Esteemed filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Locarno Film Festival. The five-time Academy Award-winner will be honoured on Sunday 11 August in Piazza Grande. Cuarón will also sit on a panel on the same day in conversation at Forum @Spazio Cinema. The Locarno Film Festival will take place from […]
The Festival de Cannes have announced they will be awarding Studio Ghibli with their Honorary Palme d’or. The iconic Japanese studio known for films such as Spirited Away and Oscar-winning The Boy and the Heron, will be the first group to receive the honour.
Quentin Dupieux’s latest film Le Deuxième Acte (The Second Act) is set to open the 77th edition of Festival de Cannes on 14 May 2024. The director, screenwriter and musicians comedy will premiere on the Croisette, presented Out of Competition. The four part comedy will be released in French cinemas on the same day.
The UK’s creative industries have grown for a fourth year to reach a value of nearly GBP 77 billion. Government figures apply to 2013 but the production industry is likely to grow for 2014 when the UK hosted The Avengers: Age of Ultron and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
It’s that time again! FOCUS London 2024 is back at the Business Design Centre for their two day event of networking, poignant panel discussions led by the top voices of the screen industry, and the gathering of thousands of professionals ready to make connections and make things happen. With, over 280 exhibitors and more than […]
FOCUS London 2024 are excited to welcome Angel Films, Hungary’s leading full service production company. In addition to being ready to meet you all on the show floor at their stand, Angel Films will sponsor the first ever Meet the Makers Lunch. Come and chat with Angel Films and many other extraordinary exhibitors from 10-11 […]
As the spooky Halloween weekend came to a close, brands began to unveil their much anticipated Christmas commercials. Just in time for Mariah Carey’s annual defrosting, familiar characters such as TK Maxx’s farm yard fashionistas and Aldi’s Kevin the Carrot returned to our homes for the holidays.
The Producers Guild of Great Britain (PGGB) have announced that seven members will join the new Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee in line with the organisation’s efforts to raise standards of diversity and inclusion below-the-line in the UK’s feature film and HETV industries. The committee will be chaired by experienced wellbeing and inclusion consultant […]
The winners for CICLOPE 2024 have been announced. Marking the biggest festival to date, CICLOPE gathered at the prestigious Konzertsaal der UdK to award the top performers in craft and creativity. Grand Prix winners selected include talents from across the global creative industry including NOMINT, Iconoclast, The Youth, Ogilvy and more.
Destination Vietnam, a Hollywood expo organised by Indochina Productions at the Directors Guild of America Theatre in Los Angeles, put the south east Asian country at centre stage. Highlighting Vietnam’s rich location variety and untapped cinematic potential, the event welcomed some respected names in production such as Netflix’s A Tourist Guide to Love producer Joel […]