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All UK/Ireland articles – Page 60
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NewsBad Wolf’s Jane Tranter calls for tiered tax relief for TV akin to Independent Film Tax Credit
Tranter was giving evidence to the cross-party UK parliament Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Committee investigation into British film and high-end TV.
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NewsNFTS Leeds creates pioneering intimacy coordination for film and TV course
The six-month intensive scheme begins in May of this year.
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NewsUK’s BBFC to apply higher age ratings for on-screen violence and sex
Scenes involving cannabis and solvent misuse will now face fewer restrictions.
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News‘The King’s Speech’ writer David Seidler dies aged 86
Seidler had a stammer, as had King George VI, the subject of his Bafta and Oscar-winning 2010 feature.
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News‘Dune 2’ rides to £26m at UK-Ire box office; ‘Drive-Away Dolls’ opens outside top five
Oscar winners ‘The Zone Of Interest’, ’Oppenheimer’ and ‘The Holdovers’ see takings surge.
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Reviews‘Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other’: CPH:DOX Review
US photographer Joel Meyerowitz and his artist wife Maggie Barrett put their 30-year relationship under the microscope
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FeaturesExclusive Rishi Sunak interview: UK prime minister explains why he hopes indie support will safeguard the UK film industry
Sunak also explains where he believes there is support for UK freelancers.
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NewsOmar Sy, Louis Leterrier and Thomas Benski launch Carrousel Studios
New outfit is billed as an artists-first European independent studio.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: Ethan Coen’s ‘Drive-Away Dolls’ speeds into 533 cinemas
Also opening is Indian thriller ‘Yodha’ and Cate Blanchett-starrer ’The New Boy’
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FeaturesMajor European production and distribution groups: All3Media
UK-based All3Media is one of the pioneering super-indie groups.
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FeaturesMajor European production and distribution groups: BBC Studios
BBC Studios became a fully commercial operation in 2018, able to make shows for the first time not only for the BBC but also for rival broadcasters and platforms.
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FeaturesMajor European production and distribution groups: Fremantle
Fremantle began a concerted push into high-end scripted a decade ago.
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FeaturesMajor European production and distribution groups: ITV Studios
ITV Studios was created in 2004 through the merger of two of UK commercial broadcaster ITV’s largest franchises: Granada and Carlton.
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Reviews‘Apollo Thirteen: Survival’: CPH:DOX Review
Peter Middleton’s immersive Netflix documentary about the ill-fated 1970 Apollo 13 space mission blends new and archive footage
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NewsNetflix UK unveils series from Steven Knight, Philip Barantini, Julie Delpy, Jamie Dornan, and Stephen Graham
The slate also featured a See-Saw Films-produced adaptation of a Marian Keyes novel and a crime noir starring Jamie Dornan.
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NewsUK film complex Crown Works Studios to receive £37m in UK government funding
The studio complex in Sunderland is set to be one of the biggest in Europe.
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NewsRob Delaney, Amit Shah join cast for Netflix’s ‘Bank Of Dave’ sequel
Other new cast members include Dan Fogler, Pearce Quigley and Leila Farzad.
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NewsJanis Pugh’s ‘Chuck Chuck Baby’ sells to North America, UK-Ireland (exclusive)
The Edinburgh premiere has also sold throughout Europe.
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NewsFremantle posts fall in 2023 revenues and profits
Dip comes as Fremantle chases ambitious €3bn revenue target by 2025/6.
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NewsSmart7 title ‘Where Elephants Go’ picked up for sales (exclusive)
Smart7 is a travelling competition across seven European film festivals, that kicks off at Lithuania’s Vilnius IFF Kino Pavasaris.