All UK/Ireland articles – Page 1005
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Scottish Screen to invest $1.5m in specialist exhibition
Scottish Screen has announced that it will invest $1.5m (£750,000) in the specialist exhibition sector in Scotland. The funds are part of along-term strategy to promote the development and provision ofcultural cinema programming throughout the country. Among the fundingrecipients are the Glasgow Film Theatre, Dundee Contemporary Arts andthe Edinburgh International ...
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Metrodome picks up extreme-skiing story Steep
Metrodome Distributions has acquired full UK rights to extreme-skiing documentary Steep, which it plans to release towards the end of 2008. Director Mark Obenhaus' feature documentary is the story of the dangerous sport of big-mountain skiing. It features many of the sport's greatest athletes, including the late Doug Coombs, considered ...
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Met Film School announces new advisory board
The Met Film School has announced the formation of its new advisory board, comprising eleven accomplished industry professionals. The board will draw on its varied knowledge and expertise to advise on the future direction of the school and thereby help to enrich the student experience.The advisory board is headed by ...
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The Edge Of Love to open Edinburgh festival on June 18
John Maybury's The Edge Of Love will be the opening gala for the 2008 Edinburgh International Film Festival on June 18.The Dylan Thomas love triangle drama stars Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys and Cillian Murphy.Maybury is expected to attend the gala with Knightley, Miller and Rhys.Knightley's mother Sharman Macdonald ...
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French comedies dominate international weekend
French cinema enjoyed yet another impressive weekend in the international arena as two comedies accounted for 12.7% of the international top 40 revenue. New entry Disco was the highest entry in the chart this weekend, coming in at number two with an $8.7m take from Belgium, France and Switzerland. The ...
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UK Film Council unveils $36m boost for regional films
The UK Film Council has announced an £18m boost for English regional film funds over the next two years.$15.4m (£7.7m)will be shared between the nineRegional Screen Agencies (RSAs)in each of the next two years.It is aimed to boost the wide variety of work supporting and developinglocal film industries.Each RSA will ...
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Metrodome acquires full UK rights to Warlords
Metrodome Distribution has acquired full UK rights to Peter Chan's action film The Warlords. The film has earned $40m at its domestic box office, making it one of China's most successful domestic theatrical releases ever. Metrodome is looking to release the film nationwide later this year. The Warlords has been ...
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UK Film Council to invest $35.4m in film in regions
The UK Film Council will be investing a total of $35.4m (£18m) over the next two years in the English regions to help them boost their local film industries and open up access for the public to British film heritage.This support comes from two sources of funding: $30.3m (£15.4m) from ...
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Jungle Cineclub launches season of Brazilian films
Jungle Cineclub is to hold its first monthly screening of Brazilian films at the Rich Mix Cinema, Shoreditch on April 10. For its first season from April-November, the event will be themed around the social origins of violence in Brazilian cinema.Paulo Morelli's City Of Men will open the event, which ...
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BAFTA/LA launches inaugural Comedy Festival as part of BritWeek
BAFTA/LA will launch the inaugural BAFTA/LA British Comedy Festival from April 28 to May 1, honouring the best in British cinema and television.The event will run as part of BritWeek, the series of UK-centric series of events celebrating the 50th anniversary of the British Consul General in Los Angeles.Winners will ...
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Britdoc lines up Larry Charles as keynote
Borat and Seinfeld director Larry Charles has lined up as the keynote speaker for this year's third-annual Britdoc festival. He will also offer a sneak preview of his film Religulous starring Bill Maher.This year's Britdoc festival themes are comedy and music in documentary, with scheduled visitors including Nitin Sawhney, St ...
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UK's City Screen takes overNewman software from AAM
City Screen, which runs the UK's Picturehouse cinemas, has acquired the Newman software business from Arts Alliance Media.Newman is the box-office and cinema management web-based software platform that City Screen has helped develop since its inception.City Screen said: 'theacquisition guarantees the continued development of the software to meet its ambition ...
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Inside Pictures gears up for sixth edition of training programme
UK film business training programme Inside Pictures is planning its sixth programme. Applications will be open until May 9.The programme consists of three intenstive one-week modules, held in London and Los Angeles between July and November 2008.Up to 15 applicants will be taking part. Each has about five years experience ...
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Pretty Pictures takes on French rights to Bacon's Arena
Paris-based Pretty Pictures has acquired all French-language rights to Adam Low's Bacon's Arena, a BBC-backed documentary about artist Francis Bacon.The project was sold by London-based Wavelength Pictures. The package includes DVD bonuses for a special release during the centenary of Bacon's birth in 2009. There are major exhibitions planned in ...
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Revolver strikes DVD deal with Turner for Adult Swim, Nuts TV
UK distributor Revolver Entertainment has taken the exclusive UK and Ireland home entertainment rights to Turner Broadcasting System's Adult Swim.Adult Swim is Turner's popular channel for non-conformist animation projects aimed at adults 18-34 years old.Revolver gets rights to more than 100 US hit titles including Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot ...
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BBC costume collection sold to Angels The Costumiers
BBC commerical subsidiary BBC Resources has sold the BBC costume collection to Angels The Costumiers. Financial terms were not disclosed.The BBC noted there had been strong international and UK interest in the famed collection. The BBC in February 2008 shut down its Costume + Wigs department, which was based in ...
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Odeon/UCI to manage five more cinemas in Ireland
Odeon and UCI Cinemas have struck a deal with Entertainment Enterprises Group to manage and operate a further five multi-screen cinemas in Ireland, after the recent acquisition of the Storm Cinema group.The five cinemas will continue to be run under the Storm name.Odeon and UCI Cinema Group now operate and ...
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BAFTA Wales film nominees include Summer Scars, Daddy's Girl
BAFTA Wales has announced the nominees for its 17th annual awards.Nominees for best film are DJ Evans' Daddy's Girl, Ashley Way's Small Country (Calon Gaeth), and Julian Richards' Summer Scars. Daddy's Girl star Richard Harrington is also recognised in the best actor category.TV projects nominated include Coal House, The History ...
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UTA 'comedy wheel' derails to Endeavor agency
Senior UTA partners Nick Stevens, Sharon Sheinwold and Lisa Hallerman - prominent members of the so-called 'comedy wheel' that came to define UTA as Hollywood's leading laugh factory - have defected to Endeavor.While it remained unclear whether the new arrivals will be anointed as partners in their new Beverly Hills ...
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Horton hears nearly $100m overseas for Fox
As expected, Fox International's Horton Hears A Who! dominated the Hollywood overseas pack thanks to a three-day haul that delivered an estimated $11.7m from 5,783 screens and raised the tally to $91.5m.The animated family release is several days away from crossing the $100m threshold and owes much of its weekend ...