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Pretty Pictures acquires French rights to Hallam Foe
Pretty Pictures has acquired French rights to David Mackenzie's Hallam Foe from UK-based sales company Independent.Mackenzie's drama, which won the Silver Bear in Berlin, stars Jamie Bell and Sophia Myles.Pretty Pictures head James Velaise negotiated the deal with Independent's head of sales Abigail Walsh. 'We are absolutely thrilled that ...
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UTV scores Goal in 16 territories, while Beowulf keeps hold of top slot
Indian distributor UTV Communications had an international hit this weekend with Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal, which enjoyed a $3.5m take and was the highest non-US entry into the top 40 chart.For the full chart, compiled by Len Klady, click here.The film, which is the second feature from director Vivek Agnihotri, ...
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Polanski's adaptation of The Ghost to start shooting in summer 2008
UK novelist Robert Harris, in Turin to promote his novel The Ghost, provided new details on the film adaptation of the book which Roman Polanski will direct. The pair are working together on the script now.Harris also discussed Pompeii, the $100m epic that was cancelled last September when Polanski pulled ...
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Stardust re-enters top three at UK box office as total crosses $28m
Universal Pictures International (UPI)'s drama American Gangster kept a firm hold of the number one position in the UK this weekend with a $3.7m (£1.8m) take across 416 sites. The crime saga, which re-unites British director Ridley Scott with Russell Crowe for a third time (A Good Year, Gladiator), enjoyed ...
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High Point closes UK TV deal for Extraordinary Rendition with BBC
High Point Media Group has sold UK TV rights to the BBC for Jim Threapleton's Extraordinary Rendition. The feature, starrin Andy Serkis and Omar Berdouni, is about an innocent man who is suspected of terrorism. High Point has also sold the project for Danish TV (Danmarks Radio) and all Benelux ...
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Birds Eye View festival to include women's comedy programme
The UK 's Birds Eye View festival, devoted to women's film-making, will run March 6-13, 2008, at London 's ICA and BFI Southbank, followed by a local tour to Manchester, Newcastle and other UK locations. The 2008 programme will include a special comedy retrospective celebrating women in silent comedy, including ...
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Doug Davis joins blinkBox as acquisitions director
Online film and TV company blinkBox Entertainment has appointed Doug Davis as acquisitions director.Davis had been advising the company and is now with blinkBox full time, signing up film and TV partners for the service.He had previously been a TV agent at William Morris in London and had also served ...
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Encounters Short Film Festival announces winners
Film-makers fromthe UK, France, Romaniaand the US were among 11 prizewinners at this year'sEncounters Short Film Festival.Theawards were handed out atthe Watershed in the UK city of Bristol.Some 1,750 shorts from a record 66 countries entered the event.The WinnersAnimate Artist Award, sponsored by Animate Projects, C4, Arts Council England: 200,000 ...
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Brick Lane backed by $400,000 from UK P&A fund
Optimum Releasinghas received a $400,000(£200,000) boost for its release of Sarah Gavron's Brick Lane from the UK Film Council's Prints & Advertising Fund. The adaptation of Monica Ali's bestseller about a Bangladeshi woman's experiences in East London is one of a number of titles to benefit from the fund aimed ...
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Collins and Francke join UK development fund
Chris Collins and Lizzie Francke have been appointed as development producers at the UK Film Council Development Fund.They will reportto Tanya Seghatchian, head of the recently restructured fund.Click here for more on the restructuringCollins and Francke willbe responsiblefor managing applications to the two new funding programmes. Brick Lane producer Collins ...
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Boom for UK film locations
CLICK ON LOCATION FOR MOREThe MidlandsIsle Of ManScotlandThe SouthThe NorthWalesNorthern Ireland/ Republic Of IrelandIt's been a good year for production,' says British film commissioner Colin Brown, of feature film-making in the UK in 2007. His assessment is supported by figures released by the UK Film Council earlier this month.Inward investment ...
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Mermin's Shot In Bombay secures UK run at London's ICA
Liz Mermin's latest film, Shot In Bombay, will have a two-week UK theatrical run at London's ICA from Jan 18, 2008 before going on a regional tour. The documentary goes behind the scenes of a Bollywood film, Shootout at Lokhandwala, starring Bollywood screen legend Sanjay Dutt. US director Mermin, who ...
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Curzon Artificial Eye, NFTS back Ahmed's The Last Thakur
Shooting will begin next month in Bangladesh on Sadik Ahmed's The Last Thakur, the 'Spaghetti Eastern' that is being co-produced by Curzon Artificial Eye and the UK's National Film & Television School. The film is being executive produced by Philip Knatchbull, Nik Powell and Daniel Chamier. The producer is Tamsin ...
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High Point sells Storm Force to MTI for North America
High Point Television, a division of UK-based sales company High Point Media Group, has sold the North American TV and video rights for Storm Force to MTI.The Belgian helicopter-rescue action film, starring Kevin Janssen, is produced by Peter Bouckaert of MMG Film & Television. High Point also sold the film ...
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UK's WFTV give lifetime achievement award to Verity Lambert
Verity Lambert, who produced the original Doctor Who TV series and feature film A Cry In The Dark, will receive Women In Film and Television's Working Title Films Lifetime Achievement Award. Lambert will be presented with the honours at the 2007 Five Women in Film and Television Awards in London ...
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Medusa makes strides with Bahamas and Come Tu Mi Vuoi
Italian distributor Medusa Film made a solid imprint on the international top 40 this weekend with two films - Matrimonio Alle Bahamas and Come Tu Mi Vuoi - generating more than $7m and accounting for 5.2% of the chart's total revenue. For the full international chart, compiled by Len Klady, ...
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Robin Hardy plans March 2008 shoot for Cowboys For Christ
Los Angeles-based Fantastic Films International has come on board for worldwide sales for Cowboys For Christ, written and directed by Robin Hardy. Hardy, known for directing 1973's The Wicker Man, also wrote the book of the same name. Cowboys For Christ will start shooting in March 2008 around Dumfries, Scotland. ...
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Ireland facing majordrop in film production
The annual Audiovisual Federation of the Irish Business & Employers Confederation annual report estimates a big drop in film production in Ireland this year.Irishfeature filmsproduction was worth $44m (Euros 29.8m) in 2006,well up on the lull of $26m (Euros 17.5m) in 2005. But the reviewestimates that the Irish spend will ...
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Lionsgate UK to release horror thriller Babysitter Wanted
Lionsgate UK will release Big Screen Entertainment Group's (BSEG) horror-thriller Babysitter Wanted in 2008.Jonas Barnes and Michael Manasseri directed the story of a girl who is terrorised one night while babysitting on a farm.'Lionsgate UK is one of the premiere marketing machines in the horror genre,' BSEG CEO Kimberley Kates ...
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Brick Lane opens at number 10 as Gangster tops UK box office
Ridley Scott's American Gangster beat CGI epic Beowulf to thetop slot in the UK this weekend, taking $5.3m (£2.6m) from 410 sites. See the full chart here.The 1970s crime story, which stars Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, boasted the highest site average over the three-day period at $12,818 (£6,249) per ...