Tag: I Am Not a Witch
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BFI, British Council Unveil Hot U.K. Projects Headed to Cannes in 2022
The BFI and British Council have revealed the line-up for this year’s Great8 showcase, which allows international distributors and festival programmers to get an early look at eight releases from emerging U.K. filmmakers in the run-up to Cannes Marché.Now in its fifth year, the showcase on May 12 will allow filmmakers to screen unseen footage…
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Eva Yates Named as Director of BBC Film, Replaces Rose Garnett
Eva Yates has been promoted to the high profile role of director of BBC Film, a position previously held by Rose Garnett, who has moved on to indie studio A24.Yates, who is currently acting director of BBC Film, will be responsible for the development and production of the 12-15 films the company produces every year.…
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Les Arcs Film Fest Crowns Industry Winners
The 11th edition of the Les Arcs Film Festival’s Industry Village program, which highlights film projects in development and work-in-progress stage, has crowned its winners.The event, held in a French ski resort near the Swiss and Italian borders, has grown in reputation in recent years. Among the graduates of its industry wing are the Oscar-winning…
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UK’s Emily Morgan, ‘Border’ producer among Efp Producers On The Move at Cannes
Three alumni of the programme have films premiering in Competition.Emily Morgan, producer of Directors’ Fortnight 2017 title I Am Not A Witch, and Nina Bisgaard, producer of the Oscar-nominated Border, are among the 20 up-and-coming producers to be selected for the European Film Promotion (Efp)’s Producers On The Move showcase, which takes place at the…
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European Film Promotion Reveals 2019’s Producers on the Move
Twenty of Europe’s up-and-coming producers are going to Cannes with European Film Promotion. The organization unveiled its latest roster of Producers on the Move on Wednesday, a lineup that features France’s Gregoire Debailly, who produced Jean-Bernard Marlin’s “Sheherazade,” which premiered in Critics’ Week in Cannes last year, and Ireland’s Cormac Fox, who produced Sophie Hyde’s…
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Rungano Nyoni Win Women in Film & TV U.K. Awards
Phoebe Waller-Bridge has won the top writing award and Rungano Nyoni the newcomer accolade from influential British industry organization Women in Film & TV. Actress Juliet Stevenson, whose numerous film credits include “Truly, Madly, Deeply” and “Bend it Like Beckham,” was honored with a lifetime achievement award at a ceremony Friday.Waller-Bridge broke out with 2016’s…
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UK’s Festival of Commonwealth Film announces inaugural line-up
Programme includes I Am Not A Witch, My Pure Land.The Festival of Commonwealth Film has announced the programme for its first edition, which will take place at the British Museum in London on April 14-15.With a focus on human rights across the Commonwealth, the event includes seven feature films and a shorts programme.Films screening across…
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‘A Fantastic Woman’ Wins Spirit Award for Best International Film
“A Fantastic Woman” made Chile proud on Saturday, winning the Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film. It bested “Bpm (Beats Per Minute)” (France, dir. Robin Campillo), “I Am Not a Witch” (UK, dir. Rungano Nyoni), “Lady Macbeth” (UK, dir. William Oldroyd), and “Loveless” (Russia, dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev). Sebastián Lelio’s drama is also up for…