All UK/Ireland articles – Page 1018
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Pinewood hopes to expand with new live-work media community
Pinewood Shepperton plans to seek planning permission for an extension to Pinewood Studios, on land adjacent to the current Pinewood Studios site in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire.The proposed Project Pinewood will include a variety of locations for film and TV, including permanent working sets of streetscapes and location recreations such as ...
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Eros' Om Shanti Om tops Ratatouille in international chart
Indian films came up blazing in this weekend's international top 40 with two films - Om Shanti Om and Saawariya - collectively taking $31.5m and accounting for more than 20% of the chart's total revenue. For the full international chart, compiled by Len Klady, click here.Eros International's Om Shanti Om ...
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Sheffield awards include Talk To Me, We Are Together
The Sheffield Doc/Fest (Nov 7-11) handed out its first Grierson: Sheffield Awards as the UK festival closed this weekend. The Green Award went to Davis Guggenheim's An Inconvenient Truth about the global climate crisis, the Innovation Award went to Mark Craig's Talk To Me about voicemail messages, and the Youth ...
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Irish Film Board greenlights three films for Catalyst scheme
The Irish Film Board has announced the three Catalyst feature film projects to receive the green light. Three feature film projects have been green-lit for the low budget scheme Catalystproject. The successful projects, Redux, One Hundred Mornings, and Eamon, were selected from more than 45 submissions, and each film will ...
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Good Luck Chuck leads UK box office for Lionsgate UK
Lionsgate's Good Luck Chuck stole the top slot in the UK box office chart this weekend with a $2.7m ($1.3m) take from 379 sites.For the full UK chart click here.The romantic comedy enjoyed a $7,225 (£3,473) site average in its opening weekend in the territory and stars popular US comedian ...
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Alexis Dos Santos starts UK shoot for Unmade Beds
Alexis Dos Santos has started principal photography in the UKthis week for his second film, Unmade Beds. The project, which will shoot for five weeks in London and Nottingham, stars Deborah Francois, Fernando Tielve, Michiel Huisman, Iddo Goldberg and Richard Lintern. The story follows a man who arrives in London ...
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Pathe closes string of AFM deals for Salles' Linha De Passe
Pathe International has announced a slew of sales for Walter Salles' Linha De Passe following its first footage screening at the AFM.Deals have been done for France (Diaphana), Italy (RAI), Benelux (Cineart), Greece (Spentzos), Portugal (CLMC), and Israel (Shani). Pathe Distribution will handle the UK release.Daniela Thomas co-directed the film, ...
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UK co-productions fall from 42 to nine after tax changes
As expected, changes in UK tax breaks have caused a sharp fall in UK co-productions. Changes in tax breaks caused UK co-productions to fall from 42 to nine in the first half of 2007 but a further 20 co-productions have been made in the third quarter, according to new statistics ...
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Jan Dunn and Pauline McLynn team for comedy drama script
Actress Pauline McLynn is starting work on her first screenplay, with her recent collaborator Jan Dunn. Dunn, who directed McLynn in Gypo and in the recent shoot for The Calling, is working with McLynn on the untitled comedy drama. McLynn, best known for her TV role on Father Ted, is ...
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Momentum strikes UK deal for Nic Balthazar's Ben X
Momentum Pictures has taken UK rights to Nic Balthazar's directorial debut Ben X, sold by Films Distribution. Films Distribution executive director of worldwide sales Didar Domehri and Momentum's acquisitions manager Louis Tisne negotiated the deal. Balthazar's directorial debut is based on the book When Nothing Was All He Said and ...
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Dodona sees 50% digital conversion by 2013, pushed by 3D
Half of the world's cinema screens could be digital by 2013, according to predictions from Dodona Research. A total of 4,627 screens have been converted as of September 2007, representing about 5% of the global total. Dodona analysts estimate that the potential market for digital cinema equipment could be $8bn.Report ...
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Paula Jalfon moves from Ingenious to BBC Films
Paula Jalfon has joined BBC Films as commercial manager. She is the former head of production at Ingenious. Jalfon will be responsible for managing third-party financing for BBC Films, seeking new local and international sources of funding, and overseeing sales, marketing and distribution for the BBC Films' slate. Jalfon will ...
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Screen WM sets up new $8m film production fund
Screen WM, the UK's regional screen agency for the West Midlands, has gotten increased an $8m (£4m) for production funding of film and digital media over the next four years. The new Media Produciton Fund is open to film and digital projects from across the UK, and an emphasis will ...
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Frears comes on as patron for Met Film School
Stephen Frears has come on board as the first patron of the Met Film School, based at Ealing Studios in London. Frears will serve as an ambassador for the school as well as participating in debates, conversations and advice sessions with school directors about the school's future. Frears said: 'Alexander ...
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Grant and Meaden's Shipwreck starts post on Just Ines
UK-based Shipwreck Film, which has just finished its debut feature Coffee Sex You, is now in post on its next project, Just Ines. Writer/director Marcel Grant's Just Ines stars Daniel Weyman and Caroline Ducey and was shot in the South of France in the UK during four weeks. Post will ...
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Arts Alliance Media's Vizumi adds Metrodome content
UK distributor Metrodome has become the latest content partner for Arts Alliance Media's Vizumi Network. AAM will offer Metrodome titles for download to own for $20 (£9.99) and download to rent for $6 (£2.99) at Vizumi's own site and partner sites Tiscali, LoveFilm, and Empire magazine. Films available at the ...
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Dent and McQueen join new team at Curzon Artificial Eye
London-based exhibitor-distributor Curzon Artificial Eye has appointedLouisa Dent as its new Managing Director. Dent, the former MD of UGCFilms UK, will take up her position full-time from January 2008.Curzon Artificial Eye has also confirmed that Alan McQueen (who formerly ran UK independent distributor Downtown Pictures) has beenrecruited to help increase ...
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Arthouse strikes exclusive UK/Ireland output deal with Revolver
Arthouse Films has struck an exclusive output and distribution deal for the UK & Ireland with Revolver Entertainment.Revolver will handle all rights to Arthouse titles in those territories and also launch the label in the UK and Ireland.The multi-year deal covers more than 10 titles per year. The initial slate ...
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Lumina strikes North American deal for Lovesickness with Maya
UK-based sales company Lumina Films has sold North American rights to Puerto Rican comedy Lovesickness (Maldeamores) to Maya Releasing.Maya is the new distribution and acquisitions company that is part of vertically integrated Latino entertainment company founded by Moctesuma Esparza. Maya Releasing will distribute 8-10 films per year theatrically.Lovesickness interweaves three ...
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Paramount on board for local distribution of Fraser's Dean Spanley
Paramount Pictures will distribute Toa Fraser's Dean Spanley in Australia and New Zealand.As previously reported, Toa Fraser will direct the whimsical father and son tale to star Peter O'Toole and Jeremy Northam.The film will start shooting Nov 12 on location in the east of England. Delivery is set for mid-2008.The ...