The rain stayed away from Santa Monica Beach on Sunday (February 25) as Past Lives was named best film and Celine Song best director at the 39th annual Spirit Awards. While the legacy studio and streamer contenders have dominated much of the big-ticket awards shows this season like Saturday night’s SAG Awards, last weekend’s Baftas, …
The UK’s National Film and Television School has unveiled the winners of its 2024 graduate showcase. Winners were announced at the school’s graduation ceremony at the Odeon Luxe in London Square today (February 23) after four days of screenings at the BFI Southbank. The prize for most promising student went to Creative Business MA graduate Cody Updegrave …
Director and visual artist Stuart Birchall and producers Leila Mousavi and Seb Brown have unveiled joint UK production outfit Scrapbook Pictures, with a focus on using physically produced special effects for family-focused live action theatrical features. For its first feature project, Scrapbook Pictures has teamed up with model visual effects supervisor José Granell, who has …
Manchester Film Festival (March 15-24) has unveiled its industry talks line-up with Oscar-nominated director Waad Al-Kateab and executives from Curzon Film and Altitude Film Entertainment among the speakers. Al-Kateab – a 2020 Oscar nominee, and Bafta and Bifa winner for her documentary For Sama – will close the programme with an in-conversation session before screening …
Screen is listing the 2024 release dates for films in the UK and Ireland in the calendar below. For distributors who wish to add/amend a date on the calendar, please get in touch with Screen here. Screen is also running a calendar for festival and market dates throughout 2024 here. February February 27Exhibition On Screen: Painting The Modern Garden – Monet …