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Naman Ramachandran


1870 articles available in total starting from 03/05/2007. Last article published on 05/04/2018.

IFTA honour for Boorman

Veteran director John Boorman will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 7th Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) on February 20 in Dublin. Though born in England, Boorman has...  

22/01/2010 | Awards | Ireland

An Education leads Britpack at BAFTA nominations

British film An Education, directed by Lone Scherfig, tied with James Cameron’s Avatar and Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker with eight nominations each for the Orange BAFTA Film Awards 2010. An...  

21/01/2010 | Awards | UK

Soderbergh to Knockout Ireland

US director Steven Soderbergh’s action-packed revenge drama Knockout will commence shooting in Dublin and Wicklow for three weeks beginning February 2nd. The film stars Ewan McGregor, Michael...  

21/01/2010 | Production | Ireland

British industry hangs in there

The UK film industry has managed to just about survive the global recession in 2009, as evidenced by latest figures released by the UK Film Council (UKFC). Total spend for 2009 was £956.9m, 56%...  

20/01/2010 | Industry | UK

2009 best in seven years

The recession seems to have sent British and Irish punters flocking to the cinemas as 2009 figures released by the Cinema Exhibitors’ Association (CEA) reveal. The year was the best for UK cinemas...  

18/01/2010 | Box Office | UK/Ireland

Homegrown Brit to compete with Clooney, Bullock

This week’s homegrown release is director Malcolm Venville’s taut gangster drama 44 Inch Chest from distributor Momentum Pictures, which won favourable notices at the London Film Festival last...  

15/01/2010 | Releases | UK

Ondine, Eclipse lead IFTA nominations

Neil Jordan’s Ondine and Conor McPherson’s The Eclipse lead the pack at the 7th annual Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTA) with eight nominations each. The awards ceremony will take place on...  

12/01/2010 | Awards | Ireland

UKDFG to be separate legal entity

The UK Digital Funding Group (UKDFG) will be set up as a separate legal entity, thereby allowing it to consolidate negotiations to attract revenue funding in the form of Virtual Print Fees. The...  

08/01/2010 | Industry | UK

Blu-ray helps video weather 2009 recession

Thanks to a 123% rise in Blu-ray disc sales to 8.4 million units in 2009, compared to 2008, video home entertainment weathered the recession with December sales even rising by 1.8%, according to...  

07/01/2010 | Industry | UK

Ronan to be Wright’s Hanna

BAFTA-winning British director Joe Wright is all set to reunite with 15-year-old Atonement star Saoirse Ronan for Focus Features’ Hanna. Ronan will play a 14-year-old East European girl who is...  

07/01/2010 | Production | UK

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