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BTTL action grant winner ‘brides’ will have its world premiere at sundance 2025
dec 31, 2024
Director Nadia Fall’s debut feature ‘BRIDES’ will have its World Premiere at Sundance in January 2025 as part of the World Dramatic Competition. The film, which shot in Wales, Turkey and Italy, stars newcomer Ebada Hassan and Layla’s Safiyya Ingar as two teenage girls in 2015, in search of freedom, friendship and belonging, who run away from their troubled lives in a seaside town with a misguided plan of travelling to Syria.
‘Learning To Breathe Under Water’ wraps production, locks in deals (exclusive)
oct 24, 2024
Director Rebekah Fortune’s debut feature Learning To Breathe Underwater (BTTL ‘22 Finalist) has wrapped principal photography. Based on a screenplay by Richard Brabin and Produced by Jack Tarling, the project was shot in Galway, Ireland. BAFTA Award nominee Rory Kinnear and Academy Award®, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominee Maria Bakalova star alongside newcomer Ezra Carlisle.
DEBUT FEATure ‘DIAMONDS IN THE SAND’ WRAPS PRODUCTION IN JAPAN AND PHILIPPINES
DEC 26, 2024
Director Janus Victoria (BTTL ‘20) wraps filming on her debut feature Diamonds In The Sand – previously titled Kodokushi – starring Japanese veterans Lily Franky (Shoplifters) and Yoshiyuki Kazuko (Empire of Passion). The project won the Grand Prix at Talents Tokyo in 2013 and is structured as a three-way Japan-Philippines-Malaysia co-production.
DIRECTOR SAMANTHA ALDANA SHOOTS A TEASER FOR ‘LITTLE LYING WILD’ after winning WOMAN IN FAN GRANT
dec 20, 2024
Director Samantha Aldana (BTTL ‘22) has shot a teaser for Little Lying Wild, made possible by the Woman in Fan grant through the Sitges Film Festival. Her creative team is now hard at work in post-production. They are excited to use this teaser as a springboard to help bring the feature film to life.
TWO BTTL ALUMNI SELECTED FOR Canfro Productions' Diverse Showrunner Bootcamp
DEC 15, 2024
Directors Lora Campbell (BTTL ‘20) and Maya Bastian (BTTL ‘23) have both been selected for the Canfro Productions' Diverse Showrunner Bootcamp. The Canadian program, sponsored by Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Access Canada, is run by Anthony Q. Farrell through his production company Canfro Productions.
‘ALL WE CARRY’ wins BEST DOCUMENTARY at the Indies award show in LA
dec 10, 2024
Producer Laura Tatham (BTTL ‘20) recently won Best Documentary for her feature All We Carry at the first ever The Indies award show in LA, hosted by Slamdance. All We Carry follows one family’s extraordinary journey as they flee persecution in Honduras and endure months in US detention.
DIRECTOR RACHEL FEDLMAN’S ‘LILLY’ starring Patricia Clarkson prepares for theatrical release
NOV 29, 2024
Director Rachel Feldman’s Lilly (BTTL ‘20) starring Patricia Clarkson, will be released theatrically in April 2025. The film premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival and will soon screen at the Palm Springs Int. FF and the Santa Barbara Int FF among many others. Stay up-to-date by visiting their website below.
DIRECTOR GABRIELLA moses PARTICIPATES IN THE 2024 VENICE BIENNALE CINEMA COLLEGE PROGRAM
SEP 24, 2024
Director Gabriella Moses (BTTL ‘21) has been selected for the 13th edition of the Venice Biennale Cinema College program 2024/25 with her project in-development, The Booking. Her directorial debut Boca Chica had a successful festival run this year after premiering at Tribeca 2023 and winning the Nora Ephron Award as well as Grand Jury Prize at Nouveaux Regards Guadeloupe and NVision Film Festival and earning a Special Jury Mention at Bentonville International Film Festival.