All UK/Ireland articles – Page 890
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News10 artists shortlisted for Film London's Jarman award
This year’s shortlist has been extended from 4 to 10 artists film-makers including The Arbor director Clio Barnard.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Paul Knight is currently shooting A Landscape Of Lies in London, while Christian Duguay prepares the autumn shoot for his latest project Jappeloup in Mallorca.
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NewsMetrodome acquires Hollywood Classics; Peter Urie returns to company
UK distributor Metrodome has acquired Hollywood Classsics Ltd in a deal worth $2.6m (£1.6m).
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NewsLondon riots: Sony remanufacturing 1.5m discs following warehouse fire
The company has released a statement saying it is working closely with film distributors to mitigate the loss suffered as a result of the fire at its Enfield Warehouse on monday night; the warehouse housed 25 million discs at the time of the fire.
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NewsBFI Transition Fund to support further 22 projects
The Independent Cinema Office, Regional Screen Scotland, Power to the Pixel and the Belfast Film Festival are amongst those set to receive funding.
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NewsTrademark Films acquires rights to The Haunting Of Alaizabel Cray
David Parfitt’s Trademark Films, the production company behind the upcoming My Week With Marilyn, reveals details of its new slate and plans to diversify across TV, theatre and online social gaming with the arrival of new partner Ivan Mactaggart.
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NewsBritish actor John Wood dies aged 81
The Tony and Olivier award winning actor’s film credits included The Madness Of King George and Shadowlands.
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NewsLondon riots: Ealing Studios impacted, some cinemas closed under police advisory
Ealing says damage has already been repaired; Film London advises productions to ‘exercise caution.’
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NewsLondon riots: UK film companies lose DVD stock in Sony warehouse fire
Up to 30 million DVDs are believed to have been lost in the fire which was started as part of the London riots, including stock belonging to independent distributors Dogwoof, Artificial Eye, Metrodome and the BFI.
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NewsHarry Potter makes it four in a row in UK
Harry Potter still wizard in UK as newbies Super 8 and Mr Popper’s Penguins are among six to gross over £1m
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NewsAND festival in Liverpool to include UK premieres of Septien, Okay Enough Goodbye
Festival of new cinema and digital culture also shows cross-platform artworks by Dawood, Mayeri, Cohen.
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NewsFiennes confirmed to direct The Invisible Woman for Headline
Headline’s slate also includes Dustin Hoffman’s Quartet, The Recycler, and The Drivers.
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NewsNicholson, Kaufman, Buffini to give lectures in BAFTA/BFI series
Seven acclaimed screenwriters will speak as part of the BAFTA/BFI series aimed at celebrating the screenwriter’s contribution to a film’s creative vision.
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Wales shoot planned for Olympics-themed zombie feature
Cardiff-based Severn Screen (formerly Garage Light Films) is working with Warp Films to make a zombie film based on the 2012 Olympics.
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NewsOrange launches free film downloads from iTunes
Orange customers to get free film downloads from iTunes, including The Wrestler and The Ghost Writer.
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NewsSecond edition of Producers Lab Toronto selects 24 producers from Europe and Canada
Producers Lab Toronto has selected 24 producers from Europe and Canada for the second edition of the lab (Sept 7-10).The initiative is again being organised by Hamburg-based European Film Promotion (EFP) with the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) and Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to foster more co-productions between Europe ...
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NewsChannel 4/Film4 plan dozens of community screenings for Debbie Tucker Green's Random
Channel 4 and Film4 have launched an innovative public screening campaign in support of Debbie Tucker Green’s 60-minute film Random, which will have its international premiere in Toronto.
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Aoife Madden to produce A Landscape of Lies
The first feature to come out of Madden’s new UK production company Evolved Pictures will be a British thriller about an ex Gulf War soldier, written and directed by Paul Knight.
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Niall Johnson to direct supernatural thriller The Called
It will be the first feature to come out of Tim Dennison’s new London-based production company Tall Man Films.