‘The Voice’ will enable directors to create a proof-of-concept.
New projects by Vivarium director Lorcan Finnegan and Maudie filmmaker Aisling Walsh are among 27 chosen for the inaugural edition of The Voice, Screen Ireland’s development scheme for emerging and established directors.
Each director is eligible for up to €30,000 in funding across a maximum of two projects.
Finnegan has received funding for his TV drama Strange Coast. His second feature Vivarium debuted at Cannes 2019 in Critics’ Week, winning a distribution prize.
Walsh is receiving support for her as-yet-untitled feature film project about US photojournalist Dorothea Lange. The director’s fourth feature Maudie,...
New projects by Vivarium director Lorcan Finnegan and Maudie filmmaker Aisling Walsh are among 27 chosen for the inaugural edition of The Voice, Screen Ireland’s development scheme for emerging and established directors.
Each director is eligible for up to €30,000 in funding across a maximum of two projects.
Finnegan has received funding for his TV drama Strange Coast. His second feature Vivarium debuted at Cannes 2019 in Critics’ Week, winning a distribution prize.
Walsh is receiving support for her as-yet-untitled feature film project about US photojournalist Dorothea Lange. The director’s fourth feature Maudie,...
- 9/1/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Best film nominees separated into 2019 and 2020 categories.
Tom Sullivan’s Great Famine drama Arracht and Paddy Breathnach’s homelessness story Rosie lead the film nominations at the 2020 Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) awards.
Arracht picked up 11 nominations from 15 feature film categories; with Rosie scoring nine.
Full IFTA 2020 nominations below
IFTA is finalising plans for a virtual 2020 awards ceremony in September; there will be no physical IFTA awards ceremony until April 2021. This year’s best film nominees have been split into two categories: five titles are nominated for best film 2019 and a further five have been nominated for best film...
Tom Sullivan’s Great Famine drama Arracht and Paddy Breathnach’s homelessness story Rosie lead the film nominations at the 2020 Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) awards.
Arracht picked up 11 nominations from 15 feature film categories; with Rosie scoring nine.
Full IFTA 2020 nominations below
IFTA is finalising plans for a virtual 2020 awards ceremony in September; there will be no physical IFTA awards ceremony until April 2021. This year’s best film nominees have been split into two categories: five titles are nominated for best film 2019 and a further five have been nominated for best film...
- 7/14/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Andrew Legge’s feature debut and Phillyda Lloyd’s ’Herself’ also receive production awards.
New projects from filmmakers Carmel Winters, Darren and Colin Thornton and Andrew Legge are among the projects being backed by Screen Ireland (formerly the Irish Film Board) in its latest round of funding decisions. The body has also awarded production funding this quarter to Phyllida Lloyd’s Herself, which is currently shooting in Dublin.
Winters, the winner of the Fipresci Prize for the Discovery Programme at Toronto for Float Like A Butterfly (pictured), is developing her next project Heron Island - a love story about a...
New projects from filmmakers Carmel Winters, Darren and Colin Thornton and Andrew Legge are among the projects being backed by Screen Ireland (formerly the Irish Film Board) in its latest round of funding decisions. The body has also awarded production funding this quarter to Phyllida Lloyd’s Herself, which is currently shooting in Dublin.
Winters, the winner of the Fipresci Prize for the Discovery Programme at Toronto for Float Like A Butterfly (pictured), is developing her next project Heron Island - a love story about a...
- 5/30/2019
- by Esther McCarthy
- ScreenDaily
New titles include ‘Connect’ starring Kevin Guthrie.
The Glasgow Film Festival has unveiled the full programme for its 15th edition which will run from February 20 until March 3.
The line-up features seven world premieres throughout the programme, including Scottish director Marilyn Edmonds’ debut feature Connect, which stars Kevin Guthrie as a young man in a small town attempting to deal with depression, and Bafta-winning director Matt Pinder’s feature documentary Harry Birrell: Films Of Love And War, exploring the archive of Scottish amateur filmmaker Birrell.
Two horror titles, Automata from Lawrie Brewster and Here Comes Hell from Jack McHenry, will have...
The Glasgow Film Festival has unveiled the full programme for its 15th edition which will run from February 20 until March 3.
The line-up features seven world premieres throughout the programme, including Scottish director Marilyn Edmonds’ debut feature Connect, which stars Kevin Guthrie as a young man in a small town attempting to deal with depression, and Bafta-winning director Matt Pinder’s feature documentary Harry Birrell: Films Of Love And War, exploring the archive of Scottish amateur filmmaker Birrell.
Two horror titles, Automata from Lawrie Brewster and Here Comes Hell from Jack McHenry, will have...
- 1/23/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
"Let her fight. Let her do what she's born to do."
I’ve got a trailer here for a great looking Irish boxing film called Float Like a Butterfly. The movie comes from the producers who previously brought us the wonderful films Once and Sing Street.
The story for the film revolves around a 15-year-old girl from Ireland who dreams of becoming a champion boxer. As you might expect she faces some obstacles on her journey but she finds the strength and courage to fulfill her destiny.
Here’s the synopsis:
Float Like a Butterfly is a powerful and timely story of a girl's fight for freedom and belonging. In a gender-reversal of classic film Billy Elliot, 15-year-old Frances has to fight for the right to fight back. Raised in roadside camps in rural Ireland, Frances wants to champion her people inside the boxing ring and out, like her idol Muhammad Ali.
I’ve got a trailer here for a great looking Irish boxing film called Float Like a Butterfly. The movie comes from the producers who previously brought us the wonderful films Once and Sing Street.
The story for the film revolves around a 15-year-old girl from Ireland who dreams of becoming a champion boxer. As you might expect she faces some obstacles on her journey but she finds the strength and courage to fulfill her destiny.
Here’s the synopsis:
Float Like a Butterfly is a powerful and timely story of a girl's fight for freedom and belonging. In a gender-reversal of classic film Billy Elliot, 15-year-old Frances has to fight for the right to fight back. Raised in roadside camps in rural Ireland, Frances wants to champion her people inside the boxing ring and out, like her idol Muhammad Ali.
- 12/19/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Exclusive: Here’s a nice first trailer for Irish boxing drama Float Like A Butterfly, which picked up the Fipresci Discovery Prize at the Toronto Film Festival.
The second film from writer-director Carmel Winters (Snap), Float was filmed on location in West Cork and follows 15-year-old Frances who has been raised in roadside camps in rural Ireland and wants to become a boxing champion like her idol Muhammad Ali. However, she must overcome cultural and familial hurdles to achieve her dreams.
The film, which is repped for world sales by WestEnd Films, also won the Audience Award in Cork where it had its Irish premiere in November. Starring are Hazel Doupe (Ripper Street), Dara Devaney (Camelot), Aidan O’Hare (The Wind That Shakes The Barley), Lalor Roddy (Hunger), Hilda Fay (The Cured), Packy Lee (Peaky Blinders) and newcomer Johnny Collins.
Producers are Martina Niland (Sing Street) for Port Pictures and...
The second film from writer-director Carmel Winters (Snap), Float was filmed on location in West Cork and follows 15-year-old Frances who has been raised in roadside camps in rural Ireland and wants to become a boxing champion like her idol Muhammad Ali. However, she must overcome cultural and familial hurdles to achieve her dreams.
The film, which is repped for world sales by WestEnd Films, also won the Audience Award in Cork where it had its Irish premiere in November. Starring are Hazel Doupe (Ripper Street), Dara Devaney (Camelot), Aidan O’Hare (The Wind That Shakes The Barley), Lalor Roddy (Hunger), Hilda Fay (The Cured), Packy Lee (Peaky Blinders) and newcomer Johnny Collins.
Producers are Martina Niland (Sing Street) for Port Pictures and...
- 12/17/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Christopher Smith directing 1930s-set genre film.
Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey) and Sean Harris (Mission: Impossible – Fallout) will lead the cast of director Christopher Smith’s horror The Banishing.
WestEnd Films is producing the project and handling sales at Afm. Principal photography will begin on November 5 in the UK.
Set in the 1930s, The Banishing tells the story of a young reverend and his wife (Jessica Brown Findlay) and daughter who move into a manor with a horrifying secret. When a vengeful spirit haunts the little girl and threatens to tear the family apart, the reverend is forced to confront his beliefs.
Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey) and Sean Harris (Mission: Impossible – Fallout) will lead the cast of director Christopher Smith’s horror The Banishing.
WestEnd Films is producing the project and handling sales at Afm. Principal photography will begin on November 5 in the UK.
Set in the 1930s, The Banishing tells the story of a young reverend and his wife (Jessica Brown Findlay) and daughter who move into a manor with a horrifying secret. When a vengeful spirit haunts the little girl and threatens to tear the family apart, the reverend is forced to confront his beliefs.
- 10/31/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Screen Ireland also received a funding boost in annual Irish budget speech.
The Irish government has committed to the extension of Section 481, Ireland’s primary tax incentive for film and TV, until at least December 2024.
The measure had been due to expire in 2020. It also announced the introduction of a ‘regional uplift’ of 5% to Section 481, to encourage local and international production across the regions of Ireland.
Further details of criteria for this scheme will be announced in the forthcoming Finance Bill.
In his annual budget speech, the Irish finance minister also confirmed a budget increase of €2m for Screen Ireland,...
The Irish government has committed to the extension of Section 481, Ireland’s primary tax incentive for film and TV, until at least December 2024.
The measure had been due to expire in 2020. It also announced the introduction of a ‘regional uplift’ of 5% to Section 481, to encourage local and international production across the regions of Ireland.
Further details of criteria for this scheme will be announced in the forthcoming Finance Bill.
In his annual budget speech, the Irish finance minister also confirmed a budget increase of €2m for Screen Ireland,...
- 10/10/2018
- by Esther McCarthy
- ScreenDaily
Screen Ireland also received a funding boost in annual Irish budget speech.
The Irish government has committed to the extension of Section 481, Ireland’s primary tax incentive for film and TV, until at least December 2024.
The measure had been due to expire in 2020. It also announced the introduction of a ‘regional uplift’ of 5% to Section 481, to encourage local and international production across the regions of Ireland.
Further details of criteria for this scheme will be announced in the forthcoming Finance Bill.
In his annual budget speech, the Irish finance minister also confirmed a budget increase of €2m for Screen Ireland,...
The Irish government has committed to the extension of Section 481, Ireland’s primary tax incentive for film and TV, until at least December 2024.
The measure had been due to expire in 2020. It also announced the introduction of a ‘regional uplift’ of 5% to Section 481, to encourage local and international production across the regions of Ireland.
Further details of criteria for this scheme will be announced in the forthcoming Finance Bill.
In his annual budget speech, the Irish finance minister also confirmed a budget increase of €2m for Screen Ireland,...
- 10/10/2018
- by Esther McCarthy
- ScreenDaily
Receiving some major acknowledgment in the form of the Fipresci Prize at Tiff (a Discovery Programme prize), Carmel Winters’ sophomore project comes eight years after she premiered Snap at the 2010 Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Set in 60’s countryside Ireland, Float like a Butterfly is an ode to the great heavyweight boxer who coined the phrase, and features the diminutive but nonetheless lioness heart of a young girl protagonist (Hazel Doupe plays Frances) who takes one of the chin because of her setting, sport and being of the gender who aren’t supposed to don boxing gloves.
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- 9/19/2018
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
India’s The Man Who Feels No Pain wins Midnight Madness award.
The period drama Green Book from Peter Farrelly has won the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) 2019 Grolsch People’s Choice Award and bolstered its awards season prospects given Tiff’s recent track record.
Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali star in the tale of an Italian-American bouncer who drives an African-American jazz pianist on a 1960s concert tour of the South. Participant Media produced and financed Green Book through its joint venture with Amblin/Dreamworks, and Universal will release the film in the Us on November 21.
The Tiff audience...
The period drama Green Book from Peter Farrelly has won the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) 2019 Grolsch People’s Choice Award and bolstered its awards season prospects given Tiff’s recent track record.
Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali star in the tale of an Italian-American bouncer who drives an African-American jazz pianist on a 1960s concert tour of the South. Participant Media produced and financed Green Book through its joint venture with Amblin/Dreamworks, and Universal will release the film in the Us on November 21.
The Tiff audience...
- 9/16/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Peter Farrelly’s “Green Book” has triumphed at Tiff, winning the coveted Grolsch People’s Choice Award over films like “A Star Is Born” and “If Beale Street Could Talk.” Often considered an Oscar bellwether — “La La Land,” “The King’s Speech,” and “12 Years a Slave” are all previous honorees — the prize helps awards season take shape a week after Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma” took home the Golden Lion from Venice.
Last year’s prize went to “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” which won Best Actress (Frances McDormand) and Best Supporting Actor (Sam Rockwell) and was nominated for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
It wasn’t the only People’s Choice Award, as Vasan Bala’s “The Man Who Feels No Pain” won in the Midnight Madness category and “Free Solo,” directed by E. Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin, took home the Documentary prize. Other honorees include Wi Ding Ho...
Last year’s prize went to “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” which won Best Actress (Frances McDormand) and Best Supporting Actor (Sam Rockwell) and was nominated for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
It wasn’t the only People’s Choice Award, as Vasan Bala’s “The Man Who Feels No Pain” won in the Midnight Madness category and “Free Solo,” directed by E. Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin, took home the Documentary prize. Other honorees include Wi Ding Ho...
- 9/16/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Toronto Film Festival’s audience prize positions Peter Farrelly’s “Green Book” in prime Oscar territory — five audience award winners have gone on to capture best picture, including “Slumdog Millionaire,” “12 Years a Slave,” “The King’s Speech,” “American Beauty” and “Chariots of Fire.” In 2016, the prize went to “La La Land,” while last year’s award went to “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” Both were nominated for best picture.
Peter Debruge wrote in his review of “Green Book” for Variety: “Featuring a pair of terrific performances by Viggo Mortensen as a goombah with a heart of gold and Mahershala Ali as multilingual composer-musician Don Shirley, the story may be unique, yet it goes pretty much exactly the way you might expect, with one huge twist: The credits read “Directed by Peter Farrelly” — which means this feel-good tour through American bigotry was made by one-half of the sibling duo responsible...
Peter Debruge wrote in his review of “Green Book” for Variety: “Featuring a pair of terrific performances by Viggo Mortensen as a goombah with a heart of gold and Mahershala Ali as multilingual composer-musician Don Shirley, the story may be unique, yet it goes pretty much exactly the way you might expect, with one huge twist: The credits read “Directed by Peter Farrelly” — which means this feel-good tour through American bigotry was made by one-half of the sibling duo responsible...
- 9/16/2018
- by Erin Nyren
- Variety Film + TV
Peter Farrelly’s “Green Book” has won the Grolsch People’s Choice Award at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, Tiff announced at an awards ceremony on Sunday.
The film, which tells the true story of an Italian-American nightclub bouncer (Viggo Mortensen) who serves as the chauffeur for a black pianist on a tour through the Deep South in the early 1960s, opened at the festival on Tuesday and was an instant hit with audiences and critics, although Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born” had been considered the likely winner of the People’s Choice Award.
Runners-up for the award were Barry Jenkins’ lyrical James Baldwin adaptation “If Beale Street Could Talk” and Alfonso Cuaron’s moving memory piece “Roma.”
Also Read: 'Green Book' Film Review: Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali Take a Perilous Road Trip Through the Deep South
In the past, Toronto audience members voted by...
The film, which tells the true story of an Italian-American nightclub bouncer (Viggo Mortensen) who serves as the chauffeur for a black pianist on a tour through the Deep South in the early 1960s, opened at the festival on Tuesday and was an instant hit with audiences and critics, although Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born” had been considered the likely winner of the People’s Choice Award.
Runners-up for the award were Barry Jenkins’ lyrical James Baldwin adaptation “If Beale Street Could Talk” and Alfonso Cuaron’s moving memory piece “Roma.”
Also Read: 'Green Book' Film Review: Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali Take a Perilous Road Trip Through the Deep South
In the past, Toronto audience members voted by...
- 9/16/2018
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
A lot can change in five to ten years and even more can unfortunately remain the same. When we first meet the Joyce family little Frances’ age has yet to hit double digits, her younger brother Patrick still clinging to their mom’s side. Their band of traveling Irish sing their folk songs and drink their stout, enjoying the freedom they live to protect — the same freedom outsiders love to destroy by lobbing racist and classist bigotry onto them as though they were savages. Michael Joyce (Dara Devaney) puts Frances on his shoulders to give the ol’ Muhammad Ali one-two while declaring her the greatest ever when a local Sergeant (Aidan O’Hare) arrives to cause trouble. The dust settles to show Michael leaving in chains, his wife tragically dead.
Writer/director Carmel Winters then fast-forwards the aforementioned span of time to show Frances (Hazel Doupe) has only grown stronger...
Writer/director Carmel Winters then fast-forwards the aforementioned span of time to show Frances (Hazel Doupe) has only grown stronger...
- 9/15/2018
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Check out the first footage of Irish writer-director Carmel Winters’ (Snap) Toronto-bound boxing drama Float Like A Butterfly.
WestEnd Films handles sales on the pic about Irish Traveller Francis who has to fight for the right to pursue her passion…boxing.
The film stars Hazel Doupe (Ripper Street), Dara Devaney (Camelot), Aidan O’Hare (The Wind that Shakes the Barley), Lalor Roddy (Hunger) and Hilda Fay. Producers are Martina Niland (Sing Street) and David Collins (A Dark Song). Cathleen Dore (Viva) is co-producer.
The feature is executive-produced by Lesley McKimm for The Irish Film Board, which financed the film in association with the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and RTÉ Television. Crew members include editor Julian Ulrichs (Sing Street) and DoP Michael Lavelle.
As revealed yesterday, the film will get its world premiere in the festival’s Discovery Strand.
WestEnd Films handles sales on the pic about Irish Traveller Francis who has to fight for the right to pursue her passion…boxing.
The film stars Hazel Doupe (Ripper Street), Dara Devaney (Camelot), Aidan O’Hare (The Wind that Shakes the Barley), Lalor Roddy (Hunger) and Hilda Fay. Producers are Martina Niland (Sing Street) and David Collins (A Dark Song). Cathleen Dore (Viva) is co-producer.
The feature is executive-produced by Lesley McKimm for The Irish Film Board, which financed the film in association with the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and RTÉ Television. Crew members include editor Julian Ulrichs (Sing Street) and DoP Michael Lavelle.
As revealed yesterday, the film will get its world premiere in the festival’s Discovery Strand.
- 8/22/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The Toronto International Film Festival has added Brady Corbet’s drama “Vox Lux,” starring Natalie Portman and Jude Law, and Neil Jordan’s “Greta,” with Chloe Grace Moretz and Isabelle Huppert.
The festival also announced Tuesday a total of 46 titles in its Discovery program, which is devoted to up-and-coming filmmakers. The festival will screen 255 features and 88 shorts with 138 being world premieres, including “Greta.” The 43rd Toronto International Film Festival will begin on Sept. 6.
“Vox Lux” and “Greta” have been added to the Special Presentations program. “Vox Lux,” which will premiere at the Venice Film Festival, is a musical drama about a woman who achieves success after a tragic childhood. The film also stars Jennifer Ehle, Stacy Martin and Raffey Cassidy. “Greta” stars Moretz as a young woman in New York who befriends a widow, played by Huppert, who has sinister intentions.
The Discovery program includes Belgian director Lukas Dhont’s ‘Girl,...
The festival also announced Tuesday a total of 46 titles in its Discovery program, which is devoted to up-and-coming filmmakers. The festival will screen 255 features and 88 shorts with 138 being world premieres, including “Greta.” The 43rd Toronto International Film Festival will begin on Sept. 6.
“Vox Lux” and “Greta” have been added to the Special Presentations program. “Vox Lux,” which will premiere at the Venice Film Festival, is a musical drama about a woman who achieves success after a tragic childhood. The film also stars Jennifer Ehle, Stacy Martin and Raffey Cassidy. “Greta” stars Moretz as a young woman in New York who befriends a widow, played by Huppert, who has sinister intentions.
The Discovery program includes Belgian director Lukas Dhont’s ‘Girl,...
- 8/21/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 6-16) has added a world premiere screening of Neil Jordan’s Greta and the North American premiere of Natalie Portman-starrer Vox Lux to its Special Presentations program, which now numbers 24 films.
Jordan’s Greta tells the story of a young New York woman named Frances (Chloë Grace Moretz) who strikes up an unlikely friendship with an enigmatic widow named Greta (Isabelle Huppert). Co-written by Jordan and Ray Wright, pic also stars Colm Feore, Maika Monroe, and Stephen Rea.
In musical drama Vox Lux, Brady Corbet’s second feature as writer-director tracks its heroine’s path from childhood tragedy to a life of fame and fortune. Starring Natalie Portman and Jude Law, the film begins with teenage sisters Celeste (Raffey Cassidy) and Eleanor (Stacy Martin) who survive a violent incident that changes their lives.
Tiff has also revealed the 46 movies taking part in its Discovery lineup for emerging filmmakers.
Jordan’s Greta tells the story of a young New York woman named Frances (Chloë Grace Moretz) who strikes up an unlikely friendship with an enigmatic widow named Greta (Isabelle Huppert). Co-written by Jordan and Ray Wright, pic also stars Colm Feore, Maika Monroe, and Stephen Rea.
In musical drama Vox Lux, Brady Corbet’s second feature as writer-director tracks its heroine’s path from childhood tragedy to a life of fame and fortune. Starring Natalie Portman and Jude Law, the film begins with teenage sisters Celeste (Raffey Cassidy) and Eleanor (Stacy Martin) who survive a violent incident that changes their lives.
Tiff has also revealed the 46 movies taking part in its Discovery lineup for emerging filmmakers.
- 8/21/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Brady Corbet’s “Vox Lux,” with Natalie Portman and Jude Law, and Neil Jordan’s “Greta,” with Chloe Grace Moretz and Isabelle Huppert, are among almost 50 films that have been added to the lineup of the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, Tiff organizers announced on Tuesday.
The two films have been added to the Special Presentations program, with “Greta” having its world premiere at Tiff and “Vox Lux” its Canadian premiere.
“Greta” features Moretz as a young woman in New York who befriends a widow who turns out to have sinister intentions; “Vox Lux” is a musical drama that encompasses the life of a woman who achieves success after a tragic childhood.
Also Read: Natalie Portman Is an Aspiring Pop Star in First-Look at Brady Corbet's 'Vox Lux' (Photo)
Toronto also announced its Discovery program, which is devoted to up-and-coming filmmakers. The 46 films in the lineup come from 37 different countries,...
The two films have been added to the Special Presentations program, with “Greta” having its world premiere at Tiff and “Vox Lux” its Canadian premiere.
“Greta” features Moretz as a young woman in New York who befriends a widow who turns out to have sinister intentions; “Vox Lux” is a musical drama that encompasses the life of a woman who achieves success after a tragic childhood.
Also Read: Natalie Portman Is an Aspiring Pop Star in First-Look at Brady Corbet's 'Vox Lux' (Photo)
Toronto also announced its Discovery program, which is devoted to up-and-coming filmmakers. The 46 films in the lineup come from 37 different countries,...
- 8/21/2018
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Neil Jordan’s Greta, Brady Corbet’s Vox Lux added to Special Presentations.
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s 1980’s set skinhead drama Farming and Rosanne Pel’s Poland-set relationship drama Light As Feathers are among a Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) Discovery selection that comprises 48% of films directed by women.
Tiff chiefs have also added Neil Jordan’s Greta and Brady Corbet’s Vox Lux to Special Presentations, and announced the International Rising Stars, details of the fifth annual Festival Street, and Speaker Series participants. In addition, Mira Nair has joined the Platform jury.
This year’s festival will present 343 films in total,...
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s 1980’s set skinhead drama Farming and Rosanne Pel’s Poland-set relationship drama Light As Feathers are among a Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) Discovery selection that comprises 48% of films directed by women.
Tiff chiefs have also added Neil Jordan’s Greta and Brady Corbet’s Vox Lux to Special Presentations, and announced the International Rising Stars, details of the fifth annual Festival Street, and Speaker Series participants. In addition, Mira Nair has joined the Platform jury.
This year’s festival will present 343 films in total,...
- 8/21/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Other recipients include Virginia Woolf romance Vita & Virginia and new Hong Khaou, Carmel Winters films.
Lenny Abrahamson’s forthcoming adaptation of Sarah Waters’ acclaimed wartime ghost story The Little Stranger is among the films being supported by the Irish Film Board in its latest round of funding decisions.
Projects by Mary McGuckian, Carmel Winters and British/Cambodian filmmaker Hong Khaou are also among those given production funding support, as is a drama about Virgina Woolf’s love affair with the poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West.
In a diverse and wide-ranging first quarter, Room director Abrahamson’s [pictured] adaption of The Little Stranger has received production funding of €350,000.
The novel, which centres on the strange goings on in a country house in rural Warwickshire, has been adapted for the big screen by English novelist and screenwriter Lucinda Coxon (The Danish Girl). Domhnall Gleeson is attached to the project, which will be co-produced by Element Pictures.
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Lenny Abrahamson’s forthcoming adaptation of Sarah Waters’ acclaimed wartime ghost story The Little Stranger is among the films being supported by the Irish Film Board in its latest round of funding decisions.
Projects by Mary McGuckian, Carmel Winters and British/Cambodian filmmaker Hong Khaou are also among those given production funding support, as is a drama about Virgina Woolf’s love affair with the poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West.
In a diverse and wide-ranging first quarter, Room director Abrahamson’s [pictured] adaption of The Little Stranger has received production funding of €350,000.
The novel, which centres on the strange goings on in a country house in rural Warwickshire, has been adapted for the big screen by English novelist and screenwriter Lucinda Coxon (The Danish Girl). Domhnall Gleeson is attached to the project, which will be co-produced by Element Pictures.
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- 4/24/2017
- ScreenDaily
The Irish Film Board backs production funding for the directoral debut from the Intermission and Boy A writer.
The directional debut from writer Mark O’Rowe (Intermission, Boy A) is among a number of projects backed by the Irish Film Board in its latest round of funding decisions.
O’Rowe will direct his own screenplay for relationship drama The Delinquent Season, which has been granted $707,220 (€650,000) in production funding. Parallel Films will produce.
The Delinquent Season received the largest single commitment from the Ifb in one of several projects backed by the board for production funding.
They include The Man Who Invented Christmas which will be directed by Barhat Nalluri (Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day) and scripted by Susan Coyne, which was given funding of $163,200 (€150,000). Parallel Films is producing.
Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos’s latest film The Killing of a Sacred Deer, which recently wrapped filming in Cincinnati and stars Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman, was awarded...
The directional debut from writer Mark O’Rowe (Intermission, Boy A) is among a number of projects backed by the Irish Film Board in its latest round of funding decisions.
O’Rowe will direct his own screenplay for relationship drama The Delinquent Season, which has been granted $707,220 (€650,000) in production funding. Parallel Films will produce.
The Delinquent Season received the largest single commitment from the Ifb in one of several projects backed by the board for production funding.
They include The Man Who Invented Christmas which will be directed by Barhat Nalluri (Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day) and scripted by Susan Coyne, which was given funding of $163,200 (€150,000). Parallel Films is producing.
Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos’s latest film The Killing of a Sacred Deer, which recently wrapped filming in Cincinnati and stars Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman, was awarded...
- 10/24/2016
- ScreenDaily
Curzon’s on demand service will present a season of acclaimed Irish films including the award winning titles ‘Parked’ and ‘Waveriders’, starting from Friday, November 14th in partnership with Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (Ifb). Curzon Home Cinema offers the very best in hand-picked, critically-acclaimed and award-winning independent cinema and, supported by the Ifb, presents a selection of quality independent Irish films to homes across Ireland and the UK from November 14th. The titles are: ‘Eden’ (2008): A powerful examination of marriage adapted by Eugene O’Brien from his own acclaimed play ‘Waveriders’ (2008): The inspirational and untold story of the Irish roots of worldwide surfing and today’s pioneers of Irish big wave surfing ‘Parked’ (2010): A funny and moving story of an unlikely friendship starring Colm Meaney and Colm Morgan ‘Snap’ (2010): The feature debut from Irish playwright Carmel Winters is a taut and suspense-filled psychological.
- 11/12/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Lighthouse and Creative Skillset have confirmed a number of top filmmakers in mentoring scheme Guiding Lights.
The 2013 directing mentors include Oliver Parker, John Madden [pictured], Joanna Hogg and Lenny Abrahamson,
Writing mentors include Will Davies, Peter Straughan and Lucinda Coxon.
Producing mentors are Nira Park, Andrea Calderwood and Robyn Slovo.
This year’s participants are directors Afarin Eghbal, Laura Smith, Andrew Lang, Henry Darke and Carmel Winters, writers Andy Yerlett, Lucy Moore, Martin Wallace and Thomas Martin, and producers Jessica Levick, Rob Watson and Alexa Seligman.
Each mentor is paired with a mentee they work with over nine months. Some mentorships extend beyond this scheme — for instance producer Nicky Bentham was mentored by Eon’s Barbara Broccoli, who is now executive producing Bentham’s The Silent Storm.
Guiding Lights patron Alison Thompson, co-president of Focus Features International (Ffi), said, “During the four years that I’ve been involved with Guiding Lights, first as a mentor...
The 2013 directing mentors include Oliver Parker, John Madden [pictured], Joanna Hogg and Lenny Abrahamson,
Writing mentors include Will Davies, Peter Straughan and Lucinda Coxon.
Producing mentors are Nira Park, Andrea Calderwood and Robyn Slovo.
This year’s participants are directors Afarin Eghbal, Laura Smith, Andrew Lang, Henry Darke and Carmel Winters, writers Andy Yerlett, Lucy Moore, Martin Wallace and Thomas Martin, and producers Jessica Levick, Rob Watson and Alexa Seligman.
Each mentor is paired with a mentee they work with over nine months. Some mentorships extend beyond this scheme — for instance producer Nicky Bentham was mentored by Eon’s Barbara Broccoli, who is now executive producing Bentham’s The Silent Storm.
Guiding Lights patron Alison Thompson, co-president of Focus Features International (Ffi), said, “During the four years that I’ve been involved with Guiding Lights, first as a mentor...
- 7/23/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
One of the best films I saw last year was Irish director Carmel Winters’ full length debut Snap, a project which the director adapted from a scene which later became a one woman play and eventually landed on the big screen.
The basic premise of the story is straight forward: a woman (Aisling O'Sullivan in a stunning performance) is being interviewed for a film about her son’s actions and how they have affected and changed her life. It’s a simple premise but what isn’t as obviously simple is the way in which Winters delivers the story. The film has the clear marks of a project that the writer/director has been seeped in for years; the clues are parsed in small bits and the story jumps around between the mother’s heartbreaking interview and the son. Though it’s not immediately clear what her son is guilty of,...
The basic premise of the story is straight forward: a woman (Aisling O'Sullivan in a stunning performance) is being interviewed for a film about her son’s actions and how they have affected and changed her life. It’s a simple premise but what isn’t as obviously simple is the way in which Winters delivers the story. The film has the clear marks of a project that the writer/director has been seeped in for years; the clues are parsed in small bits and the story jumps around between the mother’s heartbreaking interview and the son. Though it’s not immediately clear what her son is guilty of,...
- 4/1/2011
- QuietEarth.us
Everyone knows Steven Spielberg directed Et, but do you know who wrote it? British comedian David Baddiel pointed out that few folks have ever heard of Melissa Mathison, who wrote the blockbuster. Anonymity and other issues related to the craft of screenwriting were covered at a free panel called Pen to Paper: Authors at the Helm, part of a series hosted by Barnes and Noble. This installment featured a formidable bunch of screenwriters (insert slash and then add "director, actor, comic, novelist, producer" here): Edward Burns (Nice Guy Johnny), Carmel Winters (Snap) and David Baddiel (The Infidel). None of them spent time boasting about having their current films debuting at the Tribeca Film Festival. The discussion was moderated by Susan Orlean, whose own work has been adapted for film, and she is one of the few authors to be portrayed in a feature film. (The film is Adaptation by...
- 5/5/2010
- TribecaFilm.com
As part of the Tribeca Film Festival's "Pen To Paper" talks series at the Barnes and Noble in Union Square, three screenwriters - "Nice Guy Johnny"'s Edward Burns, "Snap"'s Carmel Winters, and "The Infidel"'s David Baddiel - sat down with novelist Susan Orlean (whose novel "The Orchid Thief," appropriately enough, was the root of Charlie Kaufman's script for "Adaptation"). Over the course of an hour to a packed audience of mostly ...
- 4/30/2010
- indieWIRE - People
As part of the Tribeca Film Festival's "Pen To Paper" talks series at the Barnes and Noble in Union Square, three screenwriters - "Nice Guy Johnny"'s Edward Burns, "Snap"'s Carmel Winters, and "The Infidel"'s David Baddiel - sat down with novelist Susan Orlean (whose novel "The Orchid Thief," appropriately enough, was the root of Charlie Kaufman's script for "Adaptation"). Over the course of an hour to a packed audience of mostly ...
- 4/30/2010
- indieWIRE - People
As part of the Tribeca Film Festival's "Pen To Paper" talks series at the Barnes and Noble in Union Square, three screenwriters - "Nice Guy Johnny"'s Edward Burns, "Snap"'s Carmel Winters, and "The Infidel"'s David Baddiel - sat down with novelist Susan Orlean (whose novel "The Orchid Thief," appropriately enough, was the root of Charlie Kaufman's script for "Adaptation"). Over the course of an hour to a packed audience of mostly ...
- 4/30/2010
- Indiewire
Carmel Winters TribecaFilm.com: Tell us a little about Snap. Carmel Winters: I see Snap as a love story that should-have-been between a mother and son - a portrait of two people for whom loving seems the riskiest thing a human being can do. TribecaFilm.com: What inspired you to tell this story? CW: I invented the characters and a little of their story as a training scenario for psychiatrists. The psychiatrists were profoundly intrigued and moved by this mother and son's relationship. They so wanted to understand this painful tension of attraction-repulsion between Sandra and her teenage son and I shared that fascination. That's what drove me to write first the play and then the film - the recognition that these characters could open minds and touch hearts. TribecaFilm.com: What do you want audiences to take away from the story? CW: I want audiences to see Snap.
- 4/28/2010
- TribecaFilm.com
The 2010 Tribeca Film Festival runs from 21 April – 2 May in New York city. In the run up to the launch of the 8th instalment of the annual fest Iftn caught up with Tribeca's Director of Programming, David Kwok about scouting for films, globalisation and Ireland's 'robust' film industry. The Tribeca Film Festival was founded following the September 11th attacks in a bid to celebrate New York City as a major filmmaking center and to contribute to the long-term recovery of lower Manhattan. With the 2010 edition of the festival, David Kwok discusses this year's event and the strong Irish presence at the 2010 festival. An unprecedented seven Irish projects – five feature films and two shorts – will screen at Tribeca 2010. The prestigious festival will see the world premieres of both psychological drama, 'Snap', from debut feature director and writer, Carmel Winters (writer, Odd Sock) and road trip feature, 'My Brothers'...
- 4/15/2010
- IFTN
Seven films from Ireland have been selected for screening at New York's prestigious annual Tribeca Film Festival this April. The seven movies are: "Cairo Time", "The Crush", "My Brothers," "Ondine", "The Pool", "Snap" and "Zonad". "Snap" from debut feature director and writer, Carmel Winters and "My Brothers" directed by Paul Fraser, will hold their wold premier in New York. Both features will screen alongside ten other films as part of the festival’s World Narrative Competition which saw over 5,055 submissions. "Snap" is a psychological drama about three generations of a family poised to repeat the mistakes of the past. "My Brothers" looks at a road trip undertaken by brothers in a bid to replace their dying father’s prized wristwatch. Both movies were chosen alongside ten others as part of the festival's World Narrative Competition. The festival received over 5,055 submission for this category. Neil Jordan's movie, "Ondine" starring Colin Farrell...
- 3/24/2010
- IrishCentral
Seven Irish projects have been selected to screen at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. Amongst those selected are 'Cairo Time'; 'The Crush', 'My Brothers'; 'Ondine'; 'The Pool'; 'Snap' and 'Zonad'. The festival will take place this year from April 21st to May 2nd. The prestigious festival will see the world premieres of both 'Snap' from debut feature director and writer, Carmel Winters (writer, Odd Sock) and 'My Brothers' directed by Paul Fraser (Scummy Man) and written by William Collins. Both features will screen alongside ten other films as part of the festival's World Narrative Competition which saw over 5,055 submissions. 'Snap' is a psychological drama about three generations of a family poised to repeat the mistakes of the past whereas 'My Brothers' looks at a road trip undertaken by brothers in a bid to replace their dying father's prized wristwatch.
- 3/23/2010
- IFTN
The Tribeca Film Festival has announced the first half of its 2010 slate, and while only one film is pure horror, two more are categorized as noir, and there's also a "gripping psychological drama" thrown in for good measure.
The popular fest, which is branching out to include an online element this year with Tribeca Film Festival Virtual (click here to learn more), runs from April 21 through May 2, 2010. If previous years are any indication, we can expect at least another handful of genre films to join those mentioned here when the balance of the schedule is revealed on March 15th.
Now let's take a look at the last film mentioned above first:
Snap
Directed and written by Carmel Winters (Ireland) – World Premiere
With a fresh and intense style, playwright-turned-director Carmel Winters composes a gripping psychological drama about three generations of a family poised to repeat the mistakes of the past. Aisling...
The popular fest, which is branching out to include an online element this year with Tribeca Film Festival Virtual (click here to learn more), runs from April 21 through May 2, 2010. If previous years are any indication, we can expect at least another handful of genre films to join those mentioned here when the balance of the schedule is revealed on March 15th.
Now let's take a look at the last film mentioned above first:
Snap
Directed and written by Carmel Winters (Ireland) – World Premiere
With a fresh and intense style, playwright-turned-director Carmel Winters composes a gripping psychological drama about three generations of a family poised to repeat the mistakes of the past. Aisling...
- 3/13/2010
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
While most eyes are on Austin, Texas this week for SXSW, many people on the East Coast eagerly await a closer show as this year’s Tribeca Film Festival kicks off on April 21st. The festival is mainly for indie pictures, rather than the larger, blockbuster films, but is also a great place for up-and-coming directors and writers to showcase their work.
With the festival coming up in just over a month, they are already rolling out this year’s schedule and have announced the first 34 films out of a total of 85 feature length and 47 shorts screening at this year’s fest. Among the titles were those submitted to the World Narrative and Documentary competition, as well as the Showcase and Special Events.
Some of the titles look to be quite intriguing, and could include some of the bigger names of the next decade. Be sure to check out the...
With the festival coming up in just over a month, they are already rolling out this year’s schedule and have announced the first 34 films out of a total of 85 feature length and 47 shorts screening at this year’s fest. Among the titles were those submitted to the World Narrative and Documentary competition, as well as the Showcase and Special Events.
Some of the titles look to be quite intriguing, and could include some of the bigger names of the next decade. Be sure to check out the...
- 3/11/2010
- by Matt Raub
- The Flickcast
9th Annual Festival to Present 85 Feature-Length and 47 Short Film Selections from April 21 – May 2, 2010
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Tribeca Film Festival Virtual and Tribeca Film Boost Festival Reach
New York, NY [March 10, 2010] – The 2010 Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by American Express®, the Founding Sponsor of the Festival, today announced the first 34 films to be presented among the 85 feature length and 47 short films at this year’s Festival. The 34 titles include 24 World Narrative and Documentary Competition films, as well as out-of-competition feature film selections in the Showcase and Special Events sections.
The 2010 Tff will take place from April 21 to May 2 in lower Manhattan. The 2010 film selection encompasses feature films from 38 different countries, including 45 World Premieres, 7 International Premieres, 14 North American Premieres, 6 U.S. Premieres and 12 New York Premieres, among which are 7 titles which are part of the fourth annual Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival. 96 directors will be presenting feature works at the Festival, with 38 of these filmmakers presenting...
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Tribeca Film Festival Virtual and Tribeca Film Boost Festival Reach
New York, NY [March 10, 2010] – The 2010 Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by American Express®, the Founding Sponsor of the Festival, today announced the first 34 films to be presented among the 85 feature length and 47 short films at this year’s Festival. The 34 titles include 24 World Narrative and Documentary Competition films, as well as out-of-competition feature film selections in the Showcase and Special Events sections.
The 2010 Tff will take place from April 21 to May 2 in lower Manhattan. The 2010 film selection encompasses feature films from 38 different countries, including 45 World Premieres, 7 International Premieres, 14 North American Premieres, 6 U.S. Premieres and 12 New York Premieres, among which are 7 titles which are part of the fourth annual Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival. 96 directors will be presenting feature works at the Festival, with 38 of these filmmakers presenting...
- 3/10/2010
- Makingof.com
The 2010 Tribeca Film Festival has announced its scheduled lineup -- and just like its home, New York City, its got a little bit of everything.
The Festival will kick off with the world premiere of DreamWorks' 3D "Shrek Forever After."
But then it launches into a darker realm with documentaries like Alex Gibney's latest. The Oscar-winning director ("Taxi to the Dark Side") will screen his new untitled doc on the former New York Governor Elliot Spitzer, who resigned his post in 2008 due to a sex scandal, as a work-in-progress. The film will screen as one of three special events that festival organizers announced Wednesday (Mar. 10).
The Special Events section also includes another work-in-progress screening of "The Western Front." This documentary follows its writer/director and Marine, Zachary Iscol, who returns to his battle site in Iraq's Al Anbar province. David Lean's 1965 classic "Doctor Zhivago" got a make-over for its 45th anniversary,...
The Festival will kick off with the world premiere of DreamWorks' 3D "Shrek Forever After."
But then it launches into a darker realm with documentaries like Alex Gibney's latest. The Oscar-winning director ("Taxi to the Dark Side") will screen his new untitled doc on the former New York Governor Elliot Spitzer, who resigned his post in 2008 due to a sex scandal, as a work-in-progress. The film will screen as one of three special events that festival organizers announced Wednesday (Mar. 10).
The Special Events section also includes another work-in-progress screening of "The Western Front." This documentary follows its writer/director and Marine, Zachary Iscol, who returns to his battle site in Iraq's Al Anbar province. David Lean's 1965 classic "Doctor Zhivago" got a make-over for its 45th anniversary,...
- 3/10/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Tribeca International Film Festival announced the first 34 feature films of the 2010 festival slate. “This year’s competition, the core of the Festival, represents contemporary international filmmaking at its finest, bringing together fresh voices with established storytellers. These stories will leave audiences engaged, as well as entertained, which is what our Festival is all about,” said David Kwok, Director of Programming for the Tribeca Film Festival.
Representing 8 countries, this year’s World Narrative Feature Competition will be an international film collection created by many first- and second-time directors. 7 of the films here in this section are World Premieres. Road, Movie directed by Dev Benegal will be screened in ‘Showcase’ section of the festival. The lineup is as follows:
World Narrative Feature Competition "Buried Land," directed by Geoffrey Alan Rhodes and Steven Eastwood, written by Rhodes, Eastwood and Dzenan Medanovic. Set in a war-torn town in Bosnia that attracts tourists visiting ancient pyramids.
Representing 8 countries, this year’s World Narrative Feature Competition will be an international film collection created by many first- and second-time directors. 7 of the films here in this section are World Premieres. Road, Movie directed by Dev Benegal will be screened in ‘Showcase’ section of the festival. The lineup is as follows:
World Narrative Feature Competition "Buried Land," directed by Geoffrey Alan Rhodes and Steven Eastwood, written by Rhodes, Eastwood and Dzenan Medanovic. Set in a war-torn town in Bosnia that attracts tourists visiting ancient pyramids.
- 3/10/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Alex Gibney's latest documentary, a portrait of former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, who resigned his post in 2008 because of a sex scandal, will be spotlighted at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival, which runs from April 21 to May 2 in New York.
The currently untitled film from the director of the Oscar-winning "Taxi to the Dark Side," will screen as a work-in-progress as one of three special events that festival organizers unveiled today.
"I think people will be really surprised," said David Kwok, the festival's director of programming. "It doesn't just focus on the scandal. It's more comprehensive than that, looking at Eliot Spitzer as a person and at his entire career."
Also playing in the fest's Special Events section are David Lean's 1965 epic "Doctor Zhivago," marking its 45th anniversary with a new restoration that will be released by Warner Home Video, and a work-in-progress screening of the doc "The Western Front,...
The currently untitled film from the director of the Oscar-winning "Taxi to the Dark Side," will screen as a work-in-progress as one of three special events that festival organizers unveiled today.
"I think people will be really surprised," said David Kwok, the festival's director of programming. "It doesn't just focus on the scandal. It's more comprehensive than that, looking at Eliot Spitzer as a person and at his entire career."
Also playing in the fest's Special Events section are David Lean's 1965 epic "Doctor Zhivago," marking its 45th anniversary with a new restoration that will be released by Warner Home Video, and a work-in-progress screening of the doc "The Western Front,...
- 3/10/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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