UK News – Page 622
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NewsPinewood Shepperton finalises £25m Isle of Man fund deal, will add 45,000 sq ft studio
Pinewood Shepperton finalises Isle Of Man fund deal, which has been in the works over the summer; Board approves an additional 45,000 sq ft studio facility.
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NewsFive finalists revealed for Britdoc and PUMA's Creative Impact Award
Finalists for the €50,000 documentary prize are Armadillo, Bag It, Budrus, Gasland and Weapon of War.
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NewsIFB appoints Rory Gilmartin to role of project manager
Rory Gilmartin, previously of Brilliant Films, joins IFB, which is looking for two further project managers.
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Newsfreeform.London acquires Firebelly
New combined agency to be based in Old Street and headed by Tony Roberts [pictured].
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NewsMartin Freeman, Paddy Considine join cast of The World's End
Edgar Wright’s comedy is now shooting in UK.
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NewsFrightFest's Halloween all-nighter to host five UK premieres
For the first time, the all-nighter will hold regional events on Nov 3, as well as the Oct 27 all-nighter at the Vue in London’s Leicester Square.
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NewsStewart Mackinnon's Headline grows with busy slate, new Edelman partnership
Stewart Mackinnon’s London and Newcastle-based film and TV production outfit Headline Pictures (the outfit behind Quartet and The Invisible Woman) has confirmed details of a groundbreaking new strategic partnership
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NewsWar Witch wins audience award at Cambridge Film Festival
32nd edition of the UK’s third-longest running film festival ran Sept 13-23.
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NewsStevan Riley talks about James Bond doc Everything or Nothing
Director talks how he found out Bill Clinton was a Bond fan, and how Skyfall director Sam Mendes questioned Daniel Craig as 007.
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NewsUK, Brazil ink co-production treaty
UK signs film and TV co-production treaty with rising power Brazil.
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NewsMinds Eye, Red Sky, Moving Pictures board Avalon
Canada’s Minds Eye Entertainment, Red Sky Entertainment and Moving Pictures Media will produce the live-action fantasy book adaptation Avalon: Web Of Magic [pictured].
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NewsWilliam Hurt to star in Challenger disaster drama for BBC2
William Hurt is to star as pioneering American scientist Richard Feynman in an ambitious BBC2 co-pro drama about the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster.
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NewsSean Stewart to deliver PttP's Cross-Media Forum keynote presentation
Co-founder and head writer at Fourth Wall Studios to speak in the UK for the first time at Power to the Pixel’s annual Forum.
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NewsPremature, Oh Willy... among winners at 18th Encounters
Six-day festival wrapped on Sunday having welcomed a total of 658 delegates from 30 countries.
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NewsYasmin Paige, Chris New board B Good drama Chicken
EXCLUSIVE: Joe Stephenson directorial debut set to star former Screen Star of Tomorrow and Submarine actress Paige and Weekend star New.
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NewsArrow finds Cherchez Hortense
EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor Arrow Films picks up Pascal Bonitzer’s comedy starring Kristin Scott Thomas.
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NewsStep Into The Dark with the Barbican
Barbican Centre announce opening programme for its new cinemas.
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NewsEmma Sullivan, Steven Shiel among writers up for Wellcome Trust Screenwriting Prize
Winner to be announced at an awards event at Wellcome Collection on Oct 8.
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NewsFilm Agency for Wales launches mentoring programme
Programme will allow 12 producers or company managers to be mentored by distribution executives to develop content for UK and international markets.