The six teams each received £30,000 of development funding.
Netflix, in partnership with non-profit Creative UK, has unveiled the six teams and projects selected for Breakout, the filmmaking programme launched to discover and support talented up-and-coming storytellers in the UK, with participants including Screen Star of Tomorrow Helen Simmons and children’s TV star and presenter Kim Tserkezie.
Emerging filmmakers are given the funding and opportunity to advance their debut feature into development with the partnership and support of Netflix. The selected teams comprise talent who haven’t yet made a feature but whose work has garnered industry or public attention.
Netflix, in partnership with non-profit Creative UK, has unveiled the six teams and projects selected for Breakout, the filmmaking programme launched to discover and support talented up-and-coming storytellers in the UK, with participants including Screen Star of Tomorrow Helen Simmons and children’s TV star and presenter Kim Tserkezie.
Emerging filmmakers are given the funding and opportunity to advance their debut feature into development with the partnership and support of Netflix. The selected teams comprise talent who haven’t yet made a feature but whose work has garnered industry or public attention.
- 4/6/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The cast of Balamory want to bring back the kids’ show for a reunion episode 20 years after it was first broadcast.
Set in Tobermory in Scotland, Balamory aired on CBeebies between 2002 and 2005. It included characters who each wore bright colours corresponding with the house they lived in.
Now, Julie Wilson Nimmo, who played Miss Hoolie, and Juliet Cadzow, who played Edie McCredie, have spoken about their hopes for a show reunion.
“It’s weird when you think about it, because different bands get back together, and I was saying the other day, we were kind of like a band, our gang could get back together,” Nimmo told BBC Radio Wm.
“You see The Rolling Stones doing it, so you think, why not?” she continued, before asking Cadzow: “I’d be up for it. Would you Juliet?”
“Definitely, absolutely, I could slide down that pole again, no bother!” said Cadzow, referencing...
Set in Tobermory in Scotland, Balamory aired on CBeebies between 2002 and 2005. It included characters who each wore bright colours corresponding with the house they lived in.
Now, Julie Wilson Nimmo, who played Miss Hoolie, and Juliet Cadzow, who played Edie McCredie, have spoken about their hopes for a show reunion.
“It’s weird when you think about it, because different bands get back together, and I was saying the other day, we were kind of like a band, our gang could get back together,” Nimmo told BBC Radio Wm.
“You see The Rolling Stones doing it, so you think, why not?” she continued, before asking Cadzow: “I’d be up for it. Would you Juliet?”
“Definitely, absolutely, I could slide down that pole again, no bother!” said Cadzow, referencing...
- 9/29/2022
- by Megan Graye
- The Independent - Music
Intermission Film also signs up to support the award, aimed at UK-based filmmakers with non-English scripts.
The Mother Tongues Award, a new development initiative backed by UK distributor Curzon and French sales agent Charades, has unveiled its inaugural shortlist and secured further support from creative agency Intermission Film.
The award, which is focused on feature film projects by UK-based filmmakers in which the dialogue is in a language other than English, has selected a shortlist of 10 projects from 112 entries that spanned 47 languages and dialects. All will attend a workshop and subsequently a panel interview for the development award of £10,000.
The...
The Mother Tongues Award, a new development initiative backed by UK distributor Curzon and French sales agent Charades, has unveiled its inaugural shortlist and secured further support from creative agency Intermission Film.
The award, which is focused on feature film projects by UK-based filmmakers in which the dialogue is in a language other than English, has selected a shortlist of 10 projects from 112 entries that spanned 47 languages and dialects. All will attend a workshop and subsequently a panel interview for the development award of £10,000.
The...
- 3/11/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Intermission Films also signs up to support the award, aimed at UK-based filmmakers with non-English scripts.
The Mother Tongues Award, a new development initiative backed by UK distributor Curzon and French sales agent Charades, has unveiled its inaugural shortlist - and secured further support from creative agency Intermission Films.
The award, which is focused on feature film projects by UK-based filmmakers in which the dialogue is in a language other than English, has selected a shortlist of 10 projects from 112 entries that spanned 47 languages and dialects. All will attend a workshop and subsequently a panel interview for the development award of...
The Mother Tongues Award, a new development initiative backed by UK distributor Curzon and French sales agent Charades, has unveiled its inaugural shortlist - and secured further support from creative agency Intermission Films.
The award, which is focused on feature film projects by UK-based filmmakers in which the dialogue is in a language other than English, has selected a shortlist of 10 projects from 112 entries that spanned 47 languages and dialects. All will attend a workshop and subsequently a panel interview for the development award of...
- 3/11/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Intermission Films also signs up to support the award, aimed at UK-based filmmakers with non-English scripts.
The Mother Tongues Award, a new development initiative backed by UK distributor Curzon and French sales agent Charades, has unveiled its inaugural shortlist - and secured further support from creative agency Intermission Films.
The award, which is focused on feature film projects by UK-based filmmakers in which the dialogue is in a language other than English, has selected a shortlist of 10 projects from 112 entries that spanned 47 languages and dialects. All will attend a workshop and subsequently a panel interview for the development award of...
The Mother Tongues Award, a new development initiative backed by UK distributor Curzon and French sales agent Charades, has unveiled its inaugural shortlist - and secured further support from creative agency Intermission Films.
The award, which is focused on feature film projects by UK-based filmmakers in which the dialogue is in a language other than English, has selected a shortlist of 10 projects from 112 entries that spanned 47 languages and dialects. All will attend a workshop and subsequently a panel interview for the development award of...
- 3/11/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Panellists at ‘Busting The Bias’ included writer Jack Thorne and actor Adam Pearson.
The British Film Institute (BFI) has committed to creating ‘a stronger and more inclusive industry’ by improving access and representation for the disabled filmmaking community.
The move was confirmed at the BFI’s ‘Busting The Bias’ forum held in London on February 5.
The move will ensure all BFI-backed productions are authentically cast and avoid the practice of ‘cripping up’, where nondisabled actors play disabled characters.
The BFI has also pledged to provide guidance and tools to improve disabled representation on screen, giving disabled actors equality of opportunity...
The British Film Institute (BFI) has committed to creating ‘a stronger and more inclusive industry’ by improving access and representation for the disabled filmmaking community.
The move was confirmed at the BFI’s ‘Busting The Bias’ forum held in London on February 5.
The move will ensure all BFI-backed productions are authentically cast and avoid the practice of ‘cripping up’, where nondisabled actors play disabled characters.
The BFI has also pledged to provide guidance and tools to improve disabled representation on screen, giving disabled actors equality of opportunity...
- 2/6/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
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