Maria by Olivier Assayas
Saint Laurent by Bertrand Bonello
Kis Uykusu (Sommeil D’Hiver) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Maps To The Stars by David Cronenberg
Deux Jours...
At a press conference at the Ugc Normandie movie theatre on the Champs-Elysées in Paris, Cannes chief Thierry Frémaux is set to reveal the 49 features from 28 countries selected for inclusion in this year’s festival, which runs from May 14-25.
As previously announced, Olivier Dahan’s Grace of Monaco, starring Nicole Kidman, will be the opening film on May 14, out of competition.
Last week, Party Girl was named as the opening film of the Un Certain Regard strand. The debut feature is from co-directors Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis.
As previously announced, the competition jury will be presided over by New Zealand director, producer and scriptwriter Jane Campion.
Competition
Jury chair: Jane Campion
Sils Maria by Olivier Assayas
Saint Laurent by Bertrand Bonello
Kis Uykusu (Sommeil D’Hiver) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Maps To The Stars by David Cronenberg
Deux Jours...
- 4/17/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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