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All3Media International, the sales arm of the production-distribution U.K. giant behind such hits as “Fleabag” and “Midsomer Murders,” has struck key deals in multiple territories for New Pictures’ six-part thriller, “Protection.”

Sales follow the witness protection series’ critically acclaimed U.K. debut on ITV and Itvx. Among the new pacts are a digital rights deal with BritBox for the U.S. and English-speaking Canada; digital rights to Stan in Australia; TV rights to Tvnz in New Zealand and DVD/Video rights to ABC for Australia and New Zealand.

Meanwhile, BBC Studios has picked up “Protection” in a pan-territory deal encompassing Asia, India and the Indian subcontinent, where the drama will stream on BBC First, its premium SVOD drama channel, and its SVOD service, BBC Player.

“Protection” has also been snapped up across the Nordic territories, including Denmark (Dr), Norway (Nrk), Iceland (Ruv), Sweden (Svt) and Finland (Yle).

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This article contains mentions of violence, murder, and sexual assault.

There's a reason that thrilling TV shows have started to become one of the most produced series formats in recent years. With the continued rise of streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, there is a high demand for fast-paced and action-packed thrilling content that can be binged in the hours after work or over a weekend. This style of content lends itself to intriguing characters, cliffhanging episode endings, and high-stakes situations that keep the viewer pressing 'next episode'.

Some of the best TV shows of all time follow this format, immersing the audience in its story like the jaded realism of a real-life disaster series like Chernobyl or a captivating, small-town mystery drama like Mare of Easttown. They provide a thrilling ride from beginning to end, and creators are now tailoring the episode length and structure to account...

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Fatal Seduction is an erotic thriller series with little to offer as a smart television series but a lot to offer as a guilty pleasure. Created by Steven Pillemer, the Netflix series follows a married woman who goes on a weekend trip where she cheats on her husband because they have been having trouble in their marriage for a long time. Add a murder mystery to that storyline and Fatal Seduction runs like any erotic thriller. So, if you loved the erotic scenes and the thrilling mystery in Fatal Seduction here are some similar erotic thriller shows you should check out next.

Fatal Attraction (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Paramount+

Fatal Attraction is an erotic psychological thriller drama series developed by Alexandra Cunningham and Kevin J. Hynes. Based on the 1987 film of the same name written by James Dearden,...

U.K.-French film company Alief has boarded supernatural drama “Horizonte” by Colombia’s César Augusto Acevedo, winner of the 2015 Cannes Camera d’ Or for his debut feature “Land and Shade” (“La tierra y la sombra”). “Horizonte” is Acevedo’s sophomore feature, which had its world premiere at the 49th Toronto Film Festival in early September.

“We have been fans of Cesar Augusto since his first film, ‘Land and Shade,’” said Alief’s Miguel Angel Govea who described “Horizonte” as a “solid story of regret and redemption.”

“We were drawn by Acevedo’s lyrical screenplay, mesmerizing visuals and the standout performances by Chile’s grande dame, Paulina Garcia (Sebastian Lelio’s ‘Gloria’) and Colombian leading man Claudio Cataño, who stars in Netflix’s upcoming ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude,’” said Govea who said that Alief first eyed the drama at the 2024 Toulouse Cinélatino Films in Progress 43 where it won the...

It's only been a day since its release, and the new thriller limited series The Perfect Couple has already secured a spot on Netflix's top 10 TV show list. In fact, it's sitting at the No. 1 spot as of Sept. 6, meaning it's Netflix's most popular show at the moment. But should we really be surprised? I mean, if you just take a look at who's in the cast, that's enough to make you want to watch it. The show's premise will pull you in as well!

If you're an avid book fan, chances are you've heard about New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand's book The Perfect Couple. Well, that's what this Netflix thriller limited series is based on. It centers around a young woman named Amelia, who is about to marry into one of the wealthiest families on Nantucket, the Winbury family. But things take a tragic turn when,...

Tell Me Lies is a brilliantly written drama about a toxic couple created by Meaghan Oppenheimer. Based on a 2018 novel of the same name by author Carola Lovering, the series revolves around the toxic relationship between Lucy (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen (Jackson White), two college sweethearts whose relationship never quite gets on the right track, and after some time they find it hard to keep all the pieces together. So, if you loved the toxic relationship, steamy scenes, and a ton of drama in Tell Me Lies here are some similar shows you should check out next.

You’re the Worst (Hulu & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – FX

You’re the Worst is a romantic comedy-drama series created by Stephen Falk. The FX series revolves around a very unhealthy relationship between Jimmy, a self-centered novelist, and Gretchen, a self-destructive PR executive, which begins after they meet at the wedding of Jimmy...

Whether you love the darker side of humanity or just want to experience the story of a deeply flawed human being, there is something for every psychological thriller fan on Netflix. With some of its latest outings, such as Ripley and Baby Reindeer, the streamer has proved that there is no place better for the fans of psychological thriller shows than Netflix’s vast library of content. If you also want to experience heart-pounding thrills, suspenseful stories, and dark psychological drama, here are the best psychological thriller shows you can find on Netflix.

You Credit – Netflix

You is one of the most popular Netflix psychological thriller shows ever, and most of the credit for that goes to the writing behind its main character, Joe Goldberg. Created by Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble, the Netflix series is based on a novel series of the same name by author Caroline Kepnes. You...

Baby Reindeer on Netflix is a gripping and raw exploration of stalking and trauma, shedding light on real-life experiences with empathy. The Crowded Room echoes films like Fractured, creating a suspenseful narrative that keeps viewers guessing till the end. Mare of Easttown stands out with its authentic character conflicts and engaging plot, making it a standout murder mystery series.

Many miniseries have been released over the years, covering various genres. However, these 15 thrillers stand out as some of the best examples of short-form storytelling on the small screen. From gripping psychological thrillers like Sharp Objects to true crime dramas such as Unbelievable, these miniseries have captivated viewers with their compelling narratives, complex characters, and masterful storytelling techniques. Some blend elements of horror and suspense to create truly unforgettable viewing experiences.

Whether based on real events or entirely fictional, these binge-worthy miniseries showcase the incredible potential of the format to deliver powerful,...

Stars: Nichola Burley, Josie Walker, Flora Hylton, Joel Sefton-Iongi | Written and Directed by Lucy Cohen

A girl makes friends with a local boy while on holiday in rural Cornwall. Looking for an escape from her mum and her new boyfriend, the young girl looks to seek solace wherever she can find it. When the boy takes her down to an abandoned tin mine, what they uncover there leads to trouble above ground.

The undeniable positive of a film festival — particularly a regional one — is discovering a title or two that would never have had their dues if it wasn’t for a circuit break. Whether it’s an unconscious bias or a gravitational pull, the British independent film has a certain appeal regardless of its quality or subject matter, almost as if the mere fact it fits the category indicates its greatness. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for Lucy Cohen’s Edge of Summer,...

Glasgow film festival: Two young protagonists discover something (but what is it?) in a disused tin mine in Lucy Cohen’s imperfect but atmospheric family psychodrama

Here is a dreamy, drifting film, directed by Lucy Cohen, set on the Cornish coast in the long distant pre-smartphone summer of 1991. It’s unevenly presented sometimes and not everything here works, yet it is interesting for its atmospheric use of location and images, its tonal shifts and a disconnect between the ostensible reality of what’s happening and the feeling that certain parts are a hallucination, a psychopathological symptom of trauma, or a remembered dream.

The scene is a wild and rocky coastline where Yvonne (Josie Walker) has arrived for a restorative break at a rented cottage with her quiet 11-year-old daughter Evie (Flora Hylton); Evie’s dad is not with them and Yvonne is apparently taking a break from her marriage. She has assured shy,...

UK director Lucy Cohen’s narrative feature debut Edge Of Summer has been picked up for world sales by boutique UK-France sales outfit Alief, ahead of its world premiere at next month’s Glasgow Film Festival.

The film is about an 11 year-old girl who befriends a mysterious local boy while on holiday with her mother in Cornwall.

Flora Hylton and Joel Sefton-Iongi make their acting debuts alongside Josie Walker, Steffan Rhodri, Nichola Burley and Edward Rowe.

The drama was developed and produced by Julia Nottingham and Ariadne Kotsaki of UK outfit Dorothy St Pictures, and marks the company’s first foray into scripted content.

The buyers’ event is organised by the BFI and British Council.

Janis Pugh’s Chuck Chuck Baby, Amrou Al-Kadhi’s Layla and Daniel Kokotajlo’s sophomore feature, Starve Acre, are among the eight features selected for Great8, the annual Cannes buyers’ showcase of UK films from emerging directors organised by the British Film Institute (BFI) and British Council.

The showcase, now in its sixth year, presents UK feature films from first and second-time filmmakers to international distributors and festival programmers. It is funded and run by the BFI and British Council, in partnership with BBC Film and Film4.

In preparation for the Marché,...

The BFI and British Council have unveiled the eight new British films that will be presented to international distributors and festival programmers at the Cannes film market as part of the annual Great8 showcase.

Unseen footage from the films, from first and second time U.K. filmmakers, will be introduced by their filmmakers and screened on May 11. Now in its sixth year, the initiative is in partnership with BBC Film and Film4. Films previously highlighted by Great8 include Charlotte Wells’ “Aftersun,” Rungano Nyoni’s “I Am Not A Witch,” Georgia Oakley’s “Blue Jean” and Rose Glass’ “Saint Maud.”

Agnieszka Moody, BFI head of international and industry policy, said: “The lineup of films and filmmakers featuring in this year’s Great8 continues to shine a light on the exciting diversity of filmmaker voices and stories continuing to come out of the U.K. We are proud alongside our partners at the British Council,...

As Louise's (Simona Brown) friend Sophie (Nichola Burley) puts it, Adele Ferguson (Eve Hewson) is described as a typical "madwoman in the attic." In the first episode of Behind Her Eyes, it is revealed that Adele has just moved to central London along with her husband, David Ferguson, who is a psychiatrist.

Related: Behind Her Eyes: Cast & Character Guide

She is known to be from an extremely wealthy family. She says she never had to work in her life and that her parents owned an estate, but she spends most of her time staying at home. Despite Adele manipulating the people around her and often playing the victim, there are several instances when viewers felt sad for her.

BBC Film and the BFI today announce a new season of British films beginning on BBC Two on Saturday 24 October with Daniel Kokotajlo’s BAFTA-nominated ‘Apostasy.’

British Film Premiere: New Films from New Voices will present a brand new premiere every Saturday night, celebrating a new wave of British filmmakers who are offering fresh perspectives on UK life and experiences.

Each film will be available on BBC iPlayer after its transmission on BBC Two, and all will be accompanied by a short introduction from a UK film critic. Most of the films will also be available for free on BFI Player.

The films premiering in the British Film Premiere season are all backed by BBC Film and the BFI, which awards National Lottery funding. They are all critically acclaimed feature films which premiered at top tier international film festivals, with many nominated for or winning major awards.

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Two former schoolmates are turned against each other in this terrific working-class drama from debut feature director Fyzal Boulifa

A pair of electrifying performances lie at the heart of this terrific first feature by writer-director Fyzal Boulifa, a modern fable of tested friendships and public shaming. Screen newcomer Roxanne Scrimshaw is a revelation as Lynn, while Nichola Burley (who has impressed in a wide range of film and TV projects since her debut in 2005’s Love + Hate) hits a career high as new mum Lucy. Together, they draw us into a contemporary reality with echoes of an archetypal classical tragedy.

Inseparable as teenagers (rumours circulated that they were “together”), twentysomethings Lynn and Lucy have remained best friends, living in houses across the street from each other in an anonymous postwar new town. While Lucy continued to party hard after leaving school, Lynn became “a stay-at-home mum”, devoted to raising her daughter,...

To celebrate the release of Lynn & Lucy, which debuts on BFI Player this Friday, we had the chance to sit down with its leads to chat about a film that you won’t stop talking about once it’s over.

Directed by Fyzal Boulifa, Lynn & Lucy are lifelong friends and their relationship is as giving and intense as any normal relationship but when a tragedy besets them both, their rock-solid foundations are shaken to the core and nothing for the pair will ever be the same. Nichola Burley (Lucy) and Roxanne Scrimshow talk about the reactions to the film so far, why people will not be able to stop talking about it once you leave the cinema and the touching, profound but ultimately difficult story that’s impossible to take your eyes off.

You can watch the full interview below:

Lynn & Lucy is available on BFI Player from Friday, July 3rd.

Fyzal Boulifa-directed drama to receive a theatrical release when cinemas reopen.

BFI Distribution has secured UK and Ireland rights to Fyzal Boulifa’s friendship drama Lynn + Lucy in a deal with Paris-based sales company Charades.

As cinemas remain closed in the UK due to the Covid-19 lockdown, the film will launch on streaming platform BFI Player on July 2 and be available to other digital platforms as a transactional title.

When theatres do begin opening, BFI Distribution plan to make the film available for theatrical exhibition, including at London’s BFI Southbank. The UK government has set July 4 as the...

Valentyn Vasyanovych’s “Atlantis,” a dystopian film set in war-torn Ukraine, won the Crystal Arrow Award of the 11th edition of Les Arcs Film Festival.

The film, which won the top prize at Venice’s Horizons section this year, takes place in 2025 in Eastern Ukraine after a ten-year war against Russia which has left the country in ruins. “Atlantis” follows two war veterans, Sergiy (Andriy Rymaruk) and a mate, who are both affected by the war and are living in an abandoned building.

Presided over by the French filmmaker Guillaume Nicloux, the jury was comprised of Santiago Amigorena, the Colombian screenwriter, producer and author, Mélanie De Biasio, the Belgian musician, Nina Hoss, the German actor, Atiq Rahimi, the Afghan director, and Antoine Reinartz, the French actor.

Besides the Cystal Arrow prize, five other kudos were handed out at les Arcs, including the Grand Jury Prize which went to Sarah Gavron’s “Rocks,...

The Grand Prix went to Rocks, Carice Van Houten, Nichola Burley and Roxanne Scrimshaw got the acting gongs, the Audience Award was for System Crasher, and the Cineuropa Prize singled out Instinct. Atlantis by Valentyn Vasyanovych has emerged victorious at the 11th Les Arcs Film Festival, scooping the 2019 Crystal Arrow handed out to the best film by the jury chaired by French director Guillaume Nicloux. Having previously triumphed in the Orizzonti section at Venice, the Ukrainian feature is being sold abroad by Belgian firm Best Friend Forever. The main jury also singled out British cinema, as the Grand Prix was given to Rocks by Sarah Gavron (which will be distributed in France from 29 April onwards by Haut et Court), while Nichola Burley and Roxanne Scrimshaw were crowned Best Actresses for their performances in Lynn + Lucy by Fyzal Boulifa, a trophy that the duo shared with Dutch thesp...

The 18th edition of the Marrakech Intl. Film Festival awarded the Etoile d’Or for best film to Colombia’s “Valley of Souls,” directed by Nicolás Rincón Gille. In his acceptance speech the director said: “Colombia is a country that people know very little about. But in this film I try to offer a glimpse of the country and make us realize how we are connected at the deepest human level.”

The Jury Prize was awarded, ex aequo, to Saudi Arabian pic “Last Visit” by Abdulmohsen Aldhabaan, who expressed his thanks to his cast and crew, and Chinese film “Mosaic Portrait” by Zhai Yixiang, who said: “I saw a lot of mosaics here in Marrakech, so I think I came to the right place.”

Best directing prize was awarded to the Tunisian director Ala Eddine Slim for his visually striking “Tlamess.” He dedicated the award to “all people who have...

Nichola Burley and Roxanne Scrimshaw as Lucy and Lynn. Scrimshaw: 'I'm just living my wildest dreams right now' Photo: Courtesy of San Sebastian Film Festival Sometimes interviewing stars of films can be a bit of grinding process as they - now five films along the line - trot out rehearsed spiel about what the can remember from the shoot. It was a breath of fresh air, then to catch up with the stars of Fyzal Boulifa's Lynn + Lucy in San Sebastian. As Boulifa explained to me, the film has quite an austere feel, but the emotions emanating from actors Nichola Burley and Roxanne Scrimshaw reflected the sunshine outside, full of upbeat passion and excitement.

The pair play the lifelong friends of the title, in a drama that sees that closeness begin to crumble as a result of circumstances and community pressure. For Scrimshaw, the entire project has been one of discovery,...

Nichola Burley as Lucy and Roxanne Scrimshaw as Lynn. Fyzal Boulifa: 'I wanted to make the characters ambivalent in a way that was more reflective of their humanity.' Photo: Courtesy of San Sebastian Film Festival Fyzal Boulifa's Lynn + Lucy - which had its world premiere at San Sebastian Film Festival and travels to London Film Festival this week - explores the way that community pressures and a desire for acceptance cause cracks to appear in a lifelong friendship. Set in a working-class suburb, the film stars newcomer Roxanne Scrimshaw as Lynn and Nicola Burley as her best mate Lynn. They have been close friends since childhood but, after the birth of Lucy's first child, circumstances cause something to shift in their relationship.

Boulifa - whose parents migrated to the UK from Morocco - grew up in Leicester which he describes as "a place that's not dissimilar to the one...

“There are just some people who should never reproduce,” says a curtain-twitching busybody about one of her neighbors in a drab housing estate in Harlow, England. It’s the kind of smug, ugly line all too often used to demean underprivileged families in Britain’s raging, ceaseless class battle — though in Fyzal Boulifa’s darkly perceptive suburban drama “Lynn + Lucy,” it’s a casual shot fired in an especially unhappy case of internal working-class warfare. Toughly updating an age-old strain of gossip-fueled neighborhood morality play, this story of female friendship undone by domestic tragedy plays as a kind of Sirkian melodrama for the Daily Mail age of tabloid hysteria — altogether an audacious, promise-confirming feature debut for Boulifa, whose shorts “Rate Me” and “The Curse” both took top honors in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes.

The involvement of Ken Loach’s Sixteen Films as a producing partner may lead some viewers to...

For the third year, the UK’s three leading financiers, the BFI, BBC Films and Film4, in collaboration with the British Council and the UK government’s ‘Great’ campaign, will be showcasing up-and-coming UK talent in Cannes via the ‘Great 8’ program. Scroll down for the lineup.

Highlighted on Tuesday May 14 during a private reception at the Hotel Gray d’Albion, the event will reveal unseen footage from eight UK projects in post-production. These are relatively low-budget UK movies in the Cannes marché with breakout festival, commercial or critical potential. Guests will comprise international buyers and festival programmers.

Movies selected in recent years include Michaela Coel musical Been So Long, which was nabbed by Netflix in a multi-million dollar deal soon after the festival, Michael Pearce drama Beast, which went on to play at festivals including Toronto, London and Sundance, and Brian Welsh’s Beats.

Great 8, 2019 Lineup

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Exclusive: French sales outfit Charades has boarded its first UK production in the shape of BBC Films and BFI-backed Lynn And Lucy, from first-time feature filmmaker Fyzal Boulifa and producer Camilla Bray (Oranges And Sunshine).

Written and directed by Boulifa, a two-time winner of the Illy Prize for Best Short Film at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, Bray produces for Rosetta Productions, with Ken Loach and Rebecca O’Brien’s Sixteen Films and Paris-based Vixens on board as associate producers. The film shot for five weeks in Harlow, UK at the end of 2018.

Currently in post-production, the debut is described to us as “a study of violence and hysteria at a societal level played out through the lives of two best friends, whose relationship is tested after a tragedy.” Starring are newcomer Roxanne Scrimshaw and Nichola Burley (Andrea Arnold’s Wuthering Heights).

Pic was developed with support from BBC Films, Creative England and the BFI,...

Skins star Will Merrick will play Steve Davis in an upcoming snooker biopic set for BBC iPlayer.

The Rack Pack, a comedy drama feature film, centres on the '80s rivalry between Davis and Alex Higgins, portrayed by Luke Treadaway.

Kevin Bishop will appear as Davis's manager Barry Hearn, while Nichola Burley and James Bailey play Lynn Higgins and Jimmy White respectively.

Directed by Black Mirror's Brian Welsh, the project will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the famous 1985 World Snooker final.

Controller of comedy commissioning Shane Allen said: "BBC iPlayer offers a unique creative space for comedy of all shapes, sizes, tones and ambition - free of the traditional parameters of TV slots.

"Higgins was to snooker what George Best was to football - a Northern Irish folk hero whose mesmerising talent made for a fascinating world class champion on the snooker table, but his explosive personality made for...

Here we go, then. The countdown to one of the biggest TV finales in recent memory has kicked off, and it's as if Downton never went away.

The first episode of series six introduced new threats, resolved others, had a perfect Dowager put-down and made things look a little bit too rosy...

The fifth series of Downton left a nasty taste in the mouth regarding Anna's potential incarceration, and the worry was that it would continue to be stretched out in series six, but thankfully Julian Fellowes decided to bring in a deus ex machina in the form of another woman assaulted by the horrible Mr Green.

For now, it appears that Anna and Bates are finally free from danger, but of course they now have to deal with the fact that they can't have children. Can they just catch a break? Something tells me that a miracle baby...

Fish Out of Water: Wright’s Debut a Visually Arresting, Moody Allegory

The mythological significance of the sea inflects and infects Paul Wright’s somber directorial debut, For Those in Peril, a dark allegory which takes its title from a line in a traditional naval hymn. Related with a heavy earnestness, there’s nary a break from the staunchly bleak tone, a saturation that tends to cast its final flight of fancy moment into mind-numbing dubiousness rather than landsliding into poignancy. Be that as it may, Wright’s visually arresting debut is often a poetically charged portrait of a pariah in an emotional wasteland of a community’s dismissive cruelty.

The sole survivor of a fishing boat accident that claimed the lives of five others, including his own older brother, we meet Aaron (George Mackay) preparing for his sibling’s funeral with the help of his mother, Cathy (Kate Dickie...

Stars: George MacKay, Kate Dickie, Michael Smiley, Nichola Burley, Brian McCardie, Jordan Young, Conor McCarron, Lewis Howden | Written and Directed by Paul Wright

There are times when I’m reminded just why I love the British movie industry and the films they produce. Over the last month I reviewed The Selfish Giant, and now I’ve had the chance to watch For Those in Peril and these are two movies that show not only how brave film-making can be, but also how powerful when done correctly. It’s also interesting that this week this is the second movie that I’ve reviewed this week to stay George MacKay.

For Those in Peril is a movie about loss, and tells the story of Aaron (MacKay) the lone survivor of a fishing accident in a remote Scottish fishing village. Grieving for his brother who died in the accident he finds himself an outcast of the small community,...

Sundance just ended, and we are already preparing for the next big film festival, South By Southwest. Not too long ago, the festival announced a few of the films premiering this year, but now they’ve announced the main slate. The midnight selections and some inevitable late-breaking additions are still to be announced, but this should be more than enough to get you excited. Along with many World Premieres, and Sundance favorites like Richard Linklater’s Boyhood and Gareth Evans’ The Raid 2, the line up also includes an anniversary screening of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and an extended Q&A screening of The Grand Budapest Hotel with Wes Anderson. SXSW 2014 runs March 7 through 15 in Austin, Texas. Check out the line up after the jump.

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Narrative Feature Competition

Eight world premieres, eight unique ways to celebrate the art of storytelling. Selected from 1,324 films submitted to SXSW 2014. Films screening in Narrative...

Today the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival announced a diverse features lineup for this year’s Festival, the 21st edition and running March 7 – 15, 2014 in Austin, Texas. The 2014 program expands on SXSW tradition of embracing a range of genres and span of budgets, featuring a wealth of vision from experienced and developing filmmakers alike.

For more information visit http://sxsw.com/film.

Listed in the announcement are 115 of the features that will screen over the course of nine days at SXSW 2014. The lineup below includes 68 films from first-time filmmakers, and consists of 76 World Premieres, 10 North American Premieres and 7 U.S. Premieres. These films were selected from a record 2,215 feature-length film submissions composed of 1,540 U.S. and 675 international feature-length films. With a record number of 6,482 submissions total, the overall increase was 14% over 2013. The Midnighters feature section and the Short Film program will be announced on February 5, with the complete...

After announcing earlier this month that Jon Favreau’s Chef and the Veronica Mars movie will be making their world debuts at SXSW this year, the festival has revealed its full line-up, including further very promising world premieres, alongside appearances from some of the year’s most high-profile films.

The Midnight programme will be announced early next month, along with the Shorts line-up, and the complete Conference slate a little later as well.

Led by Seth Rogen and Zac Efron, Nicholas Stoller’s anticipated R-rated comedy, Neighbors, will be making its world debut at the festival, notably marked out as a ‘work-in-progress’ ahead of its theatrical release in May.

David Gordon Green’s acclaimed Joe will make its Us premiere, having bowed at Venice and then Toronto last year. Early reviews have Nicolas Cage giving one of the finest performances of his career, with Tye Sheridan (Mud) excellent alongside him.

Not sure if there is a Short Term 12 equivalent in this year’s Narrative Feature Comp, but on paper SXSW programmers are serving up a mean (and the usual lean group of 8 out of a whopping 1,324 film entries) for the upcoming competitiuon of eight which includes notable entries (that we’ve been tracking for a good time now) such as Zachary Wigon’s The Heart Machine, John Magary’s The Mend, Leah Meyerhoff’s I Believe in Unicorns and Lawrence Michael Levine’s Wild Canaries. Undoubtedly one of the most anticipated docs of the year, on the non-fiction side we find Margaret Brown’s The Great Invisible. Below you’ll find a breakdown of the other sections (notable world preems in We’ll Never Have Paris and Faults (see Mary Elizabeth Winstead above), some Sundance items with Texan connections and other nuggets.

Narrative Feature Competition

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★★★★☆ Back in 2010, emerging Scottish director Paul Wright picked up a BAFTA for his short film Until the River Runs Red. Now, trying his hand at feature-length filmmaking, Wright returns with For Those in Peril (2013), a worthy debut which holds great promise. Aaron (George MacKay) is the sole survivor of a disastrous fishing incident which sees his older brother, amongst others, go missing. As the local police give up their search for the young men who have lost their lives, the grieving Aaron doesn't give up hope and along with his brother's fiancée (Nichola Burley), decides to go looking for the vanished fishermen himself.

Aaron's naïve actions provoke much disdain amongst his small community, who resent the boy for surviving the accident and blame him for what had occurred. Contending not only with a death in the family, Aaron is also battling against his own rumour-mongering people, despite support from his...

The contrasting styles of ballet and hip-hop dancing are illustrated with a humorous touch in our exclusive scene from Street Dance, the U.K. box office hit that invades U.S. theaters July 26. Directed by Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini, and starring Nichola Burley and Richard Winsor, this drama follows a street dance crew that joins forces with Royal ballet dancers to create an entirely new form of dance. Take a look at our exclusive scene, showing how the ballet performers first react to their rivals.

A street dance crew and a group of Royal ballet dancers strive to find common ground after they are forced to share the same rehearsal space. After battling it out on the dance floor, the two dance crews gradually learn to work together, forming an exciting new type of modern dance that no one ever saw coming.

Street Dance was released July 26th, 2013 and stars Nichola Burley,...

We feel we've turned a corner with you, lovely readers of Tube Talk Q&A. Before it was very much a one-sided relationship, all "Tell me what's happening with Doctor Who", "Why haven't you answered my question, you monsters?!", and we really didn't know how to take it. But now we're in a much better place - there's 'thank you's and banter and basically we're so into you we're getting rushes.

So, as a present for just being you, we've once again gone out and answered your queries on Fresh Meat, Parks and Rec and much, much more. Keep them questions coming, you beauties!

Sorry about this, but has Fresh Meat series 3 begun filming yet?

Yes.

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Oh, you want more, do you Kadeem Graham? Go on then, but seriously... you guys have to give the Fresh Meat queries a rest. We love it too, but jeez...

So series three of...

Stars: Kate Dickie, Michael Smiley, George MacKay, Nichola Burley, Brian McCardie, Gavin Park, Jordan Young | Written and Directed by Paul Wright

Review by Scott Clark of Cinehouse

British cinema is great at taking quaint environments and turning them into Hell. We also have a penchant for misery and wasted lives, both of which you’ll find abundantly in Paul Wright’s impressive feature debut For Those in Peril, a keyhole into the social mechanics of a small fishing community in Scotland.

After a tragic accident takes the lives of five young fishermen, Aaron (George MacKay), the sole survivor of the tragedy which also claimed his older brother, is left in a steadily growing state of social detachment as the town around focuses their grief on him. Mackay shines as a social outcast, a loner before the tragedy and even more so after with little to live for in a town...

Once again, it looks like we're turning to television to give this kind of rich, layered and complex drama the movies don't always often provide (or not in the abundance we'd like). Earlier this year, many on The Playlist staff sang the praise of Jane Campion's mini-series "Top Of The Lake" (don't be surprised if it crops up on more than one top ten list at the end of the year) and now there's one more mini we have on our eye on, thanks to a powerful new trailer. Granted, we always were keeping "Southcliffe" on our radar based on the talent alone. It comes from "Martha Marcy May Marlene" helmer Sean Durkin, and he rounds up a crack cast of character actors -- Eddie Marsan (“Sherlock Holmes," “Happy Go Lucky”), Shirley Henderson ("Harry Potter"’s Moaning Myrtle), Rory Kinnear (“Quantum of Solace”), Sean Harris (“Prometheus”), Joe Dempsie (“Game of Thrones...

It has been announced that Soda Pictures have acquired the UK distribution rights to For Those In Peril.

Written and directed by Paul Wright, For Those In Peril centres on Aaron (MacKay), the lone survivor of a freak fishing accident, who struggles to come to terms with the loss of his brother at the hands of “the devil in the ocean”.

The film, which is competing for the prestigious Michael Powell Award at the 67th Edinburgh International Film Festival on Friday (read our review here), stars George MacKay (Peter Pan), Kate Dickie (Red Road), Michael Smiley (Kill List), Nichola Burley (Wuthering Heights) and Jordan Young (Driving Lessons).

Backed by Warp X, BFI Film Fund, Film4, Creative Scotland and Screen Yorkshire, For Those In Peril was sold to Soda Pictures through sales agent Protagonist Pictures and will open in UK cinemas later this year.

Source: Screen Daily.

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Exclusive: Protagonist Pictures has secured a deal with Soda Pictures to handle UK distribution on Cannes Critics’ Week title For Those In Peril.

The film, written and directed by Paul Wright, will receive its UK premiere on Friday (June 28) at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, following its world premiere in Cannes last month.

The deal was negotiated by Edward Fletcher for Soda Pictures and Dave Bishop on behalf of Protagonist.

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