Doctor Who is making its way to Disney+ following BBC and Disney Branded Television joining forces. The streaming platform will become the home for the time travelling tv show outside of the UK and Ireland. The next series is set for release in November 2023.
On Thursday 29 September 2022, Oscar-winning actor and BFI fellow Tilda Swinton announced the four winners of the BFI and Chanel Filmmaker Awards. Receiving a prize of GBP 20,000 each, the winners include Baff Akoto, Kathryn Ferguson, Sam Firth and Erfan Saadati.
ITV has commissioned a new medical thriller. The five-part series – titled Malpractice – will be produced by World Productions and directed by Boiling Point’s Philip Barantini. The script is written by former doctor Grace Ofori-Attah. Filming is set to take place in and around Leeds, with BAFTA-nominated actress Niamh Algar starring as protagonist Dr Lucinda Edwards.
Film USA has released its pavilion schedule for Cannes Film Festival 2022. A range of events and special talks have been organised to help attendees understand the breadth and depth of America's filmmaking scene. There are several opportunities to learn from industry specialists and interact with members of the international production community, including the FOCUS London and makers & shakers Awards mixer. This is Film USA's first time at the festival.
Liverpool is set to star in three new productions on the big and small screens. The arrival of the final series of BBC’s Peaky Blinders, Warner Bros’ blockbuster The Batman, and ITV’s new adaptation of The Ipcress File means that the city will stage some of film and television’s biggest heroes and anti-heroes. Favoured by filmmakers for doubling as major cities around the world, the forthcoming productions exemplify why Liverpool is the most filmed UK city outside of London.
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.
In the face of the pandemic and film production restrictions all over the world we entered 2021 with the lack of new content and large-scale projects. One of the countries that conversely showed the rise in production was Russia, conquering screens over the world with high-quality projects and appealing stories. Behind the scenes of the top high grossing films and series from Russia stand dozens of filming teams, VFX, sound design and other production services who make all the success happen.