“Ouch,” said one UK independent producer.
UK producers have applauded the focus on transparency and clarity from the revamped British Film Institute (Bf) Filmmaking Fund unveiled earlier this week, but are increasingly concerned about the fall in funding for indie features and an apparent reduction in the number that will be supported through the National Lottery Funding.
“I appreciate their effort to have more transparency and formalise the application processes a bit more in terms of response time for instance,” said Hélène Sifre, producer at Kleio Films, who produced Bifa-winning Blue Jean, the debut feature from Georgia Oakley, which received...
UK producers have applauded the focus on transparency and clarity from the revamped British Film Institute (Bf) Filmmaking Fund unveiled earlier this week, but are increasingly concerned about the fall in funding for indie features and an apparent reduction in the number that will be supported through the National Lottery Funding.
“I appreciate their effort to have more transparency and formalise the application processes a bit more in terms of response time for instance,” said Hélène Sifre, producer at Kleio Films, who produced Bifa-winning Blue Jean, the debut feature from Georgia Oakley, which received...
- 3/23/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Here’s our annual rundown of the 10 largest production awards given out by the British Film Institute’s Film Fund in 2022. Backed by National Lottery money, the grants are a key supporter of indie cinema in the UK.
Top of the list is Timestalker, the debut feature film from actor and writer Alice Lowe. Billed as a “reincarnation romcom,” the film follows the tale of one woman’s unrequited love spanning several centuries. Lowe directs from a screenplay she wrote. She also stars in the film alongside Jacob Anderson (Game Of Thrones), Aneurin Barnard (David Copperfield), Tanya Reynolds (Sex Education), and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz). Vaughan Sivell and Western Edge Pictures are producers. The film is currently eyeing a 2023 release.
Second on the list is Starve Acre, a supernatural horror film from BAFTA-nominated Apostasy creator Daniel Kokotajlo. The Crown star Matt Smith and Saint Maud’s Morfydd Clark lead pic,...
Top of the list is Timestalker, the debut feature film from actor and writer Alice Lowe. Billed as a “reincarnation romcom,” the film follows the tale of one woman’s unrequited love spanning several centuries. Lowe directs from a screenplay she wrote. She also stars in the film alongside Jacob Anderson (Game Of Thrones), Aneurin Barnard (David Copperfield), Tanya Reynolds (Sex Education), and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz). Vaughan Sivell and Western Edge Pictures are producers. The film is currently eyeing a 2023 release.
Second on the list is Starve Acre, a supernatural horror film from BAFTA-nominated Apostasy creator Daniel Kokotajlo. The Crown star Matt Smith and Saint Maud’s Morfydd Clark lead pic,...
- 12/26/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Fund
The U.K.’s BFI has revealed details of the National Lottery Audience Projects Fund, with £15 million (16.9 million) available over three years to support the U.K. exhibition and distribution sector to grow audiences for U.K. independent film and Xr/broader screen work. Applications, which open Nov. 4, are invited from organizations that are focused on increasing access and growing the engagement of audiences that are representative of the U.K. population.
The fund will make awards of between £20,000 and £200,000 depending on the scope and reach of the project, with an upper limit of £500,000 for projects of “exceptional scale and ambition,” the BFI said in a statement. Eligible applicants will need experience of film distribution, film exhibition or audience development activities in the U.K. For research and development projects, applicants can apply for between £10,000 and £20,000.
The fund is part of the Screen Culture 2033 strategy, which will see the BFI...
The U.K.’s BFI has revealed details of the National Lottery Audience Projects Fund, with £15 million (16.9 million) available over three years to support the U.K. exhibition and distribution sector to grow audiences for U.K. independent film and Xr/broader screen work. Applications, which open Nov. 4, are invited from organizations that are focused on increasing access and growing the engagement of audiences that are representative of the U.K. population.
The fund will make awards of between £20,000 and £200,000 depending on the scope and reach of the project, with an upper limit of £500,000 for projects of “exceptional scale and ambition,” the BFI said in a statement. Eligible applicants will need experience of film distribution, film exhibition or audience development activities in the U.K. For research and development projects, applicants can apply for between £10,000 and £20,000.
The fund is part of the Screen Culture 2033 strategy, which will see the BFI...
- 10/19/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Production has commenced in Wales.
UK director Alice Lowe’s Timestalker has added Screen Stars of Tomorrow Aneurin Barnard (2009) and Tanya Reynolds (2020) to the cast, alongside Nick Frost, as its shoot gets underway in Wales.
Further newly announced cast include Kate Dickie, Dan Skinner and Mike Wozniak, who all starred in Lowe’s directorial debut, Venice 2016 premiere Prevenge.
They join the previously announced cast Lowe and Jacob Anderson. Sam Riley and Natasia Demetriou are no longer attached to the project.
HanWay has worldwide sales rights, and will be sharing materials at the upcoming American Film Market.
Lowe is reteaming on...
UK director Alice Lowe’s Timestalker has added Screen Stars of Tomorrow Aneurin Barnard (2009) and Tanya Reynolds (2020) to the cast, alongside Nick Frost, as its shoot gets underway in Wales.
Further newly announced cast include Kate Dickie, Dan Skinner and Mike Wozniak, who all starred in Lowe’s directorial debut, Venice 2016 premiere Prevenge.
They join the previously announced cast Lowe and Jacob Anderson. Sam Riley and Natasia Demetriou are no longer attached to the project.
HanWay has worldwide sales rights, and will be sharing materials at the upcoming American Film Market.
Lowe is reteaming on...
- 10/19/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
To mark the release of Gazza, out now, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on DVD.
Paul Gascoigne was the face of ‘90s Britain, the most celebrated young footballer in the world, and a newspaper editor’s dream. His on-field brilliance was matched only by his off-field antics, which the tabloid media ruthlessly exploited for a celebrity-obsessed audience.
Gazza is an unflinching portrait of the ultimate tragic hero, whose love for the riches and limelight of fame proved to be his downfall. An unmissable documentary for any football fan, featuring interviews from friends, family, and former teammates and coaches including Alan Shearer, Bryan Robson, Paul Ince, Ian Wright and Terry Venables.
Gazza was directed by Sampson Collins and was produced by Gareth Dodds, Tom Wood, Vaughan Sivell & Will Kane with Keith Haviland & Mark Stewart credited as Exec Producers.
Please note: This competition is open to UK residents only...
Paul Gascoigne was the face of ‘90s Britain, the most celebrated young footballer in the world, and a newspaper editor’s dream. His on-field brilliance was matched only by his off-field antics, which the tabloid media ruthlessly exploited for a celebrity-obsessed audience.
Gazza is an unflinching portrait of the ultimate tragic hero, whose love for the riches and limelight of fame proved to be his downfall. An unmissable documentary for any football fan, featuring interviews from friends, family, and former teammates and coaches including Alan Shearer, Bryan Robson, Paul Ince, Ian Wright and Terry Venables.
Gazza was directed by Sampson Collins and was produced by Gareth Dodds, Tom Wood, Vaughan Sivell & Will Kane with Keith Haviland & Mark Stewart credited as Exec Producers.
Please note: This competition is open to UK residents only...
- 5/10/2022
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In his latest interview/podcast, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with producer Vaughan Sivell about his new documentary feature Gazza, the story of one of England’s most iconic and controversial footballers.
The story of a footballing genius, Paul Gascoigne, whose on-field brilliance is matched by a troubled private life and a media mania that spirals out of control.
Gazza is available on BBC iPlayer and on Digital Download now and Blu-ray and DVD from 9th May.
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The story of a footballing genius, Paul Gascoigne, whose on-field brilliance is matched by a troubled private life and a media mania that spirals out of control.
Gazza is available on BBC iPlayer and on Digital Download now and Blu-ray and DVD from 9th May.
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- 5/3/2022
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
The fund has previously backed titles including ‘Censor’ and ‘The Colour Room’.
The UK’s Ffilm Cymru Wales has invested £280,183 of National Lottery funding in the development of 12 feature films, throughout the past year, the Welsh film agency has revealed.
The agency offers writers, directors and producers support through the development process, and up to £25,000 of funding.
Titles to receive backing from this funding round include A Womanly Way: The Story Of Olivia Records, from director Hannah Berryman and producer Catryn Ramasut/ They previously worked together on Rockfield: The Studio On The Farm, and have received £24,980 for their documentary about...
The UK’s Ffilm Cymru Wales has invested £280,183 of National Lottery funding in the development of 12 feature films, throughout the past year, the Welsh film agency has revealed.
The agency offers writers, directors and producers support through the development process, and up to £25,000 of funding.
Titles to receive backing from this funding round include A Womanly Way: The Story Of Olivia Records, from director Hannah Berryman and producer Catryn Ramasut/ They previously worked together on Rockfield: The Studio On The Farm, and have received £24,980 for their documentary about...
- 3/11/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Ryan Andrew Hooper’s film stars Michael Smiley, Annes Elwy
Great Point Media has sold Welsh crime thriller The Toll to key territories, at last month’s Pre-Cannes Screenings.
It has a deal for UK-Ireland and Australia-New Zealand with Signature, which will release the film in late August in the UK and Ireland.
Further deals include France with Family Films, and the US with Samuel Goldwyn Films.
“This year’s Pre-Cannes set-up allowed buyers the extra time needed to give each film the attention it deserves, which resulted in more thorough negotiation and better-structured deals,” said Toby Melling, VP of sales at Great Point.
Great Point Media has sold Welsh crime thriller The Toll to key territories, at last month’s Pre-Cannes Screenings.
It has a deal for UK-Ireland and Australia-New Zealand with Signature, which will release the film in late August in the UK and Ireland.
Further deals include France with Family Films, and the US with Samuel Goldwyn Films.
“This year’s Pre-Cannes set-up allowed buyers the extra time needed to give each film the attention it deserves, which resulted in more thorough negotiation and better-structured deals,” said Toby Melling, VP of sales at Great Point.
- 7/11/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Sam Riley has boarded the cast of Alice Lowe’s Timestalker, starring alongside Lowe, Natasia Demetriou and Jacob Anderson in the romantic comedy chronicling one woman’s unrequited love across several centuries.
This is Lowe’s second feature after 2016’s Prevenge, which was at Venice. Vaughan Sivell is producing for Western Edge Pictures. HanWay Films has picked up worldwide sales ahead of the European Film Market (March 1-5).
In the movie, each cast member will recur throughout each historical period, from 1680s Western Scotland to the apocalyptic 22nd Century.
“It’s so exciting to be working on a grander scale on Timestalker – but with the same crafting of script and comedy improv and brilliant actors,” said Lowe. “This film is my homage to the most romantic epics. Lavish, lush and overflowing with emotion. This film is going to be shameless. All blusher and petticoats and suicidal lovers. The romantic era...
This is Lowe’s second feature after 2016’s Prevenge, which was at Venice. Vaughan Sivell is producing for Western Edge Pictures. HanWay Films has picked up worldwide sales ahead of the European Film Market (March 1-5).
In the movie, each cast member will recur throughout each historical period, from 1680s Western Scotland to the apocalyptic 22nd Century.
“It’s so exciting to be working on a grander scale on Timestalker – but with the same crafting of script and comedy improv and brilliant actors,” said Lowe. “This film is my homage to the most romantic epics. Lavish, lush and overflowing with emotion. This film is going to be shameless. All blusher and petticoats and suicidal lovers. The romantic era...
- 2/19/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
HanWay Films has picked up worldwide rights to Alice Lowe’s reincarnation rom com “Timestalker.”
The film, which will be shopped to buyers at next month’s European Film Market, follows the “Prevenge” director and star through time as she repeatedly falls for the wrong guy, dies a grim death and gets reincarnated a century later, before meeting him again and starting the cycle anew.
Lowe stars in the film, which she has written and directed. Production is set to start this summer in the U.K. Other cast includes Sam Riley, Natasia Demetriou and actor and singer-songwriter Jacob Anderson (“Game of Thrones”), who is known in the music world as “Raleigh Ritchie”.
The cast will recur throughout each historical period depicted in the romantic comedy, which includes 1680s Western Scotland, 1790s Rural England, 1980s Manhattan and an apocalyptic 22nd Century.
Lowe said, “It’s so exciting to be working...
The film, which will be shopped to buyers at next month’s European Film Market, follows the “Prevenge” director and star through time as she repeatedly falls for the wrong guy, dies a grim death and gets reincarnated a century later, before meeting him again and starting the cycle anew.
Lowe stars in the film, which she has written and directed. Production is set to start this summer in the U.K. Other cast includes Sam Riley, Natasia Demetriou and actor and singer-songwriter Jacob Anderson (“Game of Thrones”), who is known in the music world as “Raleigh Ritchie”.
The cast will recur throughout each historical period depicted in the romantic comedy, which includes 1680s Western Scotland, 1790s Rural England, 1980s Manhattan and an apocalyptic 22nd Century.
Lowe said, “It’s so exciting to be working...
- 2/19/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Screen Star of Tomorrow 2020 Tom Wood produces with Vaughan Sivell, Will Kane.
The UK’s Western Edge Pictures has wrapped principal photography on Sampson Collins’ feature documentary Gazza, about the life and career of English football star Paul Gascoigne.
The documentary is made of archive footage, including previously unseen material. Contributors include family members, former teammates, close friends, and journalists – including some convicted of phone hacking from the latter group.
Collins’ credits include the 2015 cricket documentary Death Of A Gentleman. Tom Wood (recently named a Screen Star of Tomorrow 2020) produces for Western Edge alongside Will Kane and the company’s CEO Vaughan Sivell.
The UK’s Western Edge Pictures has wrapped principal photography on Sampson Collins’ feature documentary Gazza, about the life and career of English football star Paul Gascoigne.
The documentary is made of archive footage, including previously unseen material. Contributors include family members, former teammates, close friends, and journalists – including some convicted of phone hacking from the latter group.
Collins’ credits include the 2015 cricket documentary Death Of A Gentleman. Tom Wood (recently named a Screen Star of Tomorrow 2020) produces for Western Edge alongside Will Kane and the company’s CEO Vaughan Sivell.
- 10/8/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Hart died in an accident in a live televised wrestling stunt.
UK-based sales agency Kaleidoscope Film Distribution has topped up its Cannes virtual market slate with Owen, a new documentary about tragic wrestling star Owen Hart.
The film is currently in production ahead of delivery late in Q1 2021. Kaleidoscope will handle worldwide sales, with initial materials available for viewing during the Marché du Film Online.
Hart was the golden boy of the World Wrestling Foundation in the 1990s, with a promising career as one of the franchise’s biggest names.
However, an accident on May 23, 1999 saw him fall eight stories...
UK-based sales agency Kaleidoscope Film Distribution has topped up its Cannes virtual market slate with Owen, a new documentary about tragic wrestling star Owen Hart.
The film is currently in production ahead of delivery late in Q1 2021. Kaleidoscope will handle worldwide sales, with initial materials available for viewing during the Marché du Film Online.
Hart was the golden boy of the World Wrestling Foundation in the 1990s, with a promising career as one of the franchise’s biggest names.
However, an accident on May 23, 1999 saw him fall eight stories...
- 6/18/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
“Rare Beasts,” the directorial debut of British stage and screen actress Billie Piper is set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week, which has unveiled its lineup of nine first works, four of them from female filmmakers.
Produced by Vaughan Sivell of Western Edge Pictures in association with Moffen Media Limited, “Rare Beasts” is “a completely unhinged comedy,” section chief Giona Nazzaro said.
Piper plays Mandy, a struggling young writer and mother who comes from a dysfunctional family and falls upon a troubled man played by Leo Bill (“Peterloo”). The high-caliber cast of Brits also includes Lily James (“Downton Abbey”) and David Thewlis, best known as Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter film series.
The out-of-competition opener for Critics’ Week will be Indian animation film “Bombay Rose” by Gitanjali Rao, which Nazzaro described as a love story between a Hindu girl and a Muslim boy and also...
Produced by Vaughan Sivell of Western Edge Pictures in association with Moffen Media Limited, “Rare Beasts” is “a completely unhinged comedy,” section chief Giona Nazzaro said.
Piper plays Mandy, a struggling young writer and mother who comes from a dysfunctional family and falls upon a troubled man played by Leo Bill (“Peterloo”). The high-caliber cast of Brits also includes Lily James (“Downton Abbey”) and David Thewlis, best known as Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter film series.
The out-of-competition opener for Critics’ Week will be Indian animation film “Bombay Rose” by Gitanjali Rao, which Nazzaro described as a love story between a Hindu girl and a Muslim boy and also...
- 7/19/2019
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Among new members are Maren Ade, Hugh Grant and Hayley Squires.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has revealed its 2018 intake of new members drawn from the film, TV and games industry.
Among the 386 new members are actors Hugh Grant, Willem Dafoe and Hayley Squires, directors Maren Ade (Toni Erdmann), Daniel Kokotajlo (Apostasy) and Michael Pearce (Beast), film execs Shana Eddy-Grouf (Studiocanal) and Katie Goodson-Thomas (Fox Searchlight), and La La Land producers Jordan Horowitz and Fred Berger.
Former UK and Ireland Screen Stars of Tomorrow in the new intake include producer Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly and actor Jessie Barden.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has revealed its 2018 intake of new members drawn from the film, TV and games industry.
Among the 386 new members are actors Hugh Grant, Willem Dafoe and Hayley Squires, directors Maren Ade (Toni Erdmann), Daniel Kokotajlo (Apostasy) and Michael Pearce (Beast), film execs Shana Eddy-Grouf (Studiocanal) and Katie Goodson-Thomas (Fox Searchlight), and La La Land producers Jordan Horowitz and Fred Berger.
Former UK and Ireland Screen Stars of Tomorrow in the new intake include producer Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly and actor Jessie Barden.
- 12/12/2018
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Iwan Rheon also stars in feature from Western Edge Pictures.
Ryan Andrew Hooper’s feature debut The Toll, starring Michael Smiley and Annes Elwy, has wrapped after shooting on location in Wales.
Produced by Vaughan Sivell and Mark Hopkins for Western Edge Pictures through the Ffilm Cymru Wales’ Cinematic scheme, the thriller features Smiley as a man working solo shifts in the quietest toll booth in Wales, hiding from a criminal past where nobody would ever look. Elwy plays a traffic cop who heads to the booth at exactly the wrong time. It is written by Matt Redd.
Smiley’s...
Ryan Andrew Hooper’s feature debut The Toll, starring Michael Smiley and Annes Elwy, has wrapped after shooting on location in Wales.
Produced by Vaughan Sivell and Mark Hopkins for Western Edge Pictures through the Ffilm Cymru Wales’ Cinematic scheme, the thriller features Smiley as a man working solo shifts in the quietest toll booth in Wales, hiding from a criminal past where nobody would ever look. Elwy plays a traffic cop who heads to the booth at exactly the wrong time. It is written by Matt Redd.
Smiley’s...
- 12/10/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Western Edge Pictures credits include Prevenge, The Canal.
Billie Piper’s directorial debut ‘anti rom-com’ Rare Beasts has begun principal photography for London and Wales-based production outfit Western Edge Pictures.
The cast has also been announced. Piper stars as Mandy alongside Leo Bill, who has Peterloo and In Fabric at Tiff, as well as David Thewlis, Kerry Fox, and newcomer Toby Woolf.
Rare Beasts takes place against the backdrop of the modern feminism movement and centres on a single mother in crisis, writing about a love that no longer exists, who falls for a traditionalist religious man in search of sense-worth.
Billie Piper’s directorial debut ‘anti rom-com’ Rare Beasts has begun principal photography for London and Wales-based production outfit Western Edge Pictures.
The cast has also been announced. Piper stars as Mandy alongside Leo Bill, who has Peterloo and In Fabric at Tiff, as well as David Thewlis, Kerry Fox, and newcomer Toby Woolf.
Rare Beasts takes place against the backdrop of the modern feminism movement and centres on a single mother in crisis, writing about a love that no longer exists, who falls for a traditionalist religious man in search of sense-worth.
- 9/11/2018
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Western Edge Pictures credits include Prevenge, The Canal.
Billie Piper’s directorial debut ‘ anti rom-com’ Rare Beasts has begun principal photography for London and Wales-based production outfit Western Edge Pictures.
Piper stars as Mandy alongside Leo Bill, who has Peterloo and In Fabric at Tiff, as well as David Thewlis, Kerry Fox, and newcomer Toby Woolf.
Rare Beasts takes place against the backdrop of the modern feminism movement and centres on a single mother in crisis, writing about a love that no longer exists, who falls for a traditionalist religious man in search of sense-worth.
“Rare Beasts is a cautionary tale,...
Billie Piper’s directorial debut ‘ anti rom-com’ Rare Beasts has begun principal photography for London and Wales-based production outfit Western Edge Pictures.
Piper stars as Mandy alongside Leo Bill, who has Peterloo and In Fabric at Tiff, as well as David Thewlis, Kerry Fox, and newcomer Toby Woolf.
Rare Beasts takes place against the backdrop of the modern feminism movement and centres on a single mother in crisis, writing about a love that no longer exists, who falls for a traditionalist religious man in search of sense-worth.
“Rare Beasts is a cautionary tale,...
- 9/11/2018
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Doctor Who and Penny Dreadful actress Billie Piper has begun production on her feature directorial debut Rare Beasts.
Piper will star with Leo Bill (Peterloo), David Thewlis (Harry Potter), Kerry Fox (Bright Star) and newcomer Toby Woolf (Summer Of Rockets) in the ‘anti rom-com’ about a career-driven single mother who falls in love with a charming traditionalist (Bill). She has also scripted.
Pic is being produced by Vaughan Sivell of Western Edge Pictures (Prevenge) in association with Moffen Media Limited. Executive Producers are Vaughan Sivell, Franki Goodwin, Mike Rattenbury, Will Kane for Wep, Paul Higgins for Fields Park, Jim Reeve and Robert Halmi for Moffen Media, Josh Varney and Ben Pugh for 42 and Billie Piper.
Piper said of the film, “Rare Beasts is a cautionary tale. Where do we all go after the fallout between men and women? And who do we really need at the end of it all?...
Piper will star with Leo Bill (Peterloo), David Thewlis (Harry Potter), Kerry Fox (Bright Star) and newcomer Toby Woolf (Summer Of Rockets) in the ‘anti rom-com’ about a career-driven single mother who falls in love with a charming traditionalist (Bill). She has also scripted.
Pic is being produced by Vaughan Sivell of Western Edge Pictures (Prevenge) in association with Moffen Media Limited. Executive Producers are Vaughan Sivell, Franki Goodwin, Mike Rattenbury, Will Kane for Wep, Paul Higgins for Fields Park, Jim Reeve and Robert Halmi for Moffen Media, Josh Varney and Ben Pugh for 42 and Billie Piper.
Piper said of the film, “Rare Beasts is a cautionary tale. Where do we all go after the fallout between men and women? And who do we really need at the end of it all?...
- 9/11/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Director Vaughan Sivell spent three years making the 4 x 60’ documentary, and collected more than 2,000 hours of footage.
Three years in the making, Vaughan Sivell’s documentary Pistorius will be launched worldwide on Amazon Prime Video on Sept 6.
The 4 x 60’ episodes follow Oscar Pistorius’ rise to sporting fame as a Paralympic champion, the fateful night in February 2013 when he shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, and the subsequent murder trial.
The series also explores his rise and fall in the context of contemporary, turbulent South Africa.
Director Sivell told Screen: “Modern South Africa, the country, and Oscar Pistorius were born a few years apart.
Three years in the making, Vaughan Sivell’s documentary Pistorius will be launched worldwide on Amazon Prime Video on Sept 6.
The 4 x 60’ episodes follow Oscar Pistorius’ rise to sporting fame as a Paralympic champion, the fateful night in February 2013 when he shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, and the subsequent murder trial.
The series also explores his rise and fall in the context of contemporary, turbulent South Africa.
Director Sivell told Screen: “Modern South Africa, the country, and Oscar Pistorius were born a few years apart.
- 9/5/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Amazon has picked up “Pistorius,” a four-part documentary about the South African runner who killed his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Originally made as a feature-length documentary, Amazon will roll it out exclusively around the world on Prime Video as a series. The project was made by director Vaughan Sivell over three years.
Pistorius shot and killed Steenkamp in her home in Pretoria, South Africa, in the early hours of Valentine’s Day 2013. Sivell secured access to key players in the subsequent trial, which saw Pistorius jailed and prompted controversy and worldwide media attention.
A noted Paralympian, Pistorius became the first amputee to compete at the Olympics. His conviction for killing Steenkamp was amended in 2015, from culpable homicide to murder, and his prison sentence extended after scrutiny by South African lawmakers in the wake of the trial. He is currently in prison.
Sivell’s previous documentary work includes a film about boxer Joe Calzaghe.
Pistorius shot and killed Steenkamp in her home in Pretoria, South Africa, in the early hours of Valentine’s Day 2013. Sivell secured access to key players in the subsequent trial, which saw Pistorius jailed and prompted controversy and worldwide media attention.
A noted Paralympian, Pistorius became the first amputee to compete at the Olympics. His conviction for killing Steenkamp was amended in 2015, from culpable homicide to murder, and his prison sentence extended after scrutiny by South African lawmakers in the wake of the trial. He is currently in prison.
Sivell’s previous documentary work includes a film about boxer Joe Calzaghe.
- 9/4/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Greenlit means a project is officially a go, so all you have to do is follow these leads to stay up to date. You never know where you’ll find an opportunity to land an audition! “Eternal Beauty” After bagging stars Sally Hawkins, Alice Lowe, and David Thewlis, Craig Roberts’ upcoming feature “Eternal Beauty” has now brought on casting director Karen Lindsay-Stewart to complete the ensemble. Hawkins plays June, a rejected former model who has spiraled into a chaotic episode of schizophrenia lasting 20 years. Things change when she begins a darkly comic romance with Mike (Thewlis), a failed musician and fellow lost soul. Production begins in June on location in Wales. “Rare Beasts”Actor Billie Piper announced she is writing, directing, and starring in her first feature called “Rare Beasts.” The “anti–rom-com” sees Piper as a career-driven single mother who falls in love with a charming, traditionalist man. Produced by Vaughan Sivell,...
- 5/21/2018
- backstage.com
The film is the directorial debut of ‘Dreaming Of Joseph Lees’ screenwriter Catherine Linstrum.
Emilia Jones and George MacKay are starring in supernatural thriller Nuclear, which is currently shooting in Wales.
The Ffilm Cymru Wales and BFI-backed project is from debut director Catherine Linstrum, whose previous work as a screenwriter includes California Dreamin’ and Dreaming Of Joseph Lees. Her short films include Nadger, which was a Bafta Cymru Award-winner.
The film was developed and is being produced through the second edition of Ffilm Cymru Wales’s low-budget Cinematic scheme, which is financed by the BFI, using National Lottery funding,...
Emilia Jones and George MacKay are starring in supernatural thriller Nuclear, which is currently shooting in Wales.
The Ffilm Cymru Wales and BFI-backed project is from debut director Catherine Linstrum, whose previous work as a screenwriter includes California Dreamin’ and Dreaming Of Joseph Lees. Her short films include Nadger, which was a Bafta Cymru Award-winner.
The film was developed and is being produced through the second edition of Ffilm Cymru Wales’s low-budget Cinematic scheme, which is financed by the BFI, using National Lottery funding,...
- 5/12/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Piper has written the script and will star in the film, which will shoot in London and Spain in September.
UK actress Billie Piper is set to make her feature directorial debut with “anti-rom-com” Rare Beasts. Western Edge Pictures (Wep), whose credits include Alice Lowe’s Prevenge and Vaughan Sivell’s forthcoming Pistorius, will produce.
Piper has written the script for Rare Beasts and she will also star as Mandy, a career-driven single mother, who falls in love with the charming, traditionalist Paul. Western Edge said: “It’s a dark and funny anti-rom-com with a theatrical edge. It’s also...
UK actress Billie Piper is set to make her feature directorial debut with “anti-rom-com” Rare Beasts. Western Edge Pictures (Wep), whose credits include Alice Lowe’s Prevenge and Vaughan Sivell’s forthcoming Pistorius, will produce.
Piper has written the script for Rare Beasts and she will also star as Mandy, a career-driven single mother, who falls in love with the charming, traditionalist Paul. Western Edge said: “It’s a dark and funny anti-rom-com with a theatrical edge. It’s also...
- 5/10/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
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
Alice Lowe's critically acclaimed Prevenge will shortly be available through Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment, you can download it from May 28th, and the DVD, Blu-Ray and VOD will be from June 5th. The discs come with the following extras: Audio commentary (Alice Lowe, cinematographer Ryan Eddleston, editor Matteo Bini and producer Vaughan Sivell) and a behind the scenes featurette 'Post Natal Confessions'. To celebrate we have 3 copies on DVD up for grabs!. Contest Ends on Monday, June 19, 2017...
- 6/3/2017
- Horror Asylum
Exclusive: Incident follows a teenage girl who is the subject of a witch hunt at her school.
Prevenge producers Western Edge Pictures and Gennaker Group are on board to produce and finance Toby Fell-Holden’s feature debut Incident.
Fell-Holden, a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2016, received accolades for his short film Balcony, which won a Crystal Bear at last year’s Berlinale and was supported by Western Edge and Gennaker.
Incident is the contemporary story of a teenage girl who, after returning home from a foreign country, attempts to keep her past hidden when she becomes the subject of a witch hunt after an accident at her school.
Tom Kimberley and Ali Mansuri will produce the film, which will be exec produced by Vaughan Sivell (Prevenge, Third Star, Mr Calzaghe).
Fell-Holden commented: “I’m thrilled to have Wep and Gennaker’s continued support, their guidance has been invaluable and I’m excited to move forward on our...
Prevenge producers Western Edge Pictures and Gennaker Group are on board to produce and finance Toby Fell-Holden’s feature debut Incident.
Fell-Holden, a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2016, received accolades for his short film Balcony, which won a Crystal Bear at last year’s Berlinale and was supported by Western Edge and Gennaker.
Incident is the contemporary story of a teenage girl who, after returning home from a foreign country, attempts to keep her past hidden when she becomes the subject of a witch hunt after an accident at her school.
Tom Kimberley and Ali Mansuri will produce the film, which will be exec produced by Vaughan Sivell (Prevenge, Third Star, Mr Calzaghe).
Fell-Holden commented: “I’m thrilled to have Wep and Gennaker’s continued support, their guidance has been invaluable and I’m excited to move forward on our...
- 2/12/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Alice Lowe’s debut as a director recently opened Venice’s Critics’ Week.
UK based Kaleidoscope Film Distribution has picked up all rights (excluding North America) for Alice Lowe’s directorial debut Prevenge, which plays in Toronto in Vanguard from Monday (Sept 12), from co-reps Xyz and ICM.
The comedy-horror, which opened Venice’s Critics’ Week, follows a pregnant woman who goes on killing spree. The film was produced by Western Edge Pictures for the Gennaker Group.
Sightseers actress Lowe also wrote the screenplay and plays the lead. Kate Dickie (The Witch) co-stars with Gemma Whelan (The Wolfman), Jo Hartley (Eddie The Eagle), Tom Davis (Free Fire) and Kayvan Novak (Paddington).
The deal was negotiated by Spencer Pollard of Kfd, Nate Bolotin for Xyz, Peter Van Steemburg of ICM with producer Vaughan Sivell of Western Edge.
Kaleidoscope will also release in the UK in 2017. The film’s UK bow is locked for the BFI London Film Festival...
UK based Kaleidoscope Film Distribution has picked up all rights (excluding North America) for Alice Lowe’s directorial debut Prevenge, which plays in Toronto in Vanguard from Monday (Sept 12), from co-reps Xyz and ICM.
The comedy-horror, which opened Venice’s Critics’ Week, follows a pregnant woman who goes on killing spree. The film was produced by Western Edge Pictures for the Gennaker Group.
Sightseers actress Lowe also wrote the screenplay and plays the lead. Kate Dickie (The Witch) co-stars with Gemma Whelan (The Wolfman), Jo Hartley (Eddie The Eagle), Tom Davis (Free Fire) and Kayvan Novak (Paddington).
The deal was negotiated by Spencer Pollard of Kfd, Nate Bolotin for Xyz, Peter Van Steemburg of ICM with producer Vaughan Sivell of Western Edge.
Kaleidoscope will also release in the UK in 2017. The film’s UK bow is locked for the BFI London Film Festival...
- 9/8/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Adding even more firepower to its international sales slate ahead of Cannes, Content Media announced today that it has acquired international sales rights to “Pistorius” – a documentary feature about the inspiring, Olympic hero turned convicted murderer, Oscar Pistorius.
Content’s President of Film Jamie Carmichael and Head of Sales, Harry White will begin introducing the film to distributors in Cannes next week.
Vaughan Sivell (“Mr. Calzaghe”) is directing the film, which is currently in production, and is producing with Sean Richard with Western Edge Pictures and the Gennaker Group.
“Pistorius” is “Making a Murderer” meets “Senna” – a riveting true-crime story about a beloved sports icon.
At the 2012 Olympics, South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius (aka ‘The Blade Runner’) made history by becoming the first double-amputee sprinter to compete in the Olympics. He was one of the world’s most successful sportsmen, and an inspiration to millions.
Not even a year later,...
Content’s President of Film Jamie Carmichael and Head of Sales, Harry White will begin introducing the film to distributors in Cannes next week.
Vaughan Sivell (“Mr. Calzaghe”) is directing the film, which is currently in production, and is producing with Sean Richard with Western Edge Pictures and the Gennaker Group.
“Pistorius” is “Making a Murderer” meets “Senna” – a riveting true-crime story about a beloved sports icon.
At the 2012 Olympics, South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius (aka ‘The Blade Runner’) made history by becoming the first double-amputee sprinter to compete in the Olympics. He was one of the world’s most successful sportsmen, and an inspiration to millions.
Not even a year later,...
- 5/5/2016
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Content Media has scored international sales rights to "Pistorius," an Oscar Pistorius documentary feature about the rise and fall of the inspiring, Olympic hero turned convicted murderer - a film being dubbed "Making a Murderer" meets "Senna".
At the 2012 Olympics, South African Oscar Pistorius made history by becoming the first double-amputee sprinter to compete in the Olympics. He was one of the world's most successful sportsmen, and an inspiration to millions.
Not even a year later, he was arrested and charged for the murder of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The trial of Pistorius placed the whole country and its problems under the media spotlight.
Vaughan Sivell ("Mr. Calzaghe") is directing the movie, which is currently in production. He will also produce with Sean Richard.
Source: Variety...
At the 2012 Olympics, South African Oscar Pistorius made history by becoming the first double-amputee sprinter to compete in the Olympics. He was one of the world's most successful sportsmen, and an inspiration to millions.
Not even a year later, he was arrested and charged for the murder of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The trial of Pistorius placed the whole country and its problems under the media spotlight.
Vaughan Sivell ("Mr. Calzaghe") is directing the movie, which is currently in production. He will also produce with Sean Richard.
Source: Variety...
- 5/5/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The feature-length investigative film is the third such project about the Olympian and convicted murderer to have been announced recently
A feature-length documentary is to be made about the former Paralympian and convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius.
The film, which will be titled Pistorius, is to be directed by Vaughan Sivell, who also made the 2015 boxing documentary Mr Calzaghe. The project will be shopped to distributors next week at Cannes film festival.
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A feature-length documentary is to be made about the former Paralympian and convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius.
The film, which will be titled Pistorius, is to be directed by Vaughan Sivell, who also made the 2015 boxing documentary Mr Calzaghe. The project will be shopped to distributors next week at Cannes film festival.
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- 5/5/2016
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
Content Media heads to the Croisette with international rights to a documentary about the complicated life of the world-famous athlete.
Vaughan Sivell is shooting the film about the South African, who became the first double-leg amputee to compete at the Olympic Games in 2012.
However, Pistorius fell from grace a year later following the death of his fiancée Reeva Steenkamp that eventually led to his murder conviction.
Pistorius sets out to investigate the truth behind its central character as well as the reputation of South Africa itself as a place of violent crime and corruption.
Sivell also produces the film, styled as Making A Murderer-meets-Senna, alongside Western Edge Pictures colleague Sean Richard and the Gennaker Group.
“Oscar Pistorius captured and then broke our hearts,” said president of film Jamie Carmichael, who is introducing Pistorius with head of sales Harry White. “And there’s a danger South Africa will do the same. Vaughan has struck...
Vaughan Sivell is shooting the film about the South African, who became the first double-leg amputee to compete at the Olympic Games in 2012.
However, Pistorius fell from grace a year later following the death of his fiancée Reeva Steenkamp that eventually led to his murder conviction.
Pistorius sets out to investigate the truth behind its central character as well as the reputation of South Africa itself as a place of violent crime and corruption.
Sivell also produces the film, styled as Making A Murderer-meets-Senna, alongside Western Edge Pictures colleague Sean Richard and the Gennaker Group.
“Oscar Pistorius captured and then broke our hearts,” said president of film Jamie Carmichael, who is introducing Pistorius with head of sales Harry White. “And there’s a danger South Africa will do the same. Vaughan has struck...
- 5/5/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Content Media heads to the Croisette with international rights to a documentary about the complicated and heart-breaking life of the world-famous athlete.
Vaughan Sivell is currently shooting the film about the South African, who became the first double-leg amputee to compete at the Olympic Games in 2012.
However Pistorius fell from grace a year later following the death of his fiancée Reeva Steenkamp that eventually led to his murder conviction.
Pistorius sets out to investigate the truth behind its central character as well as the reputation of South Africa itself as a place of violent crime and corruption.
Sivell also produces the film, styled as Making A Murderer meets Senna, alongside Western Edge Pictures colleague Sean Richard and the Gennaker Group.
“Oscar Pistorius captured and then broke our hearts,” said president of film Jamie Carmichael, who is introducing Pistorius with head of sales Harry White. “And there’s a danger South Africa will do the same. Vaughan has struck...
Vaughan Sivell is currently shooting the film about the South African, who became the first double-leg amputee to compete at the Olympic Games in 2012.
However Pistorius fell from grace a year later following the death of his fiancée Reeva Steenkamp that eventually led to his murder conviction.
Pistorius sets out to investigate the truth behind its central character as well as the reputation of South Africa itself as a place of violent crime and corruption.
Sivell also produces the film, styled as Making A Murderer meets Senna, alongside Western Edge Pictures colleague Sean Richard and the Gennaker Group.
“Oscar Pistorius captured and then broke our hearts,” said president of film Jamie Carmichael, who is introducing Pistorius with head of sales Harry White. “And there’s a danger South Africa will do the same. Vaughan has struck...
- 5/5/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Vaughan Sivell to follow Mr Calzaghe with new feature doc for Western Edge Pictures.
Building on the success of boxing story Mr Calzaghe (sold by Content and with a UK release by eOne), Western Edge Pictures is now producing Oscar Pistorius: Killing A Dream.
Vaughan Sivell, founder of Western Edge and director of Mr Calzaghe, will again direct the new feature documentary, set to be delivered by early 2017.
The film, which will start shooting in March, will explore the tragedy of Reeva Steenkamp’s death; alongside a look at South Africa’s turbulent recent history. “For us it’s the story of South Africa alongside the story of Oscar, it’s so cinematic, it’s a real once-in-a lifetime project in terms of scale,” Sivell said.
The new film about the Paralympic athlete will be made in exclusive collaboration with journalist Gareth A Davies, who has known Pistorius since he was 16 years old. The production...
Building on the success of boxing story Mr Calzaghe (sold by Content and with a UK release by eOne), Western Edge Pictures is now producing Oscar Pistorius: Killing A Dream.
Vaughan Sivell, founder of Western Edge and director of Mr Calzaghe, will again direct the new feature documentary, set to be delivered by early 2017.
The film, which will start shooting in March, will explore the tragedy of Reeva Steenkamp’s death; alongside a look at South Africa’s turbulent recent history. “For us it’s the story of South Africa alongside the story of Oscar, it’s so cinematic, it’s a real once-in-a lifetime project in terms of scale,” Sivell said.
The new film about the Paralympic athlete will be made in exclusive collaboration with journalist Gareth A Davies, who has known Pistorius since he was 16 years old. The production...
- 2/11/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
To mark the release of Mr. Calzaghe on 23rd November, we’ve been given 1 copy to give away on Blu-ray along with a signed copy of a poster. From director Vaughan Sivell comes the critically acclaimed sports documentary Mr. Calzaghe. This intimate portrayal tells the extraordinary story of Joe Calzaghe and his father Enzo, an
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- 11/27/2015
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Sightseers co-writer and star is directing and starring in Prevenge while seven-and-a-half months pregnant.
Sightseers co-writer and star Alice Lowe is set to start shooting her directorial debt feature, provisionally titled Prevenge, on Thursday (Oct 29) in Cardiff. Western Edge Pictures/Gennaker is fully financing.
Lowe, who is seven-and-a-half months pregnant in real life, also stars as a pregnant woman on a killing spree, targeting individuals from different walks of life. Her motivation for revenge is gradually revealed.
Lowe described Prevenge as a “post-feminist revenge movie”. The writer-director has structured a narrative for the film and said it is “a classic revenge tale and very episodic, so the structure was quite laid out,” but will also employ improvisation on set.
“We’re using improvisation a lot and that’s quite a good tool if you are confident enough to use it,” Lowe told ScreenDaily.
“You can get really, really exciting results from that that give it a freshness...
Sightseers co-writer and star Alice Lowe is set to start shooting her directorial debt feature, provisionally titled Prevenge, on Thursday (Oct 29) in Cardiff. Western Edge Pictures/Gennaker is fully financing.
Lowe, who is seven-and-a-half months pregnant in real life, also stars as a pregnant woman on a killing spree, targeting individuals from different walks of life. Her motivation for revenge is gradually revealed.
Lowe described Prevenge as a “post-feminist revenge movie”. The writer-director has structured a narrative for the film and said it is “a classic revenge tale and very episodic, so the structure was quite laid out,” but will also employ improvisation on set.
“We’re using improvisation a lot and that’s quite a good tool if you are confident enough to use it,” Lowe told ScreenDaily.
“You can get really, really exciting results from that that give it a freshness...
- 10/27/2015
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sightseers co-writer and star is directing and starring in Pre-Venge while seven-and-a-half months pregnant.
Sightseers co-writer and star Alice Lowe is set to start shooting her directorial debt feature, provisionally titled Pre-Venge, on Thursday (Oct 29) in Cardiff.
Lowe, who is seven-and-a-half months pregnant in real life, also stars as a pregnant woman on a killing spree, targeting individuals from different walks of life. Her motivation for revenge is gradually revealed.
Lowe described Pre-Venge as a “post-feminist revenge movie”. The writer-director has structured a narrative for the film and said it is “a classic revenge tale and very episodic, so the structure was quite laid out,” but will also employ improvisation on set.
“We’re using improvisation a lot and that’s quite a good tool if you are confident enough to use it,” Lowe told ScreenDaily.
“You can get really, really exciting results from that that give it a freshness. It’s kind...
Sightseers co-writer and star Alice Lowe is set to start shooting her directorial debt feature, provisionally titled Pre-Venge, on Thursday (Oct 29) in Cardiff.
Lowe, who is seven-and-a-half months pregnant in real life, also stars as a pregnant woman on a killing spree, targeting individuals from different walks of life. Her motivation for revenge is gradually revealed.
Lowe described Pre-Venge as a “post-feminist revenge movie”. The writer-director has structured a narrative for the film and said it is “a classic revenge tale and very episodic, so the structure was quite laid out,” but will also employ improvisation on set.
“We’re using improvisation a lot and that’s quite a good tool if you are confident enough to use it,” Lowe told ScreenDaily.
“You can get really, really exciting results from that that give it a freshness. It’s kind...
- 10/27/2015
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
UK production company launches with finance partner Gennaker.
Western Edge Pictures (Wep) has launched with finance partner Gennaker and Film Agency Wales funding.
Gennaker will invest up to £5m in its first phase across two years with a bespoke approach to each film deal. Wep has also received £88,500 in company support investment from Film Agency for Wales.
The partnership which will share offices in Wales and in London, has already forged a number of co-production deals with production partners including the Irish Film Board and Matador Pictures.
Boxing documentary Mr. Calzaghe, directed by Vaughan Sivell, will be the next film out of the new partnership, with a slate that also includes Ivan Kavanagh’s The Canal, Sivell’s Bloodlines:jcm, A Visit to America (written by Owen Sheers), Outlaws (written by Sally Griffiths and Rachel Cuperman) and sci-fi feature Photographic Memory Recalls the Highlights of the Year (written by Tom Betts and Ellen Waddell).
Wep’s CEO Sivell...
Western Edge Pictures (Wep) has launched with finance partner Gennaker and Film Agency Wales funding.
Gennaker will invest up to £5m in its first phase across two years with a bespoke approach to each film deal. Wep has also received £88,500 in company support investment from Film Agency for Wales.
The partnership which will share offices in Wales and in London, has already forged a number of co-production deals with production partners including the Irish Film Board and Matador Pictures.
Boxing documentary Mr. Calzaghe, directed by Vaughan Sivell, will be the next film out of the new partnership, with a slate that also includes Ivan Kavanagh’s The Canal, Sivell’s Bloodlines:jcm, A Visit to America (written by Owen Sheers), Outlaws (written by Sally Griffiths and Rachel Cuperman) and sci-fi feature Photographic Memory Recalls the Highlights of the Year (written by Tom Betts and Ellen Waddell).
Wep’s CEO Sivell...
- 5/12/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Following the recent world premiere of The Canal at the Tribeca Film Festival, The Orchard and Shock Till You Drop have acquired rights to distribute the movie in the Us and Canada:
“New York, NY — April 25, 2014 — The Orchard, a pioneering independent music, film and video distribution company and top-ranked McN, has acquired all U.S. and Canadian rights to writer/director Ivan Kavanagh’s psychological horror feature, “The Canal.” The film, which premiered globally at this week’s 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, will be released through The Orchard’s horror film brand, Shock Till You Drop. It stars Rupert Evans and Antonia Campbell-Hughes, with Hannah Hoekstra, Kelly Byrne and Steve Oram.
“We’re excited to release the film through an innovative film distributor like The Orchard who is focused on digital releasing with a theatrical campaign, creative online marketing and sales transparency,” said AnneMarie Naughton, Producer at Park Films. “Their passion...
“New York, NY — April 25, 2014 — The Orchard, a pioneering independent music, film and video distribution company and top-ranked McN, has acquired all U.S. and Canadian rights to writer/director Ivan Kavanagh’s psychological horror feature, “The Canal.” The film, which premiered globally at this week’s 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, will be released through The Orchard’s horror film brand, Shock Till You Drop. It stars Rupert Evans and Antonia Campbell-Hughes, with Hannah Hoekstra, Kelly Byrne and Steve Oram.
“We’re excited to release the film through an innovative film distributor like The Orchard who is focused on digital releasing with a theatrical campaign, creative online marketing and sales transparency,” said AnneMarie Naughton, Producer at Park Films. “Their passion...
- 4/25/2014
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Chicago – Though Benedict Cumberbatch has been delivering fine work in film and television for the past decade, he hadn’t received a great deal of attention until last year, when he played strikingly diverse characters in Oscar bait such as “War Horse” and “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” while earning legions of fans on BBC’s “Sherlock.” He’s such a deft chameleon that it’s easy for audiences to overlook his formidable body of work.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
In Hattie Dalton’s “Third Star,” which is currently available via On Demand, Cumberbatch delivers the sort of performance that would be considered a Best Actor front-runner this awards season—had it been delivered by George Clooney. As James, a 29-year-old man stricken with cancer, Cumberbatch is utterly wrenching without ever once settling for easy clichés. Though he says early on that, “The sickness may be mine but the tragedy is there’s,” referring to his loved ones,...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
In Hattie Dalton’s “Third Star,” which is currently available via On Demand, Cumberbatch delivers the sort of performance that would be considered a Best Actor front-runner this awards season—had it been delivered by George Clooney. As James, a 29-year-old man stricken with cancer, Cumberbatch is utterly wrenching without ever once settling for easy clichés. Though he says early on that, “The sickness may be mine but the tragedy is there’s,” referring to his loved ones,...
- 8/22/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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