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Richard Loncraine is just about to start shooting a series of commercials starring two prominent British Actors for Age UK with David Buonaguidi at Karmarama. ........ Simon Cheek has just finished shooting two ads for Rainey Kelly for the BBC promoting their Iplayer service. ......... Ben Caron is currrently completing filming a series of 15 commercials for BMB for Ikea. The campaign has been shot over 4 months and features real people, covert camera techniques and new kichens being secretly installed overnight in people's houses. ......... Justin Chadwick is back from Bangladesh where he worked with the street children from a local charity in Dhaka for the Sainsburys Sport Relief campaign through AMV. His latest feature "First Grader", filmed on location in Kenya is currently in post-production. .......... Shane Meadow's commercials for the Home Office, dealing with the alarmingly prevelant issue of sexual violence within teenage relationships, were released in conjunction with a press release from the Home Secretary and appeared on Newsnight and the Today programme. Shane is currently producing and directing a sequel of the award winning feature This is England as a 4 part series for C4. ........... Andrea Arnold's 'Fish Tank' has won the Bafta for Best British Film, adding to the Bifa it won for Best British Independent Film as well as the Evening Standard award for Best British film. ........... Another great addition to Tomboy is Tim Kirkby who joins us having just finished shooting with Fallon. Tim's credentials include the cult series Look Around You and a variety of commercials for London's leading agencies. ............ Dominic Brigstocke walked in the Tomboy door, and landed a 13 part series for the internet!!! Starting shooting within the next couple of weeks, Dominic is looking forward to doing something different in the advertising world and with his mix of top tv and commercial credits will do a great job, we believe! We are delighted to announce that multi award winning director Andrea Arnold has joined us. Andrea has won an Oscar for her short film "Wasp' and twice won the prestigious Cannes Jury Prize - in 2006 for "Red Road' and again this year, for soon to be released, "Fish Tank". Fish Tank hits the UK cinemas this week. --------- There is bundles of glamour and glitz in Sandra Goldbacher's RKCR/ Y&R commercial for Strictly Come Dancing, which seems to be on air in virtually every break! Everyone had a great time shooting this and on viewing the final cut we were told that the BBC exec's drummed their feet in excitement! --------- Tomboy Films have just produced the much admired film of Noah and The Whales: FIRST DAYS OF SPRING. Written and directed by Charlie Fink this 40 minute film dramatises the brilliantly received new album of the same name from Noah and the Whale. Contact us if you'd like to see a copy. --------- Director John Crowley has signed with Tomboy Films. John directed the acclaimed feature films 'Boy A' and 'Intermission'. His latest feature 'Is Anybody There?' starring Michael Caine opened recently. -------- Tomboy has made another long form project, a 40 minute film directed and written by Charlie Fink. Charlie is the lead singer and songwriter with the band 'Noah and The Whale'. The film, for Mercury Records, was written along with the album as a companion piece. It will be seen on the festival circuit, including Edinburgh in June. -------- Justin Chadwick has just completed a 60 second commercial celebrating Sainsbury's 140th anniversary. for AMV BBDO. -------- Kirk Jones has just completed a commercial for Boots No.7 for Mother starring Keeley Hawes. -------- Tomboy Films have signed Jonti Pickering, better known as Weebl - http://www.weebls-stuff.com/ . He has just completed a campaign for 118 247. -------- Kirk Jones has just finished work on his new feature 'Everybody's Fine' starring Robert de Niro, Sam Rockwell and Kate Beckinsale. The film was produced by Tomboy's Glynis Murray. It should be out later this year. -------- Kog - Tomboy's digital wing - is going from strength to strength. They have recently completed pieces for Nokia, Ladbrokes Poker and Eurostar. Have a look at their site - http://www.kogindustries.com/ -------- Simon Cheek has just returned from shooting a Cheerios campaign for Canada and is in the middle of another campaign for Oats & More for the UK. -------- Shane Meadow's feature 'Somers Town', produced by Tomboy films, was screened at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Lead actors in the film, Thomas Turgoose and Piotr Jagiello, jointly won the coveted award for best actor in a narrative feature. The Tribeca jury described their performance as an "extraordinary and exhilarating rendering of a friendship found". -------- Shane Meadow's feature 'Somers Town', produced by Tomboy Films, is nominated for Best Festival Film at The Edinburgh Film Festival. The film has also been chosen to close the South Bank Meltdown Festival. -------- Kirk Jones has just completed prinicapl filming on his self-penned feature 'Everybody's Fine', starring Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore and Kate Beckinsale. -------- Tomboy Director Shane Meadows won the BAFTA for Best British Film. His film 'This is England' was described as 'One of the most valuable and important British films of the year'. -------- |
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