All Film 4 articles
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NewsMisfits Entertainment hires Film4 exec in new head of scripted role (exclusive)
Producer will oversee an expansion into scripted space for ‘McQueen’ makers Misfits.
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NewsFilm4, Channel 4 drama head Ollie Madden on doubling TV drama budget and expanded role
Madden has unveiled his scripted strategy, a raft of drama commissions and how he will juggle his duties.
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NewsOllie Madden confirmed to expand Film4 role into TV drama for Channel 4
Madden’s expanded role comes after the departure of Caroline Hollick, Channel 4’s head of TV drama at Channel 4.
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NewsMagnify, Film4 launch ‘Filipiñana’ ahead of spring shoot (exclusive)
The film is adapted from Rafael Manuel’s Berlin prize-winning short film.
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NewsFilm4 to continue as independent unit within Channel 4 (exclusive)
Film4 will continue to operate under separate financial structure; ‘digital first’ Channel 4 strategy does not apply to Film4.
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NewsChannel 4 confirms job losses, changes to film commissioning and Horseferry Road departure
Around 200 redundancies have been made by the UK public service broadcaster.
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NewsWhat are the key themes to emerge from the submissions to the UK government film and TV committee?
Hot topics included more support for the public funders, an enhanced tax break for lower-budget productions and streamer interventions.
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NewsBFI, Film4, greenlight nine high-budget shorts through Future Takes programme
Recipients including Screen Star of Tomorrow 2023 Rory Fleck Byrne and ’Chuck Chucky Baby’ producers Anne Beresford and Andrew Gillman.
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NewsFilm4 promotes Farhana Bhula to head of creative (exclusive)
Bhula fills the role vacated by Ollie Madden, who became director of Film4.
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NewsFilm4 showcases disabled and neurodivergent talent with short film collection (exclusive)
The four short films centre around the theme of love.
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Features‘Lady Macbeth’ director William Oldroyd talks Sundance title ‘Eileen’: “I love provocation in cinema”
“It took me 36 years to make my first film. Making the second five years later is short!”
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NewsClint Dyer, Roy Williams board Film4 football drama ‘Three Degrees’ (exclusive)
The feature tells the true story of three Black footballers who transformed the fortunes of West Bromwich Albion football team.
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NewsBFI and Film4 partner on high-budget shorts programme called Future Takes
Up to £90,000 will be awarded per project
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NewsAmrou Al-Kadhi’s queer love story ‘Layla’ wraps UK shoot for Film4, BFI; first-look revealed (exclusive)
The film is described as a contemporary Romeo & Juliet story, set in London’s LGBTQ+ community.
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NewsUK’s Labour party warns Channel 4 sale could “kill off” country’s indie film sector
In an opposition day debate in Parliament happening on Tuesday (June 14), Labour will call on MPs to vote to stop the privatisation of Channel 4.
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NewsBFI Film Fund is “democratising” funding award applications, says Mia Bays
“I don’t want to do it the way it’s often done,” said Bays.
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NewsFilm4 promotes Daniel Battsek to chairman, Ollie Madden to director
Battsek’s role takes on a widened brief within Channel 4.
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NewsBankside boards Moin Hussain’s UK sci-fi ‘Birchanger Green’, releases first-look image (exclusive)
Film4, BFI, Screen Yorkshire backed the film.
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NewsConservative backlash against plans to sell off UK’s Channel 4
Tom Tugendhat, Ruth Davidson, Jeremy Hunt and Damian Green criticise party’s decision.