Special Event: Scrapper with special guest Col Needham - the founder of IMDb (Suitable for 12years +)

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Scrapper
Screening & Talk
Scrapper

Event Date

Tue 19 Mar 2024

Event Time

10:00 - 12:30

Location

Regent Street Cinema, 309 Regent Street, Marylebone, London, W1B 2UW, England

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Cost

FREE

Recommended Age Group

11+

Curriculum Subject/s

  • Film Studies
  • Personal
  • PSHE Education

Georgie is a hugely charismatic 12-year-old girl who has found herself living alone after the sudden death of her loving mother. Evading social services using her ingenuity and paying rent through stealing bikes with her best friend Ali, her seemingly content world is upturned after her father, the youthful and spiky Jason, appears on her doorstep with unclear motives. Initially attempting to get rid of him by any means necessary, father and daughter soon find themselves bound together by grief, resentment, and the need for something more out of life. This warm-hearted and funny British film takes a small story and turns it into something endearing and universal.


Speaker

Col Needham is the founder and CEO of IMDb, the world's most popular and authoritative source for information on movies, TV shows, and celebrities. Born and living in the UK, Col has had a lifelong interest in both technology and movies. After starting a computer games software business at the age of 14, he went on to complete a computer science degree at Leeds University before commencing a career in technology research in Bristol, England.

IMDb grew out of a personal database of movie information which Col created as a teenager, combined with similar data collected on the internet in the late 1980s/early 1990s. Col published the first version of IMDb online in October 1990 and coordinated IMDb as a worldwide volunteer effort from 1990-1996. IMDb incorporated in January 1996 with the volunteers as shareholders and IMDb became a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon in April 1998. IMDbPro, the essential resource for entertainment professionals, launched in 2002 and continues to empower its members to launch and grow their careers.

Col continues in his original role to this day, working from an office in Bristol with IMDb staff members in countries around the world. Col is a board member of Into Film and Film Independent, and he received a 2014 Creative Coalition Independent Spotlight award for his work to support independent filmmaking. He was also awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Bristol in 2018. Col has been a jury member for leading film festivals around the world, including the Mumbai Film Festival, the Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, and the Tribeca Film Festival.

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Film title

Scrapper


Synopsis

Georgie is a hugely charismatic 12-year-old girl who has found herself living alone after the sudden death of her loving mother. Evading social services using her ingenuity and paying rent through stealing bikes with her best friend Ali, her seemingly content world is upturned after her father, the youthful and spiky Jason, appears on her doorstep with unclear motives. Initially attempting to get rid of him by any means necessary, father and daughter soon find themselves bound together by grief, resentment, and the need for something more out of life. This warm-hearted and funny British film takes a small story and turns it into something endearing and universal.

rude gesture, brief moderate violence

Director/s

Charlotte Regan

Year

2023

Country of Production

Britain

Genres

  • Comedy
  • Drama

Language

English

Duration

84 minutes

Venue name

Regent Street Cinema

Address

309 Regent Street,
Marylebone,
London,
W1B 2UW

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