Killing Thyme US Premiere at Austin Film Festival

Our short Killing Thyme has headed across the pond for it's US Premiere at the Austin Film Festival!  Natalie Malla, the film's talented writer and producer is out there representing the film and taking in the fabulous city of Austin (where we were lucky enough to visit earlier in the year).  With a couple of days at the festival before the premiere Natalie made the most of what Austin and the Austin Film Festival has to offer.  

Killing Thyme in the Austin Film Festival program

With an excellent program of films, talks and events Natalie has certainly been spoilt for choice, on Friday she joined the ques of filmmakers and cinephiles for 'A Conversation with Marta Kauffman', the Emmy and Golden Globe winning television writer, producer and showrunner known for hits such as Friends and Will and Grace.  Awarded the 2016 Outstanding Television Writer award and a hero of Natalie's this was not to be missed!  And as if an inspiring talk from one of your professional heroes wasn't enough for a day, later that afternoon Ghostbusters (2016) writer Katie Dippold and Paul Feig, director or Bridesmaids and writer/director of Ghostbusters (2016) dissected the journey of the rebooted blockbuster from script-to-screen.  Both talks were extremely insightful and most definitely worth waiting for.   

Killing Thyme screened it's US Premier on Saturday 15th of October as part of the shorts program A Stranger Comes to Town.  True to form the audience in Austin were a delight to screen to and we were thrilled our friends from the Austin Film Society were able to make it.  The screening was followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers and Killing Thyme received such a brilliant response we couldn't be happier!

Writer producer Natalie Malla on stage with the filmmakers from the Stranger Comes to Town program

Writer/producer Natalie Malla

Festival highlights include the screening of Monogamish at the Hideout along with the shorts program Who's Afraid of the Shorts at the Alamo Drafthouse.  The Seed and Spark talk on crowd funding given by Emily Kelleher Best was another awesome event, as was Chicks with Bics (a discussion with devoted female writers who are changing the landscape of film and TV) and Paul Feig's second talk.  When not attending talks or film screenings there were a number of networking events to swing by and a multitude of restaurants and bars across Austin to try out (because where else in the world are you going to get a Bloody Mary garnished with a slider and beef jerky?!) with the lovely groups of filmmakers Natalie's met stateside. 

Check out some photos of Natalie's time in Austin below:

Writer producer Natalie Malla with filmmakers

The Driskill Bloody Mary

To keep up with Killing Thyme check out the film's official Facebook Page

60th BFI London Film Festival (Week 2)

After a whirlwind 12 days the 60th BFI London Film Festival has come to an end!  The final week of the festival certainly lived up to the first, with a brilliant selection of events for filmmakers and a whole host of films to watch.  Wednesday evening's New Talent party hosted by the BFI NET.WORK at the BFI Southbank was a night to celebrate filmmakers whose first feature or short films were included in the festival program.  Thursday night was all about documentaries with the Grierson Awards Documentary Reception, a great night of networking with other filmmakers whose docs were selected this year. 

Friday was the night we had been waiting for, the European Premiere of our feature length doc The Man from Mo'Wax.  The film screened to an audience of 400 (including the film's star James Lavelle as well as other contributors Paul Bradshaw and Jane Beese, Head of Music at the Roundhouse) at Leicester Square's VUE cinema after being introduced by producers M J McMahon, Brian A. Hoffman and director Matthew Jones.  The screening was followed by a Q&A hosted by the BFI London Film Festival Head Programmer Stuart Brown with Matthew and the film's creative editor Alec Rossiter.  The Man from Mo'Wax received an overwhelmingly positive response and we couldn't have been more thrilled to share the project with a UK audience in the city that has so much importance to the film.  

BFI Head Programmer Stuart Brown, director Matthew Jones and producers Brian A. Hoffman and M J McMahon, photography by Lord Anthony

On Saturday The Man from Mo'Wax had it's second screening this time at Picturehouse Central.  We were especially pleased to have the Mo'Wax/UNKLE fan base out in full force for this screening, and for a full debrief on the making of the film at the bar afterwards!  And as if all that wasn't enough we topped off the last weekend of the festival with a barrage of bullets attending the European Premiere of Ben Wheatley's Free Fire!  

Producers Brian A. Hoffman and M J McMahon, photograph by Lord Anthony

Q&A with editor Alec Rossiter, director Matthew Jones and Stuart Brown

BFI Head Programmer Staurt Brown, director Matthew Jones and producers Brian A. Hoffman and M J McMahon

Producer Brian A. Hoffman and archive researcher Talisa Oberoi

To keep up to date with The Man from Mo'Wax check out the official Facebook page 

Editor Alec Rossiter with director Matthew Jones and producer Brian A. Hoffman

Afternoon tea with the press

The Grierson Trust chairman Lorraine Heggessey

Photograph by Lord Anthony

Tim Stevens, director Matthew Jones and editor Alec Rossiter

60th BFI London Film Festival (Week 1)

The BFI London Film Festival is in full swing!  While we count down the days to the European Premiere of our feature doc The Man from Mo'Wax (screening Friday 14th of October in Leicester Square) we've been kept busy with a whole host of brilliant events.

To kick things we off we were invited to the festival's Opening Night Gala and European Premiere of A United Kingdom, the evening consisted of a red carpet, a great British film and an excellent party.  With our friend and fellow The Man from Mo'Wax producer Brian A. Hoffman arriving in town from LA that morning for the festival.  The Gala was just the beginning of an exciting 12 days.  

Director Matthew Jones and producer M J McMahon

Producer Brian A. Hoffman 

On Friday we headed to the BFI Lottery Filmmakers reception for a wonderful afternoon celebrating all the filmmakers and films at this year's London Film Festival that have been supported by the BFI and the National Lottery.  Hosted by Ben Roberts director of the BFI Film Fund and Clare Stewart, BFI London Film Festival director, this event was especially important to us as The Man from Mo'Wax was awarded BFI completion funding earlier this year.

Producers M J McMahon and Brian A. Hoffman with editor Alec Rossiter 

With the second week of the festival already upon us we're looking forward to some more wonderful events.  And if Monday's intimate Filmmakers dinner hosted by BFI Head Programmer Stuart Brown at the BFI Stephen Street's Stephen Street Bar & Kitchen is anything to go by we're sure we won't be disappointed!  

Director Matthew Jones

Producers M J McMahon and Brian A. Hoffman

Edith Bowman interviews James Lavelle about the film

Tickets to The Man from Mo'Wax European Premiere and second BFI LFF screening have nearly sold out!  Make sure to purchase them from the BFI website so you don't miss out!

European Premiere: Friday 14 October 2016 - 20:45 Vue West End

Second Screening: Saturday 15 October 2016 - 17:45 Picturehouse Central

The Man from Mo'Wax - 60th BFI London Film Festival

We're thrilled to announce our debut feature film The Man from Mo'Wax has been officially selected for the 60th BFI London Film Festival!

As one of only 10 feature films included in the festival's Sonic strand alongside Spike Lee's latest film Chi-Raq and Stephen Kijak's We Are X, Matthew Jones' directorial debut will have it's European Premiere on the 14th of October in Leicester Square.

Festival Director BFI London Film Festival Clare Stewart

With only 245 feature films in the official program we're truly honored to be premiering in London, the city so culturally important to our story.  

BFI Chief Executive Amanda Nevill

European Premiere: Friday 14 October 2016 - 20:45 Vue West End

Second Screening: Saturday 15 October 2016 - 17:45 Hackney Picturehouse

To make sure you don't miss out on tickets head over to the BFI website!

The Man from Mo'Wax Official Selection at MIFF

Our travels with Capture's latest project documentary feature film The Man from Mo'Wax continue, this time taking us to the other side of the world!  The 22 hour journey from London to Aus for the Melbourne International Film Festival was certainly worth it, we were lucky enough to experience all the festival had to offer as well as what must be one of the best cities down under.

If you've ever been told that Melbourne is Australia's cultural and food hub we'll second that. The city sports a huge array of cuisine, none of which disappointed, and the Scorsese exhibition at the AMCI exploring the legendary director, producer and screenwriter's inspirations, process and collaboration drawn from his personal collection was a brilliant way for us cinephiles to spend an afternoon.

Although our stay in Melbourne may have been short we weren't short of things to do while out there.  After landing early in the morning our first day in the city allowed for a few hours to explore and then straight in to press engagements with director Matthew Jones.  When we weren't catching some of the great films that were screening as part of the festival (and we really were spoilt for choice) or promoting our own we made the most of MIFF's workshops and talks and events.

Director Matthew Jones interviewed Triple R's Lauren Taylor and Simon Winkler

We couldn't have asked for more from The Man from Mo'Wax's screenings down under, the film played twice over the first weekend of August to brilliant sold out audiences who proved that the Australian sense of humor didn't veer far from our own.  We were thrilled to share our film with the city and the hugely positive response we got back was the cherry on top.  MIFF was undeniably an excellent festival and we're just waiting for our opportunity to go back!

Prodcuer M J McMahon, director Matthew Jones and producer Brian A. Hoffman.

Producer Brian A. Hoffman at the MIFF Gala Screening of Down Under

The queue for the first MIFF screening of The Man from Mo'Wax

To keep up with everything The Man from Mo'Wax head over to the offical Facebook page www.facebook.com/TheManfromMoWax

The Man from Mo'Wax in Moscow

The Man from Mo'Wax screened in Moscow as part of the Selector Pro!  We headed over to Russia for the brilliant multi-format festival hosted by the British Council in collaboration with the Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design, that creates a platform for sharing experiences and discussion on the music industry through workshops, talks and other events.

A single film is selected to screen each year as part of the two-day music forum and we couldn't be more thrilled that this year we were invited to take part.  The Man from Mo'Wax screened on opening night, before which director Matthew Jones joined Beat Film co-founder Kirill Sorokin and Russian journalist and music critic Artemy Troitsky for a panel discussion on 'How to Speak About Music' to the 500 strong audience.  Later in the weekend producer M J McMahon gave a presentation on working with the music industry and making a music documentary.

Check out some of the moments captured during our time at Selector Pro courtesy of photographer Dmitriy Smirnov:

Director Matthew Jones and Producer M J McMahon 

Check out The Man from Mo'Wax official Facebook page www.facebook.come/themanfromowax for more news and updates.

M J McMahon and Director of the British Council Russia Michael Bird 

Capture Secure BFI Funding

We're thrilled to announce that the BFI have come on board our latest project, feature length documentary The Man from Mo'Wax in form of completion funding! 

Click on the link to see who else was selected along with The Man from Mo'Wax for 2015/2016 BFI production funding:

 http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/bfi-film-fund-slate-20152016

Capture Hits Cannes Film Festival

It's May and that can only mean one thing...Cannes!  Once again the French riviera was awash with film aficionados ready for a great ten days of parties, networking and of course films.  Here are a few snaps from our adventures in Cannes this year.      

Panel discussion with Ray Strache, Dori Begley, Arianna Bocco and director of the BFI Film Fund Ben Roberts  

Actor Joseph Fiennes at the Beijing International Film Festival reception

Producers Brian A. Hoffman and M J McMahon 

Head of Film London Adrian Wootton welcomes guests at the Screen International, Fizz Facility and BFC event 

Carmarthen Bay Film Festival

We headed over to Wales for the Carmarthen Bay Film Festival where not only were our shorts Killing Thyme and The Girl in the Dress both officially selected but went head to head in the Best Comedy Award section.  A lovely day spent in Wales taking in both British and International shorts and feature films was topped off by a great evening with Killing Thyme picking up not just the award for Best Comedy but the Best of Festival award too! 

Natalie Malla and M J McMahhon with Welsh broadcasting legend Euryn Ogwen Williams

Killing Thyme - Cast & Crew Première

After such a wonderful evening at the BFI Stephen Street for The Girl in the Dress screening back in December it was a no brainer to hold the cast and crew première for Capture's latest short film Killing Thyme there, so last night that's exactly what we did!  

With over a hundred guests including the film's female lead Charlotte Riley and Director of Photography acclaimed cinematographer Phil Méheux, each of the four screenings was packed with a great audience.  The reception space was abuzz with great reactions to film, lots of mingling and all the trappings of good evening (aka a well stocked bar).  It really was another brilliant evening!       

Actress Charlotte Riley 

Actor Michael Schaeffer

DoP Phil Méheux

Producer Mark Foligno

Production Designer Damien Creagh

Producer Matthew Jones

Composer Stuart Hancock

Harper's Bazaar / V&A "Undressed"

Capture was approached by Harper's Bazaar to create video content for the magazine's online Culture section to mark the opening of the Victoria and Albert Museum's latest exhibition, Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear.  Check out the full video below! 

The Man from Mo'Wax Nominated in Nashville

We just can't get enough of the South - after a great time in Austin we headed to Music City for The Man from Mo'Wax (formerly Artist & Repertoire) Southeast US Premiere - and what a city it was! 

Producers M J McMahon, Brian A. Hoffman, Exec Producer Jay Hoffman and esteemed screenwriter Alan Wenkus, our wonderful guest for the evening.

One of only nine films to be selected for the Music Films/Music City feature competition, The Man from Mo'Wax screened twice to amazing audiences with each screening followed by a Q&A with producer M J McMahon. 

For more photos (and much more), visit the film's official Facebook page!   

* The Man from Mo'Wax formerly known as Artist & Repertoire 

The Man from Mo'Wax Makes Official Selection at SXSW

Capture had a blast in Austin at South by South West where our latest project, had it's World Premiere, screening as part of the festival's prestigious 24 Beats per Second section!  Kicking off the filmmaking fun, Director Matthew Jones and Producer M J McMahon were lucky enough to attend the filmmakers lunch at Trouble Maker Studios. The speakers at the event included SXSW's Head of Film Janet Pierson as well as filmmaker/screenwriter Robert Rodriguez. A great opportunity to network with other filmmakers (whilst consuming copious amounts of traditional Texas BBQ), the event was a perfect start to a great 10 days!

Director/producer Robert Rodriguez

SXSW Head of Film Janet Pierson

The Man from Mo'Wax (formerly known as Artist & Repertoire) had its big World Premiere on Sunday the 13th of April at the beautiful Alamo Ritz in Austin. With a great turnout and an even better reception (as well as the first sunny skies since the beginning of the festival), Capture's feature film debut was a day to remember. With a total of three screenings across the festival to amazing audiences including members of the BFI, the BBC, Variety, the Verge and renowned film critic Harry Knowles (Ain't It Cool News), the film ended up generating a lot of buzz in Austin, both online and in print media. It was an amazing reception from an amazing city and a truly memorable first step in the life of the film.

Photographer Jessica Jones

* The Man from Mo'Wax formerly known as Artist & Repertoire 

Director Matthew Jones with legendary film reviewer Harry Knowles

When the team weren't out representing The Man from Mo'Wax at screenings across Austin, they were kept busy by the festival's multiple events.  For anyone that's even slightly unsure of how large the festival is, it basically takes over the entire city of Austin. From acoustic gigs in ice cream shops on the edge of city to to industry talks by the likes of Ellen Page and Joel Edgerton in massive venues at the centre of town, the festival is a melting pot of music, film and technology. With some fantastic films watched, some seriously delicious food consumed and some really great buzz generated for Artist & Repertoire, SXSW definitely didn't disappoint!

 SXSW was most definitely the place to be, and on that note, here are a few shots from our time in Austin: 

Team The Man from Mo'Wax

For more head over to The Man from Mo'Wax official Facebook page!

The Man from Mo'Wax

It's exciting times here at Capture!  We're thrilled to announce that our first feature film, The Man from Mo'Wax, will have it's world premiere at SXSW 2016!

* The Man from Mo'Wax formerly known as Artist & Repetoire

For more information on the film: Website / Facebook / Instagram

Merry Christmas from Capture!

Brian A. Hoffman was over from LA bearing gifts!  LA Dodgers caps to be precise

The Girl In the Dress - BFI Stephen Street Screening

The BFI at Stephen Street was definitely the place to be last night! The Girl In The Dress had a private screening for close to a hundred guests, including lead actress Olivia Poulet, BAFTA award winning Producer Duncan Kenworthy (Love Actually, Notting Hill) and legendary British cinematographer Phil Méheux (who just so happens to be the DoP on Killing Thyme, another Capture short).

Guests were welcomed into the beautiful reception lounge area at the BFI Stephen Street. With a total of four screenings held over the course of the evening and a never ending stream of people coming in and out of them, it proved to be the perfect setting for everyone to mingle between screenings and share a drink or two.

Olivia Poulet

Cinematographers Morgan Spencer and Phil Méheux

Writer and Director Natalie Malla with Producer Duncan Kenworthy

Afterwards, guests made their way to The Jack Horner pub around the corner for some post screening drinks (since no proper event is really ever finished without a pint fueled debrief at a pub).

Producer Matthew Jones 

All in all, it was a fantastic evening with a wonderful crowd and a really great reception for the film.

Killing Thyme at Foyle Film Festival

It was an exciting week for Killing Thyme as we were screening at the Oscar recognised Foyle Film Festival, which previously screened one of our other short films Gin & Dry, for our Northern Ireland Premiere! Director M J McMahon flew over to represent the film which was nominated for the Light in Motion Live Action Short Film Award. Killing Thyme was one of the twenty-seven short films nominated from across the globe, including films from Germany, Hong Kong, Brazil, Belgium and more.

Our trip in Northern Ireland began with an insightful film conference focused upon the difference between short and feature filmmaking, with interviews from the likes of Filth Director Jon S. Baird and BAFTA-winning Director Damien O'Donnell, who we had the pleasure of hanging out with after the talk. Damien O'Donnell's short film 'How Was Your Day?' ended up winning the Light in Motion Live Action Short Film Award, and then went on to win the Grand Jury Narrative Short Award at SXSW as well!

Q&A with BAFTA-winning Director Damien O'Donnell

Q&A with Filth Director Jon S. Baird 

Killing Thyme screened on the 21st November at Nerve Cinema 1 along with other amazing films in our category, which meant we could finally see some of the work from the filmmakers we had the pleasure of becoming friends with during our time at Foyle Film Festival!

All in all Foyle Film Festival was a wonderful experience, check out some of the photos from our time there below: 

Writer/Actress Sigal Diamant, Writer/Director Damien O'Donnell and Writer/Director Rebecca Panian

Breakfast at Filmmakers B&B

Killing Thyme in the Foyle Film Festival Programme

Rebecca Panian, Sigal Diamant and Director Limor Diamant

M J McMahon in front of Killing Thyme poster

Crowd at Q&A

The Killing Thyme Posters Are Here!

We've also got the Killing Thyme website up and running so go ahead and visit www.killingthyme.com for more information.

The Girl In The Dress World Premiere

Last night was the world premiere of The Girl In The Dress, and what better place to have it than as part of the BFI Film Festival!

 One of only 7 films to be chosen to screen at the festival as part of  this year's  Film London London Calling selection of shorts, the film screened as part of the Journey section of the festival.

And our very own Nick Helm did the introductions for the night!

All in all, it was a great evening and a  fantastic way to kick start the journey of our finished film.

The Girl In The Dress Posters

We can officially reveal the new posters for The Girl In The Dress!