UK News – Page 672
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NewsGFM Films takes on Blowback
London-based company to handle sales on Kimble Rendall’s [pictured] thriller.
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NewsEntertainment One revenues up 16%
Peppa Pig distributor Entertainment One has seen revenue grow by 16% from 1 April until this month.
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NewsJonathan Rhys Meyers to play Dracula
Downton Abbey indie Carnival Films is to produce a new version of classic vampire story Dracula for Sky Living and US network NBC.
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NewsShortlist unveiled for Conch Awards
The awards, which recognise the audio post production sector, will take place on September 19 in London.
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NewsLoveBite, Twisted Minds win M&C Saatchi's 48 hour film challenge
The competition was in partnership with Goldsmiths and YouTube.
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NewsThe Dark Knight Rises freezes out Ice Age 4 at the UK box office
Climactic part of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy records a series best opening of $22.4m (£14.4m) to knock Fox’s 3D animation off number one.
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NewsSarah Mackey appointed CEO of UK Screen Association
Acting CEO promoted to CEO, Mackey was previously director of strategy at BBC Studios and Post Production.
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NewsShooting begins in Glasgow on Not Another Happy Ending
The indie rom com stars Karen Gillan as a quirky writer and French actor Stanley Weber as her publisher.
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NewsWhite Collar Hooligan 2 to kick off in Spain, Momentum boards UK
EXCLUSIVE: Momentum, Mediawidth Classics take rights for UK, Germany, respectively; original posts strong DVD sales.
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NewsNFTS launches diploma in entrepreneurial producing
EXCLUSIVE: “We need a more holistic entrepreneurial approach to the creative industries,” says course sponsor Patrick McKenna. Course director Chris Auty in talks with Peter Bazalgette, Peter Watson and Rough Trade to participate in diploma, which will teach business skills across seven creative fields, including film, music, games and theatre.
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NewsSam Riley to play title role in Softley's Ivanhoe
UK actor Sam Riley is to play the title role in Iain Softley’s epic adaptation of Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe which is being developed by Berlin-based Egoli Tossell Film New GmbH (ETF) with Spain’s Morena Films as a European co-production with partners from Belgium and the UK.
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NewsLong Distance Information wins at Rushes Soho Shorts
Douglas Hart’s film, starring Peter Mullan, won the Short Film Award at the 14th Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival.
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NewsFyzal Boulifa's The Curse wins Fujifilm Shorts competition
Screen Star of Tomorrow Fyzal Boulifa won the Best Film prize for The Curse, Adam Etherington picked up the Best Cinematography award for The World Turns.
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NewsBFI's Hitchcock season to close with The Manxman with LFF gala
The film will screen in the Archive Gala slot at the BFI London Film Festival.
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NewsFilm Agency for Wales appoints Gubbins as chair
He replaces Peter Edwards, whose term ends this summer.
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Film 4.0 to support online collaborative art project This Exquisite Forest
The scheme is aimed at bringing together artists and the wider creative community to allow people to create short animations.
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Play Poland Film Festival set for second edition in the UK, Canada and Norway
Starting in September of this year, the second Play Poland Film Festival will be held over a four-month period in a bid to promote Polish cinema abroad.
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NewsHMRC draft guidance raises doubts over EIS schemes
The HM Revenue and Customs has issued a draft guidance which could disqualify the majority of creative businesses from accessing the relief.