All UK/Ireland articles – Page 877
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FeaturesThe 2010 Bafta Race
The King’s Speech seems a natural for Bafta glory, but a bumper year for British film means it’s far from a one-horse race, reports Allan Hunter
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Skillset launches three new sets of Occupational Standards for the film industry
UK training body Skillset has developed three new sets of National Occupational Standards for the film industry, covering physical special effects, armoury and post production.
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Screen South launches Digital Inventions fund
UK regional screen agency Screen South has launched a new $93,000 (£60,000) fund, Digital Inventions, which aims to offer support to film led projects embracing new technology.
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NewsMarc Price now shooting The Coffin in London
Low budget maestro Marc Price, the Welsh filmmaker behind the “£45 zombie movie” Colin, has begun work on a new feature, The Coffin.
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Skillset launches 3D training bursaries
Skillset to release $31,000 (£20,000) for stereoscopic 3D training.
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NewsKing's Speech, Another Year lead London Critics' Circle nominations
The London Critics’ Circle has announced the nominees for its 31st Film Awards, led by The King’s Speech and Another Year with seven nominations each.
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FeaturesTron: Legacy tops snowy UK weekend
Tron: Legacy saw off the bad weather and the threat of the Dawn Treader to debut top of the UK box office.
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Features3D special - read here!
Screen’s first 3D supplement looks at every aspect of Europe’s 3D revolution.
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NewsIntandem on board for finance, sales of Catweazle movie
Intandem Films will serve as executive producer and worldwide sales company for the film version of Catweazle.
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NewsSix months before Edinburgh festival, artistic director still not announced
An announcement regarding the appointment of a new artistic director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival is “coming very soon”, according to Gavin Miller, CEO of the festival’s new parent body Centre For The Moving Image (CMI), who is overseeing the recruitment process.
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NewsBFI says 37 redundancies likely as part of new strategy
Future plans include BFI Library on Stephen Street being closed and moved into former Gallery space at BFI Southbank.
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CommentBrand appeal
Branded film must appeal to audiences’ social motivations, says content & digital director at FRUKT Communications, James Poletti.
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NewsLord of the Dance to become 3D film
3D production company Nineteen Fifteen has teamed up with ITN Productions to produce a 3D movie version of Michael Flatley’s stage production Lord of the Dance.
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NewsPicturehouse takes UK rights to Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Picturehouse Entertainment, the new distribution arm of City Screen, has taken UK theatrical and DVD rights to Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams.
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NewsTexas singer Spiteri to make film debut in Between Weathers
Rock singer Sharleen Spiteri and UK TV actress Dawn Steele will head up the cast of Between Weathers, the first feature to be shot on the Shetland Islands since Michael Powell’s The Edge Of The World in 1939.
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NewsHigh Point flies with Operation Peter Pan documentary
High Point Media Group is to handle international sales on Estela Bravo’s documentary, Operation Peter Pan: Flying Back to Cuba, through its fact based label High Point Horizons.
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NewsDavid Attenborough to make 3D feature doc about penguins
Sky 3D is working with David Attenborough on their second documentary together, Penguin Island 3D.
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EM Media launches scheme to help projects stranded by Screen East
Regional screen agency EM Media is launching a temporary scheme – EM Media East – to provide support to projects which had been awarded funding by defunct regional screen agency Screen East.
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NewsDexter Fletcher starts shooting Wild Bill in East London
Shooting has begun on British actor Dexter Fletcher’s directorial debut Wild Bill, starring Charlie Creed-Miles, Will Poulter, Sammy Williams and Liz White.