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3784 articles available in total starting from 23/05/2002. Last article published on 06/11/2025.

Stately homes on film pull in tourists

For the British tourism industry, the benefits of the film industry can clearly be summed up as location, location, location. Thanks to being captured on film, many British tourist attractions...  

28/08/2007 | Industry | UK

Control double winner at Edinburgh

The 61st edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival saw Anton Corbijn’s Control win the prestigious Michael Powell Award for Best New Feature Film. In addition, Sam Riley, who portrayed...  

27/08/2007 | Festivals | UK

Blunt, Broadbent, Bettany lead powerhouse Victoria cast

Producers Graham King and Martin Scorsese have assembled a heavyweight British cast for their royal biopic The Young Victoria. Emily Blunt plays the titular role of Queen Victoria in the film that...  

24/08/2007 | Production | UK

Local cinemas to get £500,000 boost

The UK Film Council has announced that local cinemas across the UK can apply for Lottery funding to upgrade buildings, enhance facilities and improve access for audiences with sensory...  

23/08/2007 | Distribution | UK

Wet June means boom time for UK DVD industry

The home entertainment market in the UK received a timely boost from untimely inclement June weather. Consumers purchased 38.5% more DVDs this year and rented 4.7% more titles than in June 2006....  

21/08/2007 | Distribution | UK

Cinema Extreme going places

Simon Ellis’ short film Soft has won the best Live Action Short award at the Toronto Short Film Festival and also the Audience Award and a Special Mention at the Hamburg International Short Film...  

21/08/2007 | Industry | UK

Tell No One crosses £1m mark

Guillaume Canet’s thriller Tell No One has broken the £1m barrier at the UK box office, placing it seventh in the all-time top 10 of French language films in the UK. The film, which also saw a...  

20/08/2007 | Box Office | UK

Somerset House packs in the crowds

London cine-goers took advantage of balmy late summer weather and turned out in their thousands for the recently concluded Film4 Summer Screen at the historic Somerset House. The season, which ran...  

20/08/2007 | Festivals | UK

Promises, Darjeeling to bookend London Film Festival

David Cronenberg’s London-set thriller Eastern Promises has been selected as the Opening Night Gala of the Times BFI 51st London Film Festival. The film is the first Cronenberg has shot entirely...  

17/08/2007 | Festivals | UK

Keira Knightley takes on ‘Duchess’ mantle

Celebrated British actress Keira Knightley will play the role of the glamorous and controversial Georgiana, the duchess of Devonshire in The Duchess. The film will be directed by Saul Dibb who is...  

16/08/2007 | Production | UK

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