All UK/Ireland articles – Page 268
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News‘Quiz’ cast, writer on releasing a show during quarantine: “The desire to connect with people is very strong”
The true story drama has been a television hit for the UK’s ITV.
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News“We hope to have our cinemas open for mid-July,” says UNIC
Webinair hosted by the International Union of Cinemas also discussed relief measures.
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NewsKey UK film industry Covid-19 crisis funds go live
The BFI FAN Covid-19 Resilience Fund for exhibitors and Film and TV Charity’s repayable grants scheme applications open.
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NewsCurzon scores record premium VoD opening with Safy Nebbou’s ‘Who You Think I Am’
‘Bait’ and ‘Knives Out’ lead BFI Player charts.
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NewsLiverpool mayor establishes £400,000 creative businesses fund
Fund has two sections - film and TV development, and music.
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: British Council’s Briony Hanson
“A colleague once described our team as a ‘foul-mouthed Radio 4’.”
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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest MeetMarket line-up includes Extinction Rebellion, Saudi women’s football team projects
Forty eight projects have been chosen for the online edition,
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NewsSee-Saw Films hires UK producer Joanna Laurie
Laurie previously spent more than a decade at Number 9 Films.
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: Creativity Media’s Patrick Fischer
“This whole lockdown feels a bit like a family adventure.”
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NewsScreen Talks: The challenges and opportunities for film festivals during Covid-19
Panellists were BFI Festivals’ Tricia Tuttle, CPH:DOX’s Tine Fischer and Miami Film Festival’s Jaie Laplante.
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Features‘Fleabag’ collaborator Vicky Jones talks going on the ‘Run’ with new HBO show
Screen speaks to ‘Run’ showrunner and Phoebe Waller-Bridge collaborator Vicky Jones.
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NewsDavid Bowie film ‘Stardust’ to get digital release for industry
Fabien Westerhoff in talks with distributors and programers over potential public audience festival premieres.
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NewsScreen Scotland unveils £1m development pot for indie film and TV producers
The £500,000 Film: Single Project Development Funding Route will support the development of single feature film projects across live-action, animation and documentary.
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News‘Misbehaviour’ producer talks having film pulled due to virus crisis: “It’s devastating”
Suzanne Mackie spent a decade getting the Miss World comedy-drama onto the big screen, where it was pulled after just four days.
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NewsBFI reveals £4.6m support package for UK film industry
The re-purposed National Lottery funding will target specific areas of the sector including exhibitors, freelancers and producers.
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: UK Film Distributors’ Association’s Andy Leyshon
“We’ve converted our member training and development courses to online methods.”
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NewsBFI partners with UK cinemas to serve regional audiences during lockdown
Streaming platform BFI Player to offer curated selections from six venues.
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News‘Frozen II’ passes 500,000 UK home entertainment sales, tops chart for third week
‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ debuted at number two.
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NewsNetflix helps kickstart French Covid-19 film and TV workers emergency relief fund
Streaming giant has made similar donations in UK and Italy.
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News‘The Truth’ holds Curzon Home Cinema lead; BFI Player, MUBI reveal latest viewing data
Curzon has reshuffled its releases to strengthen its streaming schedule.