With swinging saloon doors and a rust tinted colour grade, the newest campaign for Hubspot sets Kathryn Hahn against the familiar backdrop of the old West. The project was curated by director Tony Yacenda of SMUGGLER, along with creative agency 72andSunny New York. Titled Success Stories, human values meets work place processes to promote authenticity in business.
Image courtesy of Fifth Season FIFTH SEASON has announced the appointment of Jennifer Ebell to an expanded role of EVP EMEA Sales. This is a promotion from her previous role as SVP of EMEA Sales. In addition to this, the company has also acquired new hires from BBC Studios, The Walt Disney Studios., ITV Studios and Vubiquity. These changes are apart of FIFTH SEASON’S expansion of their EMEA television distribution team, following on from the recent promotion of president of television distribution, Prentis Fraser.
With 22,000 trees planted in the UK over the last 10 years and 12,869 planted in 2022 alone, CAP are working towards reinvesting into the land and contributing to holistic solution to an oversaturation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The Location Guide spoke with CAP founder Algy Sloane on the intricacies of environmental consciousness in the production industry and the importance
Paramount+ announced on 30 January the casting for new original UK drama series The Killing Kind. Based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Jane Casey, The series will be produced by Eleventh Hour Films. Shot on location at Bristol’s The Bottle Yard Studios and moving to London later this year, the new series will star Emma Appleton and Colin Morgan as the leading characters.
The BFI announced today the awarding of GBP 15.2 million in National lottery funding to 11 UK based strategic partners, spread over three years. Getting ready to implement the BFI’s 10 year National Lottery Funding Scheme, this investment will aid the growth of cinema audiences, seek to engage more 16-25 year olds in film, and support talent development across the UK.
As a well-known centre of arts and culture, as well as being Britain’s second most filmed-in city, Liverpool is a buzzing creative hub. From Ryan Coogler’s Creed to Barbara Streisand’s 1983 directorial debut Yentl, the northern city is full of endless filmic possibilities and home to a long-standing history of cinema creations.
Two decades ago, countries began to compete for the hosting of international filming by creating a scheme whereby foreign producers are partially refunded for their monies spent in the country. Government appointed economists calculated the “multiplier effect’ of the monies brought in by foreign productions, how they stimulated economies and how much taxation would be created down the line to render such schemes sustainable.
General sale for tickets to the honouring of writer, actor, producer, author and NYU Grad Film Tenured professor Spike Lee will go on sale today at 4pm GMT. Lee will be honoured with the BFI Fellowship, the highest honour to be bestowed by the BFI. The filmmaker’s work includes his Academy Award-winning BlacKkKlansman and classics such as She’s Gotta Have It, later adapted for the Netflix series of the same title, and Do The Right Thing. The ceremony will take place at the BFI Southbank on 13 February, hosted by BFI Chair Tim Richards and BFI Chief Executive Ben Roberts.