UK director Lucy Cohen’s narrative feature debut Edge Of Summer has been picked up for world sales by boutique UK-France sales outfit Alief, ahead of its world premiere at next month’s Glasgow Film Festival.
The film is about an 11 year-old girl who befriends a mysterious local boy while on holiday with her mother in Cornwall.
Flora Hylton and Joel Sefton-Iongi make their acting debuts alongside Josie Walker, Steffan Rhodri, Nichola Burley and Edward Rowe.
The drama was developed and produced by Julia Nottingham and Ariadne Kotsaki of UK outfit Dorothy St Pictures, and marks the company’s first foray into scripted content.
The film is about an 11 year-old girl who befriends a mysterious local boy while on holiday with her mother in Cornwall.
Flora Hylton and Joel Sefton-Iongi make their acting debuts alongside Josie Walker, Steffan Rhodri, Nichola Burley and Edward Rowe.
The drama was developed and produced by Julia Nottingham and Ariadne Kotsaki of UK outfit Dorothy St Pictures, and marks the company’s first foray into scripted content.
- 2/9/2024
- ScreenDaily
Gwen made its world premiere in the Discovery section at Toronto in 2018.
Bulldog Film Distribution has picked up all UK rights to William McGregor’s debut feature Gwen from Great Point Media.
The film made its world premiere in the Discovery section of the Toronto International Film Festival last year. It is about a young girl struggling to hold her family together in 19th century Snowdonia in Wales.
Screen Star of Tomorrow 2016 Eleanor Worthington-Cox stars with Maxine Peake, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Richard Harrington, Mark Lewis Jones and Jodie Innes.
McGregor has previously directed for TV series including Misfits and Poldark. He...
Bulldog Film Distribution has picked up all UK rights to William McGregor’s debut feature Gwen from Great Point Media.
The film made its world premiere in the Discovery section of the Toronto International Film Festival last year. It is about a young girl struggling to hold her family together in 19th century Snowdonia in Wales.
Screen Star of Tomorrow 2016 Eleanor Worthington-Cox stars with Maxine Peake, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Richard Harrington, Mark Lewis Jones and Jodie Innes.
McGregor has previously directed for TV series including Misfits and Poldark. He...
- 3/20/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Here’s first footage of Maxine Peake (Peterloo) and Tiff Rising Star Eleanor Worthington-Cox (Maleficent) in Toronto-bound gothic drama Gwen.
Set in 19th Century Wales, Britannia actress Worthington-Cox plays a young girl trying to keep her family together in the face of her mother’s mysterious illness, her father’s absence and a ruthless mining company encroaching on their land.
UK writer-director William McGregor’s (Poldark) feature debut will play in Toronto’s Discovery section. Also starring are Richard Harrington(Hinterland), Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (The Commuter), Mark Lewis Jones (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) and newcomer Jodie Innes.
Pic was developed by the BFI and Endor Productions with Hilary Bevan Jones (Deep State) and Tom Nash (Deep State) as lead producers. The BFI’s Lizzie Francke, Paul Grindey and Charles Moore of Viewfinder Films, Fergus Haycock of Great Point Media and Adam Partridge of Ffilm Cymru Wales are executive producers.
Set in 19th Century Wales, Britannia actress Worthington-Cox plays a young girl trying to keep her family together in the face of her mother’s mysterious illness, her father’s absence and a ruthless mining company encroaching on their land.
UK writer-director William McGregor’s (Poldark) feature debut will play in Toronto’s Discovery section. Also starring are Richard Harrington(Hinterland), Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (The Commuter), Mark Lewis Jones (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) and newcomer Jodie Innes.
Pic was developed by the BFI and Endor Productions with Hilary Bevan Jones (Deep State) and Tom Nash (Deep State) as lead producers. The BFI’s Lizzie Francke, Paul Grindey and Charles Moore of Viewfinder Films, Fergus Haycock of Great Point Media and Adam Partridge of Ffilm Cymru Wales are executive producers.
- 8/23/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Maxine Peake also stars in 19th century drama
Screen can unveil a first look at William McGregor’s debut feature Gwen, which was taken to Cannes this year as part of the BFI, BBC Films, Film4 and British Council’s showcase Great 8.
The event, which took place last week, presented eight upcoming UK indie titles to a select group of Cannes buyers. The other titles were: Beats, Eternal Beauty, Ilkley, Only You, Tell It To The Bees, We Don’t Talk About Love, and White Riot. According to an attendee, Gwen was one of the best-received presentations.
The film stars...
Screen can unveil a first look at William McGregor’s debut feature Gwen, which was taken to Cannes this year as part of the BFI, BBC Films, Film4 and British Council’s showcase Great 8.
The event, which took place last week, presented eight upcoming UK indie titles to a select group of Cannes buyers. The other titles were: Beats, Eternal Beauty, Ilkley, Only You, Tell It To The Bees, We Don’t Talk About Love, and White Riot. According to an attendee, Gwen was one of the best-received presentations.
The film stars...
- 5/17/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Great Point Media has boarded international sales on the latest feature from Deep State and State Of Play (TV) producer Endor Productions, I can reveal. Bafta-nominated actress Maxine Peake (Funny Cow, The Falling) stars in the BFI-backed Gothic mystery alongside Britannia actress Eleanor Worthington-Cox, the youngest recipient of the best actress Laurence Olivier award for her role of the theatre production of Matilda, and newcomer Jodie Innes.
Buzzed-about UK director-writer William McGregor’s under-the-radar first feature, which currently has a working title of The Dark Outside, follows a young girl who desperately tries to hold her family together in the face of a hostile local community, a rapacious slate mine nearing their land and a growing darkness that has begun to haunt her home life.
Shot on location in Snowdonia, Wales, supporting cast on the movie includes Richard Harrington (Hinterland), Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (The Commuter) and Mark Lewis Jones...
Buzzed-about UK director-writer William McGregor’s under-the-radar first feature, which currently has a working title of The Dark Outside, follows a young girl who desperately tries to hold her family together in the face of a hostile local community, a rapacious slate mine nearing their land and a growing darkness that has begun to haunt her home life.
Shot on location in Snowdonia, Wales, supporting cast on the movie includes Richard Harrington (Hinterland), Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (The Commuter) and Mark Lewis Jones...
- 4/5/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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