All UK/Ireland articles – Page 939
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CommentUK government should direct Lottery funds to arthouse film
Commercial UK cinema should live or die on the open market both in financing and distribution, but artistic cinema needs government support.
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DNA's Judge Dredd to shoot at Cape Town Film Studios
It will be the first major 3D action film to be made in Africa.
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NewsRussian Standard Vodka starts classic film festival across UK
Screen readers can enter to win a pair of tickets to launch on Aug 31.
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Marketing Movies Online conference planned for Sept 29 in London
Film training specialist Diversity in Visual Arts (DiVA) and digital strategy consultant MTM London will host a one-day conference titled Marketing Movies Online.
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NewsPinewood says year revenues should 'exceed market expectations'
Pinewood Shepperton profits are down for the first half of 2010, but the company said it is expecting a strong end to 2010 thanks to solid film production business.
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NewsFrightFest to kick off with world premiere of Hatchet II
Now in its 11th year, the London-based FrightFest is set to horrify audiences again when it returns to the Empire Leicester Square this coming Bank Holiday weekend.
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Four films selected as part of BFI backed scheme Endz Projection
The four films, which each deal with a different local community issue, will be screened in Peckham on 24th September.
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NewsThe Expendables storms the UK Box Office
The Expendables fought its way to the top of the UK box office over the Aug 20-22 weekend, deposing the magnificent Toy Story 3 in the process.
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NewsHannah McGill to leave Edinburgh; festival to start recruiting successor
Hannah McGill is moving on from her role as artistic director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. She took the post in 2006 and curated her first festival in 2007.
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Arts Alliance Media signs big digital deal with Australian exhibitor Hoyts
Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has signed a deal to equip 400 Hoyts cinemas with its Theatre Management System, across the entire Hoyts circuit in Australia and New Zealand.
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Richard Lester gives box of mementos and stills to BFI Archive
Veteran director Richard Lester - best known for making Beatles films A Hard Day’s Night and Help! - has donated a 60-box collection of his scripts, correspondence and stills to the BFI National Archive.
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NewsSugarman starts Wales shoot for punk comedy Vinyl
Shooting has begun in North Wales on Vinyl, a punk rock comedy starring Brit actors Phil Daniels, Keith Allen and Perry Benson.
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UK veteran James Lee proposes creation of Government-backed film distributor
Ex-UK Film Council Board member and former Chairman of Scottish Screen James Lee has called for the creation of a State-backed “British National Distribution Company.”
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NewsTwickenham Studios Theatre gets Dolby award
London’s Twickenham Studios has refurbished and upgraded its Richard Attenborough Theatre.
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NewsIndian Film Festival of London to open with Peepli Live
The inaugural Indian Film Festival of London will open at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith on Aug 25 with the UK premiere of Peepli Live, a comic satire about suicide in an Indian farming village.
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NewsGyllenhaal, Dancy pair up for vibrator rom-com Hysteria
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy will star in the romantic comedy Hysteria for Forthcoming Films, Beachfront Films and Informant Media.
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Comic book veteran Mark Millar supports Glasgow Film Festival
The Glasgow Film Festival has recruited Mark Millar as a festival ambassador.
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NewsBFI plans theatrical release, takes on sales rights to Venice selection Robinson in Ruins
The British Film Institute (BFI) has acquired the UK rights and the international sales rights for Patrick Keiller’s Robinson In Ruins.
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NewsSecret Cinema sells 9,000 tickets already for September London event
Organisers have already sold 9,000 tickets for the latest Secret Cinema event in London which is due to take place from September 3-5 at an as-yet-undisclosed location.
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NewsVaizey accuses UKFC of 'overzealously' promoting its own interests
Amid signs of increasing tension between the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the UK Film Council, the DCMS has effectively accused UKFC of briefing against it — a charge that the Film Council has strongly denied.