Features
“A fear of technology stopped me from directing”
Director Alexandra Boyd discusses the challenges of her debut feature film, Widow's Walk
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TVBEverywhere
Discover.film launches short film app
Dedicated to making short-form content available on the go
Production & Post
New partnership supports HFR films
Huaxia, Christie and GDC developing the system ahead of Ang Lee's new movie
TVBEverywhere
Bohemian Rhapsody’s technical teams become Oscar champions
Plus First Man wins Academy Award for Visual Effects
Business
Bitmax to handle digital media processing for Gravitas Ventures
The company will centralise storage of the Gravitas catalogue within its BAM 2.0 system
Features
Through the lens of A Star Is Born
Cinematographer Matthew Libatique discusses the Cooke Anamorphic/i SF ‘Special Flair’ lenses
Features
Diving into the Aquaman edit
TVBEurope talks to Kirk M. Morri about editing DC's latest blockbuster
Features
Making the sound of Mary Poppins Returns supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Production sound mixer Simon Hayes talks to TVBEurope about the festive season's big film
Technology
Academy names nine technical awards winners
Cinematographer Curtis Clark to receive the John A. Bonner Award
Production & Post
New film and TV studio to open in Oxfordshire
Video game company Rebellion has bought the studio near Didcot
TVBEverywhere
Rakuten TV launches cinema arm
Rakuten Cinema will simultaneously release films theatrically and on VoD
Business
Film London unveils Equal Access programme
Seeks to match 150 talented Londoners to paid roles across film, TV and post production
Business
London exploring plans for city’s largest film studios
Sadiq Khan has backed plans to build what could be the largest film studios in London. Plans for the new studios, which would be...
Business
DPA Microphones brings new meaning to ‘in-car audio’
Rashad Omar has been using DPA d:screet Miniature Microphones and d:dicate Recording Microphones to capture dialogue for feature films include American Honey
Business
Perspectives on Brexit
Britain awoke to a changed political landscape this morning, with 53 per cent of the electorate voting to remove the nation from the European...
Business
Disney and Lucasfilm heading to Netflix
Netflix users in the US will be able to stream all Disney films, including Pixar, Lucasfilms and Marvel titles, from September this year. All...
Business
Mobile piracy streaming on the increase
Twenty-eight per cent of all visits to piracy sites in 2015 were through mobile devices, according to Muso a provider of content protection, data...
Business
YouTube seeking TV and film rights?
YouTube has been in talks with Hollywood studios and production companies regarding deals for TV and film content rights, according to the Wall Street...
Business
Star Wars: The Force Awakens available as Dolby Cinema experience
The upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the seventh installment in the film series, will be available as a Dolby Cinema experience
TVBEverywhere
Vubiquity to sell digital content in stores
Vubiquity in discussions with a number of retailers to launch a product that would allow consumers to buy digital content, initially movies, in high...
Business
Brazil and France pirate most horror content for Halloween
In the lead up to Halloween, illegal peer-to-peer downloads of current and classic horror films increased by 21 per cent worldwide according to Irdeto
Business
BFI launches film subscription service
UK film organisation BFI has unveiled its new subscription service, BFI Player+ offering a library of British films and world cinema offerings, for a...
Business
The Economist Films launches documentary series
The global current-affairs newspaper announced its video initiative in June with the premiere of two series pilots in New York London. Content from the...
Opinion
Return to OZ: streaming media and the new creative class
During the Golden Age of Hollywood from the late 1920s to the early 1960s, the ‘Big Five’ motion picture studios hired creative professionals under...
Business
Creative industries report reveals BAME employment gap in UK
The Creative Industries Federation, in partnership with the MOBO organisation, has launched its Creative Diversity study on the state of diversity in the UK’s...
Business
3 Mills Studios signs partnership with BAFTA
3 Mills Studios has secured a partnership with the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) which will see the East London film...
Analysis
European Commission investigates copyright laws
The European Commission has launched a consultation on the Satellite and Cable Directive to assess whether European rules outlining where and how satellite broadcasters...
Opinion
AMC and Cineplex surrender to cinema’s phoenix moment
At the end of 2014, Sony released the film The Interview simultaneously both digitally and in a select range of movie theatres. I observed...
Business
Netflix to premiere original documentary Winter on Fire
Netflix will release its original documentary Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom on Friday 9 October exclusively to its members worldwide
Business
BT customers to witness ‘start of the zombie apocalypse’ with AMC launch
AMC will launch in the UK for the first time on 28 August exclusively to BT customers. The channel, from international TV network AMC...
Opinion
How does the UK compare to the worst in the world for piracy?
Ah, those Australians… considered the “worst in the world for piracy,” particularly video content. So much so, that the country passed a law in...
Business
Twentieth Century Fox to release UHD films in HDR for home viewing
Ateme has worked with Twentieth Century Fox to enable distribution of what the company claims is the first ever UHD with High Dynamic Range...
Business
BAFTA elects committee chairs and deputy chairs
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced its newly elected chairs and deputy chairs of its sector committees (film, television...
Production & Post
Factory embraces Dolby Atmos with new audio studios
The award-winning Soho-based facility now has a new Dolby Atmos studio as well as facilities for all other Dolby formats
Business
Sky acquires majority stake in Blast! Films
Sky has taken a majority stake in Blast! Films, the UK production company behind Steve McQueen's award-winning Hunger, and series including Channel 4’s The...
Features
Exploring the darker side of fame and success
From the production team behind Senna comes an emotionally charged documentary film chronicling British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse’s life and career, featuring previously unseen archive...
Business
BFI London Film Festival to host Global Symposium on Gender in Media
The BFI London Film Festival is collaborating with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media (GDI) and Women in Film and Television (WFTV),...
Business
Vivendi finalises acquisition of Dailymotion
French media company Vivendi yesterday acquired an 80 per cent stake in Dailymotion from Orange, for €217 million.
TVBEverywhere
Transavia pilots Piksel Voyage for in-flight entertainment
European airline Transavia has chosen Piksel Voyage to power its new in-flight entertainment service, allowing travellers to access content through their own devices.
Business
Lord Attenborough to be commemorated on £20 note?
The next £20 note released by the Bank of England will celebrate Britain’s achievements in the visual arts, and the UK public are being...
Business
1.2 million digital and creative skilled workers needed by 2022
The digital and creative sector is expected to need 1.2 million new workers by 2022; equivalent to half the current workforce, according to training...
Features
Linkline: thirty years in production
From a small shed in a quiet suburban garden are three telephone lines that remain constantly connected to some of Britain, Europe and America’s...
Business
Watching 3D films can help improve IQ and brain power
Neuroscientist Patrick Fagan, associate lecturer at Goldsmiths, and Professor Brendan Walker of Thrill Laboratory have found that watching films in 3D sharpens the brain...
Production & Post
Avid Everywhere powers Cannes Film Festival
Avid solutions will be used to power the post production of this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Interviews
The sound of theGreat British Menu
Matt Bacon, one the UK's leading TV sound recordists, worked on the successful Great British Menu produced by Optomen for the BBC. Since 2005,...