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“Sherlock” Seasons 1-4, “Death in Paradise” Seasons 1-11, “Unforgotten” Seasons 1-4 and “Life Below Zero” Seasons 1-9 are among the series that will be available as part of BBC Studios‘ new content agreement with Lemino, a Japanese video-on-demand streaming service operated by Ntt DoCoMo. The deal, which comes into effect Nov. 15 will also see Lemino subscribers gain access to long-running British dramas like “Call The Midwife” Seasons 1-11 and “Father Brown” Seasons 1-10, period dramas “The Pursuit of Love” and “Sanditon,” as well as documentary series “Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change The World.”
Cheryl Png, VP of distribution for Southeast Asia, South Korea and Japan of BBC Studios Asia, said: “BBC Studios is known for our premium content, powerful storytelling and the ability to connect with a global audience. We look forward to working closely with Ntt DoCoMo to showcase the depth and breadth of our programmes that...
“Sherlock” Seasons 1-4, “Death in Paradise” Seasons 1-11, “Unforgotten” Seasons 1-4 and “Life Below Zero” Seasons 1-9 are among the series that will be available as part of BBC Studios‘ new content agreement with Lemino, a Japanese video-on-demand streaming service operated by Ntt DoCoMo. The deal, which comes into effect Nov. 15 will also see Lemino subscribers gain access to long-running British dramas like “Call The Midwife” Seasons 1-11 and “Father Brown” Seasons 1-10, period dramas “The Pursuit of Love” and “Sanditon,” as well as documentary series “Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change The World.”
Cheryl Png, VP of distribution for Southeast Asia, South Korea and Japan of BBC Studios Asia, said: “BBC Studios is known for our premium content, powerful storytelling and the ability to connect with a global audience. We look forward to working closely with Ntt DoCoMo to showcase the depth and breadth of our programmes that...
- 11/15/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Apple TV+ Europe commissioner Tom Williams is leaving the streamer after a year to join the expanding BBC Studios Drama Productions team.
Williams was part of Jay Hunt’s European commissioning team, having joined from indie Wall to Wall towards the end of last year. His departure runs contrary to the trend of recent years in the UK, which has broadly seen execs exiting indies and networks to join streamers.
Williams will become Head of Development, Drama at BBC Studio Drama Productions. His prior credits include Ten Percent and The Man in the High Castle for Prime Video and The English Game for Netflix.
He takes the newly created role less than a week after it emerged Kate Oates had become Head of Drama Productions at BBC Studios, effectively replacing Priscilla Parish and making her the leader of the largest UK drama hub outside of London. Also joining is Roxanne Harvey,...
Williams was part of Jay Hunt’s European commissioning team, having joined from indie Wall to Wall towards the end of last year. His departure runs contrary to the trend of recent years in the UK, which has broadly seen execs exiting indies and networks to join streamers.
Williams will become Head of Development, Drama at BBC Studio Drama Productions. His prior credits include Ten Percent and The Man in the High Castle for Prime Video and The English Game for Netflix.
He takes the newly created role less than a week after it emerged Kate Oates had become Head of Drama Productions at BBC Studios, effectively replacing Priscilla Parish and making her the leader of the largest UK drama hub outside of London. Also joining is Roxanne Harvey,...
- 11/14/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Kate Oates has been named Head of Drama Productions at BBC Studios.
Earlier this morning in the UK, we revealed Parish had quietly stepped down from her role as Head of Drama at the BBC’s commercial arm. In effect, she’s replaced by Oates, who has been promoted from her current role as Head of Continuing Drama.
A BBC spokesperson said Oates was adopting a “slightly different slate of programs” to Parish’s shows, which included Bella Ramsay drama Time. She will retain oversight of flagship soap EastEnders, plus returning series Casualty, Father Brown, Sister Boniface, River City and Pobol Y Cwm and new comedy-drama Anfamol.
Oates role will lead see her take on the UK’s biggest drama production hub outside London with bases in England, Scotland and Wales. Her team will oversee Silent Witness when it moves to the West Midlands, along with a slate of drama...
Earlier this morning in the UK, we revealed Parish had quietly stepped down from her role as Head of Drama at the BBC’s commercial arm. In effect, she’s replaced by Oates, who has been promoted from her current role as Head of Continuing Drama.
A BBC spokesperson said Oates was adopting a “slightly different slate of programs” to Parish’s shows, which included Bella Ramsay drama Time. She will retain oversight of flagship soap EastEnders, plus returning series Casualty, Father Brown, Sister Boniface, River City and Pobol Y Cwm and new comedy-drama Anfamol.
Oates role will lead see her take on the UK’s biggest drama production hub outside London with bases in England, Scotland and Wales. Her team will oversee Silent Witness when it moves to the West Midlands, along with a slate of drama...
- 11/9/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Jon Sen, the exec of BBC1’s long-running soap EastEnders, is moving to oversee Casualty and two new high-end drama projects for BBC Studios, with Holby City producer Chris Clenshaw taking over EastEnders.
Sen has been helming EastEnders, which is produced by BBC Studios in Elstree, Hertfordshire, for the last three years, during which time he has overseen storylines tackling domestic violence and sexual abuse, along with the soap’s 35th anniversary. He also steered the show through the Covid-19 pandemic, helping implement stringent protocols as the show dropped from 30 to 20 minutes per ep but returned to air shortly after the UK production hiatus set in.
He will take on Casualty along with two new high-end drama projects greenlit by BBC Studios, replacing Deborah Sathe on the former, who had been exec-ing temporarily following the departure of Simon Harper.
Th two new high-end projects are yet to be announced. The...
Sen has been helming EastEnders, which is produced by BBC Studios in Elstree, Hertfordshire, for the last three years, during which time he has overseen storylines tackling domestic violence and sexual abuse, along with the soap’s 35th anniversary. He also steered the show through the Covid-19 pandemic, helping implement stringent protocols as the show dropped from 30 to 20 minutes per ep but returned to air shortly after the UK production hiatus set in.
He will take on Casualty along with two new high-end drama projects greenlit by BBC Studios, replacing Deborah Sathe on the former, who had been exec-ing temporarily following the departure of Simon Harper.
Th two new high-end projects are yet to be announced. The...
- 11/12/2021
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
BBC Studios Productions and Directors U.K. have launched a mentorship scheme to encourage and support under-represented voices in the British entertainment industry.
Mentees on the scheme will have the opportunity to work across BBC Studios productions including “EastEnders,” “Holby City,” “Casualty” and “Doctors.”
Applicants to the scheme, which launches later this year, will be expected to have some experience already, either via short films, pilots, features or television, and are looking to boost their craft and skills, particularly the challenges of prepping, shooting, and editing in a multi-camera environment.
Among the opportunities mentees will be able to experience are:
An “Eastenders” workshop for four directors, plus mentoring for others A “Holby City” workshop for four directors A “Casualty” workshop for four directors A trainee opportunity for directors on “Doctors”
“I’m delighted that ‘EastEnders,’ ‘Holby,’ ‘Casualty’ and ‘Doctors’ are opening up their doors to provide opportunity to train a...
Mentees on the scheme will have the opportunity to work across BBC Studios productions including “EastEnders,” “Holby City,” “Casualty” and “Doctors.”
Applicants to the scheme, which launches later this year, will be expected to have some experience already, either via short films, pilots, features or television, and are looking to boost their craft and skills, particularly the challenges of prepping, shooting, and editing in a multi-camera environment.
Among the opportunities mentees will be able to experience are:
An “Eastenders” workshop for four directors, plus mentoring for others A “Holby City” workshop for four directors A “Casualty” workshop for four directors A trainee opportunity for directors on “Doctors”
“I’m delighted that ‘EastEnders,’ ‘Holby,’ ‘Casualty’ and ‘Doctors’ are opening up their doors to provide opportunity to train a...
- 7/9/2021
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has acquired rights to Bombay Rose, Gitanjali Rao’s animated film that last year became the first Indian animated pic to open Venice Critics Week. The streaming service will release the film globally (excluding China) in the fourth quarter of this year, with a bow in France to follow in 2021.
Written and directed by Rao, the plot of the visually stunning, hand-painted pic centers on a young club dancer named Kamala (voiced by Cyli Khare) living in the streets of Bombay who, escaping from child marriage, must choose between fending for her family and finding love with a boy named Salim ( Amit Deondi) orphaned by the militancy. A red rose brings together three tales of impossible loves: Love between a Hindu girl and a Muslim boy, love between two women, and love of an entire city for its Bollywood stars. The voice cast also includes Gargi Shitole and Makrand Deshpande.
Written and directed by Rao, the plot of the visually stunning, hand-painted pic centers on a young club dancer named Kamala (voiced by Cyli Khare) living in the streets of Bombay who, escaping from child marriage, must choose between fending for her family and finding love with a boy named Salim ( Amit Deondi) orphaned by the militancy. A red rose brings together three tales of impossible loves: Love between a Hindu girl and a Muslim boy, love between two women, and love of an entire city for its Bollywood stars. The voice cast also includes Gargi Shitole and Makrand Deshpande.
- 7/16/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
From Dhundiraj Govind Phalke’s 1915 stop-motion “The Game of Match Sticks” to Green Gold Animation’s May 10 3D stereoscopic release “Chhota Bheem Kung Fu Dhamaka,” Indian animation has been around for more than a 100 years.
The sector grew 10% in 2018 to a value of $272 million, per a 2019 Ey report, and is poised to reach $353 million by 2021. India has some 300 animation studios, but the majority of them are engaged in creating content for television, which accounts for 65% of the Indian toon market.
Animated feature films make up just 15% of the sector. From the highs of 2012 and 2013, with 10 toon features produced in each of those two years, to 2017, in which just one, Ruchi Narain’s “Hanuman Da’ Damdaar,” featuring the voice talent of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was released, it has been a steep drop. 2018 was marginally better with four releases.
“It’s still considered a children’s genre,” Narain told Variety. “As...
The sector grew 10% in 2018 to a value of $272 million, per a 2019 Ey report, and is poised to reach $353 million by 2021. India has some 300 animation studios, but the majority of them are engaged in creating content for television, which accounts for 65% of the Indian toon market.
Animated feature films make up just 15% of the sector. From the highs of 2012 and 2013, with 10 toon features produced in each of those two years, to 2017, in which just one, Ruchi Narain’s “Hanuman Da’ Damdaar,” featuring the voice talent of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was released, it has been a steep drop. 2018 was marginally better with four releases.
“It’s still considered a children’s genre,” Narain told Variety. “As...
- 5/14/2019
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Industry event featuring pitches, work in progress screenings, mentoring sessions and masterclasses wrapped on Wednesday.
The Doha Film Institute wrapped a successful fifth edition of its respected Qumra industry event on Wednesday.
The five-day meeting, running March 15-20, followed its tried and tested formula of pitches, work in progress screenings, mentoring sessions and masterclasses around 36 projects backed by the Dfi, in an informal, friendly atmosphere.
Industry professionals – spanning producers, directors, festival programmers and sales agents – heaped praise on the fifth edition as it came to an end with its traditional open-air party in the Qatari desert.
“To my knowledge, it...
The Doha Film Institute wrapped a successful fifth edition of its respected Qumra industry event on Wednesday.
The five-day meeting, running March 15-20, followed its tried and tested formula of pitches, work in progress screenings, mentoring sessions and masterclasses around 36 projects backed by the Dfi, in an informal, friendly atmosphere.
Industry professionals – spanning producers, directors, festival programmers and sales agents – heaped praise on the fifth edition as it came to an end with its traditional open-air party in the Qatari desert.
“To my knowledge, it...
- 3/21/2019
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Entering the 15th Week, Mukti Bhawan titled Ganges Ni Kaeru in Japan has been winning hearts of critics and audience, completing 100 day run in Japan. A rare phenomenon, for an independent film, probably the first from India to achieve this.?
According to Mr Yuji Sadai, Bitter Ends Incorp. that distributed the film in Japan; ?the film is still running in all major cities in Japan in 30 screens. Not only the Press, audiences love the film too. When we first saw the film, we knew it would touch the hearts of our people, we are very happy.??
Shubhashish Bhutiani, the writer and director of the film said, ?I am deeply humbled by the amazing response Mukti Bhawan has received in Japan. I could not have imagined this! I am happy that a film rooted in India has connected with people. I thank my cast and crew for making this film possible.
According to Mr Yuji Sadai, Bitter Ends Incorp. that distributed the film in Japan; ?the film is still running in all major cities in Japan in 30 screens. Not only the Press, audiences love the film too. When we first saw the film, we knew it would touch the hearts of our people, we are very happy.??
Shubhashish Bhutiani, the writer and director of the film said, ?I am deeply humbled by the amazing response Mukti Bhawan has received in Japan. I could not have imagined this! I am happy that a film rooted in India has connected with people. I thank my cast and crew for making this film possible.
- 2/7/2019
- GlamSham
Argentina’s Pablo Salarz, one of Latin America’s best-known film and TV writer-directors, has entered a non-exclusive financing relationship with C International Sales, the international arm of Cinestaan Film Company. Although non-exclusive, the deal is an early example of international companies moving to court or tie-down key talent in Latin America.
The deal was negotiated by C International director of sales Paul Hudson, Cinestaan head of international operations Deborah Sathe, and Solarz himself. According to a press release, an important part of the negotiations was that the deal be non-exclusive, allowing Solarz to maintain full creative control of his projects from start to finish.
The first-look deal is for any upcoming projects to be written or directed by Solarz, and includes a minimum guarantee component on each. The deal marks Cinestaan’s push further into international production, having earlier this year executive produced this year’s Cannes best director Pawel Pawlikowski’s “Cold War,...
The deal was negotiated by C International director of sales Paul Hudson, Cinestaan head of international operations Deborah Sathe, and Solarz himself. According to a press release, an important part of the negotiations was that the deal be non-exclusive, allowing Solarz to maintain full creative control of his projects from start to finish.
The first-look deal is for any upcoming projects to be written or directed by Solarz, and includes a minimum guarantee component on each. The deal marks Cinestaan’s push further into international production, having earlier this year executive produced this year’s Cannes best director Pawel Pawlikowski’s “Cold War,...
- 12/11/2018
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Debut slate includes I Am Here from Loev [pictured] director Sudhanshu Saria.
India and UK-based boutique studio Cinestaan Film Company (Cfc) has unveiled its debut slate of productions, including new projects from rising Indian film-makers Gitanjali Rao, Akshat Verma and Atul Manjrekar.
The company, which aims to produce India-related films for both Indian and international audiences, has also acquired adaptation rights to Vaseem Khan’s best-selling novel The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra.
Rao is directing animated feature Bombay Rose for the start-up studio. A co-production with France’s Les Film d’ici, the film marks Rao’s feature debut following her 2006 short Printed Rainbow, which won three awards at Cannes. The film is scheduled for delivery in early 2018.
Verma, who wrote hit youth-themed comedy Delhi Belly, is currently shooting his directorial debut Kalaakaandi for Cinestaan. Also scripted by Verma, the dark ensemble comedy stars Saif Ali Khan, Deepak Dobriyal, Vijay Raaz and Sobhita...
India and UK-based boutique studio Cinestaan Film Company (Cfc) has unveiled its debut slate of productions, including new projects from rising Indian film-makers Gitanjali Rao, Akshat Verma and Atul Manjrekar.
The company, which aims to produce India-related films for both Indian and international audiences, has also acquired adaptation rights to Vaseem Khan’s best-selling novel The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra.
Rao is directing animated feature Bombay Rose for the start-up studio. A co-production with France’s Les Film d’ici, the film marks Rao’s feature debut following her 2006 short Printed Rainbow, which won three awards at Cannes. The film is scheduled for delivery in early 2018.
Verma, who wrote hit youth-themed comedy Delhi Belly, is currently shooting his directorial debut Kalaakaandi for Cinestaan. Also scripted by Verma, the dark ensemble comedy stars Saif Ali Khan, Deepak Dobriyal, Vijay Raaz and Sobhita...
- 11/4/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
India’s newest studio, Cinestaan Film Company today announced a joint venture with Anil Thadani. The new company,Cinestaan AA Distributors, will be distributing Indian films overseas. Anil Thadani’s AA Pictures is India’s leading independent distributor. Thadani will be the Managing Director and CEO of the new company, while Rohit Khattar is the Chairman.
The first film that the joint venture has released is Cinestaan Film Company’s Mirzya, directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, starring screen legend Anil Kapoor’s son Harshvardhan Kapoor and Saiyami Kher. Other films are set to follow from Cinestaan Film Company as well as those from other production houses.
Rohit Khattar, Founder and Chairman, Cinestaan Film Company, says “We are delighted to join hands with Anil, who is undoubtedly India’s most prolific and credible distributor. Together we wish to create the most reliable and transparent overseas distribution network to further the reach of Indian Cinema.
The first film that the joint venture has released is Cinestaan Film Company’s Mirzya, directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, starring screen legend Anil Kapoor’s son Harshvardhan Kapoor and Saiyami Kher. Other films are set to follow from Cinestaan Film Company as well as those from other production houses.
Rohit Khattar, Founder and Chairman, Cinestaan Film Company, says “We are delighted to join hands with Anil, who is undoubtedly India’s most prolific and credible distributor. Together we wish to create the most reliable and transparent overseas distribution network to further the reach of Indian Cinema.
- 10/11/2016
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Jordan McGarry joins Film London as head of talent development and production, taking over from Deborah Sathe.
Film London has appointed Vimeo exec Jordan McGarry as its new head of talent development and production, as of August 1. Deborah Sathe had held the post but, as previously revealed by Screen, is moving to Cinestaan International.
McGarry had been with Vimeo for five years, most recently as director of curation. She worked on key projects such as Vimeo On Demand, Vimeo Brand Studios, Vimeo Originals and the Staff Picks channel.
Prior to joining Vimeo, the London native worked as executive producer for Partizan Films, she has also worked as a journalist and commisioner for the likes of Dazed & Confused, Nowness, the British Council and the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
She will now oversee Film London’s Microwave filmmaking initiative and the London Calling and London Calling Plus short film funds alongside other training initiatives.
Adrian Wootton, Chief...
Film London has appointed Vimeo exec Jordan McGarry as its new head of talent development and production, as of August 1. Deborah Sathe had held the post but, as previously revealed by Screen, is moving to Cinestaan International.
McGarry had been with Vimeo for five years, most recently as director of curation. She worked on key projects such as Vimeo On Demand, Vimeo Brand Studios, Vimeo Originals and the Staff Picks channel.
Prior to joining Vimeo, the London native worked as executive producer for Partizan Films, she has also worked as a journalist and commisioner for the likes of Dazed & Confused, Nowness, the British Council and the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
She will now oversee Film London’s Microwave filmmaking initiative and the London Calling and London Calling Plus short film funds alongside other training initiatives.
Adrian Wootton, Chief...
- 6/23/2016
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Crime tale and family drama commissioned by Lilting backers.
Film London Microwave, the low-budget production scheme behind Lilting and Shifty, has commissioned family drama Sick(er) and crime tale Looted.
These are among 12 projects in development through the ongoing scheme, funded by BBC Films, BFI and Creative Skillset.
Writer-director Rene Pannevis’ Looted explores crime and moral ambiguity in a tale of burglary, friendship and thieves who fall out.
The film will be produced by Jennifer Eriksson, a post-production manager on Rooney Mara drama Una, and Goalpost films executive Jessie Mangum (Holding The Man).
Sick(er) will explore anorexia, self-image and family bonds. Writer-director is Lucy Brydon, a novelist with shorts experience, while producer is Dan Cleland, co-producer of David Leon’s directorial debut Orthodox, and Jeanette Sutton, who was an assistant director on Sundance drama Lilting.
The two successful commissions will receive $88,000 (£100,000) towards a capped $133,000 (£150,000) production budget and an additional $22,000 (£25,000) to support their finished films’ distribution...
Film London Microwave, the low-budget production scheme behind Lilting and Shifty, has commissioned family drama Sick(er) and crime tale Looted.
These are among 12 projects in development through the ongoing scheme, funded by BBC Films, BFI and Creative Skillset.
Writer-director Rene Pannevis’ Looted explores crime and moral ambiguity in a tale of burglary, friendship and thieves who fall out.
The film will be produced by Jennifer Eriksson, a post-production manager on Rooney Mara drama Una, and Goalpost films executive Jessie Mangum (Holding The Man).
Sick(er) will explore anorexia, self-image and family bonds. Writer-director is Lucy Brydon, a novelist with shorts experience, while producer is Dan Cleland, co-producer of David Leon’s directorial debut Orthodox, and Jeanette Sutton, who was an assistant director on Sundance drama Lilting.
The two successful commissions will receive $88,000 (£100,000) towards a capped $133,000 (£150,000) production budget and an additional $22,000 (£25,000) to support their finished films’ distribution...
- 5/14/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: India’s Cinestaan Film Company has hired Film London execs Deborah Sathe and Tessa Inkelaar and Madrid-based sales agent Marina Fuentes to head up its ambitious new international division.
Sathe has been appointed Cinestaan director of international operations, with Inkelaar as vice president – international development, and Fuentes as director of international sales & acquisitions.
Cinestaan, a boutique studio spanning film, TV and digital operations, was launched by Mumbai Mantra chief Rohit Khattar in 2014 with backing from Indian tycoon Anand Mahindra.
Currently head of talent development and production for Film London, Sathe will move to the new division, Cinestaan International, at the end of May, while Inkelaar has already left her post as Film London development producer. Fuentes previously headed Spanish sales agent 6 Sales, which she recently merged with Simon Crowe’s Sc Films, closing the Madrid office.
Remaining in London and Madrid, the trio will be working with Indian and international talent on a slate of features...
Sathe has been appointed Cinestaan director of international operations, with Inkelaar as vice president – international development, and Fuentes as director of international sales & acquisitions.
Cinestaan, a boutique studio spanning film, TV and digital operations, was launched by Mumbai Mantra chief Rohit Khattar in 2014 with backing from Indian tycoon Anand Mahindra.
Currently head of talent development and production for Film London, Sathe will move to the new division, Cinestaan International, at the end of May, while Inkelaar has already left her post as Film London development producer. Fuentes previously headed Spanish sales agent 6 Sales, which she recently merged with Simon Crowe’s Sc Films, closing the Madrid office.
Remaining in London and Madrid, the trio will be working with Indian and international talent on a slate of features...
- 4/18/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: India’s Cinestaan Film Company has hired Film London execs Deborah Sathe and Tessa Inkelaar and Madrid-based sales agent Marina Fuentes to head up its ambitious new international division.
Sathe has been appointed Cinestaan director of international operations, with Inkelaar as vice president – international development, and Fuentes as director of international sales & acquisitions.
Cinestaan, a boutique studio spanning film, TV and digital operations, was launched by Mumbai Mantra chief Rohit Khattar in 2014 with backing from Indian tycoon Anand Mahindra.
Currently head of head of talent development and production for Film London, Sathe will move to the new division, Cinestaan International, at the end of May, while Inkelaar has already left her post as Film London development producer. Fuentes previously headed Spanish sales agent 6 Sales, which she recently merged with Simon Crowe’s Sc Films, closing the Madrid office.
Remaining in London and Madrid, the trio will be working with Indian and international talent on a slate...
Sathe has been appointed Cinestaan director of international operations, with Inkelaar as vice president – international development, and Fuentes as director of international sales & acquisitions.
Cinestaan, a boutique studio spanning film, TV and digital operations, was launched by Mumbai Mantra chief Rohit Khattar in 2014 with backing from Indian tycoon Anand Mahindra.
Currently head of head of talent development and production for Film London, Sathe will move to the new division, Cinestaan International, at the end of May, while Inkelaar has already left her post as Film London development producer. Fuentes previously headed Spanish sales agent 6 Sales, which she recently merged with Simon Crowe’s Sc Films, closing the Madrid office.
Remaining in London and Madrid, the trio will be working with Indian and international talent on a slate...
- 4/18/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Initiative from Film London and the British Council aims to address gender disparity within the film industry.
Two films have been commissioned for the Shakespeare’s Sister initiative, aimed at female filmmaking talent and part of a range of projects marking 400 years since Shakespeare’s death.
Film London and the British Council have commissioned Marina and Adrienne and Wyrdoes, following a selection process which received 265 applications.
They will both receive £15,000 ($22,000) in production funding, along with mentoring from Film4 and membership to Women in Film & TV.
The films will also tour internationally as part of the British Council’s Shakespeare Lives strand, providing a global platform for their work.
Marina and Adrienne written/directed by Lucy Campbell and produced by Loran Dunn, inspired by Pericles, Prince of Tyre.
The film sees fugitive lovers Marina and Adrienne posing as fishermen and finding work on a trawler. Far out at sea, a ferocious storm picks up and Marina, revealed to be female...
Two films have been commissioned for the Shakespeare’s Sister initiative, aimed at female filmmaking talent and part of a range of projects marking 400 years since Shakespeare’s death.
Film London and the British Council have commissioned Marina and Adrienne and Wyrdoes, following a selection process which received 265 applications.
They will both receive £15,000 ($22,000) in production funding, along with mentoring from Film4 and membership to Women in Film & TV.
The films will also tour internationally as part of the British Council’s Shakespeare Lives strand, providing a global platform for their work.
Marina and Adrienne written/directed by Lucy Campbell and produced by Loran Dunn, inspired by Pericles, Prince of Tyre.
The film sees fugitive lovers Marina and Adrienne posing as fishermen and finding work on a trawler. Far out at sea, a ferocious storm picks up and Marina, revealed to be female...
- 2/24/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Femi Oguns, Matimba Kabalika and Deborah Sathe discussed quotas and the continued lack of Bme talent in the film industry
The hotly-debated subject of diversity in the film industry was tackled at the Screen Film Summit (Dec 10), with panellists criticising the continued lack of progress.
On the panel were Femi Oguns, CEO of the Identity Drama School and agent Star Wars: The Force Awakens actor John Boyega, and Matimba Kabalika, Net.Work talent co-ordinator and content editor at the BFI.
The session was chaired by Deborah Sathe, head of talent development and production for Film London.
Quotas
Host Sathe kicked off the session by asking the panellists whether quotas were the best way to address the current imbalance.
“There should be a quota system because people’s attitudes haven’t improved yet,” said Oguns. “The industry is supposed to mirror what goes on in society. If attitudes don’t change, we have to...
The hotly-debated subject of diversity in the film industry was tackled at the Screen Film Summit (Dec 10), with panellists criticising the continued lack of progress.
On the panel were Femi Oguns, CEO of the Identity Drama School and agent Star Wars: The Force Awakens actor John Boyega, and Matimba Kabalika, Net.Work talent co-ordinator and content editor at the BFI.
The session was chaired by Deborah Sathe, head of talent development and production for Film London.
Quotas
Host Sathe kicked off the session by asking the panellists whether quotas were the best way to address the current imbalance.
“There should be a quota system because people’s attitudes haven’t improved yet,” said Oguns. “The industry is supposed to mirror what goes on in society. If attitudes don’t change, we have to...
- 12/11/2015
- ScreenDaily
Femi Oguns, Matimba Kabalika and Deborah Sathe discussed quotas and the continued lack of Bme talent in the film industry
The hotly-debated subject of diversity in the film industry was tackled at the Screen Film Summit (Dec 10), with panellists criticising the continued lack of progress.
On the panel were Femi Oguns, CEO of the Identity Drama School and agent Star Wars: The Force Awakens actor John Boyega, and Matimba Kabalika, Net.Work talent co-ordinator and content editor at the BFI.
The session was chaired by Deborah Sathe, head of talent development and production for Film London.
Quotas
Host Sathe kicked off the session by raising the subject of diversity quotas, asking the panellists whether these were the correct way to address the current imbalance.
“There should be a quota system because people’s attitudes haven’t improved yet,” said Oguns. “The industry is supposed to mirror what goes on in society. If attitudes...
The hotly-debated subject of diversity in the film industry was tackled at the Screen Film Summit (Dec 10), with panellists criticising the continued lack of progress.
On the panel were Femi Oguns, CEO of the Identity Drama School and agent Star Wars: The Force Awakens actor John Boyega, and Matimba Kabalika, Net.Work talent co-ordinator and content editor at the BFI.
The session was chaired by Deborah Sathe, head of talent development and production for Film London.
Quotas
Host Sathe kicked off the session by raising the subject of diversity quotas, asking the panellists whether these were the correct way to address the current imbalance.
“There should be a quota system because people’s attitudes haven’t improved yet,” said Oguns. “The industry is supposed to mirror what goes on in society. If attitudes...
- 12/11/2015
- ScreenDaily
Identity Agency Group CEO Femi Oguns talks diversity challenges ahead of Screen Film Summit appearance.Click here to book your place at the Screen Film Summit
Identity Agency Group CEO Femi Oguns MBE has warned “there is a storm coming” for those in the UK industry who are unwilling to take adequate steps to improve diversity.
Speaking to Screen as part of an upcoming feature about diversity in the UK film sector, agent Oguns - whose clients include Star Wars actor John Boyega, Roots reboot star Malachi Kirby and Urban Hymn actress Letitia Wright – claimed that black actors are still treated differently in the UK compared to the Us, a trend he believes hurts the UK commercially.
“If you believe in something here, it’s glazed eyes, it’s a smile, it’s ‘cool, that sounds great,’ and it never really goes anywhere,” he told Screen.
“Because a lot of the decision-makers feel that black doesn’t sell...
Identity Agency Group CEO Femi Oguns MBE has warned “there is a storm coming” for those in the UK industry who are unwilling to take adequate steps to improve diversity.
Speaking to Screen as part of an upcoming feature about diversity in the UK film sector, agent Oguns - whose clients include Star Wars actor John Boyega, Roots reboot star Malachi Kirby and Urban Hymn actress Letitia Wright – claimed that black actors are still treated differently in the UK compared to the Us, a trend he believes hurts the UK commercially.
“If you believe in something here, it’s glazed eyes, it’s a smile, it’s ‘cool, that sounds great,’ and it never really goes anywhere,” he told Screen.
“Because a lot of the decision-makers feel that black doesn’t sell...
- 12/8/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Two women-only teams will receive production funding for short film projects.
Film London and the British Council are launching a new short film fund in an attempt to address the gender disparity within the film industry.
‘Shakespeare’s Sister’ will offer $22,800 (£15,000) in production funding to two selected teams. The initiative is part of the British Council’s planned celebrations of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare, which arrives in 2016, and applications should draw from the works of the famous playwright.
The winners will also receive mentoring from Film4 and a year’s free membership to Women in Film & TV.
Each team must be comprised of female writers, directors and producers, and senior crew posts should also be occupied by women when possible.
The deadline for applications is November 3 2015, and the finished films will need to be delivered by April 1 2016.
Deborah Sathe, Film London’s head of talent development and production, said: “As much as this is the right...
Film London and the British Council are launching a new short film fund in an attempt to address the gender disparity within the film industry.
‘Shakespeare’s Sister’ will offer $22,800 (£15,000) in production funding to two selected teams. The initiative is part of the British Council’s planned celebrations of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare, which arrives in 2016, and applications should draw from the works of the famous playwright.
The winners will also receive mentoring from Film4 and a year’s free membership to Women in Film & TV.
Each team must be comprised of female writers, directors and producers, and senior crew posts should also be occupied by women when possible.
The deadline for applications is November 3 2015, and the finished films will need to be delivered by April 1 2016.
Deborah Sathe, Film London’s head of talent development and production, said: “As much as this is the right...
- 9/24/2015
- ScreenDaily
Screen Film Summit: Panel discuss developing producers, directors.
UK production executives recognized the difficulty of finding new producers in the UK today and the importance of directors taking a 360 approach to their films, during a Screen Film Summit panel.
BFI Film Fund head Ben Roberts discussed the need for new directors to better understand the potential markets for their films.
“There’s only so much public funding to go around,” cautioned Roberts. “You’ve got to present yourself as a financeable proposition. Think about who and what you are as a director and what your market is.”
Roberts explained that the BFI will make a concerted push to better connect new directors with other sectors of the industry in a bid to foster sustainability and insulate UK films entering the market:
“We’re going to join up filmmakers with the rest of the industry. It’s important that filmmakers aren’t filmmakers alone, but that they...
UK production executives recognized the difficulty of finding new producers in the UK today and the importance of directors taking a 360 approach to their films, during a Screen Film Summit panel.
BFI Film Fund head Ben Roberts discussed the need for new directors to better understand the potential markets for their films.
“There’s only so much public funding to go around,” cautioned Roberts. “You’ve got to present yourself as a financeable proposition. Think about who and what you are as a director and what your market is.”
Roberts explained that the BFI will make a concerted push to better connect new directors with other sectors of the industry in a bid to foster sustainability and insulate UK films entering the market:
“We’re going to join up filmmakers with the rest of the industry. It’s important that filmmakers aren’t filmmakers alone, but that they...
- 12/1/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Film specialists from the UK will reportedly travel to India to promote the plays of renowned writer William Shakespeare. Representatives from Film London will run a week long training programme titled ‘Microschool’ in the Indian capital of Mumbai where they will develop five productions of the famous English playwright.
Funded by the British Council, the winning filmmaking team will be rewarded with a cool £500,000 to produce a film for release in 2016 in order to mark 400 years since Shakespeare’s death in 1616.
Deborah Sathe from Film London will launch the programme along with Indian filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj, who is famous for his Bollywood adaptations of Shakespearean tales such as Maqbool (Macbeth), Omkara (Othello) and Haider (Hamlet).
Sathe mentioned the following to a leading magazine about the exciting initiative. “Industry and audience alike are keen to champion the next generation of Indian and British Asian filmmakers and this project will do just that.
Funded by the British Council, the winning filmmaking team will be rewarded with a cool £500,000 to produce a film for release in 2016 in order to mark 400 years since Shakespeare’s death in 1616.
Deborah Sathe from Film London will launch the programme along with Indian filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj, who is famous for his Bollywood adaptations of Shakespearean tales such as Maqbool (Macbeth), Omkara (Othello) and Haider (Hamlet).
Sathe mentioned the following to a leading magazine about the exciting initiative. “Industry and audience alike are keen to champion the next generation of Indian and British Asian filmmakers and this project will do just that.
- 11/24/2014
- by Bodrul Chaudhury
- Bollyspice
Film London’s Microwave scheme is going global with an inititive to finance a UK-Indian feature based on Shakespeare’s writing.
Timed to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, the scheme brings together Asian writers, directors and producers from both India and the UK at a week-long ‘Microschool’ in Mumbai, funded by the British Council. The talents will collaborate on developing five feature films based on Shakespeare’s plays.
At the end of the training programme, which includes professional mentoring, one project will be awarded production funding of $800,000 (£500,000). The film will be released globally as part of the UK’s Shakespeare400 On Screen.
Indian film-maker Vishal Bhardwaj, who has adapted Hamlet, Othello and Macbeth as Hindi films, will help to mentor the scheme. Bhardwaj launched the scheme with Film London head of talent development and production Deborah Sathe at the on-going Film Bazaar co-production market in Goa, India.
“In...
Timed to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, the scheme brings together Asian writers, directors and producers from both India and the UK at a week-long ‘Microschool’ in Mumbai, funded by the British Council. The talents will collaborate on developing five feature films based on Shakespeare’s plays.
At the end of the training programme, which includes professional mentoring, one project will be awarded production funding of $800,000 (£500,000). The film will be released globally as part of the UK’s Shakespeare400 On Screen.
Indian film-maker Vishal Bhardwaj, who has adapted Hamlet, Othello and Macbeth as Hindi films, will help to mentor the scheme. Bhardwaj launched the scheme with Film London head of talent development and production Deborah Sathe at the on-going Film Bazaar co-production market in Goa, India.
“In...
- 11/22/2014
- by uditaj@gmail.com (Udita Jhunjhunwala)
- ScreenDaily
Film London’s Microwave scheme is going global with an inititive to finance a UK-Indian feature based on Shakespeare’s writing.
Timed to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, the scheme brings together Asian writers, directors and producers from both India and the UK at a week-long ‘Microschool’ in Mumbai, funded by the British Council. The talents will collaborate on developing five feature films based on Shakespeare’s plays.
At the end of the training programme, which includes professional mentoring, one project will be awarded production funding of $800,000 (£500,000). The film will be released globally as part of the UK’s Shakespeare400 On Screen.
Indian film-maker Vishal Bhardwaj, who has adapted Hamlet, Othello and Macbeth as Hindi films, will help to mentor the scheme. Bhardwaj launched the scheme with Film London head of talent development and production Deborah Sathe at the on-going Film Bazaar co-production market in Goa, India.
“In...
Timed to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, the scheme brings together Asian writers, directors and producers from both India and the UK at a week-long ‘Microschool’ in Mumbai, funded by the British Council. The talents will collaborate on developing five feature films based on Shakespeare’s plays.
At the end of the training programme, which includes professional mentoring, one project will be awarded production funding of $800,000 (£500,000). The film will be released globally as part of the UK’s Shakespeare400 On Screen.
Indian film-maker Vishal Bhardwaj, who has adapted Hamlet, Othello and Macbeth as Hindi films, will help to mentor the scheme. Bhardwaj launched the scheme with Film London head of talent development and production Deborah Sathe at the on-going Film Bazaar co-production market in Goa, India.
“In...
- 11/22/2014
- by uditaj@gmail.com (Udita Jhunjhunwala)
- ScreenDaily
A number of financing deals in the works following micro-budget finance market.
Film London Micro Market (Oct 15-16) closed yesterday after a day of producer and financier meetings. Running alongside the Film London Production Finance Market (Pfm), the micro-budget finance market, also included training for the emerging filmmaking talent selected for the event.
Financiers at the market included Metrodome Group, Altitude Film Entertainment, Creativity Capital, Backup Media, Independent Film Sales, Ingenious, Just Temptation Ltd, Tinderbox Film Finance, Eleven Fifty-Five, Soda Pictures, Picturehouse and Vertigo Films.
A statement from the market said a number of financing deals are now in the works.
Claire Binns, programming and acquisitions director at Picturehouse, said: “Film London’s Micro Market gave me a fantastic, curated line-up of low budget feature projects, many of which I will follow up on.”
Producer Carolina Giammetta said she had “back-to-back meetings with financiers” pitching film Cradle Me.
Funded by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, Micro...
Film London Micro Market (Oct 15-16) closed yesterday after a day of producer and financier meetings. Running alongside the Film London Production Finance Market (Pfm), the micro-budget finance market, also included training for the emerging filmmaking talent selected for the event.
Financiers at the market included Metrodome Group, Altitude Film Entertainment, Creativity Capital, Backup Media, Independent Film Sales, Ingenious, Just Temptation Ltd, Tinderbox Film Finance, Eleven Fifty-Five, Soda Pictures, Picturehouse and Vertigo Films.
A statement from the market said a number of financing deals are now in the works.
Claire Binns, programming and acquisitions director at Picturehouse, said: “Film London’s Micro Market gave me a fantastic, curated line-up of low budget feature projects, many of which I will follow up on.”
Producer Carolina Giammetta said she had “back-to-back meetings with financiers” pitching film Cradle Me.
Funded by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, Micro...
- 10/17/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Includes the first award winner from Bame filmmaker scheme, who will join director David Yates on the set of his next feature.
Film London staged its London Calling Awards last night, showcasing the 24 filmmaking teams who made a short film through the London Calling and London Calling Plus schemes.
New this year, London Calling Plus produced five shorts by Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (Bame) filmmaking teams, delivered as part of the BFI Net.Work for supporting new talent.
The films were assessed by Harry Potter director David Yates, who selected Sarmad Masud as the winner with his film Two Dosas. Sarmad will now join Yates on the set of a Tarzan, which he is currently shooting in the UK.
A total of 19 filmmakers also competed for the London Calling Jury Award, worth £2,000.
This was selected by a jury of industry representatives including BAFTA-winning producer Stephen Woolley, who presented the award. Some Candid...
Film London staged its London Calling Awards last night, showcasing the 24 filmmaking teams who made a short film through the London Calling and London Calling Plus schemes.
New this year, London Calling Plus produced five shorts by Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (Bame) filmmaking teams, delivered as part of the BFI Net.Work for supporting new talent.
The films were assessed by Harry Potter director David Yates, who selected Sarmad Masud as the winner with his film Two Dosas. Sarmad will now join Yates on the set of a Tarzan, which he is currently shooting in the UK.
A total of 19 filmmakers also competed for the London Calling Jury Award, worth £2,000.
This was selected by a jury of industry representatives including BAFTA-winning producer Stephen Woolley, who presented the award. Some Candid...
- 9/12/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: £2.2m earmarked for new projects, Olivier Kaempfer joins team.
The BFI has joined Microwave founding partners Film London and BBC Films for the next iteration of the low-budget production initiative behind Sundance hit Lilting and Eran Creevy’s debut Shifty.
The trio has earmarked £2.2m for the next round of its Microwave scheme, which will now offer development funding to all shortlisted filmmakers and further development grants of up to £10k for advancing films.
The scheme is due to produce up to six features over three years with production budgets of £150k. £100k will come from Microwave, £50k from the film’s producers. Completed films will have access to an additional £25k of P&A funding.
The extended development programme, supported by Creative Skillset, will develop and train up to 36 filmmaking teams. It will also see the return of Microschool, the intensive five day training ‘bootcamp’.
Olivier Kaempfer, who produced previous Microwave title Borrowed Time and executive...
The BFI has joined Microwave founding partners Film London and BBC Films for the next iteration of the low-budget production initiative behind Sundance hit Lilting and Eran Creevy’s debut Shifty.
The trio has earmarked £2.2m for the next round of its Microwave scheme, which will now offer development funding to all shortlisted filmmakers and further development grants of up to £10k for advancing films.
The scheme is due to produce up to six features over three years with production budgets of £150k. £100k will come from Microwave, £50k from the film’s producers. Completed films will have access to an additional £25k of P&A funding.
The extended development programme, supported by Creative Skillset, will develop and train up to 36 filmmaking teams. It will also see the return of Microschool, the intensive five day training ‘bootcamp’.
Olivier Kaempfer, who produced previous Microwave title Borrowed Time and executive...
- 5/19/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
UK thriller financed by Seis/Eis and equity; Colin Jones is casting.
Psychological thriller Dartmoor Killing is now casting and gearing up for shooting in June.
The film is co-written by writer/director Peter Nicholson and Isabelle Grey (BBC series Accused).
The filmmakers have participated in the Ico and Fda’s Get it Seen initiative and Film London’s Build Your Audience programme. The team pitched to financiers at the Film London Micro-Market during the Production Finance Market.
Dartmoor Killing has been financed through a mix of private Seis/Eis investors and corporate equity and production partner, Films@59 in Bristol.
Colin Jones (Zero Dark Thirty) serves as casting director.
The story follows two female friends, both with secrets, who go on a weekend trip to Dartmoor and meet a charismatic but troubled man who leads them into mind games, sexual deceit and betrayal.
Bristol-based Jayne Chard produces. Executive Producers include former Ifg MD Luke Randolph (The Iron Lady) and Stagereel...
Psychological thriller Dartmoor Killing is now casting and gearing up for shooting in June.
The film is co-written by writer/director Peter Nicholson and Isabelle Grey (BBC series Accused).
The filmmakers have participated in the Ico and Fda’s Get it Seen initiative and Film London’s Build Your Audience programme. The team pitched to financiers at the Film London Micro-Market during the Production Finance Market.
Dartmoor Killing has been financed through a mix of private Seis/Eis investors and corporate equity and production partner, Films@59 in Bristol.
Colin Jones (Zero Dark Thirty) serves as casting director.
The story follows two female friends, both with secrets, who go on a weekend trip to Dartmoor and meet a charismatic but troubled man who leads them into mind games, sexual deceit and betrayal.
Bristol-based Jayne Chard produces. Executive Producers include former Ifg MD Luke Randolph (The Iron Lady) and Stagereel...
- 3/24/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Birds Eye View its launching its new training programme Filmonomics at this year’s Loco London Comedy Film Festival on Jan 26.
The series will focus on topics such as finance, teams, marketing, exhibition and distribution.
Speakers at the initial sessions will include writers Rachel Hirons and Tess Morris, Film London’s Deborah Sathe, former Paramount executive Deborah Sheppard, iFeatures executive producer Christopher Granier-Deferre, journalists Karen Krizanovich and Charles Gant.
Selected participants, almost 90% of whom are female filmmakers, will participate in a bespoke programme. Filmonomics will also include three public sessions at BFI Southbank. Two of those sessions will be held during the 10th Birds Eye View Film Festival (April 8-13).
Creative Skillset supports Filmonomics, which is created in assocation with former Screen editor Colin Brown, author of the Filmonomics blog at Slated.com.
Birds Eye View Creative Director Kate Gerova said: “We created Filmonomics because with digital cameras and low-budget filmmaking schemes everyone has access to making...
The series will focus on topics such as finance, teams, marketing, exhibition and distribution.
Speakers at the initial sessions will include writers Rachel Hirons and Tess Morris, Film London’s Deborah Sathe, former Paramount executive Deborah Sheppard, iFeatures executive producer Christopher Granier-Deferre, journalists Karen Krizanovich and Charles Gant.
Selected participants, almost 90% of whom are female filmmakers, will participate in a bespoke programme. Filmonomics will also include three public sessions at BFI Southbank. Two of those sessions will be held during the 10th Birds Eye View Film Festival (April 8-13).
Creative Skillset supports Filmonomics, which is created in assocation with former Screen editor Colin Brown, author of the Filmonomics blog at Slated.com.
Birds Eye View Creative Director Kate Gerova said: “We created Filmonomics because with digital cameras and low-budget filmmaking schemes everyone has access to making...
- 1/24/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Birds Eye View its launching its new training programme Filmonomics at this year’s Loco London Comedy Film Festival on Jan 26.
The series will focus on topics such as finance, teams, marketing, exhibition and distribution.
Speakers at the initial sessions will include writers Rachel Hirons and Tess Morris, Film London’s Deborah Sathe, former Paramount executive Deborah Sheppard, iFeatures executive producer Christopher Granier-Deferre, journalists Karen Krizanovich and Charles Gant.
Selected participants, almost 90% of whom are female filmmakers, will participate in a bespoke programme. Filmonomics will also include three public sessions at BFI Southbank. Two of those sessions will be held during the 10th Birds Eye View Film Festival (April 8-13).
Creative Skillset supports Filmonomics, which is created in assocation with former Screen editor Colin Brown, author of the Filmonomics blog at Slated.com.
Birds Eye View Creative Director Kate Gerova said: “We created Filmonomics because with digital cameras and low-budget filmmaking schemes everyone has access to making...
The series will focus on topics such as finance, teams, marketing, exhibition and distribution.
Speakers at the initial sessions will include writers Rachel Hirons and Tess Morris, Film London’s Deborah Sathe, former Paramount executive Deborah Sheppard, iFeatures executive producer Christopher Granier-Deferre, journalists Karen Krizanovich and Charles Gant.
Selected participants, almost 90% of whom are female filmmakers, will participate in a bespoke programme. Filmonomics will also include three public sessions at BFI Southbank. Two of those sessions will be held during the 10th Birds Eye View Film Festival (April 8-13).
Creative Skillset supports Filmonomics, which is created in assocation with former Screen editor Colin Brown, author of the Filmonomics blog at Slated.com.
Birds Eye View Creative Director Kate Gerova said: “We created Filmonomics because with digital cameras and low-budget filmmaking schemes everyone has access to making...
- 1/24/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Experts at Screen International and Broadcast’s Diversify conference suggested a number of concrete ideas of how the UK film and TV industries can move forward.
On the ‘Way Forward’ panel, Baroness Oona King’s three action buzzwords were “accountability, access and affordability,” adding that it was important to create a baseline now to measure future progress.
She made it clear that there’s a need for more than good will, there needs to be resource too. “If you’re not going to attach resource then things aren’t going to change fast enough. We need to put money where your mouth is,” King added.
Pat Younge, chief creative officer of BBC Production, said when he started it was production driving everything, but now it was commissioning.
“With that power of commissioning comes responsibility,” said Younge. “I don’t think the commissioning group and channel production group is diverse enough.
“There’s not enough...
On the ‘Way Forward’ panel, Baroness Oona King’s three action buzzwords were “accountability, access and affordability,” adding that it was important to create a baseline now to measure future progress.
She made it clear that there’s a need for more than good will, there needs to be resource too. “If you’re not going to attach resource then things aren’t going to change fast enough. We need to put money where your mouth is,” King added.
Pat Younge, chief creative officer of BBC Production, said when he started it was production driving everything, but now it was commissioning.
“With that power of commissioning comes responsibility,” said Younge. “I don’t think the commissioning group and channel production group is diverse enough.
“There’s not enough...
- 11/13/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Creative England gets £1.8m in funding for its programmes for new and emerging filmmakers; Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are also partners with enhanced new talent support.
The BFI is unveiling its new BFI Net.Work to back new and emerging film talent across the UK with more than £3m per year.
The partners in the Net.Work are Creative England, Creative Scotland, the Film Agency for Wales and Northern Ireland Screen. The BFI is also working with Film London on two short film schemes, with Aardman on animation talent development, and with 104 Films to support emerging filmmakers with disabilities.
The Net.Work aims to join up agencies across the UK to work together and share information about new and emerging writers, directors and producers; nurturing them on the road to making their first feature films.
The various schemes and initiatives that are part of Net.Work will give funding for film writing, directing and production...
The BFI is unveiling its new BFI Net.Work to back new and emerging film talent across the UK with more than £3m per year.
The partners in the Net.Work are Creative England, Creative Scotland, the Film Agency for Wales and Northern Ireland Screen. The BFI is also working with Film London on two short film schemes, with Aardman on animation talent development, and with 104 Films to support emerging filmmakers with disabilities.
The Net.Work aims to join up agencies across the UK to work together and share information about new and emerging writers, directors and producers; nurturing them on the road to making their first feature films.
The various schemes and initiatives that are part of Net.Work will give funding for film writing, directing and production...
- 9/20/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Creative England gets £1.8m in funding for its programmes for new and emerging filmmakers; Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are also partners with enhanced new talent support.
The BFI is unveiling its new BFI Net.Work to back new and emerging film talent across the UK with more than £3m per year.
The partners in the Net.Work are Creative England, Creative Scotland, the Film Agency for Wales and Northern Ireland Screen. The BFI is also working with Film London on two short film schemes, with Aardman on animation talent development, and with 104 Films to support emerging filmmakers with disabilities.
The Net.Work aims to join up agencies across the UK to work together and share information about new and emerging writers, directors and producers; nurturing them on the road to making their first feature films.
The various schemes and initiatives that are part of Net.Work will give funding for film writing, directing and production...
The BFI is unveiling its new BFI Net.Work to back new and emerging film talent across the UK with more than £3m per year.
The partners in the Net.Work are Creative England, Creative Scotland, the Film Agency for Wales and Northern Ireland Screen. The BFI is also working with Film London on two short film schemes, with Aardman on animation talent development, and with 104 Films to support emerging filmmakers with disabilities.
The Net.Work aims to join up agencies across the UK to work together and share information about new and emerging writers, directors and producers; nurturing them on the road to making their first feature films.
The various schemes and initiatives that are part of Net.Work will give funding for film writing, directing and production...
- 9/20/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Mr. Torquay’s Holiday and The Field secure special mentions at the Best of Boroughs (BoBs).
Writer-director Fred Rowson and producer Christine Cheung have won the the BoBs Jury Award for their short film Woodhouse, which chronicles the investigation into an unknown creature in a South London nature reserve.
Film London hosted the Best of Boroughs last night [Sept 5], showcasing the 18 film-making teams who made a short film through the 2012/13 London Borough Film Fund Challenge (Lbffc).
This year’s jury was made up of Made in Dagenham producer Stephen Woolley, BFI Film Fund senior production executive Chris Collins, film critic Finn Halligan, Encounters Short Film Festival MD Liz Harkman and head of talent development and production at Film London Deborah Sathe.
On selecting the winner, who receives a prize worth £2,000, the jury said: “Woodhouse is a visual and aural treat. It is imaginative and intriguing, capturing South London suburbia past and present. The gorgeous...
Writer-director Fred Rowson and producer Christine Cheung have won the the BoBs Jury Award for their short film Woodhouse, which chronicles the investigation into an unknown creature in a South London nature reserve.
Film London hosted the Best of Boroughs last night [Sept 5], showcasing the 18 film-making teams who made a short film through the 2012/13 London Borough Film Fund Challenge (Lbffc).
This year’s jury was made up of Made in Dagenham producer Stephen Woolley, BFI Film Fund senior production executive Chris Collins, film critic Finn Halligan, Encounters Short Film Festival MD Liz Harkman and head of talent development and production at Film London Deborah Sathe.
On selecting the winner, who receives a prize worth £2,000, the jury said: “Woodhouse is a visual and aural treat. It is imaginative and intriguing, capturing South London suburbia past and present. The gorgeous...
- 9/6/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
EastEnders: E20 has enjoyed another successful year with its third series concentrating on the trials and tribulations of newcomers Ava, Donnie and Faith. With fans about to watch the final E20 instalment online and on BBC Three, Digital Spy recently caught up with EastEnders actor Himesh Patel for a chat about his work on this year's series. Himesh penned episode two of E20 alongside recently-departed cast member Charlie G Hawkins (Darren Miller). Here, Himesh reflects on the experience and also discusses recent events on the main show. How did your involvement in this year's E20 come about?
"Charlie G Hawkins and I are great friends in real life and we were both incredibly keen to write something together. We thought a great start would be E20, so we approached [producer] Deborah Sathe and she led the way. (more)...
"Charlie G Hawkins and I are great friends in real life and we were both incredibly keen to write something together. We thought a great start would be E20, so we approached [producer] Deborah Sathe and she led the way. (more)...
- 10/21/2011
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
EastEnders bosses have today expressed their delight after the new series of EastEnders: E20 surpassed 1.2 million views across BBC Online and BBC Three. E20 returned for its third run on September 20 and show producers have seen a 50% increase in the programme's online audience since the launch. This year's series, which is now half-way through its run, focuses on troubled trio Faith (Modupe Adeyeye), Donnie (Samuell Benta) and Ava (Sophie Colquhoun), who all came together on Albert Square amid desperate times in their lives. Covering topics such as family breakdown, bullying and teen sex, the new episodes were developed in conjunction with BBC Learning to address issues in the Pshe curriculum. EastEnders: E20 producer Deborah Sathe commented: "I am thrilled to see E20 has sustained its position as a front-runner (more)...
- 10/13/2011
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
EastEnders: E20 star Heshima Thompson has praised the decision to renew the show for a third series. Last week, it was announced that the online spinoff had been granted another run following the success of series two. Thompson - who plays Asher Levi on the show - told Last Broadcast: "I'm so happy that E20's been recommissioned again, I think the producer Deborah Sathe is doing a great thing and creating fantastic opportunities for the youth and young talent across different fields in the entertainment industry." He added: "I think it's important it does carry on." (more)...
- 10/6/2010
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
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