UK investors to explore Nigeria’s creative sector
United Kingdom’s Department for International Trade (DIT) in Nigeria has hosted a series of webinars that presented an overview of Nigeria’s creative sector. Source: https://www.sunnewsonline.com/
New French Covid-19 travel restrictions hit UK industry Cannes plans
A decision by France to impose a seven-day quarantine on people arriving from the UK due to fears over the Indian Covid-19 variant that has been detected in the UK has further complicated the plans by the country’s film industry to … Continued
How the Global Screen Fund will work for UK companies
Neil Peplow, director of industry and international at the British Film Institute (BFI), has outlined in detail how companies can access the new £7m UK Global Screen Fund (GSF), the creation of a UK version of Unifrance, and a summit … Continued
UK’s largest outdoor cinema heading to four Devon venues
Exeter, Plymouth, Newton Abbot and Torquay can look forward to outdoor cinema screenings this summer Source: UK’s largest outdoor cinema heading to four Devon venues – Devon Live
Amazon to stream major National Theatre plays in UK and Ireland
Amazon has partnered with the National Theatre to stream four high-profile live-recorded stage shows, including Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag. The shows, which include Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller in 2011’s Frankenstein, will be made available to Amazon’s Prime Video customers … Continued
UK reopening: Did cinema chains just pull a rabbit out of the hat?
Sony’s animated comedy “Peter Rabbit 2” drove UK cinemas’ box office takings in their reopening weekend to the highest since the pandemic took hold last year, giving a boost to cinema chains which had been burning through cash during months … Continued