THE BAFTA TV NOMINATIONS ARE HERE!

A huge congratulations to DoP Rachel Clark and Costume Designer Jane Petrie on their much-deserved BAFTA TV nominations for their respective work on Best Single Drama-nominee I AM RUTH (with Production Design by Noam Piper) and series THE ESSEX SERPENT (pictured).

We’re thrilled to see plenty of nominated projects featuring work by echo clients with the Best Drama Series category made up of: BAD SISTERS, featuring Cinematography by Evelin van Rei, NSC; THE RESPONDER (with 6 nominations) featuring Production Design by John Stevenson; SOMEWHERE BOY, with Production Design by Alex Toomey, and SHERWOOD, with episodes 1, 2, 3 + 6 cut by Sacha Szwarc.

MOOD, with editing by Eve Doherty and Al Reid, and THIS IS GOING TO HURT (with 6 nominations), featuring Production Design by Dick Lunn with episodes 5-7 lensed by Nick Cooke, are both up for Best Mini-Series. THE WHITE LOTUS, with Costume Design by Alex Bovaird, is nominated for Best International Series.

Congratulations also go to nominated projects:
SLOW HORSES - Costume Design by Guy Speranza and editing by Luke Dunkley and Morten Højbjerg, with 5 nominations
WITHOUT SIN - lensed by Rachel Clark
ANDOR - Hair + Makeup Design by Emma Scott and cut by Yan Miles ACE, Dan Roberts and Simon Smith
TOP BOY - with Cinematography by Stuart Bentley BSC, Additional Photography by Korsshan Schlauer, and editing by Matteo Bini and John Dwelly
THE TINDER SWINDLER - lensed by DoP Edgar Dubrovskiy, up for Best Director: Factual
HEARTSTOPPER - with Hair + Makeup Design by Diandra Ferreira
LIFE AFTER LIFE - shot by Stuart Bentley BSC
JUNGLE - with editing by Josh Mallalieu
I HATE SUZIE TOO - lensed by DoP Patrick Meller

The winners will be announced at the ceremony on 14th May!

RAGING GRACE PICKS UP THE GRAND JURY PRIZE AT SXSW!

RAGING GRACE has picked up the Grand Jury Prize of SXSW festival’s Narrative Feature Competition! The film features Additional Editing by echo’s Sarah Brewerton and was directed by Paris Zarcilla, who was also awarded the Thunderbird Rising Award at this year’s festival!

SXSW KICKS OFF TODAY!

SXSW 2023 is kicking off today!
The festival will host the world premieres of series MRS DAVIS (pictured), featuring work by echo Costume Designer Susie Coulthard and Production Designer Emma Fairley, and of feature film NORTHERN COMFORT, shot by echo DoP Niels Thasthum, DFF. WAR PONY will also screen, for which echo DoP David Gallego, ADFC was awarded the Camera d’Or at last year’s Cannes Film Festival for his brilliant cinematography, as well as RAGING GRACE, with Additional Editing by Sarah Brewerton!

RAIN DOGS IS OUT IN THE US!

RAIN DOGS is out in the US now! With episodes 1, 2, 7 and 8 of the comedy drama lensed by echo DoP Carlos Catalan alongside Director Richard Laxton, the series has already been receiving fantastic reviews, with TIME concluding “like any great album, the show’s eight short, thrilling episodes demand to be played on repeat”. Catch it on HBO and HBO Max in the US, and stay tuned for it’s UK release, which is hopefully very soon!

THE RTS PROGRAMME AWARD NOMINATIONS ARE HERE!

The RTS Programme Award nominations are here! A massive congratulations to all the brilliant nominated projects, including:

TOP BOY (pictured), with cinematography by echo’s Stuart Bentley BSC, Additional Photography by Korsshan Schlauer, and editing by Matteo Bini and John Dwelly, which is up for 3 nominations including ‘Best Drama Series’.
Also up for this award is SHERWOOD, cut by echo Editor Sacha Szwarc and THE RESPONDER, with Production Design by John Stevenson.

ANNE, edited by Kim Gaster is nominated for ‘Best Limited Drama Series' as well as MOOD, cut by Eve Doherty and Alastair Reid, and directed by Nicôle Lecky who has been nominated for the Breakthrough Award.

Other nominees include: THEN BARBARA MET ALAN, with Costume Design by echo’s Natalie Humphries which is up for Best Single Drama; THE TINDER SWINDLER, for Best Single Documentary, lensed by DoP Edgar Dubrovskiy; and Best Comedy Drama-nominee CHEATERS, featuring work by Costume Designer Holly Rebecca.

The ceremony will take place on the 28th March!

AFTERSUN PICKS UP 'BEST FIRST FEATURE' INDIE SPIRIT AWARD!

Charlotte Wells' AFTERSUN was awarded ‘Best First Feature’ at this weekend’s Independent Spirit Awards! Congratulations to all the cast and crew behind this wonderful film, including echo Costume Designer Frank Gallacher. Bravo!

SIMON SMITH AWARDED ACE EDDIE FOR ANDOR!

Wishing a huge congratulations to echo Editor Simon Smith on his much-deserved ACE Eddie ‘Best Edited Drama Series’ award win at last night’s ceremony, for his brilliant work on ANDOR episode, ‘One Way Out’!

THE FINAL TWO EPISODES OF THE LAST OF US, SHOT BY NADIM CARLSEN, DFF!

Don’t miss the penultimate episode of THE LAST OF US, out tomorrow! The post-apocalyptic drama series has been receiving rave reviews, with Forbes reporting its live viewership doubling since the release of the first episode. This season is drawing to a close, with the final two episodes shot by echo DoP Nadim Carlsen, DFF with Director Ali Abbasi! Catch it on Sky Atlantic at 9pm tomorrow and on NowTV!

AFTERSUN AND THE INSPECTION UP FOR 'BEST FIRST FEATURE' AT TONIGHT'S INDIE SPIRIT AWARDS!

The 2023 Independent Spirit Awards are taking place tonight! Up for the ‘Best First Feature’ award are Charlotte Wells' AFTERSUN (pictured), with Costume Design by echo’s Frank Gallacher and Elegance Bratton’s THE INSPECTION, shot by echo DoP Lachlan Milne, ASC, ACS, NZCS! We are wishing a massive good luck to both amazing nominated films!

GIRL OPENING GLASGOW FILM FEST TODAY!

The 19th Glasgow Film Festival commences today and is opening with Adura Onashile’s debut feature GIRL! Featuring designs by echo Costume Designer Kirsty Halliday and Hair + Makeup Designer Kat Morgan, the Glasgow-shot film, about the resilience of a mother-daughter bond, has already received great reviews after its world premiere at Sundance in January!

THE STRAYS IS ON NETFLIX NOW!

Nathaniel Martello-White’s directorial debut feature THE STRAYS is here! The thriller features Production Design by echo’s Francesca Massariol and Hair + Makeup Design by Bean Ellis. Catch it on Netflix now!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ECHO'S JON HENSON ON HIS BRITISH ARROWS NOMINATION!

We are so proud of echo’s Jon Henson who has been nominated for the ‘Best Production Design' British Arrows Craft Award for his fantastic work on Uber Eats ‘Embrace the art of doing less’ commercial, directed by Andreas Nilsson for Biscuit.
This spot, featuring Costume Design by Sarah Blenkinsop, is also up for 'Best 30-60 Second Commercial’ Award and the 'Best Director’ Award.

Here is the full list of British Arrows-nominated echo spots:
Brewdog ‘Lost Lager’ - Costume Design by Michelle May
Cadbury ‘Garage’ - Costume Design by Jo Thompson (up for Best Over 30 Second Commercial)
National Lottery Xmas ‘Camelot’ - Production Design by John Stevenson, Costume Design by Sarah Blenkinsop, Hair + Makeup Design by Nora Robertson (with 2 noms including Best Over 60 Second Commercial)
Shelter ‘Brave Face’ - Production Design by Fletcher Jarvis (with 2 noms, including Best Over 30 Second Commercial)
ITV ‘World Cup’ - Production Design by Bobbie Cousins
John Lewis ‘The Beginner’ - Production Design by Jon Henson
Tesco Mobile - Production Design by Jon Henson
BBC ‘Women in Sport’ - Production Design by Oian Arteta, DoP: Noël Schoolderman, Costume Design by George Buxton
Formula E ‘No Turning Back' - DoP: Stuart Bentley, BSC
Tena ‘#lastlonelymenopause’ - DoP: Carlos Catalan (with 3 noms, including the Impact Award and Best Over 90 Second Commercial)
EE ‘Hope United’ - Hair + Makeup Design by Kat Morgan (also up for the Impact Award aswell as 2 more noms)
Gousto ‘Period Drama’ - Hair + Makeup Design by Kirstin Chalmers
Landsec ‘Speechless’ - Hair + Makeup Design by Freddie Stopler
Ed Sheeran ft. Lil Baby ‘2Step’ - Hair + Makeup Design by Dasha Taivas (up for Best Music Video)

The winners will be announced at the ceremony on the 30th of March

AFTERSUN PICKS UP BAFTA FOR OUTSTANDING DEBUT!

Wishing a huge congratulations to Charlotte Wells on her well-deserved ‘Outstanding Debut by a British Writer/Director’ win at last night’s BAFTAs for the brilliant AFTERSUN! Hats off to all the cast and crew involved, including echo Costume Designer Frank Gallacher!

SHARPER IS OUT NOW ON APPLE TV+!

SHARPER is available to stream now on Apple TV+! Benjamin Caron’s psychological thriller for A24, cut by echo Editor Yan Miles, ACE and starring Julianne Moore and Sebastian Stan, has received fantastic critical reception since its release on Friday! Don’t miss it!

WISHING GOOD LUCK TO AFTERSUN AND BLUE JEAN AT TONIGHT'S BAFTAS!

Wishing good luck at tonight’s BAFTA ceremony to AFTERSUN (pictured), with Costume Design by echo’s Frank Gallacher, which is up for ‘Outstanding British Film’ as well as ‘Outstanding debut by a British Writer/Director/Producer’. Also up for ‘Outstanding Debut’ is BLUE JEAN, featuring work by Hair + Makeup Designer Kat Morgan and Costume Designer Kirsty Halliday.
We’re also crossing our fingers for BUS GIRL, which is nominated for ‘Best Short', lensed by DoP Nick Cooke and cut by Editor Morten Højbjerg!

THE INSPECTION IS OUT IN CINEMAS TODAY!

THE INSPECTION is out in cinemas today! Lensed by echo DoP Lachlan Milne, ASC, ACS, NZCS, Elegance Bratton’s film has received fantastic critical acclaim after doing the rounds at last year’s film festivals, including NYFF, TIFF and LFF, and picking up an Independent Spirit nomination for ‘Best First Feature’!

BERLINALE HOSTING THE WORLD PREMIERE OF FEMME!

The 2023 Berlinale kicks off today! The festival will host the world premiere of Sam H. Freeman and NG Choon Ping’s feature FEMME, featuring Costume Design by echo’s Buki Ebiesuwa and starring Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and George MacKay. The film will screen this Sunday as part of the Panorama section!

THE GOLD IS OUT NOW!

New 6 part thriller, THE GOLD, premiered this past Sunday on BBC One to great reviews. Episodes, 1, 3 and 4 were directed by Aniel Karia and shot by echo DoP Stuart Bentley, BSC with Editor Mark Keady cutting ep 4. All episodes are now available to stream on iPlayer - make sure you check it out!

BLUE JEAN IS OUT TOMORROW!

BLUE JEAN is released tomorrow in UK cinemas! Directed by Georgia Oakley, the BAFTA nominated film was designed by Costume Designer Kirsty Halliday and Hair and Make-Up Designer Kat Morgan. The film has received incredible critical acclaim since premiering at Venice Film Festival last year - you don’t want to miss it!

SXSW 2023 LINEUP REVEALED!

We are so pleased to see projects featuring echo client work on the 2023 SXSW Lineup!

The festival, taking place 10th-19th March, will screen the Cannes Camera d’Or-winning feature WAR PONY (pictured), shot by DoP David Gallego ADFC alongside Directors Riley Keough and Gina Gammell, as well as the world premiere of series MRS DAVIS, featuring Production Design by Emma Fairley and Costume Design by Susie Coulthard, and RAGING GRACE, with Additional Editing by Sarah Brewerton!