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3753 articles available in total starting from 23/05/2002. Last article published on 16/09/2025.

Quiet Christmas after busy November

As usual, UK distributors will have a real break over Christmas and New Year after a hectic October/November, and the whole UK film industry will be able to look positively at this year gone by as...  

23/12/2005 | Releases | UK

Merry Christmas Lassie

Among six new films opening this week four are European, the two ‘biggest’ being Christian Carion’s quintessentially European Merry Christmas (see the film focus) distributed by Sony Pictures on...  

16/12/2005 | Releases | UK

High hopes for UK talents

In a historical year which sees the triumph of independently produced films for less than $30m (€25m), the 63rd annual Golden Globes Awards will be an exciting event for UK film professionals and...  

14/12/2005 | Golden Globes | UK

Yume launch with Dopo Mezzanotte

How much of its marketshare is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (N°1 since three weeks with over £37m (€ 55m) gross) going to give up to the two new heavy-weight family films March of The...  

09/12/2005 | Releases | UK

Point system for UK co-productions

UK co-producers will soon have to submit to the point system already in place in many other European countries –including France- for their film to qualify as British and therefore be able to...  

07/12/2005 | Legislation | UK

Big relief over tax reliefs

"After consultation with British filmmakers, I can announce a new film tax credit to support British films, increasing support directly for producers so we can guarantee credit worth 16% for...  

07/12/2005 | Legislation | UK

One Ticket for three great directors

The European release of the week is the ‘portmanteau’ movie Tickets by film masters Ermanno Olmi, Abbas Kiarostami and Ken Loach which finally finds a UK distribution slot today with Artificial...  

02/12/2005 | Releases | UK

3 BIFAs to The Constant Gardener

The ceremony of the 8th annual British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) held last night in London was a triumph for Brazilian director Fermando Meirelles’ The Constant Gardener which won three top...  

01/12/2005 | Awards | UK

Norwegian showcase in London

After Berlin, Lübeck, New-York, Paris and Rome, London is the new host for the 100 years celebration of Norway as an independent nation with a music and film festival at the Barbican Center from...  

01/12/2005 | Festivals | UK

Michell and Kureishi make Venus

The creative team behind The Mother, UK filmmaker Roger Michell, scriptwriter Hanif Kureishi and producer Kevin Loader from Free Range Films are teaming up again on Venus, a new ambitious project...  

29/11/2005 | Production | UK

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