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Film4 wins at Evening Standard Awards!

05 Feb, 2013 Productions Posted in: Awards, News, Talent

Film4-backed films Berberian Sound Studio, The Imposter and Sightseers were victorious at last night’s Evening Standard British Film Awards, at a celebratory ceremony at the London Film Museum.

Bart Layton and Dimitri Doganis strike a pose with their award for The Imposter

Toby Jones beat off competition from Daniel Day-Lewis and Eddie Redmayne to win Best Actor; director Bart Layton and producer Dimitri Doganis took home Best Documentary for The Imposter; and Ben Wheatley won the Peter Sellers Award for Comedy …

Dreams Of A Life to play on Channel 4

Carol Morley’s critically-acclaimed documentary Dream Of A Life  starring Zawe Ashton (Fresh Meat) is set to premiere on Channel 4 at 10pm on 7th February

Dreams of a Life is the first feature documentary film by award-winning artist and filmmaker Carol Morley. Morley was inspired to make the film after stumbling across a newspaper article which reported the discovery of Joyce’s body but no personal information other than the fact that she had died with the television on while wrapping Christmas …

Film4, 4DVD and Warp Films announce details of their Shane Meadows Stone Roses documentary feature The Stone Roses: Made of Stone

30 Jan, 2013 Productions Posted in: Directors, Documentaries, News

Film4, 4DVD and Warp Films are excited to announce details of Shane Meadows’ The Stone Roses: Made of Stone, an intimate and personal documentary following one of the most revered and influential bands in British music history as they embark on their long-awaited reunion tour.   

Shane Meadows’ Stone Roses documentary with Warp/Film4

Life-long Stone Roses fan Shane Meadows was granted unprecedented access to The Stone Roses for almost a year: from the palpable excitement at the press conference in October …

Jeremy Lovering’s Sundance diaries: part four

In Fear writer-director Jeremy Lovering writes for Film4.com about the experience of pitching up in Sundance with your first theatrical feature film…

 

Allen Leech leads Film4′s Katherine Butler and Sue Bruce Smith into the night

Evening two

We all meet up to eat before the screening and it feels like I’m with family again. They’ve done this before, I haven’t. They are calmly excited. I’m frankly having a heart attack.

Producer Nira Park, Director of Photograph David Katznelson and I go to ask the …

Tessa Ross to receive Bafta award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

29 Jan, 2013 Productions Posted in: Awards, Bafta, Film4 staff, News

Bafta announces today that Tessa Ross will receive the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award at the EE British Academy Film Awards ceremony at London’s Royal Opera House on Sunday 10 February

The Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award is presented annually in honour of Michael Balcon. Previous recipients include Mike Leigh, Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jarman, Mary Selway, Ridley and Tony Scott, Working Title Films, Lewis Gilbert, and the Harry Potter series of films. Last year’s recipient was John Hurt.

Tessa …