London Film Festival Bridges Cultural Divide
The under-representation of racial and ethnic diversity across the film industry has been a hotly debated topic this past year. This pressing issue is now set to take center stage at the 60th annual…
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Former Metrodome and Little Film Co. Execs Launch New Sales and Production Outfit
Caroline Couret-Delegue and Elie Mechoulam have launched a new international film sales and production company, Truffle Pictures, based in London. Couret-Delegue was formerly head of sales and…
BBC Worldwide Sells ‘Bake Off’ Format to Mexico, Bulgaria
Mexico and Bulgaria are the latest countries to take up the television baking challenge, BBC Worldwide announced Wednesday. The BBC's main commercial arm has licensed the "Great Bake Off" format to…
Poland Enters Andrzej Wajda’s ‘Afterimage’ Into Oscar Contention
Poland has chosen "Afterimage," from veteran director Andrzej Wajda, as its entry for this year's foreign-language Oscar. The film, written by Andrzej Mularczyk, is a biopic about avant-garde artist…
BBC iPlayer Users Required to Sign Up to a Personal Account by 2017
LONDON The BBC will require users of BBC iPlayer, its VOD service, to log-in via a personal account from the beginning of next year. The move is part of the U.K. pubcaster's next phase of plans to…
Peccadillo Takes U.S. Documentary ‘Real Boy’ for U.K. (EXCLUSIVE)
LONDON — Peccadillo Pictures has acquired U.S. documentary "Real Boy" for the U.K. and Ireland. The distributor, which specializes in LGBT titles, intends to release the film, about a transgender…
Starline Seals TV Deals in U.K., Germany, Spain for Jonas Kaufmann Concert Film (EXCLUSIVE)
Starline Entertainment has closed a raft of international television and VOD deals for "Jonas Kaufmann: An Evening with Puccini," a concert event film produced by Arts Alliance that played in cinemas…
NBCUniversal Looks to Grow ‘Trees,’ ‘Pendulum’ With Tom Hardy
NBCUniversal Intl. Studios has set two projects for development as part of its first-look deal with actor Tom Hardy's production company Hardy Son & Baker. "Pendulum," a crime thriller set in the…
Arts Alliance Picks Up ‘Eyes of My Mother’ for New Park Circus Label
Arts Alliance Distribution has bought U.K. rights to U.S. horror movie "The Eyes of My Mother," Nicolas Pesce's debut film, which premiered to critical acclaim at Sundance in January. The film will…
Dustin Hoffman, Judi Dench Score International Emmy Nominations
Oscar winners Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench will compete in the best actor and actress categories at this year's International Emmy Awards. Nominations recognizing productions from 15 countries were…
Michael Gambon, Olivia Williams Join Stephen Frears’ ‘Victoria and Abdul’
Michael Gambon, Olivia Williams and Simon Callow have joined the cast of Stephen Frears' "Victoria and Abdul," which has started filming in Britain. The period drama sees Judi Dench return to the…
