Category: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Films
Date: 04.02.2005
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Films will be well represented at the upcoming Berlin Film Festival with
world premieres of Dominic Savage's Love + Hate (Panorama) and Pearse Elliott's
The Mighty Celt (Kinderfilmfest 14+), and a further Festival outing for Pawel
Pawlikowski's lauded My Summer of Love (Kinderfilmfest 14+).
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Love + Hate is a passionate tale of young love set against a background of racial
tension, directed by Dominic Savage, winner of the Michael Powell Award at Edinburgh
2003 for Out of Control.
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Tom Hudson, Samina Awan, Nichola Burley and Wasim Zakir
star.
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Pearse Elliott's The Mighty Celt is a gutsy story about a 14-year-old boy who is
forced to grow up quickly when he is drawn into the underworld of greyhound racing,
and an enigmatic figure from the past reappears on the scene.
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Robert Carlyle, Gillian
Anderson and Ken Stott star alongside newcomer Tyrone McKenna.
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Winner of the Michael Powell Award at last year's Edinburgh Festival, Pawel
Pawlikowski's My Summer of Love is an intoxicating tale of obsession and the
struggle for love and faith in a world where both seem impossible.
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Natalie Press, Emily
Blunt and Paddy Considine star.
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My Summer of Love has enjoyed critical acclaim in
the UK, and is nominated for the prestigious Alexander Korda award for Best British film
at this year's Baftas.
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Films titles in post-production include:
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Michael Winterbottom's Tristram
Shandy, starring Steve Coogan, Jeremy Northam, Shirley Henderson, Ian Hart, Gillian
Anderson and Stephen Fry;
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Peter Cattaneo's Pobby & Dingan, the Australia-set tale
of the bizarre and inexplicable disappearance of Kellyanne's imaginary friends, Pobby
and Dingan;
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and Oliver Parker's Click, a funny and fresh romantic comedy starring
Piper Perabo, Matthew Goode, Lena Headey, Anthony Head, Celia Imrie and Sue
Johnston.
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Additional post-production titles include:
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Stephen Frears' latest, 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;
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Debbie Isitt's sharp comedy Confetti, with a cast including Martin Freeman, Jessica Stevenson, Felicity Montagu, Jimmy Carr and Alison Steadman,
which takes a look at the wild world of the wedding industry;
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Michael Caton-Jones'
intense drama Shooting Dogs, starring John Hurt and Hugh Dancy, set against the
Rwandan genocide;
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Match Point, Woody Allen's first ever film shot in the UK,
starring Scarlett Johannson, Emily Mortimer, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Brian Cox.
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Upcoming UK releases include:
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Saul Dibb's Bullet Boy, starring Ashley Walters - a
provocative and powerful look at gun crime in inner-city London;
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and Danny Boyle's
Millions, a quirky comic tale of two young lads who stumble upon the haul from a
bank robbery.
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Films had success at the recent Golden Globe Awards with its co-production with
HBO Films, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers winning Best Film/Mini-Series
and the Best Actor award for Geoffrey Rush.
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David Thompson, Head of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Films, said: "Berlin has gone from strength to strength in recent years both as a highly influential
international Festival and an essential market.
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"We are really pleased and excited to have a strong presence there this year."
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Notes to Editors
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My Summer of Love is a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Films, The Film Consortium with Baker Street presentation in
association with the UK Film Council of a Take Partnerships production of an Apocalypso Picture.
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Bullet Boy is a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Films and UK Film Council in association with Portman Films presentation of a
Shine Production in association with Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Films.
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Millions is a PathΓ© Pictures presentation with Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Films and the UK Film Council of a Mission Pictures
production.
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Confetti is a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Films presentation of a Wasted Talent film in association with Screen West
Midlands.
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Shooting Dogs is a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Films, UK Film Council and Filmstiftung NRW presentation of a
CrossDay/Egoli Tossell production.
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Northern Souls is a UK Film Council and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Films presentation of a Ruby Films production.
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The Mighty Celt is a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Films, Irish Film Board and the NIFTC presentation of a Treasure
Entertainment production.
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Match Point is a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Films and Thema Presentation of a Jada Production.
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Click is a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Films and Ealing Studios in association with Visionview, X-Filme, Focus Features and
Endgame presentation of a Cougar Films and X-Filme production.
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Pobby& Dingan is a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Films and UK Film Council presentation of an Academy Features, Sherman
Pictures and South Australian Film Corporation Production.
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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers is an HBO Films/Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Films co-production, produced by
Company Pictures.
