BFI FILM FUND FILMS 2013/14 20,000 DAYS ON EARTH 45 YEARS ’71 ALAN PARTRIDGE: ALPHA PAPA BELLE BROKEN BROOKLYN BYPASS CATCH 05 ME DADDY CALVARY THE COMEDIAN CUBAN FURY DARK HORSE THE DOUBLE THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY ELECTRICITY EXHIBITION THE FALLING FRANK FOR ISSUE 1 THOSE IN PERIL GET SANTA GONE TOO FAR THE GOOB SPRING/SUMMER 2014 HALF OF A YELLOW SUN HOW I LIVE NOW HYENA 06 04 MIKE LEIGH INREALLIFE THE INVISIBLE WOMAN JIMMY’S HALL THE On Cannes and filmmaking 05 STEPHEN BERESFORD AND LAST DAYS ON MARS THE LAST PASSENGER THE LOUISE OSMOND LOBSTER LE WEEK-END MISTER JOHN MR. TURNER Bringing real life to the big screen ROBOT OVERLORDS A PERVERT’S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY 06 PETER STRICKLAND On experience, insecurity and PHILOMENA PRIDE QUEEN & COUNTRY REMAINDER THE not knowing 08 RIOT CLUB SECOND COMING THE SELFISH GIANT SHELL 08 DREAM WORLD SLOW WEST SPIKE ISLAND THE SPIRIT OF ’45 A STORY Creating Carol Morley’s The Falling 10 HOME SWEET HOME OF CHILDREN & FILM THE STUART HALL PROJECT Filmmaking outside the big smoke SUFFRAGETTE SUNSET SONG SUNSHINE ON LEITH UNDER THE SKIN WELCOME TO THE PUNCH X PLUS Y 10 CoveR image: CaRol moRley, Photo By Paul maRC mitChell BFI Film Fund Welcome... to the first edition of BFI Film Fund Filmmakers, an up close and personal look at a number of filmmakers who have recently been As the largest public film fund in the UK, the BFI Lottery Film Fund develops, supports and supported by the BFI Film Fund, and films that are just coming into view. invests in exemplary, original UK films and filmmakers. Whilst we can’t cover everything, we hope that the writers, directors and producers in these pages, and in future editions, will demonstrate the breadth of filmmaking talent that we aim to support through Using Lottery funds, we support in the region of 30 feature film productions a year; more our development and production funds. than 100 feature film projects through development; and through our BFI NET.WORK we The current wave of critical and commercial success for UK film seems set to continue, and a standout work across the UK to discover and develop next generation filmmaking talent on the road theme of a number of upcoming films is revolt: stories and filmmakers who turn the world on its head, to their first feature. both onscreen (Mr. Turner, Jimmy’s Hall, Pride, Suffragette, Catch Me Daddy and The Falling), and in the spirit of productions such as The Duke of Burgundy, The Goob, Bypass, The Riot Club (formally Posh) and The Lobster. We encourage bold, original storytelling in any genre, and dedicate considerable funds to Through their insights and inspiration, we hope that BFI Film Fund Filmmakers will offer a rally cry filmmakers (writers, directors, producers) at an early stage of their filmmaking careers, from filmmakers to filmmakers: be bold, take risks, reject the status quo... along with those world-beating filmmakers who operate outside the mainstream but make considerable contributions to the UK’s rich film culture. We are committed to promoting diversity in the filmmakers we support, the stories they tell and the audiences they reach. Ben Roberts: Photo by Ben Duffy by Photo Ben Roberts: www.bfi.org.uk/filmfund Ben Roberts Director of the BFI Film Fund BFI FILM FUND FILMS 2013/14 20,000 DAYS ON EARTH 45 YEARS ’71 ALAN PARTRIDGE: ALPHA PAPA BELLE BROKEN BROOKLYN BYPASS CATCH 05 ME DADDY CALVARY THE COMEDIAN CUBAN FURY DARK HORSE THE DOUBLE THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY ELECTRICITY EXHIBITION THE FALLING FRANK FOR ISSUE 1 THOSE IN PERIL GET SANTA GONE TOO FAR THE GOOB SPRING/SUMMER 2014 HALF OF A YELLOW SUN HOW I LIVE NOW HYENA 06 04 MIKE LEIGH INREALLIFE THE INVISIBLE WOMAN JIMMY’S HALL THE On Cannes and filmmaking 05 STEPHEN BERESFORD AND LAST DAYS ON MARS THE LAST PASSENGER THE LOUISE OSMOND LOBSTER LE WEEK-END MISTER JOHN MR. TURNER Bringing real life to the big screen ROBOT OVERLORDS A PERVERT’S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY 06 PETER STRICKLAND On experience, insecurity and PHILOMENA PRIDE QUEEN & COUNTRY REMAINDER THE not knowing 08 RIOT CLUB SECOND COMING THE SELFISH GIANT SHELL 08 DREAM WORLD SLOW WEST SPIKE ISLAND THE SPIRIT OF ’45 A STORY Creating Carol Morley’s The Falling 10 HOME SWEET HOME OF CHILDREN & FILM THE STUART HALL PROJECT Filmmaking outside the big smoke SUFFRAGETTE SUNSET SONG SUNSHINE ON LEITH UNDER THE SKIN WELCOME TO THE PUNCH X PLUS Y 10 CoveR image: CaRol moRley, Photo By Paul maRC mitChell BFI Film Fund Welcome... to the first edition of BFI Film Fund Filmmakers, an up close and personal look at a number of filmmakers who have recently been As the largest public film fund in the UK, the BFI Lottery Film Fund develops, supports and supported by the BFI Film Fund, and films that are just coming into view. invests in exemplary, original UK films and filmmakers. Whilst we can’t cover everything, we hope that the writers, directors and producers in these pages, and in future editions, will demonstrate the breadth of filmmaking talent that we aim to support through Using Lottery funds, we support in the region of 30 feature film productions a year; more our development and production funds. than 100 feature film projects through development; and through our BFI NET.WORK we The current wave of critical and commercial success for UK film seems set to continue, and a standout work across the UK to discover and develop next generation filmmaking talent on the road theme of a number of upcoming films is revolt: stories and filmmakers who turn the world on its head, to their first feature. both onscreen (Mr. Turner, Jimmy’s Hall, Pride, Suffragette, Catch Me Daddy and The Falling), and in the spirit of productions such as The Duke of Burgundy, The Goob, Bypass, The Riot Club (formally Posh) and The Lobster. We encourage bold, original storytelling in any genre, and dedicate considerable funds to Through their insights and inspiration, we hope that BFI Film Fund Filmmakers will offer a rally cry filmmakers (writers, directors, producers) at an early stage of their filmmaking careers, from filmmakers to filmmakers: be bold, take risks, reject the status quo... along with those world-beating filmmakers who operate outside the mainstream but make considerable contributions to the UK’s rich film culture. We are committed to promoting diversity in the filmmakers we support, the stories they tell and the audiences they reach. Ben Roberts: Photo by Ben Duffy by Photo Ben Roberts: www.bfi.org.uk/filmfund Ben Roberts Director of the BFI Film Fund mike leigh: Photo by Simon mein / thin man Films ltd Simon mein / thin by Photo leigh: mike Details Details Title: Mr. Turner Title: Pride Director: Mike Leigh Director: Matthew Warchus Producer: Georgina Lowe Producer: David Livingstone Writer: Mike Leigh Writer: Stephen Beresford Cast: Timothy Spall, Marion Bailey, Dorothy Atkinson, Cast: Ben Schnetzer, George Mackay, Joseph Gilgun, Paul Jesson, Lesley Manville, Martin Savage Paddy Considine, Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Shoot duration: 70 days Andrew Scott, Dominic West Location: UK wide Shoot duration: 44 days Film stock: Digital Location: Wales and London Production partners: Thin Man Films, Film4, Film stock: Digital Focus Features, BFI, LipSync Productions, Production partners: Calamity Films, Xofa Productions, Diaphana Films, Pathé, BBC Films, Ingenious Media, France 3, Amusement Park Films, BFI, Canal+ and Cine Cinema Canal +, Cine + and France Télévisions Sales Company: Pathé Sales Company: Sunray Films UK Distributor: Pathé Pride UK Distributor: Entertainment One Screenwriter Stephen Beresford and filmmaker Louise Osmond on bringing real-life stories to the big screen Directed by matthew Warchus from manipulate events to make them more In filtering so many stories, how do a script by first-time screenwriter dramatic or funnier. i said, “if that you decide what to sacrifice? Stephen Beresford, Pride has been bothers you in any way, i will take you SB: you hear great stories and you want selected to close this year’s Directors’ out altogether.” But all of them said yes. them to put them all in the film but you Fortnight. the film is set in 1984, at the one woman even said, “oh, make me can’t. the language matthew Warchus height of the miners’ strike instigated up completely darling!” and i used was that it was like a chord: by margaret thatcher’s policies, and you needed to see six little moments tells the true story of a small group of Louise, you’re not having to throughout the story for each gay and lesbian activists who take fictionalise but you’re still character and that all becomes part themselves, and their support, into the editorialising. Are there similarities of the big symphony. heart of a Welsh mining community, with Stephen’s experience? LO: People quickly identified breaking down barriers as a result. LO: it’s almost the mirror of what themselves during the casting process. Director Mike Leigh talks to Amy Dark Horse, directed by louise osmond Stephen’s doing because you’re also it does tend to come down to the people and currently in production, is a looking for the beats that will make for whom it meant the most. you have a Raphael about his Cannes experiences documentary recounting the rags- an immersive narrative. there were sense that this particular story changed to-riches tale of champion racehorse some discussions when we were first their lives in some way so you’re drawn Dream alliance and members of the pitching about, “Would these people to them.