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NewsPrince William launches BAFTA campaign
Prince William was at BAFTA in London this morning to formally launch a new campaign to encourage young people from all backgrounds to enter the film, TV and games industries.
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NewsAlex Garcia's Residue begins shoot
Futuristic paranormal thriller to star Harry Potter’s Natalia Tena and Misfits/Game of Thrones actor Iwan Rheon.
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NewsGravity stays top of UK box office
Warner Bros’ sci-fi records second consecutive week at number one with a strong $7.7m (£4.8m); Fox’s The Counsellor is the week’s highest new entry with $1.3m (£815,051).
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NewsPulse pacts with Sony/ATV
EXCLUSIVE: Music giant to rep rights to Pulse’s originally commissioned film and TV music, TV shows in the works.
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News'Peril' wins BAFTA Scotland awards
For Those in Peril and Screen Star of Tomorrow George Mackay picked up top awards.
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NewsKenyan films go on UK tour
Bristol’s Watershed is teaming up with Afrika Eye to present two new Kenyan films in UK cinemas through March 2014.
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NewsClio Barnard wins at Stockholm
Bronze Horse for best film goes to The Selfish Giant. More wins for Fruitvale Station, Miss Violence and Screen Star of Tomorrow George MacKay.
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NewsMax Irons, Samantha Barks go for Harvest
Max Irons and Samantha Barks are currently shooting The Devil’s Harvest, in production in the Ukraine.
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NewsDiversify: Hughes calls for 'radical revolution'
Historian Dr Bettany Hughes battled “extraordinary prejudice” when she first tried to enter the TV industry and believes there has to be “radical revolution” for women to achieve equality.
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NewsDiversify: Call for racial quotas
Television and film stars including Lenny Henry and Kwame Kwei-Armah have called for broadcasters to implement quotas to increase racial diversity on UK screens.
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NewsHollywood Classics signs Halas and Batchelor
EXCLUSIVE: Deal with former UK animation studio includes 1954 classic Animal Farm.
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NewsDavid Tennant’s Richard II scores at UK box office
More than 80,000 admissions, £1m for first ‘live from Stratford-Upon-Avon’ screenings.
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NewsSoda finds Vivian Maier
EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor inks deal for Toronto doc about US photographer; HanWay select confirms more deals.
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NewsAfrika Eye unveils new talent winner
Self-taught filmmaker Michael Jenkins [pictured] becomes inaugural winner of new talent award.
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NewsDiversify: What are the actions to move forward?
Experts at Screen International and Broadcast’s Diversify conference suggested a number of concrete ideas of how the UK film and TV industries can move forward.
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NewsDiversify: BFI could introduce diversity obligations
BFI Film Fund director Ben Roberts said at today’s Diversify conference that in the future the BFI might introduce diversity obligations for producers to receive their full amount of Lottery funding.
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NewsHigh Court issues site blocking Orders
Orders require the six largest UK ISPs to block access to two illegal streaming sites, SolarMovie and Tubeplus; MPA’s Chris Marcich [pictured] says “we have an obligation to take action against illegal websites”.
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NewsDiversify: 'As an industry we should be ashamed'
At Screen International and Broadcast’s Diversify conference today, Aaqil Ahmed, commissioning editor for religion at the BBC, has said the UK film and TV industries should be “ashamed” of the decline in BAME representation in the creative media industries.