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3481 articles available in total starting from 23/05/2002. Last article published on 18/04/2024.

Minghella & Pollack’s Miramax deal

The two directors have signed an agreement with Harvey Weinstein’s major, to fund future projects for their company, Mirage Enterprises, which has just launched Cold Mountain  

15/12/2003 | Production | UK

Film Council champions diversity

The UK Film Council (FC) announced today a new ‘diversity strategy’ to improve the representation of minority groups in films, film-making and audiences in the UK. In fact, minority ethnic groups...  

12/12/2003 | Institutions | UK

Backing for film industry

In the government’s pre-budget statement, the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, has announced that he would “consider the right incentives to support one of our great British creative industries”, namely...  

11/12/2003 | Funding | UK

Koltai for Nobel author's book

A prestigious project for award-winning Hungarian cinematographer Lajos Koltai’s debut as a director. The adaptation of Nobel prize winner Imre Kertesz’s novel, includes participation by Italian...  

10/12/2003 | Production | HU/DE/UK

Quicker returns

From April 2004, the UK Film Council will offer UK producers the opportunity to receive 5% of the money recouped by the UK FC’s New Cinema and Premiere Funds ‘from first dollar’, for reinvestment...  

05/12/2003 | Producers | UK

David Hemmings dies

Actor David Hemmings, star of cult 1960s films Blow-Up and Barbarella, has died aged 62. He suffered a heart attack at the end of a day filming a new movie called Samantha's Child in Romania....  

04/12/2003 | Actors | UK

Orange film offer

The mobile phone company, Orange, has launched ‘Orange Wednesdays’, an exclusive ‘two for one cinema ticket’ offer to its customers, applicable only on Wednesdays, but which will run every week...  

03/12/2003 | Exhibitors | UK

EU money to Uk companies

UK companies received the lion share of development funding from the MEDIA Programme in 2003, that is to say 18.6% or €2,790,000 of the total €15m annual MEDIA spend, beating France (€2,585,00)...  

03/12/2003 | Funding | UK

Shake up in sales

In a constantly changing sales environment, two major UK film sales companies are changing leadership. The UK production, distribution and sales company, Winchester Films, is merging with US...  

02/12/2003 | Industry | UK

October up 29%

Cinema admissions in the UK in October were up 29% on the same period last year, reaching a total of 17.3m tickets, an average of 4m tickets sold per week. The most successful film of the month...  

02/12/2003 | Box office | UK

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