All Film 4 articles
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FeaturesNine talking points for the UK film industry in 2026
Consolidation, comedy and creative renewal in the top jobs are all in focus.
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NewsFilm4 hires Mubi’s Cate Kane as senior commissioning executive
She will join in January 2026 and will report into director of Film4 Farhana Bhula.
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NewsAndrew Haigh’s ‘A Long Winter’ starts filming for Mubi, Film4
Filming in Canada is underway, with The Match Factory handling sales.
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NewsTaron Egerton to star in UK comedy thriller ‘Everybody Wants To F*ck Me’ for Film4, Studiocanal, Lucky Chap
Studiocanal to launch sales at AFM in Los Angeles next month.
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NewsFilm4 director Farhana Bhula joins NFTS board of governors
EXCLUSIVE: Bhula joins a board that includes Left Bank CEO Charlotte Moore, DNA producer Andrew Macdonald.
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NewsFarhana Bhula appointed director of Film4
Bhula has been interim director since July, taking over from Ollie Madden who is heading to Netflix.
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NewsBFI, Film4’s high-budget shorts programme Future Takes greenlit for second iteration
EXCLUSIVE: Six films will be award between £60,000 and £90,000.
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NewsPaul Mescal criticises ‘The History Of Sound’, ‘Brokeback Mountain’ comparisons
”I find those comparisons lazy and frustrating,” said Mescal. ”I don’t see the parallels at all.”
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NewsUK’s Cannes Great 8 showcase includes ‘Animol’, ‘Madfabulous’
‘Ish’ and ‘Learning To Breathe Under Water’ will also feature.
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News200 producers call on BBC Film, Film4 to reaffirm commitment to UK independent film sector
Letter spearheaded by Producers’ Anonymous.
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NewsWhy BBC Film and Film4 each backed a Cannes Competition film with no UK director or production company
Joachim Trier’s ‘Sentimental Value’ is backed by BBC Film, while Film4 has supported Oliver Hermanus’ ‘The History Of Sound’.
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News“We think about commerciality more than we have done,” says Film4’s Ollie Madden
Madden struck an upbeat tone on indie film during keynote at Film London’s Upstream IP event.
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NewsFilm4-backed Genre Feature Lab selects three projects from Northern creatives (exclusive)
Bafta-winning producers Ivana Mackinnon, Emily Leo lead the Lab.
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NewsMisfits Entertainment hires Film4 exec in new head of scripted role (exclusive)
Producer will oversee an expansion into scripted space for ‘McQueen’ makers Misfits.
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NewsFilm4, Channel 4 drama head Ollie Madden on doubling TV drama budget and expanded role
Madden has unveiled his scripted strategy, a raft of drama commissions and how he will juggle his duties.
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NewsOllie Madden confirmed to expand Film4 role into TV drama for Channel 4
Madden’s expanded role comes after the departure of Caroline Hollick, Channel 4’s head of TV drama at Channel 4.
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NewsMagnify, Film4 launch ‘Filipiñana’ ahead of spring shoot (exclusive)
The film is adapted from Rafael Manuel’s Berlin prize-winning short film.
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NewsFilm4 to continue as independent unit within Channel 4 (exclusive)
Film4 will continue to operate under separate financial structure; ‘digital first’ Channel 4 strategy does not apply to Film4.
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NewsChannel 4 confirms job losses, changes to film commissioning and Horseferry Road departure
Around 200 redundancies have been made by the UK public service broadcaster.