It is not just down to the success of ‘Parasite’.
Parasite won the Oscar for best picture and is setting box-office records for non-English-language films in several territories, including the notoriously challenging UK market, where it has now grossed £10.4m and counting.
Is this a sign of the potential for a new arthouse cinema boom? That was the question posed at a Glasgow Film Festival industry panel supported by Creative Europe Desk UK, on Tuesday (March 3).
Jason Wood, creative director at Manchester’s Home cinema and co-founder of new distributor Anti-Worlds, said he was “naturally a pessimist” but it was...
Parasite won the Oscar for best picture and is setting box-office records for non-English-language films in several territories, including the notoriously challenging UK market, where it has now grossed £10.4m and counting.
Is this a sign of the potential for a new arthouse cinema boom? That was the question posed at a Glasgow Film Festival industry panel supported by Creative Europe Desk UK, on Tuesday (March 3).
Jason Wood, creative director at Manchester’s Home cinema and co-founder of new distributor Anti-Worlds, said he was “naturally a pessimist” but it was...
- 3/4/2020
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- ScreenDaily
Company unveils plans for its summer slate including ‘Maradona’, ‘Horrible Histories’.
Altitude Film Distribution, the releasing arm of UK mini-studio Altitude Film Entertainment, has added four titles to its UK release slate.
The company has picked up rights to Andre Singer and Werner Herzog’s documentary Meeting Gorbachev. The film, which premiered at Telluride last year, sees Herzog interview the former general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to get an insight into his life and career. Altitude picked up the title from History Films and will release in November.
Altitude has also bought Little Monsters, the...
Altitude Film Distribution, the releasing arm of UK mini-studio Altitude Film Entertainment, has added four titles to its UK release slate.
The company has picked up rights to Andre Singer and Werner Herzog’s documentary Meeting Gorbachev. The film, which premiered at Telluride last year, sees Herzog interview the former general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to get an insight into his life and career. Altitude picked up the title from History Films and will release in November.
Altitude has also bought Little Monsters, the...
- 5/10/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
BFI’s first female chief executive is departing after 16 years at the public body.
Amanda Nevill, the chief executive officer of the British Film Institute (BFI), is stepping down from her position in 2020.
Nevill joined the organisation as CEO in 2003, the first female executive to take the role.
”After 16 brilliant but incredibly busy years, I’m excited to have some time to pursue other interests and new avenues… some of which I hope won’t be far away from this world for which I will always be a passionate advocate,” said Nevill in a statement.
The BFI said that its...
Amanda Nevill, the chief executive officer of the British Film Institute (BFI), is stepping down from her position in 2020.
Nevill joined the organisation as CEO in 2003, the first female executive to take the role.
”After 16 brilliant but incredibly busy years, I’m excited to have some time to pursue other interests and new avenues… some of which I hope won’t be far away from this world for which I will always be a passionate advocate,” said Nevill in a statement.
The BFI said that its...
- 5/10/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Sam Dunn and John Morrissey of Powerhouse Films are also involved in new company.
Andy Starke, the Rook Films producer behind Free Fire and Kill List, is teaming with exhibitor Jason Wood of Manchester indie cinema Home, publicist Zoe Flower, and Sam Dunn and John Morrissey of Powerhouse Films to launch Anti-Worlds, a UK distribution outfit also eyeing a move into production.
The company is starting with five initial films on its distribution slate: Richard Kovitch’s Penny Slinger - Out Of The Shadows, Aaron Schimberg’s Chained For Life, Isabella Ekloff’s Holiday, Corneliu Porumboiu’s Infinite Football, and...
Andy Starke, the Rook Films producer behind Free Fire and Kill List, is teaming with exhibitor Jason Wood of Manchester indie cinema Home, publicist Zoe Flower, and Sam Dunn and John Morrissey of Powerhouse Films to launch Anti-Worlds, a UK distribution outfit also eyeing a move into production.
The company is starting with five initial films on its distribution slate: Richard Kovitch’s Penny Slinger - Out Of The Shadows, Aaron Schimberg’s Chained For Life, Isabella Ekloff’s Holiday, Corneliu Porumboiu’s Infinite Football, and...
- 5/9/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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