Tomorrow
La Scala! triumphs at the Indie Awards
Tomorrow
La Scala! scooped the award for best drama at the Indie Awards.
Written
and directed by award-winning documentary film maker Francesca Joseph,
the critically acclaimed Tomorrow La Scala! stars Jessica Stevenson
as the director of an opera company which is putting on a performance
of Steven Sondheim's Sweeney Todd in a maximum security prison using
lifers as the chorus.
Tomorrow
La Scala!, which also stars Samantha Spiro, Shaun Dingwall and Daniel
Evans, made its debut with a successful screening at the Cannes
film festival in 2002 before being shown on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ TWO.
The
film was jointly developed by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ TWO, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Films and The Film Council
under a scheme which provides a springboard for directors working
in other disciplines (notably television and advertising) to launch
themselves into feature film making.
It
was co-produced by Chris Collins for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Movies Productions and
Ruth Caleb for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Films.
At
the awards ceremony on Wednesday 5 March 2003, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ also won
the New Media category with Test The Nation.
Three
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Films selected for Cannes (15.5.02)
All the
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s digital services are now available on ,
the new free-to-view digital terrestrial television service, as well
as on satellite and cable.
Freeview
offers the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s eight television channels, interactive services
from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½i, as well as 11 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ radio networks.
|
