Date: (15/02/2019)
Mr. Jones is in the main competition program of the 69th Berlin International Film Festival with its official world premiere on 10th February. Winners will be announced at the Closing Gala on Saturday 16th February. The jury is headed by French actress, Juliette Binoche and she is joined by jurors such as Justin Chang, American Film Critic, Sandra Hüller, German Actress and Trudie Styler, British Actress, Producer and Film Director.
Fife was delighted to welcome Oscar nominated director, Agnieszka Holland with this UK-Poland-Ukraine co-production. Scroll down to take a look at the trailer.
Starring in the movie is James Norton known for hit TV series McMafia and Grantchester and movies like Flatliners and Hampstead. Supporting cast includes Peter Sarsgaard, Joseph Mawle and Vanessa Kirby who played Princess Margaret in yet another hit TV series The Crown.
The story is based on the life of Welsh born journalist Gareth Jones who achieved so much in a life of only 30 years. Having covered the rise of the Nazi party in Germany, he was the first journalist to draw the attention of the West to Soviet famine of the early 1930’s. Banned from the Soviet Union, he moved on to China. Finally it was claimed that he was shot by bandits but the suspicion was raised that his death may have been engineered by the Soviet Union’s intelligence services.
Film locations were chosen all across the picturesque East Neuk of Fife. It started with a hunt for a period cottage overlooking water to be used as Gareth Jones’ home. Fife offers historic and iconic villages and harbours and Pittenweem and Cellardyke took starring roles. Cellardyke offered an additional harbour location to Pittenweem which is a working port.
Read more about the story of James Norton on location at Pittenweem in Fife by the Daily Mail
The movie was produced by screenwriter Andrea Serdaru-Barbul, Klaudia Smieja and Stanislaw Dziedzic of Film Produkcja, Angus Lamont of Crab Apple Films, and Egor Olesov of Kinorob.
Mr Jones at film location in Cellardyke, Fife, Scotland
Agnieszka Holland has a string of Academy Award nominated productions to her name including Europa Europa, Angry Harvest and In Darkness. She is also known for The Secret Garden with Maggie Smith and Total Eclipse starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
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Film locations Pittenweem and Cellardyke in East Neuk of Fife, Scotland (Courtesy Welcome to Fife)
FifeScreen+TayScreen was delighted to help with production and we're all sitting fingers crossed for the announcement of winners tomorrow.
