The European Commission will fund the new think -tank to be led by Laura Gragg.
International production alliance,The Creatives has teamed up with the European Commission to launch the Creative Connection thinktank, designed to strengthen the writing talent in Europe.
Laura Gragg has been appointed as head of programme, leading a small team to oversee the content and logistical aspects of the programme and workshops, with the aid of outside experts and consultants.
She will work in close collaboration with the 10 independent production outfits who comprise The Creatives, who include the Netherlands’ Lemming Film, Germany’s Razor Film, and France’s Haut Et Court.
International production alliance,The Creatives has teamed up with the European Commission to launch the Creative Connection thinktank, designed to strengthen the writing talent in Europe.
Laura Gragg has been appointed as head of programme, leading a small team to oversee the content and logistical aspects of the programme and workshops, with the aid of outside experts and consultants.
She will work in close collaboration with the 10 independent production outfits who comprise The Creatives, who include the Netherlands’ Lemming Film, Germany’s Razor Film, and France’s Haut Et Court.
- 6/27/2022
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
Option
Transatlantic production powerhouse Sister (“Chernobyl”) has optioned the rights to adapt BAFTA and Emmy winning screenwriter and longtime collaborator Abi Morgan’s (“The Split”) “This is Not a Pity Memoir.” Morgan will adapt her book for screen, and also direct and executive produce, with Sister co-founder and chief creative officer, Jane Featherstone (“Landscapers”). The memoir follows Morgan’s family life after a tragic change in her family circumstance.
Morgan said: “Working with Jane and Sister over the last few tumultuous years, they have been my running partners, given a unique birds eye view on the unfolding drama. As producers of some of the best film and television out there, there is no one else I would trust to help bring the deeply personal ‘This is Not a Pity Memoir’ to the screen.”
Featherstone added: “Abi has such an extraordinary gift for words, so while it should be absolutely no...
Transatlantic production powerhouse Sister (“Chernobyl”) has optioned the rights to adapt BAFTA and Emmy winning screenwriter and longtime collaborator Abi Morgan’s (“The Split”) “This is Not a Pity Memoir.” Morgan will adapt her book for screen, and also direct and executive produce, with Sister co-founder and chief creative officer, Jane Featherstone (“Landscapers”). The memoir follows Morgan’s family life after a tragic change in her family circumstance.
Morgan said: “Working with Jane and Sister over the last few tumultuous years, they have been my running partners, given a unique birds eye view on the unfolding drama. As producers of some of the best film and television out there, there is no one else I would trust to help bring the deeply personal ‘This is Not a Pity Memoir’ to the screen.”
Featherstone added: “Abi has such an extraordinary gift for words, so while it should be absolutely no...
- 6/27/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The French insistence on regarding cinema as art has helped produced formidable women directors. But is the next generation the most wide-ranging yet?
There's a feeling out there that France may be on the verge of another new wave: not of the politically radical 1950s kind, but one in which young, driven, women film-makers will be at the fore. Names being mentioned are Mia Hansen-Løve, Rebecca Zlotowski and Katell Quillévéré; their films have already electrified France and are beginning to spread elsewhere.
Of course, on one level, there is nothing unusual about French women film directors. From Agnès Varda to Claire Denis, Coline Serreau to Agnès Jaoui, women have been able to make their presence felt in French cinema. Nt Binh, film critic for the film magazine Positif, says: "It's not a wave but a deluge, one that has been going on for more than 50 years."
In fact, it all...
There's a feeling out there that France may be on the verge of another new wave: not of the politically radical 1950s kind, but one in which young, driven, women film-makers will be at the fore. Names being mentioned are Mia Hansen-Løve, Rebecca Zlotowski and Katell Quillévéré; their films have already electrified France and are beginning to spread elsewhere.
Of course, on one level, there is nothing unusual about French women film directors. From Agnès Varda to Claire Denis, Coline Serreau to Agnès Jaoui, women have been able to make their presence felt in French cinema. Nt Binh, film critic for the film magazine Positif, says: "It's not a wave but a deluge, one that has been going on for more than 50 years."
In fact, it all...
- 3/25/2011
- by Agnès Poirier
- The Guardian - Film News
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