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First-ever World Trailer Awards hosted in Portugal, Vilamoura this February
This year, the Algarve was selected to host the World Trailer Awards at the Tivoli Marina Vilamoura with the help of Spy Manor Productions

– March 3, 2022

The World Trailer Awards, which took place at the Tivoli Vilamoura Marina on Saturday the 26th of February, was the first-ever WTA brought to the Algarve, with Spy Manor Productions working behind the scenes to bring the event to the Algarve via media partner Deadline, as Peter Ogunsalu of Spy Manor Productions has been in discussions with Evelyn Brady-Watters, Co-founder of the 21-year-old GTA’s Golden Trailer Awards, to launch the World Trailer Awards in the Algarve region for some time.

Streamed on Sunday the 27th of February at around 21.30, the event has already created quite a stir, promoting the Algarve as a hot location for the industry.

The World Trailer Awards 2022 were launched as an international edition of The Golden Trailers award show and aim to “honour outstanding marketing excellence in 32 categories across cinema, television, gaming, podcasting & radio, streaming and social media”.

Winners of The World Trailer Awards were awarded top prizes in the form of innovative NFT art pieces for delivering stand-out marketing content for their global entertainment sector at the World Trailer Awards inaugural annual awards ceremony.

The event was presented by the Portuguese actor Sónia Balacó, and the Regional Winners were selected by a high-profile international jury that consisted of top-level directors, producers, actors, writers, executives and advertising creatives.

Evelyn Brady-Watters, Co-founder of the GTA’s Golden Trailer Awards, stated, “We’re thrilled to announce the Regional finalists for the inaugural World Trailer Awards and grateful for the opportunity to showcase their outstanding work and announce the overall winners in the beautiful and culturally rich Vilamoura.”

The World Trailer Awards is an event that honours the outstanding achievements of the world’s best creatives, marketing the world’s best entertainment across Cinema, TV, Gaming, Podcast & Radio, Streaming Services and Social Media, celebrating the strategic and creative excellence of the entertainment marketers and creatives delivering audiences for the entertainment industry worldwide.

Vanda Everke | Photo by Tania Guerreiro for Spy Manor Productions

“It has indeed been a tremendous honour to bring the WTA to the Algarve! As with everything we do, our primary goal is to put the Algarve on the map as a versatile, accessible and welcoming filming location. We are passionate about this region and contributing to turning it into one of the most spectacular lifestyle destinations”, said Vanda Everke, CEO of Spy Manor Productions, which played a key role in bringing the event to the Algarve.

Trudy Bellinger| Photo by Tania Guerreiro for Spy Manor Productions

Trudy Bellinger, keynote speaker, stated that “The World Trailer Awards, are creating an incredible community of global marketing talent. They are the marketing content creators who should be recognised, and some of them are and will emerge as important global voices.”

Susie Fraser and Dean Wheeler | Photo by Tania Guerreiro for Spy Manor Productions

Executive Director of the World Trailer Awards, Dean Wheeler, said organisers are “delighted to create the awards environment for the world’s amazing and often unacknowledged talent that creates entertainment marketing. Regardless of how difficult these last two years have been, we’re humbled to honour the spectacular work of creative industry professionals whose skills shine through and continue to inspire everyone to engage with the world of entertainment.”

Among the industry executives presenting honours Saturday were Kelly Warnell, Head of Entertainment at Hearst UK; Karen Nunn, CEO of Strategem; and Micaela Romanini, Vigamus Foundation VD.

According to organisers, guests in attendance included Matt Brubaker, CEO and creative director of Trailer Park Worldwide; Evelyn Brady-Watters, executive director of the Golden Trailer Awards.

Vanda Everke, Spy Manor Productions and Helder Marcelino Tivoli | Photo by Tania Guerreiro for Spy Manor Productions

Winners including ‘Ozark’, ‘Last Night In Soho’ and ‘The Tomorrow War’

‘Last Night in Soho’ – a 2021 psychological thriller by Edgar Wright – was one of the winners of the night. Joe Argent from Zealot UK won two awards in the Cinema categories for Best Online Advertising and Best Outdoor Advertising for his work on the film’s advertising.

Netflix also had a successful night, with crime drama ‘Ozark’ winning for Outdoor Advertising in the Streaming category, miniseries ‘Halston’ receiving Best Trailer and documentary ‘Cocaine Boys’ being awarded Best Poster.

Meanwhile, Amazon Prime Video’s ‘Tomorrow War’ won for Best Experiential Marketing.

Here is the full list of winners:

STREAMING SERVICES

Presented by Kelly Warnell of Hurst.
- Best Online Advertising
  Archie Walker
  Netflix Documentaries (Ignition Creative London)
- Best Trailer
  Kelly Adelman
  Halston (Trailer Park Group)
- Best Outdoor Advertising
  Danièle Morkel, Andrew Lerma and Kristine Yan
  Ozark Season 4 (Netflix Creative Studio U.S.)
- Best Poster
  Danièle Morkel
  Cocaine Cowboys (Netflix Creative Studio U.S.)
- Best Experiential Marketing
  Heather McClure
  The Tomorrow War (Prime Video)
GAMING

Presented by Peter Ogunsalu of Spy Manor Productions.
- Best Trailer
  Luca Dalco
  Martha is Dead (Wired Productions & LKA)
SOCIAL MEDIA

Presented by Vanda Everke of Spy Manor Productions.
- Best Online Advertising
  Andrew Snook
  The Courier (Silk Factory)
- Best Experiential Marketing
  Will Handley
  Seven Samurai (The Picture Production Company)
TV (BROADCAST & CABLE)

Presented by Karen Nunn of Stratagem.
- Best Poster
  George Smith
  Look Away (Ignition Creative London)
- Best Print Advertising
  Mikko Toivonen
  Europe From Above (The Walt Disney Company Nordic & Baltic)
- Best Online Advertising
  Aaron Kelly
  The Serpent (Think Jam)
CINEMA

Presented by Micaela Romanini from Vigamus.
- Best Poster
  Adam Cockerton
  Mein Sohn (The Dream Factory Film Advertising GmbH)
- Best Online Advertising
  Joe Argent
  Last Night In Soho (Zealot UK)
- Best Outdoor Advertising
  Joe Argent
  Last Night In Soho (Zealot UK)
- Best Experiential Marketing
  Gautam Ahuja and Mayura Tripathi
  83 – The Film (Reliance Entertainment Studios Pvt. Ltd. & Phantom Films Pvt. Ltd.)
- Best Trailer
  Walter Bienz
  River (The Solid State)
JUDGES
- Marco According Rickards of Vigamus
- Oliver Meneses of Showbeast
- Luis Miguel Messianu of Alma
- Emma Ruth Garciapena of SMG Serrano Marketing Group
- Carey Fitzgerald of Silver Mountain Productions
- Adam Rainford, Senior Editor & Screenwriter
- Jill Rosenberg of Idea Central
- Alejandro Giorlando of FrameZero
- Michael Lim of Singapore Film Society
- Nicolas Lazarus of Content Creator Studios
- Victor Parra of Kinetoscopia Films
- Steven Luchel, Film Director
- Patricia Vergara of Solo en Cines
- Irungu Ochieng’ of Damaris
- Kelly Warnell of The Stunt Alliance and Hurst Entertainment
  & Micaela Romanini of Vigamus
Source: Essential Algarve Magazine

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March 3, 2022
Local Film Production Company wins Big at ART&TUR Film Festival 2021

Film production company Spy Manor Productions wins 5 Awards at the 2021 ART&TUR International Film Festival

– December 7, 2021

The 14th edition of the Art&Tur International Film Festival, held in Aveiro, saw the Carvoeiro-based company bring home five awards with their promotional video Sky Base One, distinguished by the Festival’s international jury, made up of 34 experts from 19 countries.

In the National Competition, the team took 1st prize in Arts & Creativity as well as in the Innovation in Tourism category along with a joint 1st place in Technical Quality.

In the International Competition, they repeated their 1st place in Innovation in Tourism and also took 2nd place for Arts & Creativity.

The project tells the story of a “movie-inspired villa that is currently being built in Carvoeiro, whose design is based on the Millennium Falcon spaceship in Star Wars. The video shows the story of a young girl drawing the spaceship and showing it to her architect father, Alexandre Mendes of Bespoke Architects (also located in Carvoeiro). Then, the father begins to draw the sketches of the villa and the girls drawing becomes a explains the team.

“We are truly thrilled to have received so many awards for our Sky Base One video!” said Vanda Everke, founder of Spy Manor Productions, who also thanked director and editor Daniel James Clarke, Nissan Stern, head of content developer, and creative producer Peter Ogunsalu, “for creating such a unique piece”.

Visit Spy Manor’s website or follow on Instagram

December 7, 2021
Short Film About Organic Oranges Wins Impact DOCS Award

“The Orange Life of the Algarve”, by Sebastiaan Opschoor

– December 6, 2021

Sebastiaan Opschoor, independent filmmaker residing in Portugal, won a prestigious Award of Merit from the Impact DOCS Awards Competition in the United States. The award was given for Sebastiaan Opschoor’s short documentary The Orange Life of the Algarve, which highlights organic orange farming in the Algarve.

Watch the trailer here: https://filmfreeway.com/TheOrangeLifeoftheAlgarve

“I set out to showcase the special Algarvian orange but ultimately found a group of passionate organic farmers that forced me to tell a deeper story. A story of an industry that is excessively using chemicals because they think they need it to meet mass demand. It’s organic farmers like João Rocha and Rui Vieira that hopefully inspire a change towards sustainable farming,” says Sebastiaan Opschoor.

The Orange Life of the Algarve has also won the Cotswold International Film Festival for Best Documentary Short Film. The short film was made without any budget and produced by Matteo Rovetti of Algarve Food Experience and Pash Marketing Agency. Postproduction was done by Pim Gelevert from the Netherlands.

The short tells the story of a growing movement of organic farmers that promote “a feasible and sustainable solution that could ultimately position the Algarve as one of the leading organic orange farming areas in Europe”. “In the Algarve, you find a surprisingly sweet and juicy orange, considered one of the best in the world. But production is plagued by commerce, monoculture, and the use of pesticides.

Photo by Rui Vieira

This presents an immediate danger to all life around it. Currently, only around 1% of all oranges in the Algarve are organic. Algarve falls behind to the northern regions of Portugal, where vineyards and olive producers are quickly transitioning to biological farming,” say film producers. The short film has yet to be released to the public as the film is awaiting results of other international film festivals and options are being considered for broader distribution.

Impact DOCS recognises film, television, videography, and new media professionals who demonstrate exceptional achievement in craft and creativity, and those who produce standout entertainment or contribute to profound social change. Documentaries were received from 30 countries, including veteran award-winning filmmakers and fresh new talent. Entries were judged by professionals in the film and television industry.

Photos by Rui Vieira and João Rocha

December 6, 2021
There’s Always Hope

The Algarve will be part of the setting of a new British feature drama. Shooting took place in Loulé and Lagoa, leaving producers overjoyed by the potential they see in the region as a filming location

– May 11, 2021

The film, entitled There’s Always Hope tells the story of a successful author named Jonathan Stack (played by Colm Meaney), who has been “so obsessed with trying to pen his magnum opus” that he has let his marriage to Samantha (Kate Ashfield), who is also his agent and editor, break down. Jonathan decides to leave his elegant family home in Leafy Stratford Upon Avon and drives to the Algarve where their young daughter Hope (Hannan Chinn) and her half-sister Amelia (Brenda Meaney) try to help sort things out.

The film is a joint production involving British companies Eagle Films and Bad Penny Productions as well as Portugal’s Monte Productions, Spy Manor Productions and Production Algarve. The script was written four years ago but filming only started in 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. “When the script was written, I had already planned to film some scenes in the Algarve,” said Moviebox Film CEO and executive producer Julian Hicks during the film’s introductory press conference in November 2020.

As Hicks explained, he had already filmed part of his company’s first film in the Algarve six years ago. “To be honest, I was originally looking for places to film in France, but when I discovered the Algarve where I have some friends, it became obvious that the opportunity was here. After our first great experience, we discovered that the industry has room to grow here in many aspects,” said the CEO of Moviebox, one of the British entities involved in plans to build a massive film production complex in Loulé.

“The government’s generous taxes and the support of the local community make it easy to bring everything together here. Life in the UK is not as simple and the weather doesn’t help, nor does the way matters are handled. I think filming in the Algarve is much easier and the attitude of the Algarvean people is truly encouraging, even when they are working during hard times like these,” said Hicks, who also praised the “great support” provided by the local councils of Lagoa and Loulé. “Everyone made this experience a pleasure, even with the restrictions.”

Filming took place throughout 14 days and was completed last November, involving nearly 100 people from actors to producers and crew. “It was a challenge. We had to plan everything we did on a daily basis from transporting people from place to place to food and board. Everything was a challenge on many levels. We were used to doing things in a certain way and we had to guarantee that for nearly three weeks nearly 100 people stayed within our bubble. Getting and keeping this many people together night and day for three weeks poses challenges,” he said.

Production manager Harry Klunder and his daughter Nina Klunder from Algarve Productions were in charge of making sure all guidelines were followed. “We were inside a bubble and forced ourselves to stay inside it. We all stayed at the same hotel and no one had permission to leave, even on their days off. Anyone who entered the bubble had to be tested,” he said, adding however that it also helped bring the cast and crew closer together.

Explained Klunder, Loulé and Lagoa were chosen as the filming locations due to the support they received from Loulé Film Office, which he says made things much easier. “We went to them, told them what we wanted, and I knew they’d make it happen because I already know them. Then we chose Lagoa to get the rocky sea landscapes that Loulé doesn’t have,” explained Klunder, who also commented on the creation last year of Spy Manor Productions, based in Ferragudo, a company he expects to be working alongside very often in the future. “Before it was created[in 2019], I was the only one in the [film] industry here in the Algarve. I had colleagues from Lisbon who told me that I was naïve for being in the Algarve because in this industry money was made in Lisbon. But I always believed in the Algarve. Together, I believe we will have a prosperous future in this business,” he said.

Meanwhile, Vanda Everke from Spy Manor praised the “perfect synergy” between the two companies. “I want to stress that our partnership started during Covid-19. Although the world is going through a hard time, we were able to create something positive and fruitful,” she said. The cast and crew have returned to the UK to complete the shooting. At the time of this interview, the film was expected to premiere this summer.

TEXT Maria Simiris

SOURCE Barlavento

May 11, 2021
Spy Manor Productions & Production Algarve launch Film Collective

Twenty professionals from the region attended the launch event of Algarve Film Collective at Spy Manor on Friday, August 28. The initiative aims to bring together professionals from the film, fashion and the entertainment industries working in the Algarve region.

Early last month, Spy Manor Productions and Production Algarve announced a long-term collaboration to raise the profile of the region as a destination for the global media and entertainment industry.

Spy Manor Productions will be hosting regular meetings for members of the Algarve Film Collective to strengthen the local network and facilitate further opportunities and collaborations between freelance professionals, brands and businesses working in the Media and entertainment field.

Vanda Everke, Founder and Executive Producer at Spy Manor Productions, said: “We recognise the value and importance of the region’s network of professionals working in all the entertainment industries. Both myself and Harry Klunder from Productions Algarve feel confident that the initiative will not only boost the sector but also provide the opportunity for fruitful collaborations to materialise.”

João Fernandes, President of Algarve Tourism, said: “It is important to facilitate the development of international media productions in the Algarve as a way to encourage direct investment in the region. These productions convey the desired message that the Algarve region is an exciting tourist destination.”

To learn more about Spy Manor Productions, visit: www.SpyManor.com

To learn more about Production Algarve, visit: https://productionalgarve.tv

Pictured: Algarve Film Collective ©JAEL GUERREIRO

Source: Portugal Resident

September 3, 2020