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Carnaby International Sales & Distribution has appointed Lorianne Hall as senior sales and acquisitions manager.

Hall joins the UK distributor and international sales agent from Middle Eastern Warner Brothers distributor, Shooting Stars Theatrical Distribution where she headed up acquisitions.

Reporting directly into Carnaby’s director of international sales, Tania Sarra, as well as joint CEOs Andrew Loveday and Sean O’Kelly, Hall will be responsible for multi-territory sales of Carnaby’s new to market and film library as well as working with the CEOs on acquisitions of commercial and theatrical projects.

Hall’s first market with Carnaby will be the Cannes Marche in May.

The appointment follows a two-year stint at Shooting Stars and Scandinavian distributor Scanbox Entertainment, where she was responsible for the acquisitions of The Little Prince, Belle, Philomena, The Raid, It Follows, Incendies, Animal Kingdom, The Artist, The Place Beyond The Pinesand the Taken franchise.

Hall said: “I’m really excited to join Carnaby at this pivotal and exciting time for the company and look forward to contributing to their growth and success. What I really like about Carnaby is how Tania, Sean, and Andrew believe in and passionately support their filmmakers and truly want for them and their projects to succeed which is an ethos and passion that I share.”

O’Kelly added: “The company is experiencing rapid growth and Lorianne brings the perfect expertise and skills to help with our transition to the next level.”

Upcoming titles from Carnaby include drama Sticky Notes, starring Ray Liotta and Rose Leslie; coming of age dramaKids In Love, starring Will Poulter, Cara Delevingne and Alma Jodorowsky; and spy thriller Damascus Cover, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

Each year, around this time, podcasters and website content makes all ponder what has been the best, the worst, the surprising and so forth of all the films, television shows, video games, books and so on. Its never an easy task and usually people try to come up with a Top 10. Sounds easy doesn’t it? Well not when you have seen hundreds of films or played dozens of games over the past twelve months. But its a fun task that as hard as it it, we all enjoy doing.

Best British Film: Rise of the Footsoldier Part 2

I had puzzling anticipation for this film. I wanted to watch it but felt that the first film  (Rise Of The Footsoldier) was self contained. How could they carry it on? Well quite simply by telling us more about the life of Carlton Leach. Very different in style to the first film, Rise 2 ups its game and reminded me more of Nil by Mouth and Bad Lieutenant than it being another film focusing on gangsters. Brilliantly directed by Ricci Harnett in his directorial debut and another fine notch on the belt of film company Carnaby International who for the second that in the same year have taken a troubled production and allowed it and helped it recover for the fans to see.

Honorable Mentions: Rise/Fall of the Krays

Rise Of The Krays and Fall Of The Krays were filmed back to back but released months apart (Fall Of The Krays hits DVD in March)  and together they tell the Rise and Fall (its all in the title folks) of two of the countries most notorious crime bosses. Brilliant performances by Kevin Leslie and Simon Cotton in the lead roles alongside a wonderfully written script that doesn’t just give us the highlights that we all know but give us some great backstory of Ronnie and Reggie Kray.

Best Director: Ricci Harnett

First time director (Ricci also wrote the script) Ricci Harnett has done a fantastic job with the next chapter of Rise Of The Footsoldier Part 2 which takes us back into the life of real life Carlton Leach. Following on from the killings in Essex 95, We see Carlton Leach in what I feel would be his darkest and most self destructive time. The film is tough to watch and the performances are brutal, but the film is handled perfectly by Ricci Harnett who not only held directing duties but of course appeared on screen for most of the film.

Best British Performances: Ricci Harnett, Simon Cotton & Kevin Leslie

 

‘POST PRODUCTION ASSISTANT’ / ‘ASSISTANT EDITOR’

THE OPPORTUNITY

– Working for a well-known British film company based in Soho, London.

– Working directly for the Head of Post Production

– Assisting on Feature Film titles, Film Trailers and other video output at one of the UKs fastest growing film companies. Developing your skills and understanding of the industry alongside established Post Production experts and Producers.

– Potential credits on feature film titles

THE ROLE

– Liaising with the Head of Post Production in the co-ordination between all Offline, Online, VFX and Audio companies involved in the Post-Production of a project. Assuring smooth work-flow of files.

– Logging all incoming rushes & set up Avid and Premier Pro projects

– Troubleshooting Avid, Premier Pro and other Editing software

– Conforming from Offline to Online

– Archiving. Assuring all files and projects have a watertight back-up procedure

– Managing assets created by freelance creatives

– Assisting in the Offline and Online Editing of projects in Adobe Premier Pro and Avid Media Composer

– Keeping clients/producers up to date on progress of projects, arranging meetings and review sessions

– Developing new clients relationships, searching for potential new projects for the company to undertake.

SKILLS REQUIRED

– Excellent knowledge of Avid Media Composer & Adobe Premier Pro. Good knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite.

– Knowledge of Final Cut Pro, Da Vinci Resolve,VFX, Adobe After Effect advantageous.

– Very good technical troubleshooting

– Good Organisational skills

– Previous experience of Post-Production workflows on Long Form projects advantageous.

– Advanced understanding of Video codecs and file formats

– Some experience of digital marketing /graphic design abilty advantageous

Please email a CV. A brief cover letter is optional.
Please only email if you have the relevant experience and skills. London based.
Please only email, not call.
We may get many applications so apologies if we can’t reply to them all.
Thank you for your time applying. Good luck.
creative@carnabyinternational.com