Hold Up, a thought-provoking short film premiering 19 May at the Romford Film Festival, is based on a real-life encounter with an East African immigrant late one night in a deserted New York subway station. The film stars Philip Ettinger, who studied at the Globe Theatre in London before gaining acclaim alongside Ethan Hawke and Amanda Seyfried in Paul Schrader’s First Reformed. He went on to play the young adult versions of Mark Ruffalo’s twin characters in HBO’s I Know This Much is True. Also starring in Hold Up is Renrick Palmer in a breakout performance that has already garnered praise. An immigrant himself, and U.S. Air Force veteran, Palmer is currently portraying Jackie Robinson for the History Channel.
Hold Up was filmed in the Harlem neighbourhoods where the real events took place. The production team put in weeks of reconnaissance to surreptitiously shoot the subway scenes. Broadway...
Hold Up was filmed in the Harlem neighbourhoods where the real events took place. The production team put in weeks of reconnaissance to surreptitiously shoot the subway scenes. Broadway...
- 4/29/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Durban — With world leaders arriving in Johannesburg this week, with an aim toward boosting trade ties and stimulating the economies of the five member states at the annual Brics summit, delegations from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa gathered in Durban to highlight the countries’ cultural output at the 3rd annual Brics Film Festival.
Running parallel to the Durban Film Festival, the Brics festival opened Sunday night with a splashy ceremony featuring live performances and short films from each of the member states. At the Durban FilmMart on Monday, a delegation of filmmakers and cultural representatives from each nation gathered to look at how the festival – still in its infant stages – can set the groundwork for greater collaboration in the years ahead.
“We do have a lot more in common with Brics countries than we have with our brothers and sisters in other parts of the world,” said South African filmmaker Xoliswa Sithole,...
Running parallel to the Durban Film Festival, the Brics festival opened Sunday night with a splashy ceremony featuring live performances and short films from each of the member states. At the Durban FilmMart on Monday, a delegation of filmmakers and cultural representatives from each nation gathered to look at how the festival – still in its infant stages – can set the groundwork for greater collaboration in the years ahead.
“We do have a lot more in common with Brics countries than we have with our brothers and sisters in other parts of the world,” said South African filmmaker Xoliswa Sithole,...
- 7/24/2018
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
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