Tag: Scrapper

  • Great new British directors: five acclaimed debut films to watch

    Great new British directors: five acclaimed debut films to watch

    UK film-makers such as Molly Manning Walker, Charlotte Regan and Luna Carmoon are part of a new wave taking top awards at the film festivals‘Stuff happened, you know?’ How to Have Sex director Molly Manning Walker on wild youth, Magaluf and storming CannesYou haven’t imagined it. What started out as a trickle of fresh talent…

  • Dinard 2023 line-up includes ‘The Old Oak’, ‘The Zone Of Interest’, ‘Scrapper’

    Dinard 2023 line-up includes ‘The Old Oak’, ‘The Zone Of Interest’, ‘Scrapper’

    ’Silent Roar’, ‘Shoshana’ and ’How To Have Sex’ will also play at the French seaside festival that spotlights UK and Irish cinema.France’s Dinard Festival of British Film has unveiled the line-up of its 34th edition, which includes Cannes titles Ken Loach’s The Old Oak, Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone Of Interest and Molly Manning Walker’s How…

  • In pictures: Sundance Film Festival: London 2023 opening night party

    In pictures: Sundance Film Festival: London 2023 opening night party

    Event was held at Radisson Blu Edwardian Bloomsbury Street Hotel in London on July 6.Sundance Film Festival: London (July 6-9) held its opening night party at Radisson Blu Edwardian Bloomsbury Street Hotel in London on July 6.Guests included festival filmmakers, programmers and other members of the UK film industry. The festival opened with the UK…

  • Trailer Watch: Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper

    Trailer Watch: Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper

    Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Prize at Sundance this year, the trailer arrives for Scrapper, the feature debut from British writer-director Charlotte Regan. The film will hit U.S. theaters—including New York City’s IFC Center—via Kino Lorber on August 25. An official synopsis reads: This vibrant and inventive father-daughter comedy follows Georgie (Lola Campbell), a…

  • ‘Scrapper’ Trailer: Harrison Dickinson Stars In Charlotte Regan’s Spirited Sundance Charmer Coming In August

    ‘Scrapper’ Trailer: Harrison Dickinson Stars In Charlotte Regan’s Spirited Sundance Charmer Coming In August

    Given the 10 million films that premiere at the Sundance Film Festival every year—give or take :D— you’ll be forgiven if you didn’t quite remember “Scrapper.” Premiering in the World Cinema Drama section—where it won that top prize—by all accounts, the film, directed by Charlotte Regan and starring up-and-comer Harris Dickinson, is just as its…

  • Sundance Prizewinning ‘Scrapper’ Starring Harris Dickinson Sells to Major Markets for Charades (Exclusive)

    Sundance Prizewinning ‘Scrapper’ Starring Harris Dickinson Sells to Major Markets for Charades (Exclusive)

    Charades has secured a flurry of deals on Charlotte Regan’s British dramedy “Scrapper,” which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.Starring Harris Dickinson (“Triangle of Sadness”) as a downbeat dad, “Scrapper” has been sold to Spain (Caramel), Australia (Madman), Poland (Against Gravity), Baltics and Cis (Arthouse), Greece (Cinobo) and Airlines (Aardwolf). “Scrapper” has already sold…

  • ‘Scrapper’ Review: An Uplifting, Predictable Story of a Father & Daughter

    ‘Scrapper’ Review: An Uplifting, Predictable Story of a Father & Daughter

    Quirky father-child pairings are becoming exceedingly common in television and film these days. Heck, Pedro Pascal has made his recent career capitalizing on this dynamic in both The Last of Us and The Mandalorian. There’s nothing more heartwarming than a precocious child softening the heart of a less-than-perfect father figure. Charlotte Regan’s debut feature follows…

  • Picturehouse boards Cannes Great8 title ‘Scrapper’ for UK-Ireland (exclusive)

    Picturehouse boards Cannes Great8 title ‘Scrapper’ for UK-Ireland (exclusive)

    The film is the directorial debut of Screen Star of Tomorrow Charlotte ReganPicturehouse Entertainment has acquired all UK and Ireland rights to Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper, which was part of this year’s Great8 showcase at Cannes.The directorial debut of 2020 Screen Star of Tomorrow Regan, the film is a comedy drama about a 12-year-old girl living…