B.o.B – So Good Video

I like this video for a few reasons…

1) It reminds us that rap music can be fun, adventurous, loving, intimate and playful without being thuggish and violent, or disrespectful to women.

2) I think that’s Tessa Thompson in the video and I’d LOVE to make a movie with her. [mark my words, now that I've put it out there, some famous director is going to put her in a movie and she's going to blow up!]

3) These mofo did some serious traveling around the world to make this video!

4) If you have a Nintendo 3DS, you can download the video in 3D.

Screen Stars of Tomorrow amongst BAFTA’s Brits to Watch

These names are important if you are a filmmaker looking to expand your experience to include projects  and funding overseas

Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Hughes and Jack Thorne are amongst the 42 rising Brit stars who will be honoured at the inaugural Brits to Watch dinner in LA on July 9.

BAFTA has revealed the names of the 42 rising Brit stars who will be honoured at the inaugural Brits to Watch dinner in LA on July 9, which is being attended by newly wed royals The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

Amongst the list are former Screen Stars of Tomorrow Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Hughes and writer Jack Thorne, alongside talent including Attack The Blockdirector Joe Cornish, Monsters director Gareth Edwards and Shifty producer Rory Aitken.

Talent in all areas of film-making have made it onto the list including producers, editors, cinematographers and production designers.

The 42 Brits to Watch are:

Rory Aitken, producer

James Bobin, writer/director

Jessica Brown Findlay, actress

David Buckley, composer

Jamie Bull, editor

Sam Care, cinematographer

Joe Cornish, writer/director

Damian Daniel, cinematographer

Brynach Day, student (director)

Patrick Dickinson, student (Director)

Sabrina Doyle, student (Director)

Gareth Edwards, director

Charles Griffiths, video games designer

Nick Holt, documentary director

Tom Hughes, actor

Daniel Kaluuya, actor/writer

Ben Lambert, visual effects artist

Anna Lavelle, production designer

Harry Lloyd, actor

Victoria Mather, animator

Gugu Mbatha-Raw, actress

Lou McLoughlan, student (director)

Jules Nurrish, student (writer/director)

Folashadé Olagundoye, production designer

Debs Paterson, director

Liza Rhea, student (animation)

Talulah Riley, actress

Oliver Riley-Smith, Student (writer/director/producer)

Caroline Skinner, producer

Rupert Smith, director

Katie Sole, producer

Kate Solomon, producer

Adrian Sturges, producer

Juno Temple, actress

Jack Thorne, writer

Rachel Tunnard, editor/writer

Matt Turner, video games designer

Nathan Walster, visual effects artist

James Watkins, writer/director

Dave Whyte, animator/graphic designer

Owain Yeoman, actor

Aaron Young, documentary director/producer

 

via ScreenDaily

Ukraine eyeing Eurimages membership

Ukraine is the next East European country signalling interest to become a member of the Council of Europe’s co-production fund Eurimages.

Speaking at one of the roundtables during this week’s Moscow Business Square, Kateryna Kopylova, head of the Ukrainian State Film Agency, said that an initial meeting about this had been held during this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

“My subjective opinion is that it is a bit too early to enter Eurimages at the moment,” she said, adding the Film Agency would be working on the procedure for accession to membership from next year.

At the same time, she pointed out that a bilateral treaty for co-productions with France had been signed in Cannes this year and would soon be ratified by the Ukrainian State Government.

“This will enable us to give a boost to international co-production by Ukraine,” Kopylova observed.

While production of films in Ukraine is supported annually by €10m from the State budget and is set to back 5-6 projects this year, helping the theatrical distribution of funded films remained “a complicated problem”.

Kopylova explained that a concept had been submitted to the Ministry of Finance for additional funding to this sector, and the Film Agency had already stepped in to try and help support the distribution of Alexander Mindadze’s Innocent Saturday.

via ScreenDaily