Official Trailer - 'David is Dying' - Release date to be announced on Valentines Day 2012!

'David is Dying' (2011)

SAR production presents a feature film written,  produced and directed by Stephen Lloyd Jackson.  The film is about a young, successful hedge fund manager, David,  who has just been informed that he is HIV positive. He is informed of the possibility that his unborn child could also be infected and so too the child’s mother, his long-term fiancée, Carla.  Through an intense therapy session with his psychiatrist, David takes us on a pernicious journey that starts twelve months prior – the women, the sex and the demons.

David knows that he will die. He must live with that. However, he must also resolve the ghosts of the past before he can face his end.

'David Is Dying' is a dark, disturbing psychodrama, which illustrates the ugly side of love and tragic passion.

The film has already enjoyed the success of being nominated for nine International awards,  including 'Best Actor' at the American Black Film Festival in 2011.


The release dates will be announced on Valentines Day 2012.

David is Dying official website

Remake of Iconic Jamaican Film 'The Harder They Come' Expected 2012

U.K. production company Xingu Films, Canada's Conquering Lion and Jamaican producer Justine Henzell have linked together to remake the classic film "The Harder They Come',  writes Jennine Punter for Variety Magazine.


With the working title of "Harder", the remake is set to be produced by Henzell, Xingu's Trudie Styler and Alex Francis and Conquering Lion's Damon D'Oliveira and Clement Virgo.  


Punter writes that 'D'Oliveira described the new version as a re-imagining that will move to contemporary reggae and reggae-influenced grooves.  The original was written and directed by Henzell's father Perry Henzell, who died in 2006.  Principal photography is targeted for 2012.

The film is expected to be set in Jamaica and London, it's being writen by former New Musical Express scribe Chris Salewicz.

Source:  Variety.com   Date: 11 April 2011

Nadia Denton's 'Black Filmmaker's Guide to Success' - Free E-Book Download

Nadia Denton is the author of a new e-book entitled:  'The Black British Filmmaker’s Guide to Success'.  

This is a fantastic FREE resource packed full of advice from Nadia's experiences as a practitioner,  and also other industry professionals through extensive and exclusive interviews conducted by Nadia.

The author writes:  

" It has been written as a guide for black British filmmakers. The guide also bears relevance to the wider international community of black filmmakers and filmmakers of other backgrounds making black content, or other cultural specific work.

It is a personal development guide that is packed with very practical guidance to assist filmmakers in securing funding, marketing and distribution opportunities for their films. The book contains extensive good practice interviews with 42 key black filmmakers and decision makers in the industry".

To access the book,  you'll need to complete a short survey which is access in the link below:

Free Download

'White Jamaicans' - a documentary by David Ritter

A trailer on the documentary by David Ritter that examines the minority of Jamaica from a contemporary and historic outlook.  Launched onto DVD summer 2011

Winner of 2011 BBC Four World Cinema Awards Announced

The Separation has been announced as the winner of the BBC Four World cinema awards for 2011.


The Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin), a gripping and insightful drama telling the story of the break up of a marriage and its devastating consequences.

Executive producer Negar Eskandarfar collected the award at a ceremony held on 15th November at the BFI Southbank as Iranian director Asghar Farhadi was unable to attend the awards ceremony in person.

Read full article here

Date:  18th November 2011   Source:  BBC News

Rahman 'Slumdog' composer lifetime achievement award

CHENNAI -- Indian composer A.R. Rahman will receive a lifetime achievement honor at the 8th Dubai Film Festival.

Rahman won two Oscars and a BAFTA, Grammy and Golden Globe for his "Slumdog Millionaire" soundtrack. He also won multiple nominations for "127 Hours."

Considered India's pre-eminent composer, Rahman has scored more than 100 films in the Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Mandarin and Malayalam languages besides his work in Hollywood.

He is a part of supergroup Superheavy, the other members of which are Mick Jagger, Joss Stone, Dave Stewart and Damien Marley.

Source:  Variety 18th November 2011

New Film Channel for European Films

Nick Holdworth reports that The Film Europe Media Company has launched a new film channel dedicated to screening European Films.

"MOSCOW -- The Film Europe Channel, which is dedicated to screening only European films, launched late Thursday to subscribers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Film Europe Media Company founder and CEO Ivan Hronec said it will eventually go continent-wide.

The channel will show annually up to 500 European films in their original version with subtitles 24 hours a day, seven days a week without advertisements. It will broadcast in SD via satellite, with an HD option using fiber-optic cable.

"We will offer viewers film productions not only from the traditionally strong countries like the U.K., France, Italy, Poland and Russia, but also from smaller countries, such as Portugal, Denmark, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Austria and even Liechtenstein, the latter being the co-producer of 'Paris je t'aime,' which we aired symbolically yesterday as the very first film on our programming schedule."

The channel is being launched by a company that, since it was founded six years ago, has opened 10 TV channels across Europe.

Film Europe Media Company, which is privately owned, has been built without government subsidies from individual countries or the European Union, Hronec said.

"We want to show that the project has a strong commercial foundation and only then will we take on partners. This is the path that culture today must take -- responsible projects that have a healthy financial approach, while at the same time bringing cultural and artistic value to audiences," Hronec added.

In Slovakia and the Czech Republic, project partners for the new channel are the satellite platform Skylink, M7 Group and Slovak Telecom, which will be an exclusive partner in the beginning for IPTV. Slovak Telecom will include the television channel as part of its satellite package.

At the same time, Slovak Telecom will include films from Film Europe in its VOD service, Magio".

Source: Variety  18th November 2011