Get ready to be moved and inspired by the premiere of “Breathtaking” on ITV at 9:00 Pm on Monday, February 19th, 2024. This gripping three-part drama series pays tribute to the extraordinary sacrifices made by NHS staff during the Covid-19 pandemic, offering viewers a poignant glimpse into the reality of hospital life amidst unprecedented challenges.
In the premiere episode titled “Containment,” viewers will be transported into the heart of the action as the dedicated healthcare professionals grapple with the overwhelming demands of caring for patients during a global health crisis. From the frontline workers battling tirelessly against the virus to the behind-the-scenes heroes navigating the complexities of hospital administration, “Breathtaking” shines a spotlight on the resilience, courage, and compassion of the NHS staff.
As the drama unfolds, viewers will be taken on an emotional rollercoaster, experiencing the highs and lows, triumphs and tragedies of life in the hospital wards. Through powerful storytelling and authentic portrayals,...
In the premiere episode titled “Containment,” viewers will be transported into the heart of the action as the dedicated healthcare professionals grapple with the overwhelming demands of caring for patients during a global health crisis. From the frontline workers battling tirelessly against the virus to the behind-the-scenes heroes navigating the complexities of hospital administration, “Breathtaking” shines a spotlight on the resilience, courage, and compassion of the NHS staff.
As the drama unfolds, viewers will be taken on an emotional rollercoaster, experiencing the highs and lows, triumphs and tragedies of life in the hospital wards. Through powerful storytelling and authentic portrayals,...
- 2/13/2024
- by Posts UK
- TV Everyday
The setting for British-Moroccan director Fyzal Boulifa’s latest feature may be radically different from the kitchen sink spaces of his debut drama Lynn + Lucy but it carries with it further contemplation of class structures and the way that people’s closest relationships can often prove to be the most toxic.
Also, as with his first film - which saw him street cast Roxanne Scrimshaw in one of the title roles - he has looked to non-professionals this time around. The charismatic Aïcha Tebbae proves to be a real discovery in the role of Fatima-Zahra, a mother who has a complex relationship with her teenage son Selim (Abdellah El Hajjouji). The pair carry their lives around with them in a collection of large bags, moving just another part of their established routine and one triggered, at the start of the film, by an attempt by her to get money for the.
Also, as with his first film - which saw him street cast Roxanne Scrimshaw in one of the title roles - he has looked to non-professionals this time around. The charismatic Aïcha Tebbae proves to be a real discovery in the role of Fatima-Zahra, a mother who has a complex relationship with her teenage son Selim (Abdellah El Hajjouji). The pair carry their lives around with them in a collection of large bags, moving just another part of their established routine and one triggered, at the start of the film, by an attempt by her to get money for the.
- 7/8/2023
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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,...
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,...
- 7/5/2020
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
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.
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.
- 6/30/2020
- by Scott Davis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The fifth annual International Film Festival and Awards Macao (Iffam) is set to take place Dec. 3-8, with online submissions opening June 15.
In a year when the coronavirus pandemic has shut down numerous film festivals and left cinemas shuttered worldwide, the theme for this year’s Iffam will be “A Celebration of Life and the Big Screen.” The festival will feature a specially curated section devoted to “films that define the out-of-home ‘big screen’ experience,” it said in a statement.
“It has been heartbreaking to see cinemas around the world closed this year, so Iffam would like to celebrate the return to cinemas and the joy of this beautiful communal experience,” said Iffam artistic director Mike Goodridge. “We can’t wait to see Macao audiences getting back into theaters.”
Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, president of Iffam’s organizing committee and director of the Macao Government Tourism Office, acknowledged that...
In a year when the coronavirus pandemic has shut down numerous film festivals and left cinemas shuttered worldwide, the theme for this year’s Iffam will be “A Celebration of Life and the Big Screen.” The festival will feature a specially curated section devoted to “films that define the out-of-home ‘big screen’ experience,” it said in a statement.
“It has been heartbreaking to see cinemas around the world closed this year, so Iffam would like to celebrate the return to cinemas and the joy of this beautiful communal experience,” said Iffam artistic director Mike Goodridge. “We can’t wait to see Macao audiences getting back into theaters.”
Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, president of Iffam’s organizing committee and director of the Macao Government Tourism Office, acknowledged that...
- 6/5/2020
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
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...
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...
- 6/5/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
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...
- 12/20/2019
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
The 2019 International Film Festival & Awards Macao (Iffam) closed yesterday (December 4) with an awards ceremony that saw Kirill Mikhanovsky’s English/Russian-language comedy Give Me Liberty named best film in the international competition. A jury presided over by Chinese filmmaker Peter Chan Ho-sun awarded its best director prize to Fyzal Boulifa for his debut feature Lynn + Lucy, and the best screenplay prize to Hamish Bennett for Bellbird. The acting awards went to Sarm Heng for Bouyancy and Roxanne Scrimshaw for Lynn + Lucy. Finally, the Macao Audience Choice Award also went to Rodd Rathjen’s Buoyancy. In the New Chinese Cinema competition, which was presided over by Cristian Mungiu, Xiaogang Gu’s Dwelling In The Fuchun Mountains was named best new Chinese-language film of the year. Best director went to Anthony Chen for Wet Season, best screenplay went to Johnny Ma for To Live To Sing, and the acting awards went to...
- 12/11/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Fyzal Boulifa won best director for UK title ‘Lynn + Lucy’.
The 4th International Film Festival & Awards Macao (Iffam) closed on Tuesday night (10) with the top award going to Us film Give Me Liberty directed by Kirill Mikhanovsky.
Stars such as Carina Lau and Juliette Binoche were on the red carpet for the festival, which showed 43 films including 10 in International Competition and six in the New Chinese Cinema Competition. It ran from December 5-10 in and around the Macau Cultural Centre.
Chinese filmmaker Peter Chan Ho-sun headed the jury for first and second-time directors in the international competition. He was joined...
The 4th International Film Festival & Awards Macao (Iffam) closed on Tuesday night (10) with the top award going to Us film Give Me Liberty directed by Kirill Mikhanovsky.
Stars such as Carina Lau and Juliette Binoche were on the red carpet for the festival, which showed 43 films including 10 in International Competition and six in the New Chinese Cinema Competition. It ran from December 5-10 in and around the Macau Cultural Centre.
Chinese filmmaker Peter Chan Ho-sun headed the jury for first and second-time directors in the international competition. He was joined...
- 12/10/2019
- by 134¦Jean Noh¦516¦
- ScreenDaily
Kirill Mikhanovsky’s “Give Me Liberty” and Gu Xiaogang’s “Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains won the best picture prizes in the international and Chinese cinema sections on Tuesday at the International Film Festival and Awards Macau (Iffam).
“This film shouldn’t have existed because there were so many obstacles. Everything was a miracle. Us being here is an utter miracle,” said Mikhanovsky, who took the stage with his producer Alice Austen to describe the frenzy of trying to shoot their film for a quarter of their original budget.
“If someone had asked us a year ago if we’d like to show our film in Macau, we’d have said man, you’re out of your mind,” he laughed, before thanking the festival. “This is such a gathering of minds and intellects and true lovers of cinema, which is very rare. You’ve truly crafted a one-of-a-kind global event.
“This film shouldn’t have existed because there were so many obstacles. Everything was a miracle. Us being here is an utter miracle,” said Mikhanovsky, who took the stage with his producer Alice Austen to describe the frenzy of trying to shoot their film for a quarter of their original budget.
“If someone had asked us a year ago if we’d like to show our film in Macau, we’d have said man, you’re out of your mind,” he laughed, before thanking the festival. “This is such a gathering of minds and intellects and true lovers of cinema, which is very rare. You’ve truly crafted a one-of-a-kind global event.
- 12/10/2019
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
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...
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...
- 12/8/2019
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
’The Personal History Of David Copperfield’ finished with five awards, the highest of the night, from 11 nominations.
For Sama and The Personal History Of David Copperfield were the big winners at the 2019 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs).
The ceremony was hosted by actress and comedian Aisling Bea and held at London’s Old Billingsgate tonight (Dec 1).
Syrian civil war documentary For Sama scooped the night’s top prize, best British independent film, as well as best director for Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts, best documentary, and best editing at the previously announced craft awards last month.
The Personal History Of David Copperfield...
For Sama and The Personal History Of David Copperfield were the big winners at the 2019 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs).
The ceremony was hosted by actress and comedian Aisling Bea and held at London’s Old Billingsgate tonight (Dec 1).
Syrian civil war documentary For Sama scooped the night’s top prize, best British independent film, as well as best director for Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts, best documentary, and best editing at the previously announced craft awards last month.
The Personal History Of David Copperfield...
- 12/1/2019
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
The nominations for the 2019 British Independent Film Awards have been revealed, and it was a huge morning for Armando Iannucci’s Charles Dickens adaptation “The Personal History of David Copperfield” and Tom Harper’s musical drama “Wild Rose.” “Copperfield” led all movies with 11 nominations, including Best British Indie Film, Best Actor for Dev Patel, and Best Screenplay for Iannucci and co-writer Simon Blackwell. Fox Searchlight has U.S. distribution rights to the movie and has announced a 2020 theatrical release.
“Wild Rose,” which earned a second-best 10 nominations, will also compete for Best British Indie Film against “Bait,” “For Sama,” and “The Souvenir.” “Wild Rose” breakout Jessie Buckley landed a Best Actress nomination opposite Renee Zellweger for “Judy,” which Buckley just so happens to have a supporting role in.
While Zellweger landed in the Best Actress field (which she is widely expected to do all awards season thanks to her acclaimed leading...
“Wild Rose,” which earned a second-best 10 nominations, will also compete for Best British Indie Film against “Bait,” “For Sama,” and “The Souvenir.” “Wild Rose” breakout Jessie Buckley landed a Best Actress nomination opposite Renee Zellweger for “Judy,” which Buckley just so happens to have a supporting role in.
While Zellweger landed in the Best Actress field (which she is widely expected to do all awards season thanks to her acclaimed leading...
- 10/30/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Armando Iannucci’s take on the Charles Dickens classic “David Copperfield” is a strong front-runner in the British Independent Film Awards, scoring 11 nominations.
Dev Patel is up for best actor for his starring role in “The Personal History of David Copperfield,” and his co-stars, Tilda Swinton and Hugh Laurie, compete in their respective supporting categories.
“Wild Rose,” featuring Jessie Buckley as a rising singer, is also a major contender, with 10 nominations. Horror thriller “In Fabric” follows with nine, and Joanna Hogg’s “The Souvenir” with eight. Dance music feature “Beats,” biopic “Judy,” and documentaries “For Sama” and “Diego Maradona” landed five nods apiece.
British actors Naomi Ackie and Joe Cole unveiled the 2019 nominations in London on Wednesday.
Renee Zellweger gets a best actress nom for her turn as late-career Judy Garland. She will vie with Buckley, Holliday Grainger, Sally Hawkins and Vicky Knight for the award.
For the best actor prize,...
Dev Patel is up for best actor for his starring role in “The Personal History of David Copperfield,” and his co-stars, Tilda Swinton and Hugh Laurie, compete in their respective supporting categories.
“Wild Rose,” featuring Jessie Buckley as a rising singer, is also a major contender, with 10 nominations. Horror thriller “In Fabric” follows with nine, and Joanna Hogg’s “The Souvenir” with eight. Dance music feature “Beats,” biopic “Judy,” and documentaries “For Sama” and “Diego Maradona” landed five nods apiece.
British actors Naomi Ackie and Joe Cole unveiled the 2019 nominations in London on Wednesday.
Renee Zellweger gets a best actress nom for her turn as late-career Judy Garland. She will vie with Buckley, Holliday Grainger, Sally Hawkins and Vicky Knight for the award.
For the best actor prize,...
- 10/30/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History Of David Copperfield and Tom Harper’s Wild Rose lead the nominees pool for the 2019 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), which were unveiled in London this morning. Scroll down for the full list.
Copperfield has 11 nods including best film and director as well as actor for star Dev Patel. Wild Rose has 10 including best film and director, and actress for Jessie Buckley.
Peter Strickland’s In Fabric has nine and Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir, which is up for best film, has eight.
Judy missed out on best film but did take a nom for star Renee Zellweger and has five in total.
The best film category is completed by Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts’ Syria doc For Sama, and Mark Jenkin’s micro-budget Bait, which has been a surprise box office hit in the UK, grossing $520k.
Other notable nominees include Chiwetel Ejiofor,...
Copperfield has 11 nods including best film and director as well as actor for star Dev Patel. Wild Rose has 10 including best film and director, and actress for Jessie Buckley.
Peter Strickland’s In Fabric has nine and Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir, which is up for best film, has eight.
Judy missed out on best film but did take a nom for star Renee Zellweger and has five in total.
The best film category is completed by Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts’ Syria doc For Sama, and Mark Jenkin’s micro-budget Bait, which has been a surprise box office hit in the UK, grossing $520k.
Other notable nominees include Chiwetel Ejiofor,...
- 10/30/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
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,...
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,...
- 10/9/2019
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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...
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...
- 10/8/2019
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
“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...
The involvement of Ken Loach’s Sixteen Films as a producing partner may lead some viewers to...
- 9/27/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
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