UK News – Page 490
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NewsLondon Film Festival scores biggest ever audience
Festival attendance up 7.5% with more than 163,000 breaking audience records.
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NewsLeviathan wins top London Film Festival award
Other winners include The Tribe, a documentary about Syria and Catch Me Daddy actress Sameena Jabeen Ahmed.
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NewsPeter Strickland to write and direct radio play
EXCLUSIVE: The British director of Berberian Sound Studio and The Duke of Burgundy set to deliver new play next year.
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NewsDoctor Who wins top event cinema award
Other winners at the ECA Awards included a live Muse concert, three Royal Opera House productions and the British Museum’s Pompeii Live.
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NewsSecond Film London Micro Market wraps
A number of financing deals in the works following micro-budget finance market.
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NewsNew studio key to future of film in Scotland
Creative Scotland has identified seven key priorities for growing the country’s film sector, top of which is the creation of a film studio.
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NewsJames Cosmo joins Scorsese exec'd Tomorrow
The Braveheart and Game of Thrones star one of three new actors to join the British feature.
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NewsEd Vaizey: BFI should expand remit for TV, animation
The UK culture minister talks about the current strengths and challenges of the British film industry.
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NewsUniversal exec issues ‘event cinema’ warning
Event cinema will be key to helping theatres survive but the industry should be wary of repeating the mistakes of 3D, according to a Universal exec.
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NewsEvolution Pictures launches with Anchor Bay exec
EXCLUSIVE: Finance and production company will be allied to GFM Films.
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NewsAlison Thompson: Sales are tougher than ever
During her keynote at Film London’s Production Finance Market, Alison Thompson remarks on the glut of films made today, but also sees some bright spots like the arrival of Netflix.
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NewsIndustrial Light and Magic opens London division
Visual effects studio Industrial Light and Magic opens new London facility; unveils senior team.
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NewsCapsule shoot starring Edmund Kingsley underway
EXCLUSIVE: First image from space-based military thriller from debut director Andrew Martin.
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NewsGlobal sells 7th Dwarf to US, UK
Global Screen sells 3D animation feature The 7th Dwarf to the US, UK, Australia and Italy, among others.
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NewsTop of the Lake to return for second series
EXCLUSIVE: Jane Campion and Gerard Lee developing a new season of Top of the Lake; Steve McQueen drama gathers pace.
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NewsSilent Storm team reuniting for California thriller
EXCLUSIVE: Writer-director Corinna McFarlane and producer Nicky Bentham talk about working with EON’s Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson on The Silent Storm and their upcoming psychological thriller.
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NewsDavid Morrissey to deliver PPF keynote
Award-winning actor, screenwriter, director and producer David Morrissey will take to the stage as the closing keynote of Broadcast’s Production and Post Forum next month.