Category: Festivals
San Sebastian winner ‘Afternoons Of Solitude’ lands North American deal
San Sebastian Golden Shell winner Afternoons Of Solitude has landed a North American deal with Grasshopper Film.
Albert Serra’s documentary pro [...]
‘Harry Potter’: Janet McTeer In Negotiations To Play McGonagall; Paapa Essiedu Near Deal To Play Snape In HBO Series
EXCLUSIVE: HBO is closing in on two more main cast members for its high-profile series adaptation of the hugely popular Harry Potter fantasy books. [...]
UK industry standards body CIISA outlines next steps, details need to raise further funds
A confidential reporting service and a mediation and investigation offering are among the next steps in the rollout of the UK’s Creative Industr [...]
True/False Film Fest Wraps Banner 2025 Edition: “We Couldn’t Have Hoped For A Better Year”
True/False is celebrating a successful 22nd edition of the all-documentary festival in Columbia, MO. The event which wrapped on Sunday drew an atte [...]
Visions du Réel 2025 industry line-up includes Sarvnik Kaur, Mariana Otero projects
Swiss documentary festival Visions du Réel (VdR) has unveiled the 28 projects to be presented across four categories at its 2025 VdR-Industry se [...]
Miami Film Festival Announces 2025 Lineup Of Nearly 200 Films, Plus Awards To Julie Delpy, Paul Feig, Mark Duplass And More
The Miami Film Festival today revealed the lineup for its upcoming 42nd edition, a slate of almost 200 narratives, documentaries, and low films, in [...]
“We think about commerciality more than we have done,” says Film4’s Ollie Madden as he considers future of indie film
Film4 is considering the commercial potential of its slate “more than we have done,” said the division’s director Ollie Madden during an on-stag [...]
Series Mania reveals ten dramas for Buyers Upfront slate
Series Mania has unveiled the ten projects, including a Drama Republic produced punk-rock drama, that make up the shortlist for its inaugural Bu [...]
Altitude, Dogwoof among latest BFI distribution funding recipients
Altitude Film Distribution and documentary-specialist distributor Dogwoof are among the latest recipients of awards from the British Film Instit [...]
UK Oscars coverage on ITV peaks at 1.1m viewers, down on previous year; ahead of Sky tenure
UK coverage of the 97th Oscars on ITV reached a peak of 1.1 million viewers - down on the 1.9 million peak of 2024, but still significantly high [...]