Reclaim the Frame 2019 launches in Birmingham

Reclaim The Frame 2019 kicks off with the drama “The Kindergarten Teacher” directed by Sara Colangelo. The film is released on 8 March and RTF will be at the Mockingbird Cinema on 12 March, 6.30pm for the Reclaim the Frame screening. As always there will be an ace panel discussion plus a post screening poetry workshop. More details will also be released as they are available.

The film – a favourite at  Sundance Film Festival 2018 and the 62nd BFI London Film Festival – stars Maggie Gyllenhaal as Lisa Spinelli. She’s a teacher and poet tired of her career, with an oblivious husband and teenage kids who largely ignore her. When she discovers that a five-year-old in her class may be a poetic prodigy, Lisa becomes fascinated and tries to protect him from neglectful parents. She soon finds herself risking her career and family to nurture his talent.

Reclaim the Frame 2019 opportunities

Also a new year brings new opportunities from Birds’ Eye View, the agency behind Reclaim the Frame! Birds’ Eye View (BEV) has always encouraged creating networks and opportunities for those they collaborate with. So, they have put out an open call for Super Influencers in 2019. BEV is looking for a passionate, dynamic, creative individual to support the next four Reclaim the Frame 2019 films and develop the Birds Eye View Influencer (BEVI) network in Birmingham.

Super Influencers are the go to people for BEV Influencers as well as being responsible for promoting screenings. They will be an advocate on social media and on a grassroots level, as well as attend the screenings. That way, BEV can find out what audiences thought about the films shown. This is a part-time, year long role. If you are interested in finding out more please register your interest here.

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At Focus on Filmmaking, you will hear from the region’s finest factual and documentary filmmakers. These include the team behind BBC4’s “A Very British History” series and Iain Cunningham, director of feature documentary “Irene’s Ghost”.

This is a Creative England event, held on Wednesday, 20 February, 12:00 – 17:00 GMT at BBC Birmingham, The Mailbox.

The session starts at 12 noon, with buffet lunch followed by speakers. At 4pm there will be networking and the opportunity to tour BBC Birmingham, to get behind the scenes of Midlands Today, BBC WM and The Archers studio (production schedule permitting). Priority will be given to those in the West Midlands area for this event.

Confirmed speakers for Focus on Filmmaking include:

Iain Cunningham

Iain Cunningham grew up in Nuneaton, in the Midlands of England. He runs production company Forward Features, making documentary, VR and short films. Usually self-shooting, his work is often personal and intimate. Iain has worked in drama and animation, but more frequently in factual television, developing documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4 and working on observational films, including BAFTA winning series “School of Hard Knocks”. “Irene’s Ghost” is Iain’s first feature documentary, and follows his search for information about his mother.

Sue Brown

Sue is the presenter of upcoming documentary for BBC Four “A Very British History”. It looks primarily at the black community in Birmingham in the mid 60s. It uses archive footage such as The Colony as a point of reference. Between 2010 and 2018 she worked as a Family Social Worker at Lillian de Lissa Children’s Centre, Birmingham. During her time with families she used a range of approaches and resources to improve emotional well-being, social skills and opportunities for children to enjoy and achieve. Over the years, Sue has worked with various creative projects and cross art forms, which has included collaboration with musicians, theatre and radio as well as educational work mainly within primary schools.

Paul Ashton

Paul is Head of Film at Creative England where he leads all film activity. This includes executive producing features, the iFeatures programme and the West Midlands Production Fund. He will share information on Creative England’s investment programmes and the West Midlands Production Fund.

Ed Barlow

Ed is a Producer/Director at Factual Unit BBC Birmingham, Ed Barlow hasspent the last year making two documentaries for a new BBC FOUR series A Very British History based at BBC Birmingham. His credits include A Floating History of Britain, Embarrassing Bodies, The Gadget Show, Coast, Countryfile, The ONE Show and The Best Bottoms in the Land, a collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.

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BAFTA NOMINEES – BEST FILM 

• BLACKkKLANSMAN Jason Blum, Spike Lee, Raymond Mansfield, Sean McKittrick, Jordan Peele
• THE FAVOURITE Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Lee Magiday
• GREEN BOOK Jim Burke, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, Charles B. Wessler
• ROMA Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodríguez
• A STAR IS BORN Bradley Cooper, Bill Gerber, Lynette Howell Taylor

BAFTA NOMINEES – OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

• BEAST Michael Pearce, Kristian Brodie, Lauren Dark, Ivana MacKinnon
• BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Graham King, Anthony McCarten
• THE FAVOURITE Yorgos Lanthimos, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
• McQUEEN Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Andee Ryder, Nick Taussig
• STAN & OLLIE Jon S. Baird, Faye Ward, Jeff Pope
• YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE Lynne Ramsay, Rosa Attab, Pascal Caucheteux, James Wilson

BAFTA NOMINEES – OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

• APOSTASY Daniel Kokotajlo (Writer/Director)
• BEAST Michael Pearce (Writer/Director), Lauren Dark (Producer)
• A CAMBODIAN SPRING Chris Kelly (Writer/Director/Producer)
• PILI Leanne Welham (Writer/Director), Sophie Harman (Producer)
• RAY & LIZ Richard Billingham (Writer/Director), Jacqui Davies (Producer)

BAFTA NOMINEES – FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

• CAPERNAUM Nadine Labaki, Khaled Mouzanar
• COLD WAR Paweł Pawlikowski, Tanya Seghatchian, Ewa Puszczyńska
• DOGMAN Matteo Garrone
• ROMA Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodríguez
• SHOPLIFTERS Hirokazu Kore-eda, Kaoru Matsuzaki

BAFTA NOMINEES – DOCUMENTARY

• FREE SOLO Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Shannon Dill, Evan Hayes
• McQUEEN Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui
• RBG Julie Cohen, Betsy West
• THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD Peter Jackson, Clare Olssen
• THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS Tim Wardle, Grace Hughes-Hallett, Becky Read

BAFTA NOMINEES – ANIMATED FILM

• INCREDIBLES 2 Brad Bird, John Walker
• ISLE OF DOGS Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson
• SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord

BAFTA NOMINEES – DIRECTOR

• BLACKkKLANSMAN Spike Lee
• COLD WAR Paweł Pawlikowski
• THE FAVOURITE Yorgos Lanthimos
• ROMA Alfonso Cuarón
• A STAR IS BORN Bradley Cooper

BAFTA NOMINEES – ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• COLD WAR Janusz Głowacki, Paweł Pawlikowski
• THE FAVOURITE Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
• GREEN BOOK Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga
• ROMA Alfonso Cuarón
• VICE Adam McKay

BAFTA NOMINEES – ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• BLACKkKLANSMAN Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, Kevin Willmott
• CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty
• FIRST MAN Josh Singer
• IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK Barry Jenkins
• A STAR IS BORN Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, Eric Roth

BAFTA NOMINEES – LEADING ACTRESS

• GLENN CLOSE The Wife
• LADY GAGA A Star Is Born
• MELISSA McCARTHY Can You Ever Forgive Me?
• OLIVIA COLMAN The Favourite
• VIOLA DAVIS Widows

BAFTA NOMINEES – LEADING ACTOR

• BRADLEY COOPER A Star Is Born
• CHRISTIAN BALE Vice
• RAMI MALEK Bohemian Rhapsody
• STEVE COOGAN Stan & Ollie
• VIGGO MORTENSEN Green Book

BAFTA NOMINEES – SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• AMY ADAMS Vice
• CLAIRE FOY First Man
• EMMA STONE The Favourite
• MARGOT ROBBIE Mary Queen of Scots
• RACHEL WEISZ The Favourite

BAFTA NOMINEES – SUPPORTING ACTOR

• ADAM DRIVER BlacKkKlansman
• MAHERSHALA ALI Green Book
• RICHARD E. GRANT Can You Ever Forgive Me?
• SAM ROCKWELL Vice
• TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET Beautiful Boy

BAFTA NOMINEES – ORIGINAL MUSIC

• BLACKkKLANSMAN Terence Blanchard
• IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK Nicholas Britell
• ISLE OF DOGS Alexandre Desplat
• MARY POPPINS RETURNS Marc Shaiman
• A STAR IS BORN Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Lukas Nelson

BAFTA NOMINEES – CINEMATOGRAPHY

• BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Newton Thomas Sigel
• COLD WAR Łukasz Żal
• THE FAVOURITE Robbie Ryan
• FIRST MAN Linus Sandgren
• ROMA Alfonso Cuarón

BAFTA NOMINEES – EDITING

• BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY John Ottman
• THE FAVOURITE Yorgos Mavropsaridis
• FIRST MAN Tom Cross
• ROMA Alfonso Cuarón, Adam Gough
• VICE Hank Corwin

BAFTA NOMINEES – PRODUCTION DESIGN

• FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD Stuart Craig, Anna Pinnock
• THE FAVOURITE Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton
• FIRST MAN Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas
• MARY POPPINS RETURNS John Myhre, Gordon Sim
• ROMA Eugenio Caballero, Bárbara Enríquez

BAFTA NOMINEES – COSTUME DESIGN

• THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS Mary Zophres
• BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Julian Day
• THE FAVOURITE Sandy Powell
• MARY POPPINS RETURNS Sandy Powell
• MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS Alexandra Byrne

BAFTA NOMINEES – MAKE UP & HAIR

• BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Mark Coulier, Jan Sewell
• THE FAVOURITE Nadia Stacey
• MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS Jenny Shircore
• STAN & OLLIE Mark Coulier, Jeremy Woodhead, Josh Weston
• VICE Kate Biscoe, Greg Cannom, Patricia DeHaney, Chris Gallaher

BAFTA NOMINEES – SOUND

• BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY John Casali, Tim Cavagin, Nina Hartstone, Paul Massey, John Warhurst
• FIRST MAN Mary H. Ellis, Mildred Iatrou Morgan, Ai-Ling Lee, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor
• MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT Gilbert Lake, James H. Mather, Chris Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith
• A QUIET PLACE Erik Aadahl, Michael Barosky, Brandon Proctor, Ethan Van der Ryn
• A STAR IS BORN Steve Morrow, Alan Robert Murray, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic

BAFTA NOMINEES – SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

• AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Kelly Port, Dan Sudick
• BLACK PANTHER Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, Dan Sudick
• FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD Tim Burke, Andy Kind, Christian Manz, David Watkins
• FIRST MAN Ian Hunter, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, J.D. Schwalm
• READY PLAYER ONE Matthew E. Butler, Grady Cofer, Roger Guyett, David Shirk

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

• I’M OK Elizabeth Hobbs, Abigail Addison, Jelena Popović
• MARFA Greg McLeod, Myles McLeod
• ROUGHHOUSE Jonathan Hodgson, Richard Van Den Boom

BRITISH SHORT FILM

• 73 COWS Alex Lockwood
• BACHELOR, 38 Angela Clarke
• THE BLUE DOOR Ben Clark, Megan Pugh, Paul Taylor
• THE FIELD Sandhya Suri, Thomas Bidegain, Balthazar de Ganay
• WALE Barnaby Blackburn, Sophie Alexander, Catherine Slater, Edward Speleers

EE RISING STAR AWARD

• BARRY KEOGHAN
• CYNTHIA ERIVO
• JESSIE BUCKLEY
• LAKEITH STANFIELD
• LETITIA WRIGHT

Source: BAFTA

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Birmingham’s Lickey Hills will feature in the inspiring film about a Black Country hero. Dave Heeley immortalised himself as the first blind man to run seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. Now his incredible true story has been told on the big screen.

Producer Martin Nigel Davy has turned the story of Blind Dave into a feature length film, 7 Days, which was premiered at Birmingham Repertory Theatre on February 1. The 45-minute flick was shot on location in Birmingham’s Lickey Hills area, tells the inspirational tale of how West Bromwich Albion fan Dave battled to overcome his disability to take on one of the toughest challenges on the planet.

Directed by Ian and Dominic Higgins of Pixel Revolution Films, the film sees theatre actor Jack Lane taking on the role of Dave. Casualty and Doctors actress Sarah Manners plays Dave’s wife Debbie. Harry Potter stars James and Oliver Phelps (who played Fred and George Weasley in the blockbuster movie franchise) also appear in the film. Also appearing is TV newscaster Suzanne Virdee and Stourbridge actress Amanda Edwards.

Director Ian Higgins said: “Dave’s story is so inspiring – it was an absolute honour to bring it to the screen. The word celebrity today is one that is bandied around too freely, but with Dave we have a life that is truly worth celebrating. That’s exactly what we intended to do with the film.”

Co-director Dominic added: “There’s a moment in the film when Dave says ‘blindness has taught me another way to see the world’. That sums up the story we wanted to tell. Dave’s blindness has taken away his ability to look out into the world, but he’s gained the ability to look inwards, to find that toughness, that iron will that’s there deep down inside him somewhere. That’s what’s so inspiring about Dave’s story and it’s a message we hope will resonate with all audiences.”

Producer Nigel added: “It wasn’t because of what Dave’s done – it’s because of who he is; that’s why we made the film. We were a bit overwhelmed with the reaction. We can’t wait to put it out on public release which hopefully will be in the first week of May.”

Source: www.worcesternews.co.uk

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You are invited to Be More Birmingham, an unmissable event celebrating the city region’s creativity. Birmingham is at the bull’s eye of the creative sector,spanning film & TV, tech & digital and games. Join Creative England in a celebration of creative revolution, as we shine a light on this vibrant, youthful and diverse city region. Be More Birmingham will bring together SMEs, policy makers, broadcasters and talent within the creative industries for a day filled with high-profile keynotes and discussions.

Be More Birmingham will be hosted by BBC1’s Midlands Today presenter Elizabeth Glinka, with keynotes from the mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street. There will also be an In Conversation with Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight. Overall, Be More Birmingham will celebrate Birmingham’s creative past whilst looking ahead to its exciting future.

Speakers for this event include:

Andy Street – Mayor of the West Midlands

Steven Knight – Writer and Director

Caroline Norbury MBE – CEO Creative England

Jenny Tooth OBE – CEO UK Business Angela Association

Joe Godwin – Director BBC Midlands and BBC Academy

Faye Pressly – Chief Operating Officer – Vanti

Oliver Clarke – Studio Director Lockwood Leamington

Mehjabeen Patrick – Chief Finance Officer Creative England

Michael Gubbins – Senior Project Manager

Host: Elizabeth Glinka – BBC 1 Presenter, Midlands Today

Alison Grade, CEO Producers’ Forum

Be More Birmingham will be held at The Bond Company, Digbeth on Wed, 20 March 2019, 13:00 – 19:00 GMT.

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Ben Hardy, who recently portrayed Queen drummer Roger Taylor in box office hit Bohemian Rhapsody, has joined the cast of Adam Randall’s UK film Recovery. The thriller is scheduled for filming in West Midlands. Hardy will star alongside Tim Roth in the three-hander, with further casting now underway.

Production is set to begin in March in the UK’s West Midlands and then Belgium. Roy Boulter and Sol Papadopoulos of Liverpool-based Hurricane Films are producing. Executive producers are Stephen Kelliher of Bankside Films, Tim Roth and Bastien Sirodot of UMedia. Bankside Films is launching sales on the project at this week’s European Film Market in Berlin.

Randall, whose credits include iBoy and the upcoming I See You with Helen Hunt, is directing Recoveryfrom a screenplay by A Prayer Before Dawn writer Nick Saltrese. The story follows a tow-truck driver and his two passengers, one of whom is a terrorist responsible for a campaign of fear. Ben Hardy was a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2015. His credits also include X-Men: Apocalypse and Mary Shelley. Recovery was developed with Creative England and is a UK-Belgium co-production with UMedia.

Source: ScreenDaily

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