All UK/Ireland articles – Page 942
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NewsMike Leigh cancels workshop in Israel
UK director Mike Leigh has pulled out of a forthcoming educational trip to Israel due to his concern over the Israeli government’s policies including the proposed loyalty oath bill.
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NewsUK's Salt launches film-maker co-op to encourage commercial projects
UK sales and finance outfit The Salt Company has kicked off a new filmmakers cooperative to support new British talent who want to make commercial films.
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NewsMetrodome acquires Rabbit Hole for UK, Ireland
Metrodome has taken UK and Irish rights to John Cameron Mitchell’s Rabbit Hole, starring Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart.
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UK film industry to talk about environmental sustainability at Monday event
The UK Film Council, BAFTA and the BFI London Film Festival are hosting an environmental trade fair and discussion on Monday.
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Pinewood, Kick-Ass, Nowhere Boy among winners at Conch Awards
The UK audio industry was celebrated at the fifth UK Screen Sound Awards (aka Conch Awards) in Soho on Wednesday night.
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Swedish fairy tale wins Power to The Pixel Pitch Award
Sweden’s Helene Granqvist of Good World and Hanna Sköld of Tangram Film won the Pixel Pitch Award at the Power to the Pixel Cross-Media Forum for their project Granny’s Dancing on the Table.
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NewsLFF Keynote: Ken Loach says UK TV industry is 'enemy of creativity'
In his London Film Festival industry keynote, the filmmaker also calls for reform of cinema exhibition.
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Break The Fall gets finance boost from Northern Film & Media
Regional screen agency Northern Film & Media and Northstar Ventures have backed feature film Break The Fall with $162,500 (£101,500) investment on behalf of Finance for Business – North East Creative Content Fund.
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NewsIain Smith leaves board of Edinburgh
The Edinburgh International Film Festival continues a year of changes as chair Iain Smith has announced he is leaving the board.
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FeaturesAnxious? Healthy? Both.
The UK industry still awaits clarity about Government’s new plans for film, but there are successes still to cheer. Geoffrey Macnab takes the temperature of the industry at this week’s Screen Film Summit.
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NewsScreen Film Summit: Woodward says Lottery money to broadcasters would be 'insanity'
In what is likely to be one of his last public appearances as UK Film Council chief executive, John Woodward has made some outspoken remarks about the prospect that Lottery money might be channelled through a UK broadcaster such as the BBC or Channel 4.
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NewsScreen Film Summit: Upbeat Vaizey says plans for UK industry will be known 'by end of year'
Vaizey apologises for ruining the industry’s summer with the shock announcement to close the UK Film Council, but says there is a “good story” currently in the UK film industry.
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NewsPuttnam challenges Jeremy Hunt to explain UKFC abolition
Lord Puttnam tracks UK government backing for film over the last century in a new article, claiming the culture secretary has betrayed his own party’s role in the evolution of the industry.
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LoveFilm brings subscription service to PlayStation 3
Sony Computer Entertainment UK and European film subscription service LoveFilm, have struck a partnership to bring LoveFilm PlayStation3 users across the UK.
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NewsJeremy Thomas to give keynote at London Production Finance Market
Oscar-winning British producer Jeremy Thomas will give the keynote address at the fourth Film London Production Finance Market (Oct 20-21).
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NewsScreen Film Summit: StudioCanal's Courson says production, distribution need tight bond
Speaking at the 2010 Screen Film Summit in London, Olivier Courson, CEO of StudioCanal, said the company’s main focus going forward would be on the production of new French and UK productions (via its UK subsidiary Optimum).
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NewsChannel 4 boosts Film4 budget by 50% to £15m per year
Channel 4 has announced that it will boost Film4’s budget to $23.8m (£15m) per year for the next five years.
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NewsPower to the Pixel: Cross-Media work becomes more business, less fad
Multi-platform work won’t just be a novelty in the digital age, according to speakers at yesterday’s Power to the Pixel | Cross-Media Forum, which ran in association with the BFI London Film Festival.
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FeaturesLFF's increased ambition
The UK industry may be in a state of upheaval but the programme of the 54th BFI London Film Festival (today through Oct 28) underlines the scope and quality of UK film-making. Geoffrey Macnab reports
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FeaturesMark Romanek
The director of Never Let Me Go, which opens the London Film Festival tonight, talks about speed bonding with his cast, his love for Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, and having a “vision with margins.”