Evanna Lynch started out slow on “Dancing with the Stars,” but she has peaked at exactly the right time. Now she’s one of the top dancers going into next week’s season finale. Of course, she had a little help from viewers at home, who voted out another of the season’s top dancers, but Juan Pablo Di Pace‘s loss could now be Lynch’s gain. Watch her contemporary routine above.
The celebs all performed two routines during Monday night’s semifinals: a new routine in a brand new dance style and a Judges’ Choice do-over routine in a style they previously learned on the show. Contemporary was Evanna’s first dance, and she dedicated it to the memory of Simon Fitzmaurice, an Irish filmmaker who directed her in “My Name is Emily” (2015) before he died of Als in 2017 at the age of 43.
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The celebs all performed two routines during Monday night’s semifinals: a new routine in a brand new dance style and a Judges’ Choice do-over routine in a style they previously learned on the show. Contemporary was Evanna’s first dance, and she dedicated it to the memory of Simon Fitzmaurice, an Irish filmmaker who directed her in “My Name is Emily” (2015) before he died of Als in 2017 at the age of 43.
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- 11/13/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Fitzmaurice, who died last year, will have an award renamed after him.
The British Screenwriters’ Awards has renamed one of its prizes in honour of late UK writer-director Simon Fitzmaurice.
Formerly the Fucking Awesome award, the Fitzmaurice award ‘acknowledges true grit, relentless resilience and thorough action, to unapologetically defy the odds – and that is fucking awesome’, according to the ceremony.
The award was originally launched in 2016, with Fitzmaurice its first recipient.
Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2010, having previously made shorts including Full Circle (2003) and The Sound Of People (2007).
Despite his condition taking away his ability to move,...
The British Screenwriters’ Awards has renamed one of its prizes in honour of late UK writer-director Simon Fitzmaurice.
Formerly the Fucking Awesome award, the Fitzmaurice award ‘acknowledges true grit, relentless resilience and thorough action, to unapologetically defy the odds – and that is fucking awesome’, according to the ceremony.
The award was originally launched in 2016, with Fitzmaurice its first recipient.
Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2010, having previously made shorts including Full Circle (2003) and The Sound Of People (2007).
Despite his condition taking away his ability to move,...
- 7/23/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Award-winning filmmaker Simon Fitzmaurice was just 33 when he was diagnosed with A.L.S. in 2008 — and told he had no more than four years to live.
His wife, Ruth, was pregnant with their third child at the time, but Fitzmaurice refused to bow down to despair.
In his memoir “It’s Not Yet Dark,” which was released in the U.S. on Tuesday, the Irishman traces his journey from the tragic diagnosis (A.L.S. is a progressive neurological disorder that is usually fatal) to reclaiming his life and work as film director. Fellow countryman Colin Farrell narrated the documentary of the same name,...
His wife, Ruth, was pregnant with their third child at the time, but Fitzmaurice refused to bow down to despair.
In his memoir “It’s Not Yet Dark,” which was released in the U.S. on Tuesday, the Irishman traces his journey from the tragic diagnosis (A.L.S. is a progressive neurological disorder that is usually fatal) to reclaiming his life and work as film director. Fellow countryman Colin Farrell narrated the documentary of the same name,...
- 8/2/2017
- by Sam Gillette
- PEOPLE.com
Exclusive: Room and Brooklyn backers appoint two project managers to drive development and production.
The Irish Film Board has made two key hires in the shape of Creative England senior film executive Celine Haddad and development executive and script editor Dearbhla Regan who are both joining the funding body as project managers within the production and development team.
Haddad and Regan will work alongside Lesley McKimm, who was appointed last September, to manage the slate of Ifb supported projects from development through to production and distribution.
The duo take over from outgoing project managers Keith Potter and Mary Callery.
At Creative England Haddad has worked on titles including God’s Own Country, Jawbone, Fly Away and Fanny Lye Delivered. She previously worked at Pathé, first as a creative executive and then as head of creative affairs.
Regan has worked as a development producer and script editor in film, TV drama and documentary. Her most recent...
The Irish Film Board has made two key hires in the shape of Creative England senior film executive Celine Haddad and development executive and script editor Dearbhla Regan who are both joining the funding body as project managers within the production and development team.
Haddad and Regan will work alongside Lesley McKimm, who was appointed last September, to manage the slate of Ifb supported projects from development through to production and distribution.
The duo take over from outgoing project managers Keith Potter and Mary Callery.
At Creative England Haddad has worked on titles including God’s Own Country, Jawbone, Fly Away and Fanny Lye Delivered. She previously worked at Pathé, first as a creative executive and then as head of creative affairs.
Regan has worked as a development producer and script editor in film, TV drama and documentary. Her most recent...
- 3/8/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
A genial combination of coming-of-age and road movie, Simon Fitzmaurice’s debut feature boasts an appealing performance by Evanna Lynch (she played Luna Lovegood in several Harry Potter films) and gorgeous Irish scenery. While its narrative elements threaten at times to descend from whimsical into hopelessly twee, My Name is Emily ultimately finds a proper, if not particularly compelling, balance.
Lynch plays the title role, a 16-year-old whose mother died young and whose father (Michael Smiley) — after becoming a bestselling author with his self-help book advising its readers to have more sex — is confined to a mental institution. Living...
Lynch plays the title role, a 16-year-old whose mother died young and whose father (Michael Smiley) — after becoming a bestselling author with his self-help book advising its readers to have more sex — is confined to a mental institution. Living...
- 2/17/2017
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
This Past Weekend:
The Lego Batman Movie won the weekend as expected, but not with nearly as much money as I had predicted, not besting the opening of The Lego Movie as expected, but instead ending up with a reasonable and not so bad $53 million. Fifty Shades Darker proved that the audience for movies based on the popular books was still great enough for it to win Friday with $21 million (to Lego Batman’s $15 million) and end up second for the weekend with a strong $46.6 million. That was still almost $40 million less than the opening of the previous movie Fifty Shades of Grey, but the sequel also didn’t have the benefits of Valentine’s Day and a four-day holiday. Coming in...
This Past Weekend:
The Lego Batman Movie won the weekend as expected, but not with nearly as much money as I had predicted, not besting the opening of The Lego Movie as expected, but instead ending up with a reasonable and not so bad $53 million. Fifty Shades Darker proved that the audience for movies based on the popular books was still great enough for it to win Friday with $21 million (to Lego Batman’s $15 million) and end up second for the weekend with a strong $46.6 million. That was still almost $40 million less than the opening of the previous movie Fifty Shades of Grey, but the sequel also didn’t have the benefits of Valentine’s Day and a four-day holiday. Coming in...
- 2/15/2017
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
For some filmmakers, Sundance is a life-changing experience — for Simon Fitzmaurice, the tragedy is that it was. A strapping, kind-hearted Irish lad who grew into an athletic build that seemed to belie his artistic spirit, he was 34 when Sundance selected his short, “The Sound of People,” for the fest’s 2007 edition. Reluctantly leaving his pregnant wife at home, Simon followed his dreams to the mountains of Utah. It was there, as Simon walked down Park City’s picturesque main drag, visions of a career behind the camera projecting against the walls of his imagination, that he first noticed the pain that would signal his diagnosis with Als.
In time, Simon would find a way to rationalize why his symptoms kicked in at the height of his happiness. In his memoir, which he wrote with the help of a system that tracked his pupils’ movement along a digital keyboard, Simon observed...
In time, Simon would find a way to rationalize why his symptoms kicked in at the height of his happiness. In his memoir, which he wrote with the help of a system that tracked his pupils’ movement along a digital keyboard, Simon observed...
- 1/22/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
The new documentary “It’s Not Yet Dark” follows the story of Simon Fitzmaurice, a young Irish filmmaker who went on to direct an award-winning feature film despite a diagnosis of Motor Neuron Disease (Mns). Narrated by Colin Farrell and featuring music from James Vincent McMorrow, the film follows Simon from the 2008 Sundance Film Festival where he premiered his short film “The Sound of People” to his diagnosis and fight against the disease. He wrote a feature film script entitled “My Name is Emily” despite being completely paralyzed and only using eye gaze computer software. Five years later, he wrote a memoir and directed “My Name is Emily,” which will be released in the United States this February. Watch an exclusive trailer for the film below.
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“I’m so excited for Simon and Ruth, who have shared their lives and...
Read More: 10 Surprises and Hidden Gems from the 2017 Sundance Lineup
“I’m so excited for Simon and Ruth, who have shared their lives and...
- 1/20/2017
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Irish producer McKimm’s credits include My Name Is Emily and 1,000 Times Good Night.
The Irish Film Board (Ifb) has appointed Lesley McKimm as project manager in the outfit’s production and development team.
In the role, McKimm will manage part of the Ifb’s slate of supported projects across all genres from initial development stage through financing and market exploitation.
Boasting 25 years’ experience in the independent film and TV industry, McKimm has worked as a producer on feature films including Simon Fitzmaurice’s drama My Name Is Emily, Frankie Fenton’s documentary It’s Not Yet Dark, and as a co-producer on Erik Poppe’s war drama 1,000 Times Good Night.
Her TV credits include Ifta-winning mini-series Whistleblower and Dublin-set comedy-drama Any Time Now for the BBC.
McKimm will be taking up her new position alongside incumbent project managers Keith Potter and Mary Callery.
She is also a founding member of Women in Film & TV Ireland...
The Irish Film Board (Ifb) has appointed Lesley McKimm as project manager in the outfit’s production and development team.
In the role, McKimm will manage part of the Ifb’s slate of supported projects across all genres from initial development stage through financing and market exploitation.
Boasting 25 years’ experience in the independent film and TV industry, McKimm has worked as a producer on feature films including Simon Fitzmaurice’s drama My Name Is Emily, Frankie Fenton’s documentary It’s Not Yet Dark, and as a co-producer on Erik Poppe’s war drama 1,000 Times Good Night.
Her TV credits include Ifta-winning mini-series Whistleblower and Dublin-set comedy-drama Any Time Now for the BBC.
McKimm will be taking up her new position alongside incumbent project managers Keith Potter and Mary Callery.
She is also a founding member of Women in Film & TV Ireland...
- 9/2/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
The UK’s Camilla Deakin, Ireland’s Kathryn Kennedy and Germany’s Amir Hamz are among those selected.
The 24 participants of the 2016 Producers Lab Toronto have been unveiled.
The selected producers include Camilla Deakin from the UK, who is currently in post-production on the Jim Broadbent and Brenda Blethyn-voiced animation feature Ethel And Ernest [pictured].
Kathryn Kennedy from Ireland also makes the cut, having produced 2015 drama My Name Is Emily starring Evanna Lynch and Michael Smiley.
Also participating is Germany’s Amir Hamz - who produced surreal drama Der Nachtmahr, which played at Toronto last year - and France’s Hélène Cases, who was a Producer On The Move in 2012 and has feature credits including 2014 Venice-winning The Last Hammer Blow and 2010 César-nominated Angel & Tony.
Now in its seventh year, the initiative for emerging producers is run by European Film Promotion in collaboration with Ontario Media Development Corporation and Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff).
Taking place September 6-9 at...
The 24 participants of the 2016 Producers Lab Toronto have been unveiled.
The selected producers include Camilla Deakin from the UK, who is currently in post-production on the Jim Broadbent and Brenda Blethyn-voiced animation feature Ethel And Ernest [pictured].
Kathryn Kennedy from Ireland also makes the cut, having produced 2015 drama My Name Is Emily starring Evanna Lynch and Michael Smiley.
Also participating is Germany’s Amir Hamz - who produced surreal drama Der Nachtmahr, which played at Toronto last year - and France’s Hélène Cases, who was a Producer On The Move in 2012 and has feature credits including 2014 Venice-winning The Last Hammer Blow and 2010 César-nominated Angel & Tony.
Now in its seventh year, the initiative for emerging producers is run by European Film Promotion in collaboration with Ontario Media Development Corporation and Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff).
Taking place September 6-9 at...
- 8/23/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Festival guests will include director Jim Sheridan and actress Ruth Negga.
Netflix-acquired war-drama The Siege of Jadotville - which tells the true story of a battalion under attack in the Congo in the 1960s - leads a strong line-up of Irish cinema at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh (July 5 - 10).
The film stars Jamie Dornan as Commandant Pat Quinlan, who led an Irish battalion of United Nations soldiers during a tense stand-off against local troops and foreign mercenaries in the Congo in 1961.
The Parallel Film-produced title, a directorial debut by Richie Smyth based on the novel by Irish journalist Declan Power, will have a special screening at the Fleadh.
It is one of several Irish films that will bow at the Fleadh, which runs from July 5th-10th. The festival will also focus on world cinema and Finnish cinema. Guests include director Jim Sheridan, actress Ruth Negga and screenwriter Kirsten Smith.
Property Of The State, a drama...
Netflix-acquired war-drama The Siege of Jadotville - which tells the true story of a battalion under attack in the Congo in the 1960s - leads a strong line-up of Irish cinema at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh (July 5 - 10).
The film stars Jamie Dornan as Commandant Pat Quinlan, who led an Irish battalion of United Nations soldiers during a tense stand-off against local troops and foreign mercenaries in the Congo in 1961.
The Parallel Film-produced title, a directorial debut by Richie Smyth based on the novel by Irish journalist Declan Power, will have a special screening at the Fleadh.
It is one of several Irish films that will bow at the Fleadh, which runs from July 5th-10th. The festival will also focus on world cinema and Finnish cinema. Guests include director Jim Sheridan, actress Ruth Negga and screenwriter Kirsten Smith.
Property Of The State, a drama...
- 6/21/2016
- ScreenDaily
Claire Carré’s Embers scooped best feature film in the juried awards as the southern California festival came to an end.
Carré was also named best director, while George Kosuros won best actor for American Wrestler: The Lizard. Best documentary went to Off The Rails by Adam Irving.
In the audience awards, Jeremy Profe’s The Lennon Report and Jesse Shapiro’s Nobody Walks In La took the feature film prize.
Zack Bennett and Kevin Schlanser prevailed in the documentary category for The Ataxian, while Dmitry Meskhiev’s Battalion (Russia) was named best foreign film.
The Outstanding achievement in filmmaking: feature film award went to Alex Ranarivelo for American Wrestler: The Wizard, and The Violin Teacher director Sergio Machado and The Innocents director Anne Fontaine collected the corresponding prize for foreign film.
Bob Yari took the directing honours for Papa: Hemingway In Cuba, while Dev Patel and Evanna Lynch were named best actors for The Man Who Knew Infinity and My Name Is Emily...
Carré was also named best director, while George Kosuros won best actor for American Wrestler: The Lizard. Best documentary went to Off The Rails by Adam Irving.
In the audience awards, Jeremy Profe’s The Lennon Report and Jesse Shapiro’s Nobody Walks In La took the feature film prize.
Zack Bennett and Kevin Schlanser prevailed in the documentary category for The Ataxian, while Dmitry Meskhiev’s Battalion (Russia) was named best foreign film.
The Outstanding achievement in filmmaking: feature film award went to Alex Ranarivelo for American Wrestler: The Wizard, and The Violin Teacher director Sergio Machado and The Innocents director Anne Fontaine collected the corresponding prize for foreign film.
Bob Yari took the directing honours for Papa: Hemingway In Cuba, while Dev Patel and Evanna Lynch were named best actors for The Man Who Knew Infinity and My Name Is Emily...
- 5/2/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Newport Beach Film Festival, running April 21-28, will include Simon Fitzmaurice’s debut feature, My Name Is Emily.
The film will be part of the festival’s Irish Spotlight event celebrating Celtic cinema and culture on April 24 and stars Evanna Lynvh as a 16-year-old who runs away from her foster parents to break her father (Michael Smiley) out of a mental hospital. George Webster also stars.
Newport Beach Film Festival CEO Greg Schwenk praised the film, calling it “wonderfully crafted” and “one of the best films of the year.”
Other Irish films screenings include Whit Stillman’s Love And Friendship starring Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny, and Mark Noonan’s You’re Ugly Too, starring Aidan Gillen.
The festival will also feature two short film selections, the first of which, After ’16, was commissioned by the Irish Film Board to celebrate the centennial of the 1916 Easter uprising.
Also featured will be the Irish Shorts, a collection...
The film will be part of the festival’s Irish Spotlight event celebrating Celtic cinema and culture on April 24 and stars Evanna Lynvh as a 16-year-old who runs away from her foster parents to break her father (Michael Smiley) out of a mental hospital. George Webster also stars.
Newport Beach Film Festival CEO Greg Schwenk praised the film, calling it “wonderfully crafted” and “one of the best films of the year.”
Other Irish films screenings include Whit Stillman’s Love And Friendship starring Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny, and Mark Noonan’s You’re Ugly Too, starring Aidan Gillen.
The festival will also feature two short film selections, the first of which, After ’16, was commissioned by the Irish Film Board to celebrate the centennial of the 1916 Easter uprising.
Also featured will be the Irish Shorts, a collection...
- 4/13/2016
- ScreenDaily
Wands at the ready - official opening day for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Hollywood is almost upon us. To get you even more pumped for the official opening on April 7, Evanna Lynch (a.k.a. Luna Lovegood from the Harry Potter films) took People on a behind-the-scenes tour of the new attraction. "It's really like coming home. I feel really safe [here]," the actress - who was just nominated for an Ifta award for her lead role in the upcoming film My Name is Emily - told People exclusively while walking through the land. "Everyone's always...
- 4/5/2016
- by Melody Chiu, @chiumelo
- PEOPLE.com
Wands at the ready - official opening day for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Hollywood is almost upon us. To get you even more pumped for the official opening on April 7, Evanna Lynch (a.k.a. Luna Lovegood from the Harry Potter films) took People on a behind-the-scenes tour of the new attraction. "It's really like coming home. I feel really safe [here]," the actress - who was just nominated for an Ifta award for her lead role in the upcoming film My Name is Emily - told People exclusively while walking through the land. "Everyone's always...
- 4/5/2016
- by Melody Chiu, @chiumelo
- PEOPLE.com
A diagnosis of motor neurone disease did not thwart Simon Fitzmaurice’s ambitions to make his first feature, which has gone on to score awards and distribution deals.
“When all this happened, it was my writing that saved me,” explains director Simon Fitzmaurice.
“When my life fell apart, my writing was there for me. I became a writer through my darkest days. And, like writing, the passion of film has never left me.”
A diagnosis of motor neurone disease (Mnd) did not thwart Fitzmaurice’s ambitions to make his first feature. If anything, being told he had the progressive condition that attacks the nerves in the brain and spinal cord made him even more determined to get behind the camera.
That he has realised this ambition is an extraordinary feat in itself. The Irish filmmaker is the only known person in the world with Mnd to have written and directed a feature solo.
My Name Is Emily tells the...
“When all this happened, it was my writing that saved me,” explains director Simon Fitzmaurice.
“When my life fell apart, my writing was there for me. I became a writer through my darkest days. And, like writing, the passion of film has never left me.”
A diagnosis of motor neurone disease (Mnd) did not thwart Fitzmaurice’s ambitions to make his first feature. If anything, being told he had the progressive condition that attacks the nerves in the brain and spinal cord made him even more determined to get behind the camera.
That he has realised this ambition is an extraordinary feat in itself. The Irish filmmaker is the only known person in the world with Mnd to have written and directed a feature solo.
My Name Is Emily tells the...
- 2/25/2016
- ScreenDaily
It is all change for Dublin as the city’s 10-day festival launches a new programme, new sponsors and a new general manager.
The Audi Dublin International Film Festival (Feb 18-28) has announced a solid line-up of local and international titles as well as big-name guests.
But behind the scenes, the festival has been carefully manoeuvring its way through a period of transition as it aims to build for the future.
Car manufacturers Audi have replaced Jameson as title sponsors, while beer brand Peroni and Dublin department store Arnotts have also come aboard.
Dublin also has a new general manager, Sian Cunningham, who worked in the arts for more than 15 years prior to this appointment, most notably as general manager with Dance Ireland for nine years.
An eclectic group of filmmakers and stars were announced at today’s programme launch, joining previously named guests Angela Lansbury and Neil Jordan.
They include British director Ben Wheatley, who is bringing...
The Audi Dublin International Film Festival (Feb 18-28) has announced a solid line-up of local and international titles as well as big-name guests.
But behind the scenes, the festival has been carefully manoeuvring its way through a period of transition as it aims to build for the future.
Car manufacturers Audi have replaced Jameson as title sponsors, while beer brand Peroni and Dublin department store Arnotts have also come aboard.
Dublin also has a new general manager, Sian Cunningham, who worked in the arts for more than 15 years prior to this appointment, most notably as general manager with Dance Ireland for nine years.
An eclectic group of filmmakers and stars were announced at today’s programme launch, joining previously named guests Angela Lansbury and Neil Jordan.
They include British director Ben Wheatley, who is bringing...
- 1/28/2016
- ScreenDaily
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E4 presents Tripped, a new sci-fi comedy starring Blake Harrison, aka Neil from The Inbetweeners. Here's the first trailer...
Here's one that has our attention. Tripped sees Blake Harrison (Neil from The Inbetweeners, soon to star in the Dad's Army reboot) and George Webster (City Of Dreamers, My Name Is Emily) embroiled in a fantasy quest involving umpteen parallel universes.
E4's new sci-fi comedy series started life as Alt, a pilot by Mr Jamie Mathieson - the writer of two of the best Doctor Who episodes from series 8 (Flatline and Mummy On The Orient Express), as well as feature film Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel. It starred Craig Roberts and Gethin Anthony in that incarnation.
Now The Missing's Harry and Jack Williams are the ones behind the scripts, with Jamie Magnus Stone directing.
Here's the first trailer...
We don't know the premiere date for Tripped yet,...
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E4 presents Tripped, a new sci-fi comedy starring Blake Harrison, aka Neil from The Inbetweeners. Here's the first trailer...
Here's one that has our attention. Tripped sees Blake Harrison (Neil from The Inbetweeners, soon to star in the Dad's Army reboot) and George Webster (City Of Dreamers, My Name Is Emily) embroiled in a fantasy quest involving umpteen parallel universes.
E4's new sci-fi comedy series started life as Alt, a pilot by Mr Jamie Mathieson - the writer of two of the best Doctor Who episodes from series 8 (Flatline and Mummy On The Orient Express), as well as feature film Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel. It starred Craig Roberts and Gethin Anthony in that incarnation.
Now The Missing's Harry and Jack Williams are the ones behind the scripts, with Jamie Magnus Stone directing.
Here's the first trailer...
We don't know the premiere date for Tripped yet,...
- 11/17/2015
- by rleane
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Ryan Kampe and his New York-based team head into the fall festival season with a raft of new acquisitions led by a worldwide deal excluding Australia/New Zealand on Venice premiere Tanna.
Visit FIlms’ roster encompasses world rights excluding Ireland and Scandinavia to My Name Is Emily, the world excluding Australia/New Zealand to A Month Of Sundays and the world for Lace Crater, all of which will screen in Toronto.
Toronto Vanguard world premiere Lace Crater is a genre-bending horror-comedy produced by Joe Swanberg about a woman who has an affair with a ghost during a stay in the Hamptons. Lindsay Burdge stars in Harrison Atkins’ feature directorial debut.
My Name Is Emily stars Evanna Lynch as 16-year-old who ditches her foster home and embarks on a road trip with her new friend to break her troubled father out of a psychiatric institution.
Simon Fitzmaurice wrote and directed using iris recognition software after he was...
Visit FIlms’ roster encompasses world rights excluding Ireland and Scandinavia to My Name Is Emily, the world excluding Australia/New Zealand to A Month Of Sundays and the world for Lace Crater, all of which will screen in Toronto.
Toronto Vanguard world premiere Lace Crater is a genre-bending horror-comedy produced by Joe Swanberg about a woman who has an affair with a ghost during a stay in the Hamptons. Lindsay Burdge stars in Harrison Atkins’ feature directorial debut.
My Name Is Emily stars Evanna Lynch as 16-year-old who ditches her foster home and embarks on a road trip with her new friend to break her troubled father out of a psychiatric institution.
Simon Fitzmaurice wrote and directed using iris recognition software after he was...
- 9/1/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Simon Fitzmaurice’s debut feature to world premiere at Galway Film Fleadh.
The Galway Film Fleadh (July 7-12) is to open with the world remiere of My Name Is Emily from filmmaker Simon Fitzmaurice, who wrote and directed the film despite being completely paralysed.
Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease - the debilitating condition for which the viral ice-bucket challenge raised awareness last summer - in 2008, shortly after his second short film The Sound of People premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Now completely paralysed, Fitzmaurice typed the script for My Name Is Emily, as well as bestseller It’s Not Yet Dark through the movement of his eyes and iris recognition software.
This is also how he communicated to direct the film during a six-week shoot last year.
Fitzmaurice said: “I’m deeply honoured that the Galway Film Fleadh has invited My Name is Emily to open the festival. Everyone involved...
The Galway Film Fleadh (July 7-12) is to open with the world remiere of My Name Is Emily from filmmaker Simon Fitzmaurice, who wrote and directed the film despite being completely paralysed.
Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease - the debilitating condition for which the viral ice-bucket challenge raised awareness last summer - in 2008, shortly after his second short film The Sound of People premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Now completely paralysed, Fitzmaurice typed the script for My Name Is Emily, as well as bestseller It’s Not Yet Dark through the movement of his eyes and iris recognition software.
This is also how he communicated to direct the film during a six-week shoot last year.
Fitzmaurice said: “I’m deeply honoured that the Galway Film Fleadh has invited My Name is Emily to open the festival. Everyone involved...
- 6/2/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The Les Arcs European Film Festival is in full swing, including the sixth edition of the ever-growing Co-Production Village.
The industry events kicked off with the popular Works-In-Progress session, now in its fourth year, that showcases ten (European) films in post-production, looking for financing, distribution or a sales agent.
The event’s artistic director, Frederic Boyer, confirmed the films must be feature length, with a completion target of spring the following year. “The presentations that include three short clips are exclusive to this festival, and have not been presented at other neighbouring festivals such as Thessaloniki or Torino,” said Boyer.
Receiving 15% more entries than previous years, the event’s ‘first-look’ line-up spanned a wide range of themes and production styles. The full list included Family Film (Czech Republic/Slovenia); Galloping Mind (Belgium); The High Sun (Croatia/Slovenia); It’s Time (Romania); Magic Mountain (Poland/ Romania/ France); My Name is Emily (Ireland); Pioneer Heroes (Russia); Rams (Iceland); Sparrows...
The industry events kicked off with the popular Works-In-Progress session, now in its fourth year, that showcases ten (European) films in post-production, looking for financing, distribution or a sales agent.
The event’s artistic director, Frederic Boyer, confirmed the films must be feature length, with a completion target of spring the following year. “The presentations that include three short clips are exclusive to this festival, and have not been presented at other neighbouring festivals such as Thessaloniki or Torino,” said Boyer.
Receiving 15% more entries than previous years, the event’s ‘first-look’ line-up spanned a wide range of themes and production styles. The full list included Family Film (Czech Republic/Slovenia); Galloping Mind (Belgium); The High Sun (Croatia/Slovenia); It’s Time (Romania); Magic Mountain (Poland/ Romania/ France); My Name is Emily (Ireland); Pioneer Heroes (Russia); Rams (Iceland); Sparrows...
- 12/15/2014
- ScreenDaily
Filming has wrapped on Irish drama My Name Is Emily, which stars Evanna Lynch in the title role of Emily, a 16-year-old girl who goes on a road trip across Ireland with a boy from her school to free her father from a psychiatric institution.
Evanna (represented by Cole Kitchenn in the UK), famous for her role as Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films, said of the role: "After I read the script, it and Emily were all I could think about for weeks; it is so different to anything I've read and yet so real and dynamic, and it is an absolute privilege and a joy to have the opportunity to help bring My Name is Emily to life with Simon and his team. Simon is an incredible person and he is embracing challenges the like that no director has had to contend with before and it is...
Evanna (represented by Cole Kitchenn in the UK), famous for her role as Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films, said of the role: "After I read the script, it and Emily were all I could think about for weeks; it is so different to anything I've read and yet so real and dynamic, and it is an absolute privilege and a joy to have the opportunity to help bring My Name is Emily to life with Simon and his team. Simon is an incredible person and he is embracing challenges the like that no director has had to contend with before and it is...
- 10/28/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Evanna Lynch, known to millions of Harry Potter fans as Luna Lovegood, has finished filming Irish drama My Name Is Emily, produced by local outfits Newgrange Pictures and Kennedy Films. The film, a romance and road movie about a teenage girl who leaves a foster home with a friend to find her father, who is locked up in a psychiatric institution, is the debut feature from Simon Fitzmaurice and stars Lynch as title character Emily. Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease in 2008, shortly after his second short film, The Sound of People, screened at the Sundance Film Festival.
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- 10/28/2014
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cameras are set to roll today on Simon Fitzmaurice’s debut feature film My Name is Emily. Evanna Lynch, known worldwide for her role as Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films will star in the title role as Emily. Evanna will be joined by acclaimed Irish actor Michael Smiley (Kill List, A Field in England) to play her father Robert and newcomer George Webster will play Arden. Award-winning film director and writer and father of 5, Simon Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease (Als) in 2008 – just after his 2nd short film The Sound Of People screened at the Sundance Film festival. Although now completely paralysed, he has typed the script for the film, as well as his best-selling book It’s Not Yet Dark by using his eyes and iris recognition software. My Name Is Emily is love story between two teens and a road movie. On her 16th birthday,...
- 9/15/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Vic Barry)
- www.themoviebit.com
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