All articles by Audrey Ward – Page 19
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European Film Promotion appoints jury for Berlinale's Shooting Stars.
Five well known film industry figures have been appointed by European Film Promotion (EFP) to the jury for the Berlin Film Festival's Shooting Stars programme. The EFP, which is supported by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union, has appointed Belgian director Marion Hänsel, Spanish producer Antonio Saura, British film ...
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Interview:Hamish Mykura, head of docs at UK's Channel 4
'Each year at Sheffield people come here prepared to bury documentaries and at the end of each year I think documentaries are in healthier shape than ever,' says Hamish Mykura, head of documentaries at Channel 4 and head of digital channel More4. 'Docs did definitely take a bit of a ...
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European Film Promotion and Studio Babelsberg back Shooting Stars
European Film Promotion teams up with Studio Babelsberg to focus on the international promotion of young talent. European Film Promotion (EFP) will be working for the first time at the Berlin International Film Festival 2009 with Studio Babelsberg for the Shooting Stars programme.The organisations have agreed to a long-term collaboration ...
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UK Investment Fund for film industry reaches£6m
The Skills Investment Fund has reached £6 million, thanks to contributions from UK films such as Quantum of Solace and The Duchess. The UK's Skills Investment Fund (SIF) has reached £6 million, thanks to contributions from films being produced in the UK. This year contributions have come from Quantum of ...
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Thriller in Manila opens Sheffield Doc/Fest 2008
Sheffield International Documentary Festival 2008 opened with the world premiere of Thriller In Manila, a documentary about boxing legend Joe Frazier. Director John Dower introduced his documentary and took part in a Q & A session after the screening.Over the next four days, the festival will host international documentary makers ...
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Shorts International to launch short film channel, ShortsTV
Shorts International has announced that it will launch ShortsTV on the Sky platform from November 26,targeting 18-25 year old viewers who currently watch shorts online.The channel will show films of all genres, from comedy to thriller, each less than 30 minutes. ShortsTV launched on Numericable's cable systems in France, Belgium ...
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Fortissimo picks up world-wide sales rights to Miao Miao
Fortissimo Films picked up world-wide sales rights outside China, Taiwan and Hong Kong for Miao Miao, a Jet Tone Films Ltd and J.A. Movies (H.K.) production.Miao Miao is the feature debut from director Cheng Hsiao Tse. Warner Bros will release the film in November in Taiwan, while Golden Scene will ...
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Shooting starts on Stephen Poliakoff's Second World War thriller 1939
Principal photography started today on Second World War thriller 1939 starring Romola Garai and Bill Nighy. 1939 is writer/director Stephen Poliakoff's return to the cinema after a ten year absence. Previous feature films included Close My Eyes starring Clive Owen, Saskia Reeves and Alan Rickman.The film will shoot on location ...
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Metrodome acquires UK & Irish rights to Three Miles North Of Molkom
Metrodome has taken UK and Irish rights to International Audience Award winning, Edinburgh Film Festival hit and BIFA nominated documentary Three Miles North of Molkom. The documentary was written, produced and directed by Robert Cannan and Corinna Villari-McFarlane for Third Eye Film.Three Miles North Of Molkom follows a middle aged ...
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Critic'sfavourite Snow to have UK premiere at Bird's Eye View Festival
The UK's Bird's Eye View Festival, devoted to women's film-making, will feature the UK premiere of Aida Begic's Snow, which won theCannes 2008 Critics' Week Grand Prize for Best Film.The event will run from March 5 to March 13 2009 at London film venues including the Institute of Contemporary Arts ...
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Two of a Kind Productions signs on Frances Fisher and Dominique Swain
Frances Fisher (Titanic, The Kingdom) and Dominique Swain (Lolita) have signed on to Two of a Kind Productions' paranormal thriller Dead Whisper, set to begin production in November in Louisiana. New Orleans native Oley Sassone will direct and John Kersey will produce. Showcase Entertainment will distribute Dead Whisper.Written by Jennifer ...
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Icon takes UK and Australian rights to Karl Golden's Pelican Blood
Icon has acquired UK and Australian rights to Karl Golden's second feature film Pelican Blood. The Honeymooners (2003) was his first feature.The film is based on the cult novel by Cris Freddi with the screenplay by Cris Cole. The film is a collaboration between Magna Films, P&C Arcade Film Fund, ...
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NewsReview: Power To The Pixel
Power To The Pixel, the UK-based outfit which helps independent film-makers make the most of the opportunities offered by the new-media world, last week hosted a digital distribution and film innovation forum as part of TheTimes BFI London Film Festival.
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London Film School to support working filmmakers in developing skills
The UK's London Film School has launched Fast Forward, a programme to enable film professionals to develop their craft or to move to a new one. The London Film School (LFF) has launched Fast Forward, upgrade programmes for working professionals.The programmes will allow working professionals to train during intensive weeks ...
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Consumer spending on video rose to $17.3bn in 8 key markets in 2007
Consumer spending overall on movie and TV videos rose by 26% to $17.3bn in eight key markets; UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Australia, Japan and the US in 2007. Despite the rise, spending on buying movies declined everywhere except the US, UK and Australia.That was one of the key findings ...
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Mamma Mia! becomes biggest ever UK movie at UK box-office
Mamma Mia! The Movie has broken box office records to become the biggest UK movie of all time at the UK box-office. Like the James Bond and Harry Potter franchises, the film is a UK-US collaboration. With box-office reaching $104,590,000 (£66,995,244), it is the second highest-grossing film of all time ...
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Universal Pictures takes Benelux distribution rights to De Storm
Universal Pictures International Studio has acquired Belgian, Netherlands and Luxembourg distribution rights to De Storm (The Storm). The Dutch film was directed by Ben Sombogaart, whose latest film Bride Flight was released in cinemas in the Netherlands on October 16 and opened third in the Dutch box office chart.'Ben Sombogaart ...
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Pinewood Shepperton Studios receive $110m credit facility
Pinewood Shepperton plc has secured a $110m (£70m) funding package from a banking syndicate led by The Royal Bank of Scotland ('RBS') comprising Lloyds TSB plc and Allied Irish Bank. The five year funding agreement replaces banking facilities established in 2004. It will facilitate the continued growth of Pinewood's film, ...
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Nominations for British Independent Film Awards announced
The nominations and jury members for the 11th annual British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) were announced today at Soho House in London. Hunger and In Bruges received the most nominations. They tied with seven nominations each. Slumdog Millionaire followed with six, Shifty one of the first from the Film London ...
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Halcyon Pictures to be re-launched as Unanimous Pictures.
Halcyon Pictures, founded in 2001 by Funny Games producer, Chris Coen, is to be re-launched from today, October 28, as Unanimous Pictures.Halycon Pictures' theatrical releases to date include Tom McCarthy's Oscar-contender, The Visitor , starring Richard Jenkins and Hiam Abbass, Michael Haneke's all-star US remake of his own provocative thriller, ...