The Last Witness, a UK-Poland co-production starring Alex Pettyfer (I Am Number Four, Magic Mike, The Butler) and Michael Gambon (Harry Potter, Sleepy Hollow) has finished its principal photography in the UK. Carol Harding will produce while President of Film Poland, Krzysztof Solek and Alex Pettyfer will co-produce.
The Irish Film Board took to the stage yesterday at the National Gallery of Ireland to announce its new government funded programme. Entitled Creative Ireland, the five-year initiative seeks to project Ireland’s industry on a global scale whilst investing in domestic projects and talent.
A remake of the classic 1973 drama Papillon starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman, has wrapped filming on location in Malta. The new adaptation will star Charlie Hunnam (Pacific Rim) alongside Rami Malek (Mr Robot), taking over the roles of McQueen and Hoffman respectively.
A variety of UK-based companies and organisations vying for your business will be present at the extensive UK Village exhibit at FOCUS 2016, December 6th and 7th at the Business Design Centre in London.
Rob W. King’s science-fiction feature, The Humanity Bureau has begun filming in the small lakeside town of Osoyoos, British Columbia. The film stars Nicolas Cage and Sarah Lind, depicting a dystopian United States destroyed by global warming, leading the Government to banish citizens who are deemed unessential to the rebuilding process.
The International Film Producers’ Association (IFPA) of Sri Lanka has been established after a call to action to standardise the level of service offered by the local production industry.
Europe’s only end of year event for the location and production industry, FOCUS, will be returning to London’s Business Design Centre for the 6th and 7th of December. Now in its second year, FOCUS 2016 boasts more content than ever before with free sessions on feature films, television programming, advertising and interactive content.
Establishing a film industry in Cambodia was a special concern for King Sihanouk. He helped to make roughly 50 feature and documentary films during his reign. Cambodia was a sleeping beauty waiting to be awakened, but today the film industry's glorious days are returning.