Eurochannel Programming Highlights - January 2015
Programming Highlights - January 2015 British Month
Eurocinema – Ruby Blue – UK - Premiere January 9th - Join a man who struggles to live after the death of his wife, all while being accused of something he didn’t do. – Page 3
Eurocinema – The Calling – UK - Premiere January 16th - A young woman decides to pursue her dreams and become a nun despite the opinion of her closest ones. – Page 9
Euromusic – Route 94 – UK – Premiere January 18th - The smash hits of a jewel in the British musical crown. A dazzling special with a unique voice. – Page 16
Eurocinema – In Our Name – UK – Premiere January 30th – A woman soldier returns from war duty but her life will never be the same. – Page 22
Euromusic – Mariza and the Story of Fado – Portugal - Premiere January 26th – A documentary tells the history of Portugal’s national music. Page 25
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Programming Highlights January 2015
British Month
Ruby Blue – Premiere January 9th – Page 3
Saint Petersburg – Premiere January 10th – Page 7
The Calling – Premiere January 16th – Page 9
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff – Premiere January 17th – Page 13
Route 94 - Premiere January 18th – Page 16
Gypo – Premiere January 23rd – Page 17
One Direction - Premiere January 25th – Page 21
In Our Name – Premiere January 30th – Page 22
And…
Mariza and the Story of Fado – New Series - Premiere January 26th – Page 25
A Film and its Era: Vincent, François, Paul and the Others by Claude Sautet Premiere January 31st – Page 27
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Ruby Blue th United Premiere Friday January 9 at 9 PM ET/PT / Kingdom 9 PM South Africa
Everyone faces the future with a past that cannot be forgotten.
To face life after the death of one’s life partner is never easy; it is difficult to avoid surrendering to sorrow. In Ruby Blue, an elderly widower in Kent eventually rediscovers a sense of hope in his companionship with an eight-year-old girl, her mother, and a teenage boy, but things take a turn for the worse when the little girl goes missing.
Ruby Blue, a poignant British drama, is the second full-length production by Jan Dunn. In telling the story of Jack (Bob Hoskins), a man whose family has been shattered after the death of his wife, the film also explores subjects such as love after 50 and teenage alcoholism. As Jack grudgingly develops a paternal relationship with two children, one of them disappears; mistrust thus develops among the inhabitants of his suburban village.
Besides Dunn’s formidable directing, striking performances by A-list actors enrich Ruby Blue. In the lead role, Academy Award nominee and BAFTA Award Winner Bob Hoskins portrays a complex man who looks toward his glamorous neighbor, French film legend Josiane Balasko (in the role of Stephanie), for salvation. The film also features two original tracks by KT Tunstall.
Ruby Blue’s subtle yet dark plot and its excellent cast helped turn this independent art- house project into an award-winning production at the Chicago Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival 2008, the London Independent Film Festival 2008, and the Moondance International Film Festival 2008, among others.
Eurochannel invites you to experience an intriguing story set in the tranquil landscape of Kent, and to discover if there is a second chance in life for everybody.
Cast: Bob Hoskins, Josiane Balasko, Jody Latham Director: Jan Dunn Country: United Kingdom Original Title: Ruby Blue Genre: Drama Year: 2008
Ruby Blue Premiere Friday January 9th at 9 PM ET/PT / 9 PM South Africa
Synopsis: An elderly man's (Bob Hoskins) innocent friendship with an eight-year-old girl is tarnished by the assumptions of a community when the little girl goes missing.
Festivals and Awards: Chicago Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival 2008 - Best Feature Length Narrative London Independent Film Festival 2008 - Best British Film Moondance International Film Festival 2008 – Best Director Oxford International Film Festival 2008 (Ohio, USA) – Best Actor
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Washington DC Independent Film Festival 2008 – Best Feature
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Paul Greengrass Born in August 1955 in Surrey, England, Paul Greengrass is an English film director, screenwriter and former journalist. Starting his career at ITV (one of the UK’s most important commercial TV networks) as a director in the 1980s, he then moved to small budget TV productions and independent cinema. His breakthrough came after directing Bloody Sunday in 2002, which was awarded Best Director at the British Independent Film Awards and premiered at Sundance Film Festival. Mainstream movies followed; Greengrass directed two of the Bourne series, The Bourne Supremacy (2004) and The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), as well as United 93 (2006), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Director and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. He also directed Green Zone (2010) and Captain Phillips (2013), which received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor.
Jan Dunn Jan Dunn is a multi-award winning screenwriter and independent film director whose roots began as theatre actress. She made her feature length directorial debut in 2005 with the film Gypo, starring Paul McGann and Pauline McLynn, which won a British Independent Film Award for Best Production. It was the first British film to be made under the Dogme 95 rules. Then came Ruby Blue, another winner of international awards, including Best Narrative Film (Grand Jury Award at the Washington DC Independent Film Festival) and The Moonstone Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Director, amongst other awards. She then released The Calling, whose young lead won the Trailblazers Best Newcomer Award at its Edinburgh International Film Festival premiere; it was released in the U.S. on February 2014.
Stephen Frears One of the most acclaimed film directors from Britain today, Stephen Frears started as an assistant director at the BBC. In the last half of the 1980s, Frears came to international attention as a director of feature films. His film debut was the detective spoof Gumshoe, but it was his direction of My Beautiful Laundrette that unexpectedly led to wider notice. After that, he kept working on both mainstream and independent cinema, with successful productions such as Dangerous Liaisons, which won numerous Academy Awards and BAFTA nominations (Frears himself was nominated for the BAFTA Best Direction Award), and The Queen, which achieved immense critical acclaim, box-office success and awards. His latest film, Philomena, was nominated in four categories at the 86th Academy Awards.
Kevin Macdonald
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Born in Scotland in 1967, Kevin Macdonald began his career with a biography of his grandfather, The Life and Death of a Screenwriter (1994), which he turned into the documentary, The Making of an Englishman (1995). He continued making documentaries such as One Day in September (1999), about the murder of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics, and Touching the Void (2003), about Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous attempt to climb Mont Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. This production was described by The Guardian as “the most successful documentary in British cinema history.” Kevin Macdonald gained worldwide recognition with the British Independent Film Award winner and Academy Award winner, The Last King of Scotland (2006).
Ken Loach He is probably one of the greatest British directors of all time and a paramount figure in independent cinema. Born in June 1936, Ken Loach started his career directing at the BBC, with ten contributions to the BBC's Wednesday Play anthology series that include the docudramas Up the Junction (1965), Cathy Come Home (1966) and In Two Minds (1967). Despite his success, especially with his 1969 film Kes, his naturalistic, social-realist directing style caused some of his films to be censored and left him out of the spotlight for a decade. However, the 1980s and 1990s saw the production of a series of critically acclaimed films such as Hidden Agenda, Carla's Song, and Land and Freedom, which contains a quintessentially Loach sequence of a 12-minute political discussion amongst villagers. During this period he was also awarded prizes at the Cannes Film Festival on three occasions. In recent years, Looking for Eric has been one of his most successful films – its cast includes former professional footballer Eric Cantona and the former bass guitarist of The Fall, Steve Evets.
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British films by rule must have certain characteristics that make them “British”: they must be set in the UK, have a predominantly British cast and, if possible, showcase a Brit as director. However, some organizations, such as BAFTA, have different criteria and even list Gravity (with a Mexican director and American actors) as a British film. Never mind their rules: here is Eurochannel’s list of 3 must-see UK dramas of the last 20 years.
Trainspotting (1996) Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh and directed by Danny Boyle, this UK film is a wild, freeform trip through the darkest recesses of Edinburgh’s lowlife culture, focusing on Mark Renton and his attempt to give up his heroin habit, and how the latter affects his relationship with family and friends.. Despite the controversy the film caused, it is now considered a 1990s cult classic.
Green Street Hooligans (2005) Set in Green Street, in the London borough of Newham, England, this sports drama was directed by Lexi Alexander and stars Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam. It tells the story of an American college student who falls in with a violent West Ham football firm formerly run by his brother-in-law and is morally transformed by their commitment to each other. Green Street won several awards, including Best Feature at the LA Femme Film Festival, Best of the Fest at the Malibu Film Festival, and the Special Jury Award at the SXSW Film
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Festival.
This Is England (2007) Telling the story of a circle of young skinheads, This Is England is a film directed by BAFTA winning director Shane Meadows. The movie became an instant reference to English culture and its working class, with its accurate and admired portrayal of the skinhead and nationalist subcultures. In the movie, a troubled boy growing up in England in 1983 comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school after a fight. They become his new best friends, almost family, but prove to be problematic as the plot unveils. The story is based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.
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Saint Petersburg United Premiere Saturday January 10th at 8:30 PM ET/PT / Kingdom 9 PM South Africa
London meets Saint Petersburg in a love tale.
It is said that love is all we need… however, sometimes love is the last thing some people want. Welcome to a touching personal romance and meet a man whose desire for change leads him to fall for the wrong woman in the wrong country. Eurochannel premieres Saint Petersburg.
Directed by Andrey Khvostov, Saint Petersburg is a romantic drama that follows Elliot, an Oxonian looking for a definitive life-change. Elliot decides to travel to Russia, just after he discovers that he has a half-brother. Promising not to make contact, he departs to his new adventure only to break his oath and experience a series of difficulties.
Filmed in Saint Petersburg, Russia, as well as in London and Oxford, this English-language Russian production offers the audience an original summer love story – an alternative to the predictable mainstream Hollywood movie.
Saint Petersburg became the first Russian/British indie film to break the top ten at the Russian box office, and now holds the record for the largest open-air cinema event in Europe. Two thousand five hundred people enjoyed a late summer’s-eve screening of the film in its home city.
Experience the highs and lows of a British Casanova in cold and intriguing Russia as he sets out on a new course in life!
Cast: Terry Sweeney, Nadezhda Tolubeeva, Konstantin Malyshev Director: Andrey Khvostov Country: United Kingdom, Russia Original Title: Питер. Лето. Любовь/ Saint Petersburg Genre: Drama, Romance Year: 2013
Saint Petersburg Premiere Saturday January 10th at 8:30 PM ET/PT / 9 PM South Africa
Synopsis: A 25 year old British man, Elliot (Terry Sweeney), decides that he needs to change his life - so, he quits dance school in Oxford and moves to St. Petersburg. There, he connects with his estranged half-brother Fedor (Konstantin Malyshev), gets a job, and falls in love. The only drawback is that she’s not the right woman for him.
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3 Foreign Directors with Success in British Cinema Photos: http://www.eurochannel.com/pictures/Anton_Corbjin.jpg http://www.eurochannel.com/pictures/Stanley_Kubrik.jpg http://www.eurochannel.com/pictures/Alfonso_Cuaron.jpg
The United Kingdom is a promised land for many artists in different fields, and filmmakers are no exception. With reasonable budgets and a flourishing industry, more and more directors from all over the world cross the planet to settle and direct in Britain. These are three foreign directors who have succeeded in the UK.
Anton Corbijn Born in the Netherlands as Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard, he is a prolific man of arts. Corbijn began his career as a music photographer when he saw the Dutch musician Herman Brood playing in a café in Groningen around 1975. Starting in the late 1970s, the London paper NME regularly featured his work. After moving to the UK, he began directing music videos, specifically for U2, and in 1994 directed a short film for the BBC called Some Yoyo Stuff. Among his films are the thriller The American, starring George Clooney, and A Most Wanted Man. Corbijn has also collaborated with Depeche Mode and Coldplay.
Stanley Kubrick Born in New York, Stanley Kubrick is an undisputable legend of world cinema and is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential directors of all time. Kubrick started as a photographer in his hometown and then moved to short films in the 1950s. His first was the independently financed Day of the Fight (1951), notable for using reverse tracking shots, later to become one of Kubrick's characteristic camera movements. Fear and Desire (1953) was his first feature-length film about a team of soldiers caught behind enemy lines. A decade later, Kubrick moved to England to film Lolita, his first attempt at black comedy. Later came his most prominent works, which include 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Shining (1980), and his final film, Eyes Wide Shut (1999).
Alfonso Cuarón Born in México City, Alfonso Cuarón is one of the most successful Latin American film directors of the past 50 years and the first Latino to win an Academy Award. He started his career working in television in Mexico, first as a technician and then as a director. In 1995, Cuarón released his first feature film produced in the United States, A Little Princess. His next feature was also a literary adaptation, a modernized version of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert De Niro. In 2001 Cuarón shared an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for Y tu mamá también. He then moved to London, where he has remained ever since, and where he was chosen to direct Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. In Britain, he then directed Children of Men (2006), a story set in a future era. More recently, Cuarón released Gravity in 2013, which received ten Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.
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The Calling United Premiere Friday January 16th at 9 PM ET/PT / Kingdom 9 PM South Africa
Obeying a spiritual calling, against the odds.
It is not usual to go to a convent after graduating from university, but sometimes the spiritual call is stronger than the pleasures a secular life can offer. Eurochannel invites you to accompany a young lady who decides to drastically change her life, despite the beliefs of her closest ones, in The Calling.
Directed by Jan Dunn, The Calling presents the story of Joanna, who after graduating from university, goes against her family and friends when she decides to join the closed order of Benedictine nuns. However, she will only know if her decision was the right one after months in the abbey.
Like Dunn’s previous works, The Calling is an art-house, independent film set in Kent. With its innovative and gripping plot, the production transports viewers to a world unknown by most of the public and allows viewers to walk in the protagonist’s shoes. Also, its fantastic cast, which includes Emmy Award winner Brenda Blethyn, provides an unforgettable experience for even non-religious audience members.
Eurochannel presents a film that is a testament to the strong desire to realize a dream, even the most uncommon, which leads to an unexpected finale.
Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Emily Beecham, Susannah York Director: Jan Dunn Country: United Kingdom Original Title: The Calling Genre: Drama Year: 2010
The Calling Premiere Friday January 16th at 9 PM ET/PT / 9 PM South Africa
Synopsis: Frustrated by her relationship, and driven to explore her long buried religious feelings, Joanna (Emily Beecham) takes the unfashionable step of entering a convent. The cloistered life proves surprisingly active, however, with the nuns abuzz with secret rivalries and tensions, and Joanna's past steadfastly refusing to remain hidden.
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How did you come up with the idea of The Calling? I pitched a few ideas to my producer whilst working on Ruby Blue when she suggested we should make one more very low budget film and think of them as a low budget trilogy that will hopefully help us to move onto the radar with our future films. She liked the idea of the nuns when I said it would be a cross between Black Narcissus and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.
You got Susannah York on board of this project in a rather funny way, can you tell our viewers about it? I had been thinking about casting her as the Prioress but with very low budget films it can be difficult to go through the agents and I was trying to work out how to track her down. Gypo was being screened at Cambridge Film Festival and I attended to give a Q & A, I noticed that Susannah York was also attending on the evening that my train was booked to go back home. So I wrote her a long letter telling her how much I loved her films particularly They Shoot Horses, Don’t They, for which she was Oscar nominated and that I really wanted her to play my Prioress. I gave it to the film programmer at the festival asking if she’d say really nice things about me when handing it to Susannah. Late that evening the phone rang and there was that unmistakable voice telling me she’d got my letter and would love to work with me. We were on the phone for ages and I went to see her at her house in London the next week.
How did you get the inspiration for the film, did you visit real orders or do some research about convents? There is a closed order of Benedictine nuns about three miles from where I live in a little village called Minster. They are based at Minster Abbey and there have been Benedictines there since the thirteenth century. There are now only about nine of them. I based my order on that set up. What surprised me most for a closed order which is also a silent order was when I walked up to the door to ring the bell. I could hear lots of chatting and laughing coming from the kitchen inside. I wasn’t expecting that but then as I learned more about silent orders, they are not actually silent all the time. They have ‘recreational’ time every day too, this is a time when they can talk. They also have ecumenical time of bible discussion too.
I also read books and articles written by nuns who are still in convents, have left or are about to enter. Most of the books were pretty contemporary but I also read some old books about the principals of Saint Benedict and lots of trivia on Saints. I wanted to write a fun screenplay too and this is where I brought in the trivia, especially as I had experienced my nuns in Minster making all that noise laughing.
Did you get any comments from nuns or orders in terms of liking or disliking the film? The Catholic Times refused to review it for a reason they wouldn’t give, which is hilarious because they gave us permission to use their magazine as a prop in the film. It’s also about a girl who wants to (and does) become a nun. Large numbers of women over forty who are Catholic have come up to me after screenings to say how much they loved the film, both the humor and the issues raised in it. We had a fabulous audience report from Edinburgh International Film Festival where it was sold out for every screening and selected for Best of the Fest. The majority of the audience was also women over forty and I think a lot of them were Catholic. Also a large Catholic audience at Dinard in France where it also sold out two weeks in advance and there were queues for returns. The American poster was completely re-designed to focus on the comedy. I remember at the first screening two women came up to me afterwards to say they found it ‘faith affirming’.
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It was screened at the Istanbul Film Festival, [which is in] a Muslim country. There was one older nun in the audience and she put her hand up at the Q & A and said she absolutely loved the accuracy of the film, which I thought was very interesting because I also aimed at it being quite controversial.
There are some amazing and inspirational nuns all over the world doing all sorts of great things and two of them were inspirational for the character of Ignatious because they are quite provocative and confrontational with some of the things the Vatican ignores. I have the nuns at one point reading the newspaper report about the Call to Accountability which was a real campaign brought about in part by nuns. Priests in Africa had started to rape nuns because they felt they wouldn’t get HIV from them as they would if they continued to have sex with village girls and prostitutes but the Vatican would do nothing about it. That’s just one example of the provocative messages I wanted to plant in the film.
Your movies are mostly shot in Kent, have you thought of setting a story in a bigger city like London or Edinburgh? These three films were entirely written around the location and considering budget constraints. I would much rather just write a script and not necessarily think about the location. I live in Ramsgate in Kent and some of my team lives here too, for instance my editor and sound designer. So it is easy for me to get in the car and start writing in my head as I drive around the locations.
My next films have proper budgets and I have not considered the locations when writing them. Year of Wonders is entirely set in the real village of Eyam in Derbyshire. The way finance is at the moment, there are tax incentives to encourage filmmakers to shoot in certain areas and so I am not sure where I will be shooting my next films. I am attached to direct a great script set entirely in Wales, with a mostly Welsh crew, written and produced by Welsh based company and writer and yet the Welsh Film Fund is not willing to fund it. They want to fund bigger films coming from outside of Wales to film a small part of the film there.
If you had an unlimited budget, which story would you put into cinema? Queen Matilda, England’s first Queen. She was the direct blood relation to King Henry I, granddaughter of William the Conqueror; she had 16 years’ experience as the Empress of Germany, far more experience that her cousin Stephen who stole the thrown from her. The people of England knew that too and so a civil war began. A fight for the crown, which led to Matilda winning the crown back for her son Henry II who began the famous Plantagenet dynasty. All because she fought for it.
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Religion has often inspired the greatest art. It is a source for stories of success, forgiveness, sin, and corruption; filmmakers haven’t missed the opportunity to use it for their compelling scenarios. These are three stories of nuns on the big screen.
The Sound of Music (1965)
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Adapted from the Broadway musical of the same name, The Sound of Music is a movie directed and produced by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. Based on Maria von Trapp’s book The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, it tells the story of a young woman who leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the seven children of a naval officer widower. The film won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and in 2001 the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, deeming it “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”
The Lady of Monza (1969) Loosely based on real-life events of Marianna de Leyva, this is an Italian historical drama directed by Eriprando Visconti. The movie tells the story of a nun in 17th century Italy who finds herself pleased as she is being raped by a nobleman. She soon finds herself pregnant and, after giving birth, arranges for the nobleman’s escape from prison. They once again begin their illicit relationship, which continues until a nun who witnessed their lovemaking is found dead. Marianna is sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of having sexual relations and of being an accomplice to murder.
La Religieuse (2013) Directed by Guillaume Nicloux, this is a French drama set in France in the 1760s. The movie tells the story of a girl born to a bourgeois family with a talent for music who is sent to a convent against her will. Adapted from Diderot’s eponymous novel, La Religieuse depicts a young woman trying to resist imposed religious values, revealing the dehumanizing effect of cloistered life. It premiered as it competed in the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival and later received two nominations at the 4th Magritte Awards, winning Best Actress.
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A moving portrait of a familiar legend.
Being the first at something is a honor not often achieved, and will put you in the history books forever. Eurochannel invites you to meet an impressive legend, one of Britain’s greatest filmmakers, in Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff.
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff illuminates a unique figure in British and international cinema, the multi-Academy Award winning cinematographer Jack Cardiff. He was a “painter with light” whose life was interwoven with the history of cinema in an career spanning nine decades of moving pictures. The phrase “legend” is all too frequently used in Hollywood, yet Jack Cardiff’s story surely proves him truly worthy of the title.
In this unique insight into Cardiff’s life and work, the master himself explains how he helped elevate cinematography to an art form and made history with his groundbreaking vision and technical wizardry in A Matter Of Life And Death, Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes, The African Queen, The Vikings and many others.
Among many fascinating revelations and anecdotes in the film, Jack relates what it was like to work with Hollywood’s greatest icons, such as Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Kirk Douglas and Sophia Loren. To everyone’s delight, Martin Scorsese passionately guides viewers through Jack’s films and tells us why they have had such an influence on him. “I began to have a very strong affinity towards British cinema, because of my recognition of Jack Cardiff’s name.”
Packed with stunning clips from newly restored classic movies and over 20 original interviews with the world’s greatest actors, directors and technicians, Cameraman explores Cardiff’s life and work in compelling detail, scope and intimacy. The documentary is not only a unique and valuable testimony to British and international cinema history; it is a humorous and informative one too — an amazing story about an exceptional life.
Director: Craig McCall Country: United Kingdom Original Title: Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff Genre: Documentary Year: 2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff Premiere Saturday January 17th at 10 PM Europe
Synopsis: In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette in his hand was a half-century earlier when his Technicolor camerawork was awarded for Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus. Beyond John Huston's The African Queen and King Vidor's War and Peace, the films of the British-Hungarian creative duo (The Red Shoes and A Matter of Life and Death) guaranteed immortality for the renowned cameraman, whose career spanned more than 70 years.
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With a significant number of films produced within its borders, the United Kingdom has one of the most prolific and developed industries of cinema in Europe. Many of its actors and directors have achieved success not only locally but internationally, and they have produced some of the most impressive sagas in cinema and TV, from Harry Potter to Game of Thrones. Here are three figures who have changed the history of cinema in Britain and the world.
Alfred Hitchcock He has been dubbed as “The Master of Suspense,” and his productions prove the name right. Born in Leytonstone, England, Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. His unique style depended on maximizing anxiety, fear, or empathy, and on the use of innovative film editing. Hitchcock directed more than 50 feature films in a career spanning six decades, which is why he is often regarded as the greatest British filmmaker. Although he never won an Academy Award as Best Director, his film Rebecca won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1940.
Charlie Chaplin He was the man who changed comedy in the silent era of cinema. Believed to have been born in London in 1889 to music hall entertainers, Sir Charles Chaplin became one of the most important names in the history of cinema. Despite his difficult and impoverished childhood, he made a name in cinema thanks to his iconic screen persona in “The Little Tramp.” Chaplin wrote, directed, produced, edited, starred in, and composed the music for most of his films. He was a perfectionist, and his financial independence enabled him to spend years on the development and production of a picture. His career spanned more than 75 years, one that continued until a year before his death at age 88 in the late 1970s. Amongst his most remembered films are The Gold Rush, City Lights, Modern Times, and The Great Dictator.
David Lean Born in Croydon, Surrey, in 1908, Sir David Lean was one of the most important figures of British cinema. He worked as a film director, producer, screenwriter and editor, best remembered for big-screen feature films. Among his most renowned productions are The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), and Doctor Zhivago (1965), as well as what are perhaps the most highly regarded of all the adaptations of Dickens'
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Route 94 United th Premiere Sunday January 18 at 7 PM ET/PT Kingdom / 7 PM South Africa
The freshest DJ from the UK plays his music for us!
His music has taken him “over the moon,” as he already declared to various media outlets. With impressive success on both sides of the Atlantic, Route 94 has already achieved what many only dream about at his age. Eurochannel presents a lively music special with the talents of the man who is redefining the foundation of house music in the UK: Route 94.
Route 94 is the stage name of British DJ Rowan Tyler Jones. Born in Richmond, London, he first adopted the name of Dream while producing dubstep in 2010. By 2012, changing his mixes and style, he created social networks profiles as Route 94 and has played under the name ever since.
Honoring the birthplace of house and techno music with his name - as Route 94 is the name of the road that runs from Chicago to Detroit - Jones has achieved great success, rising to prominence after his UK chart-topping track “My Love” in March 2014.
Only 20 years old, this young man promises to be one of the acts that follows the other great British DJs like Calvin Harris, Carl Cox or Fatboy Slim. To make sure you enjoy the latest trends from Europe, Eurochannel offers you a unique special dedicated to Route 94, the artist who will undoubtedly headline the most famous music festivals in the years to come!
Genre: Electronica, Techno, House, Dubstep Hits: “My Love (feat. Jess Glynne)”, “Cowboy”, “Tell You Why” Country: United Kingdom
Route 94 Premiere Sunday January 18th at 7 PM ET/PT / 7 PM South Africa
Biography: Rowan Tyler Jones, known by his stage name Route 94, is a British music producer and DJ from Richmond, London. Formerly producing dubstep as Dream, Jones has worked with the likes of Skream, Benga and Katy B. He now produces deep house and his single, "My Love," has been a commercial success and has reached Number 1 in three countries.
Trivia: Jess Glynne, who sings in “My Love,” also sings in Clean Bandit’s smashing hit, “Rather Be.”
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Gypo United Premiere Friday January 23rd at 9 PM ET/PT / Kingdom 9 PM South Africa
Hope sometimes comes from the most unexpected people…
Romany people have often endured negative stereotypes that portray them as aggressive troublemakers. Their culture is seldom understood. But ironically taking a derogatory name as its title, one film explores cultural differences and misunderstandings between Romany people and the English. Eurochannel invites you to enjoy a British innovative film of a family that changes after meeting a gypsy woman in Gypo.
Gypo is the debut feature film of award-winning director Jan Dunn. Set in Margate on England’s southeast coast, it tells the story of Helen, who is in a loveless marriage to Paul — interpreted by Paul McGann, an icon of British cinema and renowned for his role on Withnail and I — and her involvement with a Romany refugee, Tasha.
Filmed in just 13 days, Gypo was made under the rubric of Lars Von Trier's “Dogme 95” manifesto, which was designed to take film back to the basics of script and performance; the film is the only certified UK film in Von Trier's genre. Its narrative is divided in three parts, each told from the perspective of one of the three principal characters. The movie captures the drab brutality of the English urban working class society, with its pervasive sense of damp monotony marked by fish and chips, lager, teenage pregnancy and bigotry.
Gypo premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2005 to wide acclaim, and went on to pick up the British Independent Film Award for outstanding production. Now, it is your turn to enjoy a tale of familial disintegration, the plight of Romany refugees in the UK, and the primal power of love!
Cast: Pauline McLynn, Chloe Sirene, Paul McGann Director: Jan Dunn Country: United Kingdom Original Title: Gypo Genre: Drama Year: 2005
Gypo Premiere Friday January 23rd at 9 PM ET/PT / 9 PM South Africa
Synopsis: Helen (Pauline McLynn) has been married to Paul (Paul McGann) for 25 years. They live a monotonous and frozen existence. She is desperate, damaged, and looking for change; he is bitter, hypocritical and bigoted, and on the brink of a breakdown. Into their lives comes Tasha (Chloe Sirene), a Romany Czech refugee, awaiting her British passport and her chance for freedom - a concept taken for granted by all those around her.
Festivals and Awards: British Independent Film Awards 2005 - Best Achievement in Production San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2005 - Best First Feature Dinard British Film Festival 2005- Nominated Golden Hitchcock
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Irish Film and Television Awards 2007 – Nominated Best Actress in a Lead Role in a Feature Film
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How did you get into the project? I had worked with the writer and director Jan Dunn before on a short called Mary's Date. We made it in a day in her apartment and it was great fun, so when she came up with the idea of Gypo I was not only intrigued but also delighted to work with her again.
Having acted in big budget productions how was the experience of acting in this art- house film? I had played small roles in big budget movies - I was a whore in Far and Away with Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, for instance. The biggest difference is always the money. I was paid very well and travelled to and from the USA first class for that. And the production values were amazing because the budget covered any and everything needed so no corners needed to be cut.
Gypo was a totally different experience in that the style required (and prescribed by Lars Von Trier) required us to use only what we had - so we all wore our own clothes and used locations that didn't need redesigning, there was no special lighting (which can be very time consuming). We improvised the dialogue, which I loved, and spent a few days before shooting getting to know our characters and the other cast members so that everything ran very smoothly and quickly once we began shooting. And of course, I got to play a much bigger part than I had in Far and Away which might not have come my way if Gypo had been bigger budget as a bigger 'name' might have been sought.
Did the film change your perspective of the stereotype the rom community has over Europe? Oh yes, certainly. I liked the fact that I remained Irish in the film as there is a huge Irish immigrant population in the UK and that gave me a bit of insight into what the Roma community have to put up with in terms of racism and prejudice. It was fascinating to hear real stories too and we used all of that information in making Gypo. Sadly, I think nothing has changed for the Romany since we made the film.
Did you and the cast expect the success the movie had? We knew we were making an unusual film with great heart and a wonderful story, so we were hopeful it would find an audience, but you never know in the world of film - sometimes it seems you can come around the right corner at the wrong time and the opportunity is missed. Happily, in this case, Gypo was a success and Jan was recognized as a very bright new talent with plenty more films to make and stories to tell.
Are you working on any filming projects at the moment? Can you tell us something
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The Romany people have been called by a variety of names, with “gypsy” as the most common in English (though some consider it pejorative). But beyond what is or is not politically correct, their rich culture and nomadic lifestyle has been the source for art in all genres, from music to cinema. Here are three films about the Romany that no one should miss.
Time for Gypsies (1988) Directed by the prolific Balkan filmmaker Emir Kusturika, this is a Yugoslav production filmed in Romany and Serbo-Croatian. The movie tells the story of a young Romany man with magical powers who is tricked into engaging in petty crime. It is widely considered to be one of Kusturica's best films. The film was recorded in Sarajevo and Milan, by the Forum Sarajevo. Time for Gypsies was nominated for a Palme d'Or at Cannes, where Kusturika won the award for Best Director. The movie also won in the Best Foreign Film category at the 1990 César Awards in France.
Blat Cat, White Cat (1998) Also directed by the creative Emir Kusturika, this romantic comedy tells the story of a small-time Romany smuggler and profiteer who lives with his teenage son Zare in a ramshackle house by the Danube River in eastern Serbia near the Bulgarian border. Received positively by critics, it won the Silver Lion for Best Direction at the Venice Film Festival.
Korkoro (2009) This French drama directed by Tony Gatlif - who is also a screenwriter, composer, actor, and producer of Romany descent - is inspired by a Romany who escaped the Nazis with help from French villagers and based on an anecdote by the Romany historian Jacques Sigot. The movie’s cast includes many nationalities, such as Albanian, Kosovar, Georgian, Serbian, French, Norwegian, and nine Romany whom Gatlif recruited in Transylvania. It premiered at the Montréal World Film Festival, winning the Grand Prize of the Americas, among other awards. Korkoro, which means “alone” in the Romany language, is one of the few films in the market to tackle the Romany Holocaust.
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One Direction United th Premiere Sunday January 25 at 7 PM ET/PT Kingdom 7 PM South Africa
The golden boys of British pop are back to kick off 2015!
They are the new sensation of British pop. With the perfect blending of their voices and good looks, the five members of One Direction have already conquered the hearts of millions of teenagers around the globe. From the UK straight to your TV, Eurochannel presents a new music special with One Direction.
Recalling acts such as Take That and Five, One Direction (or 1D) has gathered a fan base as unexpected as their beginnings. The members of the band were all aiming for solo careers when they participated in the British contest, The X Factor. They never managed to impress the judges as solo artists but when put together, success followed.
After going through the X Factor bootcamp, the judges decided to put Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson together, leading them into a new music marvel: “One Direction.” The group finished third on that season of The X Factor, behind runner-up Rebecca Ferguson and winner Matt Cardle.
Their talent meets the expectations of both their fans and the industry: they will not be a typical one-hit band. One Direction have won the Brit Award in the category of Best British Single, competing with acts such as Adele, Pixie Lott and Jessie J and plenty of other accolades.
To celebrate the release of their new single, “Steal My Girl,” and their new album, Four, which has already reached the number one in the selling lists in the UK, the US, Ireland and New Zeland, Eurochannel presents a new music special with their smashing hits.
Genre Pop Hits “What Makes You Beautiful,” “Around the World” Country United Kingdom
One Direction Premiere Sunday January 25th at 7 PM ET/PT 7 PM South Africa
Biography: One Direction are a British-Irish boy band comprised of Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. They finished third on the seventh series of The X Factor. Following The X Factor, the group signed a record contract with Sony Music subsidiary Syco Records. One Direction's debut single, "What Makes You Beautiful," was released on September 11, 2011. The single debuted on the UK Singles Chart at Number One on September 18. 2011, selling 153,965 copies and becoming the third-fastest-selling single of 2011.
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In Our Name United Premiere Friday January 30th at 9 PM ET/PT / Kingdom 9 PM South Africa
Everybody becomes a victim after the war.
Wars never leave anybody untouched. Either physically or mentally, those who fight in them remain scathed, and risk long-term suffering. Come and meet a woman who, after returning from war, sees all the happiness of a warm welcome dissolve into depression and despair. Eurochannel premieres In Our Name.
Directed by Brian Welsh, In Our Name exposes the issues surrounding soldiers' attempts to return to civilian life after unfathomable experiences. The film follows Suzy, a woman who returns to a rundown estate in Newcastle after a stint in Iraq and who finds it tough to reconnect with her daughter and husband.
In Our Name also takes the original perspective of a female soldier – it is the first British film to deal with the aftermath of war from a female point of view. Through consistently excellent camera work and dynamic acting by the protagonists, the movie delivers the true feelings of a former soldier suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), where a household can suddenly become a war zone in itself, and it is difficult to distinguish between the sound of fireworks and mortars.
With a cast that includes leading figures of British cinema and TV such as Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey), Bill Fellows (United, King of the Sands), and Andrew Knott (Coronation Street), among others, In Our Name is an award-winning drama that proves to be among the best of Ken Loach’s works.
Cast: Joanne Froggatt, Shah Amin, Begum Coskun, Teresa Critchley Director: Brian Welsh Country: United Kingdom Original Title: In Our Name Genre: Drama Year: 2010
In Our Name Premiere Friday January 30th at 9 PM ET/PT / 9 PM South Africa
Synopsis: Suzy (Joanne Froggatt) is a British soldier, born and bred, but merging back into civilian life after fighting in Iraq isn't easy. Haunted by the responsibility she feels for the death of an Iraqi child, she becomes obsessed with the safety of her own daughter, feeling the need to protect her against a threat that doesn't exist. As Suzy's paranoia builds, her behavior becomes more and more erratic, until she starts to put her own child in serious danger.
Festivals and Awards: Montreal World Film Festival - Best Feature Film British Independent Film Awards - Most Promising Newcomer
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How did you come up with the idea of making a film about PTSD? I had had some direct personal experience of Post-Traumatic Stress sufferers and began researching this utterly debilitating condition. I was very surprised to see the lack of good support for soldiers upon returning home and felt this was something that needed to be talked about.
Why did you decide to do it from the perspective of a female soldier? Women were becoming engaged in frontline combat for the first time and I wanted to consider what it must be like, if it is any different, for a woman suffering from PTSD. The fact that being around children is very often a trigger for the onset of PTSD symptoms was something I felt compelled to investigate through the eyes of a female protagonist, a mother.
During the research process and approaching military authorities, was it easy to get official help from them? We worked with Combat Stress very closely. They are the charity set up to specifically deal with PTSD. They were invaluable.
In a time beset of "life after war" films, what do you think is the differential point of In Our Name? I think the fact that we are looking at 'life after war' from the female perspective makes the story unique. Usually these types of stories have been confined to male leads.
Did you expect the film to have the success it had (for example at Montreal Film Festival)? Winning the award at Montreal was very cool and unexpected. Joanne Froggatt gives a stunning central performance and people respond very well to this.
Are you working on any filming projects at the moment? Can you tell us something about them? I am working on a few projects. I'm very excited about a Scottish play I am adapting with Kieran Hurley called 'Beats'.
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There are no winners in war – everybody is a victim. That is an undeniable truth in real life. Luckily, in cinema leaves no wounds to actors, even when based on true events. The best war films create unforgettable characters that will live forever on the silver screen.
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These are three iconic soldiers the history of cinema.
Rambo Portrayed by the action films icon Sylvester Stallone, John James Rambo is an American soldier who suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and has difficulty adjusting to normal life. Rambo is the last surviving member of his Special Forces unit but in civilian life avoids any kind of conflict. However, he is willing to do anything to save his friends and the people he cares about from danger. He first appeared in the 1972 novel First Blood by David Morrell, but later became more famous as the protagonist of the film series. The character was nominated for inclusion in the American Film Institute's list “100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains.”
Private Ryan Private First Class James Francis Ryan is an American soldier who serves for the 101st Airborne Division in Baker Company during World War II in the film Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks and Matt Daemon. Ryan is the youngest sibling of his family, rescued by Presidential order as his older brothers Daniel Ryan, Peter Ryan and Sean Ryan have died on duty. After he is found and ordered to leave his unit, he refuses, choosing to stay with his brothers he has at last, his fellow soldiers.
Universal Soldier Private Luc Deveraux is known worldwide as the Universal Soldier, the star in the film by the same name. Portrayed by Jean-Claude Van Damme, he first appears as GR44, a deceased Vietnam War soldier reanimated in a secret government project, along with other previously dead soldiers. Commissioned to take part in the most dangerous assignments, Private Deveraux rebels when he meets Veronica Roberts, a TV journalist who manages to break his conditioning and help Luc regain his identity as a human being.
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Mariza and the Story of Fado Premiere Monday January 19th at 7 PM ET/PT / UK/Portugal 7 PM South Africa
An enchanting musical adventure to discover the music of Portugal.
There is blues in the United States, Flamenco in Spain, tango in Argentina, chanson in France — and Portugal, too, has its own musical style, fado, and its biggest artist is Mariza. Within just a five-year time frame, she has gone from being a new fado singer to a major international star. Eurochannel presents Mariza and the Story of Fado, a discovery of Portugal through music.
Directed by Simon Broughton, Mariza and the Story of Fado is a 60-minute documentary that intertwines Mariza’s story with that of fado itself. By including spectacular concert footage of Mariza, intimate performances in fado clubs, rich footage of Amália Rodrigues, this project delivers a comprehensive yet entertaining tale on “Portugal’s blues,” all set in the lively capital of Lisbon
Besides the performances to which viewers are treated, this documentary offers interviews with historians and the first broadcast of fado on TV. For the first time on screen, this film tells the story of left-wing and anarchist fado, which developed in the working class quarters in the early 20th century until it was banned by the fascist regime that came to power in 1926, and other captivating tales of the path and influence of fado in Portugal.
Enjoy one of best documentaries on fado ever produced - well narrated, historically accurate, intelligent, captivating, stunningly beautiful, and with plenty of heart-stopping music.
Cast: Mariza Director: Simon Broughton Country: United Kingdom / Portugal Original Title: Mariza and the Story of Fado Genre: Documentary Year: 2006
Premiere Monday January 19th at 7 PM ET/PT / 7 PM South Africa
Synopsis: Internationally acclaimed Portuguese-Mozambican singer Mariza stars in this compelling documentary film that traces the history of fado back to its origins in the streets of Lisbon during the early 19th century.
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Portugal has in fado its most traditional and sentimental music. With a tradition dating back from as early as the 1820s, this soul music from Portugal has conquered the world with its poignant lyrics of sorrow. But who are those that elevated this music to international acclaim? These are five of the most important fado singers in history.
Amália Rodrigues Born in Lisbon in 1920, Amália Rebordão Rodrigues was dubbed “The Queen of Fado.” She was a singer and actress who helped popularize fado worldwide. She also turned into one of the most important figures in the genre's development, becoming the pre-eminent female fadista during her long-lasting career, which spanned over 50 years. Amália was the main inspiration for other well-known international fado and popular music artists such as Madredeus, Dulce Pontes, and Mariza. She died at the age of 79 in her home in Lisbon, and the country’s government declared three days of national mourning to pay homage to her legacy.
Mariza Born Marisa dos Reis Nunes in the then-Overseas Province of Mozambique, Marisa is today the most important fado artist and the most famous worldwide. She started her career singing a variety of musical styles, including gospel, soul and jazz, but her father encouraged her to sing fado. After adopting fado, she has received plenty of awards, including one Latin Grammy and the Best European Artist in World Music by BBC3. She has performed with different popular music stars such as Sting.
Dulce Pontes Born in 1969 in Montijo, a town close to Lisbon, Dulce José Silva Pontes is a world music artist whose work contributed to the 1990s revival of fado - however, she also performs different genres such as pop, folk, and classical music. Throughout her career, she sung in Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Mirandese, Italian, English, Arabic and Greek.
Ana Moura Born in Santarém, Portugal, in 1970, Ana Moura is one of the most renowned figures in the fado scene. She started her career performing in night clubs in Lisbon and then rose to prominence by performing on local television alongside Antonio Pinto Basto. Ana Moura is the youngest fadista to be nominated for a Dutch Edison Award and has received Triple Platinum certifications for the sales of her albums. In 2007, Ana Moura joined the Rolling Stones in concert at the Alvalade XXI stadium in Lisbon. She sang “No Expectations” with Mick Jagger.
Carlos do Carmo One of the finest singers from Portugal, Carlos do Carmo was born in Lisbon in 1939. He began his career in the 1960s, but it wasn’t until the 1970s that success at home and abroad came; he released close to thirty records during that decade. While fado remains at the core of his music, do Carmo has used Frank Sinatra-style and French-style pop balladry as well as Brazilian bossa nova to give his music its distinctive flavor. His most famous songs are “Lágrimas de Orvalho,” “Lisboa Menina e Moça” and “Canoas do Tejo.”
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A Film and Its Era: Vincent, François, Paul and the Others by Claude Sautet France Premiere Saturday January 24th at 7 PM ET/PT / 7 PM South Africa
The secrets behind movies and their directors.
What happens behind the scenes of a film? How does the director deal with the stars and his crew? What is the social and political context in which a film is made? Does it affect the film? The ultimate documentary series that sets out to resolve these and other questions is finally on Eurochannel: A Film and Its Era.
This 30-episode documentary series aims to reveal all the secrets and historical context of a particular cult film, its groundbreaking director, and the epoch it represents. Made by a different director, each episode of this series offers extracts of the film, as well as exclusive interviews with its director, protagonists and cinema historians, to offer a holistic view of the production.
With a great sense of aesthetics and a comprehensive account of each movie, A Film and Its Era includes directors and classics such as Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious, Roberto Rossellini’s Rome Open City, Roman Polanski's Tess, Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita, Jacques Demy's The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and many more.
Accompany us on a cinematic journey and discover the secrets behind some of your favorite movies in this celebratory documentary.
Cast: Alfred Hitchcock, Ingrid Bergman, Isabella Rossellini Director: David Thompson Country: France Original Title: Il était une fois…Les Enchaînés Genre: Documentary Year: 2009
A Film and Its Era: Vincent, François, Paul and the Others by Claude Sautet Premiere Saturday January 24th at 7 PM ET/PT 7 PM South Africa
Synopsis: Claude Sautet shot Vincent, François, Paul and the Others in 1974. Three inseparable men with problems face life in their 50s. A small world of women, children and friends of different ages and social backgrounds gravitates around them. Showing the men’s turmoil and the women’s emancipation, this film became the biggest success of Claude Sautet’s career. Sautet was renowned as a famous script expert of the profession before starting to dabble in film noir. In his films, he depicted an intimate and unapologetic take on small businesses, suburbia, cafés, and weekends away in the countryside.
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