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BCI Presents: "Unknown Things"
All of us here at Boulder Creek are very excited about a brand new feature film that we are distributing on an exclusive basis.
'Unknown Things', a drama-thriller directed by the award-winning Bruno Coppola (Stuff That Bear! and Rules of Love), and based on a short story by the late Reginald Bretnor and is described as a tale of mystery, romance, antique mechanical objects and murder. Set in London, it tells the story an antique dealer whose obsessive infatuation with a married woman (SASKIA REEVES) leads him on a quest for increasingly bizarre contraptions in order to satisfy her collector husband (PAUL RHYS), and thus remain close by her side.
Not only does this film star Saskia Reeves (SPOOKS, BUTTERFLY KISS, CLOSE MY EYES & A CHRISTMAS CAROL) and Paul Rhys (CHAPLIN, FROM HELL & VINCENT & THEO), but is also edited by the great Tariq Anwar who has worked on other classics such as THE KINGS SPEECH, AMERICAN BEAUTY & LAW ABIDING CITIZEN.
Aside from working with Bruno and his team personally on the distribution front, BCI feels very proud and honoured to be working with a member of Hollywood's most successful family, not to mention one heck of a nice guy, as we discovered for ourselves when Bruno joined us at MIPTV 2011 down in sunny Cannes.
The film is currently available WORLDWIDE, so click HERE to view it in full, or drop us an e-mail at info@bouldercreekinternational.com for more information!
Days get shorter, the TV markets seem to come round quicker
Well, another 2 markets are upon us, Sportel and Mipcom 2010. It seems like just yesterday, we were looking at the palm trees of Cannes in our rear view mirror as we made a dash for the northern border of France, trying to beat a travel chaos-causing volcano. Nothing like a fun road trip to round off a week of life in the Palais.
Gross Media Value
A recent press release by the World Match Racing Tour, a very important Boulder Creek International sports client, has highlighted the importance of return on investment which event organisers, governments, tourism boards and sponsors are facing in the current television landscape. Few sports brands are currently bringing in the license fees they once did even 10 years ago, which is down to the shift in advertising and sponsorship expanding into the online realm, as well as the proliferation of new television channels. So, whilst opportunities for exposure have increased, license fees for certain federations have shrunk. Creatively reacting to this new landscape, through a solid advertising and sponsorship campaign, is the best way to raise revenues for the federation, whilst providing key exposure for those investing in the event.
Boulder Creek Launches New Website!
After much designing and tweaking by our Kiwi web team SMP Media, we now have a Beta version of our website launched, and the video is provided by our IPTV partners, Brightcove. This means between now and MIPTV 2010, we will have a majority of our films, TV programmes and sports online, and viewable. Please mind our dust as we tweak entries and update bits and pieces. It really feels as if we have turned a corner for our marketing efforts, which will now streamline how we work. If you have any questions or suggestions, please let us know. And here's to 2010!
