All UK/Ireland articles – Page 776
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NewsCinema Next to become dcinex UK
Agreement with dcinex will allow Cinema Next to extend its range of activities.
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NewsWarp Films branches out into family films by optioning Wild Boy
EXCLUSIVE: Warp Films is planning its first children’s film, after optioning Rob Lloyd Jones’ forthcoming book Wild Boy.
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NewsOdeon to have Europe’s widest HFR Hobbit release
Peter Jackson’s adaptation of Tolkien’s classic will be rolled out in HFR in 100 cinemas.
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FeaturesWill investors join EIS club?
The boosted Enterprise Investment Scheme was expected to be a big bonus for the UK film industry, but financiers say times are tougher than expected. Geoffrey Macnab talks to the experts.
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NewsExclusive Media launches TV division
Division to be headed by Exclusive/Hammer’s Simon Oakes [pictured].
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CommentCredit where credit is due
Why the UK Film Tax Relief is essential for the health of local productions, including big films like Les Misérables.
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CommentUK's tax credits are a 'win-win'
The UK government listens to the concerns of the animation industry in its new tax credit.
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NewsSheridan Smith, Jaime Winstone, Kate Nash join DJ Films’ Powder Room
Director MJ Delaney’s feature debut, based on hit Edinburgh play, is shooting now in London.
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NewsSundance London unveils short film theme for 2013
Short film entries, between three and five minutes long, should focus on the concept of time.
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NewsDanny Dyer has Vendetta for Chata Pictures
EXCLUSIVE: Danny Dyer, Kate Magowan and Josef Altin to star in UK vigilante drama Vendetta from Chata Pictures.
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NewsPaul Trijbits departs Ruby and boards JK Rowling project
Ruby Films MD Paul Trijbits has left the company and boarded BBC series The Casual Vacancy as executive producer.
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CommentWhy Breaking the Taboo is game changing
Sam Branson on tapping into YouTube to tackle the war on drugs.
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NewsLondon Film School launches MA in Film Business with University of Exeter
Scott Meek to chair advisory board.
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NewsPeter Strickland, Rook Films line up The Duke of Burgundy
Rook Films to produce Strickland’s third feature, described as “a dark melodrama” about an amateur moth collector.
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NewsIngenious responds to Commons questioning
Spokesperson says committee hearing was “completely unsatisfactory.”
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NewsPACT and BECTU mull end to crew buy-out model
EXCLUSIVE: Current buy-out model could be replaced with hourly rate; cost-neutral reform of blue book scheduled for March 2013.
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NewsAdam Wimpenny starts shooting debut feature Blackwood in London
EXCLUSIVE: Ed Stoppard, Sophia Myles, and Russell Tovey star in the supernatural thriller.
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NewsNorthern Soul wraps, producers eye summer 2013 release
Elaine Constantine, has completed filming on the UK drama starring Elliot Langridge and Josh Whitehouse and featuring Lisa Stansfield and Steve Coogan.
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NewsLondon Critics' Circle to honour Helena Bonham Carter
Actress to receive Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film at 33rd London Critics’ Circle Film Awards on Jan 20.
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CommentFilm funding problems with HMRC
Draft guidance published by HMRC suggests that the advance assurance facility for the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) on which many film productions depend is much less, well, assured.