Former senior BFI executive Lizzie Francke will replace Tricia Tuttle as head of the directing fiction department at the UK’s National Film and Television School. Francke will take the helm from April 1, when Tuttle officially begins her new role as director of the Berlin International Film Festival. Formerly editor-at-large at the then-BFI Film Fund, …
As one funder said it will have to consider whether it can support the 2025 edition of the Berlinale as part of the ongoing fall-out following controversial statements made at this year’s closing-night gala, festival co-director Mariette Rissenbeek has clarified the festival’s own response to the remarks. Marion Bless, managing director of the German Lottery Foundation …
Producer, studio veteran and Rideback founder Dan Lin has been named chairman of Netflix Film to replace the outgoing Scott Stuber, effective April 1. Lin will report to Netflix Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria and worked with the streamer on The Two Popes, and the new live-action series Avatar: The Last Airbender. The appointment came …
Fremantle has acquired worldwide rights, excluding German-speaking territories, to Constantin Film’s fantasy drama Hagen (working title) that is being made as both a feature and a six-part TV series. It shot last year at Barrandov Studios in the Czech Republic and on location in Iceland. The RTL group, also Fremantle’s parent company, holds German streaming …
Screen Ireland’s National Talent Academy Network is expanding to include a National Talent Academy for VFX as part of a drive to attract more Irish talent into the sector. Ireland’s VFX houses recently worked on Marvel Studios’ WandaVision and Spiderman: No Way Home, Netflix’s The Irishman and HBO’s Game Of Thrones. Colman Farrell, head of skills and …
Fremantle has acquired worldwide rights, excluding German-speaking territories, to Constantin Film’s fantasy drama Hagen (working title) that is being made as both a feature and a six-part TV series and shot last year in the Czech Republic and Iceland. The RTL group, also Fremantle’s parent company, holds German streaming and free TV rights. Hagen is …
Magnify, formerly Magnolia Pictures International, has announced multiple territories out of EFM on Veni Vidi Vici, the provocative Sundance premiere from Austrian filmmakers Daniel Hoesl And Julia Niemann. Deals have closed in France (L’atelier d’Images), Central and Eastern Europe (HBO Europe), Poland (Aurora), Czech Republic and Slovakia (Pilot), former Yugoslavia (Five Star Distribution), Middle East …
Amazon has said a copyright lawsuit brought by the original screenwriter of Road House ahead of next week’s SXSW world premiere of the remake starring Jake Gyllenhaal is “completely without merit”, including an allegation that the company used AI to complete production during the Hollywood strikes. R. Lance Hill, who went by the name of …
Japan has extended its first official location production incentive scheme for a second year and revealed it has supported upcoming Indian feature One Day, produced by Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan. The initiative was launched last year in a bid to attract international films, high-end TV and streaming projects to shoot in the country. The first …
The majority of Muslim, Jewish and Arab people working in the UK film and TV industry have experienced a decline in wellbeing since October, a survey from the Film and TV Charity has found. According to the survey, 94% of people of Jewish, Muslim, and Arab heritage have felt a negative impact on their mental …