Festival For All
The third edition of Fragments Festival (Sept. 28-Oct. 1) – set up as a platform for underrepresented filmmakers and as a showcase of films featuring unique individuals and minority groups – returns to London’s Genesis cinema and will open with Ken Loach‘s “The Old Oak.” The film centers on struggling pub The Old Oak, where tensions mount following the sudden arrival of Syrian refugees who have been housed in the area. The festival closes with Anna Hints‘ “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood,” the Estonian entry for the 2024 Oscars that documents a space where women can share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences.
This year’s festival comprises eight features, 26 shorts and 11 events highlighting stories by and of women, non-binary people and other members of the Lgbtqia+ community, disabled people, working class individuals, and Black, Asian and Arab communities.
Genesis owner Tyrone Walker-Hebborn said: “With the world increasingly opening up to diversity,...
The third edition of Fragments Festival (Sept. 28-Oct. 1) – set up as a platform for underrepresented filmmakers and as a showcase of films featuring unique individuals and minority groups – returns to London’s Genesis cinema and will open with Ken Loach‘s “The Old Oak.” The film centers on struggling pub The Old Oak, where tensions mount following the sudden arrival of Syrian refugees who have been housed in the area. The festival closes with Anna Hints‘ “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood,” the Estonian entry for the 2024 Oscars that documents a space where women can share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences.
This year’s festival comprises eight features, 26 shorts and 11 events highlighting stories by and of women, non-binary people and other members of the Lgbtqia+ community, disabled people, working class individuals, and Black, Asian and Arab communities.
Genesis owner Tyrone Walker-Hebborn said: “With the world increasingly opening up to diversity,...
- 9/1/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Amid the cinema closures, redundancies and cancellations across the U.K. due to the coronavirus pandemic, institutions big and small are exploring myriad ways to stay in business — some more controversial than others.
Genesis, an independent cinema in East London, remained open until Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered all cinemas and theaters to shut down Friday to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Cinema director Tyrone Walker-Hebborn tells Variety that Genesis stayed open in order to “offer a moment of entertainment and escapism” during the crisis. Walker-Hebborn was personally on site every day to manage and assess the situation on a daily basis while the cinema was open.
Genesis took precautions by halving its capacity due to social distancing requirements, advising staff to self-isolate if they displayed any coronavirus symptoms, and requiring all customers and staff to wash their hands for at least 20 seconds. At any given time, only 3.5% of the cinema was occupied.
Genesis, an independent cinema in East London, remained open until Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered all cinemas and theaters to shut down Friday to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Cinema director Tyrone Walker-Hebborn tells Variety that Genesis stayed open in order to “offer a moment of entertainment and escapism” during the crisis. Walker-Hebborn was personally on site every day to manage and assess the situation on a daily basis while the cinema was open.
Genesis took precautions by halving its capacity due to social distancing requirements, advising staff to self-isolate if they displayed any coronavirus symptoms, and requiring all customers and staff to wash their hands for at least 20 seconds. At any given time, only 3.5% of the cinema was occupied.
- 3/20/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The London-set drama has taken more than $6m at the box office.
Targeted campaigns and frank conversations between director Rapman and UK exhibitors helped London gang drama Blue Story achieve success at the box office, the film’s distributor Paramount Pictures has revealed.
“The movie became – whether you like the phrase or not – the biggest ‘urban movie’ of all time in the UK,” said Richard Aseme, vice president of international theatrical marketing and distribution at Paramount Pictures, at the UK Cinema Association (Ukca) conference in London on Wednesday (March 4).
Blue Story has taken more than $6m at the UK box...
Targeted campaigns and frank conversations between director Rapman and UK exhibitors helped London gang drama Blue Story achieve success at the box office, the film’s distributor Paramount Pictures has revealed.
“The movie became – whether you like the phrase or not – the biggest ‘urban movie’ of all time in the UK,” said Richard Aseme, vice president of international theatrical marketing and distribution at Paramount Pictures, at the UK Cinema Association (Ukca) conference in London on Wednesday (March 4).
Blue Story has taken more than $6m at the UK box...
- 3/5/2020
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
Four new members appointed to the UK screen industries agency’s board.
UK screen industries agency Film London has appointed four new members of its board of directors.
They include:
Nicola Pearcey, president, UK and Emea strategy and operations, Lionsgate; Saurabh Kakkar, executive producer, Big Talk Productions; Lila Rawlings, executive producer, drama and film, Left Bank Pictures; and Helen Burnhill, vice president of business development and marketing, Mediatonic.
The new board members, whose roles include responsibility as charity trustees, will replace outgoing members Ian George, Anna Higgs, Angela Jain and Andy Payne who have all completed their tenures on the board.
UK screen industries agency Film London has appointed four new members of its board of directors.
They include:
Nicola Pearcey, president, UK and Emea strategy and operations, Lionsgate; Saurabh Kakkar, executive producer, Big Talk Productions; Lila Rawlings, executive producer, drama and film, Left Bank Pictures; and Helen Burnhill, vice president of business development and marketing, Mediatonic.
The new board members, whose roles include responsibility as charity trustees, will replace outgoing members Ian George, Anna Higgs, Angela Jain and Andy Payne who have all completed their tenures on the board.
- 1/22/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Exhibitors gathered at the UK Exhibitors Forum, hosted by Screen International and the Independent Cinema Office.
The UK independent exhibition and distribution sectors came under the spotlight at the second Screen International and Independent Cinema Office (Ico) UK Exhibitors Forum, held at the Everyman King’s Cross in London on November 29.
Lucy Jones, Comscore’s executive director, UK & Ireland, set the scene by detailing how the past five years have been good for exhibitors but more challenging for independent distributors. The overall number of screens in the UK has risen from 4,415 in 2014 to 4,814 in 2017, with the number of cinemas up...
The UK independent exhibition and distribution sectors came under the spotlight at the second Screen International and Independent Cinema Office (Ico) UK Exhibitors Forum, held at the Everyman King’s Cross in London on November 29.
Lucy Jones, Comscore’s executive director, UK & Ireland, set the scene by detailing how the past five years have been good for exhibitors but more challenging for independent distributors. The overall number of screens in the UK has risen from 4,415 in 2014 to 4,814 in 2017, with the number of cinemas up...
- 12/6/2018
- by Charles Gant & Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
New board members include execs from BBC Fims, Coutts & Co and Saffery Champness.
Five new members have been appointed to Film London’s board of directors.
They are:
Geraldine Atlee, Head of Legal and Business Affairs at BBC Films Judith Chan, Executive Director of private bank Coutts & Co John Graydon, Head of Film and TV at chartered accountants Saffery Champness Jeff Jacobs, former Chief Officer of the Gla (Greater London Authority) Frances Trought, Deputy Vice Principal at Pearson College, London
Trought will take up a new board position focusing on Education following the launch of Film London’s Equal...
Five new members have been appointed to Film London’s board of directors.
They are:
Geraldine Atlee, Head of Legal and Business Affairs at BBC Films Judith Chan, Executive Director of private bank Coutts & Co John Graydon, Head of Film and TV at chartered accountants Saffery Champness Jeff Jacobs, former Chief Officer of the Gla (Greater London Authority) Frances Trought, Deputy Vice Principal at Pearson College, London
Trought will take up a new board position focusing on Education following the launch of Film London’s Equal...
- 11/23/2018
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Metrodome’s Jezz Vernon and Genesis Cinema’s Tyrone Walker-Hebborn on Board.
Film London has made two new additions to its Board of Directors: Tyrone Walker-Hebborn, owner of the Genesis Cinema; and Jezz Vernon, managing director of Metrodome Distribution.
Vernon and Walker-Hebbon replace outgoing board members Ed Fletcher, MD of Soda Pictures and Dr Emily Caston, senior lecturer film and TV at the London College of Communication who had both completed their six-year tenure on Film London’s Board.
David Parfitt, chairman of Film London said of the new Board members: “Their skills, knowledge and experience are a perfect match for Film London’s wide-ranging remit, and the talent, energy and insight they bring to the Board will help us continue to go from strength to strength and ensure London remains a world-class production hub across the screen industries.”
Film London’s Board Members are:
David Parfitt (Chairman), producer, Trademark FilmsIsabel Begg, Head of Commercial...
Film London has made two new additions to its Board of Directors: Tyrone Walker-Hebborn, owner of the Genesis Cinema; and Jezz Vernon, managing director of Metrodome Distribution.
Vernon and Walker-Hebbon replace outgoing board members Ed Fletcher, MD of Soda Pictures and Dr Emily Caston, senior lecturer film and TV at the London College of Communication who had both completed their six-year tenure on Film London’s Board.
David Parfitt, chairman of Film London said of the new Board members: “Their skills, knowledge and experience are a perfect match for Film London’s wide-ranging remit, and the talent, energy and insight they bring to the Board will help us continue to go from strength to strength and ensure London remains a world-class production hub across the screen industries.”
Film London’s Board Members are:
David Parfitt (Chairman), producer, Trademark FilmsIsabel Begg, Head of Commercial...
- 6/16/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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