makers & shakers Award winners announced
The winners of the first ever makers & shakers Awards, supported by EQUALS Money, were revealed during a virtual awards ceremony on December 14th.
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WE ARE UK FILM exhibits at FOCUS for the first time
We Are UK Film, the umbrella for the UK’s film national and regional agencies, producers and sales companies are exhibiting at FOCUS for the first time. We Are UK Film will also have a presence throughout the packed content programme with experts appearing in various sessions.
Eight UK country estates make Manderley House in Netflix Rebecca adaptation
Manderley, a fictional country house is integral to Daphne de Maurier’s 1938 psychological thriller Rebecca, which opens with the iconic lines “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again”. The house itself is such a central character that production designer Sarah Greenwood (Sherlock Holmes, Beauty and the Beast) knew it needed to seem new and unique. Eight UK country houses and estates were amalgamated for the Netflix adaptation.
North Yorkshire town takes on starring role in All Creatures Great and Small
Grassington, a historic market town in North Yorkshire was transformed into "Darrowby Village" for 1930's-set veterinarian drama All Creatures Great and Small. Much of the action takes place in Grassington and in the surrounding Yorkshire Dales.
The Deceived Director Chloë Thomas talks shooting on location in Northern Ireland
The Deceived is a four part psychological thriller in which a young English undergraduate (Emily Reid) falls for her Irish married Cambridge University lecturer (Emmett J Scanlan). Backed by Northern Ireland Screen, the series was shot entirely in Northern Ireland where the production managed to find convincing doubles for the historic university city of Cambridge, England and rural Donegal, Ireland.
Australia’s Location Incentive given financial boost to aid recovery
Australia's Screen Production Location Incentive grant has been given an additional AUS400 million funding. Having had relative success in managing Covid-19 the boost is hoped to help attract a longer term pipeline of major screen productions in Australia.
Screen Yorkshire launches crew and facilities service
The region wide crew and facilities service launched by Screen Yorkshire offers a platform for productions filming in Yorkshire to source experienced local crews and film and TV supply-chain companies.
Colourful Emma adaptation filmed on location in an East Sussex manor house
Scouting a Georgian-era house that would allow extensive set decoration and production design was key to fulfilling director Autumn De Wilde’s vision of a "heightened colourful world" for Emma.