Palestinian sci-fi ‘In Memory Of Times To Come’ among Qumra 2025 projects
49 projects include 27 features, plus TV, web series and shorts.
2025 film and high-end TV productions shooting in the UK and Ireland: latest updates
Screen reveals a snapshot of the latest high-end TV and film productions shooting in the UK for the big studios and streamers.
Isabella Rossellini joins Joan Collins in ‘The Bitter End’
Rosselini will play French lawyer Suzanne Blum, a confidante of Collins’s Wallis Simpson.
HBO, A24, NBCUniversal execs join Screen’s Global Production Awards jury
The entry deadline is March 7.
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Ayo Edebiri joins live-action ‘Barney’ film for A24, Mattel, Daniel Kaluuya’s 59%
Film is based on the children’s TV favourite from ‘Barney & Friends’.
James Bond casting director Debbie McWilliams retires from casting (exclusive)
”I am sad to see the end of this era but totally understand why it has happened,” says McWilliams.
Hollywood ponders uncertain future for James Bond franchise
No sign of ‘Bond 26’, no lead actor, speculation over spin-offs as Amazon MGM Studios takes creative control.
‘Con Air’ director Simon West boards ‘A Paige Odyssey’ (exclusive)
The UK project will draw on physically-produced special effects.
Netflix to invest $1bn on film and TV production in Mexico over next four years
Netflix’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos announced investment in a press conference with Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum.
Muriel Meynard named French producer of the year by Cesar academy
Meynard has been with the Agat Films – Ex Nihilio producing collective since 2006.
Post-wildfires LA shoot begins on Neon stoner comedy ‘The Wrong Girls’ with Kristen Stewart, Alia Shawkat
Company says shoot is one of the first independent films back in Los Angeles after the wildfires.
Germany’s One Two Films takes a leap forward with Berlin titles ‘Köln 75’ and ‘Peter Hujar’s Day’
One Two’s Sol Bondy and Fred Burle on building a world cinema-focused production company.
Chris Pine and Noah Hawley thriller ‘Nowhere Fast’ set for AGC International
30West will finance the Texas-set film, written and directed by Hawley.
‘Ibicaba’ from Locarno winner Andrea Štaka takes top prize at Berlin Co-Production Market
The feature won the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award, worth €20,000.
Japanese directors Takeshi Kushida, Shinji Araki, Naoya Kusaba talk upcoming projects in Berlin (exclusive)
The trio are meeting with potential partners at the European Film Market (EFM).
AI takes centre stage at EFM Startups as entrepreneurs pitch distribution and production tools
11 start-up entrepreneurs pitched to an audience of film sales, production, finance and distribution execs.
Kate Winslet to make directorial debut with ‘Goodbye June’ for Netflix (exclusive)
Toni Collette, Johnny Flynn, Andrea Riseborough, Timothy Spall, Winslet and Helen Mirren lead cast.
“The IFTC is pretty great”: UK celebrates enhanced tax credit in Berlin
The UK is open for business as an international co-producer and full-service production location, said producers and experts in Berlin. It is all thanks to enhancements to the country’s screen sector reliefs.
Oleg Sentsov’s ‘Kai’ among projects receiving EFAD support (exclusive)
Europe’s national film agencies, the EFADS, created The European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian filmmakers impacted by the war.
Anders Danielsen Lie, Kathrine Thorborg Johansen lead ‘Brave New Love’ (exclusive)
Production to begin in Denmark and Greece next month.
