The BFI is investing £900,000 over two years in a BFI Skills Cluster in Wales, which will see Sgil Cymru in close partnership with Creative Wales and Screen Alliance Wales (Saw) launch the one stop shop using National Lottery good cause funding.
It becomes one of seven BFI Skills Clusters across UK nations and regions which seek to work collaboratively with local industry, education and training providers to develop clearer pathways to long-term employment in film and TV production.
The cluster will receive additional funding from Creative Wales and BBC Studios, and work as a collaborative partnership of training providers, further and higher educators,...
It becomes one of seven BFI Skills Clusters across UK nations and regions which seek to work collaboratively with local industry, education and training providers to develop clearer pathways to long-term employment in film and TV production.
The cluster will receive additional funding from Creative Wales and BBC Studios, and work as a collaborative partnership of training providers, further and higher educators,...
- 4/18/2024
- ScreenDaily
Berlin-based M-Appeal has taken on world sales rights to Brazilian director Marcelo Caetano’s Cannes Critics’ Week title Baby.
The film, scripted by Caetano and Gabriel Domingues, follows an 18-year-old boy who is released from a juvenile detention centre and finds himself adrift on the streets of São Paulo.
The Brazil-France-Netherlands co-production is made through Cup Filmes, Caetano’s Desbun Filmes, Plateau Produções, Still Moving, Circe Films and Kaap Holland Film. The cast is led by João Pedro Mariano, Ricardo Teodoro and Ana Flavia Cavalcanti.
M-Appeal also handled the director’s 2017 debut feature Body Electric. Vitrine Filmes will distribute Caetano’s second film in Brazil.
The film, scripted by Caetano and Gabriel Domingues, follows an 18-year-old boy who is released from a juvenile detention centre and finds himself adrift on the streets of São Paulo.
The Brazil-France-Netherlands co-production is made through Cup Filmes, Caetano’s Desbun Filmes, Plateau Produções, Still Moving, Circe Films and Kaap Holland Film. The cast is led by João Pedro Mariano, Ricardo Teodoro and Ana Flavia Cavalcanti.
M-Appeal also handled the director’s 2017 debut feature Body Electric. Vitrine Filmes will distribute Caetano’s second film in Brazil.
- 4/18/2024
- ScreenDaily
Aurélie Godet will replace Anna Kopecká as director of programming at Ireland’s Cork International Film Festival (Ciff). She will curate the line-up for the 69th Ciff, taking place November 7-17, 2024.
Godet was previously a senior programmer for the Berlinale for five years, specialising in projects from French-speaking countries and was formerly a programmer at Locarno Film Festival. She is a member of Arte France Cinéma’s Advisory Committee and also has worked as a programmer and moderator for the French festivals La Roche-sur-Yon and 3 Continents.
In 2019 Godet co-founded the Red Balloon Alliance, an organisation that lobbies for better work-life...
Godet was previously a senior programmer for the Berlinale for five years, specialising in projects from French-speaking countries and was formerly a programmer at Locarno Film Festival. She is a member of Arte France Cinéma’s Advisory Committee and also has worked as a programmer and moderator for the French festivals La Roche-sur-Yon and 3 Continents.
In 2019 Godet co-founded the Red Balloon Alliance, an organisation that lobbies for better work-life...
- 4/18/2024
- ScreenDaily
It started with a playdate. It was the 2019 Berlin Film festival, and five industry professionals — Sarah Calderon of The Film Agency, Berlinale programmer Aurelie Godet, Olimpia Pont Chafer of Torino Film, Alan Seville of the European Works in Progress program, and Rotterdam festival programmer Michelle Carey — all working moms, met up for a break from the Berlin hustle and bustle and to give their kids a chance to interact with other non-adults.
“We started talking about what we were all facing, trying to balance being a parent with this job, and the stresses on our personal life,” Carey recalls. “We all said: this has to change.”
Anyone who has experienced the film festival circuit as the parent of young children can emphatize. With its cycle of international travel, late-night premieres and boozy after-hours events, most international fests are distinctly un-family friendly. It’s fine for celebrities able to pay for private nannies and entertainment.
“We started talking about what we were all facing, trying to balance being a parent with this job, and the stresses on our personal life,” Carey recalls. “We all said: this has to change.”
Anyone who has experienced the film festival circuit as the parent of young children can emphatize. With its cycle of international travel, late-night premieres and boozy after-hours events, most international fests are distinctly un-family friendly. It’s fine for celebrities able to pay for private nannies and entertainment.
- 2/17/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Brazilian Competition jury member Kleber Mendonça Filho was among the parents with children who signed-up for its services
Le Ballon Rouge, a not-for-profit childcare initiative launched in 2019 by film professionals to support parents attending Cannes with their children, is reporting strong take-up of its services this year.
Taking its title from French director Albert Lamorissethe’s 1956 classic medium-length film of the same name, the initiative is a joint venture between the Cannes Film Festival, the Cannes Marché and the Parenting at Film Festivals group.
It provides childcare facilities and also offers additional market badges for children and accompanying nannies and grandparents free of charge.
Le Ballon Rouge, a not-for-profit childcare initiative launched in 2019 by film professionals to support parents attending Cannes with their children, is reporting strong take-up of its services this year.
Taking its title from French director Albert Lamorissethe’s 1956 classic medium-length film of the same name, the initiative is a joint venture between the Cannes Film Festival, the Cannes Marché and the Parenting at Film Festivals group.
It provides childcare facilities and also offers additional market badges for children and accompanying nannies and grandparents free of charge.
- 7/16/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
120 families and 25 children participated in this year’s edition.
Cannes’ family-friendly initiative Le Ballon Rouge will return next year with an expanded remit after being declared a success in its inaugural edition.
The organisers of the joint venture between the Cannes Film Festival, the Cannes Marché and the Parenting at Film Festivals group, a collective of industry professionals with young children who spearheaded the initiative and raised funding for the childcare facilities, said 120 families had been registered through its new family-friendly accreditation service.
It offered additional badges for children and accompanying nannies and grandparents free-of-charge.
A further 25 children had benefitted...
Cannes’ family-friendly initiative Le Ballon Rouge will return next year with an expanded remit after being declared a success in its inaugural edition.
The organisers of the joint venture between the Cannes Film Festival, the Cannes Marché and the Parenting at Film Festivals group, a collective of industry professionals with young children who spearheaded the initiative and raised funding for the childcare facilities, said 120 families had been registered through its new family-friendly accreditation service.
It offered additional badges for children and accompanying nannies and grandparents free-of-charge.
A further 25 children had benefitted...
- 5/24/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
The Festival de Cannes and the Marché du Film, in collaboration with the newly-formed collective Parenting at Film Festivals, is launching an unprecedented and ground-breaking family-friendly festival journey, Le Ballon Rouge, where children are the New VIPs.
Work-life balance is a constant challenge for parents in modern society. In the film industry, it is a daily battle. A vast majority of film professionals must travel regularly to film festivals and markets, sometimes with their babies and young children, and may have had a tough time combining their family and professional priorities. So often, it is just easier to leave the children at home, or more drastically, they may feel. forced to make a decision between their career and the prospect of starting a family.
Festival de Cannes General Delegate Thierry Frémaux and Marché du Film Executive Director Jérôme Paillard said of the initiative:
Although the ever-present issue of work-life balance affects everyone,...
Work-life balance is a constant challenge for parents in modern society. In the film industry, it is a daily battle. A vast majority of film professionals must travel regularly to film festivals and markets, sometimes with their babies and young children, and may have had a tough time combining their family and professional priorities. So often, it is just easier to leave the children at home, or more drastically, they may feel. forced to make a decision between their career and the prospect of starting a family.
Festival de Cannes General Delegate Thierry Frémaux and Marché du Film Executive Director Jérôme Paillard said of the initiative:
Although the ever-present issue of work-life balance affects everyone,...
- 4/13/2019
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Bannered ’Le Ballon Rouge’, this is the first time a major film festival has offered a comprehensive package of family-friendly services.
The Cannes Film Festival and Marché du Film announced on Tuesday that they are launching a new initiative, aimed at supporting film industry professionals in attendance with babies and young children at their upcoming editions this May.
Bannered ’Le Ballon Rouge, Where Children Are The New Vips’, the initiative marks the first time a major film festival anywhere in the world has offered a comprehensive package of family-friendly services to industry attendees.
It has been created in collaboration with...
The Cannes Film Festival and Marché du Film announced on Tuesday that they are launching a new initiative, aimed at supporting film industry professionals in attendance with babies and young children at their upcoming editions this May.
Bannered ’Le Ballon Rouge, Where Children Are The New Vips’, the initiative marks the first time a major film festival anywhere in the world has offered a comprehensive package of family-friendly services to industry attendees.
It has been created in collaboration with...
- 4/9/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Selection committee appointed / New heads for Panorama and Berlinale Shorts / Outlook onto 70th anniversary February 20–29, 2020Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek
Carlo Chatrian as Artistic Director and Mariette Rissenbeek as Executive Director will officially take office on June 1, 2019. The future director duo have already been in contact with festival sections, initiatives and departments for some time now, learning about workflows and structures, and had the opportunity to gain further insights on location at the festival in February. They started working in their offices at Potsdamer Platz in March and can now present a first look onto the 2020 Berlinale.
“We have different tasks, but the same goal: to successfully lead the festival into the future! We inherit a festival which is not only recognized as one of the biggest in the world but also plays a significant role in the international film industry; we are aware of the huge task we have...
Carlo Chatrian as Artistic Director and Mariette Rissenbeek as Executive Director will officially take office on June 1, 2019. The future director duo have already been in contact with festival sections, initiatives and departments for some time now, learning about workflows and structures, and had the opportunity to gain further insights on location at the festival in February. They started working in their offices at Potsdamer Platz in March and can now present a first look onto the 2020 Berlinale.
“We have different tasks, but the same goal: to successfully lead the festival into the future! We inherit a festival which is not only recognized as one of the biggest in the world but also plays a significant role in the international film industry; we are aware of the huge task we have...
- 4/1/2019
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Also appoints new section heads for Panorama, Berlinale Shorts.
The Berlin International Film Festival has announced a new seven-member gender-balanced selection committee, appointed by incoming artistic director Carlo Chatrian.
Chatrian, who officially takes up his role alongside new executive director Mariette Rissenbeek on June 1, 2019, has brought four colleagues with him from the Locarno Film Festival, where he served as artistic director from 2012 to 2018.
They include new Berlinale head of programming Mark Peranson, who was head of programming at Locarno from 2013 to 2018, and a member of the selection committee from 2010 to 2012. A native of Toronto, Canada, Peranson was a programming associate...
The Berlin International Film Festival has announced a new seven-member gender-balanced selection committee, appointed by incoming artistic director Carlo Chatrian.
Chatrian, who officially takes up his role alongside new executive director Mariette Rissenbeek on June 1, 2019, has brought four colleagues with him from the Locarno Film Festival, where he served as artistic director from 2012 to 2018.
They include new Berlinale head of programming Mark Peranson, who was head of programming at Locarno from 2013 to 2018, and a member of the selection committee from 2010 to 2012. A native of Toronto, Canada, Peranson was a programming associate...
- 3/28/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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