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
UK emerging talent scheme 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
Exclusive: List of best unproduced movie scripts topped by two projects from emerging writers; biopics of Priscilla Presley, Alexander McQueen also feature.
The 2016 Brit List – a line-up of the best yet-to-shoot movie screenplays as voted on by the UK industry – has been topped by a sci-fi and an apocalyptic western, both from emerging writers.
Scroll down for the full list
The UK version of America’s Black List list is topped by joint-winners The Competitors, an apocalyptic western written by Ruth Greenburg, and sci-fi The Far Edge Of The World, written by Felix Harrison. Both projects received nine votes.
In second with seven votes was rom-com Bride Or Groom written by The Thick Of It and In The Loop actress Olivia Poulet and Lucy Brown.
Also making the list are Ecosse Films’ Lonesome Tonight, a biopic of Priscilla Presley written by Paul Viragh (The Face Of An Angel), Matthew Orton-scripted Eichmann and Chris Urch’s [link...
The 2016 Brit List – a line-up of the best yet-to-shoot movie screenplays as voted on by the UK industry – has been topped by a sci-fi and an apocalyptic western, both from emerging writers.
Scroll down for the full list
The UK version of America’s Black List list is topped by joint-winners The Competitors, an apocalyptic western written by Ruth Greenburg, and sci-fi The Far Edge Of The World, written by Felix Harrison. Both projects received nine votes.
In second with seven votes was rom-com Bride Or Groom written by The Thick Of It and In The Loop actress Olivia Poulet and Lucy Brown.
Also making the list are Ecosse Films’ Lonesome Tonight, a biopic of Priscilla Presley written by Paul Viragh (The Face Of An Angel), Matthew Orton-scripted Eichmann and Chris Urch’s [link...
- 11/22/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The eighth edition of the UK’s Guiding Lights mentoring scheme has selected 17 new mentees from 215 applications received across the UK and Ireland.
Lighthouse and Creative Skillset revealed the new participants:
Directors – Aleem Khan, Baff Akoto, Julia Stovell, Kate Dolan, Lindsey Dryden
Producers – Jude Goldrei, Lizzie Brown, Ohna Falby, Sarah Brocklehurst [pictured]
Writers – Ailbhe Keogan, Brian Martin, Kara Smith, Paven Virk, Ruth Paxton
Exhibitors – Becky Bruzas, Matthew Hellett, Sara Duffy
This year’s participants work in fiction and documentary, adult and children’s TV, theatre, commercials, learning disability film exhibition, and immersive cinema experiences.
Guiding Lights is run by 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).
Guiding Lights is now partnering with Carousel’s Oska Bright Film Festival, to support the participation of exhibitors Bruzas and Hellett.
Lighthouse’s senior producer Emily Kyriakides said: “We’re so thrilled to have...
Lighthouse and Creative Skillset revealed the new participants:
Directors – Aleem Khan, Baff Akoto, Julia Stovell, Kate Dolan, Lindsey Dryden
Producers – Jude Goldrei, Lizzie Brown, Ohna Falby, Sarah Brocklehurst [pictured]
Writers – Ailbhe Keogan, Brian Martin, Kara Smith, Paven Virk, Ruth Paxton
Exhibitors – Becky Bruzas, Matthew Hellett, Sara Duffy
This year’s participants work in fiction and documentary, adult and children’s TV, theatre, commercials, learning disability film exhibition, and immersive cinema experiences.
Guiding Lights is run by 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).
Guiding Lights is now partnering with Carousel’s Oska Bright Film Festival, to support the participation of exhibitors Bruzas and Hellett.
Lighthouse’s senior producer Emily Kyriakides said: “We’re so thrilled to have...
- 7/14/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: A crime farce, prison drama, Highland thriller and fantastical love story among titles.
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has confirmed the feature film projects and filmmaking teams who will be participating in the fourth year of development and mentoring programme Eiff Network.
The Network participants are:
writer/director John Addis and producer Sukey Richardson with their crime farce Deadbeat;
screenwriter Brian Martin and his prison based drama Inside;
screenwriter Nat Luurtsema, director Isabelle Sieb and producer Diarmuid Hughes with their black comedy drama Poppy;
writer/director Iain Mitchell with his highland thriller Keeper;
screenwriter Melissa Iqbal with her science fiction thriller The Ark;
screenwriter Line Langebek and director Samantha Harrie with the fantastical love story When I Could Fly.
The initiative is run in partnership with story editor Kate Leys and supported by the Creative Skillset Film Skills Fund and Creative Scotland. Network aims to connect filmmaking teams with industry as they develop feature projects...
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has confirmed the feature film projects and filmmaking teams who will be participating in the fourth year of development and mentoring programme Eiff Network.
The Network participants are:
writer/director John Addis and producer Sukey Richardson with their crime farce Deadbeat;
screenwriter Brian Martin and his prison based drama Inside;
screenwriter Nat Luurtsema, director Isabelle Sieb and producer Diarmuid Hughes with their black comedy drama Poppy;
writer/director Iain Mitchell with his highland thriller Keeper;
screenwriter Melissa Iqbal with her science fiction thriller The Ark;
screenwriter Line Langebek and director Samantha Harrie with the fantastical love story When I Could Fly.
The initiative is run in partnership with story editor Kate Leys and supported by the Creative Skillset Film Skills Fund and Creative Scotland. Network aims to connect filmmaking teams with industry as they develop feature projects...
- 6/3/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: A crime farce, prison drama, Highland thriller and fantastical love story among titles.
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has confirmed the feature film projects and filmmaking teams who will be participating in the fourth year of development and mentoring programme Eiff Network.
The Network participants are:
writer/director John Addis and producer Sukey Richardson with their crime farce Deadbeat;
screenwriter Brian Martin and his prison based drama Inside;
screenwriter Nat Luurtsema, director Isabelle Sieb and producer Diarmuid Hughes with their black comedy drama Poppy;
writer/director Iain Mitchell with his highland thriller Keeper;
screenwriter Melissa Iqbal with her science fiction thriller The Ark;
screenwriter Line Langebek and director Samantha Harrie with the fantastical love story When I Could Fly.
The initiative is run in partnership with story editor Kate Leys and supported by the Creative Skillset Film Skills Fund and Creative Scotland. Network aims to connect filmmaking teams with industry as they develop feature projects...
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has confirmed the feature film projects and filmmaking teams who will be participating in the fourth year of development and mentoring programme Eiff Network.
The Network participants are:
writer/director John Addis and producer Sukey Richardson with their crime farce Deadbeat;
screenwriter Brian Martin and his prison based drama Inside;
screenwriter Nat Luurtsema, director Isabelle Sieb and producer Diarmuid Hughes with their black comedy drama Poppy;
writer/director Iain Mitchell with his highland thriller Keeper;
screenwriter Melissa Iqbal with her science fiction thriller The Ark;
screenwriter Line Langebek and director Samantha Harrie with the fantastical love story When I Could Fly.
The initiative is run in partnership with story editor Kate Leys and supported by the Creative Skillset Film Skills Fund and Creative Scotland. Network aims to connect filmmaking teams with industry as they develop feature projects...
- 6/3/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Experience the thrill of watching theatre at Shakespeare’s Globe from the comfort of the Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar Boulevard, in The Loop, St. Louis, Mo, 63130) thanks to ‘Shakespeare’s Globe on Screen’. These productions of Shakespeare’s plays are shown on the Tivoli’s big screen in their entirety, giving you the opportunity to enjoy the world famous Globe Theatre and these critically acclaimed performances. Shakespeare’s Globe is a reconstruction of the theatre in which Shakespeare worked. With performances of Shakespeare, his contemporaries and new writing, productions play to over 300,000 people from around the world each summer.
We Are Movie Geeks has teamed up with the Tivoli Theater for a special giveaway! We have five pairs of tickets (a $30 value) for the first installment of ‘Shakespeare’s Globe on Screen’, which will be Titus Andronicus. The date is next Thursday, March 26th and the show begins at 7pm.
All...
We Are Movie Geeks has teamed up with the Tivoli Theater for a special giveaway! We have five pairs of tickets (a $30 value) for the first installment of ‘Shakespeare’s Globe on Screen’, which will be Titus Andronicus. The date is next Thursday, March 26th and the show begins at 7pm.
All...
- 3/18/2015
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
New films on Screenbase include Eran Riklis’ drama A Borrowed Identity, Tom Barman’s The Alcoholics and twin sisters Henrietta and Jessica Ashworth’s Olivia And Jim.Israeli-French drama A Borrowed Identity
Tawfeek Barhom, Yael Abecassis and Michael Moshonov star in the Palestinian-Israeli drama from Eran Rikils about a student dealing with identity issues.
Formerly known as Dancing Arabs, Konken Studios produce, while The Match Factory handles international sales.
Tom Barman’s second feature The Alcoholics
Cult Belgian filmmaker and musician Tom Barman’s next film is currently in development. Savage Film will produce, and the Flanders Audiovisual Fund will support.
This Belgian/Irish/Spanish co-production is to revolve around a Miami nightclub janitor turned drug smuggler.
Comedy drama Olivia And Jim
BFI has supported the Stray Bear and Equation Pictures production about a widow going on a roadtrip across the UK with her stepson in order to meet her late husband’s mistresses.
Indie comedy...
Tawfeek Barhom, Yael Abecassis and Michael Moshonov star in the Palestinian-Israeli drama from Eran Rikils about a student dealing with identity issues.
Formerly known as Dancing Arabs, Konken Studios produce, while The Match Factory handles international sales.
Tom Barman’s second feature The Alcoholics
Cult Belgian filmmaker and musician Tom Barman’s next film is currently in development. Savage Film will produce, and the Flanders Audiovisual Fund will support.
This Belgian/Irish/Spanish co-production is to revolve around a Miami nightclub janitor turned drug smuggler.
Comedy drama Olivia And Jim
BFI has supported the Stray Bear and Equation Pictures production about a widow going on a roadtrip across the UK with her stepson in order to meet her late husband’s mistresses.
Indie comedy...
- 1/27/2015
- by maud.le-rest@sciencespo-toulouse.net (Maud Le Rest)
- ScreenDaily
Stray Bear Productions, producer of Iffr opening film War Book, has features lined-up including the story of a gay miner in 1980s Yorkshire.
Stray Bear Productions, the London-based company run by producers Ivana MacKinnon and Lauren Dark, is ramping up its development slate.
The production outfit is behind Tom Harper’s political drama War Book, which opened the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) last night.
Stray Bear, launched by MacKinnon in 2012, now several new projects edging closer toward production and aims to focus primarily on “female talent and female driven stories”.
One film close to being packaged is comedy drama Olivia And Jim from writers (and twin sisters) Henrietta and Jessica Ashworth. Stray Bear is partnering on the project with Diarmuid McKeown of Equation Pictures. The project has BFI support.
Olivia and Jim is described by MacKinnon as a “bittersweet” story about a woman in her late-30s who, following the death of her husband, goes on the...
Stray Bear Productions, the London-based company run by producers Ivana MacKinnon and Lauren Dark, is ramping up its development slate.
The production outfit is behind Tom Harper’s political drama War Book, which opened the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) last night.
Stray Bear, launched by MacKinnon in 2012, now several new projects edging closer toward production and aims to focus primarily on “female talent and female driven stories”.
One film close to being packaged is comedy drama Olivia And Jim from writers (and twin sisters) Henrietta and Jessica Ashworth. Stray Bear is partnering on the project with Diarmuid McKeown of Equation Pictures. The project has BFI support.
Olivia and Jim is described by MacKinnon as a “bittersweet” story about a woman in her late-30s who, following the death of her husband, goes on the...
- 1/22/2015
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
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