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'Dark River' Opens in Cinemas This Friday, 23rd
February
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Dark River
opens in UK cinemas this Friday, 23rd February 2018. The intense family
drama, starring Ruth
Wilson, Mark Stanley and Sean Bean, filmed against the
backdrop of the Yorkshire
Dales with investment from Screen Yorkshire's Yorkshire Content Fund. It
is the third feature film from writer / director Clio Barnard,
who grew up in Otley
and studied in Leeds,
before establishing herself as one of the UK’s most distinctive cinematic
voices in recent years. More and
trailer
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New Trailer and Poster Released For Idris Elba's
'Yardie'
StudioCanal has released the very first trailer and
poster for Yardie
to coincide with the European premiere of Idris Elba's
directorial debut at
Berlinale 2018 in the Panorama section this
week. Set in the 70's and adapted from Victor Headley’s cult
novel, Yardie tells
the story of a young man with Aml
Ameen (The
Maze Runner, The Butler) starring in the lead role as ‘D’
alongside Stephen
Graham (This
Is England, ‘Little Boy Blue’) and new Jamaican talent
including Shantol
Jackson. Screen Yorkshire teamed up with
Sheffield's Warp Films to invest in Yardie, the feature film
directorial debut of Golden Globe and SAG winner Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation, Mandela:
Long Walk to Freedom). More and
trailer
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Keira Knightley and Matt Smith Confirmed for
'Official Secrets'
Two-time Oscar®-nominated Keira Knightley will star
alongside Matt Smith in Official
Secrets, which is set to commence filming in Yorkshire
next month with investment from Screen
Yorkshire. The spy thriller is based on
the dramatic true story of British intelligence whistle-blower,
Katharine Gun (Knightley), who during the immediate run-up to the 2003
Iraq invasion leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK
illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council.
eOne will oversee production and will finance the project with Screen
Yorkshire and GS Media. Academy Award winning filmmaker Gavin Hood (Eye in the Sky, Tsotsi)
will direct the gripping thriller and penned the script. More
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Production Commences on Black Comedy 'Ilkley'
Screen Yorkshire is pleased to announce its investment
in Ilkley following
Independent’s casting announcement at this week’s European Film Market
(EFM) in Berlin.
Roger Allam (The
Lady In The Van, The Thick of It) Derek Jacobi (Tolkein, Cinderella),
Anna
Maxwell-Martin (Philomena,
Becoming Jane) and Harry
Melling (The
Lost City of Z, Harry Potter Series) will star in the black
comedy, which follows the world’s most controversial secularist to
Ilkley's annual Literary Festival and two hapless evangelicals
tasked with killing him. Ilkley is writer / director Harry Michell’s
follow up to debut feature
Chubby Funny, which received critical acclaim after a
successful run on the festival circuit and earned him a BIFA nomination
for Most Promising Newcomer. Filming commenced this month in Yorkshire.
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Leeds to Host First Creative Cities Convention:
25 - 26 April
The inaugural Creative Cities Convention will take
place at Leeds
College of Music this April, hosted by Journalist and
Broadcaster Kirsty
Wark. The national event is a joint collaboration
between the BBC,
ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Pact, a real statement of
intent at a time of great change for anyone working in the business of
digital content creation across the UK. The convention will celebrate
the richness and diversity of talent and the growth of global
production across the UK, consider how the Government’s new industrial
strategy can benefit the creative industries outside London and reflect
on the discussions about Channel 4 increasing its contribution to the
nations and regions. Speakers to be announced soon. More
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