London FIlm School launches MA in Film Business with Univesity of Exeter
Scott Meek to chair advisory board. The London Film School is launching a new MA programme in Independent Film Business, in partnership with University of Exeter. This follows a the schools’ five-year...
View ArticleFCCE to open office in Los Angeles
Rene Mioch (pictured) heads LA operations. Amsterdam-based cross-platform media company FCCE is opening a new office in Los Angeles. This follows another new office in Beijing. Co-owner producer Rene...
View ArticleStatus Quo set to rock Berlin market
EXCLUSIVE: Status Quo are set to rock next February’s Berlinale as they join the army of sellers at the festival’s parallel European Film Market (EFM). Veteran rockers Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi...
View ArticleGolden Globe nominees react with dignity and delight
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) on Thursday (13) acknowledged an eclectic group of contenders with Lincoln leading the pack on seven nominations, followed by Django Unchained and Argo...
View ArticleScreenSingapore's new format wins industry approval
The 2nd ScreenSingapore event closed Friday (Dec 7), held in conjunction for the first time with the Asian TV Forum & Market (ATF), with attendees saying it was an improvement on last year’s...
View ArticleAlexandre Desplat
Acclaimed composer Alexandre Desplat talks about the challenges of covering a wide range of moods in his score for Rise of the Guardians. By Katherine Krueger. To say composer Alexandre Desplat has...
View ArticleUK's tax credits are a 'win-win'
The UK government listens to the concerns of the animation industry in its new tax credit. Following several months of consultations with the television industry, the Government will introduce a tax...
View ArticleLondon Film School launches MA in Film Business with University of Exeter
Scott Meek to chair advisory board. The London Film School is launching a new MA programme in Independent Film Business, in partnership with University of Exeter. This follows a the schools’ five-year...
View ArticleErrors Of The Human Body
Dir: Eron Sheean. US-Germany. 2012. 100mins A low-key, haunting science fiction film dealing with medical experiments and mutation, Errors Of The Human Body - feature debut of Australian...
View ArticleAdam Wimpenny starts shooting debut feature Blackwood in London
EXCLUSIVE: Ed Stoppard, Sophia Myles, and Russell Tovey star in the supernatural thriller. Wildcard Films has started principal photography on Adam Wimpenny’s debut feature Blackwood, which is...
View ArticleCredit where credit is due
Why the UK Film Tax Relief is essential for the health of local productions, including big films like Les Miserables. Les Misérables is an epic, starry film sure to feature prominently in Bafta,...
View ArticleLincoln leads the way with seven Golden Globe nominations
The Master garners actor noms but misses out on Best Film nod; Tom Hooper, Paul Thomas Anderson miss out on Best Director nods. Best Motion Picture (Drama) Argo Django Unchained Life of Pi Lincoln...
View ArticleEgypt’s Zad goes into exile with Mact Productions
Amr Waked and Salah Al-Hanafy’s Cairo-based Zad Communication is embarking on its first international co-production, teaming with Paris-based Mact Productions on The Exile, a romantic and political...
View ArticleEgyptian film rebels form breakaway union
Independent film movement takes root in Cairo challenging film and TV industry’s old guard. A band of some 100 independent Egyptian producers and directors is set to launch a breakaway union for...
View ArticleDassault Systemes unveils ambitious 3D Paris project, two years in the making
Visualisation software company offers historical cross-media project, which includes documentary film. Last week Paris-based software company Dassault Systèmes unveiled a unique new tour of Paris. It...
View ArticleScreen Actors Guild unveils 19th Annual Awards nods
Denzel Washington and John Hawkes are among the male lead performers while Helen Mirren, Marion Cotillard and Naomi Watts feature in the female lead category. The Screen Actors Guild unveiled nominees...
View ArticleStarfield unites Under the Bombs team in London
Quartet behind 2007 road move shot against backdrop of 2006 Lebanese War reunites for comedy, provisionally entitled London Haram. UK producer Paul Raphael is reuniting with Lebanese director Philippe...
View ArticleMichael Apted plots next eight months
UK director Michael Apted is set to direct an adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novel Eight Months on Ghazzah Street, which he plans to shoot in the Middle East. Apted has been scouting locations in...
View ArticleMichael Apted plots Eight Months
EXCLUSIVE: UK director Michael Apted is set to direct an adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novel Eight Months on Ghazzah Street, which he plans to shoot in the Middle East. Apted has been scouting...
View ArticleLincoln, Les Miserables dominate Critics’ Choice nods
DreamWorks’ Abraham Lincoln saga earned a record 13 nominations on Tuesday [11] followed by Universal’s Les Miserables on 11 and The Weinstein Company’s Silver Linings Playbook on 10. The winners of...
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