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NewsDetails revealed of UK's new 40% Independent Film Tax Credit
Films will need to be under £15m, with a UK writer; a UK director; or certified as an official UK co-production; and receive a theatrical release.
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NewsUK introduces 40% tax relief for films budgeted up to £15m
A 40% relief on business rates for UK studio facilities has also been introduced, with better incentives for VFX.
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NewsScreen Scotland outlines six-year strategy, with a focus on economic as well as creative growth
The strategy aims to increase the screen sector gross value added (GVA) impact to £1bn within the Scottish economy by 2030/31.
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NewsBifa reveals funding challenges as it launches second Springboard programme (exclusive)
“We have no core funding and the income from the awards doesn’t cover the year-round costs of the organisation.”
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NewsPact CEO John McVay on lobbying Rishi Sunak for a “transformational” indie tax credit
Producers alliance CEO on how the UK Independent Film Tax Credit was secured and what it means for the British film industry
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News‘Dune: Part Two’ dominates UK-Ireland box office with £9.3m for biggest opening since Barbenheimer
The sand-filled sequel opened to almost double the start of the first film.
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NewsPicturehouse swoops for Berlin competition title ‘From Hilde, With Love’ (exclusive)
Andreas Dresen directs the story of real-life anti-Nazi resistance fighter Hilde Coppi.
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NewsBFI London Film Festival reveals 2024 dates
The 68th edition will be the second under the aegis of Kristy Matheson.
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NewsJim Sheridan: “The whole film industry is in the emergency room”
Irish director Sheridan updates on multiple projects; talks Daniel Day-Lewis, streamers, Israel-Hamas conflict.
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NewsHistoric UK cinema the Electric Birmingham closes
The cinema dates back to 1909, with the last screening listed for yesterday (February 29).
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NewsJenne Casarotto, co-founder of Casarotto Ramsay & Associates, dies aged 77
Industry pays tribute to one of the leading lights of the UK talent agent scene.
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NewsGreat Point Media founder Jim Reeve dies, aged 64
Reeve founded UK finance and sales outfit Great Point Media in 2013.
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NewsBBC Studios buys ITV’s stake in streamer BritBox International for £255m
BBC Studios now has sole ownership of the previously joint venture platform.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Dune: Part Two’ unleashed into 721 cinemas
Other new releases include Universal’s ‘Lisa Frankenstein’, Modern Films’ ‘Four Daughters’.
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NewsBFI, British Council expands travel grant fund for international festivals and events
The organisations will issue £623,000 across three years.
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NewsLizzie Francke to take over from Tricia Tuttle as head of fiction at the NFTS (exclusive)
The former BFI executive will take over from Tuttle when she begins her new role as Berlinale director.
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NewsScreen Ireland opens up talent academy for VFX
Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet (CCIS) has been appointed the lead organisation to manage the establishment of the new academy.
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NewsFremantle secures global rights to Constantin’s film and series fantasy saga ‘Hagen’
The production shot at the Czech Republic’s Barrandov Studios and on location in Iceland.
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NewsSignature Entertainment bolsters theatrical commitment with key hire (exclusive)
Luke Natoli joins from Elysian Film Group.
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NewsMuslim, Jewish and Arab film and TV workers in the UK report decline in mental health since October 2023
94% of respondents experienced a decline in mental health following October 7 attack.