We were absolutely delighted to be awarded Best Post Production House at last night’s Broadcast Awards, held at Grosvenor House. The Molinare team were out in force at the event, and we were blown away when the win was announced.
2011 was a year of highs for Molinare, including relaunching our brand (including an epic relaunch party!) and some truly fantastic Broadcast projects crossing our path.
One of the Broadcast highlights was our post-production of BBC2’s The Hour for Kudos Film and Television, which led to an RTS Award nomination for Gareth Spensley’s grade on the series. Producer Ruth Kenley-Letts, who has also teamed up with us on Silent Witness, said she was “blown away” by the work we completed on the drama series.
Our relationship with the MasterChef team continued in 2011 when we helped them make the move to HD, providing technical support and a cloud-based review and editing service for the production to view and assemble rushes remotely
MasterChef series producer Karen Ross said: “Molinare is not merely a facilitator but a contributor, and there is nowhere else we would have received this kind of ongoing service.”
A huge thanks to all our clients, staff and supporters, who over the past year have helped us go from strength to strength, with the crowning glory being this accolade. We’re looking forward to seeing what the rest of 2012 will bring.
We are delighted to announce that Gareth Spensley, Molinare’s Head of Grading, has been nominated for the RTS Craft & Design Award for his grade on The Hour – Kudos’s glamorous six part drama series which lead viewers behind the scenes of a ground-breaking topical news programme in 1956.
Gareth created the grade to subtly reflect the era without overpowering the emotion of the story. The show was shot digitally on the Arri D21, but the creative brief from the client was to give the pictures a rich filmic look.
The results were fantastic, with Chris Seager (Director of Photography for the series) saying that he was “delighted with the final look – the grade achieved everything we set out to create, and more.”
Misfits was the big winner at this year’s Broadcast Awards on Wednesday evening, picking up the awards for Best New Programme and Best Multichannel Programme. Audio was completed here at Molinare from our RTS award-winning team (comprising Billy Mahoney, Roger Dobson and Tony Gibson).
Small Island was also a winner, picking up the award for Best Single Drama. Molinare completed full post production on this critically-acclaimed drama from Ruby Films.
The BAFTA nominations are just out and The Kings Speech has picked up a resounding 14 nominations! Molinare completed the picture post production and VFX on this critically-acclaimed feature film:
It just keeps getting better for The Kings Speech and for Colin Firth. Yesterday he picked up a best actor award for his role as King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.
With the BAFTA nominations another day away, this is a great year for Colin, the film and indeed for Molinare.
The Oscars are drawing near and we wait with baited breath to find out the nominations. We are hopeful that The King’s Speech will be put forward for at least 2 Oscars to add to the many awards and nominations it has already received.
The Academy Awards Ceremony takes place on 27th February 2011, with nominations announced on 25th January.
Molinare’s most recent release, The King’s Speech, hit cinemas on Friday to great reviews. Already heralded as one of the best films of 2011, it sets the bar for films to follow.
The King’s Speech follows the story of Prince Albert ‘Bertie’ (Colin Firth) as he struggles to step up to his role on the throne and become George VI. Seen as unfit to be king after the abdication of his brother, Bertie struggles against a paralysing stammer to assume his role, watched by his wife Elizabeth I (Helena Bonham Carter). His battle to overcome his stammer sees him seeking help from Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush), an Australian language therapist with little regard for royalty. This unlikely pairing however is just the coaxing needed to bring out the leader in Bertie and guide this country through war. The determination and striving of Bertie to overcome his biggest obstacle is a subject all can relate to and of particular salience in today’s climate.
The King’s Speech has won 5 BIFA’s and been nominated for 7 golden globes including best actor, best supporting actress and best director.
View a high definition version of the trailer on our new screener site. We are proposing to launch screeners to promote all of our client’s new releases. Click here to go to screener site
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