Cinema Extreme
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Cinema Extreme is a major UK short film funding awards scheme, created in 2002. The scheme is funded by the UK Film Council
’s New Cinema Fund and Film4
and managed by The Bureau with the aim "to seek out and develop filmmakers with a distinctive directorial voice and cinematic flair". The fund is awarded on an annual basis, offering funding to a slate of around four short films.
Nineteen films have been commissioned to date. They have been shown at festivals around the world and won numerous awards including Best Short at the Edinburgh International Film Festival for Duane Hopkins
’ Love Me or Leave Me Alone and the Oscar for Best Short Film for Andrea Arnold
’s Wasp
.
The scheme has catapulted many of the commissioned filmmakers to their first feature:
UK Film Council
The UK Film Council was set up in 2000 by the Labour Government as a non-departmental public body to develop and promote the film industry in the UK. It was constituted as a private company limited by guarantee governed by a board of 15 directors and was funded through sources including the...
’s New Cinema Fund and Film4
Film4
Film4 is a free digital television channel available in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, owned and operated by Channel 4, that screens films.-Programming:...
and managed by The Bureau with the aim "to seek out and develop filmmakers with a distinctive directorial voice and cinematic flair". The fund is awarded on an annual basis, offering funding to a slate of around four short films.
Nineteen films have been commissioned to date. They have been shown at festivals around the world and won numerous awards including Best Short at the Edinburgh International Film Festival for Duane Hopkins
Duane Hopkins
Duane Hopkins is an English film director, artist and photographer, best known for directing the independent film Better Things .- Career :...
’ Love Me or Leave Me Alone and the Oscar for Best Short Film for Andrea Arnold
Andrea Arnold
Andrea Arnold OBE is a filmmaker and former actress from England, who made her feature film directorial debut in 2006 with Red Road.-Early TV work:...
’s Wasp
Wasp (film)
Wasp is a short film written and directed by Andrea Arnold. Released in 2003, it stars Nathalie Press as a struggling single mother determined not to let her four young children prove an obstacle in the pursuit of rekindling a relationship with an old ex-boyfriend Danny Dyer...
.
The scheme has catapulted many of the commissioned filmmakers to their first feature:
- WaspWasp (film)Wasp is a short film written and directed by Andrea Arnold. Released in 2003, it stars Nathalie Press as a struggling single mother determined not to let her four young children prove an obstacle in the pursuit of rekindling a relationship with an old ex-boyfriend Danny Dyer...
director Andrea ArnoldAndrea ArnoldAndrea Arnold OBE is a filmmaker and former actress from England, who made her feature film directorial debut in 2006 with Red Road.-Early TV work:...
went on to direct Red RoadRed Road (film)Red Road is a 2006 British film directed by Andrea Arnold. It tells the story of a CCTV security operator who observes through her monitors a man from her past. It is named after, and partly set at, the Red Road flats in Barmulloch, Glasgow, Scotland which were the tallest residential buildings in...
which won the CannesCannesCannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....
Jury Prize in 2006; - A Changed Man director Jens Jonsson went on to direct God Morgon Alla Barn;
- Love Me or Leave Me Alone director Duane HopkinsDuane HopkinsDuane Hopkins is an English film director, artist and photographer, best known for directing the independent film Better Things .- Career :...
and producer Samm Haillay are in post-production on Better Things; - The Bypass producer Trevor Ingman is producing feature documentary The MeerkatsThe MeerkatsThe Meerkats is a feature-length 2008 British wildlife fiction film which anthropomorphises the daily struggles of a clan of meerkats in the Kalahari Desert. It was produced by BBC Films and The Weinstein Company, and filmed by the award-winning BBC Natural History Unit...
; - Get the Picture director Rupert WyattRupert WyattRupert Wyatt is a British writer and film director. His debut film was The Escapist, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2008...
and producer Adrian Sturges are in post-production on The Escapist; - Soft director Simon EllisSimon Ellis (film director)Simon Ellis is a British film director.Ellis graduated from Nottingham Trent University in 1995, specialising in Fine Art photography. After completing his BA he began writing and directing short films on an independent basis and over the next ten years received numerous international film festival...
and producer Jane Hooks are in post production on Dogging: A Love Story; - Dog's MercuryDog's MercuryMercurialis perennis, commonly known as dog's mercury, is a woodland plant found in much of Europe, but almost absent from Ireland, Orkney and Shetland. A member of the spurge family , it is a herbaceous, downy perennial with erect stems bearing simple, serrate leaves. The dioecious inflorescences...
director Martin Raddich and producer Jane Hooks are in production on Crack Willow.
2010
| Film | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Writer(s) | Recipient | Date | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baby | Daniel Mulloy Daniel Mulloy Daniel Mulloy is a British artist and filmmaker. He is winner of The Golden Dragon, BIFA and BAFTA Awards.-Life and career:Born in Brixton , London, Mulloy moved to Carmarthen, Wales, as a teenager... |
Ohna Falby | Daniel Mulloy Daniel Mulloy Daniel Mulloy is a British artist and filmmaker. He is winner of The Golden Dragon, BIFA and BAFTA Awards.-Life and career:Born in Brixton , London, Mulloy moved to Carmarthen, Wales, as a teenager... |
5/10/10 | £25,000 | |
| Native Son Native Son Native Son is a novel by American author Richard Wright. The novel tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, an African American living in utter poverty. Bigger lived in Chicago's South Side ghetto in the 1930s... |
Scott Graham Scott Graham Scott Graham is an American sportscaster best known for his broadcasts of the Philadelphia Phillies. He has lived and worked near Philadelphia for most of his life. He was born June 10, 1965 in Belleville, New Jersey, and now lives in Voorhees Township, New Jersey. His sportscasting résumé covers... |
David Smith David Smith -In sports:* Dai Smith , rugby league footballer of the 1900s, who played for Salford, and Other Nationalities* David Smith , South African Olympic sport shooter... |
Scott Graham Scott Graham Scott Graham is an American sportscaster best known for his broadcasts of the Philadelphia Phillies. He has lived and worked near Philadelphia for most of his life. He was born June 10, 1965 in Belleville, New Jersey, and now lives in Voorhees Township, New Jersey. His sportscasting résumé covers... |
Broken Spectre Ltd | 22/11/09 | £25,000 |
| Gymnasts | Martina Amati | Gavin Emerson | 20/5/10 | £25,000 | ||
| The Pizza Miracle | Tony Grisoni Tony Grisoni -Biography:He has co-written several of director Terry Gilliam's films, including Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Tideland.Tony Grisoni worked in many different areas of film making before turning to screenwriting. QUEEN OF HEARTS, 1989 was his award winning first feature directed by Jon Amiel... |
Mike Elliot | Tony Grisoni Tony Grisoni -Biography:He has co-written several of director Terry Gilliam's films, including Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Tideland.Tony Grisoni worked in many different areas of film making before turning to screenwriting. QUEEN OF HEARTS, 1989 was his award winning first feature directed by Jon Amiel... |
Emu Films Ltd | 24/3/10 | £25,000 |
2006
| Film | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Writer(s) | Recipient | Date | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hallo Panda | Ben Blaine, Chris Blaine | Quinny Sacks, Barrington Paul Robinson | Ben Blaine, Chris Blaine | Charlie Productions Ltd | 5/4//06 | £25,000 |
| Soft | Simon Ellis | Jane Hooks | Simon Ellis | Bub Ltd | 22/3/06 | £25,000 |
| Dog's Mercury | Martin Radich | Jane Hooks | Warp Films Warp Films Warp is one of the foremost and most respected creative independent companies, now composed of Warp Records, Warp Films and Warp Music Videos & Commercials. It is based in London, England and Sheffield, with a further office now in Melbourne, Australia... Ltd |
4/5/06 | £25,000 | |
| Honeymoon | Miranda Bowen | Lisa Trnovski, Miranda Bowen | Miranda Bowen | 2am Films Ltd | 15/3/06 | £25,000 |
| After the Rain | Gaelle Dennis | Gaelle Dennis, Sibel Armutcu | Passion Pictures Passion Pictures Passion Pictures is a film and animation production company based in Rathbone Place, off Oxford Street in London's West End. They have been responsible for much of the production of the visual element of the animated rock band Gorillaz.... |
14/6/6 | £25,000 |
2004/2005
| Film | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Writer(s) | Recipient | Date | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monsters | Rob Morgan | Sylvie Bringas | Rob Morgan | Animus Films Ltd | 21/4/04 | £25,000 |
| Strange Little Girls | Savina Dellicour | Josie Law | Savina Dellicour | Lunar Productions Ltd | 31/04/04 | £25,000 |
| One Minute Past Midnight | Celia alan Julve | Paola Minazzato | Celia Galan Julve | Intrepido Ltd | 17/03/04 | £25,000 |
| Get the Picture | Rupert Wyatt Rupert Wyatt Rupert Wyatt is a British writer and film director. His debut film was The Escapist, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2008... |
Adrian Sturges | Rupert Wyatt Rupert Wyatt Rupert Wyatt is a British writer and film director. His debut film was The Escapist, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2008... |
Picture Farm Ltd | 12/11/03 | £28,152 |
| Floating | Mark Walker | Lachlan Mackinnon | Mark Walker | Intrepido Ltd | 13/01/04 | £25,000 |
2003
| Film | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Writer(s) | Recipient | Date | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Bypass | Amit Kumar | Trevor Ingman | Amit Kumar | Yaffle Films Ltd | 15/5/03 | £25,043 |
| Wasp Wasp (film) Wasp is a short film written and directed by Andrea Arnold. Released in 2003, it stars Nathalie Press as a struggling single mother determined not to let her four young children prove an obstacle in the pursuit of rekindling a relationship with an old ex-boyfriend Danny Dyer... |
Andrea Arnold Andrea Arnold Andrea Arnold OBE is a filmmaker and former actress from England, who made her feature film directorial debut in 2006 with Red Road.-Early TV work:... |
Lisa Bryer | Andrea Arnold Andrea Arnold Andrea Arnold OBE is a filmmaker and former actress from England, who made her feature film directorial debut in 2006 with Red Road.-Early TV work:... |
Cowboy Films Ltd | 15/5/03 | £25,000 |
| Love Me or Leave Me a Alone | Duane Hopkins Duane Hopkins Duane Hopkins is an English film director, artist and photographer, best known for directing the independent film Better Things .- Career :... |
Samm Haillay | Duane Hopkins Duane Hopkins Duane Hopkins is an English film director, artist and photographer, best known for directing the independent film Better Things .- Career :... |
Third Films Ltd | 29/01/03 | £25,000 |
| A Changed Man | Jens Jonsson | Robert Herman | Jens Jonsson | Stink Ltd | 11/12/02 | £25,000 |