Barbie Documentary Among UK Global Screen Fund Titles
25.07.2023 - 17:37
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A TV documentary titled Barbie Uncovered and an adaptation of Homer’s classic The Odyssey starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche are among the titles to receive cash during the latest round of U.K. Global Screen Fund awards.
Financed through the UK government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the latest round handed out over £1.2 million in cash awards through the fund’s International Co-production strand, supporting UK producers to work as partners on international co-productions. To date, the strand has now awarded over £5 million to 33 co-productions.
This latest round of awards sees the UK co-producing with 12 territories and will be the first time the fund has supported collaborations with India and Finland. The funding will also support partnerships with Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, France, Italy, Greece, Germany, Ireland, Canada, and New Zealand.
TV doc Barbie Uncovered is an unofficial majority UK co-production with New Zealand. The UK producers are Scotland-based Ross Wilson from RW Productions and Alan Clements from Two Media Rivers who will co-produce with New Zealand’s Daniel Story and Cass Avery from Augusto. Directed by Eddie Hutton-Mills, the doc focuses on the history of the Barbie doll and the dramatic and dark story behind its creation.
Directed by Uberto Pasolini, The Return is an adaptation of Homer’s classic The Odyssey from a script by John Collee, Edward Bond, and Uberto Pasolini and will star Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Charlie Plummer, Marwan Kenzari, and Claudio Santamaria. Hanway Films are handling international sales. The pic is a minority UK co-production with Italy, Greece, and France made under the European Convention. The UK producers are James Clayton and Uberto