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NewsGuiding Lights unveils 2014 participants
Guiding Lights is run by Lighthouse and Creative Skillset and offers participants nine months of one-on-one mentor support, as well as industry training and networking events.
CommentAct of Killing celebrates ICA anniversary
Award-winning documentary has achieved 52 weeks of continuous play at London venue.
NewsBAFTA announces school programme
BAFTA members, award-winners and nominees to hold talks in UK schools.
NewsCinemagic kicks off 2014 edition
Creatives behind The King’s Speech and Wallace and Gromit are in attendance for events and workshops at Cinemagic London (June 30-July 3).
NewsMartin Kemp shooting Age of Kill
Principal photography has started on UK action-thriller Age Of Kill, from director Neil Jones and writer Simon Cluett.
NewsCouple in a Hole shoot underway
Tom Geens feature centres on a couple living in a hole in a forest.
NewsGalway to debate future of film
The Irish Film Board and the Galway Film Fleadh have announced details for the 2014 Real Deal Film Conference, which will consider the future of the industry.
NewsWe Are The Freaks heads to Benelux
Distributor Pink Moon has acquired the Benelux rights from 104 films to Justin Edgar’s feature We Are The Freaks.
NewsLive screenings 'do not harm theatres'
The National Theatre’s live cinema screening programme, NT Live, has no negative impact on England theatres, according to new research.
NewsIrish Film Board appoints O'Neill
Oisin O’Neill has been named senior legal and business executive at the Irish Film Board (Bord Scannan na hEireann).
NewsUnder Milk Wood begins shoot
Principal photography on an adaptation of Under Milk Wood, starring Rhys Ifans, has begun in Wales.
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Lucky Star tops Italian winners
Carlo Verdone’s Under A Lucky Star (Sotto Una Buona Stella) picked up the top prize at the Italian Contemporary Film Festival, where AMBI Pictures’ 2047 – Sights Of Death scored a hat trick.
NewsLocarno reveals first titles
US features Listen Up Philip and Buzzard to play in competition at this year’s Locarno Film Festival, which promises “a strong American independent cinema contingent”.
CommentExploring possibilities with Edwyn Collins
Pulse Films creatives explained how incorporating narrative into documentaries helps push the boundaries of the genre, in a panel at London’s Open City Docs Festival.
NewsKaty Perry doc gets Facebook stream
Concert documentary Katy Perry: Part Of Me is to be made available for streaming to the pop star’s Facebook fans from today (June 20).
NewsWittiZ app set for UK rollout
French entertainment company Cinesens Entertainment is releasing its app, WittiZ, in the UK following a successful launch in France.
NewsEncounters reveals 20th edition plans
Plans for the 20th edition of the Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, the first edition under the leadership of festival director Debbi Lander, have been announced.
CommentChinese delegation visit Elstree
Chinese film star Qin Hai Lu has led a film and TV delegation from Beijing to the UK’sElstree Studios.
NewsHorses gallops to Brussels victory
Icelandic director Bendikt Erlingsson’s Of Horses And Men won the Golden Iris Award, the top prize at the 12th Brussels Film Festival.