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

Acclaimed filmmakers get UKFC development support

The UK Film Council (UKFC) has announced its latest tranche of development funding under the aegis of its Development Fund programme for established filmmakers. Screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh,...  

18/07/2008 | Funding | UK

Cherrybomb begins Belfast shoot

Co-directors Glen Leyburn and Lisa Barros D’Sa have begun principal photography in Belfast on their debut feature Cherrybomb. The film features Rupert Grint (the Harry Potter films), Kimberley...  

10/07/2008 | Production | UK/Ireland

P&A awards disbursed; DVD sales up

Several acclaimed art-house films have received distribution support from the UK Film Council’s Prints and Advertising Fund, enabling a wider release. Icon Film Distribution received £104,567 for...  

09/07/2008 | Distribution | UK

BRITDOC 08 promises stellar line-up

Sundance winner Man on Wire, war photographer documentary Blood Trail, and the inspirational Day After Peace, about a peace campaigner questing for a rare day of world peace, are amongst 17...  

08/07/2008 | Festivals | UK

Kidron joins UKFC board

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason director Beeban Kidron has joined the UK Film Council’s (UKFC) Board of Directors. The appointment, which was made by Minister of Culture Margaret Hodge MP, will...  

07/07/2008 | Industry | UK

Carlyle joins Edinburgh Patron cast

Actor Robert Carlyle, who just won the Best Performance Award at the recently concluded Edinburgh International Film Festival, has joined Sir Sean Connery and Tilda Swinton as a Festival Patron....  

04/07/2008 | Festivals | UK

Somers Town takes top Edinburgh honour

Shane Meadows’ Somers Town has won the Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature Film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF). The Jury citation read: “It is a great pleasure...  

01/07/2008 | Festivals | UK

Tartan goes out of business

A pall of gloom was cast over the sunniest weekend of the summer with the news that well regarded UK distributor Tartan Films has gone “into administration,” according to board director Alan...  

30/06/2008 | Distribution | UK

Woolley heads Edinburgh Lab

Director Stephen Woolley has been named the Patron of the new Directors’ Lab at the ongoing Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF). The five-day lab will match up the six chosen directors...  

23/06/2008 | Festivals | UK

Mr Manchester secures Welsh backing

The Film Agency for Wales (FWA) has announced development finance for Welsh writer Phil Charles’ British feature comedy Mr Manchester. The film deals with a debt-ridden, womanising builder who...  

20/06/2008 | Industry | UK

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