UK News – Page 825
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NewsTories "committed" to tax credit Vaizey tells Screen Film Summit
Shadow Arts minister Ed Vaizey sent out a reassuring message about Tory film policy in a speech to key industry figures today (October 13).
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NewsAV Pictures takes worldwide rights to Menhaj Huda's Comedown
Vic Bateman’s London-based sales outfit AV Pictures has snapped up worldwide sales rights to Comedown, an urban horror picture from Kidulthood director Menhaj Huda.
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NewsOdeon IMAX partnership expands ahead of Avatar release
IMAX Corporation and Odeon & UCI Cinemas Group have announced plans for a new IMAX cinema in Cardiff ahead of the release of James Cameron’s 3D epic, Avatar, this December.
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NewsPower to the Pixel’s Cross-Media Forum to be webcast live on ScreenDaily
Power to the Pixel’s Cross-Media Forum will be held in association with The Times BFI London Film Festival tomorrow, October 14.
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NewsEFA picks The Sound Of Insects for outstanding doc award
The European Film Academy has chosen Swiss documentary The Sound Of Insects: Record Of A Mummy as the recipient of their outstanding documentary award, which will be presented at the 22nd European Film Awards ceremony on December 12.
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NewsBen Wheatley’s Down Terrace wins best feature at 17th Raindance
Down Terrace was named Best UK Feature at the 17th Raindance Film Festival, which closed its 12-day event in London yesterday.
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NewsMoon touches down in Spain, UK gets Le Donk
ScreenDaily’s weekly round up of the local and independent openings in key markets this week.
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NewsUK's National Theatre appoints NT Live producer as digital chief
The National Theatre has appointed David Sabel as its first digital head of media to oversee its developing digital strategy, including its cinema initiative NT Live.
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NewsAfghan Star named UK's foreign language Oscar submission
Roast Beef, Redstart and Kaboora Productions’ Afghan Star has been selected as the UK’s official Academy Award foreign language submission.
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NewsLFF reveals nominations for inaugural best film award
Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr Fox, Jane Campion’s Bright Star and Sam Taylor-Wood’s Nowhere Boy are among the nine contenders for The Times BFI London Film Festival’s inaugural best film award.
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NewsRevolver snaps up Pattinson doc Robsessed
UK distributor Revolver has snapped up rights to Robsessed, a feature length documentary about Twilight and New Moon star Robert Pattinson.
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NewsSteve Perrin to lead UK’s Digital Funding Group
Steve Perrin, the former senior vice president and head of international at Rentrak Theatrical, has been appointed as chief executive of the UK Digital Funding Group (DFG).
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NewsEuropaCorp’s Le Pogam to make keynote speech at London’s PFM
French producer and co-founder of EuropaCorp Pierre-Ange Le Pogam will make a key note speech at the 3rd Production Finance Market (PFM), which takes place in London on October 21 - 22.
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NewsOdeon Cinemas to screen England World Cup qualifer
UK football fans will only be able to watch this weekend’s England World Cup qualifier at Odeon cinemas or online.
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NewsSoda takes Double Take, La Danse, The Paris Opera Ballet
UK arthouse buyer Soda Pictures has snapped up three more films ahead of this month’s London Film Festival.
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NewsUK Brit List topped by George Kay's Good Luck Anthony Belcher
The 2009 Brit List, a list of the most liked and recommended unproduced screenplays in the UK and Irish film communities, has started circulating in London with Ruby Films’ Good Luck Anthony Belcher written by George Kay coming out on top.
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NewsThe Future Is Wild for John Adams, Vanguard and Warner Bros
John Adams has partnered with John Williams’ Vanguard Films and struck a deal with Warner Bros to render a live-action and animated feature of Adams’ documentary series and intellectual property The Future Is Wild.
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NewsTerracotta takes UK rights to Yang’s Breathless
Terracotta Distribution has acquired UK rights to Rotterdam Tiger award-winner Breathless from Korea’s Showbox Mediaplex.
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NewsFortissimo does strong festival trade with Labyrinth, Wartime
Fortissimo Films has announced a wave of sales closed on its current slate after the Venice and Toronto film festivals.
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NewsBen Chaplin joins cast of Peggy Glanville-Hicks biopic Owl Song
Ben Chaplin will play the young Yehudi Menuhin in Owl Song, the story of Australian composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks which is being produced by MusicArt Dance Films in Australia.