Archive List
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15 Dec 2010
Nominations for the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards Announced
The nominations for the 2010 Golden Globe awards are in and this year shows acknowledgement for The King's Speech (the front runner with 7 nominations), Inception, The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader and BBC series Luther all with PG Member involvement. Congratulations to those who have helped in the success of these productions.
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14 Dec 2010
BBC Trust Releases Final Conclusions on Strategic Review
A new BBC strategy to deliver more distinctive, high quality programmes, improved value for money and greater transparency for all audiences has been published by the BBC Trust this week.
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14 Dec 2010
EM Media Launch New Fund for Projects Promised Support by Screen East
Following the insolvency of Screen East there is a gap in regional investment in film in the East of England region. With a limited amount of funding from the UK Film Council, EM Media is able to temporarily support a ring-fenced number of projects known to the UK Film Council and EM Media which had been given a commitment of funding from Screen East and which would have used funding provided to Screen East by the UK Film Council (from the Regional Investment Fund for England, Digital Film Archive Fund or Digital Shorts). This funding will be provided through a temporary EM Media East scheme.
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14 Dec 2010
Icahn's Lionsgate Takeover Dealt Blow as Shareholders Elect All Lionsgate Nominees at AGM
Lionsgate this week announced that, based on preliminary estimates provided by its proxy solicitor, shareholders have voted to elect all of the Company's director nominees, including its new independent nominee, Frank Giustra. The result of the meeting has dented Carl Icahn's proposed takeover of Lionsgate. The Company issued the following statement:
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14 Dec 2010
Will employees be entitled to an extra day's holiday on 29 April 2011?
This will depend on each employee's contract of employment and any holiday policy you have. If employees are entitled to "x number of days plus public holidays" then you will need to provide employees with 29 April 2011 as an additional day's annual leave. If you require an employee to work on this day then you will need to follow your usual practice or policy regarding working on public holidays.
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14 Dec 2010
Phil Cooper to Leave ARRI Media
ARRI Media have released the following statement this week announcing that Renos Louka will be taking over as Managing Director from Philip Cooper Philip will be joining ARRI Rental partner group Media Film Service in South Africa in the new year and all of us at The Production Guild would like to wish him the very best in his new venture and thank him for his continued support:
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09 Dec 2010
New Skillset Health and Safety Framework for Film, Broadcast and Independent Production
Skillset has completed a year and a half long project which analysed Health and Safety specifically within the Film, Broadcast and Independent Production sectors and targeting the unique challenges industry practitioners can face on a daily basis. The outcome of the research has produced a new unified industry Health and Safety Framework, which aims to provide better training and formal qualifications across a wider range of professions. Please see the full Skillset statement below:
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08 Dec 2010
Director General Comments on BBC Cuts
The freezing of the licence fee for the next six years will result in fewer hours of BBC programmes made "but to higher quality", Mark Thompson says, as reported by the BBC this week.
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08 Dec 2010
BBC Films Releases New Film Strategy as Trust Targets a Greater Awareness to Tax Payers
BBC Films have released their new film strategy, providing an overview of BBC Films, other key players in the UK, BBC Films' main objectives and measures of success and its key priorities until the end of 2012/13. The BBC Trust have also commented upon the review stating that BBC Films delivers great value to licence fee payers, but should develop greater awareness of its work, and ensure more impact when broadcasting its films on television, according to a report published by the BBC Trust today.
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08 Dec 2010
Irish Film Board Remain Positive Over National Budget Cuts
The capital budget for Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB) has been announced as €16 million for 2011, which represents a 3% cut from the 2010 budget allocation. The administration budget has been reduced by 12.3% to €2,4 million, bringing the total budget cut for the IFB to 4.4%.
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08 Dec 2010
Berlin European Film Market Bursary 2011- Applications Invited
Screen South will be awarding a total of 6 applicants bursaries of £300 each towards attending the European Film Market during the Berlinale 2011. If you are looking to go to present your feature project, this is the fund to apply to!
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08 Dec 2010
De Lane Lea Reveal New ADR Team
De Lane Lea are delighted to announce our new ADR team, Nick Kray and Andy
Stallabrass, following Peter Gleaves' decision to leave De Lane Lea at the end of 2010. -
08 Dec 2010
David Parfitt Appointed New Chair of Film London
Film London has welcomed Oscar and BAFTA-winning producer David Parfitt as Chair of its Board of directors, taking over from Sandy Lieberson, who has come to the end of his tenure after leading the agency since it launched in 2004.
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01 Dec 2010
Full DCMS Speech from Ed Vaizey on the Future of the UK Film Industry
On Monday 29th November 2010, Ed Vaizey revealed the Government's Plan for the future of the British Film Industry within a speech attended by industry representatives and the wider media.
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01 Dec 2010
Update to DCMS Film Policy Announcement by Emily Stillman
Dear Members,
Earlier this week, Ed Vaizey (Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries) announced the future of Film Industry funding and support in light of the Government's decision to abolish the UK Film Council earlier this year.
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01 Dec 2010
BFI Set to Manage UK Film Policy and Distribute Lottery Funds with Open Letter to the Industry from BFI Chair Greg Dyke Enclosed
Part of the DCMS announcement delivered by Minister for Culture and the Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey revealed that the BFI will become the lead strategic body on film and the distributor of Lottery funds to UK film-makers from April 2011.
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01 Dec 2010
Film London to Lead UK Inward Investment Working Alongside The Production Guild, Pinewood Studios Group and UK Screen Association
Within this week's DCMS Film Industry speech Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, has announced that he is charging Film London with the national inward investment function for film, through a public-private partnership with key film industry bodies including The Production Guild of Great Britain, Pinewood Studios Group and UK Screen Association.
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02 Dec 2010
Regional Screen Agencies to Combine in Newly Established "Creative England" Body and Reaction from the Agencies Detailed Within
The Government has announced plans to reshape the regional support network, which currently consists of nine Regional Screen Agencies, into one body under a newly established "Creative England".
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01 Dec 2010
New Film Commission "Film Link" Set to Replace Screen East
A new UK film commission is being launched in January to replace UK regional screen agency Screen East, which went into liquidation in October.
The new film commission - Film Link - will be based out of Elstree Studios and promises to replace Screen East's location services, offering full support to film-makers looking to shoot in the East of England.
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01 Dec 2010
Ascent Media Group Agree Sale of Creative Services and Media Services Businesses to Deluxe Entertainment
Ascent Media Corporation has announced the execution of a definitive agreement to sell the Creative Services and Media Services businesses of Ascent Media Group (AMG) to Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. (Deluxe) for aggregate cash consideration to Ascent Media of approximately $68 million (after the assumption of certain indebtedness).
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26 Nov 2010
Government to Reveal New Film Industry Plans in Speech Next Monday
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) have stated that they will announce their strategy for the UK Film Industry next Monday, 29th November 2010.
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26 Nov 2010
UKFC Announces Latest Projects to Receive Film Funding in the UK
The full list of projects to gain funding in the latest round of applications have been announced by the UK Film Council, seeing over 50 productions receive support from the film industy body through the lottery funded film fund.
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26 Nov 2010
Screen East Liquidator Announced for Recovery of Money Owed
As previously reported, Screen East, the Regional Screen Agency for the East of England, has gone in to administration and ceased trading on 7th September 2010.
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26 Nov 2010
UK Cinema Attendance and Box Office Receipt Records Set to Be Broken in 2010
UK cinema records are on course to be broken as the UK's 2010 box office receipts nears the £1billion mark in its fastest ever time. (A link to the figures can be found at the bottom of this article.)
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17 Nov 2010
BBC Films Managing Director Jane Wright to Stand Down
Jane Wright, BBC Films' Managing Director is due to stand down at the end of November, with the aim of exploring new challenges. Wright had been with the Broadcasters' stand alone filmmaking unit for over 15 years and was announced as Managing Director in 2009.
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17 Nov 2010
New Skillset Bursaries Available for 3D Stereoscopic Training
Skillset have launched their new bursary scheme offering 3D Stereoscopic Training targeting both freelancers and permanently employed members of the UK Film industry.
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17 Nov 2010
Directors UK Announce New Board and Direction
Andrew Chowns CEO, Directors UK, the professional body representing over 4000 British screen directors, outlined his strategy for reforming Directors UK as a fully fledged membership organisation in 2011, following new board elections and the Annual General Meeting at BAFTA last week.
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17 Nov 2010
BBC to Establish New UK Animation Studio
The Guardian have reported that the BBC are currently looking at sites outside of London for a brand new Animation Studio, with comedy animation aimed at adult viewers and children's cartoons both on the agenda for the new unit.
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17 Nov 2010
ITV Announce 11% Increase in Revenue
ITV has announced its latest financial figures this week, highlighted by a year-on-year 11% increase in revenue for the UK Broadcaster. This equates to a revenue of £1.45billion, which covers the first three quarters of 2010, with forecasts predicting that the strength of TV advertising will continue to the end of the year.