Exclusive: Three Welsh films head to production in scheme backed by BFI, S4C.
Three Welsh features have been selected for production through Ffilm Cymru Wales’ Cinematic scheme, supported by the BFI and broadcaster S4C.
Nuclear is a supernatural thriller and directorial feature debut from writer-director Catherine Linstrum.
Set in a small village under the shadow of a nuclear power station, the film follows a toxic family with a combustible past which must face the ghosts that threaten their future.
Linstrum, whose writing credits include Dreaming of Joseph Lees and California Dreamin’, has co-written the script with David John Newman, while Stella Nwimo will produce. The three had previously collaborated on the short film Things That Fall from the Sky, starring Ophelia Lovibond and Steve Waddington, through BFI Network Wales’ Beacons scheme.
Cadi (previously Gwrach) is a contemporary Welsh-language horror, set in the beautiful but brutal landscape of Snowdonia. The movie will...
Three Welsh features have been selected for production through Ffilm Cymru Wales’ Cinematic scheme, supported by the BFI and broadcaster S4C.
Nuclear is a supernatural thriller and directorial feature debut from writer-director Catherine Linstrum.
Set in a small village under the shadow of a nuclear power station, the film follows a toxic family with a combustible past which must face the ghosts that threaten their future.
Linstrum, whose writing credits include Dreaming of Joseph Lees and California Dreamin’, has co-written the script with David John Newman, while Stella Nwimo will produce. The three had previously collaborated on the short film Things That Fall from the Sky, starring Ophelia Lovibond and Steve Waddington, through BFI Network Wales’ Beacons scheme.
Cadi (previously Gwrach) is a contemporary Welsh-language horror, set in the beautiful but brutal landscape of Snowdonia. The movie will...
- 7/13/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The exciting Vault Film Festival 2017 kicks off this weekend in London, UK. The eclectic programme of international features and shorts is curated by Niger Asije and highlights of the festival include Seat 25 by Nicholas Agnew, Dead Certain by Hendrik Faller, Red by Branko Tomovic, The Library Suicides by Euros Lyn, Bad Caller by Al Carretta, Kidnap Capital by Felipe Rodriguez, Vanitasby Oscar Spierenburg and many more exciting new films. Back for it’s second year, the Vault Film Festival explodes across twenty different screenings between January 28th and March 5th 2017 in London. The complete line-up of features and shorts for the 2017 edition can be found on their freshly launched website: http://www.vaultfestival.com/film-festival ...
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- 1/27/2017
- Screen Anarchy
The Vault Film Festival 2017 has just announced their exciting line-up. The eclectic programme of international features and shorts is curated by Niger Asije and highlights of the festival include Seat 25 by Nicholas Agnew, Dead Certain by Hendrik Faller, Red by Branko Tomovic, The Library Suicides by Euros Lyn, Bad Caller by Al Carretta, Kidnap Capital by Felipe Rodriguez, Vanitas by Oscar Spierenburg and many more exciting new films. Back for it’s second year, the Vault Film Festival explodes across twenty different screenings between January 25th and March 5th 2017 in London. The complete line-up of features and shorts for the 2017 edition can be found on their freshly launched website: http://www.vaultfestival.com/film-festival ...
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- 12/6/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Exclusive: Catherine Linstrum and Keri Collins movies shortlisted for development and production scheme.
Ten movie projects have been shortlisted for the Ffilm Cymru Wales/Film Wales’ Cinematic development and production scheme.
This year, nominated features include Nuclear by Cannes award-winning director Catherine Linstrum (California Dreamin’) and Sorted by former Raindance entrant Keri Collins (Convenience).
The programme, for films with budgets up to £300k, is financed in partnership with the BFI and S4C with additional support from Fields Park Entertainment and Warner Music Supervision.
Shortlisted film teams will now receive input from industry professionals including producers Julie Baines (Creep) and Emily Leo (Under the Shadow) as well as director Ben Parker (The Chamber), alongside sales and distribution representatives such as Jezz Vernon, formerly of Metrodome, and Deborah Rowland.
Three selected films will then be made over the next 18 months.
FfCW will invest approximately £180,000 production finance into each of the final three films. As part of...
Ten movie projects have been shortlisted for the Ffilm Cymru Wales/Film Wales’ Cinematic development and production scheme.
This year, nominated features include Nuclear by Cannes award-winning director Catherine Linstrum (California Dreamin’) and Sorted by former Raindance entrant Keri Collins (Convenience).
The programme, for films with budgets up to £300k, is financed in partnership with the BFI and S4C with additional support from Fields Park Entertainment and Warner Music Supervision.
Shortlisted film teams will now receive input from industry professionals including producers Julie Baines (Creep) and Emily Leo (Under the Shadow) as well as director Ben Parker (The Chamber), alongside sales and distribution representatives such as Jezz Vernon, formerly of Metrodome, and Deborah Rowland.
Three selected films will then be made over the next 18 months.
FfCW will invest approximately £180,000 production finance into each of the final three films. As part of...
- 12/6/2016
- ScreenDaily
Stars: Catrin Stewart, Dyfan Dwyfor, Carwyn Glyn, Sharon Morgan, Ryland Teifi | Written by Fflur Dafydd | Directed by Euros Lyn
I have to admit, I’ve never really taken notice if a film is Welsh, but The Library Suicides (aka Y Llyfrgell) is different. Actually, in Welsh, it stands out as a film that feels more a part of Nordic Noir than British in style and manages to be something a bit different and special.
When famous author Elena Wdig (Sharon Morgan) commits suicide, she leaves her twin daughters, librarians Ana and Nan (both played by Catrin Stewart) to deal with the loss. Her final words to them suggest the name of a man who may have murdered her, leading them to look for revenge.
One thing that is noticeable about The Library Suicides is the theme of duality. While to go too far into what happens in the movie would spoil the experience,...
I have to admit, I’ve never really taken notice if a film is Welsh, but The Library Suicides (aka Y Llyfrgell) is different. Actually, in Welsh, it stands out as a film that feels more a part of Nordic Noir than British in style and manages to be something a bit different and special.
When famous author Elena Wdig (Sharon Morgan) commits suicide, she leaves her twin daughters, librarians Ana and Nan (both played by Catrin Stewart) to deal with the loss. Her final words to them suggest the name of a man who may have murdered her, leading them to look for revenge.
One thing that is noticeable about The Library Suicides is the theme of duality. While to go too far into what happens in the movie would spoil the experience,...
- 11/1/2016
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
★★★★☆ Twin sisters do it for themselves in Euros Lyn's outstanding feature debut The Library Suicides. The Welsh filmmaker's wealth of TV directorial experience from the likes of Broadchurch and Happy Valley are evident in a dark, sordid tale of memory, legacy and grief in which present revelations lurch forward in violent fits and starts as past truths surface with painstaking patience. A captivating dual turn by Catrin Stewart sees her play Ana and Nan, twins identical in appearance but distinguished by subtle differences in manner and mannerisms. Both work in a library archive and a gripping opening sequence cross-cuts between a worryingly sinister explanation of their work and an elderly woman perched perilously on a ledge.
- 8/4/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
The winners have been announced at the 70th Edinburgh International Film Festival.
The festival’s top prizes were awarded to Ben Sharrock’s Pikadero (UK-Spain), which took the Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film, Argyris Papadimitropoulos’s Suntan (Greece) which won Best International Feature Film, and Johan Grimonprez’s Shadow World (Us), which won Best Documentary Feature Film.
The Michael Powell jury, which included actress Kim Cattrall, Spanish filmmaker Iciar Bollain and actor Clancy Brown, also gave a special mention to Mercedes Grower’s Brakes.
On their selection of Scottish film-maker Sharrock’s Basque-language debut about a young Spanish couple’s attempt to navigate their country’s economic crisis, the Michael Powell jury said: “We wanted to recognise the very personal and individual voice on director Ben Sharrock for his film Pikadero. In a year when the jury viewed a selection of very distinctive and different films, his film really stood out.”
On handing...
The festival’s top prizes were awarded to Ben Sharrock’s Pikadero (UK-Spain), which took the Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film, Argyris Papadimitropoulos’s Suntan (Greece) which won Best International Feature Film, and Johan Grimonprez’s Shadow World (Us), which won Best Documentary Feature Film.
The Michael Powell jury, which included actress Kim Cattrall, Spanish filmmaker Iciar Bollain and actor Clancy Brown, also gave a special mention to Mercedes Grower’s Brakes.
On their selection of Scottish film-maker Sharrock’s Basque-language debut about a young Spanish couple’s attempt to navigate their country’s economic crisis, the Michael Powell jury said: “We wanted to recognise the very personal and individual voice on director Ben Sharrock for his film Pikadero. In a year when the jury viewed a selection of very distinctive and different films, his film really stood out.”
On handing...
- 6/24/2016
- ScreenDaily
Best known for his TV work on everything from "Black Mirror" to "Marvel's Daredevil," Welsh director Euros Lyn is making quite a splash with his debut feature The Library Suicides which recently had its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Based on the best selling mystery novel of the same title and adapted by the book's multi-talented writer Fflur Dafydd, the movie stars Catrin Stewart as Ana & Nan, twin sisters and librarians at the National Library of Wales. The pair find themselves lost when their famous mother dies of an apparent suicide. Convinced that their mother's death was actually perpetrated by her biographer Eben, the pair set off on avenging her death.
I watched the trailer twice and still had a lot of questions about wha [Continued ...]...
Based on the best selling mystery novel of the same title and adapted by the book's multi-talented writer Fflur Dafydd, the movie stars Catrin Stewart as Ana & Nan, twin sisters and librarians at the National Library of Wales. The pair find themselves lost when their famous mother dies of an apparent suicide. Convinced that their mother's death was actually perpetrated by her biographer Eben, the pair set off on avenging her death.
I watched the trailer twice and still had a lot of questions about wha [Continued ...]...
- 6/23/2016
- QuietEarth.us
"If you leave enough behind, then death isn't the end." Soda Pictures has debuted an official UK trailer for The Library Suicides, a film from Wales made entirely in the Welsh language. It's adapted from Fflur Dafydd’s bestselling novel titled Y Llyfrgell, the original Welsh title, and it's about two identical twin sisters who investigate the suicide (or potential murder) of their mother, who was a librarian at the National Library of Wales. Actress Catrin Stewart (best known from "Doctor Who" and "Stella") plays dual roles as both daughters, and the cast also includes Dyfan Dwyfor, Ryland Teifi, Carwyn Glyn and Sharon Morgan. The way this trailer plays out, I would say it looks more fun than it does "thrilling". Take a look. Here's the official trailer for Euros Lyn's The Library Suicides, direct from YouTube: The Library Suicides (Y Llyfrgell), the debut feature from award-winning director Euros Lyn,...
- 6/23/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Identical daughters of a well-regarded Welsh author, archivists Ana (Catrin Stewart) and Nan (Stewart again) have done all they can to preserve her works at the National Library of Wales, where their mother’s ashes remain in storage following her apparent suicide. When a biographer arrives one evening looking to conduct research into Elana’s life, using the diaries and […]
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- 6/21/2016
- by Steven Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Highlights include the UK premiere of Finding Dory and the world premiere of the 4K restoration of Highlander [pictured].Scroll down for competition titles
The line-up for the 70th Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has been unveiled this morning by artistic director Mark Adams.
This year’s Eiff (June 15-26) will comprise a total 161 features from 46 countries including: 22 world premieres, five international premieres, 17 European premieres and 85 UK premieres.
Highlights include the UK premiere of Disney-Pixar animation Finding Dory, in-person events that include Us indie filmmaker Kevin Smith and Sex & The City actress Kim Cattrall, and the opening and closing gala world premieres of the previously announced Tommy’s Honour and Whisky Galore!.
Old classics will be re-imagined with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra performing the score to E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial live at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre and the world premiere of the newly-restored 4K version of Highlander, celebrating its 30th anniversary with star Clancy Brown in attendance.
The...
The line-up for the 70th Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has been unveiled this morning by artistic director Mark Adams.
This year’s Eiff (June 15-26) will comprise a total 161 features from 46 countries including: 22 world premieres, five international premieres, 17 European premieres and 85 UK premieres.
Highlights include the UK premiere of Disney-Pixar animation Finding Dory, in-person events that include Us indie filmmaker Kevin Smith and Sex & The City actress Kim Cattrall, and the opening and closing gala world premieres of the previously announced Tommy’s Honour and Whisky Galore!.
Old classics will be re-imagined with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra performing the score to E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial live at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre and the world premiere of the newly-restored 4K version of Highlander, celebrating its 30th anniversary with star Clancy Brown in attendance.
The...
- 5/25/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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