All UK/Ireland articles – Page 753
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NewsEmergency Room China to open Visual fest
Festival’s film section runs May 24 to June 2 at King’s College London.
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NewsUK struggles in Cannes selections
New British film-making talent have been selected for Cannes’ parallel sections, but does the UK’s omission from the main competition line-up point to a wider problem?
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FeaturesSundance London: Exporting Sundance
The organisers of Sundance London reveal how the programme was tailored for its second edition and why the UK is a good fit. Wendy Mitchell reports
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NewsDouble Negative launches TV unit
Soho-based VFX firm Double Negative (Dneg) has launched a TV division.
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NewsBBC1 drama set for first tax credit
Tony Jordan’s BBC1 drama By Any Means has become the first production to pass the cultural test to qualify for high-end TV tax breaks in the UK.
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NewsFilm Education to close after 26 years
Film resource for UK schools to close; redundancy for 15 staff; National Schools Film Week to cease.
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NewsHiddleston, Atwell join Close Enough
Romantic drama about two war photographers will be directed by Song for Marion’s Paul Andrew Williams.
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NewsSalon Pictures commissions scripts
EXCLUSIVE: Nick Taussig’s outfit commissions Churchill biopic script from Alex Von Tunzelmann and a comedy from a NFTS graduate.
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NewsStudent Critics Jury returns to EIFF
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has confirmed the return of the Student Critics Jury for a second year.
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NewsVue testing Dolby Atmos
EXCLUSIVE: UK cinema chain Vue is testing Dolby Atmos at some of its large format sites.
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NewsDogwoof announces Vimeo initiative
Distributor has offered the DVD extras of The Spirit of ‘45 as online content via Vimeo’s on demand platform.
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NewsOlympus topples Oblivion in UK
Lionsgate’s action-thriller debuts top with preview-boosted $3.4m (£2.2m); StudioCanal’s Evil Dead scares up $2.1m (£1.4m) to chart third.
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NewsRevolver enters administration
UK distributor Revolver appoints ReSolve Partners as administrator.
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NewsUniversal UK leashes Top Dog
Universal Pictures UK, part of Universal Pictures International Entertainment - the home entertainment division of NBC Universal – has taken rights to UK crime thriller Top Dog, due to star Leo Gregory.
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NewsCurzon hires Fremantle’s Mel Alcock
Mel Alcock has stepped down as CEO, EMEA for FremantleMedia Enterprises to become the new chief operating officer at UK independent cinema group Curzon World.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Raindance is producing its first feature film and shooting has started on Steve Gomez’s Kill Command in London.
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NewsEureka upping UK theatre presence
EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor Eureka, best known for its Masters Of Cinema DVD releases, is upping its presence in the UK theatrical marketplace.
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NewseOne boards Cronenberg thriller
eOne to co-finance David Cronenberg’s Map to the Stars, which is due to shoot in July starring Julianne Moore, Robert Pattinson, John Cusack and Sarah Gadon.
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NewsShane Meadows to head shorts jury
This is England director Shane Meadows and former Doctor Who star David Tennant are to help judge this year’s Virgin Media Shorts competition, which is now open for entry.