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Channing Williams loses battle with cancer
Simon Channing Williams, the UK producer best known more recently for his work on The Constant Gardener, has died at his home in Cornwall aged 63. Channing Williams career started at the BBC working with directors such as Stephen Frears,…
On location in Italy
Filmmakers have long been attracted to Italy and the country has hosted some of the industry’s most renowned features as well as memorable commercials. But it has often proved a challenging region for cash-strapped or lower budget productions, due to…
California launches new filming tax incentives
The new legislation provides a tax credit of 20% (25% for independent features under USD10 million), with an appropriation of USD100 million per year for five years starting on July the 1st 2009. 75% of the film must be shot…
Kofi Annan to speak at Cannes Lions
Kofi Annan and David Jones will join forces with Hervé de Clerck at this year's Cannes Lions to discuss the human face of climate change and the role that only the creative community can play in changing Climate Change to…
SAG reject last, best and final offer
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) board of directors have rejected the "last, best and final offer" by Hollywood producers for a new contract. The contract was rejected by 73% of SAG's board members. SAG called the Alliance of Motion Picture…
California passes tax incentive
The state of California has passed an incentives bill. The new legislation provides a tax credit of 20% (25% for independent features under USD10 million), with an appropriation of USD100 million per year for five years starting on July the…
UK delegation heads to Mumbai
To capitalise on the success of Slumdog Millionaire, a number of UK film companies will be attending India's FICCI Frames Entertainment Conference which starts today in Mumbai. The delegation of companies is being led by the UK Film Council and…
Petar Spiljevic joins Velocity roster
Serbian born director Petar Spiljevic has officially signed on to Cape Town based Velocity Films' director roster. Spiljevic has been in South Africa since 1991 but only started directing in 2006. Prior to this, he had built a name for…
UK production spend down by 35%
Although the UK box office is seeing record sales, GBP949.5 million was spent in 2008 which equates to a 5% increase on 2007, its production is certainly not. In 2008, 111 pictures were produced in the UK, down from 126…
On location in Berlin
Berlin's rise to prominence as a centre for film and the arts continues to gather speed. Despite a difficult economic environment, it is attracting high profile filmmakers and Hollywood actors. Among recent visitors is Quentin Tarantino who has been spotted…