Vue International boss Tim Richards is stepping in as chair of the British Film Institute (BFI) at one of the most pivotal moments in the org’s history.
The U.K. industry has weathered close to a year of the coronavirus pandemic and three national lockdowns, the most recent of which is still in place. While film and TV production has been allowed to continue throughout, and overall spend ($3.9 billion) dropped, remarkably, just 21% in 2020 — faring significantly better than most feared — the country’s cinemas, including the BFI’s own venues, have remained shuttered since December.
Meanwhile, wider industry issues aside, the org’s ambitious strategic plan, BFI2022, announced in 2016, is coming to an end next year, and a new and presumably Covid-proof formula will need to be instated, all while maintaining the groundbreaking diversity standards championed by Richards’ predecessor Josh Berger, the former Warner Bros. U.K. boss who chaired the BFI for 10 years.
The U.K. industry has weathered close to a year of the coronavirus pandemic and three national lockdowns, the most recent of which is still in place. While film and TV production has been allowed to continue throughout, and overall spend ($3.9 billion) dropped, remarkably, just 21% in 2020 — faring significantly better than most feared — the country’s cinemas, including the BFI’s own venues, have remained shuttered since December.
Meanwhile, wider industry issues aside, the org’s ambitious strategic plan, BFI2022, announced in 2016, is coming to an end next year, and a new and presumably Covid-proof formula will need to be instated, all while maintaining the groundbreaking diversity standards championed by Richards’ predecessor Josh Berger, the former Warner Bros. U.K. boss who chaired the BFI for 10 years.
- 2/12/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Tim Richards of Vue Cinemas is understood to be one of the final three.
Tim Richards, founder and CEO of Vue Cinemas, Caroline Michel, CEO of UK literary agency Peters Fraser & Dunlop (Pfd), and Nick Clarry of private equity firm Cvc and chair of the Old Vic, are understood to be the three people on the shortlist to become the next chairperson of the British Film Institute (BFI).
Former UK culture minister Ed Vaizey, previously considered a very strong contender to take up the post, is now not thought to be in the final three.
The chair of the BFI...
Tim Richards, founder and CEO of Vue Cinemas, Caroline Michel, CEO of UK literary agency Peters Fraser & Dunlop (Pfd), and Nick Clarry of private equity firm Cvc and chair of the Old Vic, are understood to be the three people on the shortlist to become the next chairperson of the British Film Institute (BFI).
Former UK culture minister Ed Vaizey, previously considered a very strong contender to take up the post, is now not thought to be in the final three.
The chair of the BFI...
- 1/20/2021
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
David Puttnam named school’s life president.
MP and former culture minister Ed Vaizey has officially opened two new National Film And Television School (Nfts) buildings on the school’s campus in Beaconsfield.
Titled the Channel 4 Rose Building, after the late senior commissioning editor and Channel 4 David Rose, and Sky Studios at the Nfts respectively, the buildings are part of a £20m development at the School.
At an event held this morning (July 7) on site, David Puttnam was named life president of the Nfts.
The new school facilities include a 4K Digital Content Studio, two teaching buildings, a second cinema, and supplementary teaching space.
Funding for the project form the Dcms (Department for Culture Media and Spor), Channel 4, Sky, and the Buckinghamshire Thames Valley Local Enterprise Partnership, with additional funding from partners including the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce), the British Film Institute (BFI), Creative Skillset, the Broccoli...
MP and former culture minister Ed Vaizey has officially opened two new National Film And Television School (Nfts) buildings on the school’s campus in Beaconsfield.
Titled the Channel 4 Rose Building, after the late senior commissioning editor and Channel 4 David Rose, and Sky Studios at the Nfts respectively, the buildings are part of a £20m development at the School.
At an event held this morning (July 7) on site, David Puttnam was named life president of the Nfts.
The new school facilities include a 4K Digital Content Studio, two teaching buildings, a second cinema, and supplementary teaching space.
Funding for the project form the Dcms (Department for Culture Media and Spor), Channel 4, Sky, and the Buckinghamshire Thames Valley Local Enterprise Partnership, with additional funding from partners including the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce), the British Film Institute (BFI), Creative Skillset, the Broccoli...
- 7/7/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Minister for Digital & Culture Matt Hancock re-elected.
The UK has woken up to a hung parliament with the Conservatives as the largest party, after the general election produced no overall winner.
With nearly all results in, prime minister Theresa May faces ending up with 12 fewer seats than when she called the election.
The Tories are set to get 319, Labour 261, the Snp 35 and the Lib Dems 12.
The result has created considerable uncertainty over the makeup of a future government and its mandate to pursue the hard Brexit for which May had been campaigning.
Among key issues for the film industry this election were the UK’s divorce from the EU and the Conservatives’ policies on National Insurance Contributions, digital infrastructure rollout and skills investment.
While most major film and TV organisations declined to comment on the result, the UK’s Creative Industries Federation has responded with caution and some optimism.
Brexit
John Kampfner, chief executive...
The UK has woken up to a hung parliament with the Conservatives as the largest party, after the general election produced no overall winner.
With nearly all results in, prime minister Theresa May faces ending up with 12 fewer seats than when she called the election.
The Tories are set to get 319, Labour 261, the Snp 35 and the Lib Dems 12.
The result has created considerable uncertainty over the makeup of a future government and its mandate to pursue the hard Brexit for which May had been campaigning.
Among key issues for the film industry this election were the UK’s divorce from the EU and the Conservatives’ policies on National Insurance Contributions, digital infrastructure rollout and skills investment.
While most major film and TV organisations declined to comment on the result, the UK’s Creative Industries Federation has responded with caution and some optimism.
Brexit
John Kampfner, chief executive...
- 6/9/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Minister for Digital & Culture Matt Hancock re-elected.
The UK has woken up to a hung parliament with the Conservatives as the largest party, after the general election produced no overall winner.
With nearly all results in, prime minister Theresa May faces ending up with 12 fewer seats than when she called the election.
The Tories are set to get 319, Labour 261, the Snp 35 and the Lib Dems 12.
The result has created considerable uncertainty over the makeup of a future government and its mandate to pursue the hard Brexit for which May had been campaigning.
Among key issues for the film industry this election were the UK’s divorce from the EU and the Conservatives’ policies on National Insurance Contributions, digital infrastructure rollout and skills investment.
While most UK film and TV organisations declined to comment on the result, the UK’s Creative Industries Federation has responded with caution and some optimism.
Brexit
John Kampfner, chief executive...
The UK has woken up to a hung parliament with the Conservatives as the largest party, after the general election produced no overall winner.
With nearly all results in, prime minister Theresa May faces ending up with 12 fewer seats than when she called the election.
The Tories are set to get 319, Labour 261, the Snp 35 and the Lib Dems 12.
The result has created considerable uncertainty over the makeup of a future government and its mandate to pursue the hard Brexit for which May had been campaigning.
Among key issues for the film industry this election were the UK’s divorce from the EU and the Conservatives’ policies on National Insurance Contributions, digital infrastructure rollout and skills investment.
While most UK film and TV organisations declined to comment on the result, the UK’s Creative Industries Federation has responded with caution and some optimism.
Brexit
John Kampfner, chief executive...
- 6/9/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Minster for digital and culture Matt Hancock has flagged “success, access and synthesis” as the three cornerstone principles of his strategy for the creative industries.
Speaking at a Creative Industries Federation event at London’s BFI Southbank, Hancock urged the creative industries to increase access, arguing that the sector has “a special responsibility to be a force for openness and social mobility in Britain”.
It was the minister’s first speech addressing all of the creative industries since the former paymaster general was appointed to the role in Teresa May’s new cabinet in July.
Hancock pledged to “fight to ensure that the creative and digital industries are at the heart of the government’s industrial strategy”, and backed tax breaks as a success story in growing the sector, crediting the high-end television tax relief in 2013 for “the nascent boom in high quality television dramas”.
Pointing to the launch of Project Diamond as one of his first...
Speaking at a Creative Industries Federation event at London’s BFI Southbank, Hancock urged the creative industries to increase access, arguing that the sector has “a special responsibility to be a force for openness and social mobility in Britain”.
It was the minister’s first speech addressing all of the creative industries since the former paymaster general was appointed to the role in Teresa May’s new cabinet in July.
Hancock pledged to “fight to ensure that the creative and digital industries are at the heart of the government’s industrial strategy”, and backed tax breaks as a success story in growing the sector, crediting the high-end television tax relief in 2013 for “the nascent boom in high quality television dramas”.
Pointing to the launch of Project Diamond as one of his first...
- 9/9/2016
- ScreenDaily
UK-based film financier Ingenious has formed a joint venture with China’s Hejing Culture to produce and co-finance a slate of independent films in a deal worth $200m.
The deal comes two years after China and the UK signed a co-production treaty. The two partners said they intend some of the projects they co-finance to qualify as official Sino-uk co-productions. However, co-production status is not a requirement of the venture.
Backed by private and government investment, Hejing is a cultural media and film-television fund with more than $70bn assets under management. It has been involved in editing and republishing Chinese classic novels and owns the adaptation rights.
“It’s time to go international and show the world the charm of Chinese content and Chinese story-telling,” said Hejing Culture CEO Zhang Aiyi.
Ingenious CEO Neil Forster said: “The global market for entertainment content is experiencing an exciting period of change – from the seismic shifts in individual consumption patterns...
The deal comes two years after China and the UK signed a co-production treaty. The two partners said they intend some of the projects they co-finance to qualify as official Sino-uk co-productions. However, co-production status is not a requirement of the venture.
Backed by private and government investment, Hejing is a cultural media and film-television fund with more than $70bn assets under management. It has been involved in editing and republishing Chinese classic novels and owns the adaptation rights.
“It’s time to go international and show the world the charm of Chinese content and Chinese story-telling,” said Hejing Culture CEO Zhang Aiyi.
Ingenious CEO Neil Forster said: “The global market for entertainment content is experiencing an exciting period of change – from the seismic shifts in individual consumption patterns...
- 6/20/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
New classification structure for cinema adverts to be implemented on March 31.
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is to delegate the regulation of cinema advertisements in the UK to the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA).
Following a government consultation, the decision will end the dual regulation that the BBFC and the CAA had previously shared. The BBFC will retain its classification role for trailers, public information films, campaigning films and all other theatrical works.
In the case of doubts about whether a particular film should be considered an advertisement, the BBFC will determine how the film should be classified in accordance with its classification guidelines and inform the CAA accordingly.
Both the BBFC and CAA argued in favour of removing the dual regulation during a public consultation in May 2012.
BBFC chief executive David Austin said: “One of the BBFC’s guiding principles is to protect children and vulnerable adults from potentially harmful or otherwise unsuitable content. By sub-contracting...
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is to delegate the regulation of cinema advertisements in the UK to the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA).
Following a government consultation, the decision will end the dual regulation that the BBFC and the CAA had previously shared. The BBFC will retain its classification role for trailers, public information films, campaigning films and all other theatrical works.
In the case of doubts about whether a particular film should be considered an advertisement, the BBFC will determine how the film should be classified in accordance with its classification guidelines and inform the CAA accordingly.
Both the BBFC and CAA argued in favour of removing the dual regulation during a public consultation in May 2012.
BBFC chief executive David Austin said: “One of the BBFC’s guiding principles is to protect children and vulnerable adults from potentially harmful or otherwise unsuitable content. By sub-contracting...
- 3/24/2016
- ScreenDaily
The Culture White Paper is the first of its kind to be launched in 50 years, said the Government; £40m Discover England fund to launch this year.
The UK Government has launched a Culture White Paper – the first of its kind for 50 years – to outline its strategy for improving diversity and access in the cultural sector.
Launching the paper yesterday, culture minister Ed Vaizey said that the Government “wants to look at how we can take the arts forward”.
“At the moment we live in a society where the arts are far more pervasive than they were 50 years ago…but there’s still a lot more we can do.
“This paper is a real opportunity to set an agenda for the next ten years to put our arts and heritage at the centre of our thinking,” he added.
The paper broadly addresses four themes: access, diversity, export of Britain’s arts and heritage, and the financial...
The UK Government has launched a Culture White Paper – the first of its kind for 50 years – to outline its strategy for improving diversity and access in the cultural sector.
Launching the paper yesterday, culture minister Ed Vaizey said that the Government “wants to look at how we can take the arts forward”.
“At the moment we live in a society where the arts are far more pervasive than they were 50 years ago…but there’s still a lot more we can do.
“This paper is a real opportunity to set an agenda for the next ten years to put our arts and heritage at the centre of our thinking,” he added.
The paper broadly addresses four themes: access, diversity, export of Britain’s arts and heritage, and the financial...
- 3/24/2016
- ScreenDaily
The minister for culture discussed the health of the UK’s creative industries at a gathering of business leaders in London.
UK minister for culture Ed Vaizey has highlighted the importance of the UK’s non-London-based creative industries at a gathering of business leaders in the capital today.
“It’s really important to emphasise that the creative industries exist outside of London,” Vaizey told creative industries bosses at Creative England’s Catalyse conference, which was hosted at Google’s central London HQ.
“London is probably Europe’s capital for creative industries but it’s worth noting that 70% of the UK’s creative industries exist outside of London,” he added.
Funding body Creative England took the occassion to announce its 2016 Future Leaders, many of whom are based outside of London. Selected companies included film outfits with strong regional ties such as Yorkshire’s Duck Soup Films and Liverpool’s Hurricane Films, as well as...
UK minister for culture Ed Vaizey has highlighted the importance of the UK’s non-London-based creative industries at a gathering of business leaders in the capital today.
“It’s really important to emphasise that the creative industries exist outside of London,” Vaizey told creative industries bosses at Creative England’s Catalyse conference, which was hosted at Google’s central London HQ.
“London is probably Europe’s capital for creative industries but it’s worth noting that 70% of the UK’s creative industries exist outside of London,” he added.
Funding body Creative England took the occassion to announce its 2016 Future Leaders, many of whom are based outside of London. Selected companies included film outfits with strong regional ties such as Yorkshire’s Duck Soup Films and Liverpool’s Hurricane Films, as well as...
- 1/20/2016
- ScreenDaily
The chancellor’s surprise inclusion in the Star Wars credits is all about the UK government’s tax-relief scheme, which will see The Force Awakens classified as a British film
Related: Success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a true Hollywood box office triumph
The prominent credit that George Osborne and Ed Vaizey received in the final roll of Star Wars: The Force Awakens has turned into something of an embarrassment for the government – not only because of the government’s persistent attempts to associate itself with the record-breaking Hollywood blockbuster – which led to Osborne getting booed at the premiere for the film in London’s Leicester Square – but also because of large-scale reimbursements the film is expected to receive from Hmrc under the government’s film tax-relief scheme.
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Related: Success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a true Hollywood box office triumph
The prominent credit that George Osborne and Ed Vaizey received in the final roll of Star Wars: The Force Awakens has turned into something of an embarrassment for the government – not only because of the government’s persistent attempts to associate itself with the record-breaking Hollywood blockbuster – which led to Osborne getting booed at the premiere for the film in London’s Leicester Square – but also because of large-scale reimbursements the film is expected to receive from Hmrc under the government’s film tax-relief scheme.
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- 12/22/2015
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
The BFI London Film Festival has unveiled its industry programme and added three innovative film-makers to new strand Lff Connects.
Industry talks Lff Connects, which aim to explore the future of film and how film engages with other creative industries, has added writer, director, visual artist and vocalist Laurie Anderson; filmmaker and artist Guy Maddin; and virtual reality maestro Chris Milk.
This is on top of the previously announced talk featuring Interstellar director Christopher Nolan and artist Tacita Dean.
Us artist Anderson is best known for her multimedia presentations and innovative use of technology. As writer, director, visual artist and vocalist she has created ground-breaking works that span the worlds of art, theatre and experimental music.
Her new documentary Heart of the Dog, which screens as a new programme addition at Lff, is her first feature since the 1986 concert movie Home of the Brave. At Lff Connects, Anderson will talk about her creative approach to filmmaking and how...
Industry talks Lff Connects, which aim to explore the future of film and how film engages with other creative industries, has added writer, director, visual artist and vocalist Laurie Anderson; filmmaker and artist Guy Maddin; and virtual reality maestro Chris Milk.
This is on top of the previously announced talk featuring Interstellar director Christopher Nolan and artist Tacita Dean.
Us artist Anderson is best known for her multimedia presentations and innovative use of technology. As writer, director, visual artist and vocalist she has created ground-breaking works that span the worlds of art, theatre and experimental music.
Her new documentary Heart of the Dog, which screens as a new programme addition at Lff, is her first feature since the 1986 concert movie Home of the Brave. At Lff Connects, Anderson will talk about her creative approach to filmmaking and how...
- 9/14/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Entertainment One (eOne) and Creative England will plough a combined £500,000 into regional drama development as they bid to unearth a hit on the scale of Broadchurch.
The two organisations joined forces this week to develop and finance a high-end drama slate from UK producers and writers based in the regions.
Each will contribute £250,000 towards the development of up to 24 projects in the next two years.
Successful shows will be distributed by eOne, while the initiative will help to fulfil not-for-profit Creative England’s remit to nurture talent across the country.
“We have an agenda to grow an original slate in the UK, which will become our European hub,” said eOne executive vice-president of global production Carrie Stein. “Our agenda is complementary with Creative England’s: to nurture talent and grow businesses to appeal beyond the UK market.”
She added: “One strand of the project will be for high-end writers to develop shows like The Missing, Downton Abbey or Broadchurch...
The two organisations joined forces this week to develop and finance a high-end drama slate from UK producers and writers based in the regions.
Each will contribute £250,000 towards the development of up to 24 projects in the next two years.
Successful shows will be distributed by eOne, while the initiative will help to fulfil not-for-profit Creative England’s remit to nurture talent across the country.
“We have an agenda to grow an original slate in the UK, which will become our European hub,” said eOne executive vice-president of global production Carrie Stein. “Our agenda is complementary with Creative England’s: to nurture talent and grow businesses to appeal beyond the UK market.”
She added: “One strand of the project will be for high-end writers to develop shows like The Missing, Downton Abbey or Broadchurch...
- 6/25/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The Walking Dead distributor and UK funding body launch slate for regional producers.
Indie-major Entertainment One (eOne) and UK funding body Creative England are to develop and finance an internationally-minded TV drama slate from UK regional producers.
The partnership, called the Entertainment One and Creative England Television Drama Venture, is currently scouting for an executive to lead the venture, which will look to back “new and original UK voices”.
eOne, distributor of The Walking Dead, Peppa Pig and Hell on Wheels, will handle all media sales outside of the UK on the projects via its London-based TV sales HQ.
The unusual alliance unites growing Canadian giant eOne, which is looking to expand its production footprint in the UK, with publicly-backed creative industries body Creative England, whose production funds have previously backed BAFTA -winning series Dancing on the Edge as well as feature films 45 Years and The Goob.
Financial commitments were not immediately disclosed for the project, which...
Indie-major Entertainment One (eOne) and UK funding body Creative England are to develop and finance an internationally-minded TV drama slate from UK regional producers.
The partnership, called the Entertainment One and Creative England Television Drama Venture, is currently scouting for an executive to lead the venture, which will look to back “new and original UK voices”.
eOne, distributor of The Walking Dead, Peppa Pig and Hell on Wheels, will handle all media sales outside of the UK on the projects via its London-based TV sales HQ.
The unusual alliance unites growing Canadian giant eOne, which is looking to expand its production footprint in the UK, with publicly-backed creative industries body Creative England, whose production funds have previously backed BAFTA -winning series Dancing on the Edge as well as feature films 45 Years and The Goob.
Financial commitments were not immediately disclosed for the project, which...
- 6/23/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
A total of 1.2 million digital and creative skilled workers needed by 2022 says Creative Skillset
The digital and creative sector is expected to need 1.2 million new workers by 2022 - equivalent to half the current workforce.
Creative Skillset, the creative industries skills and training body, has accepted the challenges of the unprecedented growth outlined in the UK Commission for Employment & Skills (Ukces) report, Sector Insights, Skills Challenges in the digital and creative sector.
In order to meet this level of growth, fairer access to job opportunities and training is essential, according to Creative Skillset.
The report demanded that the digital and creative sectors speak to a wider field of potential recruits with different educational and professional backgrounds.
Outside of It and Tech, the creative digital sector is formed of small businesses and has high levels of freelancers, characterised by informal recruitment and barriers to training.
Creative Skillset CEO Dinah Caine said: “With a growing workforce, ensuring fair access...
The digital and creative sector is expected to need 1.2 million new workers by 2022 - equivalent to half the current workforce.
Creative Skillset, the creative industries skills and training body, has accepted the challenges of the unprecedented growth outlined in the UK Commission for Employment & Skills (Ukces) report, Sector Insights, Skills Challenges in the digital and creative sector.
In order to meet this level of growth, fairer access to job opportunities and training is essential, according to Creative Skillset.
The report demanded that the digital and creative sectors speak to a wider field of potential recruits with different educational and professional backgrounds.
Outside of It and Tech, the creative digital sector is formed of small businesses and has high levels of freelancers, characterised by informal recruitment and barriers to training.
Creative Skillset CEO Dinah Caine said: “With a growing workforce, ensuring fair access...
- 6/12/2015
- ScreenDaily
Marion Bava's Black Sabbath, banned in the UK for many years because censors judged it to be too violent.
Oh my! The BBFC is rattled. Forgive the schadenfreude: but it couldn’t have happened to a more deserving bunch of nannying busybodies.
Earlier this week, Government introduced new regulations designed to clamp down on the commercial availability of online porn. This they did using a device known as a statutory instrument, which means that the regulations - which in theory do no more than amend existing law – were placed in the library of the House of Commons and then, after a suitable period, dragged out and signed by the relevant Minister. In this case, Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture, Media and Sport.
There was no parliamentary debate, no advance publicity. Nothing.
A major change to how individuals may watch and interact with pornographic material has been foisted upon the British...
Oh my! The BBFC is rattled. Forgive the schadenfreude: but it couldn’t have happened to a more deserving bunch of nannying busybodies.
Earlier this week, Government introduced new regulations designed to clamp down on the commercial availability of online porn. This they did using a device known as a statutory instrument, which means that the regulations - which in theory do no more than amend existing law – were placed in the library of the House of Commons and then, after a suitable period, dragged out and signed by the relevant Minister. In this case, Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture, Media and Sport.
There was no parliamentary debate, no advance publicity. Nothing.
A major change to how individuals may watch and interact with pornographic material has been foisted upon the British...
- 12/5/2014
- by Jane Fae
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The UK culture minister talks about the current strengths and challenges of the British film industry.
Ed Vaizey, the Conservative MP for Wantage and Didcot, is the UK’s Minister of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Earlier this week, the Dcms released figures about the strength of British film production — with total UK spend for film so far this year at £750m, with £600m coming from inward investment – a “significant increase on the same point in 2013.” (Total spend in 2013 was £1.1bn.) The Dcms noted that for every £1 invested through the Film Tax Relief, £12 is generated for UK Gdp.
On the occassion of the BFI London Film Festival, Vaizey spoke to Screen editor Wendy Mitchell about the job being done by the BFI, the challenges ahead for the British film industry, and the current bright spots to celebrate in the UK’s creative industries.
We’ve seen...
Ed Vaizey, the Conservative MP for Wantage and Didcot, is the UK’s Minister of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Earlier this week, the Dcms released figures about the strength of British film production — with total UK spend for film so far this year at £750m, with £600m coming from inward investment – a “significant increase on the same point in 2013.” (Total spend in 2013 was £1.1bn.) The Dcms noted that for every £1 invested through the Film Tax Relief, £12 is generated for UK Gdp.
On the occassion of the BFI London Film Festival, Vaizey spoke to Screen editor Wendy Mitchell about the job being done by the BFI, the challenges ahead for the British film industry, and the current bright spots to celebrate in the UK’s creative industries.
We’ve seen...
- 10/16/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Visual effects studio Industrial Light & Magic opens new London facility; unveils senior team.
Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) held a ceremony today marking the official opening of ILM London’s new building, located in central London, and recognizing the new research and development initiatives the company will be undertaking in the London office.
Participants at the ceremony included Chancellor George Osborne; Ed Vaizey, Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy; Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy; Ilm president and general manager Lynwen Brennan; Ilm chief creative officer John Knoll; Ilm London’s director of operations, Sue Lyster; creative director Ben Morris; and animation director Michael Eames.
The London studio is currently working on the highly anticipated sequels Avengers: Age of Ultron and Star Wars: Episode VII and will also service the UK market directly.
Brennan praised London for its “fantastic visual effects industry and rich talent pool made”, which made it “an ideal location to expand...
Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) held a ceremony today marking the official opening of ILM London’s new building, located in central London, and recognizing the new research and development initiatives the company will be undertaking in the London office.
Participants at the ceremony included Chancellor George Osborne; Ed Vaizey, Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy; Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy; Ilm president and general manager Lynwen Brennan; Ilm chief creative officer John Knoll; Ilm London’s director of operations, Sue Lyster; creative director Ben Morris; and animation director Michael Eames.
The London studio is currently working on the highly anticipated sequels Avengers: Age of Ultron and Star Wars: Episode VII and will also service the UK market directly.
Brennan praised London for its “fantastic visual effects industry and rich talent pool made”, which made it “an ideal location to expand...
- 10/15/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Screen International has teamed with BFI London Film Festival and British Council to present the UK Stars of Tomorrow – one of several industry events unveiled today.
The first Screen International UK Stars of Tomorrow at Lff dinner is to be held on Oct 14 during the BFI London Film Festival (Oct 8-19).
The event will bring together a selection of this year’s Stars of Tomorrow, including Aimee Ffion-Edwards and Phoebe Walller-Bridge, with casting directors, packaging agents, festival programmers, producers and financiers.
It will be preceded by a masterclass led by Us casting agent Deborah Aquila, whose credits include The Shawshank Redemption and TV series Dexter and The Shield.
The event is supported by British Council and Casting Society of America (Csa), and will be held in association with We Are UK Film.
The dinner is by invitation only and is not an open event.
Lff industry events
The 58th edition of the festival has restructured its industry...
The first Screen International UK Stars of Tomorrow at Lff dinner is to be held on Oct 14 during the BFI London Film Festival (Oct 8-19).
The event will bring together a selection of this year’s Stars of Tomorrow, including Aimee Ffion-Edwards and Phoebe Walller-Bridge, with casting directors, packaging agents, festival programmers, producers and financiers.
It will be preceded by a masterclass led by Us casting agent Deborah Aquila, whose credits include The Shawshank Redemption and TV series Dexter and The Shield.
The event is supported by British Council and Casting Society of America (Csa), and will be held in association with We Are UK Film.
The dinner is by invitation only and is not an open event.
Lff industry events
The 58th edition of the festival has restructured its industry...
- 10/1/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Screen International has teamed with BFI London Film Festival and British Council to present the UK Stars of Tomorrow – one of several industry events unveiled today.
The first Screen International UK Stars of Tomorrow at Lff dinner is to be held on Oct 14 during the BFI London Film Festival (Oct 8-19).
The event will bring together a selection of this year’s Stars of Tomorrow, including Aimee Ffion-Edwards and Phoebe Walller-Bridge, with casting directors, packaging agents, festival programmers, producers and financiers.
It will be preceded by a masterclass led by Us casting agent Deborah Aquila, whose credits include The Shawshank Redemption and TV series Dexter and The Shield.
The event is supported by British Council and Casting Society of America (Csa), and will be held in association with We Are UK Film.
The dinner is by invitation only and is not an open event.
Lff industry events
The 58th edition of the festival has restructured its industry...
The first Screen International UK Stars of Tomorrow at Lff dinner is to be held on Oct 14 during the BFI London Film Festival (Oct 8-19).
The event will bring together a selection of this year’s Stars of Tomorrow, including Aimee Ffion-Edwards and Phoebe Walller-Bridge, with casting directors, packaging agents, festival programmers, producers and financiers.
It will be preceded by a masterclass led by Us casting agent Deborah Aquila, whose credits include The Shawshank Redemption and TV series Dexter and The Shield.
The event is supported by British Council and Casting Society of America (Csa), and will be held in association with We Are UK Film.
The dinner is by invitation only and is not an open event.
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- 10/1/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Culture minister Ed Vaizey to meet BFI and industry during London Film Festival.
Diversity in the film industry “needs its own conversation”, BFI Film Fund director Ben Roberts has told ScreenDaily.
Roberts acknowledged that diversity in the TV sector has dominated recent meetings between the Dcms and the creative industries:
“The TV conversation was becoming the dominant conversation in those rooms,” he told Screen.
“That is fine and good but it’s a different conversation. In those rooms you have large corporations like the BBC who are able to make decisions across sectors including production, distribution and commissioning.
“It’s a different ecology and economy in film, which needs its own conversation.”
Roberts is due to meet with culture minister Ed Vaizey and select film industry during the London Film Festival (Oct 8-19) to address diversity.
The Film Fund head said he anticipates a “very focused” conversation on the issue but could not as yet disclose...
Diversity in the film industry “needs its own conversation”, BFI Film Fund director Ben Roberts has told ScreenDaily.
Roberts acknowledged that diversity in the TV sector has dominated recent meetings between the Dcms and the creative industries:
“The TV conversation was becoming the dominant conversation in those rooms,” he told Screen.
“That is fine and good but it’s a different conversation. In those rooms you have large corporations like the BBC who are able to make decisions across sectors including production, distribution and commissioning.
“It’s a different ecology and economy in film, which needs its own conversation.”
Roberts is due to meet with culture minister Ed Vaizey and select film industry during the London Film Festival (Oct 8-19) to address diversity.
The Film Fund head said he anticipates a “very focused” conversation on the issue but could not as yet disclose...
- 9/23/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Ed Vaizey has been promoted to role of Minister responsible for digital industries as part of UK parliamentary reshuffle.
Prime Minister David Cameron’s parliamentary reshuffle has seen Ed Vaizey, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, promoted to the role of Minister responsible for digital industries.
As part of the promotion Vaizey’s responsibilities will be shared between his current department – Culture, Media and Sport – and the Business, Innovation and Skills department.
While new responsibilities have yet to be disclosed, it is likely Vaizey’s brief will include addressing digital piracy through copyright legislation and work on EU data protection reform.
As UK culture minister Vaizey was responsible for the introduction of 4G and the rural broadband programme.
The Conservative MP was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries in May 2010 and is widely regarded as an ally for the film industry within government.
In 2011 the...
Prime Minister David Cameron’s parliamentary reshuffle has seen Ed Vaizey, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, promoted to the role of Minister responsible for digital industries.
As part of the promotion Vaizey’s responsibilities will be shared between his current department – Culture, Media and Sport – and the Business, Innovation and Skills department.
While new responsibilities have yet to be disclosed, it is likely Vaizey’s brief will include addressing digital piracy through copyright legislation and work on EU data protection reform.
As UK culture minister Vaizey was responsible for the introduction of 4G and the rural broadband programme.
The Conservative MP was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries in May 2010 and is widely regarded as an ally for the film industry within government.
In 2011 the...
- 7/16/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
BFI-backed productions must comply with new ‘three ticks’ rule from September.
UK film productions that receive money from the BFI Film Fund must adhere to new diversity quotas from September, the BFI has announced today.
The BFI’s new three ticks assessment - designed to improve diversity of ethnicity, disability, gender, sexual orientation and socio-economic background in the industry - requires applicants to demonstrate commitment across three areas of their production: on screen diversity, off-screen diversity and employment opportunities.
At least one ‘tick’ will be needed in two of the three areas for a project to be eligible for funding (full criteria and guidelines below).
Projects will be independently assessed by the BFI’s Certification Unit with qualifying films receiving a BFI diversity logo.
To incentivise good practice, each year one qualifying producer will be given a Lottery award to fund a diversity opportunity or work placement within their company for 12 months.
The BFI is...
UK film productions that receive money from the BFI Film Fund must adhere to new diversity quotas from September, the BFI has announced today.
The BFI’s new three ticks assessment - designed to improve diversity of ethnicity, disability, gender, sexual orientation and socio-economic background in the industry - requires applicants to demonstrate commitment across three areas of their production: on screen diversity, off-screen diversity and employment opportunities.
At least one ‘tick’ will be needed in two of the three areas for a project to be eligible for funding (full criteria and guidelines below).
Projects will be independently assessed by the BFI’s Certification Unit with qualifying films receiving a BFI diversity logo.
To incentivise good practice, each year one qualifying producer will be given a Lottery award to fund a diversity opportunity or work placement within their company for 12 months.
The BFI is...
- 7/7/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
BFI-backed productions must comply with new ‘three ticks’ rule from September.
UK film productions that receive money from the BFI Film Fund must adhere to new diversity quotas from September, the BFI has announced today.
The BFI’s new three ticks assessment - designed to improve diversity of ethnicity, disability, gender, sexual orientation and socio-economic background in the industry - requires applicants to demonstrate commitment across three areas of their production: on screen diversity, off-screen diversity and employment opportunities.
At least one ‘tick’ will be needed in two of the three areas for a project to be eligible for funding (full criteria and guidelines below).
Projects will be independently assessed by the BFI’s Certification Unit with qualifying films receiving a BFI diversity logo.
To incentivise good practice, each year one qualifying producer will be given a Lottery award to fund a diversity opportunity or work placement within their company for 12 months.
The BFI is...
UK film productions that receive money from the BFI Film Fund must adhere to new diversity quotas from September, the BFI has announced today.
The BFI’s new three ticks assessment - designed to improve diversity of ethnicity, disability, gender, sexual orientation and socio-economic background in the industry - requires applicants to demonstrate commitment across three areas of their production: on screen diversity, off-screen diversity and employment opportunities.
At least one ‘tick’ will be needed in two of the three areas for a project to be eligible for funding (full criteria and guidelines below).
Projects will be independently assessed by the BFI’s Certification Unit with qualifying films receiving a BFI diversity logo.
To incentivise good practice, each year one qualifying producer will be given a Lottery award to fund a diversity opportunity or work placement within their company for 12 months.
The BFI is...
- 7/7/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
BFI-backed productions must comply with new ‘three ticks’ rule from September.
UK film productions that receive money from the BFI Film Fund must adhere to new diversity quotas from September, the BFI has announced today.
The BFI’s new three ticks assessment - designed to improve diversity of ethnicity, disability, gender, sexual orientation and socio-economic background in the industry - requires applicants to demonstrate commitment across three areas of their production: on screen diversity, off-screen diversity and employment opportunities.
At least one ‘tick’ will be needed in two of the three areas for a project to be eligible for funding (full criteria and guidelines below).
Projects will be independently assessed by the BFI’s Certification Unit with qualifying films receiving a BFI diversity logo.
To incentivise good practice, each year one qualifying producer will be given a Lottery award to fund a diversity opportunity or work placement within their company for 12 months.
The BFI is...
UK film productions that receive money from the BFI Film Fund must adhere to new diversity quotas from September, the BFI has announced today.
The BFI’s new three ticks assessment - designed to improve diversity of ethnicity, disability, gender, sexual orientation and socio-economic background in the industry - requires applicants to demonstrate commitment across three areas of their production: on screen diversity, off-screen diversity and employment opportunities.
At least one ‘tick’ will be needed in two of the three areas for a project to be eligible for funding (full criteria and guidelines below).
Projects will be independently assessed by the BFI’s Certification Unit with qualifying films receiving a BFI diversity logo.
To incentivise good practice, each year one qualifying producer will be given a Lottery award to fund a diversity opportunity or work placement within their company for 12 months.
The BFI is...
- 7/7/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The much-hyped film co-production agreement between Britain and China became a reality on Wednesday when Britain’s culture minister, Ed Vaizey, and Tong Gang, the vice minister of the State Administration of Radio, Film & Television, formally signed off on the treaty, which will allow Sino-British co-productions to sidestep China's quota system for foreign films. It is hoped the treaty, brokered by the British Film Institute and flagged in advance of prime minister David Cameron's visit last year to China, will open up the Chinese market for British cinema. China's current quota system means just 34 foreign
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- 4/23/2014
- by Clifford Coonan, Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A film co-production treaty between the UK and China has been signed by Culture Minister Ed Vaizey and Vice Minister Tong Gang of the State Administration of Radio, Film & Television (Sarft).
Vaizey is currently in China as part of a UK Government delegation to push forward new areas of cultural collaboration and champion the UK’s creative industries.
The treaty, which was negotiated for the UK by the British Film Institute (BFI) with support from the Dcms and UK Trade & Investment in Beijing, will allow qualifying co-productions to access national benefits including sources of finance and an easier passage to audiences.
In the UK this includes the Film Tax Relief and the BFI Film Fund - the UK’s largest public film fund. In addition, eligible co-productions will not be subject to China’s quota on foreign films, which only permits a limited number of non-domestic titles to be shown in Chinese cinemas each year.
China‘s film...
Vaizey is currently in China as part of a UK Government delegation to push forward new areas of cultural collaboration and champion the UK’s creative industries.
The treaty, which was negotiated for the UK by the British Film Institute (BFI) with support from the Dcms and UK Trade & Investment in Beijing, will allow qualifying co-productions to access national benefits including sources of finance and an easier passage to audiences.
In the UK this includes the Film Tax Relief and the BFI Film Fund - the UK’s largest public film fund. In addition, eligible co-productions will not be subject to China’s quota on foreign films, which only permits a limited number of non-domestic titles to be shown in Chinese cinemas each year.
China‘s film...
- 4/23/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
A host of UK indies are in China for a China-uk TV summit
A trade mission comprising 22 UK TV indies and Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham is in China for the first ever China-uk TV summit.
UK companies including Shed Media, Zigzag, All3Media, Argonon and Arrow Media will meet with more than 100 Chinese delegates.
The mission includes meetings, presentations and pitches and today’s signing of a memorandum of understanding between Pact and China Central Television, aimed at fostering collaborations on commissions, co-productions and acquisitions.
The MoU will be witnessed by senior Chinese government officials and UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey MP.
The TV summit follows the first ever China-uk film summit, which took place last week, and precedes a reciprocal UK-China film and TV summit in the UK in September.
Pact chief executive John McVay said of this week’s event: “This landmark television summit...
A trade mission comprising 22 UK TV indies and Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham is in China for the first ever China-uk TV summit.
UK companies including Shed Media, Zigzag, All3Media, Argonon and Arrow Media will meet with more than 100 Chinese delegates.
The mission includes meetings, presentations and pitches and today’s signing of a memorandum of understanding between Pact and China Central Television, aimed at fostering collaborations on commissions, co-productions and acquisitions.
The MoU will be witnessed by senior Chinese government officials and UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey MP.
The TV summit follows the first ever China-uk film summit, which took place last week, and precedes a reciprocal UK-China film and TV summit in the UK in September.
Pact chief executive John McVay said of this week’s event: “This landmark television summit...
- 4/23/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
London – British TV personality Lenny Henry used an honorary lecture delivered at BAFTA headquarters in London Monday to call for new legislation that would bring more black, Asian and minority ethic (Bame) professionals into roles within the creative industries. Each year, BAFTA invites one of TV's foremost figures to give their personal view on creative excellence in television and their vision for the future. Photos: The Top Celebrity Political Twitter Commentators Henry used his platform to expand on recommendations he put forward earlier in March at a roundtable held by U.K. government culture minister Ed Vaizey to discuss the decline in
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- 3/18/2014
- by Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
We have a small golden circle of writers who do everything, in effect closing the door on Britain's rich diversity of talent
A meeting I attended this week, chaired by the culture minister Ed Vaizey in the House of Commons, was in many ways a ground-breaking event. For the first time, representatives from film, television and the performing arts came together to acknowledge that representation among black, Asian and ethnic minorities across the television and film industry – most significantly behind the camera – has fallen from 7.4% in 2009 to 5.4% in 2012, and is continuing to decrease, and that it is not an acceptable state of affairs in a vibrant democracy which boasts a rich diversity of cultures. Most important, we recognise it is our job collectively to reverse this trend by ensuring that the inequalities faced by ethnic minority talent become a thing of the past.
Many options and possibilities for changing the...
A meeting I attended this week, chaired by the culture minister Ed Vaizey in the House of Commons, was in many ways a ground-breaking event. For the first time, representatives from film, television and the performing arts came together to acknowledge that representation among black, Asian and ethnic minorities across the television and film industry – most significantly behind the camera – has fallen from 7.4% in 2009 to 5.4% in 2012, and is continuing to decrease, and that it is not an acceptable state of affairs in a vibrant democracy which boasts a rich diversity of cultures. Most important, we recognise it is our job collectively to reverse this trend by ensuring that the inequalities faced by ethnic minority talent become a thing of the past.
Many options and possibilities for changing the...
- 1/24/2014
- by Lenny Henry
- The Guardian - Film News
Recommendations include pushing independent and specialised films to improve audience choice across the UK and the formation of a task force to resolve questions around Virtual Print Fees.
Two years after the publication of the Film Policy Review, an independent panel has delivered a follow-up report that sets new challenges for the UK film industry, BFI and government.
The panel of industry experts, initiated by the Dcms (Department for Culture, Media & Sport) and chaired by Lord Chris Smith, has issued a series of recommendations to increase audience choice further and build on the demand for British films in the UK and overseas.
These recommendations include:
the BFI should engage more with the larger commercial exhibitors and smaller distributors of British independent and specialised films to improve audience choice across the UK;
Film Nation UK should engage with Department for Education, schools and teachers to achieve capacity and scale for film education interventions;
a task force should be established...
Two years after the publication of the Film Policy Review, an independent panel has delivered a follow-up report that sets new challenges for the UK film industry, BFI and government.
The panel of industry experts, initiated by the Dcms (Department for Culture, Media & Sport) and chaired by Lord Chris Smith, has issued a series of recommendations to increase audience choice further and build on the demand for British films in the UK and overseas.
These recommendations include:
the BFI should engage more with the larger commercial exhibitors and smaller distributors of British independent and specialised films to improve audience choice across the UK;
Film Nation UK should engage with Department for Education, schools and teachers to achieve capacity and scale for film education interventions;
a task force should be established...
- 1/22/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Ed Vaizey, minister for UK Culture, Communications and Creative Industries is calling on senior figures in TV, film and arts to explain the lack of diversity in their industries at a ministerial roundtable next week.
Fresh analysis of Skillset census data has shown that between 2004 and 2006, the reported number of black, Asian and minority ethnic individuals (Bame) in the UK television industry rose by 81% - whereas in the six years between 2006 and 2012 there was a 31% decline.
In an invitation for the event, being held next Wednesday (Jan 22), Vaizey said that specific measures must be put in place to improve the situation.
“I would like to hear from you about the barriers to Bame individuals entering and progressing within your industries, your experience of what works in overcoming those barriers, and what more you think the industry could do, working together, to increase Bame representation,” he said.
The Creative Skillset Employment Census, published on July...
Fresh analysis of Skillset census data has shown that between 2004 and 2006, the reported number of black, Asian and minority ethnic individuals (Bame) in the UK television industry rose by 81% - whereas in the six years between 2006 and 2012 there was a 31% decline.
In an invitation for the event, being held next Wednesday (Jan 22), Vaizey said that specific measures must be put in place to improve the situation.
“I would like to hear from you about the barriers to Bame individuals entering and progressing within your industries, your experience of what works in overcoming those barriers, and what more you think the industry could do, working together, to increase Bame representation,” he said.
The Creative Skillset Employment Census, published on July...
- 1/13/2014
- ScreenDaily
The European Commission (EC) has finally adopted a new Communication on state aid for films and other audiovisual works.
The new Communication, which comes into effect as soon as it appears in the EU’s Official Journal covers, as today’s text says, “in particular, (…) State aid for a wider scope of activities, highlights the principle of subsidiarity in the area of cultural policy and the respect of internal market principles, introduces a higher maximum aid intensity level for cross-border productions and caters for the protection of and access to film heritage.”
“The Commission believes that these changes are necessary in view of the developments since 2001 and will help European works to be more competitive and pan-European in future.”
In something akin to understatement, the Commission said that the issue of territorial obligations had attracted “particular attention” and noted in its new text that “Paragraph 50 (of the Communication) sets the limits for each mechanism within which the Commission...
The new Communication, which comes into effect as soon as it appears in the EU’s Official Journal covers, as today’s text says, “in particular, (…) State aid for a wider scope of activities, highlights the principle of subsidiarity in the area of cultural policy and the respect of internal market principles, introduces a higher maximum aid intensity level for cross-border productions and caters for the protection of and access to film heritage.”
“The Commission believes that these changes are necessary in view of the developments since 2001 and will help European works to be more competitive and pan-European in future.”
In something akin to understatement, the Commission said that the issue of territorial obligations had attracted “particular attention” and noted in its new text that “Paragraph 50 (of the Communication) sets the limits for each mechanism within which the Commission...
- 11/14/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
In April 2013, the acclaimed Hollywood studio Warner Brothers opened its first facility in the UK, the Warner Brothers Studio in Leavesden, Hertfordshire. The stunning £100 million facility was opened by Culture Minister Ed Vaizey, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry.
Warner Brothers were founded in the Us in 1918 by four brothers named Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack, and found instant fame as a film studio thanks to their first star, the canine hero Rin Tin Tin. Since then Warner Brothers have gone on to produce some of the most successful films in movie history, such as Argo and The Artist, the 2012 and 2011 winners of the Best Picture Oscar at the Academy Awards.
In the UK, Warner Brothers have produced Brit-based films such as the James Bond thriller Goldeneye, the first Star Wars prequel The Phantom Menace and of course, all eight films in the Harry Potter series, from...
Warner Brothers were founded in the Us in 1918 by four brothers named Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack, and found instant fame as a film studio thanks to their first star, the canine hero Rin Tin Tin. Since then Warner Brothers have gone on to produce some of the most successful films in movie history, such as Argo and The Artist, the 2012 and 2011 winners of the Best Picture Oscar at the Academy Awards.
In the UK, Warner Brothers have produced Brit-based films such as the James Bond thriller Goldeneye, the first Star Wars prequel The Phantom Menace and of course, all eight films in the Harry Potter series, from...
- 10/25/2013
- by Damien Filbert
- Obsessed with Film
London, Sep 28: American singer Kelly Clarkson, who had purchased a ring that once belonged to English novelist Jane Austen in a bid, will not be able to take it out of Britain as its export has been banned.
The ban was placed by the British culture ministry, which decided it had too much historical significance.
The ring will now be placed in the Jane Austen House Museum in Britain for good.
"The export licensing system provides us with a 'last chance' to save treasures like these for the nation so they can be enjoyed by all of us," contactmusic.com quoted Culture Minister Ed Vaizey as saying.
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The ban was placed by the British culture ministry, which decided it had too much historical significance.
The ring will now be placed in the Jane Austen House Museum in Britain for good.
"The export licensing system provides us with a 'last chance' to save treasures like these for the nation so they can be enjoyed by all of us," contactmusic.com quoted Culture Minister Ed Vaizey as saying.
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- 9/28/2013
- by Diksha Singh
- RealBollywood.com
London, Sep 24: A turquoise and gold ring that once belonged to author Jane Austen is set to remain in the UK, despite being bought by Us singer Kelly Clarkson last year.
Clarkson bought the ring for 152,450 pounds at an auction, outbidding the Jane Austen's House Museum, the BBC reported.
However, the museum has since raised enough money to buy the ring with worldwide donations, and its bid has been accepted.
Culture minister Ed Vaizey placed an export ban on the jewel, valid until Sep mber 30th, in a bid to keep the ring, which is accompanied by papers documenting its history, within the author's family in the.
Clarkson bought the ring for 152,450 pounds at an auction, outbidding the Jane Austen's House Museum, the BBC reported.
However, the museum has since raised enough money to buy the ring with worldwide donations, and its bid has been accepted.
Culture minister Ed Vaizey placed an export ban on the jewel, valid until Sep mber 30th, in a bid to keep the ring, which is accompanied by papers documenting its history, within the author's family in the.
- 9/24/2013
- by Arun Pandit
- RealBollywood.com
Exclusive: BFI proposes new Vpf framework ahead of Film Policy Review meeting.
Ahead of this autumn’s reconvening of the Film Policy Review panel, the British Film Institute has written to digital cinema integrators with a “formal request” for them to implement “changes to [Virtual Print Fee] agreements affecting smaller scale releases.”
In the letter acquired by ScreenDaily, written by BFI CEO Amanda Nevill on behalf of the UK’s lead body for film, sets out a “fairer,” “widest point of release mechanism,” to ensure that distributors of smaller scale releases (which they classify as less than 100 screens) would only pay the number of VPFs for the film at its widest point, without incurring repeat fees between integrators.
The total number of VPFs payable at this widest point of release would be split equally between the four integrators, or divided between integrators according to their market share.
The BFI said it recognised that “some individual measures have been developed” by integrators...
Ahead of this autumn’s reconvening of the Film Policy Review panel, the British Film Institute has written to digital cinema integrators with a “formal request” for them to implement “changes to [Virtual Print Fee] agreements affecting smaller scale releases.”
In the letter acquired by ScreenDaily, written by BFI CEO Amanda Nevill on behalf of the UK’s lead body for film, sets out a “fairer,” “widest point of release mechanism,” to ensure that distributors of smaller scale releases (which they classify as less than 100 screens) would only pay the number of VPFs for the film at its widest point, without incurring repeat fees between integrators.
The total number of VPFs payable at this widest point of release would be split equally between the four integrators, or divided between integrators according to their market share.
The BFI said it recognised that “some individual measures have been developed” by integrators...
- 9/17/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Financier behind Avatar, Life of Pi and Best Exotic Marigold Hotel to help steer £13m fundraising for second phase of the school’s Digital Village
Patrick McKenna, founder and CEO of investor Ingenious, has been appointed chairman of the National Film & Television School (Nfts) Board of Governors.
He will help steer a £13m fundraising initiative for the second phase of the school’s Digital Village development, which will help train a new generation of film-makers in digital special effects and computer gaming.
McKenna said: “The Nfts has built a worldwide reputation for delivering excellent film and TV education and is fortunate in being able to attract some of the world’s best creative talent onto its teaching programmes. The Nfts has both the expertise and the track record to ensure that Britain remains one of the best places to conceive and produce media content.”
Nik Powell, director of the Nfts, said: “It’s brilliant...
Patrick McKenna, founder and CEO of investor Ingenious, has been appointed chairman of the National Film & Television School (Nfts) Board of Governors.
He will help steer a £13m fundraising initiative for the second phase of the school’s Digital Village development, which will help train a new generation of film-makers in digital special effects and computer gaming.
McKenna said: “The Nfts has built a worldwide reputation for delivering excellent film and TV education and is fortunate in being able to attract some of the world’s best creative talent onto its teaching programmes. The Nfts has both the expertise and the track record to ensure that Britain remains one of the best places to conceive and produce media content.”
Nik Powell, director of the Nfts, said: “It’s brilliant...
- 9/4/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
CBeebies’ Sarah and Duck and BBC1 dramas Death Comes To Pemberley and Remember Me are among the first projects to be guaranteed a tax break by the BFI.
The film body has begun issuing the full certificates for Animation and High End Television projects on behalf of the Dcms. The certificates can be used by producers to apply for tax relief on production spend incurred since 1 April.
In April, Broadcast revealed that Tony Jordan’s six-part crime drama By Any Means would be among the first to qualify and it is among the projects the BFI has certified.
The Red Planet-produced series will be joined by Origin Pictures’ three-part Jane Austen-inspired mystery and Mammoth Screen’s three-parter, Remember Me.
In June, Broadcast reported that Famous Flying Films and Mackinnon & Saunders’ series for CBeebies, would also qualify for around £600,000 of relief. The BFI has confirmed that the stop motion comedy and the second series of Karrot...
The film body has begun issuing the full certificates for Animation and High End Television projects on behalf of the Dcms. The certificates can be used by producers to apply for tax relief on production spend incurred since 1 April.
In April, Broadcast revealed that Tony Jordan’s six-part crime drama By Any Means would be among the first to qualify and it is among the projects the BFI has certified.
The Red Planet-produced series will be joined by Origin Pictures’ three-part Jane Austen-inspired mystery and Mammoth Screen’s three-parter, Remember Me.
In June, Broadcast reported that Famous Flying Films and Mackinnon & Saunders’ series for CBeebies, would also qualify for around £600,000 of relief. The BFI has confirmed that the stop motion comedy and the second series of Karrot...
- 8/16/2013
- ScreenDaily
London — The British government has stepped in to stop singer Kelly Clarkson from taking a ring once owned by author Jane Austen out of the country. The American Idol winner bought the gold-and-turquoise ring at auction last year for just over 150,000 pounds ($228,000). But on Thursday, Culture Minister Ed Vaizey put an export bar on the item until Sept. 30 in the hope that a British buyer will come forward. Story: Kelly Clarkson Collects Her 84th No. 1 Vaizey said Austen's modest lifestyle and early death aged 41 "mean that objects associated with her of
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- 8/2/2013
- by Associated Press
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Even though she dropped £150,000 (almost $200,000) on it at an auction last year, Kelly Clarkson has been barred from taking Jane Austen's gold and turquoise ring out of Britain. Ed Vaizey, the country's culture minister, says Austen had few personal belongings, and their presence in the country is important. The ring is one of three pieces of jewelry known to have belonged to the author and Vaizey has thus placed a temporary export ban on the ring, and even expresses hope that a British citizen will buy it out from under Clarkson. "Jane Austen's ...
- 8/2/2013
- avclub.com
American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson purchased a Jane Austin ring, but cannot bring it back to the states yet. Prime Minister Ed Vaizey has put a temporary hold on the ring in the hopes that the ring won’t leave Great Britain. Clarkson dropped around $232,486.25 on the rare piece of jewelry, which is one of three pieces the Pride and Prejudice icon is said to have owned in her lifetime, CNN reports. Austin’s ring is noted as a rare part of history, and it will be the first time the ring has left the family if Clarkson is granted the right to take the ring. At the moment Vaizey is asking anyone who is interested in the piece of...
- 8/2/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Kelly Clarkson has run up against a staunch sense of British sensibility. In a curious case of "Who knew she was a mega fan?", British government officials are seeking to prevent Clarkson from taking home a rare Jane Austen ring she won at auction in the hopes that a local buyer will snap it up instead and keep the historical objet d'art on British soil. The 31-year-old American Idol champ snagged the bauble for a cool $228,000. But now, per the BBC, Britain's culture minister, Ed Vaizey is putting the kibosh on any attempt to take the ring out of the U.K.: He's placed a temporary hold on the item that prevents it from being exported from Britain, at least until Sept. 30. Until...
- 8/1/2013
- E! Online
Mexican officials are considering further updates to the country’s current film incentives, a panel at London Mexfest reveals.
The ProAV incentive launched six years ago has already seen a number of key changes this year, with smaller-budgeted films now able to access the funding as well as slates or bundles of films able to apply. For the bundles, the lead producers can be different but the same Mexican production company has to be working on all of them.
ProAV offers cash rebate of 7.5% of all expenses in Mexico below the line (international producers can also get their Vat returned, so that savings can be up to 17.5%). Digital work, including animation and VFX, can start with the funding at $700,000 and film productions at about $3m. (More details of the current incentives can be found here and here.)
Jorge Sanchez, director of the Mexican Film Institute (Imcine), said the launch of London Mexfest yesterday: “It’s time to...
The ProAV incentive launched six years ago has already seen a number of key changes this year, with smaller-budgeted films now able to access the funding as well as slates or bundles of films able to apply. For the bundles, the lead producers can be different but the same Mexican production company has to be working on all of them.
ProAV offers cash rebate of 7.5% of all expenses in Mexico below the line (international producers can also get their Vat returned, so that savings can be up to 17.5%). Digital work, including animation and VFX, can start with the funding at $700,000 and film productions at about $3m. (More details of the current incentives can be found here and here.)
Jorge Sanchez, director of the Mexican Film Institute (Imcine), said the launch of London Mexfest yesterday: “It’s time to...
- 7/12/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The UK government today confirmed continued backing for Creative England through the Regional Growth Fund.
While the amount allocated to Creative England has not been disclosed, sources within the organisation are hopeful the sum will be similar to the £4.5m it was pledged in 2011.
Since 2011, the funds have been invested in digital content companies and SMEs. The re-up will in part go towards rolling out Creative England’s support programme more widely across England.
Creative England’s chief executive Caroline Norbury commented: “The creative industries are a key driver of economic growth but they need support and infrastructure to reach their full potential and to thrive in international markets. This funding will allow us to keep investing in creative businesses - helping to redress economic imbalance and bringing innovation and new energy to cities across England.”
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said: “The Regional Growth Fund is exactly what this country needs to go for growth and I’m...
While the amount allocated to Creative England has not been disclosed, sources within the organisation are hopeful the sum will be similar to the £4.5m it was pledged in 2011.
Since 2011, the funds have been invested in digital content companies and SMEs. The re-up will in part go towards rolling out Creative England’s support programme more widely across England.
Creative England’s chief executive Caroline Norbury commented: “The creative industries are a key driver of economic growth but they need support and infrastructure to reach their full potential and to thrive in international markets. This funding will allow us to keep investing in creative businesses - helping to redress economic imbalance and bringing innovation and new energy to cities across England.”
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said: “The Regional Growth Fund is exactly what this country needs to go for growth and I’m...
- 7/11/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
London – The launch of the U.K. creative sector's tax credit system for high-end television, animation and gaming got two government ministers for the price of one at an event in central London Monday. George Osborne, Britain's chancellor of the exchequer -- the equivalent of other nations' finance minister or treasury secretary -- and culture, communications and creative industries minister Ed Vaizey both rocked up at BAFTA's London HQ to talk up the tax breaks. At the event hosted by the British Film Commission, Osborne described the U.K.'s creative industries as "one of the jewels in Britain’s crown."
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- 4/29/2013
- by Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After a triumphal 2011, British-made films fell back to Earth last year with a reduction in box office share and fewer films made
British-made films accounted for a smaller share of the UK's box office last year than in 2011. The figure fell from 36% to 32%, but this number is flattered by the success of Skyfall, an American studio production. Skyfall accounted for around 10% of the UK's record £1.1bn box office in 2012, but qualifies as British only because of non-financial factors.
The figure for independently made British films fell by a third, from 13.5% (the highest ever recorded) to 9%. Last year's best-performing independently funded UK film, The Woman in Black, was only the 16th most successful film of the year in Britain and Ireland. It took £21m. Next came The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (£20m), followed by The Iron Lady (£9m) and Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! (also £9m). In 2011, The King's Speech...
British-made films accounted for a smaller share of the UK's box office last year than in 2011. The figure fell from 36% to 32%, but this number is flattered by the success of Skyfall, an American studio production. Skyfall accounted for around 10% of the UK's record £1.1bn box office in 2012, but qualifies as British only because of non-financial factors.
The figure for independently made British films fell by a third, from 13.5% (the highest ever recorded) to 9%. Last year's best-performing independently funded UK film, The Woman in Black, was only the 16th most successful film of the year in Britain and Ireland. It took £21m. Next came The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (£20m), followed by The Iron Lady (£9m) and Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! (also £9m). In 2011, The King's Speech...
- 2/1/2013
- by David Cox
- The Guardian - Film News
London - A British government representative on Wednesday called on pay TV giant BSkyB to give up on retransmission fees from U.K. broadcasters or face possible regulation to achieve that outcome. Speaking at the Oxford Media Convention, culture minister Ed Vaizey said BSkyB, in which Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. owns a 39 percent stake, should stop charging the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 to carry their TV and radio channels. While broadcasters in the U.S. have been paid by pay TV firms to carry their signals, in the U.K. that is not the case. And BSkyB
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- 1/23/2013
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London – The government is to pump £6 million ($9.7 million) into training across the U.K. creative industries over the next two years. In his fall budget statement, the chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne said the cashpool would be made available to "provide entry-level and professional-level training for up to 3,300 people working in film, television, animation and video games companies." The money will support training and will be matched by the industry. Creative Industries minister Ed Vaizey, who claimed the creative industries are worth £36 billion ($58 billion) in the U.K., said:
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- 12/5/2012
- by Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Maria Miller, the culture secretary, has hit back at Nicholas Hytner's accusations of neglect of the arts by the government
Culture secretary Maria Miller has accused leading members of the arts world of making statements "close to pure fiction" and saying that "accusations that this government neither likes nor supports the arts are disingenuous in the extreme".
In a highly combative article in the London Evening Standard, she also hit out personally at Sir Nicholas Hytner, director of the National Theatre, saying it was "outrageous" of him to claim that "the government has done next to nothing to encourage philanthropy". She was referring to comments made by him earlier this month at an event, supported by Olympics opening ceremony director Danny Boyle, to raise awareness of funding problems for theatres in the regions.
It was the second time she had publicly taken on Hytner this week. On Monday, at a Conservative party fundraising event,...
Culture secretary Maria Miller has accused leading members of the arts world of making statements "close to pure fiction" and saying that "accusations that this government neither likes nor supports the arts are disingenuous in the extreme".
In a highly combative article in the London Evening Standard, she also hit out personally at Sir Nicholas Hytner, director of the National Theatre, saying it was "outrageous" of him to claim that "the government has done next to nothing to encourage philanthropy". She was referring to comments made by him earlier this month at an event, supported by Olympics opening ceremony director Danny Boyle, to raise awareness of funding problems for theatres in the regions.
It was the second time she had publicly taken on Hytner this week. On Monday, at a Conservative party fundraising event,...
- 11/29/2012
- by Charlotte Higgins
- The Guardian - Film News
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