Director Thom Higgins, formerly of bicoastal Bedford Falls, has joined Santa Monica-based Green Dot Films….Linda Ross, who came aboard bicoastal Neue Sentimental Film USA (NSF USA) as executive producer in August, has been promoted to president of NSF USA. Helene Rohr, managing director of NSF’s stateside operation (NSF is headquartered in Frankfurt), has left the company….Visual effects house The Mill, London, is set to open a satellite office in New York this spring…..Director Adam Jones and executive producer Pam Rohs have joined The Joneses, a commercial production house that has relocated from Southern California to New York. Jones and Rohs had been at Next Media, a satellite of the recently closed OneSuch Films….Gillen Films has been launched by executive producer Tony Busching, who continues as executive producer/founder of Electric Avenue Films, Marina del Rey, Calif. Gillen Films, also in Marina del Rey, features director/cinematographer Scott Gillen….Mono-monikered director mink has joined Los Angeles-headquartered A Band Apart for music video representation. Mink comes over from Geneva Films, Hollywood…. Director Christopher Erskin has joined Los Angeles-based spot/music video production company Legacy Films….The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), which represents some 18,000 actors, has reached tentative agreement with the Association of Canadian Advertisers and the Institute of Communications and Advertising on a new two-year contract for TV and radio spots. The deal calls for a five percent increase in minimum rates over two years for actors and averts an ACTRA strike against the advertising industry. Subject to ratification, the contract would run through June 30, ’04…Mixer Mitch Raboy and operations manager Lydia Perez, formerly of Superdupe Recording, New York, have joined Parallax Audio Post, New York….
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