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South West 9
''South West 9'' is a 2001 British film about the Brixton rave scene. It was written and directed by Richard Parry. ''South West 9'' was nominated for a BAFTA award and won "Best Music" category at the British Independent Film Awards. Premise ''South West 9'' takes place in the 24 hours before a shooting at a Brixton rave. It combines themes of drugs, race, class, religion, and music in the multicultural melting pot that is South London. Cast * Wil Johnson as Freddy * Stuart Laing as Jake * Mark Letheren as Mitch * Amelia Curtis as Kat * Orlessa Edwards as Helen * Nicola Stapleton as Sal * Frank Harper as Douser * Zebida Gardener-Sharper as Rafaela * Jenny Jules as Angel * Kika Mirylees as Annie * Jay Simpson as Elf * Stephen Lord as Fazer * Leon Herbert as Isi * Robbie Gee as Jel * Ellen Thomas as Mrs. Ashware Awards and nominations *2001: Won "Best Music" category, British Independent Film Awards and was nominated in five other categories, including "Best British independ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Parry (director)
Richard Parry is a film directorThe Encyclopedia of British Film. Fourth edition. Manchester University Press, 2013. Edited by Brian McFarlane and writer. His documentary and feature films include '' South West 9'' (2001), ''Shooting Robert King'' (2008), '' A Night in the Woods'' (2012), and ''Base'' (2017). Parry has worked as a director, producer and cameraman in conflict zones such as in the former Yugoslavia, Chechnya, Nagorno Karabakh, Iraq, Afghanistan and covering the Great Lakes refugee crisis in Zaire.Resumé: Richard Parry . Richard Parry. Accessed 23 October 2017 He was one of the original Frontline Television News cameramen / producers. ''South West 9'' was nominated for a [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Independent Film Awards
The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) is an organisation that celebrates, supports and promotes British independent cinema and filmmaking talent in United Kingdom. Nominations for the annual awards ceremony are announced in early November, with the ceremony itself taking place in early December. Since 2015, BIFA has also hosted UK-wide talent development and film screening programmes with the support of Creative Skillset and the British Film Institute. History The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) were created in 1998 by Elliot Grove and Suzanne Ballantyne of the Raindance Film Festival, with the aim of celebrating merit and achievement in independently funded British filmmaking, honouring new talent and promoting British films and filmmaking to a wider public audience. BIFA founding members include Phillip Alberstat, Chris Auty, André Burgess, Sally Caplan, Pippa Cross, Christopher Fowler, Lora Fox Gamble, Steven Gaydos, Norma Heyman, Emma E. Hickox, Fred Hogge, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go (1999 Film)
''Go'' is a 1999 American crime comedy film written by John August and directed by Doug Liman, with intertwining plots involving three sets of characters. The film stars William Fichtner, Katie Holmes, Jay Mohr, Sarah Polley, and Scott Wolf and features Taye Diggs, Breckin Meyer, Timothy Olyphant, Desmond Askew, Jane Krakowski, J. E. Freeman, and Melissa McCarthy in her film debut. The film underperformed at the box office, but was critically acclaimed. It has since become a cult classic. Plot Around Christmas, Ronna, working overtime at her supermarket job to avoid being evicted, is approached by Adam and Zack to buy 20 hits of ecstasy, which they had hoped to buy from her absent co-worker, Simon. After work, Ronna approaches Simon's dealer, Todd, for the pills. She is unable to pay the full amount so she leaves her friend Claire with Todd as collateral. Ronna meets with Adam and Zack but grows suspicious of Burke, a stranger accompanying them who presses her for the ecst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groove (film)
''Groove'' is a 2000 American film directed by Greg Harrison. It portrays one night in the San Francisco underground rave scene. Through a single email, the word spreads that a huge rave is going to take place in an abandoned warehouse. John Digweed has a cameo as himself and also contributed to the soundtrack with Nick Muir, under their production alias Bedrock. Plot ''Groove'' tells the story of an all-night rave. The film is broken up into segments according to which DJ is spinning and features real-life DJs Forest Green, WishFM, Polywog, and Digweed. Introverted aspiring writer David Turner is reluctantly dragged to a rave at a warehouse by his brother Colin. David takes ecstasy for the first time and makes a romantic connection with fellow raver, Leyla, who has newly moved to the Bay Area from New York. Cast Production After being turned down by studios for funding, production costs were met by selling shares of the film to investors similar to angel investment of a star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Traffic
''Human Traffic'' is a 1999 British-Irish-Welsh independent coming of age comedy drama film written and directed by Justin Kerrigan. It is a cult film of the Cool Cymru era of arts in Wales. The film explores themes of coming of age, drug and night club cultures, as well as relationships. It includes scenes provoking social commentary and the use of archive footage to provide political commentary. The plot of the film revolves around five twenty-something friends and their wider work and social circle, the latter devotees of the club scene, taking place over the course of a drug-fuelled weekend in Cardiff, Wales. A central feature is the avoidance of moralising about the impact of 1990s dance lifestyle; instead the film concentrates on recreating the "vibe, the venues and the mood" of the dance movement from the 1988–89 "Second Summer of Love" to the film's release in 1999.Human Traffic DVD copyright Prism Leisure 2003 EAN: 5014293134552 In the first 25 minutes of the film Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odense International Film Festival
OFF - Odense International Film Festival is an Academy Award-Qualifying, week-long short film festival in Denmark. It takes place every year in the last week of August. The festival made its debut in 1975, making OFF the eldest film festival in Denmark. OFF - Odense International Film Festival is part of the municipality of Odense. Overview OFF - Odense International Film Festival offers a multitude of screenings, talks, workshops, debates, seminars, industry events and parties. The majority of the festival activities take place around BRANDTS, one of the leading art museums in Denmark presenting new and classic art alongside visual culture. All competition screenings are open to the public. Director and revitalization In 2009, Birgitte Weinberger took over the festival and was given a completely new role as both head of festival as well as artistic director of the festival. Prior to this, the festival had not had an actual head of festival, but instead the managerial structu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Thomas (actress)
Ellen Thomas (born 3 February 1956) is a Sierra Leonean-British actress, known for her roles as Liz Webbe in the Channel 4 sitcom ''Teachers'' and Claudette Hubbard in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders''. Career In ''Teachers'', Thomas played Liz Webbe, a school secretary, and appeared in all four series, from 2001 to 2004. She was a regular cast member in BBC Radio 4's ''Clare in the Community'' and in BBC Three's '' Coming of Age'', in which she portrayed the principal. For her role in '' Rev'', she was nominated for "Best TV Comedy Performance" at the Black International Film Festival and Music Video & Screen Awards. She is also known for her minor role in '' Come Fly with Me'', as Mrs Mbutu. Thomas is known for the number of characters she has portrayed in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders''. She played Pearl Chadwick in 1990, Estella Hulton in 2002, Grace Olubunmi from 2010 to 2011, and Claudette Hubbard from 2015 to 2016. From 2018 to 2019, Thomas appeared in the medical d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbie Gee
Robbie Gee (born 24 March 1970) is a British actor, best known for his ''Desmond's'' character "Lee Stanley", for appearing in Guy Ritchie's crime caper '' Snatch'', and for his comedy roles in TV series like ''The Real McCoy'' and ''The Crouches''. He also appeared in the film '' Mean Machine'', playing "Trojan", '' Pirates of the Caribbean'' as "Shrimper", ''Underworld'' as "Kahn", and ''Dead Man Running'' as Curtis (Alongside 50 Cent). Robbie is a founding member of GeeStor and along with Eddie Nestor makes up one half of a comedy duo. Together, they have written for TV and hosted music events. Hosting He hosted, alongside Eddie Nestor, the Imperial College Indian Society's annual "East Meets West" charity Charity may refer to: Giving * Charitable organization or charity, a non-profit organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being of persons * Charity (practice), the practice of being benevolent, giving and sharing * Ch ... show in 2007 and 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Herbert
Leon Herbert is a British actor. Herbert is known for appearances in films including ''Salome's Last Dance'' (1988), ''Scandal'' (1989), ''Batman'' (1989), ''Alien 3'' (1992), '' Double X: The Name of the Game'' (1992), ''Point of No Return'' (1993), '' The Girl with the Hungry Eyes'' (1995), ''Fierce Creatures'' (1997), ''Lucinda's Spell'' (1998), ''South West 9'' (2001), ''9 Dead Gay Guys'' (2002) and ''Dark Floors'' (2008). Herbert made his directorial debut with the 2003 film ''Emotional Backgammon''. He also appeared on the television series '' Come Dine with Me'', as well as an episode of the BBC soap opera ''Doctors Doctor or The Doctor may refer to: Personal titles * Doctor (title), the holder of an accredited academic degree * A medical practitioner, including: ** Physician ** Surgeon ** Dentist ** Veterinary physician ** Optometrist *Other roles ** ...'' as Lenny Rutter. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Herbert, Leon British male film actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Lord
Stephen Lord (born 1 October 1971) is an English actor, known for playing Jase Dyer in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' from 2007 to 2008 and Dominic Meak in the Channel 4 comedy drama series, '' Shameless'', between 2012 and 2013. In 2021, he was cast in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Personal life Lord is married to Elaine Cassidy and the couple have two children. Career The BBC defended the use of violent scenes in an edition of ''EastEnders''. In the episode, Lord's character Jase Dyer was seen losing his life following a confrontation with a group of gangsters who stabbed him after brutally beating him up. Later, the character's dead body was seen by viewers in hospital scenes which featured Jase's son Jay Brown, played by Jamie Borthwick. Lord appeared in the BBC drama series ''Casualty'' in 2010-11 playing the abusive husband of nurse Kirsty Clements (played by Lucy Gaskell) in an ongoing storyline dealing with domestic violence. In 2021, Lord was cast in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kika Mirylees
Kika Mirylees (born Christina Kika Le Fleming Mirylees; 23 September 1953) is a South African-born British actress and councillor. She is best known for her roles as List of Bad Girls characters, Julie Johnston in ''Bad Girls (TV series), Bad Girls'', Doc Newton in ''Red Dwarf'' and Hazel Hobbs in ''EastEnders''. Career Mirylees played Angela Snow in ''The Darling Buds of May (TV series), The Darling Buds of May'', Flora McInnes in ''Strathblair'', and Doc Newton in ''Red Dwarf''. Her guest roles include Zola Zbzewski in ''Jonathan Creek'', Sylvana Watson in ''Taggart (series), Taggart'', Maria Huntly in ''The Bill'', and Barbara Wells in ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty''. In the 1980s she played Carinna in ''Lovejoy''. Mirylees is also known for her role as Julie Johnston in ''Bad Girls (TV series), Bad Girls''. She played the role from the first episode, in 1999, to the final episode, in December 2006. On 5 January 2007, it was announced on GMTV that Mirylees had joined ''Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Jules
Jenny Jules is an English actress. She started her acting career as a member of the youth theatre programme at the Tricycle Theatre in Kilburn, London. Her career has been closely linked with the Tricycle Theatre where she has acted numerous times; her credits there include two plays by August Wilson, both directed by Paulette Randall: ''Two Trains Running'' and ''Gem of the Ocean'', ''Walk Hard'' by Abram Hill, ''Wine in the Wilderness'' by Alice Childress, the dramatic reconstruction (by Richard Norton-Taylor) of the inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence, ''The Colour of Justice'', and Lynn Nottage's ''Fabulation'', directed by Indhu Rubasingham. In 1992, she won a ''Time Out'' Award for her portrayal of Mediyah in '' Pecong'' at the Tricycle Theatre. That same year, she appeared with Helen Mirren on the second installment of ''Prime Suspect'' for Granada Television/ITV. Kathy Burke directed Jules in Debbie Tucker Green's ''Born Bad'' at the Hampstead Theatre, and Jules h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
