Henry Darke selected for Screen International's 2012 'Stars of Tomorrow'

Henry Darke, MA Filmmaking graduate and a participant in the LFS HOTHOUSE feature development programme, has been selected as one of the 2012 Stars of Tomorrow by Screen International.

Henry's first play was chosen to be part of theRoyal Court Theatre's Young Playwrights Season. A comedy set on a roof HIGHFLIERS concerned the black market building trade in Cornwall. The play won him a place a The London Film School and he graduated in 2008 fully funded by a Skillset bursary. His graduation film THE LOBSTER TRAP won the Lodz Media school Festival Poland, and was noticed by Producers who secured funding for Henry to make BIG MOUTH.

BIG MOUTH premiered at The 54th BFI London Film Festival, won the Delabole Slate audience award, received Special Mention at Brief Encounters, and reached the final ten shortlist for Bafta nomination. Henry recently directed an original half hour drama for the 'Coming Up' series, HOOKED was broadcast on Channel 4 in 2011. He has various feature film projects in development.

Screen unveils 2012 UK Stars of Tomorrow

18 June, 2012 | By Screen staff

Screen International is today unveiling the rising filmmakers and actors selected for its 2012 Stars of Tomorrow.
This is the ninth year of Screen’s UK Stars of Tomorrow, and past selections include Robert Pattinson, Dominic Cooper, Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield.

Writer Fionnuala Halligan, who selected the Stars and interviewed each of them, said: “more and more names are submitted every year for inclusion in Stars of Tomorrow and it’s always a surprise to see for yourself just how much young talent is out there - we could have filled several magazines over, and the choice was hard. I think this year’s Stars of Tomorrow are very representative of Britain’s future film-makers and stars both in terms of where they have come from and where they want to go, and I look forward to following up with them and seeing how they progress.”
Screen Editor Mike Goodridge added: “This year’s Stars Of Tomorrow feature is a great read. It gives a snapshot of these amazing new actors, writers and filmmakers while also offering a broad picture of production in the UK today as well. Our Stars curator Fionnuala Halligan has done an amazing job, and I’d also like to thank our contributing experts Simon Curtis, Rebecca O’Brien and Pete Travis for their generous insights.”
To read the feature in PDF, please click here.