Source: Screen International

Screen International Exclusive: Charlie Murphy and Flora Nicholson will lead the cast of Miss Pirie And Miss Woods, a true story LGBTQI+ drama from director Sophie Heldman and Winners producer Paul Welsh.

The UK has submitted Hassan Nazer’s Winners as its entry for best international feature at the Oscars. Set in a small Iranian village, the film follows two kids who go on an adventure to find the owner of an Oscar trophy they’ve discovered.

Screen International on Winners 

Hassan Nazer on Winners’ Audience Award win at EIFF 2022: “Winning the audience award at EIFF means everything to me. I have been working towards this since I decided to become a filmmaker.”

Variety, 24th August 2022

Fantastic news. Our film Winners has won the audience award at EIFF 2022, the 75th edition of this world class festival. Thank you to everyone who voted for the film.

On receiving the award, Hassan Nazer, Writer/Director of Winners said

“Winning the audience award at EIFF means everything to me. I have been working towards this since I decided to become a filmmaker. I make films for the audience and will continue to do so. It’s a great thing to be part of an ethnic minority living in Scotland where your vision is a mix of your background and new home. My aim is to always tie my cultures together and celebrate diversity through cinema. I’m very thankful our work has been recognised by Screen Scotland and EIFF.”

Onwards!

Read this great review of Winners following our world premiere at EIFF 2022

“An ode to cinema and the joys it brings … “

Review by Anna Smith 

Read this great review of Winners following our world premiere at EIFF 2022

“Hassan Nazer crafts a passionate, meta tribute to the cinema of his native Iran …”

Review by FIONNUALA HALLIGAN

Thank you EIFF 2022 for the great World Premiere Screening of Hassan Nazer’s Winners. Co-produced with Nadira Murray (Sylph Productions), the film has opened to great reviews and strong word of mouth. Winners journey has just begun …

Source: http://film-directory.britishcouncil.org/bound1

Developed and EP’ed by ECF’s Paul Welsh, Joe Carter’s comedy short Bound wins the audience award at Dinard British Film Festival. Commissioned by SFTN, funded by Creative Scotland and BFI, handcuffed and hungover two strangers navigate Edinburgh’s ultimate walk of shame. Also developed with SFTN First Feature funding, Ben Sharrock’s comic drama Limbo picks-up the Jury and Audience awards at the festival.

Growing-up in Scotland in the late seventies, Rhona Campbell doesn’t know whether she wants to marry a boy. Or be one.

Rhona Cameron’s original 8-part series Lemon has been backed by Screen Scotland for development. Based on Rhona’s acclaimed memoir 1979 – A Big Year In A Small Town, the project is being co-produced by Edge City Films and Hat Trick Productions. Paul Welsh is developing and Executive Producing for ECF. Jimmy Mulville is Executive Producing for Hat Trick.