Exclusive: Oscar winner Vanessa Redgrave (Howards End) and Oscar nominee Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie) have signed on to star in BAFTA-winning writer-director Paul Andrew Williams’ (Bull) next film, The Nest.
The film will chart the story of two neighbours who strike up an unlikely friendship, sometimes to the disapproval of others around them. Seeing the lack of care that her elderly neighbour Elsie (Redgrave) is receiving from so called professionals, Colleen (Riseborough) takes it upon herself to care for her. However, Colleen’s intentions may not be what they seem.
Filming is due to begin this summer in Yorkshire in the UK, with Amp launching sales in Cannes.
Pic is produced by Dominic Tighe (Giant Productions) and Marie-Elena Dyche (Meraki Films). Executive producers are Eilene Davidson (Eilene Davidson Productions), Naomi Despres and Michèle Marshall (Desmar Films), Caroline Cooper Charles (Screen Yorkshire), Bruno Wang and Jonathan Zimmern.
The director is coming...
The film will chart the story of two neighbours who strike up an unlikely friendship, sometimes to the disapproval of others around them. Seeing the lack of care that her elderly neighbour Elsie (Redgrave) is receiving from so called professionals, Colleen (Riseborough) takes it upon herself to care for her. However, Colleen’s intentions may not be what they seem.
Filming is due to begin this summer in Yorkshire in the UK, with Amp launching sales in Cannes.
Pic is produced by Dominic Tighe (Giant Productions) and Marie-Elena Dyche (Meraki Films). Executive producers are Eilene Davidson (Eilene Davidson Productions), Naomi Despres and Michèle Marshall (Desmar Films), Caroline Cooper Charles (Screen Yorkshire), Bruno Wang and Jonathan Zimmern.
The director is coming...
- 5/16/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
More than 13 years after government minister Jeremy Hunt stood up in Parliament to announce the abolition of the UK Film Council (UKFC), the body held its first reunion.
Around 80 former staff members – who worked for the organisation at some point over its existence from creation by Tony Blair’s Labour government in 2000 to final unwinding in 2011 – came together at London’s Century Club on Wednesday evening (January 31).
A speech from John Woodward – who served as UKFC chief executive throughout its existence – gave the event its focal point. While wishing to avoid “nostalgia”, which he defined as a classical Greek word...
Around 80 former staff members – who worked for the organisation at some point over its existence from creation by Tony Blair’s Labour government in 2000 to final unwinding in 2011 – came together at London’s Century Club on Wednesday evening (January 31).
A speech from John Woodward – who served as UKFC chief executive throughout its existence – gave the event its focal point. While wishing to avoid “nostalgia”, which he defined as a classical Greek word...
- 2/2/2024
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: It’s a Sin star and musician Olly Alexander has created an original song for upcoming Sky’s coming-of-age love story Bonus Track.
Alexander is also an executive producer on the film, which comes from Josh O’Connor and Mike Gilbert and is set to premiere at BFI’s London Film Festival this October before launching on Sky Cinema.
The film, set in 2006, follows small-town teenager George (Joe Anders), who dreams of being a star though no-one else sees his talent. When Max (Samuel Small), the son of a mega-famous musical duo and takes and takes an interest in his music, George can’t believe it. But as they grow closer, George begins to question why he wants to spend time with Max — he’s faced with a dream come true, if only he can figure out what that dream actually is now.
Susan Wokoma, O’Connor, Ray Panthaki, Alison Sudol...
Alexander is also an executive producer on the film, which comes from Josh O’Connor and Mike Gilbert and is set to premiere at BFI’s London Film Festival this October before launching on Sky Cinema.
The film, set in 2006, follows small-town teenager George (Joe Anders), who dreams of being a star though no-one else sees his talent. When Max (Samuel Small), the son of a mega-famous musical duo and takes and takes an interest in his music, George can’t believe it. But as they grow closer, George begins to question why he wants to spend time with Max — he’s faced with a dream come true, if only he can figure out what that dream actually is now.
Susan Wokoma, O’Connor, Ray Panthaki, Alison Sudol...
- 9/8/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Skills clusters are being created around the UK.
The British Film Institute (BFI) deputy CEO Harriet Finney gave an update on the future of publicly-funded skills support for the UK screen industries, as the National Lottery-funded Future Film Skills programme, administered by national body ScreenSkills, draws to a close at the end of March.
“We need to build a strong matrix of skills support across the whole of the UK. We are now looking at skills clusters across the whole of the UK,” she said, of the upcoming switch from national to regionally-based skills support. They will be announced in the next few weeks.
The British Film Institute (BFI) deputy CEO Harriet Finney gave an update on the future of publicly-funded skills support for the UK screen industries, as the National Lottery-funded Future Film Skills programme, administered by national body ScreenSkills, draws to a close at the end of March.
“We need to build a strong matrix of skills support across the whole of the UK. We are now looking at skills clusters across the whole of the UK,” she said, of the upcoming switch from national to regionally-based skills support. They will be announced in the next few weeks.
- 3/21/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Participants include including Screen Rising Star Scotland Reece Cargan and Hoard associate producer Cheri Darbon.
British Film Institute (BFI) Network – a strand of the BFI that exists to discover and support writers, producers and directors at the start of their careers – has named the 12 up-and-coming producers from across the UK who will take part in the six-month professional development programme, Insight, including Screen Rising Star Scotland Reece Cargan and Hoard associate producer Cheri Darbon.
Screen Yorkshire is delivering the training, supported by National Lottery funding and led by CEO Caroline Cooper Charles and senior talent executive Jo Schofield with additional...
British Film Institute (BFI) Network – a strand of the BFI that exists to discover and support writers, producers and directors at the start of their careers – has named the 12 up-and-coming producers from across the UK who will take part in the six-month professional development programme, Insight, including Screen Rising Star Scotland Reece Cargan and Hoard associate producer Cheri Darbon.
Screen Yorkshire is delivering the training, supported by National Lottery funding and led by CEO Caroline Cooper Charles and senior talent executive Jo Schofield with additional...
- 1/24/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
MetFilm has announced the release date and debuted a trailer for the documentary ‘A Bunch of Amateurs.’
To be released in UK cinemas on 11 November, the doc follows the members of Britain’s oldest amateur film club, the film won the Audience Award at this year’s Sheffield Doc Fest.
Members of a quintessentially British working-class amateur filmmaking club, ‘Bradford Movie Makers’ grow old together amid flickering memories and challenging final years. Clinging to their dreams, and to each other, fuelled by endless cups of tea, this gently comedic, profoundly moving portrait of shared artistic folly speaks to the escapist dreamer in us all and to the enduring power of face-to-face time together, in an increasingly lonely, digital age.
Kim Hopkins directs and produces under her Labor of Love Films banner, alongside co-founder Margareta Szabo and The BFI Doc Society Fund. Simon Beaufoy executive produces alongside Lisa Marie Russo, Caroline Cooper Charles,...
To be released in UK cinemas on 11 November, the doc follows the members of Britain’s oldest amateur film club, the film won the Audience Award at this year’s Sheffield Doc Fest.
Members of a quintessentially British working-class amateur filmmaking club, ‘Bradford Movie Makers’ grow old together amid flickering memories and challenging final years. Clinging to their dreams, and to each other, fuelled by endless cups of tea, this gently comedic, profoundly moving portrait of shared artistic folly speaks to the escapist dreamer in us all and to the enduring power of face-to-face time together, in an increasingly lonely, digital age.
Kim Hopkins directs and produces under her Labor of Love Films banner, alongside co-founder Margareta Szabo and The BFI Doc Society Fund. Simon Beaufoy executive produces alongside Lisa Marie Russo, Caroline Cooper Charles,...
- 9/29/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Drama commissioners Gabriel Silver and Liz Lewin and production head Amanda Wilkie-Sweeney are leaving.
Drama commissioners Gabriel Silver and Liz Lewin and production head Amanda Wilkie-Sweeney are leaving Sky Studios, Screen’s sister site Broadcast has learned.
It is believed all three have irons in the fire in terms of new roles, though the details are not known.
The trio follow Preethi Mavahalli out of the pay-tv provider’s drama department, who joined Ben Stephenson’s Poison Pen earlier this week.
Lewin and Wilkie-Sweeney resigned over the summer, while Silver’s departure was communicated to staff earlier this week.
Sky Studio...
Drama commissioners Gabriel Silver and Liz Lewin and production head Amanda Wilkie-Sweeney are leaving Sky Studios, Screen’s sister site Broadcast has learned.
It is believed all three have irons in the fire in terms of new roles, though the details are not known.
The trio follow Preethi Mavahalli out of the pay-tv provider’s drama department, who joined Ben Stephenson’s Poison Pen earlier this week.
Lewin and Wilkie-Sweeney resigned over the summer, while Silver’s departure was communicated to staff earlier this week.
Sky Studio...
- 9/23/2022
- by Alex Farber Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
Jack Davenport, Alison Sudol, Susan Wokoma, Ray Panthaki and Josh O’Connor among cast.
Production is underway in York on Julia Jackman’s debut feature Bonus Track, a Sky-backed film for which Bankside Films has acquired world sales rights.
Jack Davenport, Alison Sudol, Susan Wokoma, Ray Panthaki and Josh O’Connor are on the cast, alongside newcomers Joe Anders and Samuel Small in the lead roles.
It is based on an original story by O’Connor and Michael Gilbert, with a debut screenplay from Gilbert; O’Connor is also taking on his first production role as an executive producer on the film.
Production is underway in York on Julia Jackman’s debut feature Bonus Track, a Sky-backed film for which Bankside Films has acquired world sales rights.
Jack Davenport, Alison Sudol, Susan Wokoma, Ray Panthaki and Josh O’Connor are on the cast, alongside newcomers Joe Anders and Samuel Small in the lead roles.
It is based on an original story by O’Connor and Michael Gilbert, with a debut screenplay from Gilbert; O’Connor is also taking on his first production role as an executive producer on the film.
- 8/17/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
MetFilm Sales has boarded Sheffield Doc Fest feature “A Bunch Of Amateurs.” The film is set to have its world premiere at the U.K. festival on Friday (Jun 24).
Directed by Kim Hopkins (“Voices of the Sea”), “A Bunch of Amateurs” tells the story of the world’s oldest amateur film club, Bradford Movie Makers, which is desperately trying to survive.
“Desperately clinging to their dreams, and to each other, this hilarious and moving portrait of artistic folly speaks to the delusional escapist dreamer in us all,” reads the official logline.
“MetFilm Sales is the perfect home for ‘A Bunch of Amateurs,'” Hopkins said. “The company’s track record and unique sensibility in the documentary world speaks for itself. We’re very excited to be approaching our world premiere at Sheffield DocFest, and are proud to be the only British title in their incredible International Competition line-up.”
Mitch Clare...
Directed by Kim Hopkins (“Voices of the Sea”), “A Bunch of Amateurs” tells the story of the world’s oldest amateur film club, Bradford Movie Makers, which is desperately trying to survive.
“Desperately clinging to their dreams, and to each other, this hilarious and moving portrait of artistic folly speaks to the delusional escapist dreamer in us all,” reads the official logline.
“MetFilm Sales is the perfect home for ‘A Bunch of Amateurs,'” Hopkins said. “The company’s track record and unique sensibility in the documentary world speaks for itself. We’re very excited to be approaching our world premiere at Sheffield DocFest, and are proud to be the only British title in their incredible International Competition line-up.”
Mitch Clare...
- 6/22/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Film4, BFI, Screen Yorkshire backed the film.
UK-based sales firm Bankside Films has boarded sales on Birchanger Green, the feature debut of Screen Star of Tomorrow writer-director Moin Hussain that wrapped production in Yorkshire last month.
Bankside will debut the film to buyers in Cannes; Screen can reveal a first-look image at the film (above).
Birchanger Green centres on a man living a small, lonely life working nightshifts at a motorway service station. On hearing his estranged father has died, he finds himself in search of answers and starts to become convinced that he descends from an alien race.
The...
UK-based sales firm Bankside Films has boarded sales on Birchanger Green, the feature debut of Screen Star of Tomorrow writer-director Moin Hussain that wrapped production in Yorkshire last month.
Bankside will debut the film to buyers in Cannes; Screen can reveal a first-look image at the film (above).
Birchanger Green centres on a man living a small, lonely life working nightshifts at a motorway service station. On hearing his estranged father has died, he finds himself in search of answers and starts to become convinced that he descends from an alien race.
The...
- 5/4/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Sky Studios has launched wholly-owned production outfit Transistor Films with the team behind Crime+Investigation UK and Netflix series I Am A Killer.
The company will be headed by Danny Tipping, who was most recently head of factual at Znak & Co, which houses I Am A Killer, and is behind shows including Fox’s Ultimate Tag. Tipping will be joined by executive producer Ned Parker, series producer Zoe Hines, and development executive Jason Oates.
Transistor Films has already secured an order from U.S. broadcaster Oxygen to make three-part series Living With A Serial Killer, while Sky Studios said it is in active development on a range of projects for U.S. and UK broadcasters, including Sky Crime and Sky Documentaries.
Caroline Cooper, Sky Studios’ chief operating officer, said: “The market for unscripted content has never been stronger. With a remit to produce premium factual content for broadcasters around the world,...
The company will be headed by Danny Tipping, who was most recently head of factual at Znak & Co, which houses I Am A Killer, and is behind shows including Fox’s Ultimate Tag. Tipping will be joined by executive producer Ned Parker, series producer Zoe Hines, and development executive Jason Oates.
Transistor Films has already secured an order from U.S. broadcaster Oxygen to make three-part series Living With A Serial Killer, while Sky Studios said it is in active development on a range of projects for U.S. and UK broadcasters, including Sky Crime and Sky Documentaries.
Caroline Cooper, Sky Studios’ chief operating officer, said: “The market for unscripted content has never been stronger. With a remit to produce premium factual content for broadcasters around the world,...
- 3/18/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Comcast-backed Sky Studios has launched a new production outfit. Transistor Films, a wholly-owned factual and unscripted shingle, will be headed by producer Danny Tipping (pictured).
The company, based in London, launches under the new label this week with executive producer Ned Parker, series producer Zoe Hines and development executive Jason Oates joining the company.
Most recently, Tipping and the team that forms Transistor Films delivered Sky Original documentary series “The Murderer & Me” for Sky Crime, along with two seasons of the series “I Am a Killer” for Netflix.
Tipping was most recently head of factual for Znak & Co, where he oversaw the production and delivery of factual and factual entertainment programs for broadcasters including PBS, Discovery Networks, National Geographic, A+E, Sky, UKTV, Foxtel and Netflix.
Prior to joining Znak & Co., Danny was the director of programming and development at now-shuttered distributor Sky Vision. He previously worked at...
The company, based in London, launches under the new label this week with executive producer Ned Parker, series producer Zoe Hines and development executive Jason Oates joining the company.
Most recently, Tipping and the team that forms Transistor Films delivered Sky Original documentary series “The Murderer & Me” for Sky Crime, along with two seasons of the series “I Am a Killer” for Netflix.
Tipping was most recently head of factual for Znak & Co, where he oversaw the production and delivery of factual and factual entertainment programs for broadcasters including PBS, Discovery Networks, National Geographic, A+E, Sky, UKTV, Foxtel and Netflix.
Prior to joining Znak & Co., Danny was the director of programming and development at now-shuttered distributor Sky Vision. He previously worked at...
- 3/18/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Happy Friday, Jake Kanter here. Here’s a rundown of the six things you need to know about the global film and TV business this week. If you want to subscribe to get this alert in a timely fashion, sign up here.
1. Scoop: The ‘War Of The Worlds’ Pandemic Masterplan
Apocalypse now: It seems fitting that War Of The Worlds, a dystopian story about deserted streets, will be the first UK drama series to return to production in the pandemic era. We can reveal that cameras will begin rolling in Newport, Wales, next Monday after months of meticulous planning on the part of producer Urban Myth Films.
Test test test: Deadline understands that Urban Myth has worked with Welsh authorities to design a testing regime for cast and crew. Crucially, this will allow actors to break two-meter social distancing rules where it is dramatically necessary. Urban Myth director Johnny Capps...
1. Scoop: The ‘War Of The Worlds’ Pandemic Masterplan
Apocalypse now: It seems fitting that War Of The Worlds, a dystopian story about deserted streets, will be the first UK drama series to return to production in the pandemic era. We can reveal that cameras will begin rolling in Newport, Wales, next Monday after months of meticulous planning on the part of producer Urban Myth Films.
Test test test: Deadline understands that Urban Myth has worked with Welsh authorities to design a testing regime for cast and crew. Crucially, this will allow actors to break two-meter social distancing rules where it is dramatically necessary. Urban Myth director Johnny Capps...
- 7/10/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Sky Studios Elstree, the large-scale film and TV production facility being developed by Comcast’s European pay-tv operator Sky, sister company NBCUniversal, and finance firm Legal & General, has received the green light to proceed with construction following a decision late Wednesday by the local government, Hertsmere Borough Council.
According to Sky, the studios are likely to generate up to an additional £3 billion ($3.79 million) of production investment in the U.K.’s economy in the first five years of operation. Sky Studios Elstree will become home to a host of Sky Originals, created by Sky Studios, as well as major film productions from Universal Pictures, Focus Features and Working Title, and television series from Universal Studio Group. Independent producers will also be welcome.
The final design for the facility sees 12 sound stages on site, with the ability to merge together and sub-divide sound stages to accommodate productions of all sizes, Sky said.
According to Sky, the studios are likely to generate up to an additional £3 billion ($3.79 million) of production investment in the U.K.’s economy in the first five years of operation. Sky Studios Elstree will become home to a host of Sky Originals, created by Sky Studios, as well as major film productions from Universal Pictures, Focus Features and Working Title, and television series from Universal Studio Group. Independent producers will also be welcome.
The final design for the facility sees 12 sound stages on site, with the ability to merge together and sub-divide sound stages to accommodate productions of all sizes, Sky said.
- 7/9/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Comcast-owned European broadcaster Sky has secured planning permission to build a major new film and TV studio in Elstree, north London. It will be known as Sky Studios Elstree.
Hertsmere Borough Council councillors unanimously approved the plans at a meeting on Wednesday evening, giving Sky the green light to build the complex, which will be within walking distance of Elstree Studios, the famous home of films including The King’s Speech and TV shows such as The Crown.
Sky will open the 32-acre development by 2022, but ultimately has five years to complete the work following planning permission being granted. Sky’s investment in the studio has not been disclosed, but the project is backed by its parent company Comcast.
The complex will consist of nine buildings, comprising 12 sound stages, production offices, a set construction workshop, screening cinema, a multi-story car park, and post-production and digital facilities. Take a look at the plans below.
Hertsmere Borough Council councillors unanimously approved the plans at a meeting on Wednesday evening, giving Sky the green light to build the complex, which will be within walking distance of Elstree Studios, the famous home of films including The King’s Speech and TV shows such as The Crown.
Sky will open the 32-acre development by 2022, but ultimately has five years to complete the work following planning permission being granted. Sky’s investment in the studio has not been disclosed, but the project is backed by its parent company Comcast.
The complex will consist of nine buildings, comprising 12 sound stages, production offices, a set construction workshop, screening cinema, a multi-story car park, and post-production and digital facilities. Take a look at the plans below.
- 7/8/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Ten feature projects include drama about First World War camp for Muslim prisoners.
The writers on the inaugural Adapt to Film initiative in the UK are wrapping the five-month programme and pitched their projects to a group of invited industry experts such as producers and agents earlier this week in London.
The scheme, spearheaded by Broadway in Nottingham and run by script and talent development executives Anna Seifert-Speck and Caroline Cooper Charles, was designed for writers adapting source material for film. The scheme is supported by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, with BFI’s Film Forever National Lottery funds.
The ten writers and their projects are:
Raisah Ahmed presented Half-Moon Camp, which she is writing based on newspaper articles and original research about a prisoner of war camp in Germany that was home to Muslim prisoners in the First World War.
The Glasgow-based writer is also working on Meet Me By The Water, about a young...
The writers on the inaugural Adapt to Film initiative in the UK are wrapping the five-month programme and pitched their projects to a group of invited industry experts such as producers and agents earlier this week in London.
The scheme, spearheaded by Broadway in Nottingham and run by script and talent development executives Anna Seifert-Speck and Caroline Cooper Charles, was designed for writers adapting source material for film. The scheme is supported by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, with BFI’s Film Forever National Lottery funds.
The ten writers and their projects are:
Raisah Ahmed presented Half-Moon Camp, which she is writing based on newspaper articles and original research about a prisoner of war camp in Germany that was home to Muslim prisoners in the First World War.
The Glasgow-based writer is also working on Meet Me By The Water, about a young...
- 3/16/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Ten feature projects include drama about First World War camp for Muslim prisoners.
The writers on the inaugural Adapt to Film initiative in the UK are wrapping the five-month programme and pitched their projects to a group of invited industry experts such as producers and agents earlier this week in London.
The scheme, spearheaded by Broadway in Nottingham and run by script and talent development executives Anna Seifert-Speck and Caroline Cooper Charles, was designed for writers adapting source material for film. The scheme is supported by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, with BFI’s Film Forever National Lottery funds.
The ten writers and their projects are:
Raisah Ahmed presented Half-Moon Camp, which she is writing based on newspaper articles and original research about a prisoner of war camp in Germany that was home to Muslim prisoners in the First World War.
The Glasgow-based writer is also working on Meet Me By The Water, about a young...
The writers on the inaugural Adapt to Film initiative in the UK are wrapping the five-month programme and pitched their projects to a group of invited industry experts such as producers and agents earlier this week in London.
The scheme, spearheaded by Broadway in Nottingham and run by script and talent development executives Anna Seifert-Speck and Caroline Cooper Charles, was designed for writers adapting source material for film. The scheme is supported by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, with BFI’s Film Forever National Lottery funds.
The ten writers and their projects are:
Raisah Ahmed presented Half-Moon Camp, which she is writing based on newspaper articles and original research about a prisoner of war camp in Germany that was home to Muslim prisoners in the First World War.
The Glasgow-based writer is also working on Meet Me By The Water, about a young...
- 3/16/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Broadway’s inaugural initiative welcomes experienced writers to present their projects.
The writers on the inaugural Adapt to Film initiative in the UK are wrapping the five-month programme and pitched their projects to a group of invited industry experts such as producers and agents earlier this week in London.
The scheme, spearheaded by Broadway in Nottingham and run by script and talent development executives Anna Seifert-Speck and Caroline Cooper Charles, was designed for writers adapting source material for film. The scheme is supported by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, with BFI’s Film Forever National Lottery funds.
The ten writers and their projects are:
Raisah Ahmed presented Half-Moon Camp, which she is writing based on newspaper articles and original research about a prisoner of war camp in Germany that was home to Muslim prisoners in World War I. The Glasgow-based writer is also working on Meet Me By The Water, about a young...
The writers on the inaugural Adapt to Film initiative in the UK are wrapping the five-month programme and pitched their projects to a group of invited industry experts such as producers and agents earlier this week in London.
The scheme, spearheaded by Broadway in Nottingham and run by script and talent development executives Anna Seifert-Speck and Caroline Cooper Charles, was designed for writers adapting source material for film. The scheme is supported by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, with BFI’s Film Forever National Lottery funds.
The ten writers and their projects are:
Raisah Ahmed presented Half-Moon Camp, which she is writing based on newspaper articles and original research about a prisoner of war camp in Germany that was home to Muslim prisoners in World War I. The Glasgow-based writer is also working on Meet Me By The Water, about a young...
- 3/16/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Brek Taylor departs in latest blow to UK funding agency.
Creative England’s head of film Brek Taylor is to leave the UK funding agency this week after four months in the role.
The former director and Film London executive was appointed at the end of September 2016 following the departure of Caroline Cooper Charles, who herself served only six months in the position.
Creative England confirmed the exit but declined to comment on the reason for Taylor’s departure or a succession plan.
The 45 Years and Notes On Blindness backer had been looking to build stability in 2017 following cuts to its film operation last year.
On revealing its five-year plan for film in November, the BFI described a “refocused” role for the agency and a review of its production services operation.
At the time the BFI confirmed that the valued agency would continue to deliver popular low budget movie scheme iFeatures, which produced...
Creative England’s head of film Brek Taylor is to leave the UK funding agency this week after four months in the role.
The former director and Film London executive was appointed at the end of September 2016 following the departure of Caroline Cooper Charles, who herself served only six months in the position.
Creative England confirmed the exit but declined to comment on the reason for Taylor’s departure or a succession plan.
The 45 Years and Notes On Blindness backer had been looking to build stability in 2017 following cuts to its film operation last year.
On revealing its five-year plan for film in November, the BFI described a “refocused” role for the agency and a review of its production services operation.
At the time the BFI confirmed that the valued agency would continue to deliver popular low budget movie scheme iFeatures, which produced...
- 1/30/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Former Film London executive joins UK funder which is riding high following Toronto successes.
UK funder Creative England, whose previous credits include 45 Years and Spooks: The Greater Good, has appointed former Film London executive producer Brek Taylor as its new head of film.
Taylor, who joined the organisation last week, takes over from Caroline Cooper Charles.
Taylor co-directed 2011 Glasgow Film Festival feature The Island, which starred Natalie Press, Colin Morgan and Janet McAteer. The title, made under Taylor’s production banner Tailormade Productions, was acquired by Soda Pictures for the UK.
Having started out in theatre, she has worked on documentaries for National Geographic’s ‘Explorer’s Journal’ and a 24-hour international Shakespeare theatre event involving 35 countries.
Caroline Norbury MBE, chief executive of Creative England, said in a statement to Screen: “We’re delighted to welcome Brek Taylor to Creative England as our new Head of Film, bringing her 15 years experience directing and producing in theatre...
UK funder Creative England, whose previous credits include 45 Years and Spooks: The Greater Good, has appointed former Film London executive producer Brek Taylor as its new head of film.
Taylor, who joined the organisation last week, takes over from Caroline Cooper Charles.
Taylor co-directed 2011 Glasgow Film Festival feature The Island, which starred Natalie Press, Colin Morgan and Janet McAteer. The title, made under Taylor’s production banner Tailormade Productions, was acquired by Soda Pictures for the UK.
Having started out in theatre, she has worked on documentaries for National Geographic’s ‘Explorer’s Journal’ and a 24-hour international Shakespeare theatre event involving 35 countries.
Caroline Norbury MBE, chief executive of Creative England, said in a statement to Screen: “We’re delighted to welcome Brek Taylor to Creative England as our new Head of Film, bringing her 15 years experience directing and producing in theatre...
- 9/26/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Challenges mount at UK funding agency as Caroline Cooper Charles hands in notice.
Creative England head of film Caroline Cooper Charles is to step down after handing in her notice at the challenged creative industries funding agency.
Cooper Charles, previously Creative England’s senior film enterprise executive, took over as head of film six months ago following the departure of Chris Moll.
The executive is understood to be leaving of her own accord following recent cuts to the the organisation’s film team.
Creative England confirmed to Screen that Cooper Charles will leave at the end of June to “pursue creative opportunities outside of the company” and that the executive will be replaced.
Cooper Charles told Screen: “I’ve had some fantastic times at Creative England, headed up a truly brilliant team and been constantly surprised and delighted by the people and projects we’ve supported. It has been a privilege to work with such exceptional...
Creative England head of film Caroline Cooper Charles is to step down after handing in her notice at the challenged creative industries funding agency.
Cooper Charles, previously Creative England’s senior film enterprise executive, took over as head of film six months ago following the departure of Chris Moll.
The executive is understood to be leaving of her own accord following recent cuts to the the organisation’s film team.
Creative England confirmed to Screen that Cooper Charles will leave at the end of June to “pursue creative opportunities outside of the company” and that the executive will be replaced.
Cooper Charles told Screen: “I’ve had some fantastic times at Creative England, headed up a truly brilliant team and been constantly surprised and delighted by the people and projects we’ve supported. It has been a privilege to work with such exceptional...
- 3/23/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The programme for developing approaches to talent will again be held in Amsterdam, March 16-18.
TalentX, Creative England’s platform for development executives across Europe, will return to Amsterdam for a second edition in 2016.
The event, which will run March 16-18, will be hosted in partnership with the Danish Film Institute, the Irish Film Board and the Nertherlands Film Fund. Support also comes from the EU’s Creative Europe programme.
Last year’s forum culminated with a report published at Cannes Film Festival, which outlined six key areas in which the sector can progress to better nurture emerging talent.
The 2016 TalentX programme will focus on gathering representatives from European film funds and talents labs to help shape new approahces to developing talent for feature filmmaking. In total, there will be 30 participants involved in the three-day event.
Last year’s forum involved 40 speakers including Tristan Goligher, producer of 45 Years, and Duane Hopkins, writer-director of [link...
TalentX, Creative England’s platform for development executives across Europe, will return to Amsterdam for a second edition in 2016.
The event, which will run March 16-18, will be hosted in partnership with the Danish Film Institute, the Irish Film Board and the Nertherlands Film Fund. Support also comes from the EU’s Creative Europe programme.
Last year’s forum culminated with a report published at Cannes Film Festival, which outlined six key areas in which the sector can progress to better nurture emerging talent.
The 2016 TalentX programme will focus on gathering representatives from European film funds and talents labs to help shape new approahces to developing talent for feature filmmaking. In total, there will be 30 participants involved in the three-day event.
Last year’s forum involved 40 speakers including Tristan Goligher, producer of 45 Years, and Duane Hopkins, writer-director of [link...
- 11/3/2015
- ScreenDaily
The programme for developing approaches to talent will again be held in Amsterdam, March 16-18.
TalentX, Creative England’s platform for development executives across Europe, will return to Amsterdam for a second edition in 2016.
The event, which will run March 16-18, will be hosted in partnership with the Danish Film Institute, the Irish Film Board and the Nertherlands Film Fund. Support also comes from the EU’s Creative Europe programme.
Last year’s forum culminated with a report published at Cannes Film Festival, which outlined six key areas in which the sector can progress to better nurture emerging talent.
The 2016 TalentX programme will focus on gathering representatives from European film funds and talents labs to help shape new approahces to developing talent for feature filmmaking. In total, there will be 30 participants involved in the three-day event.
Last year’s forum involved 40 speakers including Tristan Goligher, producer of 45 Years, and Duane Hopkins, writer-director of [link...
TalentX, Creative England’s platform for development executives across Europe, will return to Amsterdam for a second edition in 2016.
The event, which will run March 16-18, will be hosted in partnership with the Danish Film Institute, the Irish Film Board and the Nertherlands Film Fund. Support also comes from the EU’s Creative Europe programme.
Last year’s forum culminated with a report published at Cannes Film Festival, which outlined six key areas in which the sector can progress to better nurture emerging talent.
The 2016 TalentX programme will focus on gathering representatives from European film funds and talents labs to help shape new approahces to developing talent for feature filmmaking. In total, there will be 30 participants involved in the three-day event.
Last year’s forum involved 40 speakers including Tristan Goligher, producer of 45 Years, and Duane Hopkins, writer-director of [link...
- 11/3/2015
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: 45 Years backer promotes Caroline Cooper Charles.
Caroline Cooper Charles, previously Creative England’s senior film enterprise executive and head of creative development at Warp X, has been appointed the organisation’s new head of film.
Creative England is responsible for film initiatives iFeatures and iShorts, and has backed features including Notes On Blindness, 45 Years, Orion: The Man Who Would Be King and Burn, Burn, Burn.
During her time at Creative England Cooper Charles has led a bespoke support programme for film companies in England and previously worked across talent development strategy in the regions.
She is also CEO at production outfit Universal Spirits, producer of Jane Linfoot’s The Incident.
Prior to launching Universal Spirits Charles was head of creative development at Warp X where she was responsible for a slate of low-budget features including the cat-and-mouse thriller Hush, kaleidoscopic music documentary All Tomorrow’s Parties and road-trip comedy Bunny And The Bull.
As executive...
Caroline Cooper Charles, previously Creative England’s senior film enterprise executive and head of creative development at Warp X, has been appointed the organisation’s new head of film.
Creative England is responsible for film initiatives iFeatures and iShorts, and has backed features including Notes On Blindness, 45 Years, Orion: The Man Who Would Be King and Burn, Burn, Burn.
During her time at Creative England Cooper Charles has led a bespoke support programme for film companies in England and previously worked across talent development strategy in the regions.
She is also CEO at production outfit Universal Spirits, producer of Jane Linfoot’s The Incident.
Prior to launching Universal Spirits Charles was head of creative development at Warp X where she was responsible for a slate of low-budget features including the cat-and-mouse thriller Hush, kaleidoscopic music documentary All Tomorrow’s Parties and road-trip comedy Bunny And The Bull.
As executive...
- 10/15/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Psychological drama stars Ruta Gedmintas, Tom Hughes and Tasha Connor.
Principal photography has commenced on The Incident (working title), a psychological drama that marks the debut feature of Jane Linfoot, a Screen International Star of Tomorrow in 2008.
Shooting will take place on location in Yorkshire over four weeks.
The film centres on metropolitan couple Annabel (Ruta Gedmintas) and Joe (Tom Hughes), who cross paths with Lily (Tasha Connor), a troubled, vulnerable teen. Annabel and Joe’s decision to ignore Lily provokes an unsettling incident that disrupts the couple’s comfortable lives, forcing them to confront their shared guilt.
Gedmintas is currently starring in new FX drama The Strain, created by Guillermo del Toro; Hughes starred in Cemetery Junction and more recently Richard Curtis’s About Time; and Connor recently finished filming X Plus Y alongside Asa Butterfield, Sally Hawkins and Eddie Marsan.
Producers are Caroline Cooper Charles (Bunny and The Bull) and Sarada McDermott (Mrs Brown’s Boys...
Principal photography has commenced on The Incident (working title), a psychological drama that marks the debut feature of Jane Linfoot, a Screen International Star of Tomorrow in 2008.
Shooting will take place on location in Yorkshire over four weeks.
The film centres on metropolitan couple Annabel (Ruta Gedmintas) and Joe (Tom Hughes), who cross paths with Lily (Tasha Connor), a troubled, vulnerable teen. Annabel and Joe’s decision to ignore Lily provokes an unsettling incident that disrupts the couple’s comfortable lives, forcing them to confront their shared guilt.
Gedmintas is currently starring in new FX drama The Strain, created by Guillermo del Toro; Hughes starred in Cemetery Junction and more recently Richard Curtis’s About Time; and Connor recently finished filming X Plus Y alongside Asa Butterfield, Sally Hawkins and Eddie Marsan.
Producers are Caroline Cooper Charles (Bunny and The Bull) and Sarada McDermott (Mrs Brown’s Boys...
- 7/28/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Organisers behind the two-day event set to run July 14-15 during the International Festival Of Business 2014 (Ifb 2014) in Liverpool have announced the line-up of guests.
The film event is set to take place at Liverpool’s Foundation For Art And Creative Technology (Fact, pictured), the arts and media centre located in the Ropewalks district that houses state-of-the-art screens, art galleries and a café and bar.
Liverpool-born Im Global CEO Stuart Ford and writer-producer Kevin Sampson have curated the programme in association with Pinewood Studios and UK Talent Management Firm Independent.
Day One is focused on creativity and comprises three on-stage conversations with directors that will see Get Carter director Mike Hodges in conversation with The Independent’s Barry Forshaw; Four Weddings and a Funeral and Donnie Brasco director Mike Newell in conversation with Ford; and the Liverpool-born director of The Awakening, Nick Murphy, talking to Sampson.
The first day will include a masterclass in pitching led by...
The film event is set to take place at Liverpool’s Foundation For Art And Creative Technology (Fact, pictured), the arts and media centre located in the Ropewalks district that houses state-of-the-art screens, art galleries and a café and bar.
Liverpool-born Im Global CEO Stuart Ford and writer-producer Kevin Sampson have curated the programme in association with Pinewood Studios and UK Talent Management Firm Independent.
Day One is focused on creativity and comprises three on-stage conversations with directors that will see Get Carter director Mike Hodges in conversation with The Independent’s Barry Forshaw; Four Weddings and a Funeral and Donnie Brasco director Mike Newell in conversation with Ford; and the Liverpool-born director of The Awakening, Nick Murphy, talking to Sampson.
The first day will include a masterclass in pitching led by...
- 7/7/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
New funds aimed at helping regional filmmakers and production companies across England have been launched this week by Creative England.
The funds, intended to support regional film companies and help develop new talent, are being managed by industry experts from both film and television.
The Creative England Production Fund, managed by Richard Holmes, is an all-England fund, focused on regional filmmakers and/or stories.
Holmes, producer of Eden Lake, Jadoo and the upcoming Keeping Rosy, said: “We’ll be looking for ambitious films that can be made by committed filmmakers for under £1.5m.”
The fund will support between 10% and 50% of total budget with individual awards typically in the range of £50-£150k.
The West Midlands Production Fund (Wmpf), also managed by Richard Holmes, and supported through the European Regional Development Fund, can invest in both film and TV drama production.
Productions must be based in the West Midlands, and must demonstrate a positive impact on the region...
The funds, intended to support regional film companies and help develop new talent, are being managed by industry experts from both film and television.
The Creative England Production Fund, managed by Richard Holmes, is an all-England fund, focused on regional filmmakers and/or stories.
Holmes, producer of Eden Lake, Jadoo and the upcoming Keeping Rosy, said: “We’ll be looking for ambitious films that can be made by committed filmmakers for under £1.5m.”
The fund will support between 10% and 50% of total budget with individual awards typically in the range of £50-£150k.
The West Midlands Production Fund (Wmpf), also managed by Richard Holmes, and supported through the European Regional Development Fund, can invest in both film and TV drama production.
Productions must be based in the West Midlands, and must demonstrate a positive impact on the region...
- 10/16/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
New films from Philippa Lowthorpe, Andrew Steggall, Jane Linfoot receive backing.
In its second round (April-June) of first feature awards, the BFI has backed Philippa Lowthorpe’s Sleeping Out, Andrew Steggall’s Departure and Jane Linfoot’s The Incident.
The awards are for film projects budgeted under £2m ($3.1m).
Sleeping Out will see Call the Midwife director and The Other Boleyn Girl writer-director Lowthorpe team with writer Stephen Butchard and producer Simon Lewis, with whom she also collaborated for BBC One drama series Five Daughters in 2010.
Set in Leeds, the drama tells the story of Jack and Toby, both 14, who live on the streets and dream of getting laid. When Jack falls in love with a murderer’s young girlfriend, it puts their lives in danger and tests their friendship to the limit.
Steggall, actor and theatre director of productions including Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat at the Old Vic Theatre starring Jeremy Irons, has previously...
In its second round (April-June) of first feature awards, the BFI has backed Philippa Lowthorpe’s Sleeping Out, Andrew Steggall’s Departure and Jane Linfoot’s The Incident.
The awards are for film projects budgeted under £2m ($3.1m).
Sleeping Out will see Call the Midwife director and The Other Boleyn Girl writer-director Lowthorpe team with writer Stephen Butchard and producer Simon Lewis, with whom she also collaborated for BBC One drama series Five Daughters in 2010.
Set in Leeds, the drama tells the story of Jack and Toby, both 14, who live on the streets and dream of getting laid. When Jack falls in love with a murderer’s young girlfriend, it puts their lives in danger and tests their friendship to the limit.
Steggall, actor and theatre director of productions including Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat at the Old Vic Theatre starring Jeremy Irons, has previously...
- 7/29/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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