BAFTA Awards: Is ‘Candelabra’s’ Michael Douglas a Lock?
Any idea that BAFTA has a British bias falters with Ben Affleck and Emmanuelle Riva, last year’s winners for director and actress. When BAFTA voters diverge from the Oscars, history shows they are more...
View ArticleChinn Cousins Launch Shingle for Fact-Based Projects
Few producers have a better record producing feature documentaries than Simon Chinn, who won Oscars, Baftas and just about every other award going for “Man on Wire” and “Searching for Sugar Man.” But...
View ArticleAFM: Investors on the Hunt for Worthwhile Product
Speaking recently at the Zurich film festival, Los Angeles entertainment lawyer Lindsay Conner declared, “It’s a golden age for film finance.” Strong box office, stable TV revenues and the rise of VOD,...
View ArticleInternational Star You Should Know: Agyness Deyn
Dedicated followers of fashion know Agyness Deyn, 31, as the British supermodel to whom style bible iD once devoted an entire issue. But to British auteur Terence Davies, she was just another unknown...
View Article‘Difret’ May Raise Profile of Ethiopia’s Filmmakers During Oscar Race
Only one film from sub-Saharan Africa (excluding South Africa) has ever won an Academy Award for foreign-language film. That is “Black and White in Color” back in 1976, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud,...
View Article‘Inbetweeners’ Producer Chris Young Sets Up Production Studio on Isle of Skye
For Scot producer Chris Young, “The Inbetweeners” franchise was like winning the lottery. When Channel 4 gave him the original sitcom to produce, he’d made a handful of small Scottish films over the...
View ArticleBafta Nominations Showcase the Range of U.K. Cinema
This year’s Bafta nominees for British film — “Pride,” “Paddington,” “Under the Skin,” “’71,” “The Theory of Everything” and “The Imitation Game” — showcase the sheer variety, range and intelligence of...
View Article‘Boyhood’ Wins Best Picture at the BAFTA Awards
LONDON — BAFTA went mad about the boy on Sunday night in London, with Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” picking up the prizes for best picture and director, as well as supporting actress. It was a night at...
View ArticleBAFTA Awards: Weekend Party Wrap
In his introductory monologue to the BAFTAs, host Stephen Fry joked that this was the biggest night for the British film industry since, well, a year ago. But he was wrong. These days the BAFTAs aren’t...
View Article‘Pride’ Producer David Livingstone Moved From Marketing Movies to Making Them
In 20 years at Polygram, Universal and Working Title, in both London and Los Angeles, David Livingstone mastered the art of selling quirky British movies to a global audience. He drove the campaigns...
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