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Actor and filmmaker Harris Dickinson is among the speakers participating in Picturehouse’s inaugural industry event, Picturehouse Create, running April 3-5.

The three-day event will be held at Picturehouse Central in London and includes panels, screenings, masterclasses and networking events.

Dickinson will present a screening of Paul Thomas Anderson’sPunch-Drunk Lovefollowed by a conversation about how the film influenced theBabygirlstar’s acting career as well as his upcoming directorial debutUrchin.

Producers Mike Goodridge, Fiona Lamptey and Mary Burke will participate in a panel on lessons learned in their career. Further sessions tackle topics covering film finance, virtual reality and audience development,...

As improbable as it may seem, one of the best films out of South by Southwest last year was about rival sheep farmers in rural Ireland. It's also one of the most nuanced and provocative films about toxic masculinity in recent memory, and equally unsettling. Written and directed by Christopher Andrews (in his feature debut), Bring Them Down stars Christopher Abbott and Barry Keoghan as the sons of sheep farmers who stand to inherit their respective father's farms on either side of a shared hill.

When their long-simmering rivalry boils over, misunderstandings give way to misguided deeds and ill-conceived notions of revenge in a film that evokes the darkest of Joel and Ethan Coen's crime thrillers. Comparisons to the films of fellow Irishman Martin McDonagh seem inevitable, but Bring Them Down is bleaker and less sentimental than McDonagh's nastiest work.

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The Bring Them Down trailer reveals Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott as rival farmers whose families' blood feud escalates into brutal violence.

Today, Mubi released the first official trailer for Bring Them Down. Watch it below:

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Michael, the last son of a shepherding family, grapples with a dark secret and ailing father. As tensions with rival farmer Gary and his son Jack intensify, Michael is pulled into a violent conflict that forces him to confront his past, leaving both families irreversibly changed.

Release Date  September 8, 2024Rating  Not RatedRuntime  107 MinutesMain Genre  DramaGenres  Drama, ThrillerCast  Youssef Quinn, Aaron Heffernan, Susan Lynch, Nora-Jane Noone, Paul Ready, Barry Keoghan, Christopher Abbott, Colm MeaneyCharacter(s)  Michael, Jack, RayDirector  Christopher AndrewsProducers  Niamh Fagan, Jacob Swan Hyam, Cassandre Warnauts, Ivana MacKinnon, Jean-Yves Roubin, Efe Çakarel, Ruth Treacy,...

Barry Keoghan has gone from relative unknown to incredible Hollywood talent in a few short years. Having appeared in Marvels Eternals, had a very brief appearance as Joker in The Batman, and licked a bath plughole in ways we dont want to think about in Saltburn, the actors new movie, Bring Them Down, has just released a blood-soaked and brutal look at his violent revenge thriller.

Movies set in rural farming environments dont usually lend themselves to the world of tense thrillers, but Bring Them Down appears to be breaking away from the idea of flat-caps and shepherds in Christopher Andrews directorial debut, which also stars Poor Things Christopher Abbott. The movie centers on Abbotts character of Michael, who is the last son of a farming family living with his angry and cantankerous father, Ray. While hiding a secret from his past, Michael is caught in a conflict with another local farming family,...

There was much enthusiasm but little optimism regarding the contemporary film market at San Sebastian’s third-annual Creative Investors’ Conference, which wrapped this afternoon.

Hosted at San Sebastian’s imposing, hipster-coded contemporary arts center Tabakalera, the conference runs for two days and features onstage Q&As with execs from the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Attendees include Mubi’s Bobby Allen, Axel Kuchevatzsky of Infinity Hill, LuckyChap’s Bronte Payne, and Netflix’s Teresa Moneo.

The conference is hosted in collaboration with CAA Media Finance and the focus is broad, with a tangential connection to what most speakers in the room described as Spain’s bustling film sector. Here are some of the most prominent talking points from the sessions.

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Executives from companies including Anton Corp, Charades, The Match Factory and Netflix are among the speakers set for San Sebastian International Film Festival’s third annual Creative Investors’ Conference, which takes place September 24 and 25.

Organised in collaboration with CAA Media Finance, the conference line-up includes Bobby Allen, svp of production at Mubi; Louis Balsan, evp for distribution and acquisitions at production-financing firm Anton Corp; Caroline Benjo, partner at Haut et Court; Teresa Moneo, director of international original film at Netflix; Christine Vachon of Killer Films; Michael Weber, managing director of The Match Factory; Fabien Westerhoff, CEO of Film Constellation; Bronte Payne...

San Sebastian Creative Investors’ Conference

The San Sebastian Festival will host its third annual Creative Investors’ Conference on September 24 and 25 in collaboration with CAA Media Finance. Execs set for the conference include Bobby Allen of Mubi, Jeffrey Clifford of Heyday Films, Axel Kuchevatzsky of Infinity Hill, Bronte Payne of LuckyChap Entertainment, Michael Weber of The Match Factory, Teresa Moneo of Netflix, Vincent Maraval of Goodfellas and Danny Perkins of Elysian Film Group. The festival has said topics of discussion will include an analysis of the current landscape of the US and European film industries, international opportunities for the Spanish market, and an examination of the Korean film marketplace. Roeg Sutherland, Sarah Schweitzman, and Nick Ogiony from CAA Media Finance will participate in the Conference and moderate talks. Jose Luis Rebordinos, director of the San Sebastian International Film Festival, said he is “thrilled” to have the “support of the Spanish government...

CAA Media Finance’s Roeg Sutherland, Goodfellas’ Vincent Maraval and Recorded Picture Company’s Jeremy Thomas are set for the San Sebastian Festival’s 2024 Creative Investors’ Conference, co-organised for the third year running in collaboration with CAA Media Finance.

The Conference runs Sept. 24-25 at San Sebastian’s Tabakalera center.

Other high-profile execs confirmed as the world’s film industry debates ways forward for growth –despite still lagging post-pandemic box office recovery and the contraction of global streamer investment – are Netflix’s Teresa Moneo, Mubi’s Bobby Allen, Anton Corp.’s Louis Balsan, Charades’ Yohann Conte, Caroline Benjo at France’s Haut et Court, David Davoli at Anonymous Content, Infinity Hill’s Axel Kuchevatzsky, Good Chaos’ Mike Goodridge, Matías Mosteirín at K&s Films, Bronte Payne at Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap Entertainment, Killer Films’ Christine Vachon and Michael Weber at The Match Factory.

Sutherland, from CAA Media Finance as well as...

Exclusive: Managing Director of Neom Media Industries Wayne Borg, Monica Ciarli of Minerva Pictures, and former EFM head Dennis Ruh will serve on the jury of the Venice Film Festival’s work-in-progress event Final Cut In Venice.

The Final Cut in Venice programme will run from September 1-3. The first two days are dedicated to the works-in-progress screenings. On the third day, one-on-one meetings are organized and the awards are presented in the afternoon. The jury will hand out a prize of €5,000 for the best film in post-production.

The seven selected productions include four fiction features: Morad Mostafa’s Aisha Can’t Fly Away (Egypt), Nadim Tabet’s In This Darkness I See You (Lebanon), Mohamed Siam’s My Father’s Scent (Egypt), and Ique Langa’s The Prophet (Mozambique).

Related: Venice Lineup Interview: Festival Chief Alberto Barbera Says ‘Joker 2’ Is “One Of The Most Daring Films In Recent...

The Locarno Film Festival has created a new industry advisory board that includes veteran producer Ted Hope, EFM founder Beki Probst and Mubi SVP of content Bobby Allen.

Locarno said the advisory board would help it navigate shifts in the independent cinema landscape.

The advisory board is headed by Nadia Dresti, the former marketing director of 20th Century Fox Switzerland. Her relationship with the festival goes back to the founding of its industry initiative Locarno Pro in 2000. Since 2022, Dresti has served as a member of the festival’s board of directors.

Working with her will be seven board members whose...

The Locarno Film Festival has formed an advisory board for its industry side and recruited a roster of top indie industry figures including former Amazon Studios film executive Ted Hope, Bobby Allen, who is senior VP of content at Mubi, and former European Film Market chief Beki Probst as members.

Locarno’s industry advisory board will be headed by Nadia Dresti, the former head of the prominent Swiss indie cinema event’s market side who has been with Locarno intermittently for roughly 30 years with an interlude for a few years as head of marketing for Fox Switzerland.

“I am delighted that in this ever-changing audiovisual landscape, the Locarno Film Festival has decided to initiate an ongoing conversation with industry professionals who will advise the board of directors on issues concerning the festival’s future,” Dresti said in a statement. “Together we will tackle relevant issues with the aim of providing invaluable industry insights.

Veteran producer Ted Hope and former European Film Market head Beki Probst have been named as members of the Locarno Film Festival’s new industry advisor board.

They will be joined by Mubi Senior Vice President Bobby Allen, Locarno Industry Academy International Project Manager Marion Klotz; Emmanuel Cuénod, the former director of the Geneva International Film Festival (Giff) and the current head of the Swiss Digital Creation Hub, top Swiss exhibitor Edna Epelbaum, and Gerardo Michelin, the founder of the trade website LatAm cinema.

The new board’s mission will be advise the festival on how to keep in step with developments in the audiovisual sector and remain relevant to the film industry at large.

The new initiative was first announced last September when Maja Hoffmann was unveiled as the festival’s new president, replacing outgoing Marco Solari who held the role for 23 years.

As previously announced, long-time Locarno collaborator...

The second annual Creative Investors Conference runs September 26-28.

Executives from Focus Features, Warner Bros, Plan B and Neon are among the speakers at San Sebastian International Film Festival’s second annual Creative Investors Conference running September 26-28 in collaboration with CAA Media Finance.

There will be a series of ‘Fireside chats’ with Mariano César, SVP content Ge Content Latin America at HBO Max (Warner Bros. Discovery), Jeremy Kleiner, co-president at Plan B, and Killer Films co-founders Pam Koffler and Christine Vachon.

Kiska Higgs, president, production & acquisitions at Focus Features, Sarah Colvin, director of acquisitions at Neon, Jeb Brody, president of production at Amblin Partners,...

The conference is taking place from September 26-28.

Mubi’s Bobby Allen, Blueprint Pictures’ Peter Czernin, Killer Films’ Christine Vachon, Casarotto Ramsay & Associates’ Anna Higgs and Netflix’s Teresa Moneo will all attend the second annual Creative Investors’ Conference at the San Sebastian International Film Festival this month.

Organised in collaboration with CAA Media Finance, it is taking place at the festival from September 26-28 and will comprise of a series of panels and discussions open to industry badge holders, under the Spanish Screenings: Financing & Tech strand.

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Netflix’s Teresa Moneo, Mubi’s Bobby Allen, Cinetic Media’s John Sloss, and Jeb Brody, President of Production at Amblin Partners, are among the names set for CAA Media Finance and the San Sebastian Film Festival’s second annual Creative Investors’ Conference.

The conference will take place September 26-28 and include a series of panels and discussions. Roeg Sutherland, Benjamin Kramer, and Sarah Schweitzman from CAA Media Finance will participate in the conference and moderate alongside journalist and San Seb advisor Wendy Mitchell.

Organized in collaboration with CAA Media Finance, other high-profile execs set to attend include Vincent Maraval, President of Goodfellas; Mariano César, SVP of Content Ge Content Latin America at HBO Max; Sarah Colvin, Director of Acquisitions at Neon; Liesl Copland, Executive Vice president, Content and Platform Strategy at Participant Media; Phil Hunt, CEO of Head Gear Films and Co-managing Director of Bankside Films; Fionnuala Jamison, Managing...

San Sebastian Festival’s 2nd Creative Investors’ Conference (Cic), co-organized once more with CAA Media Finance, has lured some of the most prominent names in the international entertainment business, led by CAA Media Finance’s Roeg Sutherland, Goodfellas’ Vincent Maraval and Cinetic Media’s John Sloss.

Sutherland, Nick Ogiony and Sarah Schweitzman from CAA Media Finance will participate in the Conference, held on Sept. 26 and 27 at the Tabakalera, and moderate some of the activities, as will Wendy Mitchell, delegate and advisor of the San Sebastian Festival.

Variety has learned that the VIP international guests will hold private networking lunches/meetings with about 25 leading Spanish producers, includING Mariela Besuievsky of Tornasol Media; Eduardo Carneros, Euskadi Movie Aie; Valérie Delpierre, Inicia Films; Ignasi Estapé, Arcadia; Belén Atienza, Perdición Films; Fernando Bovaira, Mod Prods; Morena Films’ Juan Gordon and Elastica Films’ María Zamora.

Another added bonus is a podcast, jointly produced/hosted by...

Elon Musk continues to taunt NPR and is now reportedly threatening to transfer their Twitter handle to “another company.”

Reporter Bobby Allen shared that in a series of emails from the CEO of the social media platform, Musk suggested he could reassign their account to someone else.

“So is NPR going to start posting on Twitter again, or should we reassign @NPR to another company?” Musk asked in an e-mail sent to Allen.

NPR effectively quit Twitter in April over the “inaccurate and misleading” label of “government-funded media” Musk attached to their profile. Musk would later remove the labels from news outlets’ Twitter pages following the backlash.

“Our policy is to recycle handles that are definitively dormant,” Musk told NPR in another email. “Same policy applies to all accounts. No special treatment for NPR.”

Musk would be going against the Twitter policy currently in place that bases inactivity on an...

Speakers include BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson, Film4’s Farhana Bhula and The British Blacklist’s Akua Gyamfi.

US producer Anthony Bregman, incoming BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson and leading UK execs are among the speakers confirmed for the second edition of the Sundance Film Festival: London industry programme.

The Sundance Institute will once again be partnering with Picturehouse for this year’s event, which takes place at London’s Picturehouse Central from July 6-9.

Bregman will deliver the keynote talk. He premiered three features at the Sundance Film Festival in January: Flora And Son, Eileen and You Hurt My Feelings,...