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Mansion Pictures
Mansion Pictures was established by British husband and wife team Hannah Davis (filmmaker), Hannah Davis and David Conolly. They also produced drama for the BBC and made the critically acclaimed shorts, ''A Life In a Day'' (nominated for Best Short Film, British Short Film Festival) and ''The Other Side of the Mirror''. Their first feature film, which they co-wrote, produced and directed was ''Mothers & Daughters (2004 film), Mothers & Daughters''. For which they were nominated - The Golden Hitchcock Award for Direction. ''Mothers & Daughters (2004 film), Mothers & Daughters'' was invited to film festivals worldwide in 2004, debuting at Cannes Film Festival then playing at: São Paulo; Montreal, Quebec; Barcelona; Chicago; New York Indie; American Film Market, AFM; The Hamptons; Raindance, and finally the Festival Film Brittanique du Dinard where it was chosen as one of the top six British films of 2004. This garnered them a development deal with the UK Film Council and later fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Davis (filmmaker)
Hannah Davis may refer to: * Hannah Davis (filmmaker), British filmmaker and co-founder of Mansion Pictures * Hannah Davis (kayaker) (born 1985), Australian Olympic bronze medalist * Hannah Davis (model) (born 1990), American model, now Hannah Jeter * Hannah Lux Davis Hannah Lux Davis (born May 17, 1986) is an American music video, commercial and film director. She's known for her work especially with female artists, such as Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, Demi Lovato, Nicki Minaj, Miley Cyrus, Avril Lavigne, Christ ... (born 1986), music video director See also * Hannah Davison (born 1997), American soccer player {{human name disambiguation, Davis, Hannah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Conolly
David Conolly is an English writer, director, comedian and actor whose production company, Mansion Pictures, produced two feature-length films, '' Mothers & Daughters''mothersanddaughtersmovie.com and '' The Understudy.'' Early life Conolly was born in Leeds. His father, Michael, worked as a chaplain in a psychiatric hospital. After also initially working in psychiatry, he was selected to join the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. This led to him making his West End debut at age 17. David went on to study performing arts at Leicester Polytechnic. It was here that he directed the Mobil Winning New Play, Woundings, and also won contributions to the National Student Drama Festival with Ode to St Cecilia. Having completed his degree, David began training as an actor at Mountview Theatre School before returning to the West End with ''A Passionate Woman'' and the award-winning ''A Last Bus From Bradford''. Career David met Hannah Davis while running Lunacy, an alternative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mothers & Daughters (2004 Film)
''Mothers & Daughters'' is a 2004 independent film written and directed by British duo Hannah Davis and David Conolly. It is a story of Londoners connected by family, friends and a certain therapist who brings all her patients’ problems back to their mothers. Lives start to unravel during an eventful dinner party where the cook spoils the food, a coke-headed model flirts with a married vicar, a secret affair is exposed, old family wounds are reopened and one meddling mother drops by to cause even more trouble. Plot Dinner party guests are forced to face their issues head on. For one couple, vicar Dan and his wife Emma are faced with the revelation that one of them has been having an affair with the evening's hostess Kate. Worst of all she has to in turn face her mother who drops in to "help out". Even the therapist has to face her own maternal misgivings as she returns home to deal with the aftermath of her own mother's descent into Alzheimer's. Nina explores having to care for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including Documentary film, documentaries, from all around the world. Founded in 1946, the invitation-only festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. The festival was formally accredited by the FIAPF in 1951. On 1 July 2014, co-founder and former head of French pay-TV operator Canal+, Pierre Lescure, took over as President of the Festival, while Thierry Frémaux became the General Delegate. The board of directors also appointed Gilles Jacob as Honorary President of the Festival. It is one of the "Big Three" major European film festivals, alongside the Venice Film Festival in Italy and the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany, as well as one of the "Big Five" major interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Film Market
The American Film Market (AFM) is a film industry event held each year in early November. Historically, more than 7,000 people attend the eight-day annual event to network and to sell, finance and acquire films. Participants come from more than 70 countries and include acquisition and development executives, agents, attorneys, directors, distributors, festival directors, financiers, film commissioners, producers, writers, etc. Founded in 1981, the AFM is a marketplace for the film business, where unlike a film festival, production and distribution deals are the main focus of the participants. It was founded by the American Film Marketing Association, headed by film producer Andy Vajna. The AFM is held at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel (since 1991). The 2020 and 2021 editions were both online-only in the first week of November due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Film Market utilizes 29 movie theater screens on Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade and in the surroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK Film Council
The UK Film Council (UKFC) was a non-departmental public body set up in 2000 to develop and promote the film industry in the UK. It was constituted as a private company limited by guarantee, owned by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and governed by a board of 15 directors. It was funded from various sources including The National Lottery. John Woodward was the Chief Executive Officer of the UKFC. On 26 July 2010, the government announced that the council would be abolished. Although one of the parties elected into that government had, for some months, promised a ''bonfire of the Quangos'', Woodward said that the decision had been taken with "no notice and no consultation". UKFC closed on 31 March 2011, with many of its functions passing to the British Film Institute. In June 2008, the company had 90 full-time members of staff. It distributed more than £160m of lottery money to over 900 films.''The Guardian'', 26 July 2010UK Film Council axed/ref> Lord Puttnam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Understudy (2008 Film)
''The Understudy'' is a 2008 black comedy film directed by David Conolly and Hannah Davis. Plot Rebecca is an unemployed actress who is living with an equally unsuccessful screenwriter, Sarfras. Rebecca makes a living by caring for a blind and diabetic woman while going from one disastrous relationship to the next. Rebecca is invited to understudy the famous movie star Simone Harwin (from the Drive By trilogy), in the play Electra. Although Rebecca's unfulfillment is compounded: despite outshining the Action Star with her own talent, Rebecca is treated as second class, either bullied or ignored by the cast and crew including the director Ian, the stage manager Alison. Her salvation lies within the relationship with the seemingly perfect Firefighter Bobby. Accidents start to disrupt the leading ladies of Electra and Rebecca's star begins to rise, suspicion surrounds her. Can Rebecca hold on to the leading role and her freedom? Cast *Marin Ireland as Rebecca *Paul Sparks as Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Paulo International Film Festival
The São Paulo International Film Festival ( pt, Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo), also known internationally as Mostra, is an annual film festival held in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. A non-profit event, the festival is organized by ABMIC (Associação Brasileira Mostra Internacional de Cinema). The state and city of São Paulo have established October as the festival's official month. The 46th edition of the festival was held from 20 October to 2 November 2022. 223 films from 60 different countries, categorized in three segments: International Perspective, New Directors Competition, and Mostra Brasil will be presented in the festival. '' Aftersun'' by Charlotte Wells won the Jury Prize for best film in the festival. History The festival was created in 1977 when film critic Leon Cakoff decided to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP). The head of the museum's film department, Cakoff had already organized successful screenings of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beverly Hills Hi-Def Film Festival
The Beverly Hills Film Festival (BHFF) is a film festival in the United States founded in 2001 by independent filmmaker Nino Simone. The festival is an international competition dedicated to showcasing the art and talent of emerging filmmakers and screenplay writers from around the world. The festival lasts five days and is reportedly attended by more than 20,000 people a year. Venues include the AMPAS, Writers Guild, Chinese Theater Theatre of China has a long and complex history. Traditional Chinese theatre, generally in the form of Chinese opera, is musical in nature. Chinese theatre can trace its origin back a few millennia to ancient China, but the Chinese opera started ... and The Clarity Theatre. The festival winds up with the black tie awards ceremony. In 2013 the festival was launched internationally with an event in Tokyo. The BHFF emphasizes awards to first-time filmmakers. On the final night of the Festival, the jury (usually made up of film professionals fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
