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Craig Tuohy’s feature debut, Everyone Is Going to Die, unfolds in a spare 82-minute runtime that refuses any escape routes. Released on VOD and in select theaters on February 21, 2025, this indie horror-thriller plants itself firmly within a single ultramodern country house. Tuohy wears both writer’s and director’s hats, guiding each frame toward a cohesion that recalls the tight storytelling of early French New Wave experiments.

Daniel (Brad Moore) greets his estranged daughter Imogen (Gledisa Arthur) for her 16th birthday, eager to mend their fractured bond. His sleek mansion—complete with floor-to-ceiling windows and sparse décor—becomes a crucible when two masked women, Comedy (Jaime Winstone) and Tragedy (Chiara D’Anna), crash what should have been a family reunion. Forced into a series of sadistic “games,” father and daughter discover that every ritual holds a deeper sting.

Composer Si Begg’s low-frequency drone settles in like a pulse, while...

Cameras have started rolling on Sessions, a British addiction drama from Indie production house Hyprr Films.

The film follows Richie, played by Daniel O’Reilly, a man battling his demons while navigating the impact of substance abuse on his relationships and mental health.

The cast features Jonas Armstrong (The Bay), Jaime Winstone (Sumotherhood), Leo Gregory (Green Street), Preeya Kalidas (Four Lions), Percelle Ascott (Doctor Who), and Rupert Graves (Sherlock). Giles Alderson (The Dare) will direct.

The film is produced by Carl Shepherd for Hyprr Films alongside Lucinda Rhodes Thakrar (One Ranger) for Picture Perfect. Executive Producer is Jo Cordell. The film is written by O’Reilly, Jonathan Kogan, Alderson, and Tobias Vees, with Kate Plantin serving as Casting Director.

“I’m delighted to be directing this film and working with such an incredible cast and crew on a project that has real heart,” Alderson said in a statement.

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The Life List is a romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Adam Brooks. Based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Lori Nelson Spielman, the Netflix film follows Alex, a young woman still grieving her mother’s recent death. She soon receives a video from her late mother telling her to revisit her childhood aspirations and old goals, which sends her on an adventurous journey. The Life List stars Sofia Carson, Kyle Allen, Connie Britton, José Zúñiga, and Jordi Mollà. So, if you loved the heart-touching drama, hilarious comedy, and compelling characters in The Life List, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

Eat Pray Love (Max & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Sony Pictures

Eat Pray Love is a biographical romantic drama film directed by Ryan Murphy, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Jennifer Salt.

Stars: Brad Moore, Gledisa Arthur, Chiara D’Anna, Jaime Winstone, Richard Cotton | Written and Directed by Craig Tuohy

Everyone Is Going to Die is a new thriller about Daniel, a wealthy businessman who is trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter Imogen while she is on suspension from school for punching a supposed friend who slept with her boyfriend. Since it’s also her birthday, the timing seems perfect.

However, before they can do much reconnecting they see someone wandering around in the yard wearing a mask that looks like a poor copy of the theatrical tragedy mask. While Daniel is telling them to get off his property another intruder, this one wearing a comedy mask and carrying a shotgun.

It’s not a random robbery attempt either, the pair have an unspecified grievance with Daniel, so the rest of the movie involves them humiliating him in front of his daughter...

A vengeful sex bot, a murderous monkey toy, and a blood-sucking icon lead this week’s lineup of new horror movie releases, and they’re joined by a twisted perversion of a pop culture icon.

Here’s all the new horror that released February 17 – February 21, 2025!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

Prepare for a sea of blood, because the public domain slasher Popeye’s Revenge sailed onto VOD exclusively on Amazon via ITN Distribution this past Tuesday, February 18.

The indie horror film turns the classic character into a slasher villain when the legend of Popeye haunts a group of counselors as they intend to open a summer camp.

William Stead directs from a script by Harry Boxley (Cinderella’s Curse).

Steven Murphy stars as Popeye alongside Poohniverse alumni Kelly Rian Sanson, Danielle Scott, Danielle Ronald, and Amanda Jane York.

Created by E.C. Segar, Popeye the Sailor...

EastEnders spoilers and updates for the week of February 10 tease someone’s brother arrives to save him, there’s a showdown with a murderer, a copper makes a confession and more!

Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp) returns, there’s a showdown with Reiss Colwell, (Jonny Freeman) Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) makes a confession, and more!

Phil Begins Hallucinating

Phil Mitchell’s (Steve McFadden) mental health takes a troubling turn next week, precipitating the return of his younger brother, Grant.

Despite Phil’s reluctance, a worried Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) persuades him to visit a doctor.

Phil is frustrated by her interference, and returning home, he unleashes his anger on her until she storms out; however, Sharon can’t shake her concern for Phil; alone, he starts to hallucinate.

Meanwhile, as the Mitchell family goes all out for Billy (Perry Fenwick) and Honey Mitchell’s (Emma Barton) ‘sten do’, Sharon learns from...

EastEnders spoilers for the week of February 3 tease six shocking spoilers upcoming. Phil Mitchell’s (Steve McFadden) rushed to the hospital after a suicide attempt, Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) discovers her locket is missing, and more!

Phil’s Rushed To The Hospital

Phil finds himself in a tough spot as his struggle with depression continues next week; will he be able to get the support he needs?

Nigel Bates (Paul Bradley) is getting ready for a date with Norma (Angela Curran), with some assistance from Yolande Trueman (Angela Wynter).

Norma brings her friend Livi along, so Nigel asks a hesitant Phil to join them.-however, things take a turn when Livi notices Phil’s sadness, causing him to leave abruptly.

Nigel considers following him but ultimately chooses to stay and have dinner with Norma.

Meanwhile, at The Arches, Phil’s actions put him in serious danger, and employee Harry Mitchell...

"She's scared to death!" "What, and you're not?" So who are the masks hiding this time? Saban Films has revealed an official trailer for an indie horror feature from the UK ominously titled Everyone Is Going to Die, made by filmmaker Craig Tuohy. This initially premiered at Screamfest 2024 last year and will be out to watch in February if any horror fans want to watch check this out. A father attempts to reconcile with his estranged daughter by inviting her to his luxury house for a birthday dinner. But when the home is invaded by two masked individuals armed with shotguns, a lethal game of cat and mouse ensues, culminating in a life-altering revelation. The rest is a mystery to make sense of once you have a chance to watch this. The film stars Jamie Winstone, Brad Moore, Chiara D'Anna, and Gledisa Arthur as Imogen. This looks a bit like...

An Irish Angel, directed by Danny Patrick, is set in Northern Ireland and centers around Aine, a teenager facing the challenges of an unexpected pregnancy. Still in school herself, Aine must grapple with this major life change while surrounded by the daily pressures of her family and community.

We meet Aine at the start of the film, nervous to reveal her situation to anyone beyond her grandmother. As her belly grows, so do the difficult decisions she needs to make. Will she keep the baby, or will she choose abortion in light of her young age? And how will those around her react to her news, particularly her strict Catholic upbringing and mother?

Aine leans on friends like Leo as well as mentors like her drama teacher, Ellie, for guidance and support. But each comes with their own personal hardships too. All the while, Aine’s terminally ill grandmother needs looking after as well.

UK genre sales specialist Jinga Films has boarded husband-and-wife team Brian and Laurence Avenet-Bradley’s sci-fi horror Protos for world sales, ahead of Cannes.

The feature is written by cult horror novelist Simon Clark and produced by Mike Sharrak and the filmmakers for their US outfit Avenet Images.

It is set in a dystopian future and stars Anja Akstin, Fred Thomas Jr, Ricky Herrera and Trista Robinson as death row inmates used like lab rats by a private company seeking to revolutionise the correctional system using memory implants. Corey Landis also stars as the CEO in charge of the experiment.

This Northern Ireland-set feature veers unconvincingly from a schoolgirl’s abortion dilemma to a welter of subplots before a clumsy tonal shift

Redolent of young-adult fiction by way of school hijinks movies, with a whiff of British realism, this is much less satisfying than all that would suggest. An Irish Angel revolves around pregnant teenager Aine (Niamh James) living in Portrush in Northern Ireland who, as the film starts, has yet to tell her mum Margaret (Amanda Doherty) she’s up the duff, although her grandmother Agnes (Kathy Deehan) already suspects what’s going on.

At least her best friend, sweet-natured goof and aspiring actor Leo (Todd Bell), offers to help her pay for an abortion but Aine dithers over whether she wants to terminate or not. Dreams about the school caretaker (Shane Robinson) taking the form of Jesus are not especially helpful when it comes to working out what to do.

UK sales agent and genre specialist Jinga has added Craig Tuohy’s Everyone Is Going To Die and Matthew Freiheit’s Iconic to its European Film Market slate.

US thriller Everyone Is Going To Die follows a father and daughter who become the victims of a home invasion while trying to reconnect on a rural retreat. It stars Brad Moore, Gledisa Arthur, Jamie Winstone and Chiara D’Anna while Vinod Malgewar and Tim Le Breton produce for Golden Gate Motion Pictures.

Also on Jinga’s slate is erotic thriller Iconic following an influencer slowly losing her mind as she’s hit with an online scandal,...

Writer/director and star Adam Deacon returns with another chapter in his ‘hood series with Sumotherhood, which also stars Jazzie Zonzolo, Richie Campbell, Leomie Anderson in her feature film debut, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Danny Sapani, Peter Serafinowicz, Jaime Winstone, London Hughes, and Vas Blackwood.

Two aspiring roadmen decide to rob a megastar in a nightclub toilet and hold up the local bank – but things don’t go as planned. Comedy drama.

Featuring cameos from the likes of Jennifer Saunders, Ed Sheeran and Jeremy Corbyn(!), Sumotherhood is available on digital platforms, such as Sky Store, in the UK now. Check out our review of the film below:...

Adam Deacon’s star-stuffed parody arrives on digital platforms next week ahead of a boxing day rental release.

The latest film from BAFTA-winner Adam Deacon will be available to download and keep on digital platforms from the 12th December, before becoming rent-able (presumably from those same ‘digital platforms’) from the 26th December.

We’ve not managed to catch this one yet, but the synopsis (and a stacked cast list) have our curiosity piqued. Here is that very same synopsis:

In this parody of the UK urban genre Riko and Kane have got it all … big dreams, no respect and a fifteen grand debt. Could things get any worse?

Yes! So, it’s time to man up and finally be taken seriously as “Roadmen”. Once putting their heads together on various ways to make some money, they decide to rob a megastar in a nightclub toilet and hold up the local bank,...

We present our red carpet interviews from the Cineworld Leicester Square and the Sumotherhood UK Premiere.

Directed by and starring Adam Deacon, the film also stars Jazzie Zonzolo, Danny Sapani, Richie Campbell, London Hughes, Vas Blackwood, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Jaime Winstone, Peter Serafinowicz, Arnold Jorge, Eddie Kadi, Ella Vaday, Charlie Sloth, Lethal Bizzle, Megaman, Denise van Outen, Tamzin Outhwaite, Jeremy Corbyn and introducing Leomie Anderson with Jennifer Saunders and Ed Sheeran.

The comedy hits cinemas on October 13th. Colin Hart and Ethan Hart were on the red carpet asking the questions, here are their interviews.

Sumotherhood UK Premiere Interviews

Plot:

In this parody of the UK urban genre Riko and Kane have got it all … big dreams, no respect and a fifteen-grand debt. Could things get any worse?

Yes! So, it’s time to man up and finally be taken serious as “Roadmen”. Once putting their heads together on various ways to make some money,...

The Walking Dead enjoyed a prolonged run of eleven seasons, generating interest among viewers to check out similar zombie shows across multiple genres and countries. After witnessing the survivalist adventures of Rick Grimes, Daryl Dixon, and many other drifters affected by the zombie apocalypse, viewers can explore the numerous ongoing spin-offs and prequels that the AMC show has spawned. Ever since The Walking Dead pilot aired first in 2010, the zombie genre has gone on to be reinterpreted in wildly creative ways. For instance, Santa Clarita Diet played out as a dark romantic comedy with zombie tropes while Kingdom reimagined the undead in medieval Korean history.

But among the new-age zombie shows, fans of The Walking Dead would opt for more conventional picks that delve into themes of human survival and brutal bloodshed. Still, there’s a scope for even these hyperviolent shows to play around a zombie invasion in diverse settings.

BAFTA winner Adam Deacon stars in the action comedy Sumotherhood, a parody of the UK urban genre. Riko and Kane, two lads with big dreams and a debt, attempt to make money through robberies but face unforeseen obstacles. The movie is an action-packed spoof of Deacon's previous films Kidulthood and Adulthood, with a star-studded cast including Jennifer Saunders and Ed Sheeran.

BAFTA winner and the star of Kidulthood and Adulthood, Adam Deacon, returns to the streets of East London in the newly released trailer for the upcoming action comedy, Sumotherhood. Coming courtesy of Paramount Pictures UK, this parody of the UK urban genre follows Riko and Kane, two lads who have got it all: big dreams, no respect and a fifteen grand debt. Could things get any worse? Yes, if the trailer for Sumotherhood is anything to go by. Check ou the trailer below.

“Riko and Kane have got it all…...

Paramount Pictures has debuted the trailer for Adam Deacon’s comedy parody ‘Sumotherhood.’

In this parody of the UK urban genre Riko and Kane have got it all … big dreams, no respect and a fifteen-grand debt. Could things get any worse?

Yes! So, it’s time to man up and finally be taken serious as “Roadmen”. Once putting their heads together on various ways to make some money, they decide to rob a megastar in a nightclub toilet and hold up the local bank but things inevitably don’t go to plan!! However, somehow a misunderstanding leads them to be desired and acquired for business with one of East London’s toughest firms, putting them in the line of fire to the firm’s arch-rivals.

Can Riko and Kane live up to their name? Will Riko win the affection of Tamara and if he does, will Tyrese, Tamara’s lunatic stepbrother,...

A new podcast from BBC Radio 2 will tell the story of Kylie’s career through its era-defining chapters. Hosted by Scot Mills, Eras: Kylie Minogue will see each chapter be told by fans, commentators and will include exclusive material from the BBC archive. Some of those featured in the series, who have had connections with Kylie, include Jesse Ware, David Tennant, Jack Savoretti, Jake Shears, Olly Alexander, Beverley Knight, Tia Kofi, Jaime Winstone, Cathy Dennis and Emily Eaves.

The new British series Count Abdulla takes a humorous look at vampire tropes through a different cultural lens.

As SFX Magazine writes, the upcoming sitcom imagines what the world of vampires would look like if the creatures of the night were Muslim. According to the series' leading actor Arian Nik, "Churches and holy water don't mean anything to Abdulla as they do to white vampires or the folklore that we're all familiar with." That doesn't mean, however, that Muslim vampires have an unfair advantage. They have practical considerations Christian vampires never had to think about. For instance, "Blood is not halal," as series director Asim Abbasi pointed out.

Related: What We Do in the Shadows Cast Dressed as Their Characters for Halloween

Written by Kaamil Shah, the six-part Count Abdulla centers on a young British-Pakistani doctor caught between his conservative family and a wild bunch of friends. But his double...

The 2023 London Screenings, which unfold Feb. 27 to March 3, take place in an increasingly crowded international TV calendar. The event kicks off just days after the Berlinale Series Market, overlaps with the BBC Studios Showcase and precedes Series Mania and MipTV.

The week-long showcase has established itself as a key place to acquire the best of British and international programming. All major global TV distributors, spanning 26 companies, have a plethora of content to offer across genres and formats, and a series of screenings, meetings and events have been lined up.

To help you cut through the slates, Variety has surveyed the goods from key international distributors. Here are our picks of 15 shows that will whet buyers’ appetites.

A Body That Works

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“A Body That Works”

An intense triangle involving love, jealousy, desire and selflessness sees a childless couple enlist the help of a surrogate to conceive. At the heart...

UK-Ireland theatrical release in 2023.

Paramount Global Content Distribution and Paramount Pictures UK have acquired worldwide rights on Adam Deacon’s upcoming action-comedy Sumotherhood.

The studio will release the film theatrically in the UK and Ireland later this year.

Sumotherhood marks a return to the industry for UK actor-filmmaker Deacon, who broke out as an actor in 2006’s Kidulthood and won the Bafta Rising Star award in 2012. The new film is the fourth in the Kidulthood series, after 2008’s Adulthood and 2016’s Brotherhood, the latter of which Deacon did not appear in.

The film is currently in post-production, with an ensemble cast including Deacon,...

Sumotherhood, the upcoming British urban action-comedy that marks the much-anticipated return to filmmaking for BAFTA winner Adam Deacon, is set to hit cinemas later this year following a major worldwide deal with Paramount, The Hollywood Reporter can reveal.

Paramount Global Content Distribution and Paramount Pictures U.K. have acquired the feature, now in postproduction and coming from Piece of Pie Productions, Deaconstructed and Belstone Pictures. Paramount Pictures U.K. is planning a theatrical release in the U.K. and Ireland later in 2023.

Sumotherhood features an ensemble cast, including Deacon (Kidulthood, Rogue), Jazzie Zonzolo (Anuvahood), Jennifer Saunders (Absolutely Fabulous), Danny Sapani (Black Panther), Ed Sheeran (Game Of Thrones), Leomie Anderson (Glow Up), Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Mary Poppins Returns, Paddington 2), London Hughes (London Hughes: To Catch a D*ck), Peter Serafinowicz (The Tick), Richie Campbell (Top Boy, Blue Story), Ella VaDay (Ru Paul’s Drag Race) and Jaime Winstone (Kidulthood), alongside several cameos

Written by Deacon,...

‘Shape of You’ hitmaker Ed Sheeran is set to shock fans as he will soon be seen playing a homeless drug addict in a new action-comedy film. The 32-year-old musician will star opposite Denise van Outen, Jennifer Saunders, Jaime Winstone, Peter Serafinowicz and Kevin Bishop in a big screen adventure that was filmed in London last year, reports Mirror.co.uk.

The film is titled ‘Sumotherhood’ and has been written and directed by Adam Deacon.

In the past, Ed has caused upset in the acting world when he was crowbarred into an episode of ‘Game of Thrones’ but has also managed to bag appearances on ‘Home and Away’, ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’.

As per Mirror.co.uk, it is unclear the extent to which Ed will feature in the new film but will be a rare instance where he is playing a character rather than himself on screen.

The Masked Singer is back, with fans tuning in every Saturday night to try to guess which celebrity is behind each costume.

Comedian Joel Dommett has returned to host proceedings, with 13 mystery stars singing familiar songs on stage, while dressed up in an outfit obscuring their identity.

Guessing along with the in-studio audience and the viewers at home are the judges: Mo Gilligan, Davina McCall, Rita Ora and Jonathan Ross.

One way to help narrow things down is checking out who’s been on the series before – as it seems unlikely they’d return to the show (although not impossible).

So here’s a full list of who appeared on seasons one, two, three and four…

Season one

Winner: Nicola Roberts – Queen Bee

Jason Manford – Hedgehog

Katherine Jenkins – Octopus

CeeLo Green – Monster

Denise van Outen – Fox

Jake Shears – Unicorn

Skin – Duck

Kelis – Daisy

Teddy Sheringham – Tree

Justin Hawkins – Chameleon

Alan Johnson...

The MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) 2022 will take place this Sunday (13 November), as the show returns to Germany for a sixth year running.

The nominations for the EMAs’ 19 gender-neutral categories were announced last month, in the run-up to the live ceremony.

While Harry Styles received the most nominations with seven nods, Taylor Swift was a close second. The “Anti-Hero” singer earned a total of six nominations this year.

Meanwhile, Nicki Minaj and Rosalia both scored five nominations apiece.

How to watch the MTV EMAs 2022

This year’s show will take place at the Psd Bank Dome in Dusseldorf at 8pm GMT. The EMAs will also be broadcast live on MTV in more than 170 countries.

The ceremony will also be livestreamed on the official website of the MTV EMAs. Fans tuning in online will also be able to watch the red carpet arrivals and backstage interviews with the nominees and performers via YouTube and Facebook.

Jaime Winstone is Grace’s guest this week, coming round for a chat and a hearty portion of her ultimate comfort snack. Jaime is an actor, known for roles in films such as Kidulthood, Made in Dagenham, and Tomb Raider. The pair discuss the wild days and nights of Jamie’s party girl years, filmset food, and life with a famous dad: Ray Winstone. And of course, the comfort foods that saw Jaime through it all...

Rita Ora is singing husband Taika Waititi's praises. The "Let You Love Me" artist couldn't help but to gush about the Thor: Love and Thunder director during a recent episode of Greatest Night Ever podcast, calling him a "lovely" person while discussing their relationship. "I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love," she told host and longtime friend Jaime Winstone in a singsong voice. "Amen!" Ora went on to explain how she's "always been such a believer" in all-things romance, citing her parents' decades-long marriage as the driving force behind her quest for love. "I've always wanted the fairytale, that's...

Danny Dyer has recalled the time he told EastEnders bosses he “was going to die” if he didn’t quit the show amid his battle with drug addiction.

The actor joined the cast of the BBC soap in 2013 as Mick Carter, a role he will depart later this year.

Appearing on the first episode of Jaime Winstone’s Greatest Night Ever podcast, Dyer spoke about his struggles with drugs while filming the soap that reached a head around his wedding to wife Jo in 2016.

“Fame never suited me,” Dyer said. “I was always f***ing gonna be going down the wrong path. So I lost the plot for many years and I was a f***ing lunatic. I had no validation of who I was. I became a cartoon character… I got wrapped up in that and I sort of lost who I was.

Dyer said that at the time,...

Jade Goody’s son Bobby Brazier has said that he was left “shaking” after being “overwhelmed with emotion” while filming his first scenes for EastEnders.

In July, the 19-year-old model, who is the son of the late reality TV star Goody and presenter Jeff Brazier, announced that he was making the move into acting.

He is joining EastEnders as Freddie Slater, the son of Little Mo Mitchell (Kacey Ainsworth), with his first scenes airing next week.

Speaking to The Mirror ahead of joining the soap, Bobby said that his character was involved in a major storyline where he would demonstrate his acting prowess.

“I’ve been thrown in at the deep end,” he said.

“It was a huge moment for me. I had an emotional scene where I came into the café and I was like, ‘I don’t want any bulls** no more, stop lying to me.’ There was grief,...

ITV has unveiled a slate of new comedy commissions, most of which will premiere on Itvx, its upcoming free streaming service.

New comedy titles include “Plebs: Soldiers of Rome,” “Deep Fake Neighbour Wars,” “Ruby Speaking Count,” “Abdulla” and “Significant Other.”

“The arrival of Itvx gives us more opportunities to commission a broad range of comedies and a dedicated place for the genre to call home,” said Nana Hughes, ITV’s Head of Comedy. The executive added that ITV aspired to showcase a “huge cross section of contemporary, diverse and inclusive comedy.”

“We want to take risks but most importantly we want our audiences to find shows that reflect them and make them laugh,” Hughes continued.

“Plebs: Soldiers of Rome” is a a feature-length special based on the award-winning comedy series “Plebs” which has had five successful seasons. “Plebs” is directed and written by Sam Leifer and co-written by Tom Basden.

The creators and stars of upcoming Stephen Merchant-starring BBC1 factual drama Four Lives about serial killer Stephen Port’s crimes have slammed London’s Metropolitan Police and the UK justice system for “monumental failings” over the case. Merchant also teased his approach to playing the lead role of Port, describing him as “like the shark from Jaws in that the shark is unknowable.”

An inquest into the Met’s investigation into Port’s four murders concluded earlier this month that three of them “probably” could have been avoided if the police hadn’t missed opportunities, while a group of UK MPs has called for a public inquiry into claims of institutional homophobia that beset the case.

Veteran Four Lives exec Jeff Pope said the four dead young men had been “brutally opened up to the most horrific public exposure” during the case, which led to a full life sentence...

It is to take place on November 26.

The UK’s inaugural Birmingham Film Market (Bfm) is set to take place on November 26, with the likes of Sony Pictures’ senior vice president of scripted production Michaela Fereday, as well as representatives from Curzon, Bad Wolf and Bankside Films in attendance as part of a pitching opportunity for aspiring filmmakers and TV series creators from across the West Midlands.

Further companies taking part include Red Production Company, who will be sending head of development Chloe Dunbar, Goldfinch First Flights, Independent Entertainment, Creative England, Broke & Bones, Portopia Productions, Merman Productions and Acorn TV.

An interesting take on identity, as one half of a young couple videos the other, gets taken over by social commentary

This London drama is directed with absolute confidence by first-timers Darragh Carey and Bertrand Desrochers, hitting the ground running with a girl-meets-boy story set in Brixton. It begins with a chaotic rush of teenage energy and hormones when white middle-class teenager Leah (Lily Newmark) gets together with Benji (Ola Orebiyi), who is black and from a low-income family. Before they meet, budding video artist Leah secretly follows Benji around Brixton, voyeuristically filming him handing out flyers for his mum’s nail bar and mucking about with his mates. Her footage gives us a portrait of Benji as an intriguing mix of charisma and shyness – with an innate kindness that makes the tragedy coming his way painful to watch.

Together as a couple, Leah and Benji document their world: getting...

A feature film debut for directors Darragh Carey and Bertrand Desrochers

UK-based sales outfit Parkland Pictures has acquired worldwide sales rights (excluding UK) to A Brixton Tale, which had its world premiere at this year’s Glasgow Film Festival.

It is the first feature film from commercials director Darragh Carey and music video director Bertrand Desrochers.

The cast features Lily Newmark (Misbehaviour), Ola Orebiyi (Limbo) and Craige Middleburg (The Batman) alongside former Screen Stars of Tomorrow Jaime Winstone and Barney Harris.

Dennis Gyamfi and Beau Rambaut are producers with Rupert Baynham, who also wrote the screenplay with Chi Mai. The project was written,...

There's a nervy energy to this feature debut from Darragh Carrey and Betrand Desrochers, who show a flair for visual storytelling even if the narrative ultimately treads a predictable path. Visuals are at the heart of this tale, which is partly seen through the lens of white young blogger Ophelia (Lily Newmark), who it turns out is a "proper rich girl".

She masks this to a degree behind a permanent pout, by shortening her name to Leah and hanging about the street with her camera, where she is particularly drawn to black teenager Benji (Ola Orebiyi) and his mates. She could almost be a modern-day incarnation of Joanna Hogg's Julie (The Souvenir), encouraged by her gallery mentor Tilda (Jaime Winstone) to be on the lookout for poverty porn - although she would probably call it "edge". Friendship and romance begin to crackle between Leah and Benji and initially there's some.

"I need you to focus on your life... Think about the things that you want to know..." Trinity Creative has just revealed an official trailer for an acclaimed British indie film titled Hurt by Paradise, which premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2019, also stopping by the Raindance Film Festival. Hurt by Paradise is a film about a poet and a girl with big hair. Together they find friendship as the possibility of their dreams dwindles. It's described as "the British Francis Ha... a heartfelt love letter to female friendship and London, from first time writer/director Greta Bellamacina," who also stars in the film as Celeste Blackwood. The cast includes Nicholas Rowe, Anna Brewster, Sai Bennett, Jaime Winstone, and Tanya Burr. This looks a bit kooky but still charming and extra clever and, of course, brutally honest about the way things are. Here's the official trailer (+ posters) for Greta Bellamacina's Hurt by Paradise,...

To celebrate the release of James Kermack’s Knuckledust, which releases on digital download 11th December, we have a digital download copy up for grabs courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films!

James Kermack’s feature film Knuckledust stars Moe Dunford (Vikings), Kate Dickie (The Witch), Camille Rowe (Now is Everything), Phil Davis (Face), Alex Ferns (Chernobyl), Olivier Richters (Black Widow), Jaime Winstone (Tomb Raider), Gethin Anthony (Game of Thrones) and Sebastien Foucan (Casino Royale). The film will be released in the UK on VOD 11th December 2020.

Police discover an elite fight club where they find seven underground levels, filled with the dead bodies of fighters from around the world. Only one man is found left alive. The task force has to work out if he’s a mass murderer or the lone survivor?

To be in with a chance of winning a digital download code for Knuckledust, simply answer the following...

Stars: Moe Dunford, Kate Dickie, Gethin Anthony, Alex Ferns, Jaime Winstone, Phil Davis, Sebastian Foucan | Written and Directed by James Kermack

Right spoilers on my verdict out of the way first…. I keep saying a lot lately that we are smack dab in the middle of an independent movie surge in the UK, with some truly fantastic directors, actors, producers and DOPs all standing up and being counted. Whatever your genre you can find something for you – from quality horror with the Shudder lockdown movie Host, straight up sci-fi with Tom Paton’s G-Loc, a sports drama with Sam Gitten’s vehicle Break or martial arts action with Kung Fu Matty’s Tribal: Get Out Alive… One other independent UK movie that I managed to check out recently that fits the same category is Knuckledust. Honestly, I was intrigued by the cast, the synopsis and that poster above which has...

As with most festivals in a pandemic world, Slamdance Film Festival is changing things up with their 2021 edition. Moving a few weeks back to February 12-25, no longer directly competing with Sundance Film Festival, the festival will be taking place primarily virtually. In quite a feat of accessibility, a full festival pass is also now available for free––if you secure yours by December 31st. After that, they are going up to $10, which is still a steal.

The festival has also announced its full lineup, with 25 features along with 107 shorts and episodic. Films, Q&As, and panels will be available on Slamdance.com, AppleTV, Roku, Firestick, and YouTube, while in-person events will take place in Joshua Tree with drive-ins open to the public on February 13th and 14th as well as the closing night screening at a Los Angeles drive-in on February 25.

Check out the lineup below and reserve your festival pass here.

Remember film festivals? Especially in person ones? Well, they won’t be returning for a bit, but 2021 will still be filled with festivals, just of the mostly virtual variety. One such fest is the Slamdance Film Festival, which has in the past taken place alongside the Sundance Film Festival. Scheduled for February 12th until the 25th, Slamdance is taking the hybrid route, making their selections available virtually. The lineup was announced today, so the first real movie gathering of next year (from the comfort of our own homes) is now known. Read on to see the lineup, as well as a bit about what will be populating Slamdance… Here now is the 2021 Slamdance Film Festival lineup, via a Deadline press release: Narrative Features A Brixton Tale World Premiere Directors: Darragh Carey & Bertrand Desrochers – Screenwriters: Rupert Baynham, Darragh Carey, Chi Mai – Producers: Rupert Baynham, Dennis Gyamfi, Beau Rambaut A voyeuristic, wealthy...

Like all festivals, the Slamdance Film Festival is set to shift to a hybrid fest for its 27th edition — but it isn’t holding back on its programming as it will feature 20 feature film premieres while highlighting diverse voices and accessibility. With the theme “Greenlight Yourself,” the indie-driven fest will also launch a new program titled Unstoppable, a showcase for creators with disabilities.

The fest will run February 12-25, 2021 with all films, Q&As and panels available virtually via Slamdance.com, AppleTV, Roku, Firestick, and YouTube. In addition, there will be a two-night drive-in presentation in Joshua Tree, CA open to the public on February 13-14 as well as the closing-night screening at a Los Angeles drive-in on February 25.

“Our theme this year was inspired by the incredible resilience and creativity evidenced by our community and our team over the past few unprecedented months,” said Slamdance president and co-founder Peter Baxter.

The Slamdance Film Festival has unveiled its lineup of 25 features along with 107 shorts and episodics for the mostly virtual 27th edition of the festival — a number that equals previous editions of the festival.

The opening night film, which will screen at a drive-in in Joshua Tree on Feb. 13, is the world premiere of “No Trace” (Nulle Trace) from Canadian director and screenwriter Simon Lavoie. Taking place in a near future, the film follows a callous smuggler hardened by life who guides a pious young woman and her child across the border to safety, unaware that their destinies are inescapably linked in an inhospitable land.

The festival will close with the world premiere screening of “18th & Grand: The Olympic Auditorium Story” at a Los Angeles drive-in on Feb. 25. The feature documentary by Stephen DeBro is the story of Los Angeles told through the prism of a historic fight palace and Aileen Eaton,...

"This is my world... And I control everything in it." Samuel Goldwyn Films has released an official trailer for Knuckledust, an intense action-thriller movie that looks like a mash-up between Fight Club and The Raid (the original one from 2011). A specialized police task force discovers an elite fight club (called "Club Knuckledust") where they find seven underground levels, each filled with the dead bodies of fighters from around the world. Only one man is found left alive. The task force has to work out if he's a mass murderer or the lone survivor? Of course, we already know he fought his way down there and is probably the winner. But still! This looks brutally intense. Starring Moe Dunford, Kate Dickie, Camille Rowe, Phil Davis, Alex Ferns, Olivier Richters, Jaime Winstone, Gethin Anthony, and Sebastien Foucan. This looks like it could be seriously badass, or one big, bloody mess. Hopefully it's...

Christmas Jumper Day is back! And whilst it may look a little different after a challenging year, Save the Children is hoping that flashing, festive knits will still be sweeping the nation on Friday 11th December, creating much-needed Christmas cheer and a chance to raise money for the world’s most vulnerable children in the UK and around the world.

Jaime Winstone supports Save the Children's Christmas Jumper Day

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Expect virtual calls to be taken over by jumpers festooned with jingle bells, twinkling lights and sparkles galore; children ditching their school uniforms in favour of their daftest winter woollies and dogs rocking last year’s tinsel as the nation prepares for the annual fundraiser.

This year, a whole host of celebrities have signed up to support Christmas Jumper Day, including Jaime Winstone, Alex Scott, Thanyia Moore, Nicola Adams, Holly Willoughby, Ed Balls, Peter Andre, Kem Cetinay,...

UK-French co-production features Moe Dunford, Kate Dickie, Jaime Winstone and Alex Ferns in the cast.

Paris-based WTFilms has unveiled fresh sales on James Kermack’s action thriller Knuckledust, revolving around a mass killing at an underground elite fight club and starring Moe Dunford as the prime suspect opposite Kate Dickie as the chief investigator with other cast including Jaime Winstone and Alex Ferns.

The feature has pre-sold to Japan (At Entertainment), Italy (Koch Media), Russia (Volga), Middle East (Falcon Films), Latin America (California Filmes), South Korea (Lumix) and Taiwan (MovieCloud).

As previously announced, Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American...

Exclusive: Samuel Goldwyn Films has picked up North American rights to James Kermack’s action thriller feature film Knuckledust, and is eyeing a release for later this year.

The movie stars Moe Dunford (Vikings), Kate Dickie (The Witch), Phil Davis (Face), Alex Ferns (Chernobyl), Olivier Richters (Black Widow), Jaime Winstone (Tomb Raider), Gethin Anthony (Game of Thrones) and Sebastien Foucan (Casino Royale).

In Knuckledust, police discover an elite fight club where they find seven underground levels, filled with the dead bodies of fighters from around the world. Only one man is found left alive. The task force has to work out if he’s a mass murderer or the lone survivor.

The deal was negotiated by Miles Fineburg on behalf of Samuel Goldwyn Films and Gregory Chambet of WTFilms on behalf of the filmmakers.

“Knuckledust is a truly unique and original action thriller. Samuel Goldwyn Films bringing Knuckledust to North...

Hurt by Paradise was nominated for the Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film at Edinburgh and for Best UK Feature Film at Raindance.

UK based Moviehouse Entertainment has taken on sales duties for Hurt By Paradise, the debut fiction feature from director, Greta Bellamacina, starring Jaime Winstone, Nicholas Rowe and Veronica Clifford.

Produced by Robert Montgomery and written by Bellamacina and Sadie Brown, the film follows the comedic adventures of a struggling poet and single mother (Bellamacina) and her friendship with her babysitter – a failed actress, played by Brown.

Hurt by Paradise was nominated for the Michael Powell...

Here’s a first look at Moe Dunford (Vikings) and Kate Dickie (The Witch) in James Kermack’s action thriller Knuckledust.

Camille Rowe (Now Is Everything) also stars. In the pic, after the police are called to take down an elite underground fighting den, they get more than they bargained for when they discover seven levels of hell, filled with the dead bodies of multiple fighters, assassins and goons, with just one bloodied man still breathing. They have 90 minutes to find out if he’s the lone survivor or a multiple murderer.

Kermack (Hi-Lo Joe) wrote the screenplay and is reuniting with producers Julien Loeffler and Fabrice Smadja at Featuristic Films, with The Project producers Laurent Fumeron, Daniel Goroshko and Rodolphe Sanzé.

Film is being made in association with OneWorld Entertainment, Trigger Films and Onsight.

WTFilms is handling sales. Project is filming now in the UK and wraps on November 30.

Jaime Winstone,...

“Where is your plan” on climate change? That is the question posed by a host of British film, TV, and music stars in “One Lifetime,” a short film from Richard Curtis and Rankin for high-profile environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion.

“The End of the F***ing World” actor Alex Lawther, “Downton Abbey” star Jim Carter, “Harry Potter” actress Imelda Staunton, singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding and director Stephen Frears all appear.

“Four Weddings and a Funeral” filmmaker Curtis developed the concept for the film and iconic British photographer Rankin shot and produced it. Jordan Rossi directed.

The logo of Extinction Rebellion flashes on screen at the start of the film, which splices black and white and color segments and features on-screen graphics underscoring their demands.

British kids exhorting the authorities to tackle a climate emergency open and close the short. One holds a picture of an animal skull bearing the words “Tell the Truth.