Movies: Kings in Gaelic (The Phoenix, Boston)

In Kings, which is getting six screenings at the MFA (January 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19), it’s 1977, and six spry Irish lads are sailing toward London, buoyed by grand expectations. READ MORE...

BBC acquires terrorist drama (C21)

The BBC and a range of international broadcasters have acquired the terrorist drama Extraordinary Rendition starring Andy Serkis, from High Point Media Group. READ MORE...

Hoping For An Oscar (Ham & High)

A Kentish Town film company is celebrating success in America for a movie about Irish immigration to Kilburn. Tom Collins' critically acclaimed Kings, which has been distributed by High Point Media Group based in Greenwood Place, will be screened across America. The film which is half in English, half in Gaelic and stars Colm Meaney, is the Irish entry for Best Foreign Language Film at this year's Oscars.

High Point closes UK TV deal for Extraordinary Rendition with BBC (Screen International)

High Point Media Group has sold UK TV rights to the BBC for Jim Threapleton's Extraordinary Rendition. READ MORE...

Storm Force sweeps across Asia and Americas (Cineuropa)

Belgium’s highest-grossing film of last year, Hans Herbot's blockbuster Storm Force 10 (226,422 admissions), is enjoying success both in the Americas and Asia. READ MORE...

High Point sells Storm Force to MTI for North America (Screen International)

High Point Television, a division of UK-based sales company High Point Media Group, has sold the North American TV and video rights for Storm Force to MTI. READ MORE...

'Storm Force' to invade N. America (Screen International)

London-based sales outfit High Point has sold North American TV and video rights to Belgium-language action movie “Storm Force” to MTI. READ MORE...

BFS moves into theatrical with US deal for Tom Collins' Kings (Screen International)

North American distributor BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Limited will move into theatrical distribution with its acquisition of Tom Collins' Kings. READ MORE...

BFS takes 'Kings' in N. America (Variety)

“Kings,” the first ever Irish entry for the foreign language Oscar, has been picked up by BFS Entertainment for theatrical distribution in North America. READ MORE...

High Point sells 'Extraordinary Rendition' to North America and Latin America (Screen International)

High Point Media Group has kicked off AFM with two new sales for Jim Threapleton's Extraordinary Rendition. READ MORE...

'Doomstown' sweeps Gemini Awards (Variety)

A hard-hitting CTV movie about guns and violence in a tough housing project was the big winner at the Gemini Awards for drama, variety and comedy Wednesday night in Toronto. READ MORE...

High Point pushes sex trafficking (C21)

UK movie and television distribution company High Point has scored a number of second season pre-sale deals for its sex trafficking series, Matrioshki. READ MORE...

Kings is Irish entry to Academy Awards (Screen International)

IFTA, The Irish Film and Television Academy has today formally announced that Tom Collins’s Kings has been officially selected by an independent IFTA jury as Ireland's submission to the 80th Academy Awards, in the Best Foreign Language Film category. READ MORE...

Kings to get US showcase through Directors Guild (Screen International)

The Screen Directors Guild of Ireland (SDGI) in association with the Directors Guild of America (DGA), has announced that the winner of this year's Directors Finders Series Award is Kings, directed by Tom Collins. READ MORE...

Irish films for all seasons (The Irish Times)

If the success of Garage was, to some extent, to be expected, the powerful impact of Tom Collin's terrific Kings came as a delightful welcome surprise. READ MORE...

Tom Collins: Immigrant Song (Screen International)

Northern Irish film-maker Tom Collins comes home to his favourite festival in Galway with his debut feature, Kings. Wendy Mitchell reports. READ MORE...

Brutal flipside of Cannes where the market is king (Daily Telegraph)

My most unsettling experience watching a film in Cannes this year had nothing to do with gore, violence or terror on the screen. On the contrary, Kings - an Irish-financed film set in London - is a thoughtful, bittersweet character study. READ MORE...

High Point takes on hot politics of Extraordinary Rendition (Screen International)

High Point Films has taken the world rights, outside the UK, to Jim Threapleton's debut feature Extraordinary Rendition, starring Andy Serkis and Omar Berdouni. READ MORE...

Tale of Irish in London to be shown at Cannes (Evening Standard)

A film about Irish immigrants in Kilburn is to be unveiled at the Cannes Film Festival. Kings has been adapted from Jimmy Murphy's play The Kings Of The Kilburn High Road, which was a hit at the Tricycle Theatre six years ago. READ MORE...

High Point gets off to good start (C21)

MIP NEWS: UK distributor High Point Television, part of High Point Media Group, has made new sales on its first day in Cannes for properties including rom-com 48 Shades. READ MORE....

High Point brings Joan Collins to Cannes (Broadcast)

Independent producer and distributor High Point Media has picked up worldwide rights to the Dutch feature film Ellis in Glamourland, starring Joan Collins. READ MORE...

High Point takes on Australian teen story (Screen International)

High Point Films has taken on world sales for Australian coming-of-age teen story 48 Shades. Actor Daniel Lapaine makes his directorial debut with the adaptation of Nick Earls' cult novel 48 Shades Of Brown. READ MORE....

High Point's new Irish arm kicks off with Tom Collins feature (Screen International)

Film and TV sales and production company High Point Films will expand with a new Irish division, High Point Ireland, and a new London headquarters. READ MORE...