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.
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 Singer, Keith 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
Did the Duck do it?
The mystery surrounding the Foston Hall Duckling continues to grow.
https://twitter.com/movanders/status/1229525583480213506
We can only reply with Channel 4's official statement "For reasons of the duck’s security we can’t go into the issues surrounding its move into ‘Duck Witness Protection’ and what necessitated our having to blur his image, suffice to say, it was a nasty incident involving the Canada Goose Gang, a loaf of bread and a swan! We hope you’ll respect his need for privacy."
PRISON 2 Tonight at 9 pm
Tonight we show the vital work carried out at Foston Hall to help women who have suffered traumatic events. The remarkable Healing Trauma team is led by prisoners who have 'been there' themselves.