BFI London Film Festival selects opening film for 2025
Third time the festival has opened with a Netflix title.
Chinese animation ‘The Girl Who Stole Time’ clocks up global deals
EXCLUSIVE: The animated feature has taken $26m at the Chinese box office to date.
Lemohang Mosese’s documentary among Locarno Open Doors feature screenings
This year’s programme is dedicated to emerging voices from Africa.
Bright Pictures’ Sarah Sulick to lead producing MA at London Film School
The course responds “to the evolving needs of the global screen industries“.
Buyers bite into Radu Jude’s Locarno competition title ‘Dracula’
Jude’s unique take on vampire story heading to France, Italy, Scandinavia and more.
Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune: Part Three’ begins production in Hungary
Warner Bros also confirmed the film’s title, quashing speculation it would be ‘Dune: Messiah’.
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‘Battalion Records’, ‘In Vacuo’ lead Karlovy Vary industry winners
UK project ‘Soyboy’ also among awardees.
Universal Pictures International EVP and MD Niels Swinkels promoted
Dutch executive joined Universal in 2004.
Totem Films takes on Rosanne Pel’s Locarno competition title ‘Donkey Days’
Donkey Days is produced by Floor Onrust for The Netherlands’ Family Affair Films.
Radu Jude’s Locarno selection ‘Dracula’ lands North American deal
Ambitious fledgling New York distributor 1-2 Special in business with Jude again.
Coproduction Office boards Syeyoung Park’s Korean sci-fi ‘The Fin’ ahead of Locarno premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Park’s second feature is set in a post-war, ecologically devasted Korea.
UK creative industries minister calls for a shift away from the screen sector’s freelance model
“I’m not sure if it’s really good for industry in the end if so many people are freelancers,” Chris Bryant told a parliamentary committee today/.
‘The Salt Path’ producers say lying allegations refer to book and not film as box office holds steady
UK newspaper ‘The Observer’ has alleged that key parts of memoir on which film is based were made up.
BFI, BBC Film and Film4 heads join Screen’s ‘Building on the UK’s Global Success’ film summit
Mia Bays, Eva Yates and Farhana Bhula will talk on panel about how their funds are working to support UK filmmakers.
Studio TF1 appoints 42 and Universal exec David O’Donoghue to major international role
The move is a sign of the international ambitions of the French media powerhouse.
UK ban on NDAs to silence workers praised by Zelda Perkins, industry bodies
If passed, proposed amendments to the government’s employment rights bill will enable victims or harassment or discrimination to speak out.
Tallinn winner ‘No Dogs Allowed’ scores North America theatrical deal
EXCLUSIVE: Film is aiming for early winter 2025 theatrical run.
