All UK/Ireland articles – Page 740
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NewsBuyers download Boermans' App
EXCLUSIVE: Highpoint secures deals on Bobby Boermans’ interactive thriller.
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NewsNFTS launches Attenborough fund
Sir Ben Kingsley and Lord Puttnam among those to honour the veteran British actor-director at the launch of a young filmmakers fund created in his name.
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NewsFilm tax avoidance scheme closed
A film tax avoidance scheme which routed profits of a tax advisory business through employee benefit trusts has been closed by a tribunal.
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CommentSwan Lake leaps into 3D
St Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre staged the first ever 3D live ballet, filmed using James Cameron’s ground-breaking technology as seen in Avatar, and Peter Colley pulled on his 3D glasses to check out the results.
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NewsSadie Frost, Emma Comley launch production company
EXCLUSIVE: Blonde to Black Pictures kicks off with psychological drama Buttercup Bill.
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NewsFinancier not guilty in Revolver case
CORRECTED: UK financier and actor found not guilty of harassment.
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NewsMoo Man hits Kickstarter target
Directors of the Sundance hit succeed in raising finance for a UK release through Kickstarter.
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NewsStudent Academy Awards names winners
Miss Todd, directed by Kristina Yee from the UK’s NFTS, wins Best Foreign Film - the first animated feature to ever win the category.
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NewsLevel K ignites Rocket sales
Kim Mordaunt’s Tribeca and Berlinale winner The Rocket has been snapped up in the UK and Middle East among others.
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NewsAfter Earth tops UK box office
Sony’s sci-fi starring Will Smith and Jaden Smith scores $3.5m (£2.25m) debut to dethrone The Hangover Part III; eOne’s Behind the Candelabra debuts with $797,000 (£512,604) from 131 sites.
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NewsVue Entertainment sold for $1.5bn
Vue Entertainment is to be sold by private equity group Doughty Hanson for £935m ($1.5bn), a move that Vue CEO Tim Richards has described to ScreenDaily as “very postitive”.
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FeaturesHeather Croall, Sheffield Doc/Fest
The 20th Sheffield Doc/Fest promises to be one of its biggest and most “mind-blowing” to date, festival director Heather Croall tells Michael Rosser.
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NewsBritdoc launches Euro film fund
Britdoc has unveiled a new fund open to independent documentary filmmakers across Europe – and revealed the first two recipients.
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NewsContent secures Milius rights; StudioCanal takes UK
Content Film has snapped up international sales rights (excluding Spain) to a documentary about John Milius, the director of Conan the Barbarian and screenwriter behind Apocalypse Now.
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NewsNew Molinare head outlines strategy
Molinaire managing director Julie Parmenter has told Screen about how business at the UK post-production house has turned around since being placed in administration last summer.
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NewsSamsung strikes open-air cinema pact
Three open-air cinema producers have partnered with Samsung to host a series of summer screenings in the UK.
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NewsBAFTA, Sargent-Disc pact for Filmmakers’ Market
UK event for budding filmmakers includes a directors masterclass and a session on crowdfunding.
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NewsNew London film event set for Battersea Power Station
EXCLUSIVE: Organisers in talks with studios and indie distributors for October film event.
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NewsSPRI launches After Earth in 60 markets
Following the disappointing launch of Sony’s sci-fi in North America, the weekend ahead will reveal whether Will Smith has retained his lustre at the international box office.