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Bohemia Media will release “Memory” across U.K. and Ireland cinemas from Feb. 9, 2024. Written and directed by Michel Franco “Memory” stars Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard. It premiered at the 2023 Venice Film Festival where Sarsgaard won best actor.

“Memory” follows Sylvia (Chastain), a social worker who leads a simple and structured life revolving around her daughter, her job and her AA meetings. This is disrupted when Saul (Sarsgaard) follows her home from their high school reunion. Their encounter profoundly impacts both of them as they open the door to the past.

The cast also includes Merritt Wever, Brooke Timber, Elsie Fisher, Josh Charles and Jessica Harper.

The film is produced by Franco, Eréndira Núñez Larios, Alex Orlovsky and Duncan Montgomery. It is a Teorema Production in collaboration with High Frequency Entertainment, in association with Screen Capital/Screen One, Mubi and Case Study Films. It commences its U.S. theatrical release on Dec.

101 Films and Abacus Media Rights owner Amcomri Entertainment has acquired several Screen Media libraries for the UK and Ireland through a joint entity part-owned by Head Gear Films Founder Phil Hunt’s Bohemia Media.

Following the deal struck through Jv Positivor Limited, 101 Films will distribute more than 750 hours of films and TV in the territories. 101 previously distributed them in the UK and Ireland under license following a deal struck in 2021.

Positivor is funding the deal through the proceeds of a loan from UK television and film financier Head Gear, which owns the London-based production and distribution company Bohemia. Head Gear founder Hunt and Lucy Fenton own the London-based production and distribution company Bohemia. Hunt is also CEO of Bankside Films.

“The forming of this strategic alliance to purchase the Screen Media library assets for the UK and Ireland, further strengthens the mutually beneficial relationship we have enjoyed with Amcomri over the past three years,...

Co-founder recalls early lessons and its emergence as a major financier of indie filmmaking.

It is 20 years since UK advertising and music photographer Phil Hunt set up Head Gear Films.

The now booming production company and film financier is a major force in the Cannes market this year, involved in films including Mister Smith Entertainment’s He Went That Way, starring Jacob Elordi and Zachary Quinto, Altitude’s Sentinel, Gfm’s The Accursed and many others, including several titles from its sister company Bankside.

Back in 1998, Hunt had produced his first feature, Fast Food, a micro-budget movie made for £50,000, which...

Co-founder recalls early lessons and its emergence as a major financier of indie filmmaking.

It is 20 years since UK advertising and music photographer Phil Hunt set up Head Gear Films.

The now booming production company and film financier is a major force in the Cannes market this year, involved in films including Mister Smith Entertainment’s He Went That Way, starring Jacob Elordi and Zachary Quinto, Altitude’s Sentinel, Gfm’s The Accursed and many others, including several titles from its sister company Bankside.

Back in 1998, Hunt had produced his first feature, Fast Food, a micro-budget movie made for £50,000, which...

Co-founder recalls early lessons and its emergence as a major financier of indie filmmaking.

It is 20 years since UK advertising and music photographer Phil Hunt set up Head Gear Films.

The now booming production company and film financier is a major force in the Cannes market this year, involved in films like Mister Smith Entertainment’s He Went That Way starring Jacob Elordi and Zachary Quinto, Altitude’s Sentinel, Gfm’s The Accursed and many others, including several titles from its sister company Bankside.

Back in 1998, Hunt had produced his first feature, Fast Food, a micro-budget movie made for £50,000, which...

Bohemia Media Boards ‘Highway One’

Exclusive: Phil Hunt and Lucy Fenton’s Bohemia Media has picked up UK distribution rights to Highway One out of this year’s Cannes market. Written and directed by Jaclyn Bethany, the movie stars Aisha Fabienne Ross, Greta Bellamacina and Stella Baker in the story of a New Year’s Eve party in rural California, where a group of millennials reunite – love between two women is sparked and mayhem unfolds. Pic debuted at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in April. It was produced by Rebecca Morandi and Executive Produced by Neon Heart Productions. Bohemia will release on November 8, 2021 on digital platforms; prior to then the movie will play an exclusive engagement at Genesis Cinema in London.

WarnerMedia Names Gas Theatrical Production Head

WarnerMedia has appointed Hannes Heyelmann to lead theatrical production in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, adding to his current remit as EVP Programming,...

Untitled Horror Movie: "A comedy about making a horror movie from the director who brought you, Truth or Dare (2017). With their hit TV show on the brink of cancellation, six actors decide to film their own horror movie, unintentionally summoning a spirit with an affinity for violence."

Starring

Luke Baines (Shadowhunters) - @lukebaines Darren Barnet (Never Have I Ever) - @darrenbarnet Tim Granaderos (13 Reasons Why) - @timothygranaderos Claire Holt (Vampire Diaries) - @claireholt Katherine McNamara (Shadowhunters) - @kat.mcnamara Emmy Raver-Lampman (The Umbrella Academy) - @emmyraver Kal Penn (Harold and Kumar go to White Castle) - @kalpenn Aisha Tyler (Friends) - @aishatyler Kevin Daniels (Council of Dads) - @kevindaniels27 Lesly Kahn (Quantum Leap) - @leslykahn Sohm Kapila (Jane The Virgin) - @sohmkapila

Credits:

Directed by Nick Simon Written by Luke Baines & Nick Simon Produced by Bronwyn Cornelius, p.g.a., Marina Stabile, p.g.a. Producers Luke Baines, p.

Peter Murimi’s documentary to launch on digital platform Bohemia Euphoria.

Bohemia Media has acquired UK, Ireland and North America rights to documentary I Am Samuel and plans to launch it on upcoming streaming platform, Bohemia Euphoria.

The feature directorial debut of Kenyan journalist Peter Murimi is an intimate portrait of a queer Kenyan man and his partner, and their experiences in a country where their love is criminalized. The documentary previously played at the UK’s BFI Flare and London film festivals.

The deal, which was struck directly with the filmmakers, will see the film launch on June 3 in...

Documentary centres on a gang of activist lesbians in 1980s London.

Bohemia Media has secured UK and Ireland rights to Rebel Dykes, a documentary set to receive its world premiere at BFI Flare: London Lgbtiq+ Film Festival (March 17-28).

The London-based outfit, launched last year by Phil Hunt and Lucy Fenton, struck the deal with Riot Productions and plan to release the film in virtual cinemas this June.

The documentary marks the feature directorial debut of Harri Shanahan and Sian Williams, and centres on a gang of lesbians in 1980s London that aimed to unite Lgbtiq+ communities against hostility and homophobia.

Takings remain small as cinemas steadily reopen following Covid-19 closures.

RankFilm (Distributor)Three-day gross (Jul 10-12)Total gross to date Week 1 Onward (Disney) £48,142 £5.43m 6 2 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Disney) £32,556 £83,067 2 3 Trolls World Tour (Universal) £23,586 £115,437 2 4 Black Water: Abyss (Altitude) £16,093 £60,000 2 5 Dirty Dancing (30th anniversary) £14,498 £293,319 166

Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.26.

Disney has continued to lead the post-lockdown box office in the UK and Ireland with Pixar animation Onward and a re-release of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back taking the top two slots.

In the absence of any new major releases, Onward returned to the top of the box office with £48,142 across...

Phil Hunt and Lucy Fenton launched the new UK company in January.

Bohemia Media, the UK distribution company launched in January by Phil Hunt and Lucy Fenton, has made Chinonye Chukwu’s Clemency its first acquisition.

The film will be released on July 31 via a revenue-sharing model between premium VoD, independent cinemas, racial justice organisations and Poc (people of colour) film organisations across the country.

During the digital theatrical window, Clemency will be available on Bohemia Media’s own VoD platform. Viewers will be asked to select a local cinema or preferred film collective to receive an equal split of the revenue.

First Bohemia project is Rotterdam premiere ‘Rebel Dread’.

Phil Hunt, managing director of UK-based Bankside Films and Head Gear Films, has launched a new outfit with UK producer Lucy Fenton to focus on projects made by under-represented filmmakers.

Bohemia Media is a London-based production and investment company, which aims to give voice to marginalised groups that are not well-served within mainstream culture and might otherwise struggle to finance projects.

It has launched with a slate of projects that includes documentary Rebel Dread, which tells the story of director and DJ Don Letts, which is receiving its world premiere at the...