This London-set story about a rough sleeper searching for his lost canine is well-intentioned but feels far-fetched
No, not the return of Sacha Baron Cohen’s outrageous Austrian fashion reporter. This Bruno – minus the umlaut – is a beautiful brown vizsla, the canine companion of a rough sleeper in Karl Golden’s London-set drama. It’s a well-intentioned look at homelessness if a bit soap-opera-ish at times, and perhaps not entirely authentic about the challenges of getting off the streets.
Diarmaid Murtagh plays Irishman Daniel who’s been crashing in an empty lockup near a railway line in Hackney with his dog Bruno. Golden pushes the camera right up close to Daniel’s face as he tramps the streets, amplifying the noise of screeching trains and rumbling traffic; we feel his stress levels. Murtagh nicely underplays it: head down, avoiding eye contact, battened down against the world. There’s a terrific...
No, not the return of Sacha Baron Cohen’s outrageous Austrian fashion reporter. This Bruno – minus the umlaut – is a beautiful brown vizsla, the canine companion of a rough sleeper in Karl Golden’s London-set drama. It’s a well-intentioned look at homelessness if a bit soap-opera-ish at times, and perhaps not entirely authentic about the challenges of getting off the streets.
Diarmaid Murtagh plays Irishman Daniel who’s been crashing in an empty lockup near a railway line in Hackney with his dog Bruno. Golden pushes the camera right up close to Daniel’s face as he tramps the streets, amplifying the noise of screeching trains and rumbling traffic; we feel his stress levels. Murtagh nicely underplays it: head down, avoiding eye contact, battened down against the world. There’s a terrific...
- 12/15/2021
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
Cinema numbers are shrinking again as Covid-19 cases rise across Europe.
France, opening Wednesday October 14
It has been a complicated few days for French distributors and exhibitors following the introduction of a night-time curfew from Saturday night in Paris and eight other major cities, as part of measures to slow the spread of Covid-19.
The measure, which obliges people to return home by 9pm, effectively wipes out key evening screening slots although exhibitors are lobbying the government for a special dispensation for cinemagoers. A final decision was expected late Friday or over the weekend, but if the answer is ‘no...
France, opening Wednesday October 14
It has been a complicated few days for French distributors and exhibitors following the introduction of a night-time curfew from Saturday night in Paris and eight other major cities, as part of measures to slow the spread of Covid-19.
The measure, which obliges people to return home by 9pm, effectively wipes out key evening screening slots although exhibitors are lobbying the government for a special dispensation for cinemagoers. A final decision was expected late Friday or over the weekend, but if the answer is ‘no...
- 10/16/2020
- by Ben Dalton¬Melanie Goodfellow¬Martin Blaney¬Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
A line-up of 22 projects were presented at first edition of event.
Azerbaijan-born Elmar Ivanov’s debut feature End Of Season took home the main award of €20,000 in postproduction services from Mmc Film & TV Studios at the first edition of the new market platform European Work in Progress (Ewip) in Germany’s Cologne last week (October 10).
“We really need this prize!” said Ivanov who had shot the film about a family drama over 24 hours on location in his native Azerbaijan last autumn.
He and his partner Eva Blondiau of their company Color of May presented footage at Ewip to find support...
Azerbaijan-born Elmar Ivanov’s debut feature End Of Season took home the main award of €20,000 in postproduction services from Mmc Film & TV Studios at the first edition of the new market platform European Work in Progress (Ewip) in Germany’s Cologne last week (October 10).
“We really need this prize!” said Ivanov who had shot the film about a family drama over 24 hours on location in his native Azerbaijan last autumn.
He and his partner Eva Blondiau of their company Color of May presented footage at Ewip to find support...
- 10/12/2018
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
€20,000 in post services awarded to debut film from Elmar Ivanov.
End Of Season, the debut feature from Azerbaijan director Elmar Ivanov, won the main award of €20,000 in post-production services from Mmc Film & TV Studios, at the first edition of the new market platform European Work in Progress (Ewip), part of the Film Festival Cologne on Tuesday (October 11).
¨We really need this prize!¨ said Ivanov, who had shot the film about a family drama over 24 hours on location in his native Azerbaijan a year ago.
He and his partner Eva Blondiau of their company Color of May had presented footage at...
End Of Season, the debut feature from Azerbaijan director Elmar Ivanov, won the main award of €20,000 in post-production services from Mmc Film & TV Studios, at the first edition of the new market platform European Work in Progress (Ewip), part of the Film Festival Cologne on Tuesday (October 11).
¨We really need this prize!¨ said Ivanov, who had shot the film about a family drama over 24 hours on location in his native Azerbaijan a year ago.
He and his partner Eva Blondiau of their company Color of May had presented footage at...
- 10/11/2018
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Murtagh stars with newcomer Woody Norman.
Diarmaid Murtagh, whose credits include Vikings and Dracula Untold, has completed shooting on Bruno, the fifth feature from director Karl Golden.
Source: Ipso Facto
Bruno
The film tells the story of a homeless man who, after his faithful dog Bruno goes missing following an assault, teams up with a young boy (newcomer Woody Norman, set to appear in The Current War) to find the lost animal.
Director Golden’s previous credits include Weekender and The Honeymooners. The project’s producer is Katie Hodgkin and the executive producer is Christine Alderson (This Beautiful Fantastic) of Ipso Facto.
Crew include DoP Jalaludin Trautmann, editor Martin Brinkler, production designer Niina Topp, and composer Anne Nikitin.
Bruno shot over 17 days in the Hackney area of London.
Diarmaid Murtagh, whose credits include Vikings and Dracula Untold, has completed shooting on Bruno, the fifth feature from director Karl Golden.
Source: Ipso Facto
Bruno
The film tells the story of a homeless man who, after his faithful dog Bruno goes missing following an assault, teams up with a young boy (newcomer Woody Norman, set to appear in The Current War) to find the lost animal.
Director Golden’s previous credits include Weekender and The Honeymooners. The project’s producer is Katie Hodgkin and the executive producer is Christine Alderson (This Beautiful Fantastic) of Ipso Facto.
Crew include DoP Jalaludin Trautmann, editor Martin Brinkler, production designer Niina Topp, and composer Anne Nikitin.
Bruno shot over 17 days in the Hackney area of London.
- 12/22/2017
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Murtagh stars with newcomer Woody Norman.
Diarmaid Murtagh, whose credits include Vikings and Dracula Untold, has completed shooting on Bruno, the fifth feature from director Karl Golden.
Source: Ipso Facto
Bruno
The film tells the story of a homeless man who, after his faithful dog Bruno goes missing following an assault, teams up with a young boy (newcomer Woody Norman, set to appear in The Current War) to find the lost animal.
Director Golden’s previous credits include Weekender and The Honeymooners. The project’s producer is Katie Hodgkin and the executive producer is Christine Alderson (This Beautiful Fantastic) of Ipso Facto.
Crew include DoP Jalaludin Trautmann, editor Martin Brinkler, production designer Niina Topp, and composer Anne Nikitin.
Bruno shot over 17 days in the Hackney area of London.
Diarmaid Murtagh, whose credits include Vikings and Dracula Untold, has completed shooting on Bruno, the fifth feature from director Karl Golden.
Source: Ipso Facto
Bruno
The film tells the story of a homeless man who, after his faithful dog Bruno goes missing following an assault, teams up with a young boy (newcomer Woody Norman, set to appear in The Current War) to find the lost animal.
Director Golden’s previous credits include Weekender and The Honeymooners. The project’s producer is Katie Hodgkin and the executive producer is Christine Alderson (This Beautiful Fantastic) of Ipso Facto.
Crew include DoP Jalaludin Trautmann, editor Martin Brinkler, production designer Niina Topp, and composer Anne Nikitin.
Bruno shot over 17 days in the Hackney area of London.
- 12/22/2017
- by Tom Grater
- Screen Daily Test
Us screenwriter Ellen Fontana knew almost instantly when she first met Emma Booth two weeks ago that the actress is an inspired choice to play one of the main protagonists in the film Shallows.
Booth will play the fiercely independent Queenie in the drama based on the Tim Winton novel which looks at successive generations of a whaling family in Albany, Western Australia, starting in the 1830s.
Queenie gets caught up in the Greenpeace movement which arrived in town in the 1970s, sparking protests which led to the closure of the whaling station.
Fontana is adapting the screenplay, her second involvement with Winton after co-writing with him Cloudstreet,. the miniseries directed by Matt Saville.
.Emma has so many of the qualities, everything I had intuited about Queenie,. Ellen told If on the line from her home in Los Angeles. .She hides nothing; she is a completely authentic person. She.s...
Booth will play the fiercely independent Queenie in the drama based on the Tim Winton novel which looks at successive generations of a whaling family in Albany, Western Australia, starting in the 1830s.
Queenie gets caught up in the Greenpeace movement which arrived in town in the 1970s, sparking protests which led to the closure of the whaling station.
Fontana is adapting the screenplay, her second involvement with Winton after co-writing with him Cloudstreet,. the miniseries directed by Matt Saville.
.Emma has so many of the qualities, everything I had intuited about Queenie,. Ellen told If on the line from her home in Los Angeles. .She hides nothing; she is a completely authentic person. She.s...
- 10/27/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Catch the new poster for Kevin Smith Presents Weekender, starring Jack O'Connell, Henry Lloyd-Hughes and Emily Barclay. Karl Golden directs from the screenplay by Chris Coghill. 1990. The rave scene has arrived from Ibiza and warehouse parties are exploding across the UK bringing phenomenal wealth to the organisers. In Manchester, best mates Matt and Dylan are in their early 20's and long to be more than just punters. As the government moves to outlaw the scene, it's now or never and they quickly rise through the ranks to join the promoting elite. They are taken on a wild journey from the exclusive VIP rooms of London clubs to the outrageous parties in Ibiza super-villas and the hedonism of Amsterdam. It's everything...
- 8/25/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
As long as there's drugs, good music, attractive people to hook up with and the opportunity to dance, kids will find a way to party. And as long as they find a way to party, there will be filmmakers looking to capture that vibe, which brings us to "Weekender" from director Karl Golden. While the U.K. film dropped in cinemas overseas two years ago, it's now getting a bit of fresh life coming stateside, arriving under the wing of none other than Kevin Smith who is presenting the picture. Starring Jack O’Connell (who you'll next see in "300: Rise of an Empire"), Emily Barclay, Sam Hazeldine and Henry Lloyd-Hughes ("The Inbetweeners"), the film follows best friends Matt and Dylan, who are in their early 20s and eager to break into the thriving Manchester music scene of the 1990s. And while their rise includes VIP rooms and parties in Ibiza,...
- 8/23/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
★★★☆☆ Weekender (2011) - the latest film from director Karl Golden and starring Zawe Ashton, Jack O'Connell and Henry Lloyd-Hughes - takes us back to the manic highs and crashing lows of the 1990s rave scene. The film follows two happy-go-lucky crooks, Matt (Lloyd-Hughes) and Dylan (O’Connel), who we see attempting to steal a cigarette machine at the beginning of the film.
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- 9/26/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
Kill List (18)
(Ben Wheatley, 2011, UK) Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Michael Smiley, Emma Fryer. 95 mins
Who knew there was a missing link between Mike Leigh, Andy McNab and The Wicker Man? That's how unpredictable this macabre and outlandish tale is, but it unfolds in a credible modern-day Britain scarred by foreign wars and domestic recession. Circumstances lead a blokey hitman and his partner to accept a dodgy new assignment – and by the time they start asking questions, it's too late.
Attenberg (18)
(Athina Rachel Tsangari, 2010, Gre) Ariane Labed, Vangelis Mourikis, Evangelina Randou. 97 mins
Fans of Dogtooth will be ready for another prime dose of Greek oddness. Beneath the animal impersonations, silly walks and bad sex lies an intelligent, intimate study of human behaviour.
Fright Night (15)
(Craig Gillespie, 2011, Us) Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, David Tennant. 106 mins
A teen vampire horror remake that benefits from superior effects, a shrewd Las Vegas setting, and some lively comedy.
(Ben Wheatley, 2011, UK) Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Michael Smiley, Emma Fryer. 95 mins
Who knew there was a missing link between Mike Leigh, Andy McNab and The Wicker Man? That's how unpredictable this macabre and outlandish tale is, but it unfolds in a credible modern-day Britain scarred by foreign wars and domestic recession. Circumstances lead a blokey hitman and his partner to accept a dodgy new assignment – and by the time they start asking questions, it's too late.
Attenberg (18)
(Athina Rachel Tsangari, 2010, Gre) Ariane Labed, Vangelis Mourikis, Evangelina Randou. 97 mins
Fans of Dogtooth will be ready for another prime dose of Greek oddness. Beneath the animal impersonations, silly walks and bad sex lies an intelligent, intimate study of human behaviour.
Fright Night (15)
(Craig Gillespie, 2011, Us) Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, David Tennant. 106 mins
A teen vampire horror remake that benefits from superior effects, a shrewd Las Vegas setting, and some lively comedy.
- 9/2/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Best mates Matt (Henry Lloyd-Hughes, The Inbetweeners) and Dylan (Jack O’Connell, Skins) are looking for alternative working arrangements.
Tired of stealing cigarette machines from naked and overweight pub landlords, the duo instead decide to throw a massive party and stake a claim to the thriving rave scene of 90′s Manchester. Earning a small fortune on their first night, and quickly learning as they go along, Matt and Dylan endeavour to turn their love for a good party into a lucrative business venture, enlisting the help of their friends and local pirate DJ Captain Acid (Tom Meeten) to make it happen. When their success attracts the attention of local kingpin John the Rat, however, their friendship begins to unravel as competing priorities are forced to the surface.
I don’t know who was asking for a 90′s rave movie, but director Karl Golden has certainly risen to the challenge with...
Tired of stealing cigarette machines from naked and overweight pub landlords, the duo instead decide to throw a massive party and stake a claim to the thriving rave scene of 90′s Manchester. Earning a small fortune on their first night, and quickly learning as they go along, Matt and Dylan endeavour to turn their love for a good party into a lucrative business venture, enlisting the help of their friends and local pirate DJ Captain Acid (Tom Meeten) to make it happen. When their success attracts the attention of local kingpin John the Rat, however, their friendship begins to unravel as competing priorities are forced to the surface.
I don’t know who was asking for a 90′s rave movie, but director Karl Golden has certainly risen to the challenge with...
- 7/3/2011
- by Steven Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Updated through 5/5.
A new 35mm print of Kon Ichikawa's The Makioka Sisters opens today at New York's Film Forum, playing through May 12. Nick Pinkerton in the Voice: "The setting is the wartime precipice of 1938; the synthesizer score is distinctly 1983. When he finally succeeded in filming Junichiro Tanizaki's novel, Kon Ichikawa was 68 years old — a living link to Japan's cinematic Golden Age, taking on a self-consciously throwback prestige production. The Makioka Sisters details the interlocked emotional lives of four Osakan siblings, orphaned young and left as caretakers of the once-prestigious Makioka name. Observing each woman meeting this duty, The Makioka Sisters is a Whartonian work of compassionate nostalgia tinctured with irony."
"Make no mistake," adds David Fear in Time Out New York, "The Makioka Sisters is a melodrama, complete with public scandals, petulant ingenues, interclan power struggles, unrequited love and consummated love affairs. But Ichikawa plays everything cool without seeming cold,...
A new 35mm print of Kon Ichikawa's The Makioka Sisters opens today at New York's Film Forum, playing through May 12. Nick Pinkerton in the Voice: "The setting is the wartime precipice of 1938; the synthesizer score is distinctly 1983. When he finally succeeded in filming Junichiro Tanizaki's novel, Kon Ichikawa was 68 years old — a living link to Japan's cinematic Golden Age, taking on a self-consciously throwback prestige production. The Makioka Sisters details the interlocked emotional lives of four Osakan siblings, orphaned young and left as caretakers of the once-prestigious Makioka name. Observing each woman meeting this duty, The Makioka Sisters is a Whartonian work of compassionate nostalgia tinctured with irony."
"Make no mistake," adds David Fear in Time Out New York, "The Makioka Sisters is a melodrama, complete with public scandals, petulant ingenues, interclan power struggles, unrequited love and consummated love affairs. But Ichikawa plays everything cool without seeming cold,...
- 5/5/2011
- MUBI
The 65th Edinburgh International Film Festival has revealed the first titles from this year’s British section of the programme, including several world premieres.
Nine British and Irish films were announced in the press release ahead of the full programme launch later this month, and represent how the Edinburgh International Film Festival will continue to be a cutting-edge platform for UK film.
James Mullighan, director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, said of the films selected:
“The Edinburgh International Film Festival has long been regarded as the ideal launch pad for important new British cinema and the place at which UK emerging talent is nurtured. The films announced today confirm that those twin traditions continue into 2011. Of the nearly 3000 films submitted to Eiff, 58 were British feature fiction films and we’re delighted to be in a position to showcase some of them to Edinburgh audiences in June.”
The titles receiving...
Nine British and Irish films were announced in the press release ahead of the full programme launch later this month, and represent how the Edinburgh International Film Festival will continue to be a cutting-edge platform for UK film.
James Mullighan, director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, said of the films selected:
“The Edinburgh International Film Festival has long been regarded as the ideal launch pad for important new British cinema and the place at which UK emerging talent is nurtured. The films announced today confirm that those twin traditions continue into 2011. Of the nearly 3000 films submitted to Eiff, 58 were British feature fiction films and we’re delighted to be in a position to showcase some of them to Edinburgh audiences in June.”
The titles receiving...
- 5/5/2011
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
David Hare's all-star political thriller Page Eight and Ewan McGregor sci-fi film Perfect Sense among highlights at 2011 festival dogged by negative publicity
The first film in 20 years to be directed by the Oscar-nominated screenwriter David Hare and a sci-fi thriller starring Trainspotting alumni Ewan McGregor and Ewen Bremner will be among the highlights of this year's Edinburgh film festival, organisers have announced.
The troubled event, which has been at the centre of suggestions that it bungled a recent revamp, today revealed a swath of films ahead of the festival's official launch later this month. Organisers said the aim was to continue showcasing the work of British directors while also providing a platform for first-time film-makers.
Hare's film is the political thriller Page Eight, featuring an all-star British cast including Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz, Michael Gambon and Ralph Fiennes. The film-maker, whose screenplays for The Hours and The Reader both picked up Oscar nods,...
The first film in 20 years to be directed by the Oscar-nominated screenwriter David Hare and a sci-fi thriller starring Trainspotting alumni Ewan McGregor and Ewen Bremner will be among the highlights of this year's Edinburgh film festival, organisers have announced.
The troubled event, which has been at the centre of suggestions that it bungled a recent revamp, today revealed a swath of films ahead of the festival's official launch later this month. Organisers said the aim was to continue showcasing the work of British directors while also providing a platform for first-time film-makers.
Hare's film is the political thriller Page Eight, featuring an all-star British cast including Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz, Michael Gambon and Ralph Fiennes. The film-maker, whose screenplays for The Hours and The Reader both picked up Oscar nods,...
- 5/5/2011
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Pelican Blood
Stars: Harry Treadaway, Emma Booth, Arthur Darvill, Emma Clifford | Written by Cris Cole | Directed by Karl Golden
A film about a couple who bond over bird watching may sound like a rather tame affair, possibly the kind of movie your grandma would enjoy on a Sunday afternoon with a cup of tea and a biscuit. Pelican Blood (named for reasons that become apparent at its conclusion), however, is a story as black as jet and is at times a difficult and troubling to watch. And while it is a good film, it is highly unlikely grandma is going to enjoy it.
Nikko (Treadaway) is a self-harming, suicidal, recently bereaved twenty-two year with an obsession with bird watching and is nearing five hundred sightings, or ‘ticks’ as he refers to them on his list. Following the death of his mother and his release from an institution, Stevie (Booth), his estranged,...
Stars: Harry Treadaway, Emma Booth, Arthur Darvill, Emma Clifford | Written by Cris Cole | Directed by Karl Golden
A film about a couple who bond over bird watching may sound like a rather tame affair, possibly the kind of movie your grandma would enjoy on a Sunday afternoon with a cup of tea and a biscuit. Pelican Blood (named for reasons that become apparent at its conclusion), however, is a story as black as jet and is at times a difficult and troubling to watch. And while it is a good film, it is highly unlikely grandma is going to enjoy it.
Nikko (Treadaway) is a self-harming, suicidal, recently bereaved twenty-two year with an obsession with bird watching and is nearing five hundred sightings, or ‘ticks’ as he refers to them on his list. Following the death of his mother and his release from an institution, Stevie (Booth), his estranged,...
- 2/21/2011
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
Director: Karl Golden. Review: Adam Wing. Having never heard of the moving drama Pelican Blood, I remember typing the name of Karl Golden’s third feature into IMDb and discovering that I was about to watch a film about bird watching. That’s right, bird watching - actual birds of the feathered variety. To be perfectly blunt, the prospect didn’t exactly set my heart a jumping. Thankfully there’s a whole lot more to Pelican Blood than making lists of bird names, but Karl Golden uses the ‘popular pastime’ as a plot device to drive his story forward. In truth, it’s a film about the trials and tribulations of youth, a movie concerned with life and most notably death. Nikko (Harry Treadaway) is a young man struggling with the concept of life, and bird watching allows him the freedom to escape his everyday problems and spend time with his friends.
- 2/3/2011
- 24framespersecond.net
Director: Karl Golden. Review: Adam Wing. Having never heard of the moving drama Pelican Blood, I remember typing the name of Karl Golden’s third feature into IMDb and discovering that I was about to watch a film about bird watching. That’s right, bird watching - actual birds of the feathered variety. To be perfectly blunt, the prospect didn’t exactly set my heart a jumping. Thankfully there’s a whole lot more to Pelican Blood than making lists of bird names, but Karl Golden uses the ‘popular pastime’ as a plot device to drive his story forward. In truth, it’s a film about the trials and tribulations of youth, a movie concerned with life and most notably death. Nikko (Harry Treadaway) is a young man struggling with the concept of life, and bird watching allows him the freedom to escape his everyday problems and spend time with his friends.
- 2/3/2011
- 24framespersecond.net
Brit-flick “Pelican Blood” is a film pretty obviously aiming for hip cult appeal, attempting to match the not exactly obvious combination of romance, angst, suicide and bird watching. Directed by Karl Golden (“The Honeymooners”, “Belonging to Laura”), the film was based upon the popular novel by Cris Freddi, with a script from Cris Cole (“Mad Dogs”, “The Good Times Are Killing Me”). Featuring a cast of up and coming British talent including Harry Treadaway (“Fish Tank”), Emma Booth (“The Boys Are Back”), Arthur Darvill (“ Robin Hood”) and Christopher Fulford (“Whitechapel”), the indie production also boasts a perky soundtrack that includes The Coral, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Crystal Castles, The Do, Little Hell and The Specials. The film lands soon on region 2 DVD via Icon Home Entertainment in a standard bare bones edition. Treadaway takes the lead as Nikko, a fairly unbalanced young man trying, and pretty much failing, to...
- 2/3/2011
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
Icon Home Entertainment have just sent this brand new UK trailer for new movie coming straight to DVD called, Pelican Blood. As you’ll see when you watch the trailer and read the synopsis, it’s all looking rather intense! The movie was shown at the Edinburgh Film Festival and if it’s IMDb score is anything to go by, it’s pretty good!
Synopsis: Adapted by Cris Cole (Mad Dogs; The Good Times Are Killing Me) from the acclaimed novel by Cris Freddi and directed by Karl Golden (The Honeymooners; Belonging To Laura), the cool, sexy and provocative new Brit-flick, Pelican Blood, stars Harry Treadaway (Fish Tank; City Of Ember; Control), Emma Booth (The Boys Are Back), Arthur Darvill (Doctor Who; Robin Hood) and Christopher Fulford (Whitechapel) in the compelling tale of an impetuous young couple who embark on a capricious affair after meeting on a suicide website chat room.
Synopsis: Adapted by Cris Cole (Mad Dogs; The Good Times Are Killing Me) from the acclaimed novel by Cris Freddi and directed by Karl Golden (The Honeymooners; Belonging To Laura), the cool, sexy and provocative new Brit-flick, Pelican Blood, stars Harry Treadaway (Fish Tank; City Of Ember; Control), Emma Booth (The Boys Are Back), Arthur Darvill (Doctor Who; Robin Hood) and Christopher Fulford (Whitechapel) in the compelling tale of an impetuous young couple who embark on a capricious affair after meeting on a suicide website chat room.
- 2/1/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Irish Film and Television Academy (Ifta) will host an exclusive screening of Ecosse Films' 'Pelican Blood' on Thursday, October 21st. Academy Members are the first audience in Ireland to view the film, which is the latest from Dublin-born director Karl Golden (The Honeymoners, Belonging to Laura). The director will attend the screening and, alongside 'Pelican Blood' producer John McDonnell (Zonad), will participate in an informative Q&A session with the Academy. In the run up to the event Iftn spoke with Karl Golden about the film and his newest project 'Weekender' which he recently wrapped.
- 10/20/2010
- IFTN
London -- Jack O'Connell, Henry Lloyd-Hughes and Emily Barclay have packed their bags for Karl Golden's "Weekender," joining a burgeoning cast that already boasts Ben Batt, Stephen Wight and Tom Meeten.
Golden's movie is the story of two friends' adventures, played by O'Connell and Lloyd-Hughes, set against the backdrop of the hedonistic world of warehouse parties during the U.K.'s acid house explosion in 1990.
Penned by actor and writer Chris Coghill, the film is produced by Benchmark Films/Foundation Films' Ian Brady and Stephen Salter and Alliance Films' Robert Walak and executive produced by Xavier Marchand, David Hayman and Mark Jaffray.
DJ and producer Terry Farley is aboard as a creative consultant on the film.
The film will be distributed here by Momentum Pictures, Alliance Films in Canada and Aurum Producciones in Spain.
Golden's movie is the story of two friends' adventures, played by O'Connell and Lloyd-Hughes, set against the backdrop of the hedonistic world of warehouse parties during the U.K.'s acid house explosion in 1990.
Penned by actor and writer Chris Coghill, the film is produced by Benchmark Films/Foundation Films' Ian Brady and Stephen Salter and Alliance Films' Robert Walak and executive produced by Xavier Marchand, David Hayman and Mark Jaffray.
DJ and producer Terry Farley is aboard as a creative consultant on the film.
The film will be distributed here by Momentum Pictures, Alliance Films in Canada and Aurum Producciones in Spain.
- 9/7/2010
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Pelican Blood, which had its world premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival, is an interesting attempt at making a film about the life and loves of an obsessive birdwatcher and while they try to make the film as cool and sexy as it can be, I found this film to be an overall disappointment due to a basic premise and having an uninspiring story that does not really offer anything new.
Nikko (Harry Treadaway) is a rebellious young man whose destructive attitude is juxtaposed nicely with his hobby as an obsessive birdwatcher, and during the course of the film we see him managing to cope with his recent suicide attempt and build a relationship with anti-animal cruelty campaigner Stevie (Emma Booth).
As we see the two love interests trying to build up their relationship and cope with their own personal difficulties, we see Nikko trying to record a number of...
Nikko (Harry Treadaway) is a rebellious young man whose destructive attitude is juxtaposed nicely with his hobby as an obsessive birdwatcher, and during the course of the film we see him managing to cope with his recent suicide attempt and build a relationship with anti-animal cruelty campaigner Stevie (Emma Booth).
As we see the two love interests trying to build up their relationship and cope with their own personal difficulties, we see Nikko trying to record a number of...
- 6/28/2010
- by Martyn Warren
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Updated through 6/21.
The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw, the Telegraph's David Gritten and the Scotsman's Siobhan Synnot have each drawn up lists of potential highlights of this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival, running through June 27. Pelican Blood, a title that resonates now in ways Irish director Karl Golden surely didn't expect when he made the film last year, is on two of those lists and it screens this evening.
The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw, the Telegraph's David Gritten and the Scotsman's Siobhan Synnot have each drawn up lists of potential highlights of this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival, running through June 27. Pelican Blood, a title that resonates now in ways Irish director Karl Golden surely didn't expect when he made the film last year, is on two of those lists and it screens this evening.
- 6/21/2010
- MUBI
Dublin-born director Karl Golden's new feature film, 'Pelican Blood' will have its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on Thursday June 17th. The film has been nominated for the festival's prestigious Michael Powell Award for Best New Feature. Produced by Ecosse Films 'Pelican Blood' showcases breakthrough performances by young leads Harry Treadaway (Fish Tank) and Emma Booth (The Boys are Back) and will be released across cinemas later this year by Icon Entertainment.
- 6/18/2010
- IFTN
Karl Golden's Pelican Blood, a world premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival, is a fraught drama about youthful angst and rebelliousness set (very incongruously) in the world of birdwatching. The low-budget British film is shot in a freewheeling style that invokes memories of Danny Boyle's Trainspotting. Golden throws in hand-held camera work, frenetic scenes of the lead characters running away from security guards and dangling from the ledges of high-rise buildings, and plenty of music to pump up the intensity.
- 6/17/2010
- The Independent - Film
London -- Former Bond girl Britt Ekland, director Mike Hodges, New York's Museum of Modern Art's senior film curator Laurence Kardish and Iranian director Rafi Pitts have all been called to jury duty as the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) is due to kick off June 16.
The quartet have signed up for the festival's main draw jury, the Michael Powell jury, and will assemble under the panel's president Patrick Stewart, organizers said.
Named in homage to the U.K. filmmaker and inaugurated in 1993, the Michael Powell Award is sponsored by the U.K. Film Council and carries a prize of £15,000 ($22,000).
The prize aims to reward imagination and creativity in British filmmaking and 2009 saw Duncan Jones walk off with the prize for his debut "Moon," while the jury gave Katie Jarvis last year's best performance in a British film for "Fish Tank."
The winner of 2010's Michael Powell Award will come from Ashey Horner's "brilliantlove,...
The quartet have signed up for the festival's main draw jury, the Michael Powell jury, and will assemble under the panel's president Patrick Stewart, organizers said.
Named in homage to the U.K. filmmaker and inaugurated in 1993, the Michael Powell Award is sponsored by the U.K. Film Council and carries a prize of £15,000 ($22,000).
The prize aims to reward imagination and creativity in British filmmaking and 2009 saw Duncan Jones walk off with the prize for his debut "Moon," while the jury gave Katie Jarvis last year's best performance in a British film for "Fish Tank."
The winner of 2010's Michael Powell Award will come from Ashey Horner's "brilliantlove,...
- 6/15/2010
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Two highly-anticipated second feature films from U.S. underground filmmakers will be making their World Premieres all the way over at the 64th annual Edinburgh International Film Festival, which will run for twelve days on June 16-27. The films are Rona Mark’s The Crab and Zach Clark’s Vacation!.
The Crab, which screens on June 21, is the touching story of a verbally abusive man born with two enormous, mutant-like hands; while Vacation!, which screens on June 20, tracks four urban gals let loose in a sunny seaside resort down South.
Both Mark and Clark previously screened their debut features at Eiff. Mark’s Strange Girls screened there in 2008 and Clark’s Modern Love Is Automatic screened in 2009. Both films also ended up as runners-up in Bad Lit’s annual Movie of the Year award, again Strange Girls in 2008 and Modern Love in 2009. Sadly, these two masterpieces are still unavailable on...
The Crab, which screens on June 21, is the touching story of a verbally abusive man born with two enormous, mutant-like hands; while Vacation!, which screens on June 20, tracks four urban gals let loose in a sunny seaside resort down South.
Both Mark and Clark previously screened their debut features at Eiff. Mark’s Strange Girls screened there in 2008 and Clark’s Modern Love Is Automatic screened in 2009. Both films also ended up as runners-up in Bad Lit’s annual Movie of the Year award, again Strange Girls in 2008 and Modern Love in 2009. Sadly, these two masterpieces are still unavailable on...
- 6/4/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The Edinburgh International Film Festival this afternoon published their full line-up for 2010, and it’s looking good. Check out the website - www.edfilmfest.org.uk
I’ll be covering the festival which runs from 16th-29th of June, so keep your eye out for reviews, interviews and insider info in our third year of coverage from Eiff.
The McHenry brothers direct Jackboots on WhiteHall an eagerly anticipated film in which Winston Churchill hides out in lawless Scotland, as an all-star cast voices an alternative animated history of WWII – I can’t wait to see this one! In Ollier Kepler’s Expanding Purple World, the brilliant Edward Hogg (White Lightnin’; Bunny and the Bull) stars in a darkly funny study of one man’s walk on the weird side. Then there’s Cherry Tree Lane, Paul Andrew Willaim’s latest thriller. Pelican Blood by Karl Golden looks pretty incredible and...
I’ll be covering the festival which runs from 16th-29th of June, so keep your eye out for reviews, interviews and insider info in our third year of coverage from Eiff.
The McHenry brothers direct Jackboots on WhiteHall an eagerly anticipated film in which Winston Churchill hides out in lawless Scotland, as an all-star cast voices an alternative animated history of WWII – I can’t wait to see this one! In Ollier Kepler’s Expanding Purple World, the brilliant Edward Hogg (White Lightnin’; Bunny and the Bull) stars in a darkly funny study of one man’s walk on the weird side. Then there’s Cherry Tree Lane, Paul Andrew Willaim’s latest thriller. Pelican Blood by Karl Golden looks pretty incredible and...
- 6/1/2010
- QuietEarth.us
London -- This year's Edinburgh International Film Festival will close with the world premiere of "Third Star," a British tragicomedy from newcomer Hattie Dalton starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Burke, Jj Feild and Adam Robertson.
The movie will bookend the Scottish shindig with the previously announced opening gala of Sylvain Chomet's "The Illusionist" at the festival boasting 133 movies from 34 countries, organizers said Tuesday.
British galas competing for the U.K. Film Council sponsored Michael Powell Award for best British feature include world debuts for Paul Andrew Williams' "Cherry Tree Lane," "Huge" by Ben Miller, Edward McHenry and Rory McHenry's "Jackboots On Whitehall," Nick Moran's "The Kid," Viv Fongenie's "Ollie Kepler's Expanding Purple World," "Pelican Blood," by Karl Golden and "Soulboy" by Shimmy Marcus.
Organizers picked Ryan Piers Williams' "The Dry Land," Werner Herzog's "My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?," Floria Sigismondi's...
The movie will bookend the Scottish shindig with the previously announced opening gala of Sylvain Chomet's "The Illusionist" at the festival boasting 133 movies from 34 countries, organizers said Tuesday.
British galas competing for the U.K. Film Council sponsored Michael Powell Award for best British feature include world debuts for Paul Andrew Williams' "Cherry Tree Lane," "Huge" by Ben Miller, Edward McHenry and Rory McHenry's "Jackboots On Whitehall," Nick Moran's "The Kid," Viv Fongenie's "Ollie Kepler's Expanding Purple World," "Pelican Blood," by Karl Golden and "Soulboy" by Shimmy Marcus.
Organizers picked Ryan Piers Williams' "The Dry Land," Werner Herzog's "My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?," Floria Sigismondi's...
- 6/1/2010
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hollyoaks star Gerard McCarthy has spoken of his delight after learning that his recent drama project Belonging To Laura has received an Irish Film & Television Award nomination. The Belfast-born actor took time out from his soap role as Kris Fisher last summer to star in the 90-minute feature, which is an adaptation of Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan. Belonging To Laura, directed by Karl Golden and featuring largely unknown Irish actors, will now face competition from Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt's (more)...
- 1/22/2010
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Suicide and bird watching. An unlikely combination but one that may prove to be a winner.
Karl Golden’s Pelican Blood tells a story which does mix those two very unrelated things along with a few more. It stars Harry Treadaway as Nikko, a guy who is getting over a bad breakup with Stevie, played by the gorgeous Emma Booth, a girl he met on a suicide website. The two were going to “end it all together” but when it turned out that only one of them was serious, that was the end of the relationship. Nikko finds himself getting over the breakup by partaking in his hobby: bird spotting but when Stevie makes a return appearance, his friends warn him things will only end badly. From the looks of the trailer, they're right.
I find this trailer a little on the long side but surprisingly, it manages to keep...
Karl Golden’s Pelican Blood tells a story which does mix those two very unrelated things along with a few more. It stars Harry Treadaway as Nikko, a guy who is getting over a bad breakup with Stevie, played by the gorgeous Emma Booth, a girl he met on a suicide website. The two were going to “end it all together” but when it turned out that only one of them was serious, that was the end of the relationship. Nikko finds himself getting over the breakup by partaking in his hobby: bird spotting but when Stevie makes a return appearance, his friends warn him things will only end badly. From the looks of the trailer, they're right.
I find this trailer a little on the long side but surprisingly, it manages to keep...
- 1/15/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Monday, December 21st sees the broadcast of 'Belonging to Laura' a modern Irish interpretation of Oscar Wilde's play 'Lady Windemere's Fan'. The made for television feature is a TV3 commissioned Irish drama. Iftn caught up with the film's director Karl Golden. In this modern take on the classic play, Laura Wilde is about to be married to the handsome Tiernan Fitzpatrick. But on the eve of the main event, she learns that her perfect fiancé may have slept with another woman on his stag night. And when this woman turns up at the wedding rehearsal, Laura's world starts to fall apart. 'Belonging to Laura' is the screenwriting debut for writers Iseult Golden and David Horan who are already established theatre writers. It is directed by Karl Golden (The Honeymooners, Beached) and produced by Martina Niland (Once) and David Collins (Cairo Time). The 75 minute TV film...
- 12/17/2009
- IFTN
Shooting has begun on 'Belonging to Laura', a new 90 minute feature drama to be commissioned by TV3. Directed by Karl Golden (The Honeymooners) and produced by Martina Niland and David Collins for Accomplice Television, the production will be shooting on location in Enniskerry and Ballsbridge for three weeks. Director of photography for the project is Darran Tiernan (The Honeymooners). The cast includes; Christina Carty (Crystal Park), Brendan McCormack (The Daisy Chain), Gerard McCarthy (Hollyoaks), Aisling Bea (Fair City), Domhnall O'Donoghue (The Escapist) and Tatianna Ouliankina (Fair City).
- 7/17/2009
- IFTN
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