Anna and the Apocalypse
There’s no shortage of Christmas horror movies to choose from, but there’s only one teen zombie pop musical out there (so far).
“Shot in gray, grim, suburban Port Glasgow in Scotland,
Anna and the Apocalypse is about young hearts burning to be free – right until the undead rip those hearts out of their chests and eat them. Anna (Ella Hunt) is in her last year at high school, and her dad isn t in on her plan to put off university for a year and go traveling. Her best friend John (Malcolm Cumming, one of the best depictions of teen awkwardness since Jon Cryer s Duckie) is working out that his crush on Anna has no future. Meanwhile, she s dealing with her quick fling with an arrogant dudebro, and that s all the emotional complexity your average high school musical needs. And then the zombie apocalypse hits, and the story gets dark and sorrowful and soulful really fast.” –
By Wendy Mitchell2020-12-21T09:37:00+00:00
To launch
Screen’s Perspectives on 2020 series, Ben Roberts talks about how a tendency to over‑communicate, a love of doughnuts and the sheep on Romney Marsh have helped him steer 550 employees through the year.
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Ben Roberts
Ben Roberts stepped up from his role heading the BFI Film Fund to become the organisation’s CEO in mid-February 2020. Within a month, the UK was in lockdown, and Roberts found himself managing 550 employees remotely, guiding many through furlough.
In addition to its usual wide-ranging work and funding, the BFI also worked to advise the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) to create its Production Restart Scheme and for cinemas to access funding from the Culture Recovery Fund. The BFI also pulled together increased funding for productions, exhibitors and sales companies hit by the pandemic.