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Spirit Studios Inks Double Deal with Ch. 4

U.K.’s indie Spirit Studios has signed a deal for two digital first commissions for Channel 4’s digital channels.

The first is six-part comedy series Funraisers, which features comedian (and former charity shop manager) Tom (…)

By |December 21st, 2022|Categories: News|0 Comments

JBX Mart & Joburg Film Fest’s Programs

Following on the recent announcement of the 60 plus selected films for the next edition of the Joburg Film Festival, that will take place from January 31 to February 5, (…)

By |December 21st, 2022|Categories: News|0 Comments

Record-breaking Audience for World Cup Final

Sunday’s Argentina-France FIFA World Cup Final averaged a combined 9.2 rating and 22.32 million viewers across FOX (7.0, 16.78M) and Telemundo (2.2, 5.53M) in the U.S., figures that include pre-match (…)

By |December 20th, 2022|Categories: News|0 Comments

Berlinale Selects 204 Talents

Berlinale Talents has selected 204 filmmakers from 67 countries for the talent development program to be held within the (…)

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TeamTO Opens New Studio Space in Paris

Kids’ entertainment creator TeamTO is opening a new, cutting-edge studio in Paris. Located in the Bastille area, the studio will feature a host of energy saving and green protocols, significantly reducing (…)

By |December 20th, 2022|Categories: News|0 Comments

‘Art in War’ Doc to Debut on ARTE

German Producer Broadview, Ukrainian Producer Space and The Organization of Ukrainian Producers (OUP) are wrapping up filming on documentary feature Art in War. The film will be debuting on ARTE (…)

By |December 20th, 2022|Categories: News|0 Comments

Inter Medya Acquires Acun Medya’s ‘Tuzak’

Turkey’s Inter Medya has acquired the distribution rights of drama series Tuzak.

Produced by Acun Medya and Fabrika Yapım, the series tells the story of three siblings, Mahir, Umut and Umay, (…)

By |December 19th, 2022|Categories: News|0 Comments

SVT Picks Up ‘Born to Fly’ from RBS

Following the success of The Real Mo Farah, winner of this year’s Rose d’Or Award for Best Documentary, Red Bull Studios (RBS) announced that SVT has picked up Born to Fly, (…)

By |December 19th, 2022|Categories: News|0 Comments

Banijay Partners with Jessica Villerius

Banijay Benelux has entered into a partnership with Dutch doc-maker, film director, and founder of Posh Productions, Jessica Villerius.

Villerius founded Posh Productions in 2007 and has specialized in documentaries about (…)

By |December 19th, 2022|Categories: News|0 Comments

Sir Sydney Samuelson, First British Film Commissioner, Dies at 97

Sir Sydney Samuelson, first British Film Commissioner and former BAFTA chair, died on December 14.

Sir Sydney entered the industry in his teens as a ‘rewind boy’ in the projection booth (…)

By |December 16th, 2022|Categories: News|1 Comment