Writer-producer Federica Belletti has been awarded the BAFTA-Yugo Short Film Commissioning Grant for her film “Arya.”
The annual prize, now in its fourth year, is awarded to a short film project focusing on wellbeing among 15 to 25-year-olds.
Third-year BAFTA Newcomer Belletti, who will receive a 12,000 grant, was selected by a jury comprised of film industry figures.
They included Abby Bentley (marketing director at Yugo), Constanza and Doménica Castro (founders of 271 Films), Bryan Dimas (producer and co-founder of LatinX in Animation), producer Marianne Gray, Film Mode Entertainment VP Lydia Ianni, last year’s grant-winner Mishal Mahmud, actors John Pirkis and Danny Ramirez, director Rachel Raimist and TV writer and creator Taneka Stotts
“We are committed to doing all we can to help remove the barriers that talented people from all walks of life face when entering and developing a career in our industry,” said BAFTA’s Matthew Wiseman, executive director and head of North America.
The annual prize, now in its fourth year, is awarded to a short film project focusing on wellbeing among 15 to 25-year-olds.
Third-year BAFTA Newcomer Belletti, who will receive a 12,000 grant, was selected by a jury comprised of film industry figures.
They included Abby Bentley (marketing director at Yugo), Constanza and Doménica Castro (founders of 271 Films), Bryan Dimas (producer and co-founder of LatinX in Animation), producer Marianne Gray, Film Mode Entertainment VP Lydia Ianni, last year’s grant-winner Mishal Mahmud, actors John Pirkis and Danny Ramirez, director Rachel Raimist and TV writer and creator Taneka Stotts
“We are committed to doing all we can to help remove the barriers that talented people from all walks of life face when entering and developing a career in our industry,” said BAFTA’s Matthew Wiseman, executive director and head of North America.
- 12/19/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Bafta head of North America hails expansion of learning, inclusion and talent programmes.
Bafta has awarded the 12,000 BAFTA-Yugo Short Film Commissioning Grant to Italian writer-producer Federica Belletti for her film Arya.
The commissioning grant supports a short film project about the wellbeing of people aged 15-25 and rounds off a year in which the organisation says it expanded its learning, inclusion and talent programmes in North America.
“We are committed to doing all we can to help remove the barriers that talented people from all walks of life face when entering and developing a career in our industry,” said Matthew Wiseman,...
Bafta has awarded the 12,000 BAFTA-Yugo Short Film Commissioning Grant to Italian writer-producer Federica Belletti for her film Arya.
The commissioning grant supports a short film project about the wellbeing of people aged 15-25 and rounds off a year in which the organisation says it expanded its learning, inclusion and talent programmes in North America.
“We are committed to doing all we can to help remove the barriers that talented people from all walks of life face when entering and developing a career in our industry,” said Matthew Wiseman,...
- 12/19/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Bafta LA head hails expansion of learning, inclusion and talent programmes in North America.
Bafta LA has awarded the 12,000 BAFTA-Yugo Short Film Commissioning Grant to Italian writer-producer Federica Belletti for her film Arya.
The commissioning grant supports a short film project about the wellbeing of people aged 15-25 and rounds off a year in which the organisation says it expanded its learning, inclusion and talent programmes in North America.
“We are committed to doing all we can to help remove the barriers that talented people from all walks of life face when entering and developing a career in our industry,...
Bafta LA has awarded the 12,000 BAFTA-Yugo Short Film Commissioning Grant to Italian writer-producer Federica Belletti for her film Arya.
The commissioning grant supports a short film project about the wellbeing of people aged 15-25 and rounds off a year in which the organisation says it expanded its learning, inclusion and talent programmes in North America.
“We are committed to doing all we can to help remove the barriers that talented people from all walks of life face when entering and developing a career in our industry,...
- 12/19/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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In the animated series Dead End: Paranormal Park, vain ghosts, egotistical demons and a hilariously haunted park are no match for human teens Barney and Norma and talking dog Pugsley.
Neither are TV animation’s traditional age demographics. One of the newest entries in the “Netflix School Special” programming block, the show mixes horror and action elements with comedic and heartfelt coming-of-age storylines — led by two Lgbtqia+ identifying teens — in ways that defeat the age-old animation binary that sees content strictly for adults or (younger) kids.
The series exists instead within a space that has more noticeably emerged during the last half-decade: young adult animation. Dead End creator and showrunner Hamish Steele tells The Hollywood Reporter that when they were developing and pitching the show between 2018 and 2019, “there was some stuff like [Cartoon Network’s 2019-21 anthology series] Infinity Train, but that realm didn’t really exist.
In the animated series Dead End: Paranormal Park, vain ghosts, egotistical demons and a hilariously haunted park are no match for human teens Barney and Norma and talking dog Pugsley.
Neither are TV animation’s traditional age demographics. One of the newest entries in the “Netflix School Special” programming block, the show mixes horror and action elements with comedic and heartfelt coming-of-age storylines — led by two Lgbtqia+ identifying teens — in ways that defeat the age-old animation binary that sees content strictly for adults or (younger) kids.
The series exists instead within a space that has more noticeably emerged during the last half-decade: young adult animation. Dead End creator and showrunner Hamish Steele tells The Hollywood Reporter that when they were developing and pitching the show between 2018 and 2019, “there was some stuff like [Cartoon Network’s 2019-21 anthology series] Infinity Train, but that realm didn’t really exist.
- 7/4/2022
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Brandon Routh (Legends of Tomorrow) has been tapped to lead the voice cast of Netflix’s upcoming animated series based on the popular Magic: The Gathering card game.
His casting as Gideon Jura was revealed during a live stream of Wizards of the Coast’s Magic Showcase 2021 on Tuesday.
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“For those of you that don’t know,...
His casting as Gideon Jura was revealed during a live stream of Wizards of the Coast’s Magic Showcase 2021 on Tuesday.
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- 8/24/2021
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
Netflix’s Magic: the Gathering animated series has found its Gideon Jura in Brandon Routh. The series hails from executive producer Jeff Kline (Transformers: Prime)
Routh announced his casting Tuesday morning over Netflix’s Geeked Twitter account, which also unveiled the series’ premiere year.
“I’m Brandon Routh and I play Gideon in the upcoming Magic: The Gathering animated series, coming to Netflix in 2022,” he said on social media. “For those of you that don’t know, Gideon is known for being the strong guy who always stands up for what’s right, just, and isn’t afraid to fight.”
“Now I understand why they hired me for this,” the actor quipped.
The animated project was originally announced in 2019 with Joe and Anthony Russo at the helm. Just last week, Deadline exclusively learned that the Russo brothers and their team, including head writers Henry Gilroy and Jose Molina,...
Routh announced his casting Tuesday morning over Netflix’s Geeked Twitter account, which also unveiled the series’ premiere year.
“I’m Brandon Routh and I play Gideon in the upcoming Magic: The Gathering animated series, coming to Netflix in 2022,” he said on social media. “For those of you that don’t know, Gideon is known for being the strong guy who always stands up for what’s right, just, and isn’t afraid to fight.”
“Now I understand why they hired me for this,” the actor quipped.
The animated project was originally announced in 2019 with Joe and Anthony Russo at the helm. Just last week, Deadline exclusively learned that the Russo brothers and their team, including head writers Henry Gilroy and Jose Molina,...
- 8/24/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
The animated “Magic: The Gathering” series at Netflix has cast Brandon Routh in the lead role.
The announcement was made during Wizards of the Coast’s Magic Showcase 2021 stream. Plot details on the series are still being kept under wraps, but it was confirmed that Routh will voice the character Gideon Jura. It was previously announced that the show expands on the stories of the Planeswalkers, which are the game’s magic-wielding heroes and villains.
In addition, it was announced that a prequel novel by Django Wexler will be released in conjunction with the series, which is slated to debut in 2022.
The novel, which hails from Del Rey Books, sees Planeswalkers Gideon Jura and Jace Beleren adventuring together as they right wrongs across the multiverse. But with very different insights into what they witness, it is safe to say that the partnership is under quite a bit of strain.
Routh...
The announcement was made during Wizards of the Coast’s Magic Showcase 2021 stream. Plot details on the series are still being kept under wraps, but it was confirmed that Routh will voice the character Gideon Jura. It was previously announced that the show expands on the stories of the Planeswalkers, which are the game’s magic-wielding heroes and villains.
In addition, it was announced that a prequel novel by Django Wexler will be released in conjunction with the series, which is slated to debut in 2022.
The novel, which hails from Del Rey Books, sees Planeswalkers Gideon Jura and Jace Beleren adventuring together as they right wrongs across the multiverse. But with very different insights into what they witness, it is safe to say that the partnership is under quite a bit of strain.
Routh...
- 8/24/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has finally revealed the first voice cast member for its upcoming animated “Magic: The Gathering” TV series, setting “Superman Returns” star Brandon Routh as the voice of Gideon Jura, an “unfalteringly heroic Planeswalker” on the show, which is set to debut in late 2022.
Though Routh is the only voice star to be revealed so far, Wizards of the Coast says “the animated series is currently in full production: all scripts for the first season are written, recorded, and becoming real.”
The announcement came Tuesday, a few days after the reveal that original executive producers Joe and Anthony Russo had exited the series and handed creative control over to new executive producer Jeff Kline (“Transformers: Prime”) and co-executive producer and story editor Steve Melching (“Star Wars: The Clone Wars”), during “Magic: The Gathering” publisher Wizards of the Coast’s Magic Showcase 2021 live stream. This presentation also included a first look...
Though Routh is the only voice star to be revealed so far, Wizards of the Coast says “the animated series is currently in full production: all scripts for the first season are written, recorded, and becoming real.”
The announcement came Tuesday, a few days after the reveal that original executive producers Joe and Anthony Russo had exited the series and handed creative control over to new executive producer Jeff Kline (“Transformers: Prime”) and co-executive producer and story editor Steve Melching (“Star Wars: The Clone Wars”), during “Magic: The Gathering” publisher Wizards of the Coast’s Magic Showcase 2021 live stream. This presentation also included a first look...
- 8/24/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Following the departure of Joe and Anthony Russo from the “Magic: The Gathering” project, Netflix has tapped Jeff Kline (“Transformers: Prime”) to executive produce and lead a new creative team for the CG-animated adaptation of the collectible fantasy trading card game.
The show was first announced in June 2019. The Russos — known for their work on the Marvel Cinematic Universe entries “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” “Captain America: Civil War,” “Avengers: Infinity Wars,” and “Avengers: Endgame”– were slated to executive produce the series and oversee the development of an all-new storyline that expands on the stories of the Planeswalkers, which are the game’s magic-wielding heroes and villains. Henry Gilroy and Jose Molina were to serve as writers and co-executive producers. Reportedly, the Russos and their creative team left the series over creative differences in handling the intellectual property. The Russo brothers were involved in passing the baton to Kline, and...
The show was first announced in June 2019. The Russos — known for their work on the Marvel Cinematic Universe entries “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” “Captain America: Civil War,” “Avengers: Infinity Wars,” and “Avengers: Endgame”– were slated to executive produce the series and oversee the development of an all-new storyline that expands on the stories of the Planeswalkers, which are the game’s magic-wielding heroes and villains. Henry Gilroy and Jose Molina were to serve as writers and co-executive producers. Reportedly, the Russos and their creative team left the series over creative differences in handling the intellectual property. The Russo brothers were involved in passing the baton to Kline, and...
- 8/20/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Magic: the Gathering, Netflix’s CG-animated series adaptation of the popular tabletop trading-card game, has put in place a new creative team led by executive producer Jeff Kline (Transformers: Prime).
The animated project was originally announced in 2019 with Joe and Anthony Russo at the helm. I hear the Russos and their team, including head writers Henry Gilroy and Jose Molina, departed early in the process over different visions for how best to adapt the IP. The parting of the ways was amicable, and Netflix subsequently tapped Kline to oversee the creation of an all new storyline and expand on the stories of the Planeswalkers, Magic’s unique magic-wielding heroes and villains.
Kline’s team includes Co-Executive Producer and Story Editor Steve Melching (Star Wars: The Clone Wars), Supervising Director Audu Paden, Art Ddirector Izzy Medrano and Writers Nicole Dubuc, Russell Sommer & Dan Frey, and Taneka Stotts. The Russo brothers...
The animated project was originally announced in 2019 with Joe and Anthony Russo at the helm. I hear the Russos and their team, including head writers Henry Gilroy and Jose Molina, departed early in the process over different visions for how best to adapt the IP. The parting of the ways was amicable, and Netflix subsequently tapped Kline to oversee the creation of an all new storyline and expand on the stories of the Planeswalkers, Magic’s unique magic-wielding heroes and villains.
Kline’s team includes Co-Executive Producer and Story Editor Steve Melching (Star Wars: The Clone Wars), Supervising Director Audu Paden, Art Ddirector Izzy Medrano and Writers Nicole Dubuc, Russell Sommer & Dan Frey, and Taneka Stotts. The Russo brothers...
- 8/20/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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