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All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 104
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NewsEurimages confirms Canada and Israel in talks to join fund; Gulf countries could follow
Roberto Olla, executive director of Eurimages (The Council of Europe’s film fund) has again raised the possibility that Eurimages will become a fund “that goes beyond the geographical limit of Europe.”
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NewsSwipe Films boards Winter Of Discontent
EXCLUSIVE: Company to handle international sales for Ibrahim El Batout’s film centred around the Arab Spring.
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NewsVenice kicks off today with boosted industry attendees
Festival opens with mixed-to-positive critical response to Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
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NewsVenice's new market to include promo of Agnes B's debut, footage from new Carlos Sorin film
The newly launched Venice Film Market (Aug 30-Sept 3) has announced that it is to show promo reels and footage from selected films.
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NewsClip filmmakers respond to Russian ban of film
Russian Ministry of Culture accused the Rotterdam winning film of being child pornography.
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FeaturesTaxing times
The UK has a popular film tax credit and newly boosted investment schemes. But are controversial tax avoidance stories hurting film finance? Geoffrey Macnab reports
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FeaturesThe UK public funding boom
Are we in a golden era for public film funding? The UK is stumbling through a prolonged recession and yet the film industry has seemingly emerged largely unscathed from the ongoing cuts. Geoffrey Macnab analyses where the cash is headed.
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NewsBullhead's Roskam to direct HBO's Buda Bridge Bitch
Rising young Belgian auteur Michaël R. Roskam has signed up to write and direct the pilot for a new Belgian-set but English language series for US powerhouse TV network HBO.
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NewsLondon hosting shoots for Fast 6, Jack Ryan, Kick-Ass 2
At a reception at London’s Barbican Centre last night, Film London took the opportunity to announce the many high-profile international films that are currently shooting or about to shoot in the city.
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CommentFootballers strike for Kicking And Screening Festival
A host of legendary ex-Arsenal FC stars from the Highbury club’s 1988-89 First Division winning team will be in attendance at the opening night of the second The Kicking And Screening Festival in London (September 28 to October 4).
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NewsGFM Films takes on Blowback
London-based company to handle sales on Kimble Rendall’s [pictured] thriller.
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NewsHMRC draft guidance raises doubts over EIS schemes
The HM Revenue and Customs has issued a draft guidance which could disqualify the majority of creative businesses from accessing the relief.
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FeaturesThe UK tax debate
Geoffrey Macnab asks why years-old UK film investment schemes are coming under attack and how investor confidence in UK film is being shaken by the allegations.
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NewsJames Purnell unveils future plans as producer
In his new guise as a film producer, former Labour Cabinet Minister (and one time Culture Secretary) James Purnell has revealed that he has several film projects as well as documentaries in development.
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FeaturesOlympic tremors
With a fortnight to go to the London 2012 Opening Ceremony, the UK film industry is buckling down for what promises to be a daunting Olympic fortnight (27 July to 12 August.)
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NewsCaroline Rowland to make official feature film of London 2012 Olympics
EXCLUSIVE: 12 first-time Olympic athletes will be chronicled in the feature film.
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NewsIngenious says it plans legal action against The Times and HMRC over tax avoidance story
As the controversy over the tax arrangements behind various UK film finance schemes continues, leading UK film financier Ingenious has confirmed today that it is beginning legal action against both The Times and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
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Responses published to EC Consultation on State Aid for film
Producers and film agencies have rejected the idea that there is “a subsidy race” going on across Europe.
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NewsKevin McKidd, Ashley Jensen attached to star in Ward's Indian Summer
Michael Hamlyn’s Specific Films (the outfit behind Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert) is planning to begin production early next year on its new $4 million feature Indian Summer.
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NewsBFI reassures industry about UK's film tax schemes after Times scandal story
In a letter to the Editor of The Times, the British Film Institute has sought to reassure international producers that the UK Film Tax Credit is both stable and safe.