The Inbetweeners on E4
The Inbetweeners, E4's first ever original UK sitcom commission, starts on Thursday 1st May. Awkward, honest, hilarious teenage banter. Produced by Chris Young in association with Bwark Productions.
April 17, 2008
February 01, 2008
Seachd dvd 25th February 2008!
Seachd will be out on dvd in the UK from Monday 25th February.
Available from the following retailers:
Amazon, Play, HMV, Zaavi, Borders, Moviemail, Blockbuster.
Seachd secures International Sales Agent
Young Films has secured a deal with Altadena Films, an international sales agent, to sell Gaelic feature film Seachd - The Inaccessible Pinnacle, around the world. Altadena will represent the film at the Berlin Film Festival next week and then at markets and festivals around the world thereafter. For the international market the English title will be Seachd - The Crimson Snowdrop.
Altadena Films (previously Inframe Films) specialises in acquiring rights to exceptional independent feature films by talented directors. The company is part of Hollywood Classics, which represents the classic film libraries of MGM/UA, Universal, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, Warner Bros., Canal Plus and Carlton International, as well as a number of films from independent producers.
Seachd, financed by GMS (Seirbheis nam Meadhanan Gàidhlig), Scottish Screen and BBC Alba, was produced for Young Films by Christopher Young. Speaking from Sleat on the Isle of Skye where he lives, Young said, ‘I am delighted to have secured this deal. Altadena are very passionate about this film and Seachd will now reach an audience around the world through a commercial distributor, which is a really exciting prospect and all we could have hoped for.’
At the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, Young signed a UK and Ireland distribution deal with Soda Pictures, a UK distributor of art house, independent and world cinema. Following its UK premiere at the Edinburgh Int’l Film Festival in August 2007, Seachd was released in October across Scotland and continues to screen at selected cinemas throughout the UK. The film has also enjoyed success elsewhere with invitations to prestigious film festivals in Rome, Vancouver, Finland, Cairo and Tehran to name a few.
Seachd, directed by Simon Miller, was also nominated for three Scottish BAFTAs in November including Best Film, Best Actor (Aonghas Padraig Caimbeul) and Best Script (Iain Finlay MacLeod, Aonghas MacNeicail, Ishbel MacDonald, Simon Miller, Jo Cockwell) despite BAFTA UK’s refusal to submit a film to the American Academy for consideration in the Best Foreign Language category. The film received rave reviews in the press; ‘excellent’ - The Sunday Times, ‘breathtaking’ - BBC, ‘glows with warmth and humanity’ - The Observer, ‘tender, graceful…gorgeously-realised’ - The Herald, ‘worth shouting about’ - The Scotsman, ‘dramatic, funny and spectacular’ - The List. Seachd is out on dvd in the UK at the end of February.
January 02, 2008
Seachd 2008 screenings
Inverness Eden Court 21 Dec-3 Jan
Edinburgh Filmhouse 3 Jan
Edinburgh Cameo 4-10 Jan
Berwick Maltings 4 Jan
Hawick 10 Jan
Caernarfon Galeri 9 Jan
Bradford Pictureville 11-14 Jan
Croydon David Lean 16-17 Jan
Wyeside Arts Centre 18-24 Jan
Theatre Mwldan 25-31 Jan
Lancaster Dukes 26 Jan
Southampton Harbour Lights 26-27 Jan
Nottingham Broadway 26 Jan
Tunbridge Wells Trinity 27 Jan
Shrewsbury Film Theatre 1-3 Feb
Keswick Film Festival 9 Feb
Cockermouth Kirkgate 11 Feb
Manchester Cornerhouse 15-20 Feb
Haverhill Arts Centre 18 Feb
Brewery Arts Centre 23 Feb
Welwyn Garden Campus 23 Feb
Bangor Theatre Gwynedd 24 Feb
Ullapool 14 Mar
Shetland Film Club 27 Mar
Whitehaven Rosehill 22-23 April
November 13, 2007
New Seachd screenings:
Falkirk Town Hall 13 Nov
Inverness Film Festival 16-18 Nov
Aberfeldy Film Society 24 Nov
East Kilbride Odeon 27 Nov
Glasgow Film Theatre 3-4 Dec
Dartington Barn 4 Dec
Dumfries Robert Burns Theatre 5 Dec
London Cine Lumiere 5-7 Dec
Newbury Corn Exchange 15-16 Dec
Dundee Contemporary Arts 17-20 Dec
Cardiff Chapter Arts 21-30 Dec
Inverness Eden Court 21 Dec-3 Jan
Berwick Maltings 4 Jan
Caernarfon Galeri 9 Jan
Electric Portobello 13 Jan
Bradford Pictureville 11-14 Jan
Croyden David Lean 16-17 Jan
Wyeside Arts 18-24 Jan
Lancaster Dukes Theatre 26 Jan
Southampton Harbour Lights 26-27 Jan
Tunbridge Wells Trinity Theatre 27 Jan
Shrewsbury Film Theatre 1-3 Feb
Bracknell Arts centre 18-19 Feb
Welwyn Campus West 23 Feb
Ullapool MacPhail Theatre 14 Mar
Shetland Film Club 27 Mar
November 01, 2007
Seachd nominated for three BAFTAs
Seachd has received three Scottish BAFTA nominations. Angus Peter Campbell has been nominated for Best Actor alongside Hallm Foe's Jamie Bell and The Last King of Scotland's James McAvoy. Seachd has also been nominated for Best Film and Best Script. The awards ceremony, hosted by Lorraine Kelly, will take place on Sunday 18th November at Glasgow City Halls.
New Seachd screenings confirmed:
Seachd will screen at the following venues:
Aros Centre, Portree 28-30 Oct
Falkirk Town Hall 13 November
Inverness Film Festival 16-18 November
Aberfeldy Film Festival 24 November
Dartington Barn 4 December
Dumfries Robert Burns 5 December
London Cine Lumiere 5-6 December
Newbury Corn Exchange 15-16 December
Inverness Eden Court 21 December - 3 January
Berwick Maltings 4 January
Croydon David Lean 16-17 January
Shrewsbury Film Theatre 1-3 February
Bracknell South Hill Arts 18-19 February
Ullapool 14 March
October 15, 2007
The Smallest Game in Town
The Smallest Game in Town - Channel 4, Thursday 25th October, 23.30.
Comedy Lab, Channel 4’s unique comedy showcase series which unearths the stars of the future, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Previous uncovered talent includes Peter Kay, Jimmy Carr, Dom Joly and Russell Brand.
The Smallest Game in Town is a 30 minute comedy drama that eavesdrops on six dysfunctional friends who have met up every Friday without fail for the past ten years to play poker. They are all self absorbed with a bleak and black outlook on a world they believe revolves around them.
Only round the green baize would they get away with their wayward and myopic views. Although they don’t realise it, they need each other’s company otherwise they would live in bitter isolation.
CAST:
Ben Allan, Eric Barlow, Andy Gray, Claire Grogan, Gary Lewis, Sandy McDade, Annie MacLeod, Manu Kurewa
CREDITS:
Prod company: Young Films
Writer: John Milarky
Director: Aileen Ritchie
Producer: Chris Young
Commissioning editor: Caroline Leddy
October 05, 2007
Chris Young resigns from BAFTA
Christopher Young, the award-winning Scottish film producer, has resigned from BAFTA following their refusal to submit any British film to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for consideration in the Best Foreign Language category at next year’s Oscars.
Young produced Seachd – The Inaccessible Pinnacle, the first Scottish Gaelic film to achieve mainstream cinema distribution, which has garnered strong reviews following its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in August and was hotly tipped as the UK’s first non-English language nomination in years.
‘BAFTA is there to support British film. Not only are they not supporting a film that is actually more British, more indigenous, than the English language films they have put forward, but they are actively putting obstacles in our path,’ said Young, whose previous films include Venus Peter, Prague and the award-winning comedy-drama Festival. ‘It is dangerously close to censorship when an English-speaking committee neglects to put forward a single non-English language film for the Oscars. Seachd is competing in an incredibly tough Hollywood-dominated market, with a first time director and new acting talent. I find it inexplicable that a British film body is blocking its progress, a decision that will mean ultimately that less people will get to see the first ever Scottish Gaelic feature film.’
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has contacted its UK counterpart demanding an explanation. Sandy Lieberson, chair of the US Academy's London committee and BAFTA member himself said, ‘I have never known a country refuse to submit a film. The merit of a film's worthiness is totally subjective and the experts are continually making grave errors of judgment about movies. Therefore it would seem only logical for BAFTA to have chosen one of the films to represent the fact that Britain is a multi-language country.’
This year 18 Western European countries were asked to submit their best non-English language films of the year for the Oscars. The United Kingdom is the only country not to put forward a nomination.
As cinema-goers flock to see Mel Gibson’s big budget ancient language epics and embrace in greater numbers than ever before a new wave of indigenous minority language films such as Ten Canoes and Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, BAFTA seem to be completely out of touch with the global film audience.
BAFTAs failure to put Seachd forward has not gone unnoticed by politicians in Scotland and the matter on the agenda for discussion at the Scottish Parliament on Thursday 4th October. A spokeswoman for the Scottish Government said ‘We, like Scottish Screen, are, of course, extremely disappointed that the Seachd has not been forwarded for an Oscar nomination, particularly given the wide critical acclaim that the film has had.’
Seachd has been invited to the prestigious Rome Film Festival in October and has been described as ‘excellent’ by The Sunday Times, ‘breathtaking’ by the BBC, ‘tender, graceful…gorgeously-realised’ by The Herald, ‘worth shouting about’ by the Scotsman, ‘dramatic, funny and spectacular’ by The List, and ‘an astonishing production’ by Eye For Film.
September 28, 2007
BBC Landward programme
The BBC Landward programme (transmission date 5th october, BBC2) will feature an interview with Aonghas Pàdraig Caimbeul. The Landward team travelled to Skye to discuss aspects of film making with Aonghas Pàdraig, who spoke about his experiences of filming Seachd on the island last summer.
