United Kingdom
BIFA: looks beyond UK shores
The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) made Sean Ellis' Metro Manila, a Philippines-set and -shot Tagalog language film, the biggest…
UK: Christmas comes early as government further sweetens screen incentives
The UK's Chancellor has used the government's Autumn Statement to announce further improvements to incentive schemes that already far outstrip…
BBC Worldwide: major ramp-up of factual co-production spend
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the public broadcaster, has ended its long-term co-production deal with Discovery and announced a…
Railway Man: Oscar politics, slow motion development hell, and the love of two monsters
The beginning and end of the journey to make and release The Railway Man relies on two iconic cultural veterans…
All-Media Case Studies 4: website for Britain from Above still an absolute corker
The Britain From Above project throbbed with national pride and swooped from space to the meanest backstreets of a hidden…
Hot Fuzz Script: online with extra goodies
The online version of the Hot Fuzz script comes with lovely extra goodies like frame grabs and shot lists.
Mel Smith: in death as in life, if we are lucky
Actor, writer, director and producer Mel Smith has died of a heart attack at the age of sixty. He was…
Dr Blake: December Films increasingly playing with the British, via a satisfied ITV Global
The first series of Dr Blake's Mysteries from December Films, has been sold to the BBC, in a coals to…
Playpen: warped moments as robot flick heads for feature finance
Strategy in action - Warp (cousin of Warp Australia) releases a short on the net to support financing for a…
Playpen: scarey fun with a rotoscope
Since 2008, English animator Joseph Pierce has made three short films about public and domestic life in the UK. They…