Category: BBC
Films
Date: 15.10.2004
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Pawel Pawlikowski's
hot new film My Summer of Love, fresh from a triumphant Toronto
showing and a substantial US distribution deal, will headline BBC Films'
presence at the upcoming Times BFI 48th London Film Festival.
ContentFilm plc releases the film in the UK on October
22.
Other BBC Films co-productions lined up for London include
the World Premiere of Saul Dibb's much anticipated debut feature Bullet
Boy starring Ashley Walters, a provocative and powerful look at
gun crime in inner-city London, and Danny Boyle's Millions, a
quirky comic tale of two young lads who stumble upon the haul from a
bank robbery.
Currently in production are:
Stephen Frears' new film, Mrs Henderson Presents,
the true life story of eccentric Windmill Theatre founder Laura Henderson,
starring Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins, and produced by Norma Heyman, David
Aukin and Bob Hoskins;
and Debbie Isitt's sharp comedy Confetti, starring
among others Martin Freeman, Jessica Stevenson, Felicity Montagu, Jimmy
Carr and Alison Steadman, which takes a look at the wild world of the
wedding industry.
Among an impressive crop of projects in post production
are:
Michael Caton-Jones' intense drama Shooting Dogs,
starring John Hurt and Hugh Dancy, set against the Rwandan genocide;
Dominic Savage's Northern Souls;
Pearse Elliot's The Mighty Celt starring Gillian
Anderson and Robert Carlyle;
and Match Point, Woody Allen's first ever film
shot in the UK, starring Scarlett Johannsen, Emily Mortimer, Jonathan
Rhys Meyers and Brian Cox.
Tom Hooper's Red Dust had a rousing response
at its Toronto World Premiere, and was snapped up by international distributors.
A tense courtroom drama set against the Truth and reconciliation
hearings in South Africa, the film stars Oscar winner Hilary Swank and
rising British star Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Current and impending UK releases for BBC Films' projects
include The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (Icon; 1 October),
My Summer of Love (Content; 22 October) and Millions (Pathé;
3 December).
"Our three LFF titles illustrate perfectly the
scope of our work at BBC Films," commented David Thompson, Head
of BBC Films.
"We are proud of our long-standing involvement
with Pawel, having co-financed Pawel's previous success Last Resort.
"Saul Dibb and Bullet Boy is another good example
of the young film-making talent we aim to unearth and encourage, while
Danny Boyle's Millions represents British original film-making at its
best."
Notes to Editors
My Summer of Love is a BBC Films, The Film Consortium
with Baker Street presentation in association with the UK Film Council
of a Take Partnerships production of an Apocalypso Picture.
Bullet Boy is a BBC Films, UK Film Council New Cinema
Fund and Shine Entertainment Ltd production.
Millions is a Pathé Pictures presentation with
BBC Films and the UK Film Council of a Mission Pictures production.
Confetti is co-financed by BBC Films, Wasted Talent
and Screen West Midlands.
Shooting Dogs is a BBC Films, UK Film Council, IDC,
Invicta Capital and NRW co-production.
Northern Souls is a BBC Films, UK Film Council presentation
of a Ruby Films production.
The Mighty Celt is a BBC Films, Irish Film Board and
the NIFTC co-production.
Match Point is co-produced by BBC Films, Magic Hour
Media, Thema Production and Invicta Capital.
Red Dust is co-produced by BBC Films, Distant Horizon
and Videovision Entertainment.
