The Outrun Photo: Courtesy of Sundance Institute The UK premiere of Saorise Ronan-starrer The Outrun has been announced as the opening film of this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival.
The drama, based on Amy Liptrot’s best-selling memoir of the same name, sees recovering alcoholic Rona (Ronan) retreat to her family home on the Orkney islands as she tries to come to terms with her past.
The film is directed by Nora Fingscheidt (System Crasher) and Ronan, who co-produced the film, will attend the festival with the director, Liptrot and the film's additional producers Sarah Brocklehurst and Dominic Norris.
Eiff director Paul Ridd described the film as "truly special".
He added: “Powered by an electric and fearless central performance by Saoirse Ronan, this is lyrical, momentous cinema of real rigor and intelligence, and exactly the kind of bold work we want to champion with our relaunched festival.
“I have...
The drama, based on Amy Liptrot’s best-selling memoir of the same name, sees recovering alcoholic Rona (Ronan) retreat to her family home on the Orkney islands as she tries to come to terms with her past.
The film is directed by Nora Fingscheidt (System Crasher) and Ronan, who co-produced the film, will attend the festival with the director, Liptrot and the film's additional producers Sarah Brocklehurst and Dominic Norris.
Eiff director Paul Ridd described the film as "truly special".
He added: “Powered by an electric and fearless central performance by Saoirse Ronan, this is lyrical, momentous cinema of real rigor and intelligence, and exactly the kind of bold work we want to champion with our relaunched festival.
“I have...
- 5/9/2024
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The rebranded Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) will open its forthcoming 77th edition with Nora Fingscheidt’s adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s best-selling memoir The Outrun, starring Saoirse Ronan.
The film had its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released by Studiocanal in the UK and Ireland on September 27.
The pic stars Ronan as a young woman who finds herself washed up back home on the Scottish islands of Orkney as she battles to rebuild her life after a decade of addiction. Ronan, who also co-produced the film, will join filmmaker Nora Fingscheidt (System Crasher) in attendance at this year’s Eiff, alongside writer Amy Liptrot and the film’s producers Sarah Brocklehurst and Dominic Norris.
The Outrun was developed and produced by Sarah Brocklehurst of Brock Media, Dominic Norris of Arcade Pictures, Ronan, and Jack Lowden, with the support of BBC Film and Screen Scotland.
The film had its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released by Studiocanal in the UK and Ireland on September 27.
The pic stars Ronan as a young woman who finds herself washed up back home on the Scottish islands of Orkney as she battles to rebuild her life after a decade of addiction. Ronan, who also co-produced the film, will join filmmaker Nora Fingscheidt (System Crasher) in attendance at this year’s Eiff, alongside writer Amy Liptrot and the film’s producers Sarah Brocklehurst and Dominic Norris.
The Outrun was developed and produced by Sarah Brocklehurst of Brock Media, Dominic Norris of Arcade Pictures, Ronan, and Jack Lowden, with the support of BBC Film and Screen Scotland.
- 5/9/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Nora Fingscheidt’s Orkney-set drama The Outrun, starring Saoirse Ronan, is to open the relaunched Edinburgh International Film Festival for its 77th edition.
Sundance world premiere The Outrun stars Saoirse Ronan as a young woman who finds herself back home on the Scottish islands of Orkney as she battles to rebuild her life after a decade of addiction. Ronan, who also co-produced the film, will join filmmaker Fingscheidt in attendance at this year’s Eiff, alongside writer Amy Liptrot and the film’s producers Sarah Brocklehurst and Dominic Norris.
The Outrun was developed and produced by Brock Media, Arcade Pictures,...
Sundance world premiere The Outrun stars Saoirse Ronan as a young woman who finds herself back home on the Scottish islands of Orkney as she battles to rebuild her life after a decade of addiction. Ronan, who also co-produced the film, will join filmmaker Fingscheidt in attendance at this year’s Eiff, alongside writer Amy Liptrot and the film’s producers Sarah Brocklehurst and Dominic Norris.
The Outrun was developed and produced by Brock Media, Arcade Pictures,...
- 5/9/2024
- ScreenDaily
The U.K. premiere of The Outrun, starring Saoirse Ronan, will open this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff), it has been announced.
In Nora Fingscheidt’s adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s best-selling memoir of the same name, Ronan’s character finds herself washed up on the Scottish islands of Orkney as she battles to rebuild her life after a decade of addiction.
Ronan, who also co-produced the film, will join Fingscheidt (System Crasher) at this year’s Eiff, running Aug. 15-21, alongside Liptrot and the film’s producers Sarah Brocklehurst and Dominic Norris.
The film had its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released by StudioCanal in the U.K. and Ireland on Sep. 27.
Eiff also revealed the name of its short film competition as The Thelma Schoonmaker Prize for Short Filmmaking Excellence. Schoonmaker is celebrated for her iconic work as an...
In Nora Fingscheidt’s adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s best-selling memoir of the same name, Ronan’s character finds herself washed up on the Scottish islands of Orkney as she battles to rebuild her life after a decade of addiction.
Ronan, who also co-produced the film, will join Fingscheidt (System Crasher) at this year’s Eiff, running Aug. 15-21, alongside Liptrot and the film’s producers Sarah Brocklehurst and Dominic Norris.
The film had its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released by StudioCanal in the U.K. and Ireland on Sep. 27.
Eiff also revealed the name of its short film competition as The Thelma Schoonmaker Prize for Short Filmmaking Excellence. Schoonmaker is celebrated for her iconic work as an...
- 5/9/2024
- by Lily Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“The Outrun,” the adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s deeply raw and lyrical 2016 memoir about addiction, recovery and nature, premiered in Sundance this year to stellar reviews, with many awards prophets already suggesting that the film could take Saoirse Ronan — who stars in and produces the film — back to the Oscars in 2025.
For producer Sarah Brocklehurst, the Sundance premiere also marked something of an enjoyable full circle, landing almost five years to the day after the Sundance 2019 debut of “Animals.” The film, which screens at the Berlin Film Festival, also marks the first feature from her Brock Media banner.
“Animals,” based on Emma Jane Unsworth’s novel about hedonism and friendship (described as a “Withnail for Girls”) and starring Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat, may not have been Brocklehurst’s debut film (that was 2012’s “Black Pond”), but she claims it was a career game-changer. “It proved to myself and probably...
For producer Sarah Brocklehurst, the Sundance premiere also marked something of an enjoyable full circle, landing almost five years to the day after the Sundance 2019 debut of “Animals.” The film, which screens at the Berlin Film Festival, also marks the first feature from her Brock Media banner.
“Animals,” based on Emma Jane Unsworth’s novel about hedonism and friendship (described as a “Withnail for Girls”) and starring Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat, may not have been Brocklehurst’s debut film (that was 2012’s “Black Pond”), but she claims it was a career game-changer. “It proved to myself and probably...
- 2/16/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Sundance award-winner Kneecap, The Outrun and Layla are among nine titles to receive the latest round of UK Global Screen Fund awards (Ukgsf), totalling £129,498 through its international distribution strand.
Administered by the British Film Institute (BFI), 66 awards totalling more than £2m have now been given out by this strand, financed through the UK government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms).
Financial support for international distribution provides sales agents and producers with funding via three tracks – film sales, prints & advertising (P&a) and festival launch.
Rich Peppiatt’s Irish-language hip-hop drama Kneecap won the Next audience award at Sundance after...
Administered by the British Film Institute (BFI), 66 awards totalling more than £2m have now been given out by this strand, financed through the UK government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms).
Financial support for international distribution provides sales agents and producers with funding via three tracks – film sales, prints & advertising (P&a) and festival launch.
Rich Peppiatt’s Irish-language hip-hop drama Kneecap won the Next audience award at Sundance after...
- 2/8/2024
- ScreenDaily
Two UK productions and nine UK co-productions are in the line-up.
Rose Glass’ much-anticipated follow-up toSaint Maud, Love Lies Bleeding, is among 11 UK productions or co-productions heading to Salt Lake City for next year’s Sundance Film Festival (January 18-28), following yesterday’s line-up announcement of the 82 features programmed.
The overall figure of UK projects programmed is similar to last year’s line-up. Six UK productions and five UK co-productions premiered in 2023. In 2024, two UK productions and nine co-productions will play.
Screen Star of Tomorrow Glass’ thriller Love Lies Bleeding stars Kristen Stewart, and is set in the world of competitive bodybuilding.
Rose Glass’ much-anticipated follow-up toSaint Maud, Love Lies Bleeding, is among 11 UK productions or co-productions heading to Salt Lake City for next year’s Sundance Film Festival (January 18-28), following yesterday’s line-up announcement of the 82 features programmed.
The overall figure of UK projects programmed is similar to last year’s line-up. Six UK productions and five UK co-productions premiered in 2023. In 2024, two UK productions and nine co-productions will play.
Screen Star of Tomorrow Glass’ thriller Love Lies Bleeding stars Kristen Stewart, and is set in the world of competitive bodybuilding.
- 12/7/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event also selects new Liliana Torres, Dzintars Dreibergs films.
Miriam Heard’s After The Fog, a Chile-uk-France co-production, is among 13 films selected for the Works in Progress strand of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, the industry programme of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Poff).
Currently in post-production, Spanish-language drama After The Fog (Spanish title: Despues de la niebla) bears witness to the experiences of Chilean citizens in 1988, when the country ousted military dictator Augusto Pinochet after 16 years.
Scroll down for the full Works in Progress selection
It is written and directed by Heard, and produced by Heard for...
Miriam Heard’s After The Fog, a Chile-uk-France co-production, is among 13 films selected for the Works in Progress strand of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, the industry programme of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Poff).
Currently in post-production, Spanish-language drama After The Fog (Spanish title: Despues de la niebla) bears witness to the experiences of Chilean citizens in 1988, when the country ousted military dictator Augusto Pinochet after 16 years.
Scroll down for the full Works in Progress selection
It is written and directed by Heard, and produced by Heard for...
- 10/24/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Song accepted the award at London’s Picturehouse Central cinema.
Celine Song’s Past Lives has won the 2023 Sundance Film Festival: London audience award, bringing the 10th edition of the UK event to a close at the Picturehouse Central cinema.
It is the latest international prize for Song’s debut feature, which launched in the Premieres section at the US Sundance event in January, and topped the Screen jury grid when in competition at the Berlinale.
Studiocanal will release Past Lives in UK cinemas from September 8; A24, which also produced the film, released it in the US last month.
Past Lives...
Celine Song’s Past Lives has won the 2023 Sundance Film Festival: London audience award, bringing the 10th edition of the UK event to a close at the Picturehouse Central cinema.
It is the latest international prize for Song’s debut feature, which launched in the Premieres section at the US Sundance event in January, and topped the Screen jury grid when in competition at the Berlinale.
Studiocanal will release Past Lives in UK cinemas from September 8; A24, which also produced the film, released it in the US last month.
Past Lives...
- 7/9/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Lesley Land Scholarship Launches
The UK’s National Film and Television School has launched a scholarship in memory of the late publicist Lesley Land, who passed away unexpected last year aged 41. The Lesley Land Scholarship, in association with Land’s parents and Channel 4, will support an annual scholarship to study the Nfts’s Marketing, Distribution, Sales and Exhibition Ma course. Land’s parents, agent Anita and Brook Land, will fund it. Land, considered one of UK television’s smartest and wittiest publicists, passed away in December 2022. She had roles at Sky, The Outside Organisation, Taylor Herring and Planet Hollywood, and had a long spell at Channel 4 promoting shows such as Gogglebox. At last night’s BAFTA TV Awards, Land was featured in the ‘In Memoriam’ segment, which recognizes influential figures in the British entertainment industry who have passed away. Applications for the scholarship are now open, with the recipient...
The UK’s National Film and Television School has launched a scholarship in memory of the late publicist Lesley Land, who passed away unexpected last year aged 41. The Lesley Land Scholarship, in association with Land’s parents and Channel 4, will support an annual scholarship to study the Nfts’s Marketing, Distribution, Sales and Exhibition Ma course. Land’s parents, agent Anita and Brook Land, will fund it. Land, considered one of UK television’s smartest and wittiest publicists, passed away in December 2022. She had roles at Sky, The Outside Organisation, Taylor Herring and Planet Hollywood, and had a long spell at Channel 4 promoting shows such as Gogglebox. At last night’s BAFTA TV Awards, Land was featured in the ‘In Memoriam’ segment, which recognizes influential figures in the British entertainment industry who have passed away. Applications for the scholarship are now open, with the recipient...
- 5/15/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
First Look
U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 has released a first look image of its new comedy series, “Big Mood” (working title), produced by Fremantle‘s Dancing Ledge Productions. The six-part series explores the intricacies of female friendship when confronted with the complexities of serious mental illness.
Starring in the show are Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West. Joining the ensemble cast are Niamh Cusack, Eamon Farren, Luke Fetherston, Kate Fleetwood, Rob Gilbert, Rebecca Lowman, Sally Phillips, Ukweli Roach, and Amalia Vitale. The cast also includes Olu Adaeze, Max Bennett, Skylar Betteridge, David Bedella, Tim Downie, Ron Donachie, Sarah Durham, Lara Grace Ilori, Neil Edmond, Amy Gledhill, Maddie Grace Jepson, Tom Rhys Harries, Layla-Belle Matthews, Simon Meacock, David Mumeni, David Newman, Freya Parker, Shuna Snow, Sid Sagar, Stephen Sobal, Lottie Tolhurst, Isobel Thom and Robin Weaver.
Joanna Page, best known for her roles in “Love Actually” and “Gavin and Stacey,” will make a guest appearance,...
U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 has released a first look image of its new comedy series, “Big Mood” (working title), produced by Fremantle‘s Dancing Ledge Productions. The six-part series explores the intricacies of female friendship when confronted with the complexities of serious mental illness.
Starring in the show are Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West. Joining the ensemble cast are Niamh Cusack, Eamon Farren, Luke Fetherston, Kate Fleetwood, Rob Gilbert, Rebecca Lowman, Sally Phillips, Ukweli Roach, and Amalia Vitale. The cast also includes Olu Adaeze, Max Bennett, Skylar Betteridge, David Bedella, Tim Downie, Ron Donachie, Sarah Durham, Lara Grace Ilori, Neil Edmond, Amy Gledhill, Maddie Grace Jepson, Tom Rhys Harries, Layla-Belle Matthews, Simon Meacock, David Mumeni, David Newman, Freya Parker, Shuna Snow, Sid Sagar, Stephen Sobal, Lottie Tolhurst, Isobel Thom and Robin Weaver.
Joanna Page, best known for her roles in “Love Actually” and “Gavin and Stacey,” will make a guest appearance,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Speakers include BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson, Film4’s Farhana Bhula and The British Blacklist’s Akua Gyamfi.
US producer Anthony Bregman, incoming BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson and leading UK execs are among the speakers confirmed for the second edition of the Sundance Film Festival: London industry programme.
The Sundance Institute will once again be partnering with Picturehouse for this year’s event, which takes place at London’s Picturehouse Central from July 6-9.
Bregman will deliver the keynote talk. He premiered three features at the Sundance Film Festival in January: Flora And Son, Eileen and You Hurt My Feelings,...
US producer Anthony Bregman, incoming BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson and leading UK execs are among the speakers confirmed for the second edition of the Sundance Film Festival: London industry programme.
The Sundance Institute will once again be partnering with Picturehouse for this year’s event, which takes place at London’s Picturehouse Central from July 6-9.
Bregman will deliver the keynote talk. He premiered three features at the Sundance Film Festival in January: Flora And Son, Eileen and You Hurt My Feelings,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Animals producer Sarah Brocklehurst’s Brock Media has optioned the rights to award-winning author Caleb Azumah Nelson’s Small Worlds.
Brock Media, which has a partnership deal with BBC Studios, will develop the novel into a TV show having fought off “multiple bidders”, according to BBC Studios.
Set in London and Ghana, the novel, which is due for release in May and is Nelson’s second following Costa Award-winning Open Water, follows protagonist Stephen over three summers and is about fathers, sons, faith and friendship.
Brock Media will work closely with Nelson, who will write the script.
“Small Worlds is a contemporary masterpiece: thrilling, urgent and full of heart,” said Brocklehurst. “I had such a strong emotional response to the book so it’s an honour to have been entrusted with bringing it to the screen.”
Brock Media was set up a year ago with a development, production and distribution deal with BBC Studios.
Brock Media, which has a partnership deal with BBC Studios, will develop the novel into a TV show having fought off “multiple bidders”, according to BBC Studios.
Set in London and Ghana, the novel, which is due for release in May and is Nelson’s second following Costa Award-winning Open Water, follows protagonist Stephen over three summers and is about fathers, sons, faith and friendship.
Brock Media will work closely with Nelson, who will write the script.
“Small Worlds is a contemporary masterpiece: thrilling, urgent and full of heart,” said Brocklehurst. “I had such a strong emotional response to the book so it’s an honour to have been entrusted with bringing it to the screen.”
Brock Media was set up a year ago with a development, production and distribution deal with BBC Studios.
- 1/10/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Photo Credit: Natalie Seery
Sales agent and executive producer Protagonist Pictures today unveiled the first look at Academy Award-nominee Saoirse Ronan in director Nora Fingscheidt’s highly anticipated adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s best-selling memoir The Outrun. Fingscheidt wrote the adaptation in collaboration with Liptrot. Protagonist Pictures is handling worldwide sales and is co-repping North American sales with CAA Media Finance.
Ronan stars as Rona, who fresh out of rehab, returns to the wild Orkney Islands after more than a decade away. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her childhood merge with the more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.
The Outrun was optioned by Brock Media’s Sarah Brocklehurst, who is developing and producing alongside Ronan, Jack Lowden and Dominic Norris under their recently founded banner, Arcade Pictures. They are joined by co-producers Jonas Weydemann and...
Sales agent and executive producer Protagonist Pictures today unveiled the first look at Academy Award-nominee Saoirse Ronan in director Nora Fingscheidt’s highly anticipated adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s best-selling memoir The Outrun. Fingscheidt wrote the adaptation in collaboration with Liptrot. Protagonist Pictures is handling worldwide sales and is co-repping North American sales with CAA Media Finance.
Ronan stars as Rona, who fresh out of rehab, returns to the wild Orkney Islands after more than a decade away. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her childhood merge with the more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.
The Outrun was optioned by Brock Media’s Sarah Brocklehurst, who is developing and producing alongside Ronan, Jack Lowden and Dominic Norris under their recently founded banner, Arcade Pictures. They are joined by co-producers Jonas Weydemann and...
- 11/1/2022
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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Saoirse Ronan has gone green in this first look still from Nora Fingscheidt’s The Outrun, in which the Oscar-nominee plays a recovering alcoholic fresh out of rehab.
Based on the bestselling memoir by Amy Liptrot (which Fingscheidt adapted in collaboration with Liptrot), the film is being sold worldwide by Protagonist Pictures, with CAA Media Finance co-repping for North America.
The Outrun sees Ronan stars as Rona, returns to the wild Orkney Islands after coming out of rehab and more than a decade away. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her childhood merge with the more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.
Studiocanal will release the film in their territories of the U.K., France and Germany & Austria. Cineart will release the film in Benelux, and Filmcoopi and Cineworx will handle the film in Switzerland.
Saoirse Ronan has gone green in this first look still from Nora Fingscheidt’s The Outrun, in which the Oscar-nominee plays a recovering alcoholic fresh out of rehab.
Based on the bestselling memoir by Amy Liptrot (which Fingscheidt adapted in collaboration with Liptrot), the film is being sold worldwide by Protagonist Pictures, with CAA Media Finance co-repping for North America.
The Outrun sees Ronan stars as Rona, returns to the wild Orkney Islands after coming out of rehab and more than a decade away. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her childhood merge with the more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.
Studiocanal will release the film in their territories of the U.K., France and Germany & Austria. Cineart will release the film in Benelux, and Filmcoopi and Cineworx will handle the film in Switzerland.
- 11/1/2022
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Emmy nominee Paapa Essiedu (“I May Destroy You”) and BAFTA winner Stephen Dillane (“Alex Rider”) have joined Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan (“Little Women”) on the cast of “The Outrun.”
The film is the feature adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s bestselling memoir “The Outrun,” adapted by Nora Fingscheidt, the multiple award winning director of “System Crasher.” Fingscheidt has written the adaptation in collaboration with Liptrot.
Ronan stars as Rona, who fresh out of rehab, returns to the wild Orkney Islands after more than a decade away. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her childhood merge with the more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.
Protagonist Pictures has sold all international territories on the film, which is currently shooting on location in the Orkney Islands. Territories sold include Studiocanal for the U.K., France, Germany and Austria, Cineart for Benelux,...
The film is the feature adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s bestselling memoir “The Outrun,” adapted by Nora Fingscheidt, the multiple award winning director of “System Crasher.” Fingscheidt has written the adaptation in collaboration with Liptrot.
Ronan stars as Rona, who fresh out of rehab, returns to the wild Orkney Islands after more than a decade away. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her childhood merge with the more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.
Protagonist Pictures has sold all international territories on the film, which is currently shooting on location in the Orkney Islands. Territories sold include Studiocanal for the U.K., France, Germany and Austria, Cineart for Benelux,...
- 5/13/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Saoirse Ronan is to star in and exec produce Nora Fingscheidt’s highly-anticipated adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s memoir The Outrun.
Protagonist Pictures is handling worldwide sales and will introduce at the European Film Market, co-repping North American sales with CAA Media Finance.
Ronan stars as Rona, who, fresh out of rehab, returns to the wild Orkney Islands after more than a decade away. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her childhood merge with the more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.
Liptrot’s memoir was published around seven years ago and won a number of prizes.
Ronan said Liptrot’s voice drew her to the project. She praised her “unusual way of seeing things in a way that perhaps you only can when you’ve been to the darkest place you can go within yourself.”
The Unforgivable director Fingscheidt,...
Protagonist Pictures is handling worldwide sales and will introduce at the European Film Market, co-repping North American sales with CAA Media Finance.
Ronan stars as Rona, who, fresh out of rehab, returns to the wild Orkney Islands after more than a decade away. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her childhood merge with the more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.
Liptrot’s memoir was published around seven years ago and won a number of prizes.
Ronan said Liptrot’s voice drew her to the project. She praised her “unusual way of seeing things in a way that perhaps you only can when you’ve been to the darkest place you can go within yourself.”
The Unforgivable director Fingscheidt,...
- 1/31/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Saoirse Ronan has been tapped as the lead in “The Outrun,” the memoir of alcoholism and nature from writer Amy Liptrot.
“The Unforgivable” helmer Nora Fingscheidt is set to direct.
In “The Outrun,” four-time Oscar nominee Ronan stars as recently-out-of-rehab Rona who heads for home in Scorland’s wild Orkney Islands after an absence of over a decade. There she “reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up.”
As Rona lingers in the Orkneys, she begins to piece together her childhood, memories of which “merge with the more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.”
Fingscheidt and Liptrot have co-written the adaptation.
Liptrot’s prize-winning book has been translated into more than a dozen languages, hit The Sunday Times’ top ten bestsellers list and sold over 110,000 copies in the U.K. It has been added to publisher Canongate’s “modern classics” list.
Ronan, who...
“The Unforgivable” helmer Nora Fingscheidt is set to direct.
In “The Outrun,” four-time Oscar nominee Ronan stars as recently-out-of-rehab Rona who heads for home in Scorland’s wild Orkney Islands after an absence of over a decade. There she “reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up.”
As Rona lingers in the Orkneys, she begins to piece together her childhood, memories of which “merge with the more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.”
Fingscheidt and Liptrot have co-written the adaptation.
Liptrot’s prize-winning book has been translated into more than a dozen languages, hit The Sunday Times’ top ten bestsellers list and sold over 110,000 copies in the U.K. It has been added to publisher Canongate’s “modern classics” list.
Ronan, who...
- 1/31/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Saoirse Ronan is set to star in the next film from “The Unforgivable” director Nora Fingscheidt, a drama based on a memoir called “The Outrun.”
“The Outrun” is based on Amy Liptrot’s 2016 award-winning memoir of the same name, and the film will be introduced to buyers at the upcoming European Film Market.
Ronan will star in the film as Rona, a woman fresh out of rehab who returns to the wild Orkney Islands after more than a decade away. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her childhood merge with the more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.
Fingscheidt wrote the adaptation in collaboration with Liptrot.
“The Outrun” was optioned and has been developed by Sarah Brocklehurst’s Brock Media, which will produce the feature alongside Ronan, Jack Lowden and Dominic Norris under their recently founded banner Arcade Pictures.
“The Outrun” is based on Amy Liptrot’s 2016 award-winning memoir of the same name, and the film will be introduced to buyers at the upcoming European Film Market.
Ronan will star in the film as Rona, a woman fresh out of rehab who returns to the wild Orkney Islands after more than a decade away. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her childhood merge with the more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.
Fingscheidt wrote the adaptation in collaboration with Liptrot.
“The Outrun” was optioned and has been developed by Sarah Brocklehurst’s Brock Media, which will produce the feature alongside Ronan, Jack Lowden and Dominic Norris under their recently founded banner Arcade Pictures.
- 1/31/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Sarah Brocklehurst’s new Brock Media is producing.
Saoirse Ronan is set to star in Nora Fingscheidt’s The Outrun, a UK-Germany collaboration that Protagonist Pictures is launching at the European Film Market.
Protagonist will executive produce the project and is arranging financing; it will co-represent the North American sales with CAA Media Finance. The film is adapted from Amy Liptrot’s memoir of the same name, with Fingscheidt writing the adaptation alongside Liptrot.
The film has been developed by Sarah Brocklehurst through her newly-launched Brock Media; Screen reported the optioning of the book in 2019. Brocklehurst will produce the film through Brock Media,...
Saoirse Ronan is set to star in Nora Fingscheidt’s The Outrun, a UK-Germany collaboration that Protagonist Pictures is launching at the European Film Market.
Protagonist will executive produce the project and is arranging financing; it will co-represent the North American sales with CAA Media Finance. The film is adapted from Amy Liptrot’s memoir of the same name, with Fingscheidt writing the adaptation alongside Liptrot.
The film has been developed by Sarah Brocklehurst through her newly-launched Brock Media; Screen reported the optioning of the book in 2019. Brocklehurst will produce the film through Brock Media,...
- 1/31/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Kusser joins from Fremantle where she was EVP, co-production and distribution.
French media company Mediawan and German production group Leonine Studios have snapped up Fremantle’s Caroline Kusser to oversee all international and European TV co-production activities at joint venture, Mediawan & Leonine Studios.
She joined as executive vice president international co-production at Mediawan & Leonine Studios, as well as executive vice president of world sales at Leonine Studios, on January 1.
Kusser manages and co-ordinates fiction co-productions across the more than 60 production companies belonging to Mediawan & Leonine Studios, which includes a majority stake in the UK’s Drama Republic. Kusser is also...
French media company Mediawan and German production group Leonine Studios have snapped up Fremantle’s Caroline Kusser to oversee all international and European TV co-production activities at joint venture, Mediawan & Leonine Studios.
She joined as executive vice president international co-production at Mediawan & Leonine Studios, as well as executive vice president of world sales at Leonine Studios, on January 1.
Kusser manages and co-ordinates fiction co-productions across the more than 60 production companies belonging to Mediawan & Leonine Studios, which includes a majority stake in the UK’s Drama Republic. Kusser is also...
- 1/20/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
BBC Studios has struck a partnership deal with Brock Media, the new U.K. production company founded by “Animals” producer Sarah Brocklehurst.
BBC Studios have also reserved an option to take an equity stake in the business.
The deal covers development, production and distribution of both television and film with a view to producing content for global audiences. Brock Studios plans to work with leading U.K. talent as well as international creatives.
As well as BAFTA and BIFA-nominated Brocklehurst, who brings over a decade of experience across television, film and theater, Brock Studios is led by former ITV and Big Talk exec Katie Brown, who is the company’s head of development (having been recently promoted from development executive), associate producer Rohina Cameron-Perera, who was previously at Empress Films, and ex-Film4 development executive Mélys Codo.
“I couldn’t be happier partnering with BBC Studios to launch Brock Media,...
BBC Studios have also reserved an option to take an equity stake in the business.
The deal covers development, production and distribution of both television and film with a view to producing content for global audiences. Brock Studios plans to work with leading U.K. talent as well as international creatives.
As well as BAFTA and BIFA-nominated Brocklehurst, who brings over a decade of experience across television, film and theater, Brock Studios is led by former ITV and Big Talk exec Katie Brown, who is the company’s head of development (having been recently promoted from development executive), associate producer Rohina Cameron-Perera, who was previously at Empress Films, and ex-Film4 development executive Mélys Codo.
“I couldn’t be happier partnering with BBC Studios to launch Brock Media,...
- 1/20/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
‘Animals’ And ‘Black Pond’ Producer Sarah Brocklehurst Launches UK Studio; Ties With BBC Studios
BAFTA-nominated Black Pond and Animals producer Sarah Brocklehurst has launched a production company and struck a partnership deal with BBC Studios. BBC Studios will help develop, produce and distribute Brock Media’s content, which will include TV and film projects for global audiences. BBC Studios has the option to take an equity stake further down the line, having invested in several drama indies recently such as Brexit: The Uncivil War’s House Productions and The End Of The F***ing World’s Clerkenwell Films. Brocklehurst’s Animals was nominated for two BIFAs and she previously picked up an Outstanding Debut BAFTA nom for 2012’s Black Pond. She has hired former ITV and Big Talk exec Katie Brown as Head of Development, Empress Films’ Rohina Cameron-Perera as Associate Producer and Film4’s Mélys Codo as Development Executive.
BAFTA-nominated Black Pond and Animals producer Sarah Brocklehurst has launched a production company and struck a partnership deal with BBC Studios. BBC Studios will help develop, produce and distribute Brock Media’s content, which will include TV and film projects for global audiences. BBC Studios has the option to take an equity stake further down the line, having invested in several drama indies recently such as Brexit: The Uncivil War’s House Productions and The End Of The F***ing World’s Clerkenwell Films. Brocklehurst’s Animals was nominated for two BIFAs and she previously picked up an Outstanding Debut BAFTA nom for 2012’s Black Pond. She has hired former ITV and Big Talk exec Katie Brown as Head of Development, Empress Films’ Rohina Cameron-Perera as Associate Producer and Film4’s Mélys Codo as Development Executive.
- 1/20/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Deal will encompass development, production and distribution.
BBC Studios has struck a development, production and distribution partnership with UK producer Sarah Brocklehurst for her new company Brock Media.
The company’s ambitions are to “develop and produce television and films for global audiences, working with leading talent from the UK, as well as world-renowned international filmmakers and artists”.
Brocklehurst was nominated for a Bafta for outstanding debut by a British producer for micro-budget feature Black Pond in 2012. She was named a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2014 and then scored a hit with Sophie Hyde’s 2019 comedy-drama Animals, which debuted at...
BBC Studios has struck a development, production and distribution partnership with UK producer Sarah Brocklehurst for her new company Brock Media.
The company’s ambitions are to “develop and produce television and films for global audiences, working with leading talent from the UK, as well as world-renowned international filmmakers and artists”.
Brocklehurst was nominated for a Bafta for outstanding debut by a British producer for micro-budget feature Black Pond in 2012. She was named a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2014 and then scored a hit with Sophie Hyde’s 2019 comedy-drama Animals, which debuted at...
- 1/20/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The programme is now in its seventh year and will run October 8-11.
The British Film Institute (BFI) Network has announced the 12 filmmakers who will take part in the London Film Festival’s (Lff) annual professional development programme, Network@Lff.
The programme, now in its seventh year, is supported by the BFI with National Lottery funding, and will take place from October 8-11.
The 12 filmmakers were selected from 360 applicants. The BFI said the programme “celebrates difference in approach and perspective, and seeks out filmmakers looking to disrupt conventions”.
This year’s line-up includes Bifa-nominated writer, director and producer Jessi Gutch,...
The British Film Institute (BFI) Network has announced the 12 filmmakers who will take part in the London Film Festival’s (Lff) annual professional development programme, Network@Lff.
The programme, now in its seventh year, is supported by the BFI with National Lottery funding, and will take place from October 8-11.
The 12 filmmakers were selected from 360 applicants. The BFI said the programme “celebrates difference in approach and perspective, and seeks out filmmakers looking to disrupt conventions”.
This year’s line-up includes Bifa-nominated writer, director and producer Jessi Gutch,...
- 10/5/2021
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The programme is now in its seventh year and will run October 8-11.
The British Film Institute (BFI) has announced the 12 filmmakers who will take part in the London Film Festival’s (Lff) annual professional development programme, Network@Lff.
The programme, now in its seventh year, is supported by the BFI with National Lottery funding, and will take place from October 8-11.
The 12 filmmakers were selected from 360 applicants. The BFI said the programme “celebrates difference in approach and perspective, and seeks out filmmakers looking to disrupt conventions”.
This year’s line-up includes Bifa-nominated writer, director and producer Jessi Gutch, whose...
The British Film Institute (BFI) has announced the 12 filmmakers who will take part in the London Film Festival’s (Lff) annual professional development programme, Network@Lff.
The programme, now in its seventh year, is supported by the BFI with National Lottery funding, and will take place from October 8-11.
The 12 filmmakers were selected from 360 applicants. The BFI said the programme “celebrates difference in approach and perspective, and seeks out filmmakers looking to disrupt conventions”.
This year’s line-up includes Bifa-nominated writer, director and producer Jessi Gutch, whose...
- 10/5/2021
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Jury members include ‘Animals’ producer Sarah Brocklehurst.
Wild Rose director Tom Harper and Animals producer Sarah Brocklehurst are among the jurors of this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFA).
Brocklehurst will preside over the main jury that includes The Last Tree actor Samuel Adewunmi; Daphne and Rialto director Peter Mackie Burns; writer and actor Mark O’Halloran; Blue Story producer Joy Gharoro Akpojotor; Only You filmmaker Harry Wootliff; writer-director Reggie Yates; Anthony Andrews, co-founder of exhibitor We Are Parable; and broadcaster Yinka Bokinni
The new talent jury will be chaired by film critic Amon Warmann and includes Harper, whose Wild Rose...
Wild Rose director Tom Harper and Animals producer Sarah Brocklehurst are among the jurors of this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFA).
Brocklehurst will preside over the main jury that includes The Last Tree actor Samuel Adewunmi; Daphne and Rialto director Peter Mackie Burns; writer and actor Mark O’Halloran; Blue Story producer Joy Gharoro Akpojotor; Only You filmmaker Harry Wootliff; writer-director Reggie Yates; Anthony Andrews, co-founder of exhibitor We Are Parable; and broadcaster Yinka Bokinni
The new talent jury will be chaired by film critic Amon Warmann and includes Harper, whose Wild Rose...
- 12/21/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Adults, Emma Jane Unsworth’s follow-up novel to Animals, is set to be adapted for television after Playground and wiip partnered to option the screen rights.
The Howards End and Wolf Hall producer, run by Colin Callender, and the Dickinson studio, run by Paul Lee, are to adapt the series with Unsworth, Callender, Lee and Nne Ebong exec producing.
Unsworth will adapt her own book, which was published in the UK via Harper Collins in January and will be released in the U.S. in May via Simon and Schuster.
This comes after Unsworth adapted her first book Animals with Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat starring, directed by Sophie Hyde and produced by Sarah Brocklehurst. The feature film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival.
Adults follows Jenny, a woman in her thirties who has completely lost touch with herself. She’s just been dumped, she’s failing at work, losing...
The Howards End and Wolf Hall producer, run by Colin Callender, and the Dickinson studio, run by Paul Lee, are to adapt the series with Unsworth, Callender, Lee and Nne Ebong exec producing.
Unsworth will adapt her own book, which was published in the UK via Harper Collins in January and will be released in the U.S. in May via Simon and Schuster.
This comes after Unsworth adapted her first book Animals with Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat starring, directed by Sophie Hyde and produced by Sarah Brocklehurst. The feature film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival.
Adults follows Jenny, a woman in her thirties who has completely lost touch with herself. She’s just been dumped, she’s failing at work, losing...
- 4/28/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
20 producers/producer teams will receive £2m across two years.
The BFI has selected twenty producers and producer teams to receive £2m of funding across the next two years in the first edition of the revamped Vision Awards.
The selection comes as part of a £2.5m total investment in UK producers, with 12 emerging producers also selected for the new BFI Network Insight professional development programme.
Among those chosen are Manon Ardisson and Chiara Ventura of Ardimages UK. Ardisson won the Bifa for best British independent film in 2017 for God’s Own Country, one of four prizes for the film at the ceremony.
The BFI has selected twenty producers and producer teams to receive £2m of funding across the next two years in the first edition of the revamped Vision Awards.
The selection comes as part of a £2.5m total investment in UK producers, with 12 emerging producers also selected for the new BFI Network Insight professional development programme.
Among those chosen are Manon Ardisson and Chiara Ventura of Ardimages UK. Ardisson won the Bifa for best British independent film in 2017 for God’s Own Country, one of four prizes for the film at the ceremony.
- 4/22/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
The BFI has announced the 20 producers and production companies that are set to share up to £2 million ($2.5 million) in funding through its Vision Awards.
The fourth edition of the coveted BFI Vision Awards, which cover a two-year period, provides a maximum of £50,000 per year to each of the 20 producers or producing teams.
Recipients this year include “God’s Own Country” producer Manon Ardisson; “Chubby Funny” producer Helen Simmons; Oliver Kassman, producer of Toronto International Film Festival contender “Saint Maud;” and Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, producer of crime drama “Blue Story.”
Other recipients include Kate Byers and Linn Waite, founder of Bristol-based Early Day Films, who won the 2020 BAFTA for best debut feature “Bait”; Little by Little Films’ Lindsey Dryden whose credits include Sundance Special Jury Award-winning and Oscar shortlisted feature documentary “Unrest”; and Pietro Greppi of Lunapark Pictures who produced Andrew Steggall’s BFI-backed debut “Departure.”
See below for full list of recipients.
The fourth edition of the coveted BFI Vision Awards, which cover a two-year period, provides a maximum of £50,000 per year to each of the 20 producers or producing teams.
Recipients this year include “God’s Own Country” producer Manon Ardisson; “Chubby Funny” producer Helen Simmons; Oliver Kassman, producer of Toronto International Film Festival contender “Saint Maud;” and Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, producer of crime drama “Blue Story.”
Other recipients include Kate Byers and Linn Waite, founder of Bristol-based Early Day Films, who won the 2020 BAFTA for best debut feature “Bait”; Little by Little Films’ Lindsey Dryden whose credits include Sundance Special Jury Award-winning and Oscar shortlisted feature documentary “Unrest”; and Pietro Greppi of Lunapark Pictures who produced Andrew Steggall’s BFI-backed debut “Departure.”
See below for full list of recipients.
- 4/22/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix was in fashion this week as it wined and dined the cream of the U.K.’s rising talent, including BAFTA’s Breakthrough Brits. The streaming giant teamed with Vogue for a dinner at Soho nightspot Kettners, hosted by its London-based VP of originals, Anne Mensah, and Edward Ennuinful, editor-in-chief of the British edition of the fashion bible.
Netflix has partnered with BAFTA on its Breakthrough Brits talent scheme, and is pushing deeper into local originals as it looks to the international business as a key growth-driver. Winning over the U.K.’s best writers, actors, directors, and producers is part of the plan, not least as it tees up productions that will shoot at Shepperton Studios, its massive new production hub near London.
“You guys are the people who literally keep our lights on – creatively and figuratively,” Mensah told the assembled talent as they sat down to dinner after a drinks reception.
Netflix has partnered with BAFTA on its Breakthrough Brits talent scheme, and is pushing deeper into local originals as it looks to the international business as a key growth-driver. Winning over the U.K.’s best writers, actors, directors, and producers is part of the plan, not least as it tees up productions that will shoot at Shepperton Studios, its massive new production hub near London.
“You guys are the people who literally keep our lights on – creatively and figuratively,” Mensah told the assembled talent as they sat down to dinner after a drinks reception.
- 12/13/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
New members include filmmakers Lynne Ramsay, Haifaa al-Mansour, Fox Searchlight’s Kate Gardiner and Screen Scotland’s Isabel Davis.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has revealed its 2019 intake of new members drawn from the film, TV and games industry.
Among the record 558 new members are filmmakers and writers Haifaa al-Mansour (Wadjda), Laszlo Nemes (Son Of Saul), Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here), Lee Unkrich (Coco) and former Screen Star of Tomorrow Rose Glass (Saint Maud).
New executives on the list include Kate Gardiner (head of Fox Searchlight UK); Jason Maza (Unstoppable), Emma Hewitt (BBC Films...
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has revealed its 2019 intake of new members drawn from the film, TV and games industry.
Among the record 558 new members are filmmakers and writers Haifaa al-Mansour (Wadjda), Laszlo Nemes (Son Of Saul), Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here), Lee Unkrich (Coco) and former Screen Star of Tomorrow Rose Glass (Saint Maud).
New executives on the list include Kate Gardiner (head of Fox Searchlight UK); Jason Maza (Unstoppable), Emma Hewitt (BBC Films...
- 12/4/2019
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
Honourees include ‘Dirty God’ actress Vicky Knight and ‘Saint Maud’ writer-director Rose Glass.
Bafta has named 20 promising stars of the film, TV and games industries as its Breakthough Brits of 2019.
The initiative, conducted in partnership with Netflix, will see honourees celebrated at a special event in London on November 17.
Those selected are:
● Abubakar Salim - Actor (Raised By Wolves)
● Chance Perdomo - Actor (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)
● Chris Cox - Art Director (Ordain)
● Coco Jackson - Producer (Dancing On Ice)
● Daniel Dewsbury - Director (The Mighty Redcar)
● Gemma Langford - Writer / Indie Games Studio Manager (Overcooked 2)
● Jen Kenwood - Producer...
Bafta has named 20 promising stars of the film, TV and games industries as its Breakthough Brits of 2019.
The initiative, conducted in partnership with Netflix, will see honourees celebrated at a special event in London on November 17.
Those selected are:
● Abubakar Salim - Actor (Raised By Wolves)
● Chance Perdomo - Actor (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)
● Chris Cox - Art Director (Ordain)
● Coco Jackson - Producer (Dancing On Ice)
● Daniel Dewsbury - Director (The Mighty Redcar)
● Gemma Langford - Writer / Indie Games Studio Manager (Overcooked 2)
● Jen Kenwood - Producer...
- 10/30/2019
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Honourees include ‘Dirty God’ actress Vicky Knight and ‘Saint Maud’ writer-director Rose Glass.
Bafta has named 20 promising stars of the film, TV and games industries as its Breakthough Brits of 2019.
The initiative, conducted in partnership with Netflix, will see honourees celebrated at a special event in London on November 17.
Those selected are:
● Abubakar Salim - Actor (Raised By Wolves)
● Chance Perdomo - Actor (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)
● Chris Cox - Art Director (Ordain)
● Coco Jackson - Producer (Dancing On Ice)
● Daniel Dewsbury - Director (The Mighty Redcar)
● Gemma Langford - Writer / Indie Games Studio Manager (Overcooked 2)
● Jen Kenwood - Producer...
Bafta has named 20 promising stars of the film, TV and games industries as its Breakthough Brits of 2019.
The initiative, conducted in partnership with Netflix, will see honourees celebrated at a special event in London on November 17.
Those selected are:
● Abubakar Salim - Actor (Raised By Wolves)
● Chance Perdomo - Actor (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)
● Chris Cox - Art Director (Ordain)
● Coco Jackson - Producer (Dancing On Ice)
● Daniel Dewsbury - Director (The Mighty Redcar)
● Gemma Langford - Writer / Indie Games Studio Manager (Overcooked 2)
● Jen Kenwood - Producer...
- 10/30/2019
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Sex Education creator Laurie Nunn, Pure creator Kirstie Swain and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina actor Chance Perdomo are among the latest crop of BAFTA’s Breakthrough Brits.
The award, presented by the TV and film body in association with Netflix, consists of the most promising future stars of film, TV and gaming from the UK. Full list below.
Nunn, who created the Netflix comedy drama Sex Education, is currently in post-production for the second series, having become an exec producer. Swain wrote Channel 4 comedy drama Pure and is developing a raft of projects in the UK and U.S., while Perdomo plays Ambrose Spellman in the Netflix series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
Others on the list include Raised By Wolves star Abubakar Salim, In My Skin writer Kayleigh Llewellyn, Chernobyl Production Designer Luke Hull and Trigonometry director Stella Corradi.
Nunn said, “Being a Breakthrough Brit makes me feel more secure,...
The award, presented by the TV and film body in association with Netflix, consists of the most promising future stars of film, TV and gaming from the UK. Full list below.
Nunn, who created the Netflix comedy drama Sex Education, is currently in post-production for the second series, having become an exec producer. Swain wrote Channel 4 comedy drama Pure and is developing a raft of projects in the UK and U.S., while Perdomo plays Ambrose Spellman in the Netflix series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
Others on the list include Raised By Wolves star Abubakar Salim, In My Skin writer Kayleigh Llewellyn, Chernobyl Production Designer Luke Hull and Trigonometry director Stella Corradi.
Nunn said, “Being a Breakthrough Brit makes me feel more secure,...
- 10/30/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
BAFTA and Netflix have raised the curtain on the 2019 class of Breakthrough Brits. The 20-strong cohort, spanning talent from film, TV and games, includes “Sex Education” writer Laurie Nunn, “The Virtues” actress Niamh Algar, “Chernobyl” production designer Luke Hull, and “Saint Maud” director Rose Glass.
The Breakthrough scheme has been run by BAFTA since 2013; this year is the first that the initiative has also had the backing of Netflix. The Breakthrough Brits receive mentoring and networking opportunities as well as entry to BAFTA events. Previous honorees include actors Florence Pugh and Josh O’Connor and director Michael Pearce.
Nunn, who has just seen the second season of Netflix’s “Sex Education” finish shooting, told Variety that being chosen was a sign that her career is on the right track and a moment to reflect on a busy past few years as well on what happens next.
She said she has...
The Breakthrough scheme has been run by BAFTA since 2013; this year is the first that the initiative has also had the backing of Netflix. The Breakthrough Brits receive mentoring and networking opportunities as well as entry to BAFTA events. Previous honorees include actors Florence Pugh and Josh O’Connor and director Michael Pearce.
Nunn, who has just seen the second season of Netflix’s “Sex Education” finish shooting, told Variety that being chosen was a sign that her career is on the right track and a moment to reflect on a busy past few years as well on what happens next.
She said she has...
- 10/30/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
‘Super Gran’ and ‘The Outrun’ will be adapted through Sarah Brocklehurst Productions.
UK producer Sarah Brocklehurst has optioned two new books, following the recent release of literary adaptation and Sundance hit Animals.
Sarah Brocklehurst Productions has picked up Forrest Wilson’s Super Gran, about a witty Scottish grandmother who gains superpowers and defends her grandson and elderly friends from a dangerous criminal.
The book sold 750,000 copies when first published in 1978 and was turned into an Emmy-winning TV series in the 1980s, which sold worldwide.
The feature is being scripted by filmmaker Keri Collins, who won a Bafta Cymru in 2014 for feature debut Convenience.
UK producer Sarah Brocklehurst has optioned two new books, following the recent release of literary adaptation and Sundance hit Animals.
Sarah Brocklehurst Productions has picked up Forrest Wilson’s Super Gran, about a witty Scottish grandmother who gains superpowers and defends her grandson and elderly friends from a dangerous criminal.
The book sold 750,000 copies when first published in 1978 and was turned into an Emmy-winning TV series in the 1980s, which sold worldwide.
The feature is being scripted by filmmaker Keri Collins, who won a Bafta Cymru in 2014 for feature debut Convenience.
- 10/9/2019
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Sophie Hyde (right) on the set of ‘Animals’. (Photo: Tamara Hardman)
Sophie Hyde’s Animals drew warm response from critics after its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January and positive box office numbers following its UK release last month.
Bonsai Films launched the film in Australia yesterday, but the director has “no idea” if local audiences will come out to see it, noting the difficulty smaller films have in getting cut through and remaining on cinema screens long enough to garner word-of-mouth.
“People have been really warm, excellent audiences so far. But it’s a limited release. I don’t know if there’s a young audience for arthouse in Australia… it’s just hard to get people into the cinemas,” Hyde told If earlier this week.
“My hopes are that it gets enough time for people to be able to find their way to it, because...
Sophie Hyde’s Animals drew warm response from critics after its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January and positive box office numbers following its UK release last month.
Bonsai Films launched the film in Australia yesterday, but the director has “no idea” if local audiences will come out to see it, noting the difficulty smaller films have in getting cut through and remaining on cinema screens long enough to garner word-of-mouth.
“People have been really warm, excellent audiences so far. But it’s a limited release. I don’t know if there’s a young audience for arthouse in Australia… it’s just hard to get people into the cinemas,” Hyde told If earlier this week.
“My hopes are that it gets enough time for people to be able to find their way to it, because...
- 9/13/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
‘Animals’ (Photo credit: Bernard Walsh).
Sophie Hyde’s Animals opened in UK cinemas last weekend, its first territory, winning plaudits from the critics and sizable audiences.
Picturehouse Entertainment launched the female relationships dramedy adapted from the Emma Jane Unsworth novel, which stars Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat, on 73 locations: 38 in greater London and 35 in the regions.
The weekend total including Q&a screenings hosted by Unsworth and a National Girlfriends’ Day promotion was £107,000.
Closer Productions’ Rebecca Summerton, who produced the Irish-Australian co-production with Hyde, Sarah Brocklehurst and Vico Films’ Cormac Fox, tells If she is very pleased with the UK opening and Picturehouse’s marketing campaign.
That augurs well for the September 12 release via Jonathan Page’s Bonsai Films. Page has booked nine screens and aims to have 15 on board at launch.
“It is hard to stand out but I think our uber-cool cast of Alia Shawkat and Holliday...
Sophie Hyde’s Animals opened in UK cinemas last weekend, its first territory, winning plaudits from the critics and sizable audiences.
Picturehouse Entertainment launched the female relationships dramedy adapted from the Emma Jane Unsworth novel, which stars Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat, on 73 locations: 38 in greater London and 35 in the regions.
The weekend total including Q&a screenings hosted by Unsworth and a National Girlfriends’ Day promotion was £107,000.
Closer Productions’ Rebecca Summerton, who produced the Irish-Australian co-production with Hyde, Sarah Brocklehurst and Vico Films’ Cormac Fox, tells If she is very pleased with the UK opening and Picturehouse’s marketing campaign.
That augurs well for the September 12 release via Jonathan Page’s Bonsai Films. Page has booked nine screens and aims to have 15 on board at launch.
“It is hard to stand out but I think our uber-cool cast of Alia Shawkat and Holliday...
- 8/5/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
The U.K. production scene has been dominated by a phalanx of successful producers for many years. A fresh wave of U.K.-based producers is now also getting international attention. The producers are navigating a business that offers unparalleled opportunity, and facing fundamental challenges. With the key funders putting an emphasis on inclusion and diversity, female producers have risen to the fore and the new faces also reflects modern, multicultural Britain.
“There is a great old guard we can look up to, but also such excitement about debut British filmmakers,” says Julia Nottingham, who produced Lucy Cohen’s “Kingdom of Us” and “Xy Chelsea,” which premiered at Tribeca. “If you look at the BIFAs [British Independent Film Awards] and BAFTA debuts, the films are so exciting, and the good thing is that financiers are up for taking those risks and finding new talent.”
Nottingham set up Julia Street Pictures last year and Great...
“There is a great old guard we can look up to, but also such excitement about debut British filmmakers,” says Julia Nottingham, who produced Lucy Cohen’s “Kingdom of Us” and “Xy Chelsea,” which premiered at Tribeca. “If you look at the BIFAs [British Independent Film Awards] and BAFTA debuts, the films are so exciting, and the good thing is that financiers are up for taking those risks and finding new talent.”
Nottingham set up Julia Street Pictures last year and Great...
- 5/17/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Variety profiles a selection of upcoming film projects by younger British producers
Untitled Irish-Set Gothic Drama
Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly’s next project is an as-yet-untitled gothic psychological drama. U.S. directing duo Anna Rose Holmer and Saela Davis will direct the Screen Ireland-backed project. It will be set in and shot in Ireland.
“Retreat”
Written and directed by deaf filmmaker Ted Evans, “Retreat” follow a college dropout who joins a deaf-only commune. It will be subtitled. Escape Films’ Michelle Stein hopes to shoot the BFI, BBC Films and Creative England-backed project in 2020. She is producing with 104 Films and Alex Usbourne.
“Three Weeks”
Julia Nottingham is producing the BBC Films-backed romantic-comedy-drama, written by and starring BAFTA Breakthrough Brit Susan Wokoma (pictured). She will play a woman who is dumped by her boyfriend and rebounds into a new relationship only to find she is pregnant by her ex-. She...
Untitled Irish-Set Gothic Drama
Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly’s next project is an as-yet-untitled gothic psychological drama. U.S. directing duo Anna Rose Holmer and Saela Davis will direct the Screen Ireland-backed project. It will be set in and shot in Ireland.
“Retreat”
Written and directed by deaf filmmaker Ted Evans, “Retreat” follow a college dropout who joins a deaf-only commune. It will be subtitled. Escape Films’ Michelle Stein hopes to shoot the BFI, BBC Films and Creative England-backed project in 2020. She is producing with 104 Films and Alex Usbourne.
“Three Weeks”
Julia Nottingham is producing the BBC Films-backed romantic-comedy-drama, written by and starring BAFTA Breakthrough Brit Susan Wokoma (pictured). She will play a woman who is dumped by her boyfriend and rebounds into a new relationship only to find she is pregnant by her ex-. She...
- 5/17/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired U.K. rights to Australian filmmaker Sophie Hyde’s “Animals,” which world premiered at Sundance. The feelgood female friendship drama stars Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat.
The film, which is based on the novel of the same name by Emma Jane Unsworth, centers on two young Dublin women, Laura and Tyler, whose careers and lives remain on hold while they devote their time to partying hard. As they drift into their thirties, reality begins to bite, but the rebels will not be tamed so easily.
Variety’s review said: “Sophie Hyde’s generous, freewheeling film is a pleasingly disorderly addition to the still-underpopulated ranks of female friendship studies — eschewing both strict moral judgment and greeting-card sentimentality in its portrayal of two women with a firmer idea of what they don’t want in life than what they do.”
Clare Binns, joint M.D. of Picturehouse, said: “[The film] is fresh,...
The film, which is based on the novel of the same name by Emma Jane Unsworth, centers on two young Dublin women, Laura and Tyler, whose careers and lives remain on hold while they devote their time to partying hard. As they drift into their thirties, reality begins to bite, but the rebels will not be tamed so easily.
Variety’s review said: “Sophie Hyde’s generous, freewheeling film is a pleasingly disorderly addition to the still-underpopulated ranks of female friendship studies — eschewing both strict moral judgment and greeting-card sentimentality in its portrayal of two women with a firmer idea of what they don’t want in life than what they do.”
Clare Binns, joint M.D. of Picturehouse, said: “[The film] is fresh,...
- 5/7/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Film premiered at Sundance this year.
Picturehouse Entertainment has picked up UK rights to Sophie Hyde’s Animals from Cornerstone Films.
Animals premiered at Sundance Film Festival in January and will have its European premiere at Sundance Film Festival London, an event run with Picturehouse, on May 31.
Based on the novel of the same name by Emma Jane Unsworth, Animals stars Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat as two outrageously-behaved female friends who refuse to settle as they arrive at their thirties.
Sarah Brocklehurst produced with Rebecca Summerton and Sophie Hyde for Closer Productions and Cormac Fox for Vico Films. Backing...
Picturehouse Entertainment has picked up UK rights to Sophie Hyde’s Animals from Cornerstone Films.
Animals premiered at Sundance Film Festival in January and will have its European premiere at Sundance Film Festival London, an event run with Picturehouse, on May 31.
Based on the novel of the same name by Emma Jane Unsworth, Animals stars Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat as two outrageously-behaved female friends who refuse to settle as they arrive at their thirties.
Sarah Brocklehurst produced with Rebecca Summerton and Sophie Hyde for Closer Productions and Cormac Fox for Vico Films. Backing...
- 5/7/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
‘Animals’.
Adelaide Film Festival will hold pop up screenings of Top End Wedding and Animals in early April, marking each film’s official Australian premiere.
Both films – which each made their world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January to critical acclaim – were made with the support of the Adelaide Film Festival investment fund. Each will premiere with a red carpet gala screening and after party, with a screening and Q&A the following day.
Adelaide Film Festival CEO and creative director Mat Kesting said: “Adelaide Film Festival is thrilled to present the Australian premieres of Sophie Hyde’s Animals and Wayne Blair’s Top End Wedding, giving audiences the chance to be among the first in the world to see these fine works. Diverse in their nature, both films are immensely compelling and entertaining films we encourage Adelaide audiences to embrace at the Adl Film Fest April Pop Up.
Adelaide Film Festival will hold pop up screenings of Top End Wedding and Animals in early April, marking each film’s official Australian premiere.
Both films – which each made their world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January to critical acclaim – were made with the support of the Adelaide Film Festival investment fund. Each will premiere with a red carpet gala screening and after party, with a screening and Q&A the following day.
Adelaide Film Festival CEO and creative director Mat Kesting said: “Adelaide Film Festival is thrilled to present the Australian premieres of Sophie Hyde’s Animals and Wayne Blair’s Top End Wedding, giving audiences the chance to be among the first in the world to see these fine works. Diverse in their nature, both films are immensely compelling and entertaining films we encourage Adelaide audiences to embrace at the Adl Film Fest April Pop Up.
- 2/26/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
‘Animals’ (Photo credit: Bernard Walsh)
The overseas sales prospects for Sophie Hyde’s Animals look bright following rave reviews for the female-led comedy at the Sundance Film Festival.
Adapted by Emma Jane Unsworth from her acclaimed 2014 novel of the same name, the film stars English actress Holliday Grainger and American Alia Shawkat as Laura and Tyler, best friends and roommates in Dublin.
When Tyler’s younger sister Jean (Amy Molloy) announces that she and her partner are expecting a baby, Laura is plunged into a funk that Tyler finds perplexing.
Their hedonistic existence is further disrupted when Laura gets engaged to Jim (Irishman Fra Free), an ambitious pianist who decides to go teetotal.
The Irish-Australian co-production was produced by Hyde and Rebecca Summerton for Closer Productions and Sarah Brocklehurst and Cormac Fox for Vico Films.
IndieWire’s Kate Erbland enthused: “Grainger and Shawkat are wonderful together, conveying the depth of...
The overseas sales prospects for Sophie Hyde’s Animals look bright following rave reviews for the female-led comedy at the Sundance Film Festival.
Adapted by Emma Jane Unsworth from her acclaimed 2014 novel of the same name, the film stars English actress Holliday Grainger and American Alia Shawkat as Laura and Tyler, best friends and roommates in Dublin.
When Tyler’s younger sister Jean (Amy Molloy) announces that she and her partner are expecting a baby, Laura is plunged into a funk that Tyler finds perplexing.
Their hedonistic existence is further disrupted when Laura gets engaged to Jim (Irishman Fra Free), an ambitious pianist who decides to go teetotal.
The Irish-Australian co-production was produced by Hyde and Rebecca Summerton for Closer Productions and Sarah Brocklehurst and Cormac Fox for Vico Films.
IndieWire’s Kate Erbland enthused: “Grainger and Shawkat are wonderful together, conveying the depth of...
- 1/29/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Animals
Australia’s Sophie Hyde returns with her debut Animals, an Irish-Australian co-production. Hyde serves as producer alongside Rebecca Summerton for Closer Productions and Sarah Brocklehurst and Cormac Fox for Vico Films. Bryan Mason, who served as editor and cinematographer on her debut 52 Tuesdays returns once again for double duty. Hyde nabs Alia Shawkat (Green Room) and Holliday Grainger as her headliners, joined by Amy Molloy. Hyde’s 2013 debut 52 Tuesdays won her an award for Directing at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival (see acceptance speech) as well as the Crystal Bear for Best Film in the Generation 14 plus program in Berlin.…...
Australia’s Sophie Hyde returns with her debut Animals, an Irish-Australian co-production. Hyde serves as producer alongside Rebecca Summerton for Closer Productions and Sarah Brocklehurst and Cormac Fox for Vico Films. Bryan Mason, who served as editor and cinematographer on her debut 52 Tuesdays returns once again for double duty. Hyde nabs Alia Shawkat (Green Room) and Holliday Grainger as her headliners, joined by Amy Molloy. Hyde’s 2013 debut 52 Tuesdays won her an award for Directing at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival (see acceptance speech) as well as the Crystal Bear for Best Film in the Generation 14 plus program in Berlin.…...
- 1/2/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Mia Wasikowska in ‘Judy and Punch’ (Photo: Ben King)
A record six Australian feature films will screen at the Sundance Film Festival, with Animals, Judy and Punch, Little Monsters, Top End Wedding and I Am Mother having their world premieres in the Utah-based festival, which runs from January 24 – February 3.
In addition, Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale will have its North American premiere after winning the special jury prize and the Marcello Mastroianni award for best new young performer for Baykali Ganambar at this year’s Venice Film Festival.
That surpasses the previous record of five in 1997. Sundance has been a great launching pad for Australian productions including David Michod’s Animal Kingdom in 2010 (World Cinema Jury Prize), Greg McLean’s Wolf Creek in 2005, Scott Hicks’ Shine in 1996, Kitty Green’s Casting JonBenet (2017) and Nash Edgerton’s Mr Inbetween (2018).
“The six films selected by Sundance display the array of stories Australians...
A record six Australian feature films will screen at the Sundance Film Festival, with Animals, Judy and Punch, Little Monsters, Top End Wedding and I Am Mother having their world premieres in the Utah-based festival, which runs from January 24 – February 3.
In addition, Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale will have its North American premiere after winning the special jury prize and the Marcello Mastroianni award for best new young performer for Baykali Ganambar at this year’s Venice Film Festival.
That surpasses the previous record of five in 1997. Sundance has been a great launching pad for Australian productions including David Michod’s Animal Kingdom in 2010 (World Cinema Jury Prize), Greg McLean’s Wolf Creek in 2005, Scott Hicks’ Shine in 1996, Kitty Green’s Casting JonBenet (2017) and Nash Edgerton’s Mr Inbetween (2018).
“The six films selected by Sundance display the array of stories Australians...
- 11/28/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
The 2019 Sundance Film Festival has announced its entire feature film lineup for the January gathering. The festival has revealed its high-profile Premieres and Documentary Premieres selections in addition to the full list of films screening in four different competition sections, plus the forward-thinking Next section, the Kids lineup, and the Midnight list.
The 2019 feature film lineup includes a number of highly anticipated titles, including the Shia Labeouf-penned and Alma Har’el-directed “Honey Boy,” Joe Berlinger’s Zac Efron-starring Ted Bundy feature, Chiwetel Ejiofor’s feature directorial debut “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” Nanfu Wang’s latest documentary “One Child Nation,” the prescient doc “Knock Down the House,” and Alice Waddington’s wild-looking Nacho Vigalondo-written “Paradise Hills.” Plenty of Sundance alums are returning to debut new work, including Anne Sewitsky, Alex Gibney, Nick Broomfield, Justin Chon, Matt Tyrnauer, and Veronika Franz.
As is the festival’s tradition,...
The 2019 feature film lineup includes a number of highly anticipated titles, including the Shia Labeouf-penned and Alma Har’el-directed “Honey Boy,” Joe Berlinger’s Zac Efron-starring Ted Bundy feature, Chiwetel Ejiofor’s feature directorial debut “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” Nanfu Wang’s latest documentary “One Child Nation,” the prescient doc “Knock Down the House,” and Alice Waddington’s wild-looking Nacho Vigalondo-written “Paradise Hills.” Plenty of Sundance alums are returning to debut new work, including Anne Sewitsky, Alex Gibney, Nick Broomfield, Justin Chon, Matt Tyrnauer, and Veronika Franz.
As is the festival’s tradition,...
- 11/28/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Screen Australia, Ifb backing project which is now filming in Dublin.
Holliday Grainger (My Cousin Rachel) and Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development) have started filming on Sophie Hyde’s comedy Animals.
Cornerstone Films is handling worldwide sales on the project, which is shooting in Dublin until April 13.
Grainger and Shawkat will star as Laura and Tyler respectively, best friends and drinking buddies whose hedonistic existence falls under the creeping horror of adulthood when Laura gets engaged to Jim – an ambitious pianist who surprisingly decides to go teetotal.
Director Hyde’s debut feature 52 Tuesdays won the directing award in the 2014 Sundance Film...
Holliday Grainger (My Cousin Rachel) and Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development) have started filming on Sophie Hyde’s comedy Animals.
Cornerstone Films is handling worldwide sales on the project, which is shooting in Dublin until April 13.
Grainger and Shawkat will star as Laura and Tyler respectively, best friends and drinking buddies whose hedonistic existence falls under the creeping horror of adulthood when Laura gets engaged to Jim – an ambitious pianist who surprisingly decides to go teetotal.
Director Hyde’s debut feature 52 Tuesdays won the directing award in the 2014 Sundance Film...
- 3/22/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
UK mentoring programme Guiding Lights attracts top industry figures for eighth edition.
UK film industry mentoring scheme Guiding Lights has confirmed a raft of top industry mentors for its eighth edition.
British cinema figures who have signed up for the scheme include 45 Years director Andrew Haigh and Ex Machina director Alex Garland, as well as producers Tessa Ross and Pippa Harris.
They have each been paired with an emerging film talent in the British industry – producers, directors, writers and exhibitors.
To see the full list of mentees selected for Guiding Lights 8 click here.
Guiding Lights is run by Brighton-based cultural agency Lighthouse and supported by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, which is funded by the BFI with National Lottery funds, through the Skills Investment Fund (Sif).
Studiocanal CEO Danny Perkins, who sponsors the event, commented: “We are incredibly proud to continue our partnership with the Guiding Lights programme. Identifying and nurturing upcoming talent is integral to our...
UK film industry mentoring scheme Guiding Lights has confirmed a raft of top industry mentors for its eighth edition.
British cinema figures who have signed up for the scheme include 45 Years director Andrew Haigh and Ex Machina director Alex Garland, as well as producers Tessa Ross and Pippa Harris.
They have each been paired with an emerging film talent in the British industry – producers, directors, writers and exhibitors.
To see the full list of mentees selected for Guiding Lights 8 click here.
Guiding Lights is run by Brighton-based cultural agency Lighthouse and supported by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, which is funded by the BFI with National Lottery funds, through the Skills Investment Fund (Sif).
Studiocanal CEO Danny Perkins, who sponsors the event, commented: “We are incredibly proud to continue our partnership with the Guiding Lights programme. Identifying and nurturing upcoming talent is integral to our...
- 2/16/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
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