UK News – Page 664
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NewsSky ‘fit and proper’ to hold TV licence
Ofcom has ruled that Sky is a “fit and proper” company to hold a broadcasting licence but criticised former chairman James Murdoch’s conduct in the wake of the phone hacking scandal.
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NewsSenna, The King's Speech, Lee Walpole among winners at Conch Awards
Ceremony took place in London last night with around 250 people in attendance.
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NewsMetrodome takes UK rights to Come Out And Play
EXCLUSIVE: Toronto Midnight Madness horror film is sold by Celsius’ genre label Fahrenheit Pictures.
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NewsPower to the Pixel unveils selections for The Pixel Market 2012
Two-day co-production market to take place in London on Oct 17-18, during the annual Cross-Media Forum held in assocation with the 56th BFI London Film Festival.
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NewsBreaking Glass Pictures to launch UK distributor
The new operation under the stewardship of CEO Richard Wolff and co-president Richard Ross plans to debut several titles a month including theatrical releases.
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NewsFilmscape launches new film finance initiative
Digital production equipment supplier also joins forces with LipSync for joint investment offering.
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NewsThe Imposter crosses £1m at the UK box office
Revolver/Picturehouse’s documentary becomes eighth biggest non-music doc in the UK of the last ten years, and first to cross £1m since Senna last year.
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NewsBAFTA and Deutsche Bank announce new partnership
Partnership is for BAFTA’s latest series of ‘A Life In Pictures’ interviews.
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News400 Boys set for October shoot
Alastair Paton’s action film, budgeted at $26m, set for eight-week shoot on location in Hong Kong, Macau and at Guangzhou’s ACE Studios in China.
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NewsBFI to present two month retrospective project celebrating Ealing Studios
Ealing: Light and Dark will take place from Oct 22-Dec 30.
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News16 shorts get BFI/Lighthouse backing in £800,000 initiative
Adrian McDowall, Jamie Stone, Mustapha Kseibati, Michael Pearce, Jonathan Romney among successful applicants to scheme for shorts with budgets up to £50,000 each, fully funded by BFI.
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NewsMichael Rosser joins Screen International; Andreas Wiseman promoted
Michael Rosser has been appointed News Editor for Screen International and ScreenDaily.com; Andreas Wiseman promoted to Chief Reporter.
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NewsSky, Warner Bros. lock UK film deal
Sky locks new multi-year Warner Bros. first-window deal after contract was up for renewal; future films will include Man of Steel, The Hangover Part III and The Great Gatsby.
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NewsBFI London Film Festival unveils education and family programme
Programme includes 15 free screenings, special events, talks and workshops.
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NewsSoda goes for UK ride with Wadjda
EXCLUSIVE: Soda Pictures strikes deal with The Match Factory for Haifaa Al-Mansour’s Venice buzzer.
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NewsDubai festival works with Arab British Centre, ICA on Middle Eastern showcase
The Arab British Centre and the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) are collaborating to create a showcase that raises awareness of the diversity andvibrancy of Middle Eastern film.
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NewsWinners of BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum's initiative announced
Initiative sought to find UK’s most promising comedy writers.
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NewsArbitrage to open Abu Dhabi
Sundance hit Arbitrage to open the Abu Dhabi Film Festival; festival to include Algerian films sidebar; programme announced September 25.
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NewsConstantin, Nordisk among DreamWorks output partners
The studio and its new strategic partner Mister Smith pulled back the curtain on more of their international distribution strategy on Monday (17) after signing a number of multi-year deals in Toronto.