All UK/Ireland articles – Page 984
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Profile: ambitious Eon look beyond Bond
British screenwriters need to become more ambitious. That is the message behind the Eon Screenwriters' Workshop (ESW), an initiative set up last year by the James Bond franchise's famed production company Eon Productions.'As a (film-making) culture in the UK, we are predominantly low-budget and we are very heavily television focused,' ...
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Future Cinema plans Eraserhead/Guillemots event
Future Cinema Live will return to the UK's Latitude Festival by presenting a special event for Guillemots playing an improvised set to David Lynch's Eraserhead.In addition to the band's new live 'score' for the cult classic, there will be a performance by dancers the Chamelion Collective.Psychedelic rock band Invasion will ...
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Kevin Macdonald, Stephen Frears to host classes in UK Schools Week
The UK is planning its 13th National Film Schools Week, which will host about 2,000 free film screenings with up to 320,000 children set to attend.The event is planned for Oct 20-24 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and Nov 3-7 in Scotland.Events will be held in more than 500 ...
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Kaos starts feature screenwriting competition
Kaos Films, founders of the British Short Screenplay Competition, is now launching a Feature Screenplay Competition.The competition will be open to international screenwriters working in any genre of film that can be produced for $2m or less.The winning screenplay will be announced at the 2009 Screenwriters Festival in Cheltenham.Kaos will ...
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Knightsbridge Media wraps Hindi remake of Winding Refn's Pusher
UK production company Knightsbridge Media has finished its independent film Pusher, which it expects to launch in 40 UK cinemas later in 2008.Pusher is a UK-made, Hindi-language remake of Nicolas Winding Refn's Danish hit of the same name, now about an Asian drug dealer whose world collapses around him during ...
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Screen International UK Stars Of Tomorrow
Screen International's annual look at the hottest talent in the territory has become among the most prestigious accolades for up-and-coming stars in front of and behind the camera.Now in its fifth edition, the series boasts spectacular successes among its previous participants including James McAvoy, Noel Clarke, Emily Blunt, Michelle Ryan, ...
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BAFTA to host four-day Arab cinema event
BAFTA is holding a four day event this weekend at its Piccadilly headquarters in recognition of Arab cinema's contribution to the film industry.Bafta Goes to the Arab World (July 11-14) combines screenings, talks and networking events, which aim to highlight emerging talent from the region and foster links between the ...
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Sean Gascoine leaves Coulson for United Agents
London-based United Agents has announced two newcomers to the agency: agent Sean Gascoine and his associate agent Hania Elkington.Gascoine is a 15-year veteran of Lou Coulson Associates.His clients are writers, actors and directors. He brings to United clients including: Hallam Foe director David Mackenzie,writer/actor Sanjeev Bhaskar, playwright Kwame Kwei Armah, ...
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UK genre download site to launch in November with $6m backing
A new genre-specific online film site, The Film Lounge (www.filmlounge.com), is set for a November launch in the UK, backed by about $6m (£3m) from private investors.Founder Terry Stone said the site would launch with about 60 independent titles, most of which would be exclusive to Film Lounge.The unique position ...
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Laurence Dawkin-Jones named UK MD for Global Networks
Laurence Dawkin-Jones has been appointed UK managing director of Global Networks, an international division of NBC Universal.He will report to Roma Khanna, president, Global Networks & Digital Initiatives, to whom he will report.Dawkin-Jones will take up the London-based post this autumn. He had been executive director (commercial) for UKTV since ...
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Halcyon takes on UK for Critics Week title Moscow, Belgium
As it ramps up its UK distribution activities, Chris Coen's Halcyon Pictures has added another title to its fast growing release slate. The new acquisition is Christophe Van Rompaey's Moscow, Belgium (sold by Bavaria Film International).The film premiered in the Critics' Week in Cannes.'I loved it. I thought it was ...
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UKFC gives $200,000 to Icon for release of Man On Wire
UK Film Council's Prints and Advertising (P&A) Fund has announced the latest round of films it has supported.The fund is set up to give wider distribution to specialised films, giving UK audiences more choices.The awards are to:$206,507 (£104,567) for Man On Wire, Icon Distribution$9,874 (£5,000) for Couscous, Artificial Eye$9,874 (£5,000) ...
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Second Run DVD plans UK release of Tropical Malady
UK Distributor Second Run DVD plans a July 28 DVD release of Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Tropical Malady (Sud pralad). The award-winning Thai film was made in 2004, a fractured love story and mysterious drama set in a Thai jungle.The UK DVD will include his 1997 short film Thirdworld, a new interview ...
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Alki David's FilmOn.com launches competition for new film-makers
UK online film portal FilmOn.com, founded by philanthropist and producer Alki David, is launching competitions for new film-makers.The site will host competitions for best film feature, best film short, best film and best animation short showcased on the VOD platform.Selected entrants will have their work seen on FilmOn.com alongside films ...
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Short made by children added to Azur & Asmar DVD
Soda Pictures will include a short made by UK children on its DVD release for Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest. As part of the First Light Movies scheme, a group of five-year-olds from Hartside Primary School in Crook, County Durham, made the short digital animation last year with £2,700 ...
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Generator, Green Park, Octagon start shoot for Cherrybomb
Glen Leyburn and Lisa Barros D'Sa start shooting their joint feature debut, Cherrybomb, today in Belfast.The coming-of-age drama stars Rupert Grint, Kimberley Nixon and Robert Sheehan. Producers are Generator Entertainment, Green Park Films and Octagon Films.The story is about two teenage boys whose friendship is tested when a troubled beauty ...
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Sharman MacDonald to adapt Vincenzi's Windfall for PiVotal
Playwright and The Edge Of Love screenwriter Sharman MacDonald will adapt Penny Vincenzi's novel Windfall for a feature filmto be produced by PiVotal Pictures.Windfall is the first in PiVotal's planned series of films based on Vincenzi's works. The story is about a woman who trains as a doctor in the ...
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Beeban Kidron joins UK Film Council board
Director Beeban Kidron has joined the UK Film Council's Board of Directors.The appointment was made by Margaret Hodge MP, Minister for Culture, today. Kidron will serve on the board for four years until 1 July 2012.Kidron is currently in post-production on her next film, Hippie Hippie Shake, for Working Title. ...
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Metrodome promotes Sara Frain to General Manager of Distribution
Metrodome Group has promoted Sara Frain is to be promoted from General Manager - Theatrical & Broadcast to the newly created position of General Manager of Distribution.This move follows the departure of the current General Manager of Home Entertainment Tom Stewart who will be leaving the company at the end ...
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BritDoc UK competition includes Man On Wire, Starstruck
BritDoc, the Oxford-based documentary festival now hosting its third-annual event, has announced this year's competition films.The British Competition will include:Blood Trail - dir. Richard Parry A young war photographer ventures to Sarajevo in 1993 and tries to make a name for himself. Chosen - dir. Brian Woods Middle class men ...