Charlotte Regan's debut feature is a delicately crafted and vibrant portrayal of the precarious life of 12-year-old Georgie (Lola Campbell). Returning from Ibiza, her father, Jason (Harris Dickinson), aims to make a fresh start with his daughter after the passing of her mother. The neighborhood they inhabit shines in flamboyant tones with vivid cyan, brassy, and lavender-hued houses on the impoverished fringes of eastern England, creating a visual contrast against the narrative.
The recipient of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic category at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, Scrapper achieves an interactive quality by portraying supporting characters disparaging Georgie directly in front of the camera. This enhances the whimsical essence of the picture. Georgie, living on her own, pals up with Ali (Alin Uzun) and engages in bicycle theft. Her peers harbour resentment towards her, and both school and social services remain indifferent to her existence until.
The recipient of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic category at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, Scrapper achieves an interactive quality by portraying supporting characters disparaging Georgie directly in front of the camera. This enhances the whimsical essence of the picture. Georgie, living on her own, pals up with Ali (Alin Uzun) and engages in bicycle theft. Her peers harbour resentment towards her, and both school and social services remain indifferent to her existence until.
- 11/24/2023
- by Levan Tskhovrebadze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Movistar Plus+ Shooting Comedy ‘Muertos S.L.’
Cameras are rolling on Muertos S.L., an eight-part Spanish sitcom for Movistar Plus+ set in a family-owned funeral home. Laura and Alberto Caballero are directing the series, which is a Movistar Plus+ production in collaboration with Contubernio Sl. Carlos Areces leads the cast, which also includes Ascen López, Salva Reina, Aitziber Garmendia and Adriana Torrebejano among others. Plot reads: “When Gonzalo Torregrosa, owner and founder of Torregrosa Funeral Home, passes away, Dámaso Carrillo, his right-hand man in the company, doesn’t hesitate that the best for the business is taking the reins himself. However, against all odds, Nieves, the septuagenarian widow, decides to take the lead in the family business, with the assistance of her inept yet enthusiastic son-in-law, Chemi, a Marketing expert, and in defiance of her daughters’ plans to close the Funeral Home and start a gym.
Cameras are rolling on Muertos S.L., an eight-part Spanish sitcom for Movistar Plus+ set in a family-owned funeral home. Laura and Alberto Caballero are directing the series, which is a Movistar Plus+ production in collaboration with Contubernio Sl. Carlos Areces leads the cast, which also includes Ascen López, Salva Reina, Aitziber Garmendia and Adriana Torrebejano among others. Plot reads: “When Gonzalo Torregrosa, owner and founder of Torregrosa Funeral Home, passes away, Dámaso Carrillo, his right-hand man in the company, doesn’t hesitate that the best for the business is taking the reins himself. However, against all odds, Nieves, the septuagenarian widow, decides to take the lead in the family business, with the assistance of her inept yet enthusiastic son-in-law, Chemi, a Marketing expert, and in defiance of her daughters’ plans to close the Funeral Home and start a gym.
- 10/24/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Bifa sets partnership with talent support organisation We Are Bridge.
The final longlist for the 2023 British Independent Film Awards (Bifa) has been unveiled, with actors from Rye Lane and Scrapper among those longlisted for the breakthrough performance award.
Fifteen actors are on the list, including David Jonsson and Vivian Oparah, co-leads in Raine Allen-Miller’s romantic comedy Rye Lane; and Lola Campbell and Alin Uzun from Charlotte Regan’s Sundance drama Scrapper.
Scroll down for the full Breakthrough Performance longlist
Also listed are Mia McKenna Bruce for her lead role in Molly Manning Walker’s clubbing holiday drama How To Have Sex; and Keenan Munn-Francis,...
The final longlist for the 2023 British Independent Film Awards (Bifa) has been unveiled, with actors from Rye Lane and Scrapper among those longlisted for the breakthrough performance award.
Fifteen actors are on the list, including David Jonsson and Vivian Oparah, co-leads in Raine Allen-Miller’s romantic comedy Rye Lane; and Lola Campbell and Alin Uzun from Charlotte Regan’s Sundance drama Scrapper.
Scroll down for the full Breakthrough Performance longlist
Also listed are Mia McKenna Bruce for her lead role in Molly Manning Walker’s clubbing holiday drama How To Have Sex; and Keenan Munn-Francis,...
- 10/24/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper delights within the first few minutes. Regan’s debut feature follows Georgie (Lola Campbell), a 12-year-old girl living utterly alone. She does the dishes, vacuums the carpet, and makes a meager earning by stealing and then selling bikes. She’s independent, feisty, a grown-up wearing the same soccer jersey every day. Georgie has recently lost her mother and she doesn’t want anything to change. Soon, though, her absent father, Jason (Harris Dickinson), shows up from Ibiza.
Regan’s story addresses grief without hesitation. The adolescents in Scrapper––Georgie and her best friend, Ali (Alin Uzun)––talk about her mother’s death openly. Then, they’ll go outside and play for hours in the grass surrounding their flats. These sequences stretch on, with Regan allowing the two to just be...
Regan’s story addresses grief without hesitation. The adolescents in Scrapper––Georgie and her best friend, Ali (Alin Uzun)––talk about her mother’s death openly. Then, they’ll go outside and play for hours in the grass surrounding their flats. These sequences stretch on, with Regan allowing the two to just be...
- 8/24/2023
- by Michael Frank
- The Film Stage
If someone built a stereotypical "Sundance movie" from spare parts, they might assemble a film resembling "Scrapper." A precocious child. An absent father. An up-and-coming star getting a real chance to shine. A sneakily pastel-filled color palette. An eclectic sense of visual style. A mixture of humor and heartbreak.
Charlotte Regan's freshman feature did, in fact, win the 2023 edition of the festival's Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Dramatic section. But that triumph is not because it checks all the boxes and meets all the criteria of the quirky little indie that could. Regan is not fulfilling the stereotype so much as she's undermining it from within.
The cinematic imagination flexed in "Scrapper" plunges viewers deeply into the subjective headspace of 12-year-old protagonist Georgie, embodied by the dynamite debut performer Lola Campbell. Before Regan even shows the film's pint-sized protagonist, she makes Georgie's handiwork known. "It takes a village to raise a child,...
Charlotte Regan's freshman feature did, in fact, win the 2023 edition of the festival's Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Dramatic section. But that triumph is not because it checks all the boxes and meets all the criteria of the quirky little indie that could. Regan is not fulfilling the stereotype so much as she's undermining it from within.
The cinematic imagination flexed in "Scrapper" plunges viewers deeply into the subjective headspace of 12-year-old protagonist Georgie, embodied by the dynamite debut performer Lola Campbell. Before Regan even shows the film's pint-sized protagonist, she makes Georgie's handiwork known. "It takes a village to raise a child,...
- 8/24/2023
- by Marshall Shaffer
- Slash Film
Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper is a baffling clash of two incompatible visions. The film is partly presented as a glum bit of kitchen-sink realism, tracing the hard-knock life of 12-year-old Georgie (Lola Campbell) in the aftermath of her mother’s death. But it’s also pitched as a twee indie dramedy, showing that Georgie has gotten by on her own in much the same way that so many quirky movie children have had to function like miniature adults.
At its most serious, the film watches as Georgie cleans her cramped apartment before then going off with an older boy, Ali (Alin Uzun), to steal bike parts and sell them for money. She’s never known her father, Jason (Harris Dickinson), and then one day he crawls over her backyard fence and demands to stay with her. From such moments, Scrapper swings discordantly toward the cutesy, as when Georgie tries to...
At its most serious, the film watches as Georgie cleans her cramped apartment before then going off with an older boy, Ali (Alin Uzun), to steal bike parts and sell them for money. She’s never known her father, Jason (Harris Dickinson), and then one day he crawls over her backyard fence and demands to stay with her. From such moments, Scrapper swings discordantly toward the cutesy, as when Georgie tries to...
- 8/21/2023
- by Steven Scaife
- Slant Magazine
Georgie is just surviving alone on the edge of society, when the arrival of her errant father complicates things further – in a bittersweet debut from director Charlotte Regan
There’s a tender sweetness in this likable, beautifully photographed if sometimes unsubtle and improbable debut feature from British film-maker Charlotte Regan, all about a fragile father-daughter relationship.
A 12-year-old girl called Georgie on an east London estate (played by newcomer Lola Campbell) has been orphaned by the death of her single mum, and is currently living secretly and illegally on her own in their council house. She is getting into fights, making money by nicking bikes and selling them to a local who keeps the spoils in a lockup; all the while she is pretending to her school and social services that an uncle named “Winston Churchill” is there with her. She has a best mate called Ali (Alin Uzun), whose...
There’s a tender sweetness in this likable, beautifully photographed if sometimes unsubtle and improbable debut feature from British film-maker Charlotte Regan, all about a fragile father-daughter relationship.
A 12-year-old girl called Georgie on an east London estate (played by newcomer Lola Campbell) has been orphaned by the death of her single mum, and is currently living secretly and illegally on her own in their council house. She is getting into fights, making money by nicking bikes and selling them to a local who keeps the spoils in a lockup; all the while she is pretending to her school and social services that an uncle named “Winston Churchill” is there with her. She has a best mate called Ali (Alin Uzun), whose...
- 8/19/2023
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
We present our interviews from the Scrapper Premiere on the opening night of Sundance Film Festival: London 2023. Directed by Charlotte Regan, the film stars Harris Dickinson and newcomer Lola Campbell. Also attending were Alin Uzun, Theo Barrowclough and Molly Manning Walker.
The movie has its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival: London on the 6th of July before hitting UK and Ireland on the 26th of August. Scott Davis and Ethan Hart were on the red carpet. Here are their interviews.
Scrapper Premiere Interviews
Plot:
It’s said that it takes a village to raise a child but 12-year-old Georgie (Lola Campbell) has other ideas. Living alone since her beloved mum died, Georgie fills the flat they shared with her special magic. But when her absent father Jason (Harris Dickinson) turns up out of the blue, she’s forced to confront reality. A dreamy, witty and unmissable tale of family and fresh starts.
The movie has its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival: London on the 6th of July before hitting UK and Ireland on the 26th of August. Scott Davis and Ethan Hart were on the red carpet. Here are their interviews.
Scrapper Premiere Interviews
Plot:
It’s said that it takes a village to raise a child but 12-year-old Georgie (Lola Campbell) has other ideas. Living alone since her beloved mum died, Georgie fills the flat they shared with her special magic. But when her absent father Jason (Harris Dickinson) turns up out of the blue, she’s forced to confront reality. A dreamy, witty and unmissable tale of family and fresh starts.
- 7/6/2023
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
After being seen in last year’s Oscar-nominated Triangle of Sadness, Beach Rats breakout Harris Dickinson is back this year with Scrapper. Marking Charlotte Regan’s directorial debut, the lively British drama premiered at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year where it picked up a Grand Jury Prize. Ahead of a late August release from Kino Lorber, the first trailer has now arrived.
Here’s the synopsis: “This vibrant and inventive father-daughter comedy follows Georgie (Lola Campbell), a resourceful 12-year-old girl who secretly lives alone in her flat in a working class suburb of London following the death of her mother. She makes money stealing bikes with her best friend Ali (Alin Uzun) and keeps the social workers off her back by pretending to live with an uncle. Out of nowhere, her estranged father Jason arrives and forces her to confront reality. Uninterested in this sudden new parental figure, Georgie...
Here’s the synopsis: “This vibrant and inventive father-daughter comedy follows Georgie (Lola Campbell), a resourceful 12-year-old girl who secretly lives alone in her flat in a working class suburb of London following the death of her mother. She makes money stealing bikes with her best friend Ali (Alin Uzun) and keeps the social workers off her back by pretending to live with an uncle. Out of nowhere, her estranged father Jason arrives and forces her to confront reality. Uninterested in this sudden new parental figure, Georgie...
- 6/29/2023
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
After a buzzy premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, including winning the World Cinema Dramatic Prize, Charlotte Regan’s directorial debut “Scrapper” has a trailer. The 125-second reveal spells out the film’s premise amid periodic onscreen text excerpting various rave reviews.
The dramedy stars Lola Campbell as a scrappy young street kid who steals bikes to pay the bills following her mother’s death. While palling around with her partner in crime (Alin Uzun) and keeping social workers off her tail by pretending to live with her uncle, her world is changed when her estranged father (Harris Dickinson from last year’s breakout “Triangle of Sadness”) arrives to partake in her life. Uninterested in this sudden new parental figure, the 12-year-old is stubbornly resistant to his efforts. As they adjust to their new circumstances, daughter and dad find that they both still have a lot of growing up to do.
The dramedy stars Lola Campbell as a scrappy young street kid who steals bikes to pay the bills following her mother’s death. While palling around with her partner in crime (Alin Uzun) and keeping social workers off her tail by pretending to live with her uncle, her world is changed when her estranged father (Harris Dickinson from last year’s breakout “Triangle of Sadness”) arrives to partake in her life. Uninterested in this sudden new parental figure, the 12-year-old is stubbornly resistant to his efforts. As they adjust to their new circumstances, daughter and dad find that they both still have a lot of growing up to do.
- 6/29/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Prize at Sundance this year, the trailer arrives for Scrapper, the feature debut from British writer-director Charlotte Regan. The film will hit U.S. theaters—including New York City’s IFC Center—via Kino Lorber on August 25. An official synopsis reads: This vibrant and inventive father-daughter comedy follows Georgie (Lola Campbell), a resourceful 12-year-old girl who secretly lives alone in her flat in a working class suburb of London following the death of her mother. She makes money stealing bikes with her best friend Ali (Alin Uzun) and keeps the social workers off her back by pretending […]
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- 6/29/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Prize at Sundance this year, the trailer arrives for Scrapper, the feature debut from British writer-director Charlotte Regan. The film will hit U.S. theaters—including New York City’s IFC Center—via Kino Lorber on August 25. An official synopsis reads: This vibrant and inventive father-daughter comedy follows Georgie (Lola Campbell), a resourceful 12-year-old girl who secretly lives alone in her flat in a working class suburb of London following the death of her mother. She makes money stealing bikes with her best friend Ali (Alin Uzun) and keeps the social workers off her back by pretending […]
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The post Trailer Watch: Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 6/29/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
When it comes to adulthood (and parenthood), it’s hard not to just scrape by.
Sundance breakout feature debut “Scrapper” centers on young father Jason, played by “Triangle of Sadness” star Harris Dickinson, who returns to London to reunite with his estranged 12-year-old daughter Georgie (Lola Campbell) following her mother’s (Olivia Brady) death. The film marks director Charlotte Regan’s feature debut.
The father-daughter comedy follows Georgie (Campbell), a resourceful 12-year-old girl who secretly lives alone in her flat in a working-class suburb of London following the death of her mother. She makes money stealing bikes with her best friend Ali (Alin Uzun) and keeps the social workers off her back by pretending to live with an uncle. Out of nowhere, her estranged father Jason (Dickinson) arrives and forces her to confront reality. Uninterested in this sudden new parental figure, Georgie is stubbornly resistant to his efforts. As they adjust to their new circumstances,...
Sundance breakout feature debut “Scrapper” centers on young father Jason, played by “Triangle of Sadness” star Harris Dickinson, who returns to London to reunite with his estranged 12-year-old daughter Georgie (Lola Campbell) following her mother’s (Olivia Brady) death. The film marks director Charlotte Regan’s feature debut.
The father-daughter comedy follows Georgie (Campbell), a resourceful 12-year-old girl who secretly lives alone in her flat in a working-class suburb of London following the death of her mother. She makes money stealing bikes with her best friend Ali (Alin Uzun) and keeps the social workers off her back by pretending to live with an uncle. Out of nowhere, her estranged father Jason (Dickinson) arrives and forces her to confront reality. Uninterested in this sudden new parental figure, Georgie is stubbornly resistant to his efforts. As they adjust to their new circumstances,...
- 6/29/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Picturehouse and the non-profit Sundance Institute have announced the lineup of feature fiction and documentary films, a specially curated programme of UK-produced short
films and a Gregg Araki retrospective for the 10th edition of Sundance Film Festival: London 2023, taking place from 6 to 9 July at Picturehouse Central.
The Festival will present 11 feature films that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Salt Lake City, and the Sundance Resort in January, specially curated for London by the Sundance Institute programming team in collaboration with Picturehouse. The festival will close on 9 July with the UK premiere of You Hurt My Feelings, from acclaimed filmmaker Nicole Holofcener. The Brooklyn-set comedy-drama stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tobias Menzies (The Crown) as a couple whose marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears his honest
reaction to her latest book.
The Festival previously announced that it will open on 6 July with the UK premiere of Scrapper,...
films and a Gregg Araki retrospective for the 10th edition of Sundance Film Festival: London 2023, taking place from 6 to 9 July at Picturehouse Central.
The Festival will present 11 feature films that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Salt Lake City, and the Sundance Resort in January, specially curated for London by the Sundance Institute programming team in collaboration with Picturehouse. The festival will close on 9 July with the UK premiere of You Hurt My Feelings, from acclaimed filmmaker Nicole Holofcener. The Brooklyn-set comedy-drama stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tobias Menzies (The Crown) as a couple whose marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears his honest
reaction to her latest book.
The Festival previously announced that it will open on 6 July with the UK premiere of Scrapper,...
- 5/5/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Sundance Film Festival: London 2023 will close with the U.K. premiere of Nicole Holofcener’s “You Hurt My Feelings.”
The comedy-drama is set in Brooklyn and stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tobias Menzies as a couple whose marriage is thrown into turmoil when she overhears his honest reaction to her latest book.
As previously announced, the festival will open with the U.K. premiere of “Scrapper,” written and directed by Londoner Charlotte Regan, starring Harris Dickinson and newcomers Lola Campbell and Alin Uzun. It follows Georgie, a dreamy 12-year-old girl, who lives happily alone in her London flat, filling it with magic. Suddenly, her estranged father turns up and forces her to confront reality.
Curated by Picturehouse and the Sundance Institute, the 10th edition of the festival is set to take place from July 6-9 July at Picturehouse Central and will showcase 11 feature films that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City,...
The comedy-drama is set in Brooklyn and stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tobias Menzies as a couple whose marriage is thrown into turmoil when she overhears his honest reaction to her latest book.
As previously announced, the festival will open with the U.K. premiere of “Scrapper,” written and directed by Londoner Charlotte Regan, starring Harris Dickinson and newcomers Lola Campbell and Alin Uzun. It follows Georgie, a dreamy 12-year-old girl, who lives happily alone in her London flat, filling it with magic. Suddenly, her estranged father turns up and forces her to confront reality.
Curated by Picturehouse and the Sundance Institute, the 10th edition of the festival is set to take place from July 6-9 July at Picturehouse Central and will showcase 11 feature films that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City,...
- 5/3/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The festival will open with a prizewinner from Sundance in the US.
Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper will open the 2023 Sundance Film Festival: London, which will run from July 6-9 at the Picturehouse Central cinema.
The 10th edition of the offshoot of Sundance Film Festival has moved four weeks later in the summer, from its previous date at the start of June.
Directed by 2020 Screen Star of Tomorrow Regan, Scrapper will have its UK premiere at the festival on July 6; before Picturehouse Entertainment releases it in UK cinemas on August 25.
The film follows Georgie, a dreamy 12-year-old girl, who lives happily alone in her London flat.
Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper will open the 2023 Sundance Film Festival: London, which will run from July 6-9 at the Picturehouse Central cinema.
The 10th edition of the offshoot of Sundance Film Festival has moved four weeks later in the summer, from its previous date at the start of June.
Directed by 2020 Screen Star of Tomorrow Regan, Scrapper will have its UK premiere at the festival on July 6; before Picturehouse Entertainment releases it in UK cinemas on August 25.
The film follows Georgie, a dreamy 12-year-old girl, who lives happily alone in her London flat.
- 3/7/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Charades has secured a flurry of deals on Charlotte Regan’s British dramedy “Scrapper,” which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.
Starring Harris Dickinson (“Triangle of Sadness”) as a downbeat dad, “Scrapper” has been sold to Spain (Caramel), Australia (Madman), Poland (Against Gravity), Baltics and Cis (Arthouse), Greece (Cinobo) and Airlines (Aardwolf). “Scrapper” has already sold to the U.K. (Pictures House). Charades is currently negotiating deals for Japan, Israel, USA, Scandinavia and South Korea.
The film follows Georgie, a dreamy 12-year-old girl who lives happily alone in her London flat, filling it with magic. Suddenly, her estranged father turns up and forces her to confront reality.
“Scrapper” bowed in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance and earned unanimous critical praise with Variety’s Guy Lodge describing it as a “sweet, pastel-colored spin on British Realism. The movie is produced by Theo Barrowclough, and executive produced by Eva Yates,...
Starring Harris Dickinson (“Triangle of Sadness”) as a downbeat dad, “Scrapper” has been sold to Spain (Caramel), Australia (Madman), Poland (Against Gravity), Baltics and Cis (Arthouse), Greece (Cinobo) and Airlines (Aardwolf). “Scrapper” has already sold to the U.K. (Pictures House). Charades is currently negotiating deals for Japan, Israel, USA, Scandinavia and South Korea.
The film follows Georgie, a dreamy 12-year-old girl who lives happily alone in her London flat, filling it with magic. Suddenly, her estranged father turns up and forces her to confront reality.
“Scrapper” bowed in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance and earned unanimous critical praise with Variety’s Guy Lodge describing it as a “sweet, pastel-colored spin on British Realism. The movie is produced by Theo Barrowclough, and executive produced by Eva Yates,...
- 2/16/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The Sundance Film Festival is known for bringing quirky indie stories to the silver screen, and the year 2023 is no different. Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper introduces a darling feature film with personality and heart in spades. A simple, yet sincere father-daughter story is further elevated by grounded performances that feel thoroughly genuine.
‘Scrapper’ follows the sudden appearance of an estranged father L-r: Harris Dickinson as Jason and Lola Campbell as Georgie | Chris Harris / Courtesy of Sundance Institute
A resourceful 12-year-old girl named Georgie (Lola Campbell) lives all by herself in a London-outskirts flat after her mother died. She fooled each part of the system, including the social workers, into thinking that she’s living with a nonexistent uncle. Meanwhile, Georgie is working with her friend, Ali (Alin Uzun), to steal bikes to make a living.
One day, her father, Jason (Triangle of Sadness‘ Harris Dickinson), shows up out of the blue,...
‘Scrapper’ follows the sudden appearance of an estranged father L-r: Harris Dickinson as Jason and Lola Campbell as Georgie | Chris Harris / Courtesy of Sundance Institute
A resourceful 12-year-old girl named Georgie (Lola Campbell) lives all by herself in a London-outskirts flat after her mother died. She fooled each part of the system, including the social workers, into thinking that she’s living with a nonexistent uncle. Meanwhile, Georgie is working with her friend, Ali (Alin Uzun), to steal bikes to make a living.
One day, her father, Jason (Triangle of Sadness‘ Harris Dickinson), shows up out of the blue,...
- 1/29/2023
- by Jeff Nelson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
While our Sundance Film Festival 2023 coverage continues to roll in, the respective juries at Park City have doled out their winners, with Grand Jury Prizes awarded to A Thousand and One (U.S. Dramatic), Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (U.S. Documentary), Scrapper (World Cinema Dramatic), and The Eternal Memory (World Cinema Documentary), and the Next Innovator Award presented by Adobe was awarded to Kokomo City.
Check out the full list of winners below, with our coverage where available.
Grand Jury Prizes
The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was presented to A.V. Rockwell for A Thousand and One / U.S.A. — Convinced it’s one last, necessary crime on the path to redemption, unapologetic and free-spirited Inez kidnaps 6-year-old Terry from the foster care system. Holding on to their secret and each other, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability in New York City.
Check out the full list of winners below, with our coverage where available.
Grand Jury Prizes
The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was presented to A.V. Rockwell for A Thousand and One / U.S.A. — Convinced it’s one last, necessary crime on the path to redemption, unapologetic and free-spirited Inez kidnaps 6-year-old Terry from the foster care system. Holding on to their secret and each other, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability in New York City.
- 1/28/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Teyana Taylor and Aaron Kingsley in ‘A Thousand and One’ (Photo Courtesy of Sundance Institute / Photo by Focus Features)
The Sundance Film Festival named A Thousand and One from writer/director A.V. Rockwell the winner of the prestigious U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic. Directors Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson’s The Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at the 2023 festival which hosted in-person screenings as well as access online.
“This year’s Festival has been an extraordinary experience,” said Joana Vicente, Sundance Institute CEO. “The artists that comprise the 2023 Sundance Film Festival have demonstrated a sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in independent film. Today’s award winners highlight our programs’ most impressive achievements in the current moment of cinematic arts. I hope you will join me in congratulating our winners, as well as thanking all artists across sections...
The Sundance Film Festival named A Thousand and One from writer/director A.V. Rockwell the winner of the prestigious U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic. Directors Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson’s The Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at the 2023 festival which hosted in-person screenings as well as access online.
“This year’s Festival has been an extraordinary experience,” said Joana Vicente, Sundance Institute CEO. “The artists that comprise the 2023 Sundance Film Festival have demonstrated a sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in independent film. Today’s award winners highlight our programs’ most impressive achievements in the current moment of cinematic arts. I hope you will join me in congratulating our winners, as well as thanking all artists across sections...
- 1/27/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Ever since her mother’s death, 12-year-old Georgie (Lola Campbell) has been living all on her own in director Charlotte Regan’s film Scrapper. She scrapes by with the help of her friend Ali (Alin Uzun) and their bike-stealing hustle, staving off social workers by pretending to live with a non-existent uncle. Just when she thinks she’s got it all figured out, a man named Jason (Harris Dickenson) appears, who claims to be her father. Though she barely recognizes him due to his prolonged absence from her life, she nonetheless falls under his care—but not without a fair amount of pushback. Cinematographer […]
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- 1/27/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Ever since her mother’s death, 12-year-old Georgie (Lola Campbell) has been living all on her own in director Charlotte Regan’s film Scrapper. She scrapes by with the help of her friend Ali (Alin Uzun) and their bike-stealing hustle, staving off social workers by pretending to live with a non-existent uncle. Just when she thinks she’s got it all figured out, a man named Jason (Harris Dickenson) appears, who claims to be her father. Though she barely recognizes him due to his prolonged absence from her life, she nonetheless falls under his care—but not without a fair amount of pushback. Cinematographer […]
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- 1/27/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
It feels serendipitous that Scrapper, a somber slice-of-life British melodrama, screened at the Sundance Film Festival just days after hysterical reporting on Prince Harry’s book, Spare, and the announcement of King Charles’ coronation plans. Finding it a bit hard to sympathize and identify with––or care about––the ongoing drama surrounding the U.K.’s Royal Family? You can bet the characters in Scrapper wouldn’t care less, either. Audience members watching Charlotte Regan’s film will, however, care deeply about 12-year-old Georgie and her existence on the outskirts of London.
Scrapper is a remarkably assured first feature for director Charlotte Regan, who follows a string of acclaimed shorts and music videos. While its working-class milieu calls to mind noteworthy British dramas like Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank and Clio Barnard’s Ali & Ava, Scrapper has a different feel. There is more humor, for starters––some of it derived from its protagonist,...
Scrapper is a remarkably assured first feature for director Charlotte Regan, who follows a string of acclaimed shorts and music videos. While its working-class milieu calls to mind noteworthy British dramas like Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank and Clio Barnard’s Ali & Ava, Scrapper has a different feel. There is more humor, for starters––some of it derived from its protagonist,...
- 1/27/2023
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
Let’s get it out of the way now, because comparisons are inevitably going to be made between British writer-director Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper, a competitor in the world cinema section at Sundance, and fellow Brit Charlotte Wells’ feature debut Aftersun, which emerged on the festival circuit last fall. Both of these mono-titled films made by women named Charlotte revolve around working-class adolescent girls and their respective single-parent fathers goofing off during over summer vacation. Viewers who don’t track movies as closely as festival goers and trade consumers are bound to get them mixed up. It’s important that you, dear reader, help to clear up any confusion: Aftersun is an almost miraculous work of beauty and Scrapper is a sweet bit of fluff that’s trying too hard to be funny and offbeat and ends up being too often simply annoying.
That said, there are qualities to enjoy in Scrapper.
That said, there are qualities to enjoy in Scrapper.
- 1/23/2023
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Georgie, the suitably scrappy 12-year-old protagonist of “Scrapper,” is a near-professional bicycle thief. Expert at picking locks and making quick getaways, she steals the two-wheelers, fixes them up or strips them for parts, and sprays their reassembled frames with a new coat of paint before sending them on their way. Charlotte Regan, the freshman writer-director of this winsome British dramedy, knows a few things herself about making something new and shiny from pilfered parts. Tracking the gradual but inevitable thawing of relations between Georgie and the estranged father who breezes back into her life, Regan’s debut rehashes a host of familiar elements from from assorted kitchen-sink dramas and dysfunctional parent-child stories, painting them colorfully enough that audiences won’t mind the odd bit of rust.
Still, viewed beside other recent breakouts in the British indie bracket — not least a certain other bittersweet father-daughter study directed by a novice named...
Still, viewed beside other recent breakouts in the British indie bracket — not least a certain other bittersweet father-daughter study directed by a novice named...
- 1/23/2023
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Kino Lorber releases the film in theaters on Friday, August 25.
From Pitsea railway station in south-central Essex, around 15 miles from London, you can get to a lot of places. Trains go to industrial port Tilbury further south, seaside paradise Southend to the east (admittedly: my home), and of course the Big Smoke a few minutes west. Georgie (newcomer Lola Campbell), a 12-year-old girl motoring through the stages of grief since losing her mom to an unspecified illness, couldn’t care less. The cookie-cutter estate where Georgie lives, all alone, is everything she needs. Debutant director Charlotte Regan and Dp Molly Manning Walker make it feel like all Earth is there. Georgie’s self-contained world matches up with a fierce self-sufficiency. Her primary caregiver, aside from fictional uncle “Winston Churchill,” is Georgie. Even with Britain’s notoriously stretched public services,...
From Pitsea railway station in south-central Essex, around 15 miles from London, you can get to a lot of places. Trains go to industrial port Tilbury further south, seaside paradise Southend to the east (admittedly: my home), and of course the Big Smoke a few minutes west. Georgie (newcomer Lola Campbell), a 12-year-old girl motoring through the stages of grief since losing her mom to an unspecified illness, couldn’t care less. The cookie-cutter estate where Georgie lives, all alone, is everything she needs. Debutant director Charlotte Regan and Dp Molly Manning Walker make it feel like all Earth is there. Georgie’s self-contained world matches up with a fierce self-sufficiency. Her primary caregiver, aside from fictional uncle “Winston Churchill,” is Georgie. Even with Britain’s notoriously stretched public services,...
- 1/23/2023
- by Adam Solomons
- Indiewire
So you think it takes a village to raise a child? Well, Georgie (Lola Campbell) would like a word. The 12-year-old protagonist of Charlotte Regan’s lovely British drama “Scrapper” is pretty sure she can raise herself, thanks.
She proves it too, for a while. Though her beloved mum’s recent death has left her reeling, she’s dealing with her grief by taking the only approach possible: shut down practicality. She still runs the house just as her mother did — cleaning, getting ready for school, and paying bills.
Of course, she has to steal and resell bikes with her best friend Ali (Alin Uzun) to pay those bills, and she relies on the disinterest of social services to keep living alone in her small council flat. For the most part, she’s right that very few adults care enough to confirm her safety, but there was one adult who did: her mother,...
She proves it too, for a while. Though her beloved mum’s recent death has left her reeling, she’s dealing with her grief by taking the only approach possible: shut down practicality. She still runs the house just as her mother did — cleaning, getting ready for school, and paying bills.
Of course, she has to steal and resell bikes with her best friend Ali (Alin Uzun) to pay those bills, and she relies on the disinterest of social services to keep living alone in her small council flat. For the most part, she’s right that very few adults care enough to confirm her safety, but there was one adult who did: her mother,...
- 1/23/2023
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
The film is the directorial debut of Screen Star of Tomorrow Charlotte Regan
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired all UK and Ireland rights to Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper, which was part of this year’s Great8 showcase at Cannes.
The directorial debut of 2020 Screen Star of Tomorrow Regan, the film is a comedy drama about a 12-year-old girl living happily alone in London until her estranged father returns and forces her to face reality.
Scrapper was presented as part of Cannes’ Great8 selection which showcases the work of emerging UK filmmakers to international buyers and festival programmers.
The film stars Harris Dickson,...
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired all UK and Ireland rights to Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper, which was part of this year’s Great8 showcase at Cannes.
The directorial debut of 2020 Screen Star of Tomorrow Regan, the film is a comedy drama about a 12-year-old girl living happily alone in London until her estranged father returns and forces her to face reality.
Scrapper was presented as part of Cannes’ Great8 selection which showcases the work of emerging UK filmmakers to international buyers and festival programmers.
The film stars Harris Dickson,...
- 5/31/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Titles include ’Aftersun’, ’Enys Men’, ‘Birchanger Green’ and ‘A Gaza Weekend’.
Cannes premieres Aftersun, sold by Charades, and Enys Men, sold by Protagonist Pictures, are among the titles selected for year’s Great 8, the annual Cannes buyers’ showcase of UK films from emerging directors.
The other six titles are all in post-production.
Now in its fifth edition, the 2022 Great 8 showcase is funded and run by the BFI and the British Council, in partnership with BBC Film and Film4.
Unseen footage from all of the titles will be introduced by their filmmakers and screened on May 12 exclusively to buyers and festival programmers during the online-only showcase,...
Cannes premieres Aftersun, sold by Charades, and Enys Men, sold by Protagonist Pictures, are among the titles selected for year’s Great 8, the annual Cannes buyers’ showcase of UK films from emerging directors.
The other six titles are all in post-production.
Now in its fifth edition, the 2022 Great 8 showcase is funded and run by the BFI and the British Council, in partnership with BBC Film and Film4.
Unseen footage from all of the titles will be introduced by their filmmakers and screened on May 12 exclusively to buyers and festival programmers during the online-only showcase,...
- 5/5/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The BFI and British Council have revealed the line-up for this year’s Great8 showcase, which allows international distributors and festival programmers to get an early look at eight releases from emerging U.K. filmmakers in the run-up to Cannes Marché.
Now in its fifth year, the showcase on May 12 will allow filmmakers to screen unseen footage from the films, which will be available to buy during the market, which runs from May 17-28.
Of the eight films selected for the showcase, one has also been selected for the official Directors’ Fortnight and another for the Critics’ Week line-up. The remaining six films are in post-production.
The Great8 showcase is funded and organized by the BFI and the British Council, in partnership with BBC Film and Film4. It has previously presented films including “I Am Not A Witch” and “Calm with Horses.”
Neil Peplow, the BFI’s Director of Industry and International Affairs,...
Now in its fifth year, the showcase on May 12 will allow filmmakers to screen unseen footage from the films, which will be available to buy during the market, which runs from May 17-28.
Of the eight films selected for the showcase, one has also been selected for the official Directors’ Fortnight and another for the Critics’ Week line-up. The remaining six films are in post-production.
The Great8 showcase is funded and organized by the BFI and the British Council, in partnership with BBC Film and Film4. It has previously presented films including “I Am Not A Witch” and “Calm with Horses.”
Neil Peplow, the BFI’s Director of Industry and International Affairs,...
- 5/4/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
The debut feature from Screen’s 2020 Star of Tomorrow is produced by Dmc Film.
Paris-based Charades has boarded worldwide sales on UK director Charlotte Regan’s debut feature Scrapper, starring Harris Dickinson.
The comedy-drama with a magical realist twist is in post-production and tells the story of a dreamy 12-year-old girl, living happily alone in her London flat where the resident spiders make snarky comments until her estranged father turns up and forces her to confront reality.
Regan, a former Screen Star of Tomorrow, has written and directed the film which is produced by Theo Barrowclough for Dmc Film, with backing from the BFI,...
Paris-based Charades has boarded worldwide sales on UK director Charlotte Regan’s debut feature Scrapper, starring Harris Dickinson.
The comedy-drama with a magical realist twist is in post-production and tells the story of a dreamy 12-year-old girl, living happily alone in her London flat where the resident spiders make snarky comments until her estranged father turns up and forces her to confront reality.
Regan, a former Screen Star of Tomorrow, has written and directed the film which is produced by Theo Barrowclough for Dmc Film, with backing from the BFI,...
- 5/3/2022
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
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