All articles by Tim Dams – Page 49
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FeaturesHow producers, agents and showrunners are navigating the UK talent crunch
A proliferation of exclusive deals with streamers has created big challenges for UK content creators.
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FeaturesWhat European TV producers and broadcasters are learning from the Nordic model
Smaller Nordic nations have pooled funding to make productions happen.
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FeaturesTobias Menzies talks playing Prince Philip in ‘The Crown’: “A pretty hard person to get a grasp on“
Menzies plays Philip Mountbatten-Windsor in the third season of the Netflix show.
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FeaturesMipcom preview: how can a high-end drama break through in a dynamic global TV market?
Screen reports on the strategies of several leading international distributors.
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FeaturesFive hot dramas at Mipcom 2019
Buzzy projects this year at the French TV event include Swedish thriller Blinded and the highly anticipated TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s Normal People.
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NewsNetflix casts its spell over Sunny Side of the Doc
Attendees debate impact of SVoD on European documentary marketplace.
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NewsDo theatrical documentaries have a future in European cinemas?
Execs talking on Sunny Side of the Doc panel spoke of a crisis at the cinema.
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NewsNetflix’s Diego Buñuel sets out streamer’s European documentary ambitions
”Our goal is not to compete with the broadcasters, but to give something different.”
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NewsSunny Side doc market kicks off with environmental rallying cry
Temperatures are expected to hit a record-breaking 40C at the La Rochelle festival later this week.
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FeaturesHow TV market LA Screenings is going global
What role does the LA Screenings play in the TV market calendar for international buyers and distributors?
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FeaturesAn industry in flux: five top commissioners discuss Europe's TV drama market
Screen speaks to commissioners from five key European territories.
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FeaturesQ&A: Piers Wenger, controller of drama commissioning, BBC
Upcoming BBC commissions including ‘A Suitable Boy’ and ‘Dark Mon£y’.
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NewsHalo VFX closure hits workers
Halo VFX worked on films including Bohemian Rhapsody and TV shows such as Curfew and A Discovery Of Witches.
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NewsUK Screen Alliance hits out at Immigration Bill
VFX and animation industries will find it harder to attract international talent and stay competitive, says organisation.
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FeaturesGo big or go local: how the European drama sector is responding to Netflix and Amazon
Shows like The Ink Factory’s ‘The Little Drummer Girl’ are searching for other funding sources.
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FeaturesHow Netflix, Amazon and HBO are expanding into Europe
Streaming services are noticing the success of programmes like ‘The Crown’ and ‘The Grand Tour’.
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Fortissimo takes on world sales for House Of Sand
Fortissimo Films is to handleworld sales outside of Brazil and North America for Conspiracao Filmes' The House Of Sand,directed by award winning Brazilian director AndruchaWaddington. Waddington's Me You Them won a Special Mention in theUn Certain Regard sidebar of the Cannes film festival in 2000 and the CrystalGlobe at Karlovy ...
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Sky to show entire Star Wars saga in 2006
BSkyB has signed a deal with Twentieth Century Fox and LucasFilmtoshow the entire Star Wars saga in 2006. The deal gives Sky exclusive UKtelevision rights for all six Star Wars films from August 2006, to coincidewith the start of the pay-tv window for StarWars: Episode III - Revenge of the ...
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Women in Film and Television unveils Technical Change initiative
Women in Film and Television (WFTV) has extended itsmentoring programme Directing Change to help women develop their careers in technicalroles within the film and TV industry. WFTV willofficially launch the new initiative, called Technical Change, on October 10.Working inconjunction with Skillset and the UK Film Council with the backing of ...
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Woods steps down as Sheffield Documentary fest director
Brent Woods is stepping down as director of the SheffieldInternational Documentary Festival (Oct 10-16) after four years in the role andten years in total at the festival.Woodswill be leaving in January 2006 and the Sheffield International Documentary FestivalBoard will begin recruiting a new Director in due course.Woods commented, "I feel ...