Prince Edward presents the Guild of Great Britain Award for his new production; Pingyao Film Festival Post Awards & Yeti Television Hires Simon Greenwood – Global Briefs

Prince Edward awards Guild of Great Britain talent prize to new production
Prince Edward, the Royal Patron of the Production Guild of Great Britain (PGGB), will present the panel’s new film and television industry awards, launched on his behalf as part of the inaugural Talent Showcase and in partnership with Disney Studios Content and Supported is awarded. by entertainment partners. Four industry bodies have been nominated for the Earl of Wessex Awards, established to recognize professionals in the British film and television industry who have “created a successful way of inspiring local talent or ability to facilitate access to… expand or be more inclusive”. The nominees are the youth-run production company Fully Focused; media charity MAMA Youth Project; Resources for Social Change Resource Productions and mental health and well-being nonprofit 6 feet from the spotlight. He will receive the award during the first PGGB Talent Showcase presented on January 24. The Earl of Wessex recently visited the MAMA Youth Project. He said after his visit: “Congratulations to all the organizations nominated for this new award. The finalists are great examples of how the manufacturing industry is more can attract people from different backgrounds to join the company.”

“Next Sohee” and “Night Falls” win the award for best film at the Pingyao Film Festival
July Jung Korean filmmaker Next sohee was awarded Best Film at the Roberto Rossellini Awards at the 6th edition of China’s Pingyao International Film Festival (January 14-19), while Jian Haodong’ the night is coming won best film at the Fei Mu Awards. The Roberto Rossellini Awards are given to titles in the festival’s Crouching Tigers competition (international directorial debut or second film), while the Fei Mu Awards are given to films in the Hidden Dragons section (Chinese-language first and second film) . Other Roberto Rossellini Award winners included Erige Sehiri Under the fig treeswho won best director, and Michael Borodins general dealerwho won the jury prize, while a special mention goes to Fabian Hernandez’ Un Varon/a man. At the Fei Mu Awards, Wang Mu’s awakening spring, which opened as the festival’s opening film, won Best Director, Best Actress (Wang Ziwen) and Best Actor (Yin Fang). by Niu Niu Mr. Junjun was honored with the Jury Award and also won the Grand Award of the Youth Jury. the night is coming also won the Tong Ye Award and the Cinephilia Critics Award. The People’s Choice Awards went to Sho Miyake’s Small, slow but steadyy, Lise Akoka, and Romane Gueret The worst and that of Eric Tsang Hong Kong family. This edition of the Pingyao Film Festival was originally scheduled to take place late last year, but was postponed due to the recent coronavirus outbreaks in China. Held in the ancient walled city of Pingyao in Shanxi Province, the festival was founded by Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke. Former artistic director Marco Mueller recently moved into a similar role at the Hainan Island International Film Festival, but was still on board as a consultant for this edition of Pingyao.

Yeti Television hires new series and executive producer Simon Greenwood
Wales-based independent production company Yeti Television has appointed Simon Greenwood as series and executive producer. An industry veteran, he has over 20 years of experience producing factual content for a range of channels, as well as expertise in the observational documentary genre. Before working in television, Greenwood worked as a broadcast producer and reporter, first for local radio before taking on roles at BBC Radio 4 and Radio 5. Greenwood made the leap into live television and was instrumental in producing a number of British programs including historic morning shows The big breakfast (channel 4) and This morning (ITV). He then moved to the BBC, where he was instrumental in producing hit series watchdog and crime observation. As a development manager, Greenwood has worked for the BBC, ITV, Channel 5 and Channel 4 and has recently produced series nightmare tenant and slum landlord, which was renewed for 5 series and shown on global channels and streamers including Netflix. He also produced Rich house poor house and Rich holiday Bad holiday for channel 5 along with Sarah Beeny’s new life in the country and Up to the castle for Channel 4. His role will be to support the growth of Yeti’s growing list of factual series and formats for clients including BBC1, Sky Arts, Channel 4, CBS and More4.