Directors Sam Cadman and Nick Jones of Rogue Films, London, are being represented stateside by Sandi Mollod on the East Coast, in the Midwest by Jill Reehl and Noelle Whitfield of Get Reehl!, Chicago, and on the West Coast by Brent Novick of Novick & Associates, San Rafael, Calif….Benson/Schafler Artists Management, New York, has signed bicoastal Konk Inc., and Studio V12, Hollywood, for East Coast representation….Shea Bernard has joined the staff of bicoastal Zooma Zooma. She joins Lori Vitale in handling East Coast representation for the production company….Grace & Wild Digital Studios, Farmington Hills, Mich., has promoted Alison Collins to assistant sales manager/group leader, and Kimberly Stricker to sales representative….Jack Reed of Jack Reed Reps, Dallas, will handle sales in the Southwest for director Chris Smith of the newly formed production house Sugar Film Production, Dallas. Smith previously directed commercial and corporate films directly for clients….
London Critics Name “The Brutalist” The Film of the Year
The Brutalist, Brady Corbet’s immigrant saga, won the Film of the Year prize at the 45th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards.
While The Brutalist garnered just one award, it was the marquee honor. Meanwhile Nickel Boys, Conclave and A Real Pain all receivd multiple awards, and Zoe Saldaña was honored twice.
Edward Berger’s Vatican thriller Conclave took two awards for British/Irish Film of the Year and Actor of the Year for Ralph Fiennes, while RaMell Ross’s radical Colson Whitehead adaptation Nickel Boys was recognized with Director of the Year and the Technical Achievement Award for Jomo Fray’s first-person cinematography. Jesse Eisenberg’s dark comedy A Real Pain was the night’s other multiple prizewinner, landing Screenwriter of the Year for the actor-filmmaker, and Supporting Actor of the Year for co-star Kieran Culkin.
Payal Kapadia’s Mumbai-set drama All We Imagine as Light was named Foreign Language Film of the Year, while the Palestinian-Israeli collective behind No Other Land took Documentary of the Year.
Alongside Conclave, British productions awarded by the Circle in the top categories included Mike Leigh’s intimate character study Hard Truths, which took Actress of the Year for Marianne Jean-Baptiste, while Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl was named Animated Feature of the Year. In the British/Irish-specific categories, Saoirse Ronan won British/Irish Performer of the Year for her performances in The Outrun and Blitz, 14-year-old Nykiya Adams won Young British/Irish Performer of the Year for her screen debut in Andrea Arnold’s Bird, and Rich Peppiatt won the... Read More