Jonas Trueba’s The Other Way Around has received the Europa Cinemas Label as best European film in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.
The comedy-drama – which has the Spanish title Volveréis – was selected by a jury of four exhibitors from the Europa Cinemas network.
An eighth feature for Spanish filmmaker Trueba, The Other Way Around follows a couple who decide to throw a party to celebrate their separation after 15 years as a couple.
The jury said, “Humorous and cleverly written, the film’s circular structure manifests generosity of spirit in its inspiring look at human relationships. It is a pleasing beacon of positivity,...
The comedy-drama – which has the Spanish title Volveréis – was selected by a jury of four exhibitors from the Europa Cinemas network.
An eighth feature for Spanish filmmaker Trueba, The Other Way Around follows a couple who decide to throw a party to celebrate their separation after 15 years as a couple.
The jury said, “Humorous and cleverly written, the film’s circular structure manifests generosity of spirit in its inspiring look at human relationships. It is a pleasing beacon of positivity,...
- 5/23/2024
- ScreenDaily
Spanish director Jonás Trueba’s The Other Way Around (Volveréis) has won the Europa Cinemas Label as Best European film in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.
The prize is judged by four members of the Europa Cinema network representing independent exhibitors operating 3,121 screens across Europe. Under the prize, the film will receive the support of these cinemas as it goes on release.
This year’s jury omprised Louise Casey Conneally; Maarja Krass; Rémi Labé and Tamara Visković.
“Jonás Trueba’s well-crafted and nuanced film has an unusual premise – it tells the story of a couple who embrace a novel ritual. Prior to their separation, they elect to celebrate their 15-year relationship with a party,” read their statement.
“Humorous and cleverly written, the film’s circular structure manifests generosity of spirit in its inspiring look at human relationships.
The prize is judged by four members of the Europa Cinema network representing independent exhibitors operating 3,121 screens across Europe. Under the prize, the film will receive the support of these cinemas as it goes on release.
This year’s jury omprised Louise Casey Conneally; Maarja Krass; Rémi Labé and Tamara Visković.
“Jonás Trueba’s well-crafted and nuanced film has an unusual premise – it tells the story of a couple who embrace a novel ritual. Prior to their separation, they elect to celebrate their 15-year relationship with a party,” read their statement.
“Humorous and cleverly written, the film’s circular structure manifests generosity of spirit in its inspiring look at human relationships.
- 5/23/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Mubi’s May 2024 (streaming) lineup embraces their latest (theatrical) coup with a Radu Jude program. In addition to Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World arriving May 3, the Romanian director is highlighted with a six-film program launching on May 10. Lee Chang-dong and Bertrand Bonello are each given two-title highlights. While most of us can’t be at Cannes (I guess that’s a pun), the festival’s greatest tradition, booing, is celebrated with Jodie Foster’s The Beaver, Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives, and Olivier Dahan’s Grace of Monaco. Among new releases, Al Warren’s Dogleg and the Ross brothers’ Gasoline Rainbow are notable selections.
As Lee Chang-dong recently told us in an extended interview, “Experiences in my life are what shaped me as a filmmaker, as obvious as that sounds. My artistic taste was shaped by the mountains and fields of my childhood village,...
As Lee Chang-dong recently told us in an extended interview, “Experiences in my life are what shaped me as a filmmaker, as obvious as that sounds. My artistic taste was shaped by the mountains and fields of my childhood village,...
- 4/22/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Stars: Dexter Sol Ansell, David Edward-Robertson, Sophia La Porta, Mark Peachey, Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips, Vicki Hackett, Bernard Hill | Written by Paul Thomas | Directed by Chris Cronin
The Moor opens in 1996 as young Claire (Billie Suggett) convinces the even younger Danny to distract a shopkeeper with a story about getting separated from his father while she steals some candy for them. It all goes according to plan until a strange man claims to be the boy’s father and takes him away. A suspect is caught and convicted, but neither Danny’s body nor those of several other missing boys was ever found.
Twenty-five years later Danny’s father Bill contacts Claire He plans to find his son’s body to help keep his killer from being released and he wants her to use her podcast to help document it. Out of her sense of guilt, she agrees.
Bill’s method of...
The Moor opens in 1996 as young Claire (Billie Suggett) convinces the even younger Danny to distract a shopkeeper with a story about getting separated from his father while she steals some candy for them. It all goes according to plan until a strange man claims to be the boy’s father and takes him away. A suspect is caught and convicted, but neither Danny’s body nor those of several other missing boys was ever found.
Twenty-five years later Danny’s father Bill contacts Claire He plans to find his son’s body to help keep his killer from being released and he wants her to use her podcast to help document it. Out of her sense of guilt, she agrees.
Bill’s method of...
- 8/31/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
“Creatura,” the feature debut of Elena Martín, exploring female sexual desire and repression, has won this year’s 20th Europa Cinemas Cannes Label for best European Film at the 2022 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.
Announced Thursday by Europa Cinemas, ahead of the closing ceremony this afternoon, the prize is one of two at Directors’ Fortnight, and awarded by one of the sidebar’s partners, given the section is non-competitive.
A second partner plaudit, the Sacd Prize, handed out by France’s Writers’ Guild, will be announced simultaneously to the Europa Cinemas Label.
“Creature” hit Cannes will multiple tailwinds. Like last year’s Berlin Golden Bear winner “Alcarràs,” it’s made by an emerging woman director associated by the so-called Catalan New Wave of helmers and producers making films twinning a strong sense of place and universal issues.
The second feature from 2021 Málaga best director Martín (“Júlia ist”) and a “Veneno” writer and “Perfect Life” director,...
Announced Thursday by Europa Cinemas, ahead of the closing ceremony this afternoon, the prize is one of two at Directors’ Fortnight, and awarded by one of the sidebar’s partners, given the section is non-competitive.
A second partner plaudit, the Sacd Prize, handed out by France’s Writers’ Guild, will be announced simultaneously to the Europa Cinemas Label.
“Creature” hit Cannes will multiple tailwinds. Like last year’s Berlin Golden Bear winner “Alcarràs,” it’s made by an emerging woman director associated by the so-called Catalan New Wave of helmers and producers making films twinning a strong sense of place and universal issues.
The second feature from 2021 Málaga best director Martín (“Júlia ist”) and a “Veneno” writer and “Perfect Life” director,...
- 5/25/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Updated with Sacd prize details: Spanish director Elena Martín Gimeno’s Creatura won the Europa Cinemas prize as Best European Film, while Pierre Caton’s Le Prince scooped the Sacd for best French film at Directors’ Fortnight on Thursday.
The prizes were announced ahead of the evening closing ceremony for the non-competitive parallel Directors Fortnight section.
The Europa Cinema label and Sacd prizes are the key collateral prizes awarded to films world premiering in the section.
Under the Europa Cinema prize, the release of Creatura will receive the support of cinemas belonging to the independent exhibitor network representing 3,060 screens in 38 countries. The jury consists of four exhibitor members of the network.
Creatura revolves around a seemingly perfect couple who no longer manage to have sex, prompting one partner to probe her past and her sexual sexual awakening, from adolescence back to early childhood.
French writers guild Sacd’s prize is...
The prizes were announced ahead of the evening closing ceremony for the non-competitive parallel Directors Fortnight section.
The Europa Cinema label and Sacd prizes are the key collateral prizes awarded to films world premiering in the section.
Under the Europa Cinema prize, the release of Creatura will receive the support of cinemas belonging to the independent exhibitor network representing 3,060 screens in 38 countries. The jury consists of four exhibitor members of the network.
Creatura revolves around a seemingly perfect couple who no longer manage to have sex, prompting one partner to probe her past and her sexual sexual awakening, from adolescence back to early childhood.
French writers guild Sacd’s prize is...
- 5/25/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Anyone seeking to describe “How to Have Sex” for potential American viewers is liable to land on the term “spring break” in the process: It is, after all, a story about hard-partying teenagers heading to a sunny coastal resort for several nights of boozy, horny, wholly unsupervised antics. Yet the teens here are British, the destination one of those grisly Mediterranean club hubs geared entirely toward British tourists, and the partying so distinctly British in its aims and etiquette that the translation hardly applies. The vacation presented here is as much like a quintessential spring break as Molly Manning Walker’s fresh, head-turning debut feature is like Harmony Korine’s “Spring Breakers” — superficially similar in its pile-driving social chaos and eye-searing fluorescent visuals, but with a very different, damaged heart beating underneath it all.
“How to Have Sex” is equally likely to endure comparisons to Charlotte Wells’ “Aftersun,” last year...
“How to Have Sex” is equally likely to endure comparisons to Charlotte Wells’ “Aftersun,” last year...
- 5/20/2023
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: James Graham’s BBC drama Sherwood has set three-time BAFTA nominee Clio Barnard as its Season 2 director, as Lesley Manville and David Morrissey confirm they will reprise their roles in a story that will move forward to the present day.
Barnard, who has been BAFTA nominated for Ali & Ava, The Selfish Giant and The Arbor, is lead director and EP on Season 2, which begins filming this summer. The director, who replaces Lewis Arnold and Ben A. Williams, will oversee a season “navigating the devastating effect of two crimes on the community” in Nottinghamshire, told through a modern-day lens. She most recently directed Tom Hiddleston and Claire Danes in Apple TV+ drama The Essex Serpent.
Deadline can reveal that the new story being penned by Graham will be brought forward to the present day. Season 1, which is nominated for three BAFTA TV Awards at this Sunday’s ceremony, was...
Barnard, who has been BAFTA nominated for Ali & Ava, The Selfish Giant and The Arbor, is lead director and EP on Season 2, which begins filming this summer. The director, who replaces Lewis Arnold and Ben A. Williams, will oversee a season “navigating the devastating effect of two crimes on the community” in Nottinghamshire, told through a modern-day lens. She most recently directed Tom Hiddleston and Claire Danes in Apple TV+ drama The Essex Serpent.
Deadline can reveal that the new story being penned by Graham will be brought forward to the present day. Season 1, which is nominated for three BAFTA TV Awards at this Sunday’s ceremony, was...
- 5/11/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Lamptey had greenlit films including ‘The Wonder’ and ‘I Came By’, and upcoming ‘The Kitchen’, ‘Scoop’.
Fiona Lamptey has left her role as director of UK features at Netflix.
Netflix had no comment regarding her departure or a potential replacement.
The UK producer, who is understood to have left last week, joined Netflix in October 2020 as the first UK-based executive greenlighting UK features. Her remit was to develop films focused on UK productions and IP.
Netflix UK features made in her tenure have included Babak Anvari’s thriller I Came By starring George MacKay and Hugh Bonneville; Nathaniel Martello-White’s...
Fiona Lamptey has left her role as director of UK features at Netflix.
Netflix had no comment regarding her departure or a potential replacement.
The UK producer, who is understood to have left last week, joined Netflix in October 2020 as the first UK-based executive greenlighting UK features. Her remit was to develop films focused on UK productions and IP.
Netflix UK features made in her tenure have included Babak Anvari’s thriller I Came By starring George MacKay and Hugh Bonneville; Nathaniel Martello-White’s...
- 5/5/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Opera Saratoga is delighted to share a 2023 summer festival season that will be anchored in the heart of Saratoga Springs. “We are excited to be partnering with Universal Preservation Hall this season for our MainStage performances and look forward to introducing our audiences to this amazing space right in downtown Saratoga Springs” says Managing Director, Amanda Robie. The season will also feature concert performances in the beloved Spa Little Theatre, The Mansion of Saratoga, and at Caffè Lena.
The Selfish Giant
This season is a celebration of the immense talent of our Festival Artists, comprised of sixteen Festival Artist singers, two conductors, a pianist, and two directors, capstoned by two distinguished guest artists, Andy Papas and Eric McConnell (both of whom are alums of Opera Saratoga’s celebrated training program). “I am particularly excited about this season” says Head of Music Staff, Laurie Rogers, “as it is cast completely from...
The Selfish Giant
This season is a celebration of the immense talent of our Festival Artists, comprised of sixteen Festival Artist singers, two conductors, a pianist, and two directors, capstoned by two distinguished guest artists, Andy Papas and Eric McConnell (both of whom are alums of Opera Saratoga’s celebrated training program). “I am particularly excited about this season” says Head of Music Staff, Laurie Rogers, “as it is cast completely from...
- 3/30/2023
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
Iran’s Asghar Farhadi, who directed the Oscar winners “A Separation” and “The Salesman,” U.S. producer Christine Vachon, whose credits includes Oscar winner “Boys Don’t Cry,” and Oscar nominees “Far from Heaven” and “Carol,” and Romania’s Alexander Nanau, the director of the Oscar nominated “Collective,” are among the jury members at the 18th edition of the Zurich Film Festival, which takes place from Sept. 22 to Oct. 2.
Farhadi will head the jury for the International Feature Film Competition. He is joined by the U.K.’s Clio Barnard, who directed the BAFTA nominated “The Arbor,” “The Selfish Giant” and “Ali & Ava”; L.A.-based Brazilian Daniel Dreifuss, a producer on the Oscar nominated “No” and “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Germany’s Oscar entry; Swiss/Italian screenwriter and director Petra Volpe, whose credits include Tribeca prizewinner “The Divine Order”; and Sweden’s Peter “Piodor” Gustafsson, the producer of Ali Abbassi’s “Border,...
Farhadi will head the jury for the International Feature Film Competition. He is joined by the U.K.’s Clio Barnard, who directed the BAFTA nominated “The Arbor,” “The Selfish Giant” and “Ali & Ava”; L.A.-based Brazilian Daniel Dreifuss, a producer on the Oscar nominated “No” and “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Germany’s Oscar entry; Swiss/Italian screenwriter and director Petra Volpe, whose credits include Tribeca prizewinner “The Divine Order”; and Sweden’s Peter “Piodor” Gustafsson, the producer of Ali Abbassi’s “Border,...
- 9/14/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Gerald Potterton, the London-born filmmaker and animator who directed the 1981 animated cult favorite Heavy Metal and contributed to the memorable “Liverpool” sequence in the 1968 Beatles film Yellow Submarine, died today at a Quebec hospital. He was 91.
His death was announced by the National Film Board of Canada. No cause was stated.
“Gerald came to Canada and the Nfb to be part of a new wave of storytelling, one that was fresh and irreverent, and he brought great wit and creativity to every project,” said Claude Joli-Coeur, Nfb Chairperson and Government Film Commissioner, in a statement. “He was also a builder, helping to lay the foundation for today’s independent Canadian animation industry with Potterton Productions…He was an exceptional artist and a truly nice man.”
Potterton had graduated from London’s Hammersmith Art School when he moved to Canada in 1954, working with the Nfb before directing his own notable animated shorts in the early ’60s.
His death was announced by the National Film Board of Canada. No cause was stated.
“Gerald came to Canada and the Nfb to be part of a new wave of storytelling, one that was fresh and irreverent, and he brought great wit and creativity to every project,” said Claude Joli-Coeur, Nfb Chairperson and Government Film Commissioner, in a statement. “He was also a builder, helping to lay the foundation for today’s independent Canadian animation industry with Potterton Productions…He was an exceptional artist and a truly nice man.”
Potterton had graduated from London’s Hammersmith Art School when he moved to Canada in 1954, working with the Nfb before directing his own notable animated shorts in the early ’60s.
- 8/24/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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Gerald Potterton, the British-Canadian filmmaker who directed the adult animated cult classic Heavy Metal in 1981 for Columbia Pictures, has died. He was 91.
Potterton passed away at the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital in Cowansville, Quebec on Aug. 23, the National Film Board of Canada said on Wednesday.
“Gerald came to Canada and the Nfb to be part of a new wave of storytelling, one that was fresh and irreverent, and he brought great wit and creativity to every project. He was also a builder, helping to lay the foundation for today’s independent Canadian animation industry with Potterton Productions… He was an exceptional artist and a truly nice man,” Claude Joli-Coeur, Nfb chairperson and government film commissioner, said in a statement.
Born on March 8, 1931 in London, England, Potterton graduated from the Hammersmith Art School and emigrated to Canada in 1954 to work alongside the pioneers of Nfb animation.
Gerald Potterton, the British-Canadian filmmaker who directed the adult animated cult classic Heavy Metal in 1981 for Columbia Pictures, has died. He was 91.
Potterton passed away at the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital in Cowansville, Quebec on Aug. 23, the National Film Board of Canada said on Wednesday.
“Gerald came to Canada and the Nfb to be part of a new wave of storytelling, one that was fresh and irreverent, and he brought great wit and creativity to every project. He was also a builder, helping to lay the foundation for today’s independent Canadian animation industry with Potterton Productions… He was an exceptional artist and a truly nice man,” Claude Joli-Coeur, Nfb chairperson and government film commissioner, said in a statement.
Born on March 8, 1931 in London, England, Potterton graduated from the Hammersmith Art School and emigrated to Canada in 1954 to work alongside the pioneers of Nfb animation.
- 8/24/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
‘One Fine Morning’ stars Léa Seydoux as a woman caring for her beloved ailing father.
Mia Hansen-Løve’s Directors’ Fortnight title One Fine Morning has won the Europa Cinemas’ award for best European film in Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannnes film festival.
Europa Cinemas Network will now support the film with promotion and incentivise exhibitiors to extend its programme run.
One Fine Morning stars Léa Seydoux as a young mother who gets caught up in a passionate affair with an old friend while trying to sort out the care of her father, who is suffering from a neurodegenerative disease.
Read Screen’s review here.
Mia Hansen-Løve’s Directors’ Fortnight title One Fine Morning has won the Europa Cinemas’ award for best European film in Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannnes film festival.
Europa Cinemas Network will now support the film with promotion and incentivise exhibitiors to extend its programme run.
One Fine Morning stars Léa Seydoux as a young mother who gets caught up in a passionate affair with an old friend while trying to sort out the care of her father, who is suffering from a neurodegenerative disease.
Read Screen’s review here.
- 5/26/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
‘One Fine Morning’ is screening in Diretors’ Fortnight.
Mia Hansen-Løve’s Directors’ Fortnight title One Fine Morning has won the Europa Cinemas’ award for best European film at the Cannnes film festival.
Europa Cinemas Network will now support the film with promotion and incentivise exhibitiors to extend its programme run.
The award is open to all films in Cannes’ Official Selection and the parallel strands.
One Fine Morning stars Léa Seydoux as a young mother who gets caught up in a passionate affair with an old friend while trying to sort out the care of her father, who is suffering from a neurodegenerative disease.
Mia Hansen-Løve’s Directors’ Fortnight title One Fine Morning has won the Europa Cinemas’ award for best European film at the Cannnes film festival.
Europa Cinemas Network will now support the film with promotion and incentivise exhibitiors to extend its programme run.
The award is open to all films in Cannes’ Official Selection and the parallel strands.
One Fine Morning stars Léa Seydoux as a young mother who gets caught up in a passionate affair with an old friend while trying to sort out the care of her father, who is suffering from a neurodegenerative disease.
- 5/26/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Starring Léa Seydoux, Mia Hansen-Løve’s “One Fine Morning” won this year’s Europa Cinemas Cannes Label for best European film at the 2022 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.
Announced Thursday by Europa Cinemas, ahead of the closing ceremony this evening, the prize is one of two at Directors Fortnight, and awarded by one of the sidebar’s partners given the section is non-competitive.
A second partner plaudit, the Sacd Prize, handed out by France’s Writers’ Guild, will be announced later today at an awards ceremony.
“One Fine Morning” was always a frontrunner for a prize at Directors’ Fortnight, though never a shoo-in. The award comes just three days after Sony Pictures Classics announced it had acquired North American, Latin American and Middle East rights to the film.
Marking Hansen-Løve’s return to Directors’ Fortnight after Cannes competition player “Bergman Island,” “One Fine Morning” stars Séydoux as a woman stretched between long-time single motherhood,...
Announced Thursday by Europa Cinemas, ahead of the closing ceremony this evening, the prize is one of two at Directors Fortnight, and awarded by one of the sidebar’s partners given the section is non-competitive.
A second partner plaudit, the Sacd Prize, handed out by France’s Writers’ Guild, will be announced later today at an awards ceremony.
“One Fine Morning” was always a frontrunner for a prize at Directors’ Fortnight, though never a shoo-in. The award comes just three days after Sony Pictures Classics announced it had acquired North American, Latin American and Middle East rights to the film.
Marking Hansen-Løve’s return to Directors’ Fortnight after Cannes competition player “Bergman Island,” “One Fine Morning” stars Séydoux as a woman stretched between long-time single motherhood,...
- 5/26/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Following The Arbor, The Selfish Giant, and Dark River, British director Clio Barnard’s latest work is once again set in Bradford and this time focuses on a love story. The Cannes and TIFF selection Ali & Ava follows Adeel Akhtar and Claire Rushbrook who play a lonely pair that find unexpected affectation for one another. Ahead of a July 29 release in theaters and Apple TV+ on August 23, the first U.S. trailer has arrived.
Jared Mobarak said in his review, “Romance is thus born when least expected. Writer-director Clio Barnard splits focus as they each wallow in their past, get excited about their present, and work through the awkwardness of contemplating dating post-40. Their rapport is sweet, in large part from Ali’s inability to slow down or stop acting with the enthusiasm of someone half his age jumping around and singing at the top of his lungs and Ava...
Jared Mobarak said in his review, “Romance is thus born when least expected. Writer-director Clio Barnard splits focus as they each wallow in their past, get excited about their present, and work through the awkwardness of contemplating dating post-40. Their rapport is sweet, in large part from Ali’s inability to slow down or stop acting with the enthusiasm of someone half his age jumping around and singing at the top of his lungs and Ava...
- 5/24/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
From Billy Liar to My Summer of Love, the county’s moors and mill towns have been fertile ground for film-makers. Clio Barnard’s Bradford romance is no exception
Claire Rushbrook and Adeel Akhtar are the middle-aged lovers defying familial prejudice and cultural barriers in Ali & Ava (arriving on major VOD platforms on Monday), but that’s only one of the romances unfolding in British director Clio Barnard’s gentle, sentimental film. More metaphorically, Ali & Ava extends Barnard’s ongoing devotion to the Yorkshire city of Bradford, not far from her own home town of Otley.
It’s her third film set in the once-booming beneficiary of the Industrial Revolution, and while she doesn’t over-romanticise Bradford’s mixture of Victorian grandeur and contemporary poverty, a palpable affection for its physical and social geography softens the edges of its realism. More so than in Barnard’s previous Bradford-set films,...
Claire Rushbrook and Adeel Akhtar are the middle-aged lovers defying familial prejudice and cultural barriers in Ali & Ava (arriving on major VOD platforms on Monday), but that’s only one of the romances unfolding in British director Clio Barnard’s gentle, sentimental film. More metaphorically, Ali & Ava extends Barnard’s ongoing devotion to the Yorkshire city of Bradford, not far from her own home town of Otley.
It’s her third film set in the once-booming beneficiary of the Industrial Revolution, and while she doesn’t over-romanticise Bradford’s mixture of Victorian grandeur and contemporary poverty, a palpable affection for its physical and social geography softens the edges of its realism. More so than in Barnard’s previous Bradford-set films,...
- 5/21/2022
- by Guy Lodge
- The Guardian - Film News
Just when you thought Apple TV+ is done dropping new and exciting TV shows, The Essex Serpent enters the scene. The upcoming TV series comes on the heels of multiple milestones for the streaming service, including a Best Picture win for their homegrown movie Coda. In May, Apple TV+ will premiere The Essex Serpent, which is an adaptation of a novel of the same name by Sarah Perry. The Essex Serpent is written by Anna Symon and directed by Clio Barnard, who previously worked on The Arbor and The Selfish Giant. The plot of the show, according to Deadline, is as follows: “Adapted from the best-selling
Meet The Cast Of “The Essex Serpent”...
Meet The Cast Of “The Essex Serpent”...
- 5/3/2022
- by A.E. Oats
- TVovermind.com
Tom Hiddleston is hoping to pick up some Emmy momentum for his turn as the titular character on “Loki,” but the actor already has his next big television project in the can.
“The Essex Serpent,” a six-episode period fantasy series based on Sarah Perry’s New York Times-bestselling novel of the same name, stars Hiddleston as a small-town priest in Victorian England who teams up with a grieving widow to investigate the existence of a mythical serpent. Claire Danes co-stars as the widow, Cora Seaborne, in the genre-bending period piece that promises to continue Apple’s recent hot streak of buzzy television shows. The show is set to premiere on Apple TV+ next month, but the tech giant has released the first trailer for the limited series today.
“The Essex Serpent” marks Claire Danes’ first major television role since “Homeland” wrapped its eight-season run on Showtime in 2020. She plays the...
“The Essex Serpent,” a six-episode period fantasy series based on Sarah Perry’s New York Times-bestselling novel of the same name, stars Hiddleston as a small-town priest in Victorian England who teams up with a grieving widow to investigate the existence of a mythical serpent. Claire Danes co-stars as the widow, Cora Seaborne, in the genre-bending period piece that promises to continue Apple’s recent hot streak of buzzy television shows. The show is set to premiere on Apple TV+ next month, but the tech giant has released the first trailer for the limited series today.
“The Essex Serpent” marks Claire Danes’ first major television role since “Homeland” wrapped its eight-season run on Showtime in 2020. She plays the...
- 4/26/2022
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
For the last decade, Clio Barnard has been at the forefront of the social-realist resurgence in Britain. Both her quasi-fictional documentary “The Arbor” and her Loach-ian scrap metal drama “The Selfish Giant” picked up BIFA and BAFTA Award nominations—the former also placed at #16 in our ‘Best Documentaries of the Decade [2010s],’ and her musical love story “Ali and Ava” is currently surging in popularity in the UK and abroad.
Continue reading ‘The Essex Serpent’ Trailer: Tom Hiddleston & Claire Danes Star In Clio Barnard’s New Apple TV+ Series at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘The Essex Serpent’ Trailer: Tom Hiddleston & Claire Danes Star In Clio Barnard’s New Apple TV+ Series at The Playlist.
- 4/26/2022
- by Oliver Weir
- The Playlist
Opening behind only ‘No Time To Die’, ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ in last two years.
Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (Mar 4-6) Total gross to date Week 1. The Batman (Warner Bros) £13.5m £13.5m* 3 2. Uncharted (Sony) £1.3m £20.3m 4 3. Sing 2 (Universal) £1m £30.3m 6 4. The Duke (Pathé) £681,258 £2.7m 2 5. Death On The Nile (Disney) £283,213 £7.2m 4
*final figure still to come
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.32
Warner Bros’ blockbuster The Batman dominated the UK-Ireland box office on its opening weekend, with a £13.53m three-day session coming in as the third highest of the last two years.
Playing in 709 locations, the film took an average of £19,086 per site.
Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (Mar 4-6) Total gross to date Week 1. The Batman (Warner Bros) £13.5m £13.5m* 3 2. Uncharted (Sony) £1.3m £20.3m 4 3. Sing 2 (Universal) £1m £30.3m 6 4. The Duke (Pathé) £681,258 £2.7m 2 5. Death On The Nile (Disney) £283,213 £7.2m 4
*final figure still to come
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.32
Warner Bros’ blockbuster The Batman dominated the UK-Ireland box office on its opening weekend, with a £13.53m three-day session coming in as the third highest of the last two years.
Playing in 709 locations, the film took an average of £19,086 per site.
- 3/7/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Enveloped in music, humour and emotion, Ali & Ava, is a heartfelt contemporary love story written and directed by Clio Barnard. Starring Adeel Akhtar, Claire Rushbrook, Shaun Thomas, and Ellora Torchia, Ali & Ava is set and was filmed in Bradford.
Playing in UK cinemas now, Ali & Ava, has been shortlisted for BAFTA Awards in two categories: Outstanding British Film and Best Actor (Adeel Akhtar).
Sparks fly after Ali and Ava meet through their shared affection for Sofia, the child of Ali’s tenants whom Ava teaches. Ali finds comfort in Ava’s warmth and kindness while Ava finds Ali’s complexity and humour irresistible. As the pair begin to form a deep connection they have to find a way to keep their newfound passion from being overshadowed by the stresses and struggles of their separate lives and histories.
Check out the trailer:
Plus as a bonus we have...
Playing in UK cinemas now, Ali & Ava, has been shortlisted for BAFTA Awards in two categories: Outstanding British Film and Best Actor (Adeel Akhtar).
Sparks fly after Ali and Ava meet through their shared affection for Sofia, the child of Ali’s tenants whom Ava teaches. Ali finds comfort in Ava’s warmth and kindness while Ava finds Ali’s complexity and humour irresistible. As the pair begin to form a deep connection they have to find a way to keep their newfound passion from being overshadowed by the stresses and struggles of their separate lives and histories.
Check out the trailer:
Plus as a bonus we have...
- 3/6/2022
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Adeel Akhtar and Claire Rushbrook beguile in this tender, funny romance, which also celebrates the city where it’s set
A pair of wonderfully winning performances from Claire Rushbrook and Adeel Akhtar lie at the heart of this unexpectedly warm and typically compelling drama from British writer-director Clio Barnard. Described by its creator as a love story about two people who are “a catalyst for change in each other’s lives”, it’s a heartfelt piece that marries the poetic grit of Barnard’s 2013 film The Selfish Giant with something resembling a later-life Romeo and Juliet romance – a fable grounded in reality. Playing out over the course of a lunar month, and drawing inspiration from real-life characters whom Barnard met while filming her previous features, Ali & Ava is a vibrant work that uses the transcendent power of song to turn a streetwise tale into a diegetic musical, with genuinely surprising results.
A pair of wonderfully winning performances from Claire Rushbrook and Adeel Akhtar lie at the heart of this unexpectedly warm and typically compelling drama from British writer-director Clio Barnard. Described by its creator as a love story about two people who are “a catalyst for change in each other’s lives”, it’s a heartfelt piece that marries the poetic grit of Barnard’s 2013 film The Selfish Giant with something resembling a later-life Romeo and Juliet romance – a fable grounded in reality. Playing out over the course of a lunar month, and drawing inspiration from real-life characters whom Barnard met while filming her previous features, Ali & Ava is a vibrant work that uses the transcendent power of song to turn a streetwise tale into a diegetic musical, with genuinely surprising results.
- 3/6/2022
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
Also out this weekend: ‘Ali & Ava’, ‘The Godfather Part II’.
Warner Bros’ The Batman will dominate the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, as the latest version of the caped crusader takes aim at records in the territory.
The Batman is releasing in 709 locations – a record for Warner Bros, topping the 677 of 2018’s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald; and 671 of 2019’s Joker.
It also makes it the 10th-widest release of all time in the territory.
Matt Reeves’ film has a notable noiri-sh tone, as Robert Pattinson’s Batman must question his family’s involvement in the city’s hidden...
Warner Bros’ The Batman will dominate the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, as the latest version of the caped crusader takes aim at records in the territory.
The Batman is releasing in 709 locations – a record for Warner Bros, topping the 677 of 2018’s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald; and 671 of 2019’s Joker.
It also makes it the 10th-widest release of all time in the territory.
Matt Reeves’ film has a notable noiri-sh tone, as Robert Pattinson’s Batman must question his family’s involvement in the city’s hidden...
- 3/4/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The director of The Arbor and The Selfish Giant returns to her favourite city for her new film. She talks about celebrating lives on the margins and how an ice-rink kiss changed her life
Would you like coffee?” Clio Barnard asks. “Is goat’s milk Ok?” Ooh, that sounds exciting, I say. “There’s oat milk, too.” Barnard is scouring the fridge. “We’ve even got regular cow milk.” It’s early morning when I arrive at her house. Though, as she explains repeatedly, it’s not her house – she’s just renting it while working in London and Essex. It reminds me of Ali & Ava, her lovely new film. Every time Ali tells his friends that Ava is a teacher, she corrects him with “teaching assistant”. Details are important to Barnard.
“Right, would you like some breakfast?” She couldn’t be a warmer host. Then we sit down to talk,...
Would you like coffee?” Clio Barnard asks. “Is goat’s milk Ok?” Ooh, that sounds exciting, I say. “There’s oat milk, too.” Barnard is scouring the fridge. “We’ve even got regular cow milk.” It’s early morning when I arrive at her house. Though, as she explains repeatedly, it’s not her house – she’s just renting it while working in London and Essex. It reminds me of Ali & Ava, her lovely new film. Every time Ali tells his friends that Ava is a teacher, she corrects him with “teaching assistant”. Details are important to Barnard.
“Right, would you like some breakfast?” She couldn’t be a warmer host. Then we sit down to talk,...
- 2/25/2022
- by Simon Hattenstone
- The Guardian - Film News
Maybe she was kidding, but director Clio Barnard recently described “Ali & Ava” as her shot at making a “social-realist musical.” The phrase, which slipped out during an interview from the BFI London Film Festival, struck me as some kind of oxymoron at first: How could a rugged, true-to-life depiction of a struggling working-class English couple possibly coexist with that most surreal of cinematic genres? But in light of the end result, Barnard’s ambition makes perfect sense. The film’s two title characters don’t burst into song out of the blue but rather, listen to music as an escape from their everyday stresses. It’s the force that brings them together.
Embodied with equal parts weariness and good cheer by British Bengali actor Kamal Kaan (“Four Lions”), Ali is a Yorkshire-based ex-radio DJ who gravitates to dance and electronic music. An Irish transplant to the region, Ava (Claire Rushbrook...
Embodied with equal parts weariness and good cheer by British Bengali actor Kamal Kaan (“Four Lions”), Ali is a Yorkshire-based ex-radio DJ who gravitates to dance and electronic music. An Irish transplant to the region, Ava (Claire Rushbrook...
- 10/28/2021
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
With Ali & Ava, a love story set in multicultural Bradford, British writer-director Clio Barnard stays true to her roots in the North of England, where she shot her three previous features (Dark River, The Selfish Giant and The Arbor). Although not without narrative-driving conflict, Ali & Ava is easily Barnard’s least bleak work, one that closes out on a hopeful high note and features warm, huggable performances from leads Adeel Akhtar and Claire Rushbrook in the respective title roles.
That said, it’s also Barnard’s slightest work, dramatically a bit thin and stuck in a conventional British social realist groove. Barnard has moved closer ...
That said, it’s also Barnard’s slightest work, dramatically a bit thin and stuck in a conventional British social realist groove. Barnard has moved closer ...
- 9/23/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With Ali & Ava, a love story set in multicultural Bradford, British writer-director Clio Barnard stays true to her roots in the North of England, where she shot her three previous features (Dark River, The Selfish Giant and The Arbor). Although not without narrative-driving conflict, Ali & Ava is easily Barnard’s least bleak work, one that closes out on a hopeful high note and features warm, huggable performances from leads Adeel Akhtar and Claire Rushbrook in the respective title roles.
That said, it’s also Barnard’s slightest work, dramatically a bit thin and stuck in a conventional British social realist groove. Barnard has moved closer ...
That said, it’s also Barnard’s slightest work, dramatically a bit thin and stuck in a conventional British social realist groove. Barnard has moved closer ...
- 9/23/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Ever since her astonishing breakthrough documentary “The Arbor,” director Clio Barnard has been making a name for herself in her ability to tell stories about people on the fringes. This was especially true in her critically acclaimed 2013 feature “The Selfish Giant.” In her latest film, “Ali & Ava,” which recently played at the Toronto Film Festival, Barnard once again explores the relationships between people who otherwise aren’t seen on screen and how by participating in one another’s lives they’re able to enact change.
Continue reading Clio Barnard Talks ‘Ali & Ava,’ Mixing Fiction With Reality & More [Interview] at The Playlist.
Continue reading Clio Barnard Talks ‘Ali & Ava,’ Mixing Fiction With Reality & More [Interview] at The Playlist.
- 9/16/2021
- by Ally Johnson
- The Playlist
The director of UK features was talking at the Edinburgh Television Festival.
Fiona Lamptey, the London-based director of UK features at Netflix, said the US streamer was looking to “redefine what a British film looks and feels like” at the opening Spotlight Session at the Edinburgh Television Festival in Scotland today.
“Scope and ambition is my topline strategy for the UK,” said Lamptey. “It’s not necessarily about budget, it’s about the distinctiveness of the British voice and creating opportunity,
“Genre, for example, isn’t something we’re as traditionally known for in the UK, but we want to...
Fiona Lamptey, the London-based director of UK features at Netflix, said the US streamer was looking to “redefine what a British film looks and feels like” at the opening Spotlight Session at the Edinburgh Television Festival in Scotland today.
“Scope and ambition is my topline strategy for the UK,” said Lamptey. “It’s not necessarily about budget, it’s about the distinctiveness of the British voice and creating opportunity,
“Genre, for example, isn’t something we’re as traditionally known for in the UK, but we want to...
- 8/23/2021
- by Louise Tutt¬John Elmes Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
Adeel Akhtar who plays Ali and Claire Rushbrook as Ava Photo: Courtesy of Cannes Directors' Fortnight When she peered down remotely from the giant screen in the Theâtre de la Croisette in Cannes after the premiere of her new film Ali & Ava director-writer Clio Barnard is visibly upset not to be there in person.
She says she is “devastated” partly because the Directors’ Fortnight was where one of her previous films The Selfish Giant was launched so successfully in 2013. And when the Fortnight was cancelled with the rest of the Cannes Film Festival last year she used the time in between then and now to “perfect” the current production further, all the time trying to maintain the element of surprise. Because of lockdowns she was unable to travel back to Bradford where the film is set, and instead had to direct locals from afar to produce additional material, mainly sound recordings.
She says she is “devastated” partly because the Directors’ Fortnight was where one of her previous films The Selfish Giant was launched so successfully in 2013. And when the Fortnight was cancelled with the rest of the Cannes Film Festival last year she used the time in between then and now to “perfect” the current production further, all the time trying to maintain the element of surprise. Because of lockdowns she was unable to travel back to Bradford where the film is set, and instead had to direct locals from afar to produce additional material, mainly sound recordings.
- 7/16/2021
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
British director Clio Barnard put the northern English city of Bradford on the world film map with her previous award-winning efforts, “The Arbor” and “The Selfish Giant,” and she now returns for an interracial romance powered by two excellent performances.
In “Ali & Ava,” which premiered on Sunday in the Directors Fortnight sidebar of the Cannes Film Festival, Ali is played by Adeel Akhtar, who radiates an optimistic warmth despite going through a painful domestic situation and hiding the imminent breakup of his marriage from his proud Asian family. Indeed, he is still living with his wife (Ellora Torchia) and sleeping in separate rooms of a large house, and they both dutifully turn up at bustling family dinners.
However, Ali has taken a shine to the young daughter of one of his tenants; he gives her lifts to primary school, where he meets the little girl’s teacher, Ava (Claire Rushbrook), a blonde,...
In “Ali & Ava,” which premiered on Sunday in the Directors Fortnight sidebar of the Cannes Film Festival, Ali is played by Adeel Akhtar, who radiates an optimistic warmth despite going through a painful domestic situation and hiding the imminent breakup of his marriage from his proud Asian family. Indeed, he is still living with his wife (Ellora Torchia) and sleeping in separate rooms of a large house, and they both dutifully turn up at bustling family dinners.
However, Ali has taken a shine to the young daughter of one of his tenants; he gives her lifts to primary school, where he meets the little girl’s teacher, Ava (Claire Rushbrook), a blonde,...
- 7/11/2021
- by Jason Solomons
- The Wrap
Clio Barnard returns to the Cannes Film Festival with the British drama Ali & Ava. While billed as a romance, the Directors’ Fortnight entry doesn’t take the path of a traditional idealized love story, instead exploring the connection between a new couple within Barnard’s social realist world. Based on locals that she encountered while filming The Arbor (2010) and The Selfish Giant (2013) in Bradford, it stars Claire Rushbrook (Secrets & Lies) as Ava and Adeel Akhtar (Four Lions) as Ali.
Ava is a single mother and teaching assistant living in the kind of area cab drivers won’t go. Ali is a DJ and landlord who still lives with the wife he’s split from, and is keeping their parting a secret from his family. These characters have a lot of problems, and on paper, they could be living miserable lives in a downbeat film. But, no: Barnard seeks out...
Ava is a single mother and teaching assistant living in the kind of area cab drivers won’t go. Ali is a DJ and landlord who still lives with the wife he’s split from, and is keeping their parting a secret from his family. These characters have a lot of problems, and on paper, they could be living miserable lives in a downbeat film. But, no: Barnard seeks out...
- 7/11/2021
- by Anna Smith
- Deadline Film + TV
The film will premiere in Directors’ Fortnight on Sunday July 11.
The cancellation of Cannes 2020 gave UK director Clio Barnard the chance to “finesse” her now 2021 selection Ali & Ava, which premieres in Directors Fortnight on Sunday July 11.
“It’s a very difficult secret to keep for an entire year,” laughed Barnard.
The writer-director used the time to make minor adjustments, principally in sound post-production. “It meant we had more time to perfect it,” she explained.
But the UK lockdown made it difficult for the London-based filmmaker to travel back to Bradford in northern England, where the film is set, to do the additional sound recordings.
The cancellation of Cannes 2020 gave UK director Clio Barnard the chance to “finesse” her now 2021 selection Ali & Ava, which premieres in Directors Fortnight on Sunday July 11.
“It’s a very difficult secret to keep for an entire year,” laughed Barnard.
The writer-director used the time to make minor adjustments, principally in sound post-production. “It meant we had more time to perfect it,” she explained.
But the UK lockdown made it difficult for the London-based filmmaker to travel back to Bradford in northern England, where the film is set, to do the additional sound recordings.
- 7/9/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The film will world premiere in Directors’ Fortnight on July 11.
Rezo Films has acquired French distribution rights to Clio Barnard’s UK drama Ali & Ava, which is set to world premiere in Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday (July 11).
UK-based Altitude Film Sales closed the deal and is selling the feature in Cannes, where it has not yet screened to international buyers.
The film is a love story about two people, lonely for different reasons, who meet and feel a deep connection over the course of a lunar month, despite the legacies of their past relationships.
Rezo Films has acquired French distribution rights to Clio Barnard’s UK drama Ali & Ava, which is set to world premiere in Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday (July 11).
UK-based Altitude Film Sales closed the deal and is selling the feature in Cannes, where it has not yet screened to international buyers.
The film is a love story about two people, lonely for different reasons, who meet and feel a deep connection over the course of a lunar month, despite the legacies of their past relationships.
- 7/6/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
One of our most-anticipated premieres amongst the Directors’ Fortnight lineup at this year’s Cannes Film Festival is Clio Barnard’s Ali & Ava. Following The Arbor, The Selfish Giant, and Dark River, the British director’s latest work is once again set in Bradford and this time draws inspiration from Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Fear Eats the Soul. The love story follows Adeel Akhtar and Claire Rushbrook who play a lonely pair that find unexpected affectation for one another.
“It started with the characters of Ali and Ava, and a question,” Barnard told Variety. “What would happen if you took melodrama as a genre and applied it to a social-realist version of Bradford that’s based on real people? It’s an opportunity to think about what it means to be part of a community. There’s a lot of kindness, generosity and support in Bradford and I wanted...
“It started with the characters of Ali and Ava, and a question,” Barnard told Variety. “What would happen if you took melodrama as a genre and applied it to a social-realist version of Bradford that’s based on real people? It’s an opportunity to think about what it means to be part of a community. There’s a lot of kindness, generosity and support in Bradford and I wanted...
- 6/14/2021
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Celebrated British filmmaker Clio Barnard, a previous Cannes winner for “The Selfish Giant” (2013), is back on the Croisette with Directors’ Fortnight selection “Ali & Ava.”
The film is a love story based on people Barnard got to know through making her previous films. While making “The Arbor,” Barnard met and worked with Bradford actor, DJ and landlord Moey Hassan and later, when making “The Selfish Giant,” she met Rio, a mother and teaching assistant at a Bradford school.
Collaborating with Bradford-based writer Kamal Kaan as script consultant, Barnard started to shape a story influenced by Hassan, Kaan and Rio.
In the film, both lonely for different reasons, Ali and Ava meet through their shared affection for six-year-old Sofia, the child of Ali’s Slovakian tenants, whom Ava teaches. Ali finds comfort in Ava’s warmth and kindness and Ava finds Ali’s complexity and humor irresistible. Over time, sparks fly and...
The film is a love story based on people Barnard got to know through making her previous films. While making “The Arbor,” Barnard met and worked with Bradford actor, DJ and landlord Moey Hassan and later, when making “The Selfish Giant,” she met Rio, a mother and teaching assistant at a Bradford school.
Collaborating with Bradford-based writer Kamal Kaan as script consultant, Barnard started to shape a story influenced by Hassan, Kaan and Rio.
In the film, both lonely for different reasons, Ali and Ava meet through their shared affection for six-year-old Sofia, the child of Ali’s Slovakian tenants, whom Ava teaches. Ali finds comfort in Ava’s warmth and kindness and Ava finds Ali’s complexity and humor irresistible. Over time, sparks fly and...
- 6/10/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The lineup for the Cannes Directors Fortnight was revealed on Tuesday, featuring new films by Clio Barnard, Joanna Hogg and Alice Rohrwacher. Of the 24 films selected for the lineup, exactly half have at least one woman director.
The 12 of 24 films in the Cannes Directors Fortnight, which is the independent arm of the Cannes Film Festival kicking off next month, dwarfs the number of female directors in the Cannes main competition lineup, in which only four of the 24 selected movies were directed by women. However, some of the movies for the Directors Fortnight feature women as co-directors, so 12 of 29 of the total directors are women.
The Directors Fortnight will host a special screening of Hogg’s “The Souvenir Part 1,” as “Part 2” will be playing in competition. Other notable films include “A Night of Knowing Nothing,” the first feature by actress Payal Kapadia, and “Hit the Road,” another debut feature by Panah Panahi,...
The 12 of 24 films in the Cannes Directors Fortnight, which is the independent arm of the Cannes Film Festival kicking off next month, dwarfs the number of female directors in the Cannes main competition lineup, in which only four of the 24 selected movies were directed by women. However, some of the movies for the Directors Fortnight feature women as co-directors, so 12 of 29 of the total directors are women.
The Directors Fortnight will host a special screening of Hogg’s “The Souvenir Part 1,” as “Part 2” will be playing in competition. Other notable films include “A Night of Knowing Nothing,” the first feature by actress Payal Kapadia, and “Hit the Road,” another debut feature by Panah Panahi,...
- 6/8/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Joanna Hogg, Clio Barnard, Jonas Carpignano titles among Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight 2021 selection
Parallel Cannes section will unveil 24 new films.
Clio Barnard’s Ali & Ava and Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir Part II will be among the 24 features world premiering in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, running July 7-17 this year.
The non-competitive Cannes parallel section, overseen by French directors guild the Société des Réalisateurs (Srf), has unveiled an eclectic 2021 line-up of new films by established directors and emerging talent at a press conference in Paris on Tuesday (June 8).
Scroll down for the full selection
UK directors Barnard and Hogg were hotly tipped for Cannes 2020 until the main festival and parallel selections were cancelled due to the pandemic.
Clio Barnard’s Ali & Ava and Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir Part II will be among the 24 features world premiering in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, running July 7-17 this year.
The non-competitive Cannes parallel section, overseen by French directors guild the Société des Réalisateurs (Srf), has unveiled an eclectic 2021 line-up of new films by established directors and emerging talent at a press conference in Paris on Tuesday (June 8).
Scroll down for the full selection
UK directors Barnard and Hogg were hotly tipped for Cannes 2020 until the main festival and parallel selections were cancelled due to the pandemic.
- 6/8/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Parallel Cannes section will unveil 24 new films.
Clio Barnard’s Ali & Ava and Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir Part II will be among the 24 features world premiering in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, running July 7 to 17 this year.
The non-competitive Cannes parallel section, overseen by the French directors guild the Société des Réalisateurs (Srf), has unveiled an eclectic 2021 line-up of new films by established directors and emerging talent at a press conference in Paris on Tuesday (June 8).
Scroll down for the full selection
UK directors Barnard and Hogg were hotly tipped for Cannes 2020 until the main festival and parallel selections were cancelled due to the pandemic.
Clio Barnard’s Ali & Ava and Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir Part II will be among the 24 features world premiering in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, running July 7 to 17 this year.
The non-competitive Cannes parallel section, overseen by the French directors guild the Société des Réalisateurs (Srf), has unveiled an eclectic 2021 line-up of new films by established directors and emerging talent at a press conference in Paris on Tuesday (June 8).
Scroll down for the full selection
UK directors Barnard and Hogg were hotly tipped for Cannes 2020 until the main festival and parallel selections were cancelled due to the pandemic.
- 6/8/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: One week after we brought you news of his app Erupt, today we can reveal that film and Broadway producer Edward Walson (Blue Jasmine) is launching Curia, a curated film streaming SVOD platform.
The idea behind the platform — which is initially only available in the U.S. — is to offer rotating monthly programming organized into niche sub-genres. Organizers say the service will be a fixture on the film festival circuit — including the upcoming Cannes Film Festival and market — with an appetite for new, exclusive acquisitions, including shorts.
The lineup will include auteur-driven cinema, movie classics and some commercially-minded fare. The first month’s programming in June will include sections such as Lol (comedies), Growing Pains (coming-of-age), Les Provocateurs and LGBTQ Pride.
Movies at launch will include Some Like It Hot, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, In The Loop, Capote, Birdman Of Alcatraz, Paths Of Glory, A Ciambra, Boyhood, The Selfish Giant,...
The idea behind the platform — which is initially only available in the U.S. — is to offer rotating monthly programming organized into niche sub-genres. Organizers say the service will be a fixture on the film festival circuit — including the upcoming Cannes Film Festival and market — with an appetite for new, exclusive acquisitions, including shorts.
The lineup will include auteur-driven cinema, movie classics and some commercially-minded fare. The first month’s programming in June will include sections such as Lol (comedies), Growing Pains (coming-of-age), Les Provocateurs and LGBTQ Pride.
Movies at launch will include Some Like It Hot, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, In The Loop, Capote, Birdman Of Alcatraz, Paths Of Glory, A Ciambra, Boyhood, The Selfish Giant,...
- 5/26/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Tom Hiddleston will star opposite Claire Danes in Apple TV+’s drama series “The Essex Serpent,” the streaming service said Tuesday.
Based on the novel by Anna Symon, “The Essex Serpent” follows newly widowed Cora (Danes), who, having being released from an abusive marriage, relocates from Victorian London to the small village of Aldwinter in Essex, intrigued by a local superstition that a mythical creature known as the Essex Serpent has returned to the area.
Hiddleston will play the role of Will Ransome, “the trusted leader of a small rural community.” You can see a first-look photo of the Marvel Cinematic Universe star in character above.
“The Essex Serpent” will be directed by Clio Barnard with Symon serving as lead writer. Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Patrick Walters, Iain Canning and Emile Sherman will executive produce the show alongside Barnard and Symon. Andrea Cornwell will serve as producer.
The drama hails from See-Saw Films,...
Based on the novel by Anna Symon, “The Essex Serpent” follows newly widowed Cora (Danes), who, having being released from an abusive marriage, relocates from Victorian London to the small village of Aldwinter in Essex, intrigued by a local superstition that a mythical creature known as the Essex Serpent has returned to the area.
Hiddleston will play the role of Will Ransome, “the trusted leader of a small rural community.” You can see a first-look photo of the Marvel Cinematic Universe star in character above.
“The Essex Serpent” will be directed by Clio Barnard with Symon serving as lead writer. Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Patrick Walters, Iain Canning and Emile Sherman will executive produce the show alongside Barnard and Symon. Andrea Cornwell will serve as producer.
The drama hails from See-Saw Films,...
- 3/16/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Clare Danes has been cast to star in Apple TV+’s “Essex Serpent,” replacing Keira Knightley who was originally tapped for the lead role.
Last fall, Knightley pulled out of “The Essex Serpent” ahead of its production start in the U.K. due to coronavirus-related child care concerns. The 35-year-old actress has two daughters with her husband, James Righton: 5-year-old Edie and 13-month-old Delilah. Apple TV+ ordered “The Essex Serpent” to series at the end of August with Knightley attached as star and EP.
“The Essex Serpent” follows newly widowed Cora (Danes) who, having being released from an abusive marriage, relocates from Victorian London to the small village of Aldwinter in Essex, intrigued by a local superstition that a mythical creature known as the Essex Serpent has returned to the area.
The series is set to be directed by Clio Barnard. Anna Symon will serve as lead writer. Excluding Knightley,...
Last fall, Knightley pulled out of “The Essex Serpent” ahead of its production start in the U.K. due to coronavirus-related child care concerns. The 35-year-old actress has two daughters with her husband, James Righton: 5-year-old Edie and 13-month-old Delilah. Apple TV+ ordered “The Essex Serpent” to series at the end of August with Knightley attached as star and EP.
“The Essex Serpent” follows newly widowed Cora (Danes) who, having being released from an abusive marriage, relocates from Victorian London to the small village of Aldwinter in Essex, intrigued by a local superstition that a mythical creature known as the Essex Serpent has returned to the area.
The series is set to be directed by Clio Barnard. Anna Symon will serve as lead writer. Excluding Knightley,...
- 2/10/2021
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Coming off her Emmy-winning starring turn on Homeland, Claire Danes has signed on to headline The Essex Serpent for Apple TV+.
She is replacing Keira Knightley who was originally cast last summer in in the period drama, an adaptation of Sarah Perry’s novel. Knightley, who has two young children, pulled out of the project in October in what was described in the British press as concerns over childcare during the pandemic.
The Essex Serpent follows newly widowed Cora (Danes) who, having being released from an abusive marriage, relocates from Victorian London to the small village of Aldwinter in Essex, intrigued by a local superstition that a mythical creature known as the Essex Serpent has returned to the area.
Profile Books
The project, from See-Saw Films, the company behind The King’s Speech and Top of the Lake, will be directed by Dark River and The Selfish Giant helmer Clio Barnard.
She is replacing Keira Knightley who was originally cast last summer in in the period drama, an adaptation of Sarah Perry’s novel. Knightley, who has two young children, pulled out of the project in October in what was described in the British press as concerns over childcare during the pandemic.
The Essex Serpent follows newly widowed Cora (Danes) who, having being released from an abusive marriage, relocates from Victorian London to the small village of Aldwinter in Essex, intrigued by a local superstition that a mythical creature known as the Essex Serpent has returned to the area.
Profile Books
The project, from See-Saw Films, the company behind The King’s Speech and Top of the Lake, will be directed by Dark River and The Selfish Giant helmer Clio Barnard.
- 2/10/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
After highlighting 40 films we can guarantee are worth seeing this year and films we hope will get U.S. distribution, it’s time we venture into the unknown. Due to all the pandemic-related delays, our most-anticipated list this year may ring familiar to those who follow our coverage, but there’s still plenty of currently under-the-radar movies that will hopefully make a mark in 2021.
While the majority might not have a set release–let alone any confirmed festival premiere–most have wrapped production and will likely debut at some point in 2021, so make sure to check back for updates over the next twelve months and beyond.
100. No Time to Die (Cary Fukunaga; April 2)
Delays to the 25th James Bond film No Time To Die have been heartbreaking for lifelong fans of the spy franchise. While it’s unclear whether or not the Covid vaccines will roll out fast enough for...
While the majority might not have a set release–let alone any confirmed festival premiere–most have wrapped production and will likely debut at some point in 2021, so make sure to check back for updates over the next twelve months and beyond.
100. No Time to Die (Cary Fukunaga; April 2)
Delays to the 25th James Bond film No Time To Die have been heartbreaking for lifelong fans of the spy franchise. While it’s unclear whether or not the Covid vaccines will roll out fast enough for...
- 1/8/2021
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Ali & Ava
British director Clio Barnard re-teams with her long-time producer Tracy O’Riordan for her fourth feature Ali & Ava, a contemporary love story melodrama shot on location in Bradford. Cast in the lead roles are Claire Rushbrook and Adeel Akhtar, with Ole Bratt Birkeland serving as cinematographer. Barnard’s 2010 breakout The Arbor premiered at Tribeca and 2013’s The Selfish Giant received a Cannes berth in the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar in 2013 where it took home the Sacd prize. In 2017, Dark River competed in TIFF’s Platform program.
Gist: Inspired by Fassbinder’s Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Barnard’s latest focuses on intersections of class race and gender concerning its titular characters.…...
British director Clio Barnard re-teams with her long-time producer Tracy O’Riordan for her fourth feature Ali & Ava, a contemporary love story melodrama shot on location in Bradford. Cast in the lead roles are Claire Rushbrook and Adeel Akhtar, with Ole Bratt Birkeland serving as cinematographer. Barnard’s 2010 breakout The Arbor premiered at Tribeca and 2013’s The Selfish Giant received a Cannes berth in the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar in 2013 where it took home the Sacd prize. In 2017, Dark River competed in TIFF’s Platform program.
Gist: Inspired by Fassbinder’s Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Barnard’s latest focuses on intersections of class race and gender concerning its titular characters.…...
- 1/3/2021
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Screen named Lamptey a UK & Ireland Star of Tomorrow last year.
Netflix has hired producer and 2019 Screen Star of Tomorrow Fiona Lamptey as director of UK features, with a remit to develop films focused on British productions and IP.
Based in London, Lamptey will identify books, theatre and other material for development. She will also work on discovering emerging UK talent.
After working in TV commissioning for Channel 4, Lamptey joined Film4 as a production executive in 2009, where she earned production manager credits on titles including Kill List, Attack The Block and The Selfish Giant.
In 2011 she launched her own firm,...
Netflix has hired producer and 2019 Screen Star of Tomorrow Fiona Lamptey as director of UK features, with a remit to develop films focused on British productions and IP.
Based in London, Lamptey will identify books, theatre and other material for development. She will also work on discovering emerging UK talent.
After working in TV commissioning for Channel 4, Lamptey joined Film4 as a production executive in 2009, where she earned production manager credits on titles including Kill List, Attack The Block and The Selfish Giant.
In 2011 she launched her own firm,...
- 10/22/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Keira Knightley has left the Apple TV Plus series “The Essex Serpent” over family reasons, Variety has confirmed.
Sources tell Variety that production on the series was due to start in six weeks and is now on hiatus. Knightley’s representative told the Daily Mail, which first reported the news, that she had to leave for “family reasons.” The second wave of coronavirus is now upon the U.K. and the actor’s rep told the outlet that “there wasn’t a comfortable scenario for Keira that could be put in place for an extended period of childcare required for the four-and-a-half-month production.”
Knightley and her husband, musician James Righton, have two children.
Based on a 2016 novel by Sarah Perry, “The Essex Serpent” follows a newly widowed woman who, having escaped an abusive marriage, relocates from Victorian London to a small village in the county of Essex. She is intrigued...
Sources tell Variety that production on the series was due to start in six weeks and is now on hiatus. Knightley’s representative told the Daily Mail, which first reported the news, that she had to leave for “family reasons.” The second wave of coronavirus is now upon the U.K. and the actor’s rep told the outlet that “there wasn’t a comfortable scenario for Keira that could be put in place for an extended period of childcare required for the four-and-a-half-month production.”
Knightley and her husband, musician James Righton, have two children.
Based on a 2016 novel by Sarah Perry, “The Essex Serpent” follows a newly widowed woman who, having escaped an abusive marriage, relocates from Victorian London to a small village in the county of Essex. She is intrigued...
- 10/12/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Keira Knightley has pulled out of Apple TV+ series “The Essex Serpent” ahead of its production start in the U.K. due to coronavirus-related child-care concerns.
A representative for Knightley, who was going to both star on and executive produce the adaptation of Sarah Perry’s novel, said in a statement to TheWrap on Monday, “Keira had to unfortunately pull out of the Essex Serpent due to family reasons. As the Covid cases increase in the UK and additional lockdown and restriction rules are potentially being imposed, with so many unknowns, there wasn’t a comfortable scenario for Keira that could be put in place for an extended period of child care required for the 4.5 month production.”
The 35-year-old actress has two daughters with her husband, James Righton: 5-year-old Edie and 13-month-old Delilah.
Apple TV+ ordered “The Essex Serpent” to series at the end of August with Knightley attached as star and EP.
A representative for Knightley, who was going to both star on and executive produce the adaptation of Sarah Perry’s novel, said in a statement to TheWrap on Monday, “Keira had to unfortunately pull out of the Essex Serpent due to family reasons. As the Covid cases increase in the UK and additional lockdown and restriction rules are potentially being imposed, with so many unknowns, there wasn’t a comfortable scenario for Keira that could be put in place for an extended period of child care required for the 4.5 month production.”
The 35-year-old actress has two daughters with her husband, James Righton: 5-year-old Edie and 13-month-old Delilah.
Apple TV+ ordered “The Essex Serpent” to series at the end of August with Knightley attached as star and EP.
- 10/12/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
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