Ken Stott as Dad, Helena Bonham Carter as Joan Potter, Freddie Highmore as Nigel Slater in Toast
Emerging Pictures is excited to partner with the Film Society of Lincoln Center and UK Film Council to present FROM BRITAIN WITH LOVE, an initiative to bring the freshest of independent cinema from Great Britain across the pond to American audiences.
FROM BRITAIN WITH LOVE will highlight six UK indie films through screenings at Emerging Cinemas across the US in June and July 2011, launching with Toast starring Helena Bonham Carter.
The showcase will premiere at New York’s Film Society of Lincoln Center, the curator of the program, on June 11 as part of the opening celebration for its state-of-the art Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center. Each of the six films showcased will be shown once at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, once downtown at the IFC Center, with simultaneous and subsequent screenings occurring throughout the country through Emerging’s digital cinema network. The series is also supported by partners: UK Trade and Investment, BAFTA, and Creative Screen Associates.
Scott Foundas, Associate Program Director, Film Society of Lincoln Center said: “We’re delighted to be curating From Britain with Love, which highlights the exceptional vibrancy of the British film industry, and offers our audience a wonderful opportunity to engage with new emerging UK talent. I hope that US audiences enjoy discovering these wonderful films and see for themselves the vitality and diversity the British film industry has to offer.”
The showcase will be a ‘first’ in making high quality independent British films accessible to audiences across the United States, and will feature the screening of each film on multiple screens in digital cinemas.
FROM BRITAIN WITH LOVE will include three films making their US Premiere: Toast, In Our Name, Third Star, and three films that have had select festival screenings across the country: A Boy Called Dad, Africa United, NEDS. For the full line-up and details on each film, visit our series page HERE, or visit http://www.frombritainwithlove.org/.
Sarah McKenzie, the UK Film Council’s Head of Export said: “This initiative is another example of how the UK Film Council has worked hard to open up UK film to international markets and audiences, and to promote our home-grown talent to new viewers. We’re extremely excited to announce this ambitious partnership with the prestigious Film Society of Lincoln Center and Emerging Pictures, and the opportunity to develop audiences for UK independent films in the US, and build income for the UK economy.”
COMPLETE LISTING OF CITIES AND PARTICIPATING THEATRES HERE.
For continuing updates on cities, participating theatres, and post-screening Q&A details, follow FROM BRITAIN WITH LOVE on Facebook and Twitter.
