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UK distributor Verve Pictures has picked up a trio of titles for theatrical release, including BFI Flare world premiere A Night Like This.

Two men cross paths one night and join forces in a quest around London to find a meaning to their miserable lives, to find their connection takes a deeper turn. Liam Calvert directs A Night Like This, which is written and produced by Diego Sceratti, and co-produced by Reece Cargan and James Heath, of Scottish production company Randan. Alexander Lincoln, Jack Brett Anderson and David Bradley star.

Also joining Verve’s slate is Sheffield Doc Fest title Where Dragons Live,...

The Hallmark+ movie The Groomsmen: Last Dance is the final movie in this trilogy. This stars Tyler Hynes, Elena Rusconi, Chloe Raphael, Jonathan Bennett, and B.J. Britt. “Jackson moves to Italy to be near his daughter, but a chance meeting with café owner Gabriella, and some meddling friends, may lead to a second chance at love.”

Here are more details on the third movie in this Ron Oliver-directed trilogy.

Photo: Tyler Hynes, Elena Rusconi Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Elena Nenkof What Is Hallmark+’s The Groomsmen: Last Dance About?

According to IMDb, The Groomsmen, Jackson, Pete, and Danny, are headed to Italy. That is because Jackson’s daughter Betty has moved there. Moreover, Jackson does not want to live away from his beloved daughter. However, although Jackson’s work keeps him so busy, he does have time to attend a masked ball. He is going out of his comfort zone.

The Groomsmen: Second Chances is the second in this Hallmark+ trilogy. This time they are headed to Greece! Starring in this new movie are Jonathan Bennett, Alexander Lincoln, B.J. Britt, and Tyler Hynes.

This trilogy follows three best friends who find love in Greece, Italy, and Bulgaria. These movies were filmed on location. In this movie, they will be frolicking around the beautiful Greek island of Santorini. That includes jumping off cliffs, hanging out on the beach, and having meaningful conversations.

This Ron Oliver-directed trilogy is like The Wedding Veil but from a guy’s point of view. Moreover, this movie is a first for the network. Here are all the details.

Photo: B.J. Britt, Jonathan Bennett, Tyler Hynes Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Elena Nenkova What Is Hallmark+’s The Groomsmen: Second Chances About?

The Groomsmen: Second Chances is the second movie in the Hallmark+ trilogy. What is this movie about?...

Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor’s Dreamers and Brian Durnin’s Spilt Milk are among the nine feature films and documentaries taking part in the fourth edition of the BFI London Film Festival works-in-progress showcase.

Dreamers is the directorial debut of Gharoro-Akpojoto, producer of Blue Story and Boxing Day and is in post-production. Ronkę Adékoluęjo stars in the love story set in a detention centre, produced by Emily Morgan’s Quiddity Films, with backing from BBC Film and the BFI. The Yellow Affair by Newen Connect represents sales.

Spilt Milk is Dublin filmmaker Brian Durnin’s first film. It follows an 11 year-old boy...

When you watch horror movies you may well imagine that it would be great to be wearing a suit of armour so that monsters or psychopaths or whatever couldn’t hurt you – but if these big metal suits are so good, how come they were only used in a few small corners of the world? The answer is that they have some serious weaknesses. Faced with heat, marshy ground, swift opponents or simply exhaustion, many people who fought in them died because of them. Joshua Warren’s memorable little Frightfest short addresses another risk.

There isn’t very much of it – it is, one might say, condensed. When we meet him, the knight (Alexander Lincoln) is running, perhaps fleeing a battlefield. One cannot run for long in steel armour. Ascending a small hilltop, he seeks shelter in a stone gazebo and slumps, exhausted. Then something happens to one of his gauntlets,...

Sony’s “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse” led the U.K. and Ireland box office for the second consecutive weekend with £4 million ($5.1 million), according to numbers from Comscore. The web-slinging animation now has a total of £16.2 million.

Paramount’s “Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts” debuted in second place with a healthy £2.9 million. In its third weekend, in second position, Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” collected £2.1 million for a total of £19.9 million. In fourth place, another Disney title, “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 3” earned £511,837 in its sixth weekend for a total of £35.5 million.

Rounding off the top five in its fourth weekend was Universal’s “Fast X” with £475,640 and a total of £14.2 million.

There were three more debuts in the top 10. Bowing in eighth place was Disney’s “Chevalier” with £124,432. Rbe’s Punjabi-language “Maurh” debuted at ninth position with £31,975 and close behind was Picturehouse Entertainment’s “War Pony” in 10th with £31,792.

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Distributor Verve Pictures has revealed the first trailer for “Inland,” headlined by Oscar-winning thespian Mark Rylance.

The film marks the debut of Fridtjof Ryder and alongside Ryland the cast includes Rory Alexander (“Pistol”), Kathryn Hunter (“Andor”), Eleanor Holliday, Alexander Lincoln (“The Fence”), Nell Williams (“The Good Liar”) and Shaun Dingwall (“Top Boy”).

Described as a “modern folktale,” “Inland” explores the fractured identity of a young man after the mysterious disappearance of his mother. Guided by a father figure (Rylance) and old friends who care deeply, his journey through the dreamlike spaces of rural England brings him face to face with the loss that haunts him in ways he could never have expected.

The film had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival in 2022 and was nominated for the Raindance Discovery Award.

“Inland” is produced by Henry Richmond, Louis Paine and Fridtjof Ryder in association with Twenty 20 Media, Fablemaze,...

The awkwardly titled gay rugby romance “In from the Side” is so padded out at 134 minutes with both rugby games and sex scenes that the final effect is numbing, and writer-director Matt Carter doesn’t bother much with either plot or character to fill out his narrative.

Mark (Alexander Lincoln) is a member of the South London Stags, which is thought of as the B-team of a gay London Rugby Club. Before you can hum “Some Enchanted Evening,” he locks eyes from across a crowded room with Warren (Alexander King), a cocky guy who plays on what is considered the A-team.

While out at a nightclub with fellow team members, Mark makes eye contact with Warren again, and Warren buys them some tequila shots. Confident in his approach, Warren licks Mark’s hand in a suggestive manner, and they banter on the dance floor and share a kiss before Mark...

"You think I like having to hide this from everyone we know…" Strand Releasing has debuted the official US trailer for a British romantic drama titled In from the Side, made by filmmaker Matt Carter making his feature directorial debut. This premiered at the BFI Flare London LGBTQ+ Film Festival earlier this year, and opens in January in the US. Carter is also a VFX artist, including most recently working on the "Andor" series, trying to making his name as a filmmaker. In from the Side is "a surprisingly moving sports-team story slathered in sweat, streaked with mud, and dripping with sensuality." Sounds exciting. As a "B Squad" of gay athletes tries to overcome inexperience and push past rivalries to score an elusive win, a secret affair simmers among them. Mark (puppy-eyed Alexander Lincoln) finds himself unable to avoid the blazing appeal of teammate Warren (Alexander King), with his cocky attitude and emotional unavailability.

To mark the release of In From the Side on 28th November, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on DVD.

Mark (Alexander Lincoln), a new and inexperienced rugby club member, finds himself drawn to Warren (Alexander King), a seasoned first team player. When a series of happenstances at an away fixture lead to a drunken encounter, Mark and Warren unwittingly embark on a romantic affair they struggle to hide from their partners and teammates. As the secret begins to unravel, team spirit, loyalties and camaraderie are tested in writer-director Matt Carter’s startlingly sensitive story about forbidden love and finding your tribe.

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Exclusive: CAA Media Finance has picked up North American sales rights to the folk-thriller Inland, starring Mark Rylance.

Billed as a “modern folktale,” the film explores a young man’s fractured identity after his mother’s mysterious disappearance. Guided by a father figure and old friends who care deeply, his journey through the dreamlike spaces of rural England brings him face to face with the loss that haunts him in ways he could never have expected.

Inland is the first feature from writer-director Fridtjof Ryder. The film had its World Premiere at the 66th BFI London Film Festival, where it featured in the festival’s Official Selection category. The film has also been longlisted for 5 awards at this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs).

Rylance is also an Executive Producer on the project and he stars alongside Rory Alexander, Kathryn Hunter, Eleanor Holliday, Alexander Lincoln, Nell Williams, and Shaun Dingwall.

“Bridgerton” star Phoebe Dynevor and “Aftersun” writer-director Charlotte Wells are among the emerging talents recognized at the British Independent Film Awards’ (BIFA) New Talent categories.

Dynevor has been longlisted in the Breakthrough Performance category for Sky film “The Colour Room” and Wells twice, in the Debut Director and Debut Screenwriter categories.

In all, 28 fiction and 14 documentary features have been longlisted, including in a new category for BIFA’s 25th year, Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary. Eleven first-time fiction feature directors, 16 first-time documentary feature directors, 14 first-time writers, 20 breakthrough producers and 15 new performers have been recognized by BIFA voters for their achievements.

BIFA’s Springboard scheme will provide a tailored program of continuing professional development, with seven of this year’s longlisted filmmakers joining the cohort of 30 filmmakers on the Film4 supported initiative.

The final five nominations in each category will be announced on Nov. 4 and winners will be revealed at the...

The final five nominations in each category will be announced November 4.

Georgia Oakley’s Blue Jean, Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun and Jono McLeod’s My Old School and are among the titles that have made the new talent longlists for the 2022 British Independent Film Awards (Bifas), with 28 fiction and 14 documentary features longlisted.

Blue Jean has taken the most nominated spots with five – the Douglas Hickox Award for best debut director, as well as best debut screenwriter for Oakley, best breakthrough performance for Lucy Halliday and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2022 Rosy McEwen and best breakthrough producer for Hélène Sifre.

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Mark Rylance-led thriller “Inland” has been picked up for international sales by Paris-based sales agent Wide ahead of its BFI London Film Festival premiere.

Produced by Black Twist Films, the film stars Rory Alexander, Mark Rylance and Kathryn Hunter and plays in the official selection of the U.K. festival.

“Inland” is a modern folktale that explores the fractured identity of a young man after the mysterious disappearance of his mother. Guided by a father figure and old friends who care deeply, his journey through the dreamlike spaces of rural England brings him face to face with the loss that haunts him in ways he could never have expected.

The pic marks the directorial debut of director-screenwriter Fridtjof Ryder, and stars Eleanor Holliday, Alexander Lincoln, Nell Williams and Shaun Dingwall. It is produced by Henry Richmond, Louis Paine and Ryder, in association with Twenty 20 Media, Fablemaze, Fatcontman, Dva Films,...

The setting of the London team is terrifically done, but the dull romance at the centre of Matt Carter’s film long outstays its welcome

With help from a Kickstarter campaign, film-maker and rugby coach Matt Carter has made a poignant lo-fi drama about a gay London rugby team. It’s a film with some terrific real-feeling characters, the kind who speak in the way actual people do – they’d be binge-worthily watchable in a series on TV or a streaming platform, flawed and lovely. Here, a bit unfortunately, they’re relegated to the sidelines – B team to a romance between the film’s two least interesting characters.

One of those two is Mark, played by obscenely good-looking former Emmerdale actor Alexander Lincoln. Mark is in an open relationship with his rich, arty-looking boyfriend, sharing a penthouse overlooking the Thames. They’re living the dream, but seem stagnant emotionally as a couple.

"I want to breathe the air outside of this town..." Vertical Ent. has released the official trailer for an indie drama from the UK titled As I Am, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker / cameraman Guy Davies. This originally premiered at film festivals in 2019 under the title Philophobia (which means "an overwhelming and unreasonable fear of falling in love") and has been updated for its full release. Set in the English countryside following a story of a shy boy and his friends. One week of school remains for Kai, an aspiring writer, and his friends. How they spend this time will cost one of them their life and leave them changed forever. Joshua Glenister stars in this as Kai, along with Harry Lloyd, James Faulkner, Kim Spearman, Kate Isitt, Jack Gouldbourne, Alexander Lincoln, Charlie Frances, Grace Englert, and Elizabeth Healey. Seems like there's a lot going on here about...