The six teams each received £30,000 of development funding.
Netflix, in partnership with non-profit Creative UK, has unveiled the six teams and projects selected for Breakout, the filmmaking programme launched to discover and support talented up-and-coming storytellers in the UK, with participants including Screen Star of Tomorrow Helen Simmons and children’s TV star and presenter Kim Tserkezie.
Emerging filmmakers are given the funding and opportunity to advance their debut feature into development with the partnership and support of Netflix. The selected teams comprise talent who haven’t yet made a feature but whose work has garnered industry or public attention.
Netflix, in partnership with non-profit Creative UK, has unveiled the six teams and projects selected for Breakout, the filmmaking programme launched to discover and support talented up-and-coming storytellers in the UK, with participants including Screen Star of Tomorrow Helen Simmons and children’s TV star and presenter Kim Tserkezie.
Emerging filmmakers are given the funding and opportunity to advance their debut feature into development with the partnership and support of Netflix. The selected teams comprise talent who haven’t yet made a feature but whose work has garnered industry or public attention.
- 4/6/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
“Artemis Fowl” writer Eoin Colfer’s first live action original project was amongst news announced during this year’s MipJunior Keynote from BBC Studios’ Kids & Family head Cecilia Persson.
With over 25 million copies of the “Artemis Fowl” series sold, the author’s new project is being written in collaboration with screenwriter Viko Nikci.
The idea “combines a gripping high-stakes mystery with a fun gang of unlikely young heroes,” in this sci-fi series which combines action, comedy and multiple plot twists,” according to a BBC statement.
Persson also talked up a partnership with Big Deal Films to develop an animation series based on the “Little Bad Man” books about a wannabe rapper and his crew. It is written by the best-selling author and YouTube star, Humza Arshad, MBE, and his writing partner Henry White.
Another show “Flip, Flap and Zip” is in development with the Finnish company Haruworks.
The pre-school series is inspired by unboxing videos.
With over 25 million copies of the “Artemis Fowl” series sold, the author’s new project is being written in collaboration with screenwriter Viko Nikci.
The idea “combines a gripping high-stakes mystery with a fun gang of unlikely young heroes,” in this sci-fi series which combines action, comedy and multiple plot twists,” according to a BBC statement.
Persson also talked up a partnership with Big Deal Films to develop an animation series based on the “Little Bad Man” books about a wannabe rapper and his crew. It is written by the best-selling author and YouTube star, Humza Arshad, MBE, and his writing partner Henry White.
Another show “Flip, Flap and Zip” is in development with the Finnish company Haruworks.
The pre-school series is inspired by unboxing videos.
- 10/15/2022
- by Liza Foreman
- Variety Film + TV
When rapper Stormzy landed a headlining slot at the Glastonbury Festival last summer, black British music took center stage and set the cultural agenda in the U.K. The film and television industries haven’t had many of those defining moments — and there was outrage as BAFTA recently unveiled an all-white acting nominations list for its 2020 film awards. But with a slew of major projects featuring diverse talent, there are hopes that change is afoot.
Movies such as Gurinder Chadha’s “Blinded by the Light,” about a British Pakistani teenager’s love of Bruce Springsteen, and Rapman’s “Blue Story,” a tale of friendship amid gang conflict, are registering critical acclaim and commercial success at the cinema. Series like “Top Boy” are winning eyeballs. Diverse rising talent is breaking through — and helping ensure that what appears on screen better reflects modern, multicultural Britain to audiences at home and around the world.
Movies such as Gurinder Chadha’s “Blinded by the Light,” about a British Pakistani teenager’s love of Bruce Springsteen, and Rapman’s “Blue Story,” a tale of friendship amid gang conflict, are registering critical acclaim and commercial success at the cinema. Series like “Top Boy” are winning eyeballs. Diverse rising talent is breaking through — and helping ensure that what appears on screen better reflects modern, multicultural Britain to audiences at home and around the world.
- 1/16/2020
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
In his latest podcast/interview, host Stuart Wright talks with filmmaker Mustapha Kseibati about his latest short film Hate, favourite films, how he likes to direct comedy vs drama, the learning benefits of watching films on mute and much more for filmmakers to think about in today’s film and TV industry.
Hate will be available January 2020 on Humza Arshad’s Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/user/HumzaProductions
Humza Arshad will tour the film, Hate, with the police in schools across the UK. Mustapha Kseibati’s website is www.mustaphakseibati.com and you can follow him for on point industry talk on twitter at twitter.com/TashCurly...
Hate will be available January 2020 on Humza Arshad’s Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/user/HumzaProductions
Humza Arshad will tour the film, Hate, with the police in schools across the UK. Mustapha Kseibati’s website is www.mustaphakseibati.com and you can follow him for on point industry talk on twitter at twitter.com/TashCurly...
- 11/25/2019
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
BBC Studios will take Big Deal Films’ unscripted content to the international market after striking a first-look deal with the up-and-coming U.K. shingle.
The two-year agreement gives BBC Studios a first look at all of the London-based producers’ unscripted output. Big Deal’s managing director Dhanny Joshi told Variety that the deal will allow the company to beef up its development team and add to its growing slate.
Big Deal was born out of Joshi’s music-management business and co-founded with Thomas Stogdon, who is creative director. It majors in identifying underrepresented and diverse talent and stories, and bringing them to TV. Its factual output includes numerous pieces in BBC One’s flagship magazine series, “The One Show,” and short-form series “Disabled Fight Club” for Channel 4.
“The hunger for diverse content has never been higher,” said Rebecca Brown, specialist factual commercial manager for BBC Studios. “Supporting Big Deal...
The two-year agreement gives BBC Studios a first look at all of the London-based producers’ unscripted output. Big Deal’s managing director Dhanny Joshi told Variety that the deal will allow the company to beef up its development team and add to its growing slate.
Big Deal was born out of Joshi’s music-management business and co-founded with Thomas Stogdon, who is creative director. It majors in identifying underrepresented and diverse talent and stories, and bringing them to TV. Its factual output includes numerous pieces in BBC One’s flagship magazine series, “The One Show,” and short-form series “Disabled Fight Club” for Channel 4.
“The hunger for diverse content has never been higher,” said Rebecca Brown, specialist factual commercial manager for BBC Studios. “Supporting Big Deal...
- 3/27/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
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