Pact calls on government to support the UK’s indie film and TV sector
Organisation trying to provide clarity on ‘force majeure’ clause in contracts. Source: https://www.screendaily.com/news/
Global television market overcomes trade barriers and weak demand from major markets to attain growth in Q4 and 2019
Defying a host of headwinds, the global television market managed to attain slight growth in the fourth quarter and for the entire year of 2019, as an easing in a shortage of LCD panels helped propel the market’s expansion. Global … Continued
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The European Film Academy (EFA), International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) and International Film Festival Rotterdam have all called for the immediate release from prison of Chinese filmmaker Deng Chuanbin. Deng, also known as Huang Huang, is a documentarian living … Continued
Punchdrunk and Sky announce world’s first immersive TV drama
The experimental theatre company Punchdrunk is set to produce the world’s first immersive TV drama for Sky and HBO. The Third Day, starring Naomie Harris and Jude Law, will be accompanied by what has been described by its makers as an “innovative live … Continued
Netflix streaming wars fuel record UK film and TV production boom
The making of Hollywood hits such as the latest James Bond film No Time To Die and Sam Mendes’s 1917, as well as prestige dramas such as Netflix’s The Crown and the BBC’s His Dark Materials, fuelled a record spend … Continued
Cinepocalypse names Katie Rife new Senior Programmer
Chicago’s premiere annual genre festival, produced and presented by the Music Box Theatre — is proud to bring in the New Year with the announcement of Katie Rife as new Senior Programmer of the festival. Source: Cinepocalypse names Katie Rife … Continued