All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 80
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The Works takes sales and UK rights to The Killing Of John Lennon
The Works International has taken on international sales rights to Andrew Piddington's The Killing Of John Lennon. Sister company The Works UK Distribution has taken UK rights to the film. Jonas Ball stars as Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's killer. The feature was shot during a three-year period on location ...
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EFP's sales programme backs 11 at Sundance
European Film Promotion's Film Sales Support programme has backed the promotion of 11 European films at this year's Sundance Film Festival. The 10 European sales agents and production companies are given grants up to $6,470 (Euros 5,000) to promote European films to buyers. After Switzerland recently joined the EFP-backing MEDIA ...
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Rotterdam to host 44 world premieres
The International Film Festival Rotterdam, which kicks off its 36th year on Jan 24, has announced that this year's programme includes 44 world premieres, 23 international premieres and 30 European premieres. The full programme will be unveiled Jan 18, but world premieres already confirmed include Ragnar Bragason's Children follow-up Parents ...
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UK production spend up almost 50% for 2006
Film production spending in the UK rose 48% in 2006 to $1.6bn (£840.1m), according to new figures from the UK Film Council. In 2005, $1.1bn (£568.5) was spent on UK production. That marks the second highest year on record, still far off 2003's $2.1bn (£1.1bn), when productions included Troy, Bridget ...
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111 and Envisionext partner for new download platform
UK production and sales company 111 Pictures has partnered with US-based Envisionext to launch a new film download service. The sites company will offer feature films, TV programmes and other content worldwide. 111Pix.com will launch Monday as a business-to-business service for content creators, sales companies and producers to share content. ...
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High Point's new Irish arm kicks off with Tom Collins feature
Film and TV sales and production company High Point Films will expand with a new Irish division, High Point Ireland, and a new London headquarters. High Point Ireland will offer co-production services as well as consolidating existing trans-continental relationships. The recently formed production arm, High Point Productions, has brough Irish ...
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Horror project Outpost starts shoot in Scotland
Director Steve Barker has started principal photography on his debut feature, Outpost. The action horror film is set in war-torn Eastern Europe The film, written by Rae Brunton, is set in an unnamed Eastern European country, where battle-worn mercenaries are hired by a mysterious businessmen for his own special mission. ...
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Screen Yorkshire staff expands by four
UK regional screen agency Screen Yorkshire has appointed new staffers. Neil Preston has joined as finance director, Tony Parker as head of industry development, Andrew Craske as head of communications and Joan Whale as project monitoring manager. This follows the news in May 2006 that the agency received a record ...
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Rainmaker signs Clark Johnson for $25m Chinese Wall
Producers Georgina Townsley and Paul Goldin of the UK 's Rainmaker Films have signed director Clark Johnson to their legal/political thriller Chinese Wall. The budget is about $25m and the project will shoot in the second half of 2007. The film is set in the US and Africa. Casting will ...
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Norma Heyman: fighting spirit
Producer Norma Heyman recounts with a laugh how she first walked into Shepperton Studios as a producer in 1982, and was mistakenly asked to make tea.'I was greeted as if I carried bird flu or it was ET descending onto the set,' she remembers. The statistics about women in the ...
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Stephen Frears to lead Cannes jury in 60th year
The Festival de Cannes has tapped director Stephen Frears as its jury president for the 60th edition, which runs May 16-27. Fears has directed films including The Queen, My Beautiful Laundrette, The Grifters, High Fidelity, Dirty Pretty Things and 1987 Cannes competitor Prick Up Your Ears. 'Of course, it's an ...
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Fortissimo on board for Annie Leibovitz documentary
Fortissimo Films has taken all rights outside North America for Annie Leibovitz: Life Through A Lens, directed by the photographer's sister Barbara Leibovitz. The documentary feature follows Annie Leibovitz's career for more than 30 years. Interviews in the film include Mikhail Baryshnikov, Tina Brown, Graydon Carter, Rosanne Cash, Hillary Rodham ...
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Glasgow Festival to open with UK premiere of Cashback
The third Glasgow Film Festival will screen more than 90 films during its run Feb 15-25 at six local venues. The festival will open with the UK premiere of Sean Ellis' debut feature Cashback, a romantic comedy starring Sean Biggerstaff with Emilia Fox and Jared Harris. Closing the festival will ...
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Thykier to leave Freud's to produce with Matthew Vaughn
Kris Thykier will leave Freud Communications at the end of February to john Matthew Vaughn as a partner in production company MARV. Thykier, who had been Freud's vice chairman, will now be a full-time producer. He will continue to serve as a non-executive director of Freud's and will oversee the ...
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EFP selects 25 actors for 10th Shooting Stars in Berlin
European Film Promotion has announced the 25 young European actors who will be part of the 10th Shooting Stars programme. The programme, backed by the EU's MEDIA Programme, kicks off during next month's Berlinale. The selected actors will hold a press conference, meet with international media, interview with casting directors ...
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Davis and Kelliher depart Beyond for new UK sales company
London-based production company Head Gear Films has launched a new international sales company, Bankside Films. The company has been co-founded with Hilary Davis and Stephen Kelliher, who previously headed rival sales outfit Beyond Films. Davis will be co-managing director and Kelliher will serve as director of sales & marketing. Antonio ...
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UK to launch regional cinema critics awards
Regional journalists will vote on a new series of awards, The UK Regional Critics' Film Awards, which will launch at Cinema Days, a distributors preview trade event for regional media held Jan 25-28. Regional journalists including critics, writers and editors (staff or freelance) will be allowed to vote for their ...
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Tartan Video taps Bradfield as head of marketing
Tartan Video has appointed Mylene Bradfield as its new head of marketing. Bradfield has served as marketing manager for both Momentum Pictures and Channel 4 DVD. She joined Tartan in June 2006 working on launches of boxsets including the Vengeance Trilogy and the 30-disc Ingmar Bergman Collection. Tartan Video's forthcoming ...
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Eva Green and Emily Blunt among Orange Rising Star nominees
The BAFTAs have announced the nominees for the second-annual Orange Rising Star Award.
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Nigel Cole to direct Eloise for HandMade
Calendar Girls director Nigel Cole has signed on to direct HandMade Films' planned feature Eloise In Paris. The Eloise In Paris feature is based on the book of the same name, adapted by Janet Brownell and Erin Joslyn. The live-action feature will shoot in 2007 on location in Paris, New ...