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UK and Brazil ratify co-production treaty after five year delay
A co-production treaty between the UK and Brazil has now been established, affording projects in both countries with access to localised film incentives and initiatives. The treaty was ratified by the UK’s Department of Culture and Brazil’s film agency, BRAVI.…
I, Daniel Blake named Outstanding British Film at the BAFTAs
As many predicted, after being awarded the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, I, Daniel Blake was crowned as this year’s Outstanding British Film during Sunday night’s BAFTA ceremony. Filmed entirely in Newcastle upon Tyne, Ken Loach’s scathing drama…
Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis reunite in Yorkshire for new film
Production has commenced on Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, with scenes being shot in Lythe, North Yorkshire. The current untitled film marks Anderson’s first project since 2014’s Inherent Vice and the first time that the Director has worked with Daniel…
Production spend in the UK soared to an all-time high in 2016
The UK production industry saw its most successful year ever in 2016, taking in a total of GBP1.6 billion. Of the total spend, GBP1.35 billion was sourced from feature films while television productions brought in GBP478 million. The UK box…
BFI announces five year plan to expand investments in the UK creative industry
The British Film Institute has laid out its funding strategy for the next five years, under the name BFI2022. The plan will invest close to GBP500 million from 2017 to 2022 in new and emerging sectors of the UK creative…
FOCUS returns to the Business Design Centre this December 6th & 7th
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…
British Drama I, Daniel Blake scoops Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival 2016
The highly prestigious Palme d’Or has been awarded to British Director Ken Loach (Kes, The Wind That Shakes the Barley) for his film I, Daniel Blake which was shot on location in London and Newcastle. The film depicts a middle-aged…
BBC drama To Walk Invisible will shoot on location in Yorkshire
The upcoming BBC drama series, To Walk Invisible: The Brontë Sisters will film on location in Yorkshire from the beginning of May. To Walk Invisible will depict the lives of the world renowned Brontë sisters, who between them have written…
Yorkshire film industry to receive large investment from National Lottery funds in BFI initiative
Via funding that has accumulated from the National Lottery, the British Film Institute (BFI) has decided to award the Yorkshire Screen Industries Hub with a payout of GBP127,000. This investment is being conducted by the BFI’s Creative Clusters Fund, an…
UK film industry tops GBP1 billion two years in a row
Film production in the UK is booming after having taken in over GBP1 billion for two consecutive years, with television productions attracting major investors from around the world. This news can largely be accredited to the success of both the…
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