All UK/Ireland articles – Page 350
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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.
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FeaturesWhy Reggie Yates won’t let a mid-shoot shutdown kill the vibe on his directorial debut ‘Pirates’
The film shows three friends driving from North to South London on New Year’s Eve 1999 for a party.
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NewsUK’s Covid-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund launches as 93% of freelancers now out of work
BFI to contribute £500,000 of National Lottery funding; Netflix previously donated £1m.
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NewsEdinburgh TV festival switches to online-only for 2020 edition
Freelancers will be offered free access to the digital event.
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NewsCineworld executives to defer salary and bonuses during Covid crisis
The board of the world’s second biggest cinema chain also decided to suspend the payment of dividends in Q4 2019 and all of 2020.
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: Facebook’s Anna Higgs
”I’ve seen some brilliantly visionary stuff emerge amidst this crisis.”
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FeaturesHow the international VFX industry is continuing to work during the coronavirus shutdown
Companies including Framestore, Cinesite and The Mill have set up remote operations.
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NewsHonor Blackman, James Bond girl and star of TV’s ‘The Avengers’, dies aged 94
Actor died surrounded by family at home in Lewes, Sussex.