Round Table: Script to Screen - I recently attended the Mediterrane Film Festival in Malta, speaking on a panel about the screenwriting and directing process. Lots of great Masterclasses took place that can be watched here.
TOM JONES REIMAGINED
The making of Tom Jones. More special features to view here.
TOM JONES TRAILER
All four episodes of Tom Jones now available on PBS Masterpiece and ITVX.
Hannah Waddingham to join the cast of TOM JONES
TOM JONES Reimagining For Masterpiece
Breaking into the world of TV, directing Gwyneth Hughes brilliant adaptation of Tom Jones for Mammoth Screen, PBS’ Masterpiece and ITV. Filming set to begin September 2021.
Link to full article here.
MARI - San Francisco Dance Film Festival
MARI will be screening at the San Francisco Dance Film Festival on November 3rd! SFDFF celebrates 10 years of reframing dance with over 120 films, 20+ live performers, filmmaker forums, and more. November 2-10 at venues across SF.
More info & tickets here.
MARI- International Premiere
Thrilled that MARI will have its international premiere as the closing night film of the 47th Dance on Camera Festival at the Lincoln Center in NYC. My very first short dance film Brighter Borough premiered at this festival 6 years ago so it feels extra special to return with my first feature.
Details on screening & festival here.
BBC Radio 5 Live - Kermode & Mayo's Film Review
Mark Kermode gives a lovely review on MARI (around 1:19:27) “If a luddite like me can appreciate a story through dance then the story is being told fairly eloquently!” .
Link to full programme here.
MARI - UK Release
MARI was released with Verve Pictures in UK cinemas on June 21st, receiving critical acclaim and 4 star reviews from publications such as The Guardian, iPaper, Little White Lies and Sight & Sound magazine. For screening and film info head to www.marifilm.uk for details.
Full list of reviews on the MARI homepage.
BBC Radio 3 - Free Thinking
I chatted all things MARI with Matthew Sweet on BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking programme in the run up to its cinema release.
Full programme here (37:15 mark for Mari piece)