Karen Hassan is terrific as an Irish woman fleeing sex work, but her powerful screen presence is not matched by the film around her
This melodrama set in Yorkshire stars Karen Hassan – a performer with terrific screen presence – as an Irish woman called Alison; she is trapped by her past into working in a brothel with an assortment of other luckless women, some of them trafficked in from abroad. The man who first got her on the game is her own father (Sean McGinley), who she still visits for a line of coke in his seedy trailer every now and again.
One day, shy tech wiz Sam (Aaron Cobham), a man with his own sad backstory, is compelled by a debt owed to the brothel’s vicious owner Max (Neil Bell) to install secret cameras in the rooms so Max and his henchman Barry (Theo Ogundipe) can spy on the workers and clients.
This melodrama set in Yorkshire stars Karen Hassan – a performer with terrific screen presence – as an Irish woman called Alison; she is trapped by her past into working in a brothel with an assortment of other luckless women, some of them trafficked in from abroad. The man who first got her on the game is her own father (Sean McGinley), who she still visits for a line of coke in his seedy trailer every now and again.
One day, shy tech wiz Sam (Aaron Cobham), a man with his own sad backstory, is compelled by a debt owed to the brothel’s vicious owner Max (Neil Bell) to install secret cameras in the rooms so Max and his henchman Barry (Theo Ogundipe) can spy on the workers and clients.
- 5/30/2023
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
Keith Farrell won best director for the film at last month’s festival.
Munro Film has acquired UK-Ireland distribution rights to Wait For Me, the debut feature of UK-based filmmaker Keith Farrell.
Munro will release the film in cinemas on June 2 this summer, with filmmaker and cast events for local audiences in Yorkshire, Greater Manchester and Lincolnshire where Wait For Me was filmed.
The film had its world premiere at Manchester Film Festival last month, where Farrell won best director.
It is produced by Thea Burrows and Margot Douglas for Manchester-based production company Old Hall Films, who struck the deal...
Munro Film has acquired UK-Ireland distribution rights to Wait For Me, the debut feature of UK-based filmmaker Keith Farrell.
Munro will release the film in cinemas on June 2 this summer, with filmmaker and cast events for local audiences in Yorkshire, Greater Manchester and Lincolnshire where Wait For Me was filmed.
The film had its world premiere at Manchester Film Festival last month, where Farrell won best director.
It is produced by Thea Burrows and Margot Douglas for Manchester-based production company Old Hall Films, who struck the deal...
- 4/4/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
At the 2022 Marché du Film & Cannes Docs Events, Festival De Cannes Iefta, United Nations Refugee Agency (Unhcr) and Telling The Real Story present The 5th Edition of Refugee Voices In Film
Saturday, 21 May at Noon in Palais lFollowed By Q &A
&
Sunday, 22 May at Noon in Palais l Followed By Unhcr Roundtable Discussion
Participate in discussions on how you can getinvolved and contribute to create change.
Please note only people accredited with a Marché du Film or Festival badge can attend
Iefta In Collaboration With The Marché du Film-Festival De Cannes Announces For The Fourth Year Iefta’s Sponsorship Of A 10,000€ Prize For Docs-in-Progress At The Marché’s Cannes Docs
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Iefta, in conjunction with Arab Cinema Centre, and Mad Solutions presents At The Carlton Beach “The Critics Awards for Arab Films Ceremony”
And Special Honor To Unhcr
The International Emerging Film Talent Association (Iefta) returns to Cannes for the Twelfth Year with film programs, panels, awards, and cocktail receptions. Iefta promotes cultural diversity and international understanding and engages the art of cinema. Central to the Iefta mandate is discovering and developing new film talent from emerging regions, globally, and connecting them with established members of the entertainment community and to foster relationships that are, mentoring, inspiring and educational.
Iefta is proud to say that two of our recent film talent alumni have been selected for the Cannes festival’s mentorship and funding platforms. Ahmed Fawzi-Saleh’s Hamlet from the Slums is among 15 projects chosen for L’Atelier co-production forum, and Morad Mostafa’s Aisha Can’t Fly Away Anymore is one of 10 films selected for La Fabrique Cinema program.
Iefta is also celebrating its fifth year collaborating with the United Nations Refugee Agency (Unhcr) presenting films and programs which help bring awareness to the current global humanitarian crisis.
The 5th edition of Refugee Voices in Film, a presentation of the ongoing partnership between the Unhcr’s “Telling The Real Story” program and Iefta, honours the imaginative and humanitarian efforts of filmmakers as they document the experience of those enduring irregular migration, whether from violence, famine or political oppression. Using Narrative, Documentary and Animation formats, selected filmmakers — many of them refugees themselves — share untold stories of refugees everywhere. Here, refugees speak out about not only loss and desperation, but also resilience and hope. Witness the impact of film in giving a powerful voice to the displaced and dispossessed.
Returning to Cannes Docs, where the original ‘Refugee Voices in Film’ played back in 2016, the 5th edition program has gained traction premiering in El Gouna Film Festival in 2021, and also playing at Berlin’s EFM earlier this year.
This year’s program at the Marché du Film features works from Trs that focus on the experience of women. Screenings and panels are at Noon on 21 & 22 May in Palais 1.
1. The Journey Directed by Pantera Through Anonymous Content
2. ‘Zahra & Nura’s Story’ Directed by Menna Hamdy
3. ‘Haweya’s Story’ Directed by Moges Tafesse
4. ‘Muna’s Story’ Directed by Ragnhild Ek
5. ‘Maymun’s Story’ Directed by Neil Bell
The program can be found here: https://vimeo.com/668581509 — password: TRS2021
Both screenings will allow the audience to participate and engage in real time through Qr codes, collectively encouraging involvement, and ultimately translating into action and positive impact for refugees. There is also the option to attend the virtual screenings aired simultaneously. Please visit marchedufilm.online for more information
“In our long-standing partnership with Iefta, Unhcr is excited to pilot this program with our Innovation team, to see how we can translate reaction into meaningful action. Storytelling has always proven to be a powerful medium to shifts hearts and minds, and we are keen to learn how to harness this immediate emotional response in real time and direct it towards positive change.” — Anadil Hossain, Unhcr Principal Communications Advisor
For the fourth year, Iefta will sponsor a cash award of 10,000€ given to one of the 32 docs-in-progress from eight presenting partners participating in the Marché’s Docs-in-Progress Showcases at the Cannes Docs program headed by Pierre-Alexis Chevit, Head of Cannes Docs.
We at Cannes Docs — Marché du Film are truly grateful for our ongoing partnership with Iefta, this year for the 7th in a row. One could point out that not only has our collaboration carried on during the pandemic, but it’s actually been expanding up to this back to May, onsite edition! This year, the collaboration comprises 2 presentations of the 5thedition of Refugee Voices in Film, the €10,000 cash Iefta Award for one of the competing docs-in-progress, not forgetting an Iefta-hosted Happy Hour on May 21st, for the sheer pleasure of networking! We’re very happy to be rolling out all of this together once again this year, and looking forward to many more years of cooperation.
Each year, Cannes Docs partners with a number of festivals and organizations from all over the world to showcase curated selections of docs-in-progress in finalization stage, aiming to hit the circuit within a few weeks or months. These showcases of docs-in-progress are primarily designed for decision makers looking for fresh new titles, in particular festival programmers and sales agents. The projects are also generally in search of post-production funding or general gap financing, and sometimes still open to co-production opportunities. All the showcases are composed of four projects, each presented in the form of a pitch and a 10-minute excerpt of the rough cut.
This year the Docs-in-Progress Showcases at the Cannes Docs come from: New Zealand, Canada, Ukraine, Scandinavia, Japan, Chile, and the Circle Women Doc Accelerator
And, lastly, in conjunction with the Arab Cinema Centre, and Mad Solutions (Egypt), Iefta will be co-hosting a cocktail reception at the Carlton Beach Club to celebrate the work of Unhcr. This event is being held in conjunction with the The Critics Awards for Arab Films Ceremony, an initiative created by the Arab Cinema Center (Acc), that brings together the finest film critics from all over the world to select the best Arab films every year. “Iefta is one of the key supporters of Arab Cinema and we are proud that they are part of this year’s ceremony of the 6th edition of The Critics Awards for Arab Films,” stated Alaa Karkouti, and Maher Diab co-founders of Mad Solutions & Arab Cinema Center.
“We are honored to collaborate again this year with the Un refugee agency and the Marché Du FIlm’s Cannes Docs on multiple screenings highlighting the plight of refugees. Now more than ever, this program needs to be seen, discussed, shared and brought up in discussions beyond the people it directly impacts,” states Iefta President Marco Orsini. “This year is especially rewarding from Iefta’s perspective, from our continued relationship with the Acc and Mad Solutions, to see several of our alumni engaging the film world independently at this year’s festival. They represent the Horn of Africa and the Mena Region in documentary and narrative feature projects. We wish them luck and we hope you take the time to consider their work.”...
Saturday, 21 May at Noon in Palais lFollowed By Q &A
&
Sunday, 22 May at Noon in Palais l Followed By Unhcr Roundtable Discussion
Participate in discussions on how you can getinvolved and contribute to create change.
Please note only people accredited with a Marché du Film or Festival badge can attend
Iefta In Collaboration With The Marché du Film-Festival De Cannes Announces For The Fourth Year Iefta’s Sponsorship Of A 10,000€ Prize For Docs-in-Progress At The Marché’s Cannes Docs
— — — — — — — -
Iefta, in conjunction with Arab Cinema Centre, and Mad Solutions presents At The Carlton Beach “The Critics Awards for Arab Films Ceremony”
And Special Honor To Unhcr
The International Emerging Film Talent Association (Iefta) returns to Cannes for the Twelfth Year with film programs, panels, awards, and cocktail receptions. Iefta promotes cultural diversity and international understanding and engages the art of cinema. Central to the Iefta mandate is discovering and developing new film talent from emerging regions, globally, and connecting them with established members of the entertainment community and to foster relationships that are, mentoring, inspiring and educational.
Iefta is proud to say that two of our recent film talent alumni have been selected for the Cannes festival’s mentorship and funding platforms. Ahmed Fawzi-Saleh’s Hamlet from the Slums is among 15 projects chosen for L’Atelier co-production forum, and Morad Mostafa’s Aisha Can’t Fly Away Anymore is one of 10 films selected for La Fabrique Cinema program.
Iefta is also celebrating its fifth year collaborating with the United Nations Refugee Agency (Unhcr) presenting films and programs which help bring awareness to the current global humanitarian crisis.
The 5th edition of Refugee Voices in Film, a presentation of the ongoing partnership between the Unhcr’s “Telling The Real Story” program and Iefta, honours the imaginative and humanitarian efforts of filmmakers as they document the experience of those enduring irregular migration, whether from violence, famine or political oppression. Using Narrative, Documentary and Animation formats, selected filmmakers — many of them refugees themselves — share untold stories of refugees everywhere. Here, refugees speak out about not only loss and desperation, but also resilience and hope. Witness the impact of film in giving a powerful voice to the displaced and dispossessed.
Returning to Cannes Docs, where the original ‘Refugee Voices in Film’ played back in 2016, the 5th edition program has gained traction premiering in El Gouna Film Festival in 2021, and also playing at Berlin’s EFM earlier this year.
This year’s program at the Marché du Film features works from Trs that focus on the experience of women. Screenings and panels are at Noon on 21 & 22 May in Palais 1.
1. The Journey Directed by Pantera Through Anonymous Content
2. ‘Zahra & Nura’s Story’ Directed by Menna Hamdy
3. ‘Haweya’s Story’ Directed by Moges Tafesse
4. ‘Muna’s Story’ Directed by Ragnhild Ek
5. ‘Maymun’s Story’ Directed by Neil Bell
The program can be found here: https://vimeo.com/668581509 — password: TRS2021
Both screenings will allow the audience to participate and engage in real time through Qr codes, collectively encouraging involvement, and ultimately translating into action and positive impact for refugees. There is also the option to attend the virtual screenings aired simultaneously. Please visit marchedufilm.online for more information
“In our long-standing partnership with Iefta, Unhcr is excited to pilot this program with our Innovation team, to see how we can translate reaction into meaningful action. Storytelling has always proven to be a powerful medium to shifts hearts and minds, and we are keen to learn how to harness this immediate emotional response in real time and direct it towards positive change.” — Anadil Hossain, Unhcr Principal Communications Advisor
For the fourth year, Iefta will sponsor a cash award of 10,000€ given to one of the 32 docs-in-progress from eight presenting partners participating in the Marché’s Docs-in-Progress Showcases at the Cannes Docs program headed by Pierre-Alexis Chevit, Head of Cannes Docs.
We at Cannes Docs — Marché du Film are truly grateful for our ongoing partnership with Iefta, this year for the 7th in a row. One could point out that not only has our collaboration carried on during the pandemic, but it’s actually been expanding up to this back to May, onsite edition! This year, the collaboration comprises 2 presentations of the 5thedition of Refugee Voices in Film, the €10,000 cash Iefta Award for one of the competing docs-in-progress, not forgetting an Iefta-hosted Happy Hour on May 21st, for the sheer pleasure of networking! We’re very happy to be rolling out all of this together once again this year, and looking forward to many more years of cooperation.
Each year, Cannes Docs partners with a number of festivals and organizations from all over the world to showcase curated selections of docs-in-progress in finalization stage, aiming to hit the circuit within a few weeks or months. These showcases of docs-in-progress are primarily designed for decision makers looking for fresh new titles, in particular festival programmers and sales agents. The projects are also generally in search of post-production funding or general gap financing, and sometimes still open to co-production opportunities. All the showcases are composed of four projects, each presented in the form of a pitch and a 10-minute excerpt of the rough cut.
This year the Docs-in-Progress Showcases at the Cannes Docs come from: New Zealand, Canada, Ukraine, Scandinavia, Japan, Chile, and the Circle Women Doc Accelerator
And, lastly, in conjunction with the Arab Cinema Centre, and Mad Solutions (Egypt), Iefta will be co-hosting a cocktail reception at the Carlton Beach Club to celebrate the work of Unhcr. This event is being held in conjunction with the The Critics Awards for Arab Films Ceremony, an initiative created by the Arab Cinema Center (Acc), that brings together the finest film critics from all over the world to select the best Arab films every year. “Iefta is one of the key supporters of Arab Cinema and we are proud that they are part of this year’s ceremony of the 6th edition of The Critics Awards for Arab Films,” stated Alaa Karkouti, and Maher Diab co-founders of Mad Solutions & Arab Cinema Center.
“We are honored to collaborate again this year with the Un refugee agency and the Marché Du FIlm’s Cannes Docs on multiple screenings highlighting the plight of refugees. Now more than ever, this program needs to be seen, discussed, shared and brought up in discussions beyond the people it directly impacts,” states Iefta President Marco Orsini. “This year is especially rewarding from Iefta’s perspective, from our continued relationship with the Acc and Mad Solutions, to see several of our alumni engaging the film world independently at this year’s festival. They represent the Horn of Africa and the Mena Region in documentary and narrative feature projects. We wish them luck and we hope you take the time to consider their work.”...
- 5/18/2022
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
The Intl. Emerging Film Talent Assn. (Iefta) returns to the Cannes Festival for the 12th year with film programs, panels, awards and cocktail receptions.
Iefta, with the U.N. Refugee Agency and its Telling the Real Story program, will present the fifth edition of Refugee Voices in Film beginning at noon on May 21 and May 22, both at Palais 1.
For the fourth year, Iefta also will sponsor a cash award of 10,536 to one of the 32 docs-in-progress from eight presenting partners participating in the Marché’s Docs-in-Progress Showcases at the May 24 Cannes Docs program headed by Pierre-Alexis Chevit.
Third, Iefta, in conjunction with Arab Cinema Centre and Mad Solutions, will present the Critics Awards for Arab Films ceremony, including a special honor to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (Unhcr) at the Carlton Beach.
The annual Refugee Voices in Film honors filmmakers — many of whom are refugees themselves — who document people enduring irregular migration,...
Iefta, with the U.N. Refugee Agency and its Telling the Real Story program, will present the fifth edition of Refugee Voices in Film beginning at noon on May 21 and May 22, both at Palais 1.
For the fourth year, Iefta also will sponsor a cash award of 10,536 to one of the 32 docs-in-progress from eight presenting partners participating in the Marché’s Docs-in-Progress Showcases at the May 24 Cannes Docs program headed by Pierre-Alexis Chevit.
Third, Iefta, in conjunction with Arab Cinema Centre and Mad Solutions, will present the Critics Awards for Arab Films ceremony, including a special honor to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (Unhcr) at the Carlton Beach.
The annual Refugee Voices in Film honors filmmakers — many of whom are refugees themselves — who document people enduring irregular migration,...
- 5/10/2022
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Neil Bell, Pearce Quigley, David Moorst, Rachel Finnegan, Tom Meredith, Simona Bitmate, Robert Wilfort, Karl Johnson, Sam Troughton, Roger Sloman, Kenneth Hadley, Tom Edward-Kane | Written and Directed by Mike Leigh
Peterloo is the latest film directed by British auteur Mike Leigh and is his second-period piece in the last five years, after his critically acclaimed epic Mr Turner, released in 2014. Premiering on what will be the 200th anniversary of the relatively unknown British tragedy of the same name, occurring in the year of 1819 in Manchester. It is a rather timely release considering only 200 years later the British people are once again in a traumatising political disposition considering the deliberating reasoning of Brexit, although I’m sure this is no coincidence on Leigh’s part. Peterloo covers the days and ultimately the harrowing event itself with a massive British ensemble with pretty much every single UK...
Peterloo is the latest film directed by British auteur Mike Leigh and is his second-period piece in the last five years, after his critically acclaimed epic Mr Turner, released in 2014. Premiering on what will be the 200th anniversary of the relatively unknown British tragedy of the same name, occurring in the year of 1819 in Manchester. It is a rather timely release considering only 200 years later the British people are once again in a traumatising political disposition considering the deliberating reasoning of Brexit, although I’m sure this is no coincidence on Leigh’s part. Peterloo covers the days and ultimately the harrowing event itself with a massive British ensemble with pretty much every single UK...
- 5/8/2019
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
Update, Oct. 2: Amazon Studios is now moving Mike Leigh’s Peterloo out of the fall frame after the British historical epic played the fall film festival triad of Venice, Telluride and Tiff. The new date is April 5 next year. Variety‘s Guy Lodge calls the film “a stately, explicitly rhetorical paean to the people – setting the past in stone while also lashing out at a present-day political order” with New York magazine giving a shout out to the pic’s visceral finale.
Amazon’s upcoming awards season focus will be Suspiria (Oct. 26), Beautiful Boy (Oct. 12) and Poland’s foreign film Oscar entry Cold War from director Pawel Pawlikowski (Dec. 21).
Previous, July 2: Amazon Studios has designated November 9 as the official release date for Mike Leigh’s Peterloo. Among the pic’s major-studio limited competition is Sony’s Gary Hart pic The Front Runner.
Previous, April 26: Amazon Studios marketing...
Amazon’s upcoming awards season focus will be Suspiria (Oct. 26), Beautiful Boy (Oct. 12) and Poland’s foreign film Oscar entry Cold War from director Pawel Pawlikowski (Dec. 21).
Previous, July 2: Amazon Studios has designated November 9 as the official release date for Mike Leigh’s Peterloo. Among the pic’s major-studio limited competition is Sony’s Gary Hart pic The Front Runner.
Previous, April 26: Amazon Studios marketing...
- 10/2/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
UK premiere of Mike Leigh project to be held in Manchester.
The BFI London Film Festival has announced its first ever premiere outside of London.
The festival will hold the UK premiere of Mike leigh’s Peterloo at Home in Manchester on Wednesday 17 October.
It will feature a Q&A and be simulcast to cinemas around the UK, with Leigh and members of the cast set to attend. It will also screen in London on Friday 19 October.
The film tells the story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester was brutally supressed by the British army.
The BFI London Film Festival has announced its first ever premiere outside of London.
The festival will hold the UK premiere of Mike leigh’s Peterloo at Home in Manchester on Wednesday 17 October.
It will feature a Q&A and be simulcast to cinemas around the UK, with Leigh and members of the cast set to attend. It will also screen in London on Friday 19 October.
The film tells the story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester was brutally supressed by the British army.
- 8/16/2018
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
The BFI London Film Festival (Oct 10 -21) has set its first premiere outside the UK capital with a Manchester screening of Mike Leigh’s Peterloo on October 17.
The screening, attended by writer-director Leigh and cast, will take place at the city’s Home venue and will be followed by a London screening two days later.
The Film4, BFI and Amazon-backed pic tells the story of the Peterloo massacre, which took place 199 years ago today. The notorious episode saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reform and protest against rising levels of poverty.
Starring are Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Neil Bell, Philip Jackson, Vincent Franklin, Karl Johnson and Tim McInnerny. Pic reunites Leigh with his regular team of Dick Pope (cinematography), Suzie Davies (production design), Jacqueline Durran (costumes), Christine Blundell (hair and make-up), Jon Gregory (editing) and Gary Yershon (music). Georgina Lowe...
The screening, attended by writer-director Leigh and cast, will take place at the city’s Home venue and will be followed by a London screening two days later.
The Film4, BFI and Amazon-backed pic tells the story of the Peterloo massacre, which took place 199 years ago today. The notorious episode saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reform and protest against rising levels of poverty.
Starring are Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Neil Bell, Philip Jackson, Vincent Franklin, Karl Johnson and Tim McInnerny. Pic reunites Leigh with his regular team of Dick Pope (cinematography), Suzie Davies (production design), Jacqueline Durran (costumes), Christine Blundell (hair and make-up), Jon Gregory (editing) and Gary Yershon (music). Georgina Lowe...
- 8/16/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Mike Leigh’s “Peterloo” is set to have its U.K. premiere as part of the BFI London Film Festival, but in an unusual move, the Oct. 17 gala screening will take place in the city of Manchester, where the film’s events take place, rather than in London. It will be the first time one of the festival’s premieres has taken place outside the British capital.
Leigh said he was “truly delighted” about the decision to screen the film in Manchester, in northern England, where the film’s events take place. The announcement Thursday fell on the 199th anniversary of the Peterloo massacre depicted in the movie.
“It’s always an honor to be included in the glorious London Film Festival, but how inspired and generous of the festival to screen ‘Peterloo’ in Manchester, where it all happened,” said Leigh.
Written and directed by Leigh, the film depicts the events surrounding the Aug.
Leigh said he was “truly delighted” about the decision to screen the film in Manchester, in northern England, where the film’s events take place. The announcement Thursday fell on the 199th anniversary of the Peterloo massacre depicted in the movie.
“It’s always an honor to be included in the glorious London Film Festival, but how inspired and generous of the festival to screen ‘Peterloo’ in Manchester, where it all happened,” said Leigh.
Written and directed by Leigh, the film depicts the events surrounding the Aug.
- 8/16/2018
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
The first trailer for Mike Leigh’s journey into the bloody 19th-century history of the British massacre, Peterloo, has dropped.
The film brings to life the less talked about tragedy of 1819 where British forces charged on a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester, England, which results in the massacre.
Written and directed by Mike Leigh, the cast includes Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Neil Bell, Philip Jackson, Vincent Franklin, Karl Johnson, Tim McInnerny.
‘There has never been a feature film about the Peterloo Massacre,’ says Leigh. ‘The universal significance of this historic event becomes ever more relevant in our own turbulent times.‘
Also in trailers – New trailer for James Cameron’s manga adaptation Alita: Battle Angel arrives
The film is released in cinemas November 2.
Peterloo Official Synopsis
An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s...
The film brings to life the less talked about tragedy of 1819 where British forces charged on a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester, England, which results in the massacre.
Written and directed by Mike Leigh, the cast includes Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Neil Bell, Philip Jackson, Vincent Franklin, Karl Johnson, Tim McInnerny.
‘There has never been a feature film about the Peterloo Massacre,’ says Leigh. ‘The universal significance of this historic event becomes ever more relevant in our own turbulent times.‘
Also in trailers – New trailer for James Cameron’s manga adaptation Alita: Battle Angel arrives
The film is released in cinemas November 2.
Peterloo Official Synopsis
An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s...
- 7/24/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Credit: Simon Mein / Courtesy of Amazon Studios
Watch the teaser for the film below for Mike Leigh’s Peterloo.
Starring Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Neil Bell, Philip Jackson, Vincent Franklin, Karl Johnson, Tim McInnerny, Amazon Studios will release Peterloo in theaters November 9, 2018.
Internationally acclaimed and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mike Leigh portrays one of the bloodiest episodes in British history, the infamous Peterloo Massacre of 1819, where government-backed cavalry charged into a peaceful crowd of 80,000 that gathered in Manchester, England to demand democratic reform.
Leigh’s career has been nothing short of brilliant. His films include Secrets & Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy (1999), Vera Drake (2004), (Happy-Go-Lucky 2008) and the biopic Mr. Turner (2014).
Leigh has won several prizes at major European film festivals. Most notably he won the Best Director award at Cannes for Naked in 1993 and the Palme d’Or in 1996 for Secrets & Lies. He won the Leone d’Oro for the best film at the...
Watch the teaser for the film below for Mike Leigh’s Peterloo.
Starring Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Neil Bell, Philip Jackson, Vincent Franklin, Karl Johnson, Tim McInnerny, Amazon Studios will release Peterloo in theaters November 9, 2018.
Internationally acclaimed and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mike Leigh portrays one of the bloodiest episodes in British history, the infamous Peterloo Massacre of 1819, where government-backed cavalry charged into a peaceful crowd of 80,000 that gathered in Manchester, England to demand democratic reform.
Leigh’s career has been nothing short of brilliant. His films include Secrets & Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy (1999), Vera Drake (2004), (Happy-Go-Lucky 2008) and the biopic Mr. Turner (2014).
Leigh has won several prizes at major European film festivals. Most notably he won the Best Director award at Cannes for Naked in 1993 and the Palme d’Or in 1996 for Secrets & Lies. He won the Leone d’Oro for the best film at the...
- 7/24/2018
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Four years after earning critical acclaim and four Oscar nominations with “Mr. Turner,” Mike Leigh is returning to the historical period drama with “Peterloo.” Amazon Studios has debuted the first trailer for Leigh’s historical epic, starring Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, and Neil Bell, and the footage makes it clear Leigh has crafted one of his most ambitious films to date.
“Peterloo” recounts the infamous Peterloo Massacre of 1819. The event was one of the bloodiest episodes in British history after government-backed cavalry charged into a peaceful crowd of 80,000 that gathered in Manchester, England to demand democratic reform.
While Leigh is well known for his intimate character dramas, he has also had great critical success with historical period pieces. Films such as “Topsy-Turvy” and “Mr. Turner” have been favorites with critics and multiple Oscar nominees. “Peterloo” finds Leigh reuniting with his “Mr. Turner” cinematographer Dick Pope.
Amazon Studios will open “Peterloo...
“Peterloo” recounts the infamous Peterloo Massacre of 1819. The event was one of the bloodiest episodes in British history after government-backed cavalry charged into a peaceful crowd of 80,000 that gathered in Manchester, England to demand democratic reform.
While Leigh is well known for his intimate character dramas, he has also had great critical success with historical period pieces. Films such as “Topsy-Turvy” and “Mr. Turner” have been favorites with critics and multiple Oscar nominees. “Peterloo” finds Leigh reuniting with his “Mr. Turner” cinematographer Dick Pope.
Amazon Studios will open “Peterloo...
- 7/24/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Film noir adaptation of Soviet author Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky’s fantasy short stars Brit Edward Franklin (Dr. Thorne, Brain Hack) and features cameos from an international ensemble cast including Jeff Fahey (Lost, Miami Vice, Lawnmower Man), Branko Tomovic (Fury, 24: Live Another Day), Neil Bell (Dead Man’s Shoes) and Olga Fedori (Holby City, Wolfman). The darkly humorous story follows Sutulin, a law-abiding resident of a cramped communal flat, as he experiments with a room-enlarging miracle substance, Quadraturin – with unexpected results. “We are incredibly proud and excited for Quadraturin to receive its world premiere at this prestigious A-list event. We can’t wait to share it with audiences in Finland and beyond” says London-based Finnish director Laura Hypponen. Producer Patrick Hart of Ain’t Transcending Enterprises says: “After reading Krzhizhanovsky’s...
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- 2/1/2018
- Screen Anarchy
A first Trailer just dropped for Laura Hypponen's "Quadraturin" starring Jeff Fahey (Lost, Miami Vice, Machete), Branko Tomovic (24: Live Another Day, Fury, Red), Olga Fedori (Wolfman, Skins, Holby City), Neil Bell (Dead Man’s Shoes, Peaky Blinders) and Edward Franklin (Doctor Thorne). It's a darkly comical fantasy film inspired by the Soviet author Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky's long-banned short story from 1926 and tells the story of Sutulin, a young ordinary man living in a tiny room in a communal Soviet apartment, who is visited by a mysterious stranger offering him an opportunity to try out 'Quadraturin' - a miracle product that promises to enlarge interior spaces. Sutulin takes up the offer - with surprising consequences... Watch the trailer below! Quadraturin has just picked up a distribution...
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- 10/12/2017
- Screen Anarchy
We recently sat down with the exciting and award winning director Laura Hypponen, who is currently shooting "Quadraturin" starring Jeff Fahey (Lost, Miami Vice, Machete), Branko Tomovic (24: Live Another Day, Fury, Red), Olga Fedori (Wolfman, Skins, Holby City), Neil Bell (Dead Man’s Shoes, Peaky Blinders) and Edward Franklin (Doctor Thorne). It's a darkly comical fantasy film inspired by the Soviet author Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky's long-banned short story from 1926 and tells the story of Sutulin, a young ordinary man living in a tiny room in a communal Soviet apartment, who is visited by a mysterious stranger offering him an opportunity to try out 'Quadraturin' - a miracle product that promises to enlarge interior spaces. Sutulin takes up the offer - with surprising consequences... Can you tell...
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- 11/8/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Mem Ferda as DusanThe Crew is an action thriller, which was released in North America late in 2009, based on the novel "Outlaws" by author Kevin Sampson. The film reveals the seedy Liverpool underworld and the criminals who inhabit it. The Crew stars Stephen Graham ("London Boulevard"), Scot Williams (Dead Man Running), Mem Ferda (Legacy) and Rory McCann. Now that the film has been released and distributed, actor and villain Ferda is able to talk about his role as Dusan in this production. From Film File a German online magazine, Ferda states that becoming the antagonist in a thriller is actually very easy: "playing villains is fun. It can be a form of therapy for the innate evil that is within us all."
Empire magazine has described the film as "an intense thriller," and from Ferda he describes his character as "a guy with serious issues" (Film File). Criticized for its...
Empire magazine has described the film as "an intense thriller," and from Ferda he describes his character as "a guy with serious issues" (Film File). Criticized for its...
- 9/9/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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