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IN AN ERA OF CONTINUED friction among European Union states, and an upcoming EU referendum in Blighty that may see the country exit the 28-member state in June, Creative Europe's [...]

Hollywood and the global film business have a long way to go before approaching gender parity, but in Europe, the independent film biz has been a fertile place for women [...]

'Rush,' the high-octane car racing film about the public rivalry between legendary Formula One drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt during the 1970s, has all the markings of Tinseltown's latest [...]

This year, a record 16 pies vying for the foreign-language Oscar are directed by women. In a discipline dominated by males, those 16 films rep encouragement for aspiring women helmers [...]

To stay or not to stay? That is the question. British voters will face their first European Union referendum in more than 40 years June 23, when they decide whether [...]

Eyes are smiling in Ireland. Not only has the Irish film and TV industry weathered the credit crunch storm that plunged the country into deep austerity, but it has also [...]

Long before the lack of minority nominees for this year's Oscars led to a controversy that motivated the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences to examine ways it can [...]

Despite the ever-increasing proximity between the Oscars and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards, Bafta still remains a terrific reminder of the British brand. But the love [...]

Gender inequality in film is not restricted to the U.S. In Europe, the pay gap between men and women in film is evident across key territories, though some countries tackle [...]

It's been three years since U.K. industry veteran Will Clarke launched Altitude Film Entertainment, and in that time, the production-sales-distribution outfit has learned how to navigate a changing market and, [...]

As Hollywood struggles to keep a leash on runaway production, recent tweaks to already robust U.K. film and TV tax incentives have created a boom in Blighty. 'We have an [...]

THE '2014 SHOOTING STARS--European Film Promotion's annual list of rising talent culled from 10 countries--were chosen by a jury comprising actor Anders Baasmo Christiansen (Norwegian Shooting Star, 2010), who starred [...]

One man's loss is another's gain. While Hollywood producers lament the lack of local production, territories around the world are benefitting from the exodus, as a raft of factors --tax [...]

Move over, Prince George. In the buildup to the Aug. 7 bow of Studiocanal release 'Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa,' the media has latched onto a new hero of the moment. [...]

Parenthood is a 24/7 job, and for the past two weeks, that's also been true of reporters covering the Royal Addition. After the media kept vigil around the clock, sometimes [...]

Anyone with qualms about the endurance and stature of 3D in film needs to spend only a few minutes with RealD cofounder and chief executive Michael Lewis to be converted. [...]

Cannes proved a feast for the indie marketplace, with buyers, having grown fat on file riches of 'Twilight,' 'Hunger Games' and 'The Intouchables,' throwing around their weight, demanding the kind [...]

If companies like Sony Imageworks, Weta Digital and Framestore are the creative divas of the effects world, Los Angeles and London-based outfit the Foundry is fast becoming the conductor. Already [...]

Step-siblings Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson may be sitting atop one of the longest-running and most lucrative film franchises (more than $3.5 billion total gross), but the dynamic 'Bond' [...]

With the big six Hollywood studios making fewer pics and focusing more and more on tentpole franchises, the independent sector has a clear-cut opportunity to expand. And as buyers and [...]

With the worldwide success of 'The Hunger Games' still ringing as a clarion to the viability of independently financed films, Lionsgate's $412.5 million deal to buy Summit Entertainment is echoing [...]

Cult 1970s British cop series 'The Sweeney' aired on commercial web ITV for three years. When writer-director Nick Love's feature version hits Blighty's cinemas in September, it will have been [...]

Films are about to get a boost in Britain--and perhaps Hollywood as well--as the U.K. considers changes in the tax structure that would double the amount individual backers can write [...]

While Germany and France negotiate the best way out of the euro crisis, indie mavens are assessing just what kind of fiscal atmosphere they'll be heading into at the European [...]

NIGEL SINCLAIR Co-chairman/CEO Exclusive Media Group 'I think at every market there are going to be buyers from every territory that have a checkbook and want to buy product. Considering [...]

While some parts of the pic biz are consolidating, the film sales arena is quietly expanding, and with the role of the sales agent becoming an increasingly complex one--many are [...]

With the cancellation of two pivotal events in the Arab film festival calendar in November--the Cairo Film Festival and Syria's Damascus Film Festival--due to political turmoil that has grown out [...]

At last year's American Film Market, Exclusive Media Group brought one of the hottest titles to the Loews: George Clooney starrer 'The Ides of March,' which the company co-produced with [...]

LONDON For decades, success in the U.S. market has been seen as a kind of measuring stick by many European creatives. Making it big in the lucrative English-language market seemed [...]

After four installments, Abu Dhabi has decided to nix its annual Circle Conference, a development initiative that was aimed at creating opportunities in the Middle East and unspooled days before [...]

The U.K. pay-TV market is getting a shake-up and, according to many independent distributors, it couldn't come soon enough. The imminent arrival of Netftix has pressured Amazon-owned competitor Lovefilm to [...]

The recent phone-hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch's embattled News Intl., the U.K. newspaper division of News Corp., has repositioned the reputations and statuses of a number of media and political [...]

Having experienced the newfound confidence of the independent film market, the willingness to make deals that break borders and the flexible thinking needed to overcome setbacks, U.K.-based Future Films is [...]

The eighth London U.K. Film Focus unspools against a background of turbulence as well as great success within the Brit pic biz. Government cuts over the past year led to [...]

The Croisette was abuzz last week over helmer Lars von Tier's declarations of Nazi sympathy and subsequent condemnation by Cannes Festival officials. But Cannes is also about commerce, and that [...]

Forget football, house prices, politics. As the international film business sweeps this week into Cannes, one simple question prevails: What films could turn a profit? Star directors, genre pics in [...]

Indie mavens are sharpening their dealmaking skills as they head into a market that is coming back at a healthy rate after a disastrous couple of years. Poised to take [...]

BABY SHOWER Terror stalks four women at their friend's baby shower. Director: Pablo Illanes Producers: Francisca Cummins, Luigi Araneda Cast: Ingrid Isensee, Patricia Lopez, Claudia Burr, Kiki Rojo, Francisca Merino [...]

Cuts to arts, including the end of the U.K. Film Council, have roiled the Blighty film biz, and regional screen agencies across the U.K. have not escaped a shakeout. Last [...]

Big markets--and Berlin, after Cannes, is Europe's biggest--prompt deep thought about the state of the international business, and many mavens are heading into the European Film Market pondering lessons learned [...]

Alliance Films has emerged from the shakeup of the indie world as a nimble outfit whose transcontinental arms fueled a bigger move into production--a move that's been borne out by [...]

Deals were plentiful at Sundance this year for smaller distribs and minimajors adept at platform releases. Hot titles that got snapped up include dark comedy 'The Details' (the Weinstein Co.), [...]

In an era when companies are diversifying and seeking alternative ways to tap into different sectors of the film and television biz, London's Soho-based vfx house Framestore is no exception. [...]

Many headed for Park City hope that the blizzard that has buried the indie biz has passed and that the forecast will be clear skies. Some of the trends that [...]

When Blighty's government unveiled its early blueprint for the future of U.K. film policy on Nov. 29, culture minister Ed Vaizey announced that Film London, the capital's film and media [...]

Three or four years ago, the American Film Market was so crowded that even catching an elevator at the Loews Santa Monica took forever. And though more than 400 films [...]

Warp Films has taken some canny risks in the past 16 months. Its comedy 'Sub marine' was one of the hottest properties at the Toronto fest and sold to the [...]

While the advent of digital rollout has promised to provide cheaper deals for studio distribution in the long run, Blighty's independent distributors are facing an uphill battle that could shake [...]

With nearly 60% of the 340 million people in the Arab region under the age of 25, it should come as no surprise that aspirations to work in the film [...]

If you build it they will come. This motto appears to have worked in a number of ways for Dubai, a city synonymous with growth and prosperity. The population rose [...]