Exclusive: The National Youth Film Academy (Nyfa) has named its advisory board for 2020 ahead of the Emerging Brits Industry Showcase, which highlights rising UK talent.
Joining are actor and filmmaker Simon Bird, known for his starring role in hit TV series The Inbetweeners and for directing his first feature Days Of Bagnold Summer this year, Stephen Kelliher, co-founder of sales outfit Bankside Films, and Matt Smith, head of distribution at Lionsgate UK, among others.
Every three years the Nyfa selects its Emerging Brits; talents from the next generation of British actors and filmmakers, aged between 16-25, supporting them with funding to create a short film which is put in front of industry. This year’s showcase takes place on February 5.
The board will oversee the participants as they complete a year-long program of career development.
This year’s board are: Simon Bird (Actor); Stephen Kelliher (Director & Co-Founder – Bankside Films); Matt...
Joining are actor and filmmaker Simon Bird, known for his starring role in hit TV series The Inbetweeners and for directing his first feature Days Of Bagnold Summer this year, Stephen Kelliher, co-founder of sales outfit Bankside Films, and Matt Smith, head of distribution at Lionsgate UK, among others.
Every three years the Nyfa selects its Emerging Brits; talents from the next generation of British actors and filmmakers, aged between 16-25, supporting them with funding to create a short film which is put in front of industry. This year’s showcase takes place on February 5.
The board will oversee the participants as they complete a year-long program of career development.
This year’s board are: Simon Bird (Actor); Stephen Kelliher (Director & Co-Founder – Bankside Films); Matt...
- 1/24/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
This documentary’s approach to the rising rock duo is refreshing but the clumsy juxtaposition of band and politics baffles
One of the more surprising musical success stories of the past couple of years has been Sleaford Mods, the Nottingham duo whose modus operandi might best be described as one middle-aged man shouting at the audience while another presses play on his MacBook, to absolutely thrilling effect. Their rise has been based on capturing a uniquely British rage – against politicians, breakfast cereals, hipsters, the smug rich, unpleasant toilets, annoying people on buses; anything, really – and directors Nathan Hannawin and Paul Sng shape their documentary around the group’s UK tour earlier this year, positing them as the authentic political response of the underclass to “austerity Britain”.
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One of the more surprising musical success stories of the past couple of years has been Sleaford Mods, the Nottingham duo whose modus operandi might best be described as one middle-aged man shouting at the audience while another presses play on his MacBook, to absolutely thrilling effect. Their rise has been based on capturing a uniquely British rage – against politicians, breakfast cereals, hipsters, the smug rich, unpleasant toilets, annoying people on buses; anything, really – and directors Nathan Hannawin and Paul Sng shape their documentary around the group’s UK tour earlier this year, positing them as the authentic political response of the underclass to “austerity Britain”.
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- 11/26/2015
- by Michael Hann
- The Guardian - Film News
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