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  • Late NOV 2010 RANDOM STRANGERS, a short film dir. by Alexis DOS SANTOS and supported by IFFR will start shooting in Amsterdam
  • NOV 2010 The shooting of THE WEEKENDER and IN THE TURMOIL, two feature films produced by The Bureau, has wrapped.
  • AUGUST 2010 SOS - The first edition of the development training scheme for Writers&Producers is coming to the end. It's been a
    successful year in which we have spotted six talented writers and 6 emerging producers that have been working on a first draft of a feature film.
    To know more about the participants and the next call for entries check www.saveourscripts.com
  • 1st August 2010 FAREWELL UK Theatrical Release
  • 7th July 2010 SAVE OUR BACON (animated short) by Peter BAYNTON competes for the Mc Laren Award at >Edinburgh Film Festival 2010
  • 7th July 2010 LONDON RIVER UK Theatrical Release
  • May 2010LILY SOMETIMES (PIEDS NUS SUR LES LIMACES) WINS the Art Cinema Award at Cannes Directors Fortnight
  • May 2010 LATE BLOOMERS feature film directed by Julie GAVRAS
    with Isabella ROSSELLINI and William HURTproduced by THE BUREAU with LES FILMS DU WORSO is in Post-production
  • December 2009 UNMADE BEDS has been sold in 16 countries and the SOUNDTRACK RECORD distributed by NAIVE
    is available for purchase on line!
  • 13th December 2009 UNMADE BEDS UK Theatrical Release
  • September 2009 UNMADE BEDS Italian Premiere at MILANO FILM FESTIVAL
  • 19 September 09 KINGSLAND at Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival
  • October 09 LONDON RIVER screens in London: Tue 20 Oct 18:30 @ VUE 6, Thu 22nd Oct 13:30 @ Vue 6, Sun 25 Oct 21:00 @ Ritzya
  • 2nd September 09 UNMADE BEDS released in US by IFC
  • 13th August 09 UNMADE BEDS released in HOLLAND by CINEART
  • 06th February 2009: UNMADE BEDS opens GENERATION section in Berlin International Film Festival
  • February 2009: LONDON RIVER is in the official competition of Berlin International Film Festival
  • February 2009:MY GREATEST ESCAPE is in Berlin International Film Festival
  • February 2009: FIVE MILES OUT (Cinema Extreme Short) is in Berlin International Film Festival
  • January 2009: UNMADE BEDS is in Rotterdam Film Festival
  • 16th January 2008: UNMADE BEDS world premiere in Sundance Festival
  • December 2008:FAR NORTH Released in UK
  • October 2008:KINGSLAND premieres at London Film Festival
  • November 2008:JULIA Released in UK and US
  • March 2008:JULIA Released in France
  • April 2008:FAREWELL Principal photography starts
  • February 2008:JULIA Screened at Berlin International Film Festival
  • January 2008: UNMADE BEDS In post production
  • January 2008: FAR NORTH screens in Tromso and Longyearbyen
  • December 2007:THE BUREAU moves to Shoreditch
  • November 2007: FAR NORTH screens at Kendal Mountain Film Festival and
    Amazonas Film Festival in Manaus.
  • October 2007: FAR NORTH screens at the London Film Festival.
  • October 2007: FAR NORTH Screens Dinard
  • October 2007: Unmade Beds directed by Alexis Dos Santos goes into Pre-Production.
  • August 2007: FAR NORTH Premeries at Venice Film Festival.
  • June 2007: Post Production is completed on FAR NORTH.
  • September 2006: 'FAR NORTH' shoots on Svalabard and in North Norway for 9 weeks.
  • June 2006: 'BURNT OUT'( SAUF LE RESPECT QUE JE VOUS DOIS) Director Fabienne Godet was named best director at The 9th Shanghai International Film Festival. Olivier Gourmet was awarded the prize for Best Actor for his lead role in the film.
  • June 2006: ISOLATION screens at Seattle International Film Festival.
  • June 7th 2006: ISOLATION is released by TFM in France.
  • May 2006: ISOLATION website goes live. Click here to go to www.isolationthefilm.com
  • April 2006: ISOLATION screens at Dead By Dawn Edinburgh, Danger After Dark in Philadelphia and Wisconsin Film Festival.
  • March 2006: ISOLATION screens at Brussels International Festival Of Fantastic Film, San Francisco Irish Film Festival and The River Run Festival Carolina.
  • February 2006: ISOLATION screens at Dublin Film Festival, The European Union Film Festival Chicago and Film Comment Selects – Film Society of Lincoln Center New York.
  • 15 Fevrier 2006: Sortie Francaise de SAUF LE RESPECT QUE JE VOUS DOIS de Fabienne Godet. Cliquez ici pour visionner le Film-Annonce en 56K ou en Haut-debit.
  • January 2006: ISOLATION wins the Grand Prize and The International Critic's Prize at the 13th Festival of Fantastic Film Gerardmer.
  • January 2006: MERRY CHRISTMAS is officially selected for the Oscars Foreign Language category as well as the BAFTA's and Golden Globe.
  • December 16, 2005: Sony Pictures Classics release MERRY CHRISTMAS in the UK.
  • SAUF LE RESPECT QUE JE VOUS DOIS (BURNT OUT) screens at London Film Festival, San Sebastian, Sevilla, Zaragoza, Cinessone (Public's Prize), St-Jean de Luz, Sarlat 2005 and Miami 2006
  • October 2005: ISOLATION screens at Dinard Film Festival and Cork Film Festival.
  • September 2005: ISOLATION makes it's debut at Toronto Film Festival and gets it's market premiere. ISOLATION has already sold internationally and will release in the UK 2006.
  • September 2005: MERRY CHRISTMAS (US / UK title ) is chosen to represent France in the foreign language category at next year's Oscar® as submitted by UNIFRANCE.
  • May 2005: Sony Pictures Classics has paid a multi-million dollar sum for all rights for the U.S., U.K., Italy and South America to Christian Carion's JOYEUX NOËL. The film had been the subject of a fierce bidding war after its out of competition gala screening at Cannes on Monday 16th May.
  • May 2005: JOYEUX NOËL has it's World Premiere in Official Selection (Out of Competition) at Cannes International Film Festival 2005 in the presence of European Ministers of Culture including Britain's Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell MP.
  • April 2005: The Bureau is re-commissioned to manage the UK Film Council and FilmFour's Cinema Extreme short film scheme. First call for applications 11 April - 6 May
  • March 2005: Andrea Arnold wins the Oscar® for BEST SHORT FILM for WASP
  • January 2005: The UK Film Council and FilmFour's Cinema Extreme short filmmaking strand, managed by The Bureau, has produced an Oscar® nominee with Andrea Arnold's stunning short film WASP starring Natalie Press (My Summer of Love) and Danny Dyer (The Football Factory).
  • November 2004: Billy O'Brien starts shooting ISOLATION
  • August 2004: Christian Carion starts shooting JOYEUX NOËL
  • July 2004: Fabienne Godet starts shooting BURNT OUT
  • April 2004: Diane Bertrand starts shooting L'ANNULAIRE
  • One For the Road to be released by Tartan Films in July 2004.
  • A new run of Extreme Cinema events at the Curzon Soho from January to May 2004 on the last Saturday of each month.
  • In December The Bureau welcomed Freddy Herneoja as Bertrand Faivre's new assistant
  • The first 4 commissioned projects to come out the Cinema Extreme Short Film Scheme were premiered at The Edinburgh Film Festival 2003.
  • 23 February, The Warrior wins BEST BRITISH FILM and BEST NEWCOMER (Carl Foreman Award) at the BAFTA's.
  • In February The Bureau welcomed Kate Ogborn.
  • London based monthly events at the Curzon Soho. These are screenings of short films by prestigious directors followed by a celebrated guest director commenting on his/her first steps in the film industry. As part of Cinema Extreme : Extreme Cinema.
  • The Warrior has so far been released in Czech Republic, Poland, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, the United Kingdom, Hungary and France.
  • The Film Council's New Cinema Fund and FilmFour Lab have selected 4 short film projects through their Cinema Extreme Short Film Scheme managed by The Bureau: The Bypass by Amit KUMAR, Wasp by Andrea ARNOLD, Love Me Or Leave Me Alone by Duane HOPKINS and A Changed Man by Jens JONSSON.