The Production Guild of Great Britain (PGGB) have opened nominations for their 2022 Awards. The event recognises remarkable achievements by PGGB members working in film and high-end television production – especially in the fields of accounts, assistant directing, locations, post-production and VFX.
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The Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) Awards will be streamed on Saturday 23 October 2021. The awards are an internationally recognised celebration of the outstanding contributions of location professionals in feature film, television and commercial advertising.
Netflix’s new show Squid Game has reached 132 million households worldwide since its debut on 17 September 2021. After paying USD21.4 million for the nine-episode Korean drama, Netflix expects to generate approximately USD891 million from its most successful series launch yet.
The shortlist for this year’s makers & shakers Awards has been revealed. Winners from the six categories will receive their prizes at a special live ceremony taking place at London’s recently-renovated BAFTA Piccadilly on 8 December 2021.
A new competition is challenging Sub-Saharan African filmmakers to adapt folktales into films. Organised by Netflix and UNESCO, the six winners of African Folktales, Reimagined will be provided with a production budget of USD75,000 as well as USD25,000 in prize money. Finished projects will premiere on Netflix in 2022 under the title Anthology of African Folktales.
Hope United are releasing a series of educational films with football stars Marcus Rashford, Eniola Aluko, and Anton and Rio Ferdinand as part of BT’s Black History Month programming. Made in collaboration with Saatchi & Saatchi London, the first wave of short clips will explore the Windrush generation’s experiences, examining the ongoing impact that the migration of Caribbean diasporas has on today’s football scene and, more broadly, contemporary British culture.
The Liverpool Film Office has secured an additional GDP1 million for its Liverpool City Region (LCR) Production Fund. Drawing from the LCR Combined Authority’s Strategic Investment Fund, the boost is designed to attract more high-end productions to the city over the next 12 months.