Exclusive: 45 Years, Spooks: The Greater Good executive Richard Holmes made redundant amid company cuts.
Creative England’s senior film executive for production Richard Holmes has been made redundant amid staff cuts aimed at reducing overhead.
Holmes, who joined Creative England in 2013, was instrumental in Creative England film investments including Andrew Haigh’s acclaimed second feature 45 Years and Kit Harrington thriller Spooks: The Greater Good.
He was an executive producer for Creative England on titles including Notes On Blindness, The Ecstasy Of Wilko Johnson, Keeping Rosy, Burn Burn Burn and upcoming films The Girl With All The Gifts by Colm McCarthy and Rachel Tunnard’s Tribeca-bound Adult Life Skills.
Creative England declined to comment on the decision.
Holmes’ credits as an independent producer prior to his stint at Creative England include James Watkins’ Eden Lake, war drama Resistance, Waking Ned Devine and Shooting Fish.
Earlier this month Creative England CEO Caroline Norbury told Screen that the company would need...
Creative England’s senior film executive for production Richard Holmes has been made redundant amid staff cuts aimed at reducing overhead.
Holmes, who joined Creative England in 2013, was instrumental in Creative England film investments including Andrew Haigh’s acclaimed second feature 45 Years and Kit Harrington thriller Spooks: The Greater Good.
He was an executive producer for Creative England on titles including Notes On Blindness, The Ecstasy Of Wilko Johnson, Keeping Rosy, Burn Burn Burn and upcoming films The Girl With All The Gifts by Colm McCarthy and Rachel Tunnard’s Tribeca-bound Adult Life Skills.
Creative England declined to comment on the decision.
Holmes’ credits as an independent producer prior to his stint at Creative England include James Watkins’ Eden Lake, war drama Resistance, Waking Ned Devine and Shooting Fish.
Earlier this month Creative England CEO Caroline Norbury told Screen that the company would need...
- 3/14/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Manes named International Account Manager at Screen International.
Pierre-Louis Manes has stepped down after four years at Parkland Pictures to join Screen International.
Manes has been named international acccount manager at Screen, where he will handle most of the UK, France, Brazil, Chile and South Africa.
He will report to Screen International sales manager Scott Benfold who said: “We are delighted to welcome Pierre-Louison on board. His knowledge of the industry, combined with his infectious passion and enthusiasm made him the stand out candidate for the role.
“He is a great addition to the team and we look forward to developing Screen’s commercial success with his input.”
At Parkland, Manes worked as a sales executive and then sales and acquisitions manager under John Cairns, working on titles including The Man In The Box, Allies, Keeping Rosy, California High, Balkan Spirit, Harvest and Hollow.
Previously, he worked for Paramount Home Entertainment in Paris and for Betclic in London...
Pierre-Louis Manes has stepped down after four years at Parkland Pictures to join Screen International.
Manes has been named international acccount manager at Screen, where he will handle most of the UK, France, Brazil, Chile and South Africa.
He will report to Screen International sales manager Scott Benfold who said: “We are delighted to welcome Pierre-Louison on board. His knowledge of the industry, combined with his infectious passion and enthusiasm made him the stand out candidate for the role.
“He is a great addition to the team and we look forward to developing Screen’s commercial success with his input.”
At Parkland, Manes worked as a sales executive and then sales and acquisitions manager under John Cairns, working on titles including The Man In The Box, Allies, Keeping Rosy, California High, Balkan Spirit, Harvest and Hollow.
Previously, he worked for Paramount Home Entertainment in Paris and for Betclic in London...
- 6/17/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UK sales outfit to shop doc on marijuana legalisation.
Parkland Pictures is to begin sales on documentary California High about marijuana legalisation at the Afm.
Producer-directors Matthew and Barnaby O’Connor spent two two years researching the issue of legalisation in the Golden State, which could vote on full legalisation of the drug in 2016.
The film canvasses opinion from marijuana growers, law enforcement, patients and politicians and also includes actor reenactment.
Parkland’s slate also includes UK psychological thriller Keeping Rosy with Maxine Peake and Blake Harrison, and the WWII action film Allies with Julian Ovenden, Chris Reilly and Matt Willis, both of which screen at the Afm.
Parkland Pictures is to begin sales on documentary California High about marijuana legalisation at the Afm.
Producer-directors Matthew and Barnaby O’Connor spent two two years researching the issue of legalisation in the Golden State, which could vote on full legalisation of the drug in 2016.
The film canvasses opinion from marijuana growers, law enforcement, patients and politicians and also includes actor reenactment.
Parkland’s slate also includes UK psychological thriller Keeping Rosy with Maxine Peake and Blake Harrison, and the WWII action film Allies with Julian Ovenden, Chris Reilly and Matt Willis, both of which screen at the Afm.
- 11/5/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UK sales outfit boards psychological thriller ahead of Toronto.
London-based sales outfit Parkland Pictures has boarded world rights to Steve Reeves’s thriller, Keeping Rosy, which will play at Dinard Film Festival (Oct 8-12).
Parkland will introduce the film to international buyers at Toronto.
Maxine Peake stars as a career-driven woman who is passed over for a long-expected promotion, leading to frustration which boils over with dire consequences.
The film also stars The Inbetweeners’ Blake Harrison and was produced by Richard Holmes (Eden Lake, Waking Ned), his third collaboration with French producer Isabelle Georgeaux after Jadoo and Resistance.
It marks Reeves’ first feature film, accompanied by DoP Roger Pratt (Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire, Chocolat) and composer Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love, Billy Elliot).
The deal was negotiated by John Cairns and Pierre-Louis Manes-Murphy for Parkland Pictures and by Richard Holmes and Isabelle Georgeaux on behalf of Redemption Films.
London-based sales outfit Parkland Pictures has boarded world rights to Steve Reeves’s thriller, Keeping Rosy, which will play at Dinard Film Festival (Oct 8-12).
Parkland will introduce the film to international buyers at Toronto.
Maxine Peake stars as a career-driven woman who is passed over for a long-expected promotion, leading to frustration which boils over with dire consequences.
The film also stars The Inbetweeners’ Blake Harrison and was produced by Richard Holmes (Eden Lake, Waking Ned), his third collaboration with French producer Isabelle Georgeaux after Jadoo and Resistance.
It marks Reeves’ first feature film, accompanied by DoP Roger Pratt (Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire, Chocolat) and composer Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love, Billy Elliot).
The deal was negotiated by John Cairns and Pierre-Louis Manes-Murphy for Parkland Pictures and by Richard Holmes and Isabelle Georgeaux on behalf of Redemption Films.
- 8/20/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
★★☆☆☆ The feature debut from commercials director Steve Reeves and produced by Isabelle Georgeaux and Richard Holmes - the pair behind Amit Gupta's Resistance (2011) -Keeping Rosy (2014) is a compact and modest low budget drama that nevertheless showcases the clear talent of its first-time helmer. Maxine Peake, last seen in cinemas with Steph Green's superior Run & Jump (2013), stars as a hard-nosed careerist forced to embrace her maternal side after a tragic altercation involving her Eastern European cleaner. Though largely unremarkable, solid performances from Peake and Christine Bottomley (The Arbor) as her straight-talking sister help to lift the occasionally uninspiring material.
- 6/28/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
The debut feature from director Steve Reeves, is a film that’s hard to classify. Keeping Rosy is a sort of genre-hybrid, part thriller, part drama, part who actually knows?
Charlotte works in the city, and has just learnt that her less-qualified male colleague has been promoted above her. Less than happy, she takes redundancy and wonders how she’s going to fill the rest of her life. Childless, she’s devoted her whole life to her career, lives in a modern, characterless flat and is very alone. But what follows is far from a churned-out tale of the modern women, forced to choose between a family and her job, struggling against the vein of patriarchy that is still so apparent in modern society. It certainly challenges these issues, albeit in an almost surreal way.
The film works well as a study of the internal conflict within human beings, our ability to transform and adapt,...
Charlotte works in the city, and has just learnt that her less-qualified male colleague has been promoted above her. Less than happy, she takes redundancy and wonders how she’s going to fill the rest of her life. Childless, she’s devoted her whole life to her career, lives in a modern, characterless flat and is very alone. But what follows is far from a churned-out tale of the modern women, forced to choose between a family and her job, struggling against the vein of patriarchy that is still so apparent in modern society. It certainly challenges these issues, albeit in an almost surreal way.
The film works well as a study of the internal conflict within human beings, our ability to transform and adapt,...
- 6/27/2014
- by Nia Childs
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Stars: Maxine Peake, Blake Harrison, Elisa Lasowski, Christine Bottomley, Sam Hoare, Shina Shihoko Nagai, Tori Hart | Written by Mike Oughton, Steve Reeves | Directed by Steve Reeves
Independent films have a tough time getting exposure so when one turns up that really impresses you, it makes you want to shout from a mountaintop for people to take the time to see it. Keeping Rosy is an example of a film that deserves to be noticed, but did you know it is released starting tomorrow, June 27th? I’m sure the answer is no; and that is a real weakness in the film industry in the UK at the moment. Smaller movies tend to get lost in all the publicity for the “blockbusters.” Films like Keeping Rosy deserve to be seen and to be a success, in my review hopefully I’ll show why.
Charlotte (Peake) is a career driven women with eyes on a promotion.
Independent films have a tough time getting exposure so when one turns up that really impresses you, it makes you want to shout from a mountaintop for people to take the time to see it. Keeping Rosy is an example of a film that deserves to be noticed, but did you know it is released starting tomorrow, June 27th? I’m sure the answer is no; and that is a real weakness in the film industry in the UK at the moment. Smaller movies tend to get lost in all the publicity for the “blockbusters.” Films like Keeping Rosy deserve to be seen and to be a success, in my review hopefully I’ll show why.
Charlotte (Peake) is a career driven women with eyes on a promotion.
- 6/26/2014
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
Having been fortunate enough to be invited on to the set of compelling drama Keeping Rosy, the one thing missing from the day, was Christine Bottomley, who wasn’t shooting on the day of our visit. However we then had the opportunity to speak to the talented actress on the phone a few months down the line – to discuss her work on the feature, which is released this coming Friday.
Bottomley discusses the delight in performing in a female-driven piece, telling us of her own experiences as a woman in cinema, and how the industry has changed across the past decade in that regard. She also talks about working alongside her close friend Maxine Peake, and tells us a little about her next project, In the Club.
Having been lucky enough to be on set for Keeping Rosy, I’ve spent the past few months desperately waiting to see how...
Bottomley discusses the delight in performing in a female-driven piece, telling us of her own experiences as a woman in cinema, and how the industry has changed across the past decade in that regard. She also talks about working alongside her close friend Maxine Peake, and tells us a little about her next project, In the Club.
Having been lucky enough to be on set for Keeping Rosy, I’ve spent the past few months desperately waiting to see how...
- 6/24/2014
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Maxine Peake feels like one of Britain’s best kept secrets – as the immensely talented performer still remains in lower-budget, independent productions, shining in everything she’s in, be it comedy or drama. There is always the danger that as she gets older the roles will start drying up – but she’s been given the chance to show off her credentials in the forthcoming feature Keeping Rosy – and Peake told HeyUGuys on the set of the harrowing thriller, that she believes characters of this ilk are actually more interesting.
“Women and men are far more interesting as they get older,” she said. “All that wisdom and experience is fascinating, and I don’t know why we don’t tap in to that more in Britain. We get trapped in what is quite an American thing, where it all has to be about youth and beauty, which is fine to look at,...
“Women and men are far more interesting as they get older,” she said. “All that wisdom and experience is fascinating, and I don’t know why we don’t tap in to that more in Britain. We get trapped in what is quite an American thing, where it all has to be about youth and beauty, which is fine to look at,...
- 6/23/2014
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Maxine Peake's upcoming Brit thriller Keeping Rosy has unveiled its new trailer exclusively through Digital Spy.
The film sees the Silk actress play Charlotte, a media executive who's betrayed at work and finds her life gradually spiralling out of control.
Steve Reeves's thriller also casts The Inbetweeners actor Blake Harrison as a sadistic security guard who blackmails Charlotte.
Keeping Rosy will open in London on June 27 and spread nationwide at Picturehouse venues from July 15.
The film sees the Silk actress play Charlotte, a media executive who's betrayed at work and finds her life gradually spiralling out of control.
Steve Reeves's thriller also casts The Inbetweeners actor Blake Harrison as a sadistic security guard who blackmails Charlotte.
Keeping Rosy will open in London on June 27 and spread nationwide at Picturehouse venues from July 15.
- 6/16/2014
- Digital Spy
New funds aimed at helping regional filmmakers and production companies across England have been launched this week by Creative England.
The funds, intended to support regional film companies and help develop new talent, are being managed by industry experts from both film and television.
The Creative England Production Fund, managed by Richard Holmes, is an all-England fund, focused on regional filmmakers and/or stories.
Holmes, producer of Eden Lake, Jadoo and the upcoming Keeping Rosy, said: “We’ll be looking for ambitious films that can be made by committed filmmakers for under £1.5m.”
The fund will support between 10% and 50% of total budget with individual awards typically in the range of £50-£150k.
The West Midlands Production Fund (Wmpf), also managed by Richard Holmes, and supported through the European Regional Development Fund, can invest in both film and TV drama production.
Productions must be based in the West Midlands, and must demonstrate a positive impact on the region...
The funds, intended to support regional film companies and help develop new talent, are being managed by industry experts from both film and television.
The Creative England Production Fund, managed by Richard Holmes, is an all-England fund, focused on regional filmmakers and/or stories.
Holmes, producer of Eden Lake, Jadoo and the upcoming Keeping Rosy, said: “We’ll be looking for ambitious films that can be made by committed filmmakers for under £1.5m.”
The fund will support between 10% and 50% of total budget with individual awards typically in the range of £50-£150k.
The West Midlands Production Fund (Wmpf), also managed by Richard Holmes, and supported through the European Regional Development Fund, can invest in both film and TV drama production.
Productions must be based in the West Midlands, and must demonstrate a positive impact on the region...
- 10/16/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
British crime feature stars Joe Cole, Phil Davis and Alison Steadman.
Control Films and Talent Films have begun principal photography on crime film Peterman, which is being shot on location around Dunstable, UK.
For production details visit
Peterman
The feature follows the story of a young junkie (Joe Cole) who is kidnapped by a criminal gang and forced to crack open a safe using skills taught to him by the gang’s former ‘Peterman’ (safe cracker), his deceased grandfather (Phil Davis).
The film also stars Alison Steadman and Peter Bowles as well as Brian McCardie, Kenny Doughty, Stuart Graham and Adam Nagaitis.
The screenplay by Andy Bloom marks the debut feature for director Mark Abraham and producers Darren Pratt and Tim Phillips.
Phillips recently finished his second collaboration with Air Productions on their latest film, Keeping Rosy, starring Maxine Peake and Blake Harrison.
Executive producer is Tony Humphreys from Talent Films, who produced...
Control Films and Talent Films have begun principal photography on crime film Peterman, which is being shot on location around Dunstable, UK.
For production details visit
Peterman
The feature follows the story of a young junkie (Joe Cole) who is kidnapped by a criminal gang and forced to crack open a safe using skills taught to him by the gang’s former ‘Peterman’ (safe cracker), his deceased grandfather (Phil Davis).
The film also stars Alison Steadman and Peter Bowles as well as Brian McCardie, Kenny Doughty, Stuart Graham and Adam Nagaitis.
The screenplay by Andy Bloom marks the debut feature for director Mark Abraham and producers Darren Pratt and Tim Phillips.
Phillips recently finished his second collaboration with Air Productions on their latest film, Keeping Rosy, starring Maxine Peake and Blake Harrison.
Executive producer is Tony Humphreys from Talent Films, who produced...
- 7/2/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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