UK News – Page 571
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BAFTA partners for sustainability
BAFTA and Julie’s Bicycle have partnered to raise industry-wide support for sustainable production.
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NewsNetflix plans original docs push
Netflix is to begin ordering documentaries as part of its programming drive.
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NewsLucasFilm denies Abrams to quit Star Wars
Rumours that J.J. Abrams is to quit as director of Star Wars: Episode VII have been denied by LucasFilm.
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NewsHarper-Thorne’s War Book underway
EXCLUSIVE: Adeel Akhtar, Kerry Fox, Sophie Okenedo, Antony Sher, Ben Chaplin among cast.
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NewsMonsters University retains UK lead
Disney’s animated prequel adds $4.3m (£2.8m) for a second straight week at number one; Universal’s The World’s End suffers from the heat, debuting with $3.2m (£2.1m).
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NewsAdrien Brody banks on Mr Toad
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winner attached to star in and produce live-action and CGI Kenneth Grahame biopic, Banking on Mr Toad.
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NewsMel Smith dies aged 60
British comedian Mel Smith, who directed The Tall Guy and the first Mr Bean movie, has died.
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NewsBFI appoints director of education
Former BBC executive Dr Paul Gerhardt to lead BFI’s education programme.
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NewsHawkins, Marsan join X PLUS Y
EXCLUSIVE: Origin Pictures recruits cast and Bankside Films for comedy-drama, set to shoot July 22.
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NewsSoda to release Love Tomorrow
Raindance Festival award-winner set for a November 2013 release in the UK.
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NewsTracks to open Adelaide FF
John Curran’s Tracks, from The King’s Speech producer See-Saw Films, will have its world premiere as the opening night film of the Adelaide Film Festival on October 10.
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NewsEncounters Film Festival goes Swiss
The Bristol based short film festival has partnered with Swiss Films and Swiss short film festival International Kurzfilmtage Winterthur for this year’s edition.
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NewsUK MEDIA funding up $2m
British companies received nearly $12m (€9m) in funding from the MEDIA Programme in 2012.
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NewsJoanna Hogg’s ‘London Project’ given title
Details of Joanna Hogg’s third feature have emerged, including a title for the film previously known as ‘London Project’.
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NewsJarman Award shortlist announced
The sixth annual Jarman Award has announced its shortlist of 10 UK contemporary artists.
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NewsMike Figgis film gets lingerie tie-in
Swipe Films is releasing Mike Figgis’ new erotic thriller Suspension of Disbelief with a promotional tie-in with lingerie boutique Coco De Mer.
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News‘Soldiers of the Damned’ wraps
Psychological horror set during the Second World War wraps shoot.
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NewsRobert Englund joins The Last Showing
Psychological horror, which starts shooting this week, to star Nightmare on Elm Street’s Robert Englund and Game of Thrones’ Finn Jones.
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NewsRun & Jump wins at Galway
Steph Green’s Run & Jump has picked up the Best Irish Feature Award at the Galway Film Fleadh.