The European Film Commissions Network (EUFCN) has appointed Venia Vergou as their new manager. The former director of the Hellenic Film Commission at the Greek Film Centre will take over from former EUFCN manager Angelica Cantisani, and step into the role from 2 January 2024.
Lites offers custom built floating platforms that can hold up to 30 tonnes of set. Exterior boat decks or interior sets can float, rock on the waves, tilt 90°, capsize, and sink underwater while offering full safety for the people on the platforms.
After 118 days, the longest in Hollywood history, SAG-AFTRA members celebrated as the union announced a new tentative agreement with studios and streamers. Along with including protections against artificial intelligence, the deal will see most minimums increasing by 7%, and a “streaming participation bonus”. The agreement will go in for SAG-AFTRA national board approval on […]
What do you do when your past life starts to catch up with you? That question is answered in Disney+ UK original Culprits. Executive produced by Stephen Garrett and J Blakeson, Culprits follows high stakes criminal turned family man Joe Petrus as the life he’s built begins to unravel. In the lead up to the […]
After pulling our bags across the hot tarmac to the Windhoek Air Terminal, we meet Ma Fiina, a woman with a generous smile and IMMIGRATION emblazoned across her back on a neon yellow vest. She whisks us through security and passport checkpoints, removing her vest to reveal a uniform polo shirt that promises CUSTOMER SERVICE…I […]
Competition show Survivor UK returned after two decades off air on 28 October. Filmed in the Dominican Republic, the series follows 18 competitors stuck on an island and tasked with the challenge of finding food, water, shelter and fire for themselves. The new series is hosted by comedian Joel Dommett.
The first images of Channel 4’s new thriller Truelove have been released. Produced by Clerkenwell Films, the project shot last year in Somerset and Bristol. Starring Lindsay Duncan and Clarke Peters, the show is set for release early next year.
UPDATE: As of 12:01am PT on Wednesday 27th September, the WGAW Board and WGAE Council voted to lift the strike, allowing writers to return to work during the ratification process. The updated Memorandum of Agreement sees minimums increases, improvements to pension compensations, firmer regulations around the use of AI, improved screenwriter employment terms, and better […]
The Baltic States initial foray into the world of FamTours was off the charts. Borne from years of speaking with my Lithuanian colleague Jonas Spokas, it all came to fruition at 2022 Focus. I was talking with Jonas and Jurate Pazikaite, the Vilnius Film Commissioner, about how I had just seen the Lithuanian submission for […]
BFI’s London Film Festival 2023 launched the official lineup, including titles such as thé much anticipated Bradley Cooper directorial The Maestro and festival closer The Kitchen from Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya. With over 12 screening locations across London, the festival will be held from 4-15 October, offering the return of the BFI Expanded project […]