UK FILM CENTRE TIFF 2017 THE CURED (Special Presentations) Dir: David Freyne Int’l Sales: Bac Films THE ESCAPE (Special Presentations) Dir: Dominic Savage Int’l Sales: Independent Welcome to the UK FILM Centre at TIFF 2017 9th Floor, Hyatt Regency Hotel UK FILM brings together the UK’s national and regional agencies, producers and sales companies I KILL GIANTS (Discovery/TIFF Kids) under one umbrella to provide clear information Dir: Anders Walter Int’l Sales: XYZ Films about our outstanding locations, services, films and talent. Managed by Film Export UK, the Centre is the focal point for the UK Film industry at TIFF, offering a meeting space and information point, as well as acting as a base for many UK film sales companies at the festival. FIRE (Wavelengths ) Dir: Lucy Parker Please see inside for details of all the companies and Int’l Sales: LUX agencies based at the Centre this year. 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For general queries contact us at [email protected] UK FILM SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE (BFI) BRITISH FILM COMMISSION DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE Ben Roberts, Director of Film Fund Sorrel Geddes, SVP, Production & Events Gilda Carbone, Trade Officer - Creative Attending: 6th-12th Attending: 6th-12th Industries [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Lizzie Francke, Senior Production and Kattie Kotok, EVP, US Production Ross Lewis, Senior Account Manager - Development Executive Attending: 6th-13th Creative Content, Screen & Publishing Attending: 6th-13th [email protected] Attending: 6th-11th [email protected] Adrian Wootton, Chief Executive [email protected] Isabel Davis, Head of International Attending: 6th-13th Tony Humphreys, Screen Sector Specialist Attending: 6th-13th [email protected] Attending: 6th-11th [email protected] [email protected] Ben Luxford, Head of UK Wide Audiences The British Film Commission (BFC) is the Attending: 6th-11th national body responsible for maximising and The Department for International Trade [email protected] supporting the production of international (DIT) is responsible for securing UK and Katie Ellen, Senior Manager UK Wide feature film and high-end television in the UK. global prosperity by promoting and financing Audiences With offices in the UK and the US, the BFC international trade and investment, and Attending: 6th-12th provides free professional advice from the championing free trade. It is tasked with [email protected] earliest stages of development through to bringing together policy, promotion and David Segal Hamilton, Development Executive completion. The BFC has industry sponsors, financial expertise to break down barriers to Attending: 6th-13th who form the membership of the agency’s trade and investment, and help businesses [email protected] innovative public/private partnership: Angels succeed; delivering a new trade policy Lauren Dark, Development Executive the Costumiers, BBC Worldwide, Disney, HBO, framework for the UK as we leave the EU; Attending: 6th-12th Harbottle & Lewis, Pinewood Studios Group, promoting British trade and investment [email protected] Saffery Champness, Warner Bros. UK, 3 Mills across the world and building the global Andrea Rintoul, Senior Marketing Manager Studios, The Bottle Yard Studios, Coutts, appetite for British goods and services. Attending: 9th-11th Double Negative, Elstree Studios, Framestore, [email protected] MPC and Working Title Films. The BFC is great.gov.uk/uk delivered through an innovative public/private twitter: @tradegovuk The BFI is the UK’s lead organisation for the partnership with key film industry bodies and cultural, creative and economic aspects of is funded by the Department for Culture, FILM EXPORT UK film, and invests National Lottery funding in Media and Sport through the BFI and the Charlie Bloye, Chief Executive film development, production, distribution, Department for International Trade. Attending: 6th-14th sales, export, film heritage and education. The BFC is a national division of Film London. +44 7775 521 656 [email protected] bfi.org.uk britishfilmcommission.org.uk @BFI @filminuk_BFC Film Export UK is the trade body for companies with UK offices selling, marketing BRITISH COUNCIL CREATIVE SCOTLAND and distributing independent feature films Briony Hanson, Director of Film Natalie Usher, Director of Screen around the world. The association performs a Attending: 6th-12th [email protected] wide range of functions to support and sustain +44 7799 476 947 Robbie Allen, Senior Screen Executive the export of UK independent films from [email protected] [email protected] British companies but its members handle Wendy Mitchell, Film Programme Manager Brodie Pringle, Head of Screen Commission films of all nationalities because of the high Attending: 6th-12th Attending: 6th-13th concentration of specialist global sales and +44 7889 414 856 +44 7970 082463 marketing expertise for which the UK is [email protected] [email protected] renowned. On behalf of its members, the association operates umbrella stands at key British Council is the UK’s cultural relations As the lead body for the screen sector in international film festivals and markets, organisation. Its Film department is the link Scotland, Creative Scotland supports the represents the views of international between UK films and filmmakers and new production of high quality work from our distribution companies to public policy international audiences. Together with a home-grown talent as well as supporting makers, encourages high professional global network in over 100 countries we work international productions that promote standards and best practice and develops to profile the innovation, diversity, creativity Scotland and all it has to offer. We’re here training programmes to share expertise and excellence of British films around the to ensure that the sector thrives and continues and skills. world, and work to find opportunities for to achieve its full potential. We work in creative exchange between UK filmmakers partnership with national and international filmexportuk.com and international counterparts. British Council agencies as a funder, advocate, influencer and Film works with a range of programme development agency. selector teams from the world’s premiere international film festivals, to arrange preview Creative Scotland Screen Commission screenings in London of the best new British provides a free and confidential locations and films. We also collate an online database of UK production support service. Working with a films as they go into preproduction, as well as network of regional partners we provide on an exhaustive British Films Directory listing UK the ground support during pre-production shorts and features. and principal photography. britishcouncil.org/film creativescotlandlocations.com @British_Film @CreativeScots PRODUCTION, FINANCE & SALES COMPANIES ALTITUDE FILM ENTERTAINMENT BFI FILM SALES CARNABY INTERNATIONAL SALES & DISTRIBUTION Mike Runagall, Kerensa Samanidis, Managing Director Head of Digital Products Tania Sarra, Attending: 6th-13th 8th – 10th Director of International Sales +44 7795 847 594 [email protected] Attending: 6th-12th [email protected] Violette Martin, [email protected] Vicki Brown, Distribution Sales Manager Senior Sales Manager Attending: 6th-12th Carnaby International Sales and Distribution Attending: 6th-13th [email protected] is a UK film company specialising in [email protected] worldwide sales with a catalogue of award- As the UK’s lead film organisation, the BFI winning feature films and documentaries. The Altitude Film Sales slate includes; Beats internationally represents one of the UK’s Carnaby International Sales and Distribution directed by Brian Welsh and executive biggest film libraries. The extensive focuses on international sales of film, produced by Academy Award®-winning catalogue includes productions that shaped television and film libraries. The company is director Steven Soderbergh; Sophie Brooks’ British cinema today, including films by based in the heart of Soho London. Tribeca Film Festival hit The Boy Downstairs some of the most iconic UK filmmakers, as starring Zosia Mamet and Matthew Shear; well as collections from the Central Office of carnabyinternational.com My Friend Dahmer directed by Marc Meyers Information, British Transport Films and the @CarnabyFilms starring Ross Lynch, Anne Heche and Alex Children’s Film Foundation. The BFI also Wolff; Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars directed represents and distributes restorations of CONTENT/KEW MEDIA GROUP by Academy Award® winner Lili Fini Zanuck, rediscovered masterpieces from the BFI Jamie Carmichael, BAFTA Award nominated producer John National Archive and new productions of President, Film Battsek and BAFTA Award nominated editor curated archive content. Attending: 6th-11th Chris King; Mary and The Witch’s Flower [email protected] from Oscar®-nominated director Hiromasa bfi.org.uk Jonathan Ford, Yonebayashi and Oscar®-nominated @BFI EVP Sales and Distribution producer Yoshiaki Nishimura; Noel Clarke’s Attending: 6th-11th 10X10 starring Luke Evans and Kelly Reilly; C INTERNATIONAL