All Production articles – Page 608
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NewsEntertainment One, Impossible Pictures sign co-development deal
The two companies will develop a slate of factual television projects for the UK, US and Canadian markets.
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NewsWajda begins shoot on Walesa biopic
On Thurs (Dec 1), Andrzej Wajda will start filming his Lech Walesa biopic.
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NewsDirectors UK extends membership to all screen directors
It is part of the trade body’s push towards becoming the single professional organisation campaigning on behalf of all directors in the UK.
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NewsPathé UK signs first-look deal with Stigma Films
Pathé UK to team up with Matt Wilkinson’s production company; Bradley Quirk appointed as creative executive.
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NewsNew UK Film Fund To Spotlight Dance And Performance
A new competition is inviting filmmakers to submit long format films for a chance to win a development and production budget between £120K and £400K.
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Production starts on six shorts backed by Abu Dhabi Film Commission
The Abu Dhabi Film Commission has selected six films to for its Aflam Qaseera (Short Film) Production Fund.
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NewsHelena Spring gets film rights to cyperpunk thriller Zoo City
South African producer Helena Spring has acquired the film rights to Lauren Beukes’ Zoo City, beating out other producers from the US and UK who were interested in the novel.
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NewsTwo crew members missing after giant wave hits shoot of Norwegian feature
While shooting high sea Sunday afternoon at Egersund on the Norwegian west coast, for Norwegian director Paul Magnus Lundø’s feature debut, The Veil of Twilight (Skumringslandet), a three-member photo unit was hit by a giant wave and washed into the waters.
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Lamba to star in Belawadi's Pollutant
Indian actor Arfi Lamba will star in Prakash Belawadi’s environmental zombie film The Pollutant, which is taking part in the Co-production Market of this year’s Film Bazaar.
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NewsGerman and French film producers meet to discuss projects at Paris Rendezvous
A dramatic comedy with Holocaust survivors, a horror film set in Morocco and a Balkan Romeo and Juliet love story were among 25 projects presented to potential production partners at this year’s German-French Film Meeting in Paris (Nov 23-24).
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NewsFinance company 120dB Films unveils $107m fund
The ambitious lender has partnered with an unnamed Fortune 500 property casualty insurance company on the venture which puts it in a position to compete with the larger boutique lenders and commercial banks.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Jo Nesbø’s novel The Snowman will be adapted for the big screen with Martin Scorsese attached to direct, while in Italy shooting is underway on Toni Trupia’s Itaker.
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NewsGolden Horse project market sees 67% growth; Yi’s animation project takes top prize
Film financier attendance also up, including 12 venture capital companies.
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NewsKhan, Chopra to head cast of Singh’s Qissa
Indian actors Irrfan Khan and Tisca Chopra will star in Anup Singh’s Indo-European co-production Qissa, which is set to start shooting in India early next year.
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NewsBlack and Blue Films wrap hooligan feature
Based on the true story of a football fan who becomes embroiled in the world of credit card fraud, The Rise and Fall of A White Collar Hooligan has been written and directed by Paul Tanter.
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NewsMark O'Connor to direct Irish feature King Of The Travellers
The film will explore the traditions of the Irish traveller community, with backing from the Irish Film Board.
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NewsMogador turns on Television
Germany’s Mogador Films and France’s Eaux Vives Productions have boarded social drama Television, to be directed by Bangladeshi filmmaker Mostofa Farooki.
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NewsNFDC boards Mukherjee’s Tasher Desh
Film Bazaar organiser the National Film Development Corp (NFDC) has boarded Bengali filmmaker Kaushik Mukherjee’s Tasher Desh, one of a growing number of international co-productions on the organisation’s slate.
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NewsKashyap conjures up Phantom Films
Indian director-producer Anurag Kashyap has teamed up with three fellow filmmakers to launch a content-driven production outfit Phantom Films.
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NewsBertha Foundation joins forces with Britdoc, launches two new funds
Two new funds worth £1.5 million, first new investment is Kirpalani’s We The People.