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3712 articles available in total starting from 23/05/2002. Last article published on 16/07/2025.

Wright, Langan new BBC Films heads

Jana Bennett, Director, BBC Vision, has announced that Jane Wright will be Managing Director and Christine Langan Creative Director of BBC Films. Bennett said, “Christine Langan has an impressive...  

28/04/2009 | Industry | UK

Working Title, Kapadia board Senna documentary

BAFTA-winning British director Asif Kapadia (The Warrior, Far North) will direct a feature documentary on Brazilian Formula One legend Ayrton Senna for Working Title. James Gay-Rees (Long Time...  

27/04/2009 | Production | UK

In memoriam Jack Cardiff (1914-2009)

Legendary British cinematographer and director Jack Cardiff has passed away, aged 94, at his home in Ely, England. Cardiff led an extraordinary rich and full life dedicated to cinema. He began his...  

23/04/2009 | People | UK

UKFC spearheads digital push with £5 million fund

The UK Film Council (UKFC) along with the Technology Strategy Board and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills has announced a new £5 million funding programme to drive digital...  

21/04/2009 | Industry | UK

Optimum, Metrodome get UKFC P&A boost

Optimum Releasing and Metrodome Distribution are the biggest beneficiaries in the latest round of funding announced by the UK Film Council’s Prints and Advertising Fund. Optimum received £210,000...  

17/04/2009 | Distribution | UK

Mendes’ Away We Go to open Edinburgh

Academy award winning British director Sam Mendes’ Away We Go will be the Opening Gala at the 63rd annual Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF, June 17-28). The film is based on the first...  

15/04/2009 | Festivals | UK

McCarthy wraps Outcast shoot

Ireland-based Scottish director Colm McCarthy has completed principal photography on supernatural horror film Outcast. For McCarthy, a well-known television director, Outcast is his feature debut....  

14/04/2009 | Production | UK/Ireland

FindAnyFilm.com crosses a million hits

FindAnyFilm.com, the UK Film Council’s (UKFC) film search engine, has crossed one million visits within just 10 weeks of being launched. Slumdog Millionaire and The Reader are amongst the top...  

08/04/2009 | Industry | UK

Newell enters Box of Delights

British director Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Four Weddings and a Funeral) has been signed as the director for Brilliant Films’ Box of Delights, based on John Masefield’s 1935...  

07/04/2009 | Production | UK

New approach to tackle piracy

The Industry Trust for the promotion and protection of copyright and creativity has changed its earlier approach, where pirates were criminalized in their advertising campaigns. Instead, in a bid...  

02/04/2009 | Industry | UK

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