Irish director Frankie Fenton explores the movement of global activists who believe nuclear power is our best hope to fight climate change in “Atomic Hope: Inside the Pro-Nuclear Movement,” which world premieres May 3 at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Paris-based documentary specialist Java Films, which is handling world sales on the film, has given Variety exclusive access to the trailer.
Intimately filmed across more than a decade, “Atomic Hope” follows the small movement of nuclear-energy advocates from Japan to Switzerland, America to Australia, as they try to win over a skeptical public – despite stiff opposition from traditional environmentalists and other interest groups.
Fenton admits he was as much a nuclear-energy skeptic as the next when he began researching the film. “I’m like anybody else: I started off being anti-nuclear and being scared of even the word ‘nuclear,’” the director told Variety. “The subject matter is so embedded...
Intimately filmed across more than a decade, “Atomic Hope” follows the small movement of nuclear-energy advocates from Japan to Switzerland, America to Australia, as they try to win over a skeptical public – despite stiff opposition from traditional environmentalists and other interest groups.
Fenton admits he was as much a nuclear-energy skeptic as the next when he began researching the film. “I’m like anybody else: I started off being anti-nuclear and being scared of even the word ‘nuclear,’” the director told Variety. “The subject matter is so embedded...
- 4/29/2022
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Evanna Lynch started out slow on “Dancing with the Stars,” but she has peaked at exactly the right time. Now she’s one of the top dancers going into next week’s season finale. Of course, she had a little help from viewers at home, who voted out another of the season’s top dancers, but Juan Pablo Di Pace‘s loss could now be Lynch’s gain. Watch her contemporary routine above.
The celebs all performed two routines during Monday night’s semifinals: a new routine in a brand new dance style and a Judges’ Choice do-over routine in a style they previously learned on the show. Contemporary was Evanna’s first dance, and she dedicated it to the memory of Simon Fitzmaurice, an Irish filmmaker who directed her in “My Name is Emily” (2015) before he died of Als in 2017 at the age of 43.
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The celebs all performed two routines during Monday night’s semifinals: a new routine in a brand new dance style and a Judges’ Choice do-over routine in a style they previously learned on the show. Contemporary was Evanna’s first dance, and she dedicated it to the memory of Simon Fitzmaurice, an Irish filmmaker who directed her in “My Name is Emily” (2015) before he died of Als in 2017 at the age of 43.
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- 11/13/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Fitzmaurice, who died last year, will have an award renamed after him.
The British Screenwriters’ Awards has renamed one of its prizes in honour of late UK writer-director Simon Fitzmaurice.
Formerly the Fucking Awesome award, the Fitzmaurice award ‘acknowledges true grit, relentless resilience and thorough action, to unapologetically defy the odds – and that is fucking awesome’, according to the ceremony.
The award was originally launched in 2016, with Fitzmaurice its first recipient.
Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2010, having previously made shorts including Full Circle (2003) and The Sound Of People (2007).
Despite his condition taking away his ability to move,...
The British Screenwriters’ Awards has renamed one of its prizes in honour of late UK writer-director Simon Fitzmaurice.
Formerly the Fucking Awesome award, the Fitzmaurice award ‘acknowledges true grit, relentless resilience and thorough action, to unapologetically defy the odds – and that is fucking awesome’, according to the ceremony.
The award was originally launched in 2016, with Fitzmaurice its first recipient.
Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2010, having previously made shorts including Full Circle (2003) and The Sound Of People (2007).
Despite his condition taking away his ability to move,...
- 7/23/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Emma Norton has been promoted to development producer.
Element pictures is set to expand on the company’s development and production activities after making a number of new and in-house appointments.
The Irish company behind the Oscar-nominated Room and Yorgos Lanthimos’ forthcoming The Favourite has made a number of key promotions.
Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Element Pictures made the announcement as it prepares to go into production with its latest project, Rosie, directed by Paddy Breathnach (Viva) from a script by Roddy Doyle (The Snapper).
Emma Norton has been promoted to development producer at Element, after previously working...
Element pictures is set to expand on the company’s development and production activities after making a number of new and in-house appointments.
The Irish company behind the Oscar-nominated Room and Yorgos Lanthimos’ forthcoming The Favourite has made a number of key promotions.
Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Element Pictures made the announcement as it prepares to go into production with its latest project, Rosie, directed by Paddy Breathnach (Viva) from a script by Roddy Doyle (The Snapper).
Emma Norton has been promoted to development producer at Element, after previously working...
- 3/26/2018
- by Esther McCarthy
- ScreenDaily
Other recipients include Rosie, written by Roddy Doyle and Pat Collins’ Folkland.
Source: Wiki Commons
George Rr Martin
The Irish Film Board has backed a major new international production from the creator of Game of Thrones in its latest round of funding decisions.
Filming is due to get underway this spring on Nightflyers, the first production based out of Limerick’s newly built Troy Studios. The forthcoming production was granted €850,000 by the Ifb - the single biggest award in its latest round of funding decisions. New features by Cathy Brady, Brian Kirk and Paddy Breathnach are also being supported.
Sets are currently being constructed in Troy’s vast studio space based in Ireland’s mid-west, with filming due to begin in the coming weeks. Originally commissioned as a pilot, Syfy confirmed it was going to series after creator George Rr Martin revealed the plans on his blog. Martin and Jeff Buhler are credited as co-writers, with Mike Cahill (Another...
Source: Wiki Commons
George Rr Martin
The Irish Film Board has backed a major new international production from the creator of Game of Thrones in its latest round of funding decisions.
Filming is due to get underway this spring on Nightflyers, the first production based out of Limerick’s newly built Troy Studios. The forthcoming production was granted €850,000 by the Ifb - the single biggest award in its latest round of funding decisions. New features by Cathy Brady, Brian Kirk and Paddy Breathnach are also being supported.
Sets are currently being constructed in Troy’s vast studio space based in Ireland’s mid-west, with filming due to begin in the coming weeks. Originally commissioned as a pilot, Syfy confirmed it was going to series after creator George Rr Martin revealed the plans on his blog. Martin and Jeff Buhler are credited as co-writers, with Mike Cahill (Another...
- 1/26/2018
- by Esther McCarthy
- ScreenDaily
Other recipients include Rosie, written by Roddy Doyle and Pat Collins’ Folkland.
Source: Wiki Commons
George Rr Martin
The Irish Film Board has backed a major new international production from the creator of Game of Thrones in its latest round of funding decisions.
Filming is due to get underway this spring on Nightflyers, the first production based out of Limerick’s newly built Troy Studios. The forthcoming production was granted €850,000 by the Ifb - the single biggest award in its latest round of funding decisions. New features by Cathy Brady, Brian Kirk and Paddy Breathnach are also being supported.
Sets are currently being constructed in Troy’s vast studio space based in Ireland’s mid-west, with filming due to begin in the coming weeks. Originally commissioned as a pilot, Syfy confirmed it was going to series after creator George Rr Martin revealed the plans on his blog. Martin and Jeff Buhler are credited as co-writers, with Mike Cahill (Another...
Source: Wiki Commons
George Rr Martin
The Irish Film Board has backed a major new international production from the creator of Game of Thrones in its latest round of funding decisions.
Filming is due to get underway this spring on Nightflyers, the first production based out of Limerick’s newly built Troy Studios. The forthcoming production was granted €850,000 by the Ifb - the single biggest award in its latest round of funding decisions. New features by Cathy Brady, Brian Kirk and Paddy Breathnach are also being supported.
Sets are currently being constructed in Troy’s vast studio space based in Ireland’s mid-west, with filming due to begin in the coming weeks. Originally commissioned as a pilot, Syfy confirmed it was going to series after creator George Rr Martin revealed the plans on his blog. Martin and Jeff Buhler are credited as co-writers, with Mike Cahill (Another...
- 1/26/2018
- by Esther McCarthy
- ScreenDaily
It’s a good thing that Netflix already has the “Gilmore Girls” for all of those sweet Thanksgiving vibes, because the streaming giant is coming down from that Halloween sugar high in a bad way and following last month’s blockbuster slate with a relatively unremarkable roster of new additions. Proving that there isn’t much rhyme or reason behind when they’re able to upload new movies (it’s hard to curate around contract rights), the platform’s latest batch of titles is heavy on horror movies and light on seasonal fare.
Still, it’s not all bad news for those of you who might be looking for something to stream while you’re home for the holidays. Comfort watches like “Casper” and “Field of Dreams” are perfect things to put on when you’re immobilized by a stomach full of turkey, and you can even go for an...
Still, it’s not all bad news for those of you who might be looking for something to stream while you’re home for the holidays. Comfort watches like “Casper” and “Field of Dreams” are perfect things to put on when you’re immobilized by a stomach full of turkey, and you can even go for an...
- 11/1/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Award-winning filmmaker Simon Fitzmaurice was just 33 when he was diagnosed with A.L.S. in 2008 — and told he had no more than four years to live.
His wife, Ruth, was pregnant with their third child at the time, but Fitzmaurice refused to bow down to despair.
In his memoir “It’s Not Yet Dark,” which was released in the U.S. on Tuesday, the Irishman traces his journey from the tragic diagnosis (A.L.S. is a progressive neurological disorder that is usually fatal) to reclaiming his life and work as film director. Fellow countryman Colin Farrell narrated the documentary of the same name,...
His wife, Ruth, was pregnant with their third child at the time, but Fitzmaurice refused to bow down to despair.
In his memoir “It’s Not Yet Dark,” which was released in the U.S. on Tuesday, the Irishman traces his journey from the tragic diagnosis (A.L.S. is a progressive neurological disorder that is usually fatal) to reclaiming his life and work as film director. Fellow countryman Colin Farrell narrated the documentary of the same name,...
- 8/2/2017
- by Sam Gillette
- PEOPLE.com
Film Acquisition Rundown: IFC Buys ‘Rebel in the Rye,’ Gunpowder & Sky Grabs ‘Little Boxes’ and More
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– IFC Films has picked up North American distribution rights to the J. D. Salinger drama “Rebel in the Rye,” which stars Nicholas Hoult as J.D. Salinger. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January. It will receive a theatrical release in the fall of 2017.
The film was written and directed by Danny Strong, and follows the early years of Salinger’s storied career. It also stars Kevin Spacey, Sarah Paulson and Zoey Deutch. The news was first reported by Variety.
– Gunpowder & Sky Distribution has acquired Rob Meyer’s “Little Boxes,” with a theatrical release set for April 14. Written by Annie J. Howell, the film stars Melanie Lynskey, Nelsan Ellis, Armani Jackson, Oona Laurence and Janeane Garofalo.
– IFC Films has picked up North American distribution rights to the J. D. Salinger drama “Rebel in the Rye,” which stars Nicholas Hoult as J.D. Salinger. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January. It will receive a theatrical release in the fall of 2017.
The film was written and directed by Danny Strong, and follows the early years of Salinger’s storied career. It also stars Kevin Spacey, Sarah Paulson and Zoey Deutch. The news was first reported by Variety.
– Gunpowder & Sky Distribution has acquired Rob Meyer’s “Little Boxes,” with a theatrical release set for April 14. Written by Annie J. Howell, the film stars Melanie Lynskey, Nelsan Ellis, Armani Jackson, Oona Laurence and Janeane Garofalo.
- 3/3/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson directed Venice 2016 Queer Lion winner. Separately, FilmRise has acquired Sundance documentary It’s Not Yet Dark.
The Lgbt coming-of-age tale received its Us premiere at the Chicago International Film Festival where it won the Q Hugo Award, and screened in Toronto, Palm Springs and Goteborg, where it received the Lorens Award.
Heartsone takes place in a remote fishing village in Iceland where teenagers Thor and Christian experience a turbulent summer as one tries to win the heart of a girl and the other discovers feelings toward his best friend.
When summer ends and weather turns colder, the youngsters must start to face up to adulthood.
Breaking Glass plans a limited theatrical release followed by VOD and DVD in the third quarter.
“Director Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson’s debut feature Heartstone is a stunning film about the sexual awakening of two teenage boys, and the incredibly beautiful, yet harsh conditions of Iceland provide a magnificent...
The Lgbt coming-of-age tale received its Us premiere at the Chicago International Film Festival where it won the Q Hugo Award, and screened in Toronto, Palm Springs and Goteborg, where it received the Lorens Award.
Heartsone takes place in a remote fishing village in Iceland where teenagers Thor and Christian experience a turbulent summer as one tries to win the heart of a girl and the other discovers feelings toward his best friend.
When summer ends and weather turns colder, the youngsters must start to face up to adulthood.
Breaking Glass plans a limited theatrical release followed by VOD and DVD in the third quarter.
“Director Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson’s debut feature Heartstone is a stunning film about the sexual awakening of two teenage boys, and the incredibly beautiful, yet harsh conditions of Iceland provide a magnificent...
- 3/2/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
A genial combination of coming-of-age and road movie, Simon Fitzmaurice’s debut feature boasts an appealing performance by Evanna Lynch (she played Luna Lovegood in several Harry Potter films) and gorgeous Irish scenery. While its narrative elements threaten at times to descend from whimsical into hopelessly twee, My Name is Emily ultimately finds a proper, if not particularly compelling, balance.
Lynch plays the title role, a 16-year-old whose mother died young and whose father (Michael Smiley) — after becoming a bestselling author with his self-help book advising its readers to have more sex — is confined to a mental institution. Living...
Lynch plays the title role, a 16-year-old whose mother died young and whose father (Michael Smiley) — after becoming a bestselling author with his self-help book advising its readers to have more sex — is confined to a mental institution. Living...
- 2/17/2017
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
This Past Weekend:
The Lego Batman Movie won the weekend as expected, but not with nearly as much money as I had predicted, not besting the opening of The Lego Movie as expected, but instead ending up with a reasonable and not so bad $53 million. Fifty Shades Darker proved that the audience for movies based on the popular books was still great enough for it to win Friday with $21 million (to Lego Batman’s $15 million) and end up second for the weekend with a strong $46.6 million. That was still almost $40 million less than the opening of the previous movie Fifty Shades of Grey, but the sequel also didn’t have the benefits of Valentine’s Day and a four-day holiday. Coming in...
This Past Weekend:
The Lego Batman Movie won the weekend as expected, but not with nearly as much money as I had predicted, not besting the opening of The Lego Movie as expected, but instead ending up with a reasonable and not so bad $53 million. Fifty Shades Darker proved that the audience for movies based on the popular books was still great enough for it to win Friday with $21 million (to Lego Batman’s $15 million) and end up second for the weekend with a strong $46.6 million. That was still almost $40 million less than the opening of the previous movie Fifty Shades of Grey, but the sequel also didn’t have the benefits of Valentine’s Day and a four-day holiday. Coming in...
- 2/15/2017
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Kate McCullough won top honors for her cinematography in the world documentary lineup at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival for the film His & Hers. She returned to the festival this year with It’s Not Yet Dark, the debut film from director Frankie Fenton. It’s Not Yet Dark tells the story of Simon Fitzmaurice, an Irish film director who in 2008 was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (Als). The film chronicles his efforts to make a feature film despite total physical incapacitation, using only his eyes to direct. Below, McCullough speaks with Filmmaker about the unique challenges of photographing this emotional story. Filmmaker: How and why did […]...
- 1/26/2017
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
During its development, production or eventual distribution, what specific challenge of communication did, or will your film, face? How did you deal with it, or how are you planning to deal with it? This question is, to say the least, spookily resonant with It’s Not Yet Dark. Our documentary is about a man who has lost the ability to speak. Much like every other part of his body except for his eyes, Simon Fitzmaurice, an Irish director, is unable to move. He suffers from Motor Neuron Disease or A.L.S. as it’s called in the Us and communicates using a computer […]...
- 1/26/2017
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
For some filmmakers, Sundance is a life-changing experience — for Simon Fitzmaurice, the tragedy is that it was. A strapping, kind-hearted Irish lad who grew into an athletic build that seemed to belie his artistic spirit, he was 34 when Sundance selected his short, “The Sound of People,” for the fest’s 2007 edition. Reluctantly leaving his pregnant wife at home, Simon followed his dreams to the mountains of Utah. It was there, as Simon walked down Park City’s picturesque main drag, visions of a career behind the camera projecting against the walls of his imagination, that he first noticed the pain that would signal his diagnosis with Als.
In time, Simon would find a way to rationalize why his symptoms kicked in at the height of his happiness. In his memoir, which he wrote with the help of a system that tracked his pupils’ movement along a digital keyboard, Simon observed...
In time, Simon would find a way to rationalize why his symptoms kicked in at the height of his happiness. In his memoir, which he wrote with the help of a system that tracked his pupils’ movement along a digital keyboard, Simon observed...
- 1/22/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
The new documentary “It’s Not Yet Dark” follows the story of Simon Fitzmaurice, a young Irish filmmaker who went on to direct an award-winning feature film despite a diagnosis of Motor Neuron Disease (Mns). Narrated by Colin Farrell and featuring music from James Vincent McMorrow, the film follows Simon from the 2008 Sundance Film Festival where he premiered his short film “The Sound of People” to his diagnosis and fight against the disease. He wrote a feature film script entitled “My Name is Emily” despite being completely paralyzed and only using eye gaze computer software. Five years later, he wrote a memoir and directed “My Name is Emily,” which will be released in the United States this February. Watch an exclusive trailer for the film below.
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“I’m so excited for Simon and Ruth, who have shared their lives and...
Read More: 10 Surprises and Hidden Gems from the 2017 Sundance Lineup
“I’m so excited for Simon and Ruth, who have shared their lives and...
- 1/20/2017
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
The documentary It’s Not Yet Dark centers on Simon Fitzmaurice, a young Irish filmmaker who, despite a diagnosis of motor neuron disease, directed a feature film solely through the use of his eyes. Narrated by Colin Farrell, the doc — from which The Hollywood Reporter previews an exclusive clip — makes its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
“He’s a pretty extraordinary human being,” Farrell tells THR of Fitzmaurice, whom he met a few years ago. “The worlds he can create through his imagination, I found that use of language apparent even in our first emails. Even though the situation...
“He’s a pretty extraordinary human being,” Farrell tells THR of Fitzmaurice, whom he met a few years ago. “The worlds he can create through his imagination, I found that use of language apparent even in our first emails. Even though the situation...
- 1/19/2017
- by Ashley Lee
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Sales outfit has a trio of documentaries playing in the festival’s world documentary competition.
Austrian film sales outfit Autlook Filmsales has picked up three documentaries that are all set to play at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival (Jan 19-29).
It’s Not Dark Yet, narrated by Colin Farrell, marks the Sundance return of Simon Fitzmaurice, an Irish director who previously submitted his short, The Sound of People at the Park City event in 2008.
Despite being affected by the first symptoms of Als (motor neurone disease) at the time, he has since directed a full length feature and written a book. In this documentary he is confronting the realities of his condition with an emphasis on the role of his wife and family which he made with the use of his eye-gaze technology.
Kathryn Kennedy produced the film with Lesley McKimm, a project manager with the Irish Film Board.
The Workers’ Cup [pictured], directed by Adam Sobel, will be...
Austrian film sales outfit Autlook Filmsales has picked up three documentaries that are all set to play at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival (Jan 19-29).
It’s Not Dark Yet, narrated by Colin Farrell, marks the Sundance return of Simon Fitzmaurice, an Irish director who previously submitted his short, The Sound of People at the Park City event in 2008.
Despite being affected by the first symptoms of Als (motor neurone disease) at the time, he has since directed a full length feature and written a book. In this documentary he is confronting the realities of his condition with an emphasis on the role of his wife and family which he made with the use of his eye-gaze technology.
Kathryn Kennedy produced the film with Lesley McKimm, a project manager with the Irish Film Board.
The Workers’ Cup [pictured], directed by Adam Sobel, will be...
- 12/8/2016
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Irish producer McKimm’s credits include My Name Is Emily and 1,000 Times Good Night.
The Irish Film Board (Ifb) has appointed Lesley McKimm as project manager in the outfit’s production and development team.
In the role, McKimm will manage part of the Ifb’s slate of supported projects across all genres from initial development stage through financing and market exploitation.
Boasting 25 years’ experience in the independent film and TV industry, McKimm has worked as a producer on feature films including Simon Fitzmaurice’s drama My Name Is Emily, Frankie Fenton’s documentary It’s Not Yet Dark, and as a co-producer on Erik Poppe’s war drama 1,000 Times Good Night.
Her TV credits include Ifta-winning mini-series Whistleblower and Dublin-set comedy-drama Any Time Now for the BBC.
McKimm will be taking up her new position alongside incumbent project managers Keith Potter and Mary Callery.
She is also a founding member of Women in Film & TV Ireland...
The Irish Film Board (Ifb) has appointed Lesley McKimm as project manager in the outfit’s production and development team.
In the role, McKimm will manage part of the Ifb’s slate of supported projects across all genres from initial development stage through financing and market exploitation.
Boasting 25 years’ experience in the independent film and TV industry, McKimm has worked as a producer on feature films including Simon Fitzmaurice’s drama My Name Is Emily, Frankie Fenton’s documentary It’s Not Yet Dark, and as a co-producer on Erik Poppe’s war drama 1,000 Times Good Night.
Her TV credits include Ifta-winning mini-series Whistleblower and Dublin-set comedy-drama Any Time Now for the BBC.
McKimm will be taking up her new position alongside incumbent project managers Keith Potter and Mary Callery.
She is also a founding member of Women in Film & TV Ireland...
- 9/2/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Other winners include A Date For Mad Mary from Room producer Ed Guiney.
The 28th Galway Film Fleadh handed out its annual awards last night (July 10) and named Taika Waititi’s Hunt For The Wilderpeople as best international feature.
The ceremony took place after the Fleadh’s annual public interview, in which director Jim Sheridan (In the Name of the Father) regaled a packed Town Hall Theatre.
The prize for best Irish feature was shared between Peter Foott’s The Young Offenders and Darren Thornton’s A Date For Mad Mary. The latter was co-produced by Ed Guiney, whose films include Oscar-winner Room, The Lobster and Frank.
The best Irish feature documentary was won by Frankie Fenton’s It’s Not Yet Dark, which centres on Simon Fitzmaurice, a talented young Irish film maker with motor neuron disease, as he embarks on making his first film through the use of his eyes and eye gaze technology.
It’s...
The 28th Galway Film Fleadh handed out its annual awards last night (July 10) and named Taika Waititi’s Hunt For The Wilderpeople as best international feature.
The ceremony took place after the Fleadh’s annual public interview, in which director Jim Sheridan (In the Name of the Father) regaled a packed Town Hall Theatre.
The prize for best Irish feature was shared between Peter Foott’s The Young Offenders and Darren Thornton’s A Date For Mad Mary. The latter was co-produced by Ed Guiney, whose films include Oscar-winner Room, The Lobster and Frank.
The best Irish feature documentary was won by Frankie Fenton’s It’s Not Yet Dark, which centres on Simon Fitzmaurice, a talented young Irish film maker with motor neuron disease, as he embarks on making his first film through the use of his eyes and eye gaze technology.
It’s...
- 7/11/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Festival guests will include director Jim Sheridan and actress Ruth Negga.
Netflix-acquired war-drama The Siege of Jadotville - which tells the true story of a battalion under attack in the Congo in the 1960s - leads a strong line-up of Irish cinema at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh (July 5 - 10).
The film stars Jamie Dornan as Commandant Pat Quinlan, who led an Irish battalion of United Nations soldiers during a tense stand-off against local troops and foreign mercenaries in the Congo in 1961.
The Parallel Film-produced title, a directorial debut by Richie Smyth based on the novel by Irish journalist Declan Power, will have a special screening at the Fleadh.
It is one of several Irish films that will bow at the Fleadh, which runs from July 5th-10th. The festival will also focus on world cinema and Finnish cinema. Guests include director Jim Sheridan, actress Ruth Negga and screenwriter Kirsten Smith.
Property Of The State, a drama...
Netflix-acquired war-drama The Siege of Jadotville - which tells the true story of a battalion under attack in the Congo in the 1960s - leads a strong line-up of Irish cinema at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh (July 5 - 10).
The film stars Jamie Dornan as Commandant Pat Quinlan, who led an Irish battalion of United Nations soldiers during a tense stand-off against local troops and foreign mercenaries in the Congo in 1961.
The Parallel Film-produced title, a directorial debut by Richie Smyth based on the novel by Irish journalist Declan Power, will have a special screening at the Fleadh.
It is one of several Irish films that will bow at the Fleadh, which runs from July 5th-10th. The festival will also focus on world cinema and Finnish cinema. Guests include director Jim Sheridan, actress Ruth Negga and screenwriter Kirsten Smith.
Property Of The State, a drama...
- 6/21/2016
- ScreenDaily
The Newport Beach Film Festival, running April 21-28, will include Simon Fitzmaurice’s debut feature, My Name Is Emily.
The film will be part of the festival’s Irish Spotlight event celebrating Celtic cinema and culture on April 24 and stars Evanna Lynvh as a 16-year-old who runs away from her foster parents to break her father (Michael Smiley) out of a mental hospital. George Webster also stars.
Newport Beach Film Festival CEO Greg Schwenk praised the film, calling it “wonderfully crafted” and “one of the best films of the year.”
Other Irish films screenings include Whit Stillman’s Love And Friendship starring Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny, and Mark Noonan’s You’re Ugly Too, starring Aidan Gillen.
The festival will also feature two short film selections, the first of which, After ’16, was commissioned by the Irish Film Board to celebrate the centennial of the 1916 Easter uprising.
Also featured will be the Irish Shorts, a collection...
The film will be part of the festival’s Irish Spotlight event celebrating Celtic cinema and culture on April 24 and stars Evanna Lynvh as a 16-year-old who runs away from her foster parents to break her father (Michael Smiley) out of a mental hospital. George Webster also stars.
Newport Beach Film Festival CEO Greg Schwenk praised the film, calling it “wonderfully crafted” and “one of the best films of the year.”
Other Irish films screenings include Whit Stillman’s Love And Friendship starring Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny, and Mark Noonan’s You’re Ugly Too, starring Aidan Gillen.
The festival will also feature two short film selections, the first of which, After ’16, was commissioned by the Irish Film Board to celebrate the centennial of the 1916 Easter uprising.
Also featured will be the Irish Shorts, a collection...
- 4/13/2016
- ScreenDaily
A diagnosis of motor neurone disease did not thwart Simon Fitzmaurice’s ambitions to make his first feature, which has gone on to score awards and distribution deals.
“When all this happened, it was my writing that saved me,” explains director Simon Fitzmaurice.
“When my life fell apart, my writing was there for me. I became a writer through my darkest days. And, like writing, the passion of film has never left me.”
A diagnosis of motor neurone disease (Mnd) did not thwart Fitzmaurice’s ambitions to make his first feature. If anything, being told he had the progressive condition that attacks the nerves in the brain and spinal cord made him even more determined to get behind the camera.
That he has realised this ambition is an extraordinary feat in itself. The Irish filmmaker is the only known person in the world with Mnd to have written and directed a feature solo.
My Name Is Emily tells the...
“When all this happened, it was my writing that saved me,” explains director Simon Fitzmaurice.
“When my life fell apart, my writing was there for me. I became a writer through my darkest days. And, like writing, the passion of film has never left me.”
A diagnosis of motor neurone disease (Mnd) did not thwart Fitzmaurice’s ambitions to make his first feature. If anything, being told he had the progressive condition that attacks the nerves in the brain and spinal cord made him even more determined to get behind the camera.
That he has realised this ambition is an extraordinary feat in itself. The Irish filmmaker is the only known person in the world with Mnd to have written and directed a feature solo.
My Name Is Emily tells the...
- 2/25/2016
- ScreenDaily
It is all change for Dublin as the city’s 10-day festival launches a new programme, new sponsors and a new general manager.
The Audi Dublin International Film Festival (Feb 18-28) has announced a solid line-up of local and international titles as well as big-name guests.
But behind the scenes, the festival has been carefully manoeuvring its way through a period of transition as it aims to build for the future.
Car manufacturers Audi have replaced Jameson as title sponsors, while beer brand Peroni and Dublin department store Arnotts have also come aboard.
Dublin also has a new general manager, Sian Cunningham, who worked in the arts for more than 15 years prior to this appointment, most notably as general manager with Dance Ireland for nine years.
An eclectic group of filmmakers and stars were announced at today’s programme launch, joining previously named guests Angela Lansbury and Neil Jordan.
They include British director Ben Wheatley, who is bringing...
The Audi Dublin International Film Festival (Feb 18-28) has announced a solid line-up of local and international titles as well as big-name guests.
But behind the scenes, the festival has been carefully manoeuvring its way through a period of transition as it aims to build for the future.
Car manufacturers Audi have replaced Jameson as title sponsors, while beer brand Peroni and Dublin department store Arnotts have also come aboard.
Dublin also has a new general manager, Sian Cunningham, who worked in the arts for more than 15 years prior to this appointment, most notably as general manager with Dance Ireland for nine years.
An eclectic group of filmmakers and stars were announced at today’s programme launch, joining previously named guests Angela Lansbury and Neil Jordan.
They include British director Ben Wheatley, who is bringing...
- 1/28/2016
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Ryan Kampe and his New York-based team head into the fall festival season with a raft of new acquisitions led by a worldwide deal excluding Australia/New Zealand on Venice premiere Tanna.
Visit FIlms’ roster encompasses world rights excluding Ireland and Scandinavia to My Name Is Emily, the world excluding Australia/New Zealand to A Month Of Sundays and the world for Lace Crater, all of which will screen in Toronto.
Toronto Vanguard world premiere Lace Crater is a genre-bending horror-comedy produced by Joe Swanberg about a woman who has an affair with a ghost during a stay in the Hamptons. Lindsay Burdge stars in Harrison Atkins’ feature directorial debut.
My Name Is Emily stars Evanna Lynch as 16-year-old who ditches her foster home and embarks on a road trip with her new friend to break her troubled father out of a psychiatric institution.
Simon Fitzmaurice wrote and directed using iris recognition software after he was...
Visit FIlms’ roster encompasses world rights excluding Ireland and Scandinavia to My Name Is Emily, the world excluding Australia/New Zealand to A Month Of Sundays and the world for Lace Crater, all of which will screen in Toronto.
Toronto Vanguard world premiere Lace Crater is a genre-bending horror-comedy produced by Joe Swanberg about a woman who has an affair with a ghost during a stay in the Hamptons. Lindsay Burdge stars in Harrison Atkins’ feature directorial debut.
My Name Is Emily stars Evanna Lynch as 16-year-old who ditches her foster home and embarks on a road trip with her new friend to break her troubled father out of a psychiatric institution.
Simon Fitzmaurice wrote and directed using iris recognition software after he was...
- 9/1/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Toronto International Film Festival has announced yet another round of lineups for its 40th anniversary edition (September 10 through 20): "The diverse Discovery lineup includes Desde Allá, an intense social drama from Venezuelan newcomer Lorenzo Vigas; Tom McKeith and Sam McKeith’s Manila-set thriller Beast; German filmmaker Sebastian Ko’s riveting suspense We Monsters; Michael Lennox’s A Patch of Fog which chronicles a British anti-bromance; Very Big Shot, the debut from Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya, delving into a darkly comedic world of coke smuggling in Lebanon; Maris Curran’s intimate drama Five Nights in Maine; Irish director Simon Fitzmaurice’s feature debut, the coming-of-age story My Name is Emily; and Mexico’s Alejandra Márquez Abellas’s debut, the poignant drama Semana Santa." Plus: Tiff Kids. » - David Hudson...
- 8/26/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
The Toronto International Film Festival has announced yet another round of lineups for its 40th anniversary edition (September 10 through 20): "The diverse Discovery lineup includes Desde Allá, an intense social drama from Venezuelan newcomer Lorenzo Vigas; Tom McKeith and Sam McKeith’s Manila-set thriller Beast; German filmmaker Sebastian Ko’s riveting suspense We Monsters; Michael Lennox’s A Patch of Fog which chronicles a British anti-bromance; Very Big Shot, the debut from Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya, delving into a darkly comedic world of coke smuggling in Lebanon; Maris Curran’s intimate drama Five Nights in Maine; Irish director Simon Fitzmaurice’s feature debut, the coming-of-age story My Name is Emily; and Mexico’s Alejandra Márquez Abellas’s debut, the poignant drama Semana Santa." Plus: Tiff Kids. » - David Hudson...
- 8/26/2015
- Keyframe
While the Toronto International Film Festival looks around the world and in all genres to find features for its annual incarnation, one area that receives focus is films aimed at children. With the understanding both that quality cinema is not dependent on its target audience, and that cinephiles can begin at any age, the festival’s Kids Programme highlights such features.
The Discovery Programme, on the other hand, brings together films from first and second time directors, with an eye on emerging talent. The festival has now announced the lineups for both Programmes in the 2015 incarnation of the event, along with further additions to the Cinematheque and Vanguard lineup. The Discovery lineup joins previously announced Canadian features. The films, with their official synopses, can be seen below.
Tiff Kids
The Boy and the Beast, directed by Mamoru Hosoda, making its International Premiere
A young boy in modern-day Tokyo stumbles into...
The Discovery Programme, on the other hand, brings together films from first and second time directors, with an eye on emerging talent. The festival has now announced the lineups for both Programmes in the 2015 incarnation of the event, along with further additions to the Cinematheque and Vanguard lineup. The Discovery lineup joins previously announced Canadian features. The films, with their official synopses, can be seen below.
Tiff Kids
The Boy and the Beast, directed by Mamoru Hosoda, making its International Premiere
A young boy in modern-day Tokyo stumbles into...
- 8/26/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
With about two weeks left until the ’15 edition kicks off, the festival heads at Tiff have made the final announcements to their upcoming edition with the unveiling of the Discovery programme. With thirty offerings from several first time filmmakers, the section is populated by items that have preemed elsewhere in the awards tipped, Sundance sensation James White from Josh Mond, to the Cannes debuted Les Cowboys from scribe and now director Thomas Bidegain, to the world premiere of Maris Curran’s Five Nights in Maine starring David Oyelowo, Dianne Wiest and Rosie Perez. Here are the offerings:
Discovery
“The Ardennes” Robin Pront, Belgium
“Beast” Tom McKeith, Sam McKeith, Australia/Philippines
“Black” Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah, Belgium
“Born to Dance” Tammy Davis, New Zealand
“Dégradé” Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser, Palestine/France/Qatar
“Desde Allá” Lorenzo Vigas, Venezuela
“Downriver” Grant Scicluna, Australia
“Eva Nová” Marko Škop, Slovakia
“Five Nights in Maine” Maris Curran,...
Discovery
“The Ardennes” Robin Pront, Belgium
“Beast” Tom McKeith, Sam McKeith, Australia/Philippines
“Black” Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah, Belgium
“Born to Dance” Tammy Davis, New Zealand
“Dégradé” Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser, Palestine/France/Qatar
“Desde Allá” Lorenzo Vigas, Venezuela
“Downriver” Grant Scicluna, Australia
“Eva Nová” Marko Škop, Slovakia
“Five Nights in Maine” Maris Curran,...
- 8/25/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Films set to show at the 40th Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff), updated as announcements are made in the run up to the event.
Tiff will open on September 10 with Jean-Marc Vallée’s Demolition starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts.
Tiff 40
Key: Wp = world premiere; Nap = North American premiere; IP = international premiere; Cp = Canadian premiere.
GALASBeeba Boys (Canada), Deepa Mehta, WPDemolition, Jean-Marc Vallée WPDisorder (Maryland) (France-Belgium), Alice Winocour NAPThe Dressmaker (Aus), Jocelyn Moorhouse, WPEye In The Sky (UK), Gavin Hood WPForsaken (Canada), Jon Cassar, WPFreeheld (Us), Peter Sollett, WPHyena Road (Canada), Paul Gross, WPLolo (France), Julie Delpy, NAPLegend (UK), Brian Helgeland, IPMan Down (Us), Dito Montiel NAPThe Man Who Knew Infinity (UK), Matt Brown, WPThe Martian (Us), Ridley Scott, WPMiss You Already (UK), Catherine Hardwicke WPMississippi Grind (Us), Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden CPMr. Right (Us), Paco Cabezas WPThe Program (UK), Stephen Frears, WPRemember (Canada), Atom Egoyan, NAPSeptembers Of Shiraz (Us), Wayne Blair, WPStonewall ([link...
Tiff will open on September 10 with Jean-Marc Vallée’s Demolition starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts.
Tiff 40
Key: Wp = world premiere; Nap = North American premiere; IP = international premiere; Cp = Canadian premiere.
GALASBeeba Boys (Canada), Deepa Mehta, WPDemolition, Jean-Marc Vallée WPDisorder (Maryland) (France-Belgium), Alice Winocour NAPThe Dressmaker (Aus), Jocelyn Moorhouse, WPEye In The Sky (UK), Gavin Hood WPForsaken (Canada), Jon Cassar, WPFreeheld (Us), Peter Sollett, WPHyena Road (Canada), Paul Gross, WPLolo (France), Julie Delpy, NAPLegend (UK), Brian Helgeland, IPMan Down (Us), Dito Montiel NAPThe Man Who Knew Infinity (UK), Matt Brown, WPThe Martian (Us), Ridley Scott, WPMiss You Already (UK), Catherine Hardwicke WPMississippi Grind (Us), Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden CPMr. Right (Us), Paco Cabezas WPThe Program (UK), Stephen Frears, WPRemember (Canada), Atom Egoyan, NAPSeptembers Of Shiraz (Us), Wayne Blair, WPStonewall ([link...
- 8/25/2015
- ScreenDaily
Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 10-20) has completed its line-up with the Discovery, New Wave Tiff Kids and In Conversation With… strands and has confirmed the return of Festival Street.
Oscar-winner Julianne Moore, Salma Hayek, Sarah Silverman and Matthew Weiner will take place in separate on-stage conversations as part of the In Conversation With… series, which replaces the Mavericks programme.
For the second year, the Festival Street initiative will see the closure of King Street West between Peter and University Streets, from Sept 10-13.
Events will include Questival, a walking interactive quiz designed by Frontier Design & Innovation; the NewCanadianMusic.ca music stage featuring the world premiere of Titicut Follies – The Ballet inspired by Frederick Wiseman’s 1967 documentary; cinema-inspired installations; magicians; the Slaight Family Zone; and food trucks.
In total, the festival will screen 399 films, of which 289 are features and 110 shorts. Last year’s festival screened 392 in total comprising 284 features and 108 shorts.
Programmers sifted...
Oscar-winner Julianne Moore, Salma Hayek, Sarah Silverman and Matthew Weiner will take place in separate on-stage conversations as part of the In Conversation With… series, which replaces the Mavericks programme.
For the second year, the Festival Street initiative will see the closure of King Street West between Peter and University Streets, from Sept 10-13.
Events will include Questival, a walking interactive quiz designed by Frontier Design & Innovation; the NewCanadianMusic.ca music stage featuring the world premiere of Titicut Follies – The Ballet inspired by Frederick Wiseman’s 1967 documentary; cinema-inspired installations; magicians; the Slaight Family Zone; and food trucks.
In total, the festival will screen 399 films, of which 289 are features and 110 shorts. Last year’s festival screened 392 in total comprising 284 features and 108 shorts.
Programmers sifted...
- 8/25/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Simon Fitzmaurice’s debut feature to world premiere at Galway Film Fleadh.
The Galway Film Fleadh (July 7-12) is to open with the world remiere of My Name Is Emily from filmmaker Simon Fitzmaurice, who wrote and directed the film despite being completely paralysed.
Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease - the debilitating condition for which the viral ice-bucket challenge raised awareness last summer - in 2008, shortly after his second short film The Sound of People premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Now completely paralysed, Fitzmaurice typed the script for My Name Is Emily, as well as bestseller It’s Not Yet Dark through the movement of his eyes and iris recognition software.
This is also how he communicated to direct the film during a six-week shoot last year.
Fitzmaurice said: “I’m deeply honoured that the Galway Film Fleadh has invited My Name is Emily to open the festival. Everyone involved...
The Galway Film Fleadh (July 7-12) is to open with the world remiere of My Name Is Emily from filmmaker Simon Fitzmaurice, who wrote and directed the film despite being completely paralysed.
Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease - the debilitating condition for which the viral ice-bucket challenge raised awareness last summer - in 2008, shortly after his second short film The Sound of People premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Now completely paralysed, Fitzmaurice typed the script for My Name Is Emily, as well as bestseller It’s Not Yet Dark through the movement of his eyes and iris recognition software.
This is also how he communicated to direct the film during a six-week shoot last year.
Fitzmaurice said: “I’m deeply honoured that the Galway Film Fleadh has invited My Name is Emily to open the festival. Everyone involved...
- 6/2/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The Les Arcs European Film Festival is in full swing, including the sixth edition of the ever-growing Co-Production Village.
The industry events kicked off with the popular Works-In-Progress session, now in its fourth year, that showcases ten (European) films in post-production, looking for financing, distribution or a sales agent.
The event’s artistic director, Frederic Boyer, confirmed the films must be feature length, with a completion target of spring the following year. “The presentations that include three short clips are exclusive to this festival, and have not been presented at other neighbouring festivals such as Thessaloniki or Torino,” said Boyer.
Receiving 15% more entries than previous years, the event’s ‘first-look’ line-up spanned a wide range of themes and production styles. The full list included Family Film (Czech Republic/Slovenia); Galloping Mind (Belgium); The High Sun (Croatia/Slovenia); It’s Time (Romania); Magic Mountain (Poland/ Romania/ France); My Name is Emily (Ireland); Pioneer Heroes (Russia); Rams (Iceland); Sparrows...
The industry events kicked off with the popular Works-In-Progress session, now in its fourth year, that showcases ten (European) films in post-production, looking for financing, distribution or a sales agent.
The event’s artistic director, Frederic Boyer, confirmed the films must be feature length, with a completion target of spring the following year. “The presentations that include three short clips are exclusive to this festival, and have not been presented at other neighbouring festivals such as Thessaloniki or Torino,” said Boyer.
Receiving 15% more entries than previous years, the event’s ‘first-look’ line-up spanned a wide range of themes and production styles. The full list included Family Film (Czech Republic/Slovenia); Galloping Mind (Belgium); The High Sun (Croatia/Slovenia); It’s Time (Romania); Magic Mountain (Poland/ Romania/ France); My Name is Emily (Ireland); Pioneer Heroes (Russia); Rams (Iceland); Sparrows...
- 12/15/2014
- ScreenDaily
Kevorkian, Shoval, Haq, Fiennes, Sigurðsson, Nikonova and Runarsson heading to Les Arcs European Film Festival with upcoming projects.Scroll down for full list of projects
The UK’s Johnny Kevorkian and Sophie Fiennes, Israeli Tom Shoval, Norwegian Iram Haq and Russia’s Angelina Nikonova will be among the filmmakers presenting their upcoming projects at the Les Arcs Co-Production Village this year.
The event, running Dec 13-16 within the Les Arcs European Film Festival (Dec 13-20), will present 25 projects in development and a further 10 Works-in-Progress.
“I thinks it’s a good sign that filmmakers whose projects we presented in development are now coming back to show their films in Work-in-Progress, which is the case for Sparrow and Rams,” said Les Arcs industry head Vanja Kaludjercic.
“Conversely, we’ve got directors who presented in Works-in Progress, such as Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, who came with Paris of the North last year, who is back with his new project The Tree...
The UK’s Johnny Kevorkian and Sophie Fiennes, Israeli Tom Shoval, Norwegian Iram Haq and Russia’s Angelina Nikonova will be among the filmmakers presenting their upcoming projects at the Les Arcs Co-Production Village this year.
The event, running Dec 13-16 within the Les Arcs European Film Festival (Dec 13-20), will present 25 projects in development and a further 10 Works-in-Progress.
“I thinks it’s a good sign that filmmakers whose projects we presented in development are now coming back to show their films in Work-in-Progress, which is the case for Sparrow and Rams,” said Les Arcs industry head Vanja Kaludjercic.
“Conversely, we’ve got directors who presented in Works-in Progress, such as Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, who came with Paris of the North last year, who is back with his new project The Tree...
- 11/24/2014
- ScreenDaily
Filming has wrapped on Irish drama My Name Is Emily, which stars Evanna Lynch in the title role of Emily, a 16-year-old girl who goes on a road trip across Ireland with a boy from her school to free her father from a psychiatric institution.
Evanna (represented by Cole Kitchenn in the UK), famous for her role as Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films, said of the role: "After I read the script, it and Emily were all I could think about for weeks; it is so different to anything I've read and yet so real and dynamic, and it is an absolute privilege and a joy to have the opportunity to help bring My Name is Emily to life with Simon and his team. Simon is an incredible person and he is embracing challenges the like that no director has had to contend with before and it is...
Evanna (represented by Cole Kitchenn in the UK), famous for her role as Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films, said of the role: "After I read the script, it and Emily were all I could think about for weeks; it is so different to anything I've read and yet so real and dynamic, and it is an absolute privilege and a joy to have the opportunity to help bring My Name is Emily to life with Simon and his team. Simon is an incredible person and he is embracing challenges the like that no director has had to contend with before and it is...
- 10/28/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Evanna Lynch, known to millions of Harry Potter fans as Luna Lovegood, has finished filming Irish drama My Name Is Emily, produced by local outfits Newgrange Pictures and Kennedy Films. The film, a romance and road movie about a teenage girl who leaves a foster home with a friend to find her father, who is locked up in a psychiatric institution, is the debut feature from Simon Fitzmaurice and stars Lynch as title character Emily. Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease in 2008, shortly after his second short film, The Sound of People, screened at the Sundance Film Festival.
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- 10/28/2014
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cameras are set to roll today on Simon Fitzmaurice’s debut feature film My Name is Emily. Evanna Lynch, known worldwide for her role as Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films will star in the title role as Emily. Evanna will be joined by acclaimed Irish actor Michael Smiley (Kill List, A Field in England) to play her father Robert and newcomer George Webster will play Arden. Award-winning film director and writer and father of 5, Simon Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease (Als) in 2008 – just after his 2nd short film The Sound Of People screened at the Sundance Film festival. Although now completely paralysed, he has typed the script for the film, as well as his best-selling book It’s Not Yet Dark by using his eyes and iris recognition software. My Name Is Emily is love story between two teens and a road movie. On her 16th birthday,...
- 9/15/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Vic Barry)
- www.themoviebit.com
San Andreas 3D
"True Detective" star Alexandra Daddario has signed on to portray the female lead opposite Dwayne Johnson in Brad Peyton's action-adventure "San Andreas".
Johnson plays a helicopter pilot who journeys across the state of California to try and rescue his estranged daughter, after an enormous earthquake hits. [Source: Deadline]
My Name is Emily
Freddie Highmore ("Bates Motel") and James Nesbitt ("The Hobbit") are attached to star in Simon Fitzmaurice's "My Name is Emily" for Newgrange Pictures and Kennedy Films. Shooting begins this summer.
The story follows a 16-year-old who escapes from her foster home and, with the help of a boy who loves her, sets out to find her father who is locked up in a psychiatric institution. [Source: Screen]
Blanco
Franka Potente ("The Bourne Identity"), Amaury Nolasco ("Prison Break"), Audrey Esparza ("The Following"), Alex Hernandez ("Law & Order: Svu"), Sebastian Arcelus ("House of Cards"), Erik Laray Harvey ("Boardwalk Empire"), Elizabeth Rodriguez...
"True Detective" star Alexandra Daddario has signed on to portray the female lead opposite Dwayne Johnson in Brad Peyton's action-adventure "San Andreas".
Johnson plays a helicopter pilot who journeys across the state of California to try and rescue his estranged daughter, after an enormous earthquake hits. [Source: Deadline]
My Name is Emily
Freddie Highmore ("Bates Motel") and James Nesbitt ("The Hobbit") are attached to star in Simon Fitzmaurice's "My Name is Emily" for Newgrange Pictures and Kennedy Films. Shooting begins this summer.
The story follows a 16-year-old who escapes from her foster home and, with the help of a boy who loves her, sets out to find her father who is locked up in a psychiatric institution. [Source: Screen]
Blanco
Franka Potente ("The Bourne Identity"), Amaury Nolasco ("Prison Break"), Audrey Esparza ("The Following"), Alex Hernandez ("Law & Order: Svu"), Sebastian Arcelus ("House of Cards"), Erik Laray Harvey ("Boardwalk Empire"), Elizabeth Rodriguez...
- 2/5/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Simon Fitzmaurice’s debut feature is set to shoot this summer.
Freddie Highmore and James Nesbitt are attached to star in My Name is Emily.
Simon Fitzmaurice’s debut feature follows a 16-year-old who escapes from her foster home and, with the help of a boy who loves her, sets out to find her father who is locked up in a psychiatric institution.
Award-winning film-maker Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease in 2008 when he started writing the script, which he finished five years later with an iris-recognition screen.
Nesbitt commented: “This film has such a heart and soul - it’s a really original piece of writing. I’m very excited to be a part of it and to be exploring a role I haven’t played before.”
“It’s fantastic to be on board for Simon’s latest project. It has that fresh and spontaneous angle of all great Irish scripts,” added Highmore...
Freddie Highmore and James Nesbitt are attached to star in My Name is Emily.
Simon Fitzmaurice’s debut feature follows a 16-year-old who escapes from her foster home and, with the help of a boy who loves her, sets out to find her father who is locked up in a psychiatric institution.
Award-winning film-maker Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease in 2008 when he started writing the script, which he finished five years later with an iris-recognition screen.
Nesbitt commented: “This film has such a heart and soul - it’s a really original piece of writing. I’m very excited to be a part of it and to be exploring a role I haven’t played before.”
“It’s fantastic to be on board for Simon’s latest project. It has that fresh and spontaneous angle of all great Irish scripts,” added Highmore...
- 2/4/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
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