UK News – Page 797
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NewsPaul Schrader to attend Nottingham's first ScreenLit fest
Writer-director Paul Schrader is to attend the inaugural ScreenLit, Film, TV & Writing Festival at Nottingham’s Broadway Cinema (29 June to 5 July).
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NewsProtagonist sells The Children
UK sales company Protagonist has sold with Tom Shankland’s The Children which sold to Alliance in Canada and Chrysalis Film in France.
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NewsArtificial Eye snaps up Cannes prize winners
UK distributor Artificial Eye has taken UK rights to Mia Hansen-Love’s Father Of My Children (Le Pere De Mes Enfants).
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Aurum is won over by Pattinson
Aurum, the Madrid based distributor, has fallen for Twilight star Robert Pattinson again.
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NewsBAFTA/LA to honour Blunt with Britannia Award
BAFTA/LA will honour Emily Blunt with the Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year.
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NewsUK actress Sienna Guillory cast in Canada’s Gunless
UK actress Sienna Guillory has been cast opposite Paul Gross in the Canadian western spoof Gunless.
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NewsDuncan Jones' Moon sells out
UK production company Liberty Films and Independent, the UK sales company, have sold out the world rights to Duncan Jones’ sci-fi thriller Moon.
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NewsCarry On producer leaves cash to industry charity
British producer Peter Rogers, who made his name with the classic British comedy franchise Carry On, has left a substantial part of his estate to The Cinema & Television Benevolent Fund (CTBF).
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NewsWardrop's His and Hers wins Irish Directors Finders award
Ken Wardrop has won the 2009 Screen Directors Guild of Ireland’s (SDGI) Directors Finders Series award for his documentary, His and Hers.
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NewsThe Works signs post-Cannes deals
The Works has announced post-Cannes sales on My Year Without Sex, Man On Wire and Loft.
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NewsBlack & Blue Films starts shooting Just For The Record
Shooting has begun on Just For The Record, a mockumentary looking at the world of low budget film-making.
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NewsCinetic pacts with UK-based portal Blinkbox
New York-based Cinetic Rights Management has made its first foray into the international market, through a slate of films offered online at UK-based broadband portal Blinkbox.
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NewsSony Pictures takes US video and TV rights to St Trinian’s
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group has acquired US video and television rights to St. Trinian’s and will collaborate with NeoClassics Films on the theatrical release.
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NewsEcumenical jury awards Looking for Eric
Ken Loach’s Looking For Eric took top prize of the Ecumenical jury while special mention went to Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon.
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NewsAwaydays breaks UK, Spain sees Good
ScreenDaily takes a look at the local and independent openings in key markets this week
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NewsMomentum's Sam Nichols to step down
Momentum managing director Sam Nichols is leaving the company at the end of the month to go travelling.
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NewsTrustNordisk signs deals on Antichrist despite mixed reviews
Days after the stormy screening of Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist, a film that fiercely divided critics, two major deals have been concluded on the film.
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NewsStephen Fry to star in adaption of The Liar
Stephen Fry is to take a leading role in the film adaptation of his novel, The Liar, with newcomer Tony Hagger producing and directing.
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NewsAgness Deyn trips into Matthew Greenhalgh's directing debut
English screenwriter Matthew Greenhalgh, whose credits include Nowhere Boy and Control, is making his first foray into film directing with short film Acid Burn.
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NewsUK’s Jinga closes deals on horror flick Salvage
UK sales agent Jinga Films has closed sales on Lawrence Gough’s horror film Salvage for Germany (MIG Films) Middle East (Italia) and Japan.