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For filmmaker Francis Lee, his lesbian love story Ammonite between notable 19th century fossil hunter Mary Anning and socialite Charlotte Murchison wasn’t so much a response to the uber-conservative culture we’ve experienced over the past four years, rather, it was more personal for the 2017 Sundance-winning filmmaker…

To follow up his 2017 breakout indie hit God's Own Country, Francis Lee found inspiration in the story of a little-known British fossil collector named Mary Anning. For Ammonite, he embellished what little is known about Anning, fashioning a romantic story for her, and cast Kate Winslet as the enigmatic heroine and…

UPDATED, 10:08 AM: Amazon has moved to clarify reports Wednesday that Brit indie flick God's Own Country had sexual scenes censored on its service, following tweets sent by the film’s director expressing his surprise at discovering the cuts. The streamer noted that the film is a Prime Video Direct title, and as such…

EXCLUSIVE: While we wait for the Sundance acquisitions market to get going, I’ve learned that a coveted title not in the festival has sold in a substantial preemptive deal after a bidding battle. Tom Quinn’s NEON has landed Ammonite, a Francis Lee (God’s Own Country) scripted and directed drama that stars Kate Winslet…

Francis Lee will be keeping an eye on the weather this weekend. At the moment, he's snowed in at his home in Yorkshire, an event that is becoming all too regular lately. "This is, like, the eighth time we've been snowed in in two months," he notes, "and it just gets really dull." The snow almost caused him to miss the…

EXCLUSIVE: Orion Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn Films have acquired all U.S. rights to Francis Lee's festival breakout God’s Own Country. The feature debut world premiered in Sundance, winning the Special Jury Award for Directing in the World Cinema Competition. It then went on to screen in the Panorama section at Berlin…