Uk Features Catalogue Second Edition 2019
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UK FEATURES CATALOGUE SECOND EDITION 2019 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 4 CURRENT FEATURES 8 COMING SOON IN 2019/2020 FORTHCOMING FEATURES 48 ABOUT BRITISH COUNCIL 67 BRITISH COUNCIL & FESTIVALS 68 BRITISH COUNCIL NEW TALENT & SHORTS 70 BRITISH COUNCIL GLOBAL PROJECTS 72 INDEX OF FILMS 76 , Director: Armando Iannucci , Director: 1ST Directorial debuts are indicated with this symbol The Personal History of David Copperfield David of History Personal The All inclusive images remain the copyright of their respective owners and may Cover: Cover: not be reproduced without the expressed permission of the rights holders. 3 INTRODUCTION UK Features Catalogue 2019 Second Edition About Us This Catalogue includes details of many of the UK feature The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for productions and official co-productions either currently cultural relations and educational opportunities, working screening on the global festival circuit or in the final stages of in over 100 countries. Its Film team links UK films and production. It has been compiled by the British Council’s Film filmmakers with international audiences and creatives, team, whose programme celebrates and promotes UK film profiling innovation, diversity and excellence, and finding and filmmakers year-round. opportunities for creative exchange between UK and international film networks. You can view a list of UK titles currently In Production, as well as details of recently completed shorts and features in It provides a preview screening service for selectors from our UK Films Directory, as well as further directories listing major film festivals, including Toronto, Sundance, Berlin and both UK filmmakers and international film festivals, at Cannes; works with a worldwide network of international www.britishcouncil.org/film partners to develop imaginative film projects, and arranges for filmmakers and expert film industry specialists to You can also find regularly updated catalogues of represent the UK abroad. It maintains an extensive on-line Short Films, Animations, Features and Documentaries UK Films Directory; represents the UK within European at bit.ly/ukfilmcatalogue Film Promotion (EFP); offers Travel Grants to help short filmmakers attend selected international film festivals; and offers Lab Travel Grants to support new and emerging filmmakers to attend international training labs. Questions? Contact [email protected] Sign up for our newsletter at: www.britishcouncil.org/film Follow us @British_Film 4 Judy, Director: Rupert Goold 5 FILM CATALOGUES Did you know that we also produce annual catalogues highlighting the best new UK Short films, Animation and Documentaries. Download the latest editions of all our catalogues at bit.ly/ukfilmcatalogue 6 Greed, Director: Michael Winterbottom 7 CURRENT FEATURES , Director: Nick Rowland , Director: Calm with Horses 8 The Aeronauts The Australian Dream Synopsis Synopsis Set in 1862, the high-flying tale of pilot Amelia Wren, a A portrait of the struggles and triumphs of Australian wealthy young widow, and James Glaisher, an ambitious footballer Adam Goodes – a hero on and off the field, as both scientist as they mount a balloon expedition to fly higher a decorated sportsman and an indigenous-rights activist. than anyone in history. This is a journey to the very edge of Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2019 - existence, where the air is thin and the chances of survival TIFF Docs - International premiere are slim. As their perilous ascent reveals their true selves, this unlikely pair discover things about each other – and Details themselves – that help them find their place in the world Year: 2019 they have left behind. Running Time: 106 mins Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2019 - Director: Daniel Gordon Gala Presentations Producer: John Battsek, Nick Batzias, Sarah Thomson, Virginia Whitwell Details Executive Producer: Julian Bird, Joel Kennedy, Paul Wiegard Year: 2019 Editor: Matt Wyllie Screenwriter: Stan Grant Running Time: 101 mins Director of Photography: Dylan River, Michael Timney Director: Tom Harper Music: Cornel Wilczek Producer: Tom Harper, David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman Executive Producer: Richard Hewitt, Jack Thorne Editor: Mark Eckersley Screenwriter: Tom Harper, Jack Thorne Director of Photography: George Steel Production Designer: David Hindle, Christian Huband Music: Steven Price Principal Cast: Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne, Himesh Patel, Tom Courtenay, Anne Reid, Rebecca Front, Vincent Perez, Tim McInnery, Phoebe Fox Production Company Sales Agent Production Company Sales Agent UK, US co-production FilmNation Australia, UK co-production Lorton Entertainment An Amazon Studios, Mandeville 150 West 22nd Street, 9th Floor GoodThing Productions (AU), 1 Richmond Way Films production New York Passion Pictures (UK), Lorton London NY 10011 USA W12 8LQ Mandeville Films Entertainment (UK) +1 917 484 8900 +44 (0)20 3778 0840 www.mandfilms.com Passion Pictures [email protected] [email protected] County House www.filmnation.com www.lortonentertainment.com 33-34 Rathbone Place London W1T 1JN +44 (0)20 7323 9933 [email protected] www.passion-pictures.com Lorton Entertainment 1 Richmond Way London W12 8LQ +44 (0)20 3778 0840 [email protected] www.lortonentertainment.com CURRENT FEATURES 9 Bait Beats Synopsis Synopsis Behind the picture postcard idyll of a Cornish fishing village A universal story of friendship, rebellion and the irresistible alienation, resentment and anger bubble away. The view power of gathered youth. Set to a soundtrack as eclectic and may be beautiful, but you can’t eat it. Martin Ward, is a cove- electrifying as the scene it gave birth to, BEATS is a story for fishermen without a boat, infuriated with his brother for our time. using the family vessel for day-tripping, and with a brooding Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam resentment for tourists flocking to the village while locals (IFFR) 2019 - Voices - World premiere are relegated to an estate on the hill. Nearing the end of the summer season, an argument over a parking space with Details the incomers who bought his old family home comes to Year: 2019 represent all that is wrong with the world for Martin. Tensions Running Time: 96 mins rise and when a misguided prank and retaliation escalates Director: Brian Welsh to tragedy the brothers are forced to unite and face the Producer: Camilla Bray future together. Shifting light, captured on B&W 16mm film Executive Producer: Steven Soderbergh and processed by hand, offers a grainy black and white Editor: Robin Hill polemic; the state of the nation seen through a family lens. Screenwriter: Kieran Hurley, Brian Welsh Rugged cliffs, stark seascapes, working hands, silent faces, Director of Photography: Benjamin Kracun the screech of a gull, the smoke from a barbeque, clashing Production Designer: Víctor Molero classes, tensions building, a casual theft, a threat issued, Music: JD Twitch (Optimo) a punch thrown, retribution, high tide, low water, laughter Principal Cast: Cristian Ortega, Lorn Macdonald, Laura Fraser, at dusk, regret in the morning, beauty, anger, compassion, Gemma McElhinney, Rachel Jackson hope. Official Selection Berlinale 2019 - Forum - World premiere Details Year: 2019 Running Time: 89 mins Director: Mark Jenkin Producer: Kate Byers, Linn Waite Executive Producer: Kate Byers, Linn Waite Editor: Mark Jenkin Screenwriter: Mark Jenkin Director of Photography: Mark Jenkin Production Designer: Mae Voogd Sound: Dan Thompson Music: Thea Gilmore, The Malarkey, Gwenno Principal Cast: Edward Rowe, Simon Shepherd, Mary Woodvine, Giles King, Chloe Endean, Georgia Ellery, Isaac Woodvine, Jowan Jacobs Production Company Sales Agent Rosetta Productions Altitude Film Sales Camilla Bray 34 Foubert’s Place c/o Sixteen Films 2nd Floor London 187 Wardour Street W1F 7PX London +44 (0)20 7478 7612 W1F 8ZB [email protected] Production Company Sales Agent +44 (0)20 7734 0168 www.altitudefilment.com/sales Early Day Films Limited The Festival Agency [email protected] Wild Bunch Stanley House 44 Rue de Cléry 65 rue de Dunkerque Totterdown 75002 Paris 75009 Paris Bristol France France BS4 3BA +33 9 54 90 48 63 +33 1 43 13 21 34 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.earlydayfilms.com www.thefestivalagency.com www.wildbunch.biz 10 CURRENT FEATURES Blackbird Blinded by the Light Synopsis Synopsis A family spanning three generations come together over 1987. When music fanatic Javed discovers the illustrious back a weekend to be with their terminally ill mother before she catalogue of Bruce Springsteen his world is turned upside takes her own life. Her family willingly supports her decision down; already a creative soul his passion for music and to help her die with dignity, but her daughters begin to writing is set alight by the songs of the working-class poet, unravel a secret that could disrupt her wish to die peacefully whose lyrics feel all too familiar to the aspirational teenager. and on her own terms. Remake of the award-winning 2014 Yearning to escape his rundown hometown and the rules Danish filmSilent Heart. of his traditional Pakistani household, Javed finds himself Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2019 - caught in between two worlds and must discover if he too Gala Presentations - World premiere is ‘Born to Run…’ Based on the memoir of lauded Guardian journalist Sarfraz Manzoor, this timely coming of age story