DOCUTAH 'Trailblazer' Award

We are delighted to announce that in recognition of five decades in the documentary film industry, André Singer was presented with the 'Trailblazer' award at the 2024 DOCUTAH International Film Festival.


BFI Flare selection for India's 1st Best Trans Model Agency

India's 1st Best Trans Model Agency will be screening as part of the 2024 BFI Flare programme. BFI Flare is the UK's biggest LGBTQIA+ Film Festival and one of the world's most long standing queer festival.


Sheffield DocFest Nomination for Beneath the Surface

Beneath the Surface had its UK premiere at this year's Sheffield DocFest and is in competition for the Festival's Tim Hetherington Award, a recognition of the film's powerful insight into a culture of abuse and systemic racism affecting the Sami people in Norway.

Beneath the Surface will be broadcast on the BBC's Storyville strand in the UK and on NRK in Norway later this year.

Director: Alex Irvine-Cox

Producer:  Ingvil Giske

Exec Producers: Fiona Stourton, André Singer, Lucie Kon, Philippa Kowarsky, Mandy Chang

Co-production with Medieoperatørene


Herzog's LAST EXIT:SPACE lands at Discovery+

We are excited to announce that Last:Exit Space, co-produced by Spring Films with Gunpowder & Sky and Taglicht Media,  directed by Rudolph Herzog and narrated by Werner Herzog is now available to stream on Discovery+

Watch the trailer here


Indian Space Dreams Still Heading for the Stars

The Association for International Broadcasting has just shortlisted Indian Space Dreams for this year's Science and Technology Awards.

Congratulations to Sue Sudbury and the team. Watch this space for more details.

"We are delighted that despite the global pandemic, broadcasters and producers across the world have responded to this year’s call for entries to the AIBs. This annual competition – now in its 16th year – celebrates journalism and factual productions across TV, radio and digital platforms."

Full information at The AIBs website

 

 


Fireball to hit Toronto tonight!

The epic Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds directed by Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer will have its world premiere tonight at 6pm local time at the Toronto International Film Festival.

www.tiff.net/events/fireball-visitors-from-darker-worlds


Tinderbox Makes an Impact

Spring is delighted to announce that Gillian Mosely's powerful and personal examination of the history of the Israeli/Palestine conflict 'Tinderbox' has won the Impact Doc Awards Viewer Impact and the History Award of Excellence along with a Special Mention in Documentary Features.

Tinderbox was directed and produced by Gillian Mosely for Media Lab. The DoP was Richard Blanshard and the EPs were André Singer and Richard Melman for Spring Films


Meeting Gorbachev - UK TV Premiere

We are delighted to let you know that on Thursday the 2nd of July at 10:15 pm Sky Documentaries on Sky Channel 114 will be showing the UK television premiere of Meeting Gorbachev directed by Werner Herzog and André Singer. If you missed it at the cinema now's your chance to see this highly praised and moving account of Gorbachev's extraordinary career.

Produced by Lucki Stepetic and Svetlana Palmer

Executive Producer Richard Melman

 

 

 


Indian Space Dreams become Reality

Congratulations  to Sue Sudbury and the team for winning the RTS Southern Regional Award

“An epic and multi-layered production telling the story of 3 professors and a young woman scientist and their part in the Indian space programme. This documentary gave an authentic glimpse of life in Mumbai, challenged stereotypes and showed how ingenuity and patience can, in the end, lead to success. A beautifully shot tapestry illustrating social pressure, cultural challenges and above all a very different approach to life and work.” RTS Awards jury

Spring is very proud to part of this terrific production.

Director: Sue Sudbury
Producers: Richard Melman & Sue Sudbury. Executive Producers: André SingerKeith Haviland & Pat Mills

A Sequoia Films production in association with Spring Films & Haviland Digital.


PRISON - FAMILY

Tonight is the last of the Women's prison trilogy. Some amazing and heartbreaking stories of what happens to a family when a mother is sent to jail.

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/prison

Read about Kelly's remarkable journey on Huffpost

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/being-a-mum-in-prison-foston-hall_uk_5e593f33c5b6450a30bde000