UK News – Page 220
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NewsMentors, participants revealed for 2020 BFI Network/Bafta Crew scheme (exclusive)
Mentors include Becky Martin, Nia DaCosta, Bart Layton, Stephen Beresford and Michael Pearce.
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NewsScreen Yorkshire launches £200,000 Covid-19 support fund
The Indie TV and Film Development Fund will allocate grants up to £25,000.
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NewsScreen Talks: Production experts talk new Covid-19 realities, pushing shoots to 2021
“There aren’t going to be as many people employed as previously.”
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NewsBectu outlines production restart member survey responses (exclusive)
Physical safety, mental health, and diversity are three primary concerns.
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NewsCorneliu Porumboiu’s ‘The Whistlers’ leads Curzon streaming chart
Mubi also reveals ’Portrait Of A Lady On Fire’ has become its most-viewed film in the UK to date.
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NewsScreen Scotland, BFI launch £1m talent development programme
The UK-wide programme will support new and emerging Scottish film talent.
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NewsMaze Theory secures backing from BFI-backed UK Creative Content Fund
Investment will expand gaming experiences around ‘Doctor Who’ and ‘Peaky Blinders’.
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NewsUK government confirms film and TV production can restart within social distancing guidelines
Government provided details on latest guidelines on Monday May 11.
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Bafta unveils members of diversity steering group
The initial findings and recommendations are expected by the end of summer 2020.
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NewsUK cinemas may reopen in July, government confirms
Film/TV production not among sectors ‘allowed to be open’.
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NewsScreen business can help restart UK economy, says ex-BFI CEO Amanda Nevill
Independent production will “need very careful support and nurturing” but cinema will bounce back.
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NewsPact: UK should copy French insurance fund
Government urged to look at Macron’s ’temporary indemnity’ model.
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NewsVice TV, Shout! Studios, Canoe Film strike sale on SXSW Air Jordan documentary (exclusive)
Film produced by Break Em Films to get world premiere on May 25.
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NewsFantasia audience-award winner ‘Dead Dicks’ sells around the world (exclusive)
Deals include UK and Ireland, Canada, Russia, and Benelux.
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NewsVisit Films closes deals on festival titles including 'Minyan', 'White Riot' (exclusive)
Madman, Front Row, Gravitas Ventures, NonStop among international buyers.
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NewsScreen Talks: Independent producers say post-lockdown will be “about the small”
“Actors are freer because they’re not going to be off shooting in far distant places.”
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NewsUK domestic film production falls 72% in Q1 pre-shutdown as inward investment booms
Film and high-end TV production spend hit record £3.6bn in 12 months from April 2019 to March 2020.
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NewsAdrian Wootton addresses “very detailed” British Film Commission Covid-19 guidelines
The BFC has given itself until May 15 to complete its consultation.
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NewsVirus crisis plunges UK cinema admissions to record low
Box office was performing strongly in Q1 2020 before nationwide cinema closures.
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NewsWarp, Element execs join Inside Pictures scheme mentored by BBC Films’ Rose Garnett (exclusive)
The NFTS scheme has chosen 20 participants representing 13 territories.