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When is Global Movie Day?

Established by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Global Movie Day takes place every year on the second Saturday of February every year. This annual celebration aims to give film fans around the world a national day to celebrate their favorite features. This year, Global Movie Day takes place on Saturday 12 February.

Although we enjoy films every day of the year, we thought we’d highlight some of our TFS MD Cara Sheppard‘s top picks on Global Movie Day!

What’s your guilty watch at the moment?

Probably latest season of Ozark or After Life. And I couldn’t possibly confirm or deny if I binge watched all of ‘Emily in Paris’ in 2 days over Christmas!

What do you love most about movies?

The escapism and it takes you to another place. I think that’s something we’ve all needed at times in the past couple of years!

“What’s your favourite scary movie”?

Cape Fear – its brilliant! Both the original and the remake are very well done.

If you had to pick, would you go for a silent, a black and white or a 3D film?

Probably black and white. I used to love old B&W Hollywood Movies – the ‘Maltese Falcon’, ‘Casablanca’, ‘Brief Encounter’ – it was watching those that had a certain old Hollywood glamour to them that made me want to start working in the film industry.

If you could only choose one, what would be one of your favourite films TFS worked on?

The Italian Job – Michael Caine at his finest!

What are you planning to watch on #GlobalMovieDay?

Probably something we have worked on more recently that I haven’t had time to watch yet, like Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Belfast’ or ‘Last Night in Soho’ which are both up for Oscar and Bafta nominations shortly. Very excited to see both of those!

Check our work page for more inspiration on what to watch today.

Scheduled to take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, the 94th Academy Awards will honour the best films released between 1 March and 31 December 2021. The Oscars ceremony will take place on 27 March.

Congratulations to Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor who have been nominated for their work on No Time To Die – on which the TFS team (Adam Méndez as Foley Mixer, Sophia Hardman and Oli Ferris as Foley Assistant alongside Andrea King and Sue Harding as Foley Artist) worked with Foley Supervisor to carry out the Foley.⁠

Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri have also been nominated for their Sound work on Belfast. TFS was proud to have carried out Foley on this feature, with Sophia Hardman as Foley Mixer, Oli Ferris and Sue Harding as Foley Artists and Arthur Graley as Foley Editor. The TFS Sound team also completed the mix in the newly redesigned state-of-the-art Sound Theatre 2 with Mixers Simon Chase and Niv Adiri. Sound Design was by Sound Byte Studios and Supervised by James Mather.⁠

Good luck to all those shortlisted – see you on 27th March!

View the full list of nominees for the Oscars 2022 or read more TFS news.

Throwback to 2016 film Being, written and directed by Devlin Crow which was shot in London and Brighton in the late summer of 2016.

Being tells the story of Buddy, a young boy struggling to have a childhood while being a full-time carer for his mum with Multiple Sclerosis – until a new friend helps him live out an old dream.

Craig Irving mixed the short film, with fellow TFS Re-recording Mixer Wil Miller.

“This was a very special collaboration with Twickenham Film Studios and the TFS team supported me in getting the mix created,” says Devlin “I have wonderful memories of that time and working with Craig and William.”

Since the short was completed, the rock band The Who also supported the short film, for which they provided their music and have endorsed it as a recognised spin off from ‘Quadrophenia’.

Find out more about the feature on the Being website.

The Cinema Audio Society (CAS) announces its nominees for the 58th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for 2021 in seven categories, as well as ten Outstanding Product nominees.

After a virtual event in 2021, the 58th Annual CAS Awards returns as a live event on 19 March in the Wilshire Grand Ballroom at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, with legendary director and producer Sir Ridley Scott receiving the Cinema Audio Society Filmmaker Award.

The CAS Award nominees are uniquely chosen by Sound Mixers, to celebrate excellence of the craft in the film and television industry. Hundreds of entries are reviewed and evaluated every year by experienced and accomplished CAS members who know the art and science of sound.

Thrilled to share that our TFS’s Adam Méndez has been nominated as part of the No Time To Die team for Best Motion Picture – Live Action.

Production Mixer: Simon Hayes
Re-Recording Mixer: Paul Massey
Re-Recording Mixer: Mark Taylor
Scoring Mixer: Stephen Lipson
ADR Mixer: Mark Appleby
Foley Mixer: Adam Méndez

Congratulations to Adam plus the whole No Time To Die Sound and Foley team and we look forward to a great show.

The full nominations list can be found on the CAS website.

Nominees for the 69th annual MPSE Awards have come out this week and TFS teams have been nominated in two categories for their work on Belfast, Last Night in Soho and No Time To Die.

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Effects / Foley
🎬 Belfast | Focus Features
Sound Designer: James Mather
Sound Editor: Tomas Blazukas
Foley Editor: Arthur Graley
Foley Artists: Sue Harding and Oliver Ferris

🎬 No Time to Die | Universal Pictures
Supervising Sound Editors: Oliver Tarney, James Harrison
Sound Designers: Bryan Bowen, Eilam Hoffman
Sound Effects Editor: Dawn Gough
Foley Editor: Hugo Adams
Foley Mixer: Adam Méndez
Foley Artists: Sue Harding, Andrea King

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Dialogue / ADR
🎬 Last Night in Soho | Universal Pictures
Supervising Sound Editors: Dan Morgan, Julian Slater
Supervising ADR Editor: Dan Morgan

🎬 No Time to Die | Universal Pictures
Supervising Dialogue & ADR Editors: Becki Ponting, Michael Maroussas
Dialogue Editors: Rachael Tate, Adele Fletcher
Supervising Sound Editor: Oliver Tarney

Good luck to all!

View the full list of nominees on MPSE’s website.

The TFS Team are thrilled to see three features they have worked on make the coveted longlist for Best Sound at this year’s BAFTA Awards 2022 – listed in alphabetical order:
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🎥 Last Night In Soho
Working closely with Focus Features and Working Title Films, the TFS team was very proud to join Lead Mixer Julian Slater, with Tim Cavagin and William Miller co-mixing on the film, with Dan Morgan as Co-Sound Supervisor and Arthur Graley as Sound Editor.

🎥 Belfast
The mix was completed in Sound Theatre 2 with Mixers Simon Chase and Niv Adiri.⁠
Sound Design was by Soundbyte Studios and supervised by James Mather.⁠
Foley Mixer – Sophia Hardman
Foley Artists – Oli Ferris and Sue Harding
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🎥 No Time To Die⁠
The TFS team joined a stellar line up of artists on the feature, working closely with Supervising Sound Editor Oliver Tarney, to bring the epic Foley to life.⁠
Foley Supervisor – Hugo Adams⁠
Foley Mixer – Adam Mendez ⁠
Foley Artists – Andrea King and Sue Harding
Foley Assistants – Sophia Hardman and Oli Ferris

The Best Film longlist also features:

🎥 Operation Mincemeat
The TFS Sound team worked on the mix:
Re-recording mixers: Tim Cavagin and Max Walsh

We were also thrilled to create the Foley on this project:
Foley Mixer: Adam Mendez
Foley Editor: Sophia Hardman
Foley Artists: Oli Ferris and Sue Harding  ⁠

Huge congratulations to all those artists whose work has made the running and we look forward to seeing what makes the shortlist!

View the full list of longlisted features on BAFTA’s website.

The hugely popular mini-series The Tourist stars Jamie Dornan, Danielle Macdonald and Shalom Brune-Franklin.

It tells the edge-of-seat story of a man who wakes up in the Australian outback with no memory. Using the few clues he has, he tries recovering his identity before his past catches up with him.

Working alongside the Sound Supervisors at Phaze UK, the TFS team recorded the Foley, with Adam Méndez as Foley Mixer, Sophia Hardman looking after Foley Editorial, and Oli Ferris and Sue Harding as Foley Artists.

The series premiered on BBC One in the UK, HBO Max in the US, on ZDF in Germany, and on Stan in Australia; with the trailer available on YouTube.

Last Night In Soho is nominated alongside Belfast, Dune, West Side Story and No Time To Die at this year’s 9th Annual AMPS Awards for Excellence In Sound.

Working closely with Focus Features and Working Title Films, the TFS team was very proud to join Lead Mixer Julian Slater, with TFS’s Tim Cavagin and William Miller Co-Mixing on Last Night In Soho, Dan Morgan as Co-Sound Supervisor and Arthur Graley as Sound Editor.

Congratulations to Simon Hayes, Arthur Fenn, Becki Ponting, Oliver Tarney and Paul Massey who worked on No Time To Die – on which the TFS team (Adam Mendez, Oli Ferris, Sophia Harding, alongside Andrea King and Sue Harding) worked with Foley Supervisor Hugo Adams to carry out the Foley.

TFS also carried out Foley on Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast, with Sophia Hardman as Foley Mixer, Oli Ferris and Sue Harding as
Foley Artists and Arthur Graley as Foley Editor. The TFS Sound team also completed the mix in the newly redesigned state-of-the-art Sound Theatre 2 with Mixers Simon Chase and Niv Adiri. Sound Design was by Soundbyte Studios and Supervised by James Mather.

Twickenham Film Studios is also very proud to continue their ongoing support, once again sponsoring the AMPS Awards.

We wish good luck to all the nominees, which you can view on AMPS’s website.