Cinematographer Justine Evans presented the Cinematography Award to the Planet Earth III team. Pictured: Planet Earth III cinematographer Tom Osborn (Credit: Jon Craig) The Royal Television Society West of England Awards in association with Evolutions Bristol took place on Sunday 21st April at Bristol Old Vic with a gala ceremony hosted by actor and comedian Jayde Adams. The television community of the West of England turned out in force to celebrate their work over the last year. Guests included the cast of ITV2 sitcom Ruby Speaking including Joe Sims&n ..read more

Flanked by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar, Paolo Moretti, Claudine Nougaret and Vladimir Perišić, the Belgian actress Lubna Azabal will award the Short Film Palme d’or and the 3 La Cinef prizes, the Festival de Cannes’ selection dedicated to student films. The Jury will discover the 11 films in the Short Film Competition and the 18 films in La Cinef selection unveiled today. Lubna Azabal, Short films and La Cinef Jury President, said:”Traveler, there is no path. The path is made by walking.” Antonio Machado. The Festival de Cannes is one of those paths we dream of crossing. The focus on young ..read more

Screen Cornwall announce the first four recipients of its Feature-Film Development Scheme for projects in the Cornish language (Kernewek) made by local creative talent. Managing Director Laura Giles says: “It’s fitting to announce these commissions on the day we mark the 10th anniversary of Cornish being awarded national minority status by the Council of Europe. This scheme is all about strengthening authentic media representation for Cornwall by enabling distinctive stories to be told in Kernewek, and we look forward to working with these talented filmmaking teams.” The four projects are:&n ..read more

Molinare Creative Group announces that its DIT and LAB division, Notorious DIT, is expanding the Group’s operations to the Northwest of England, opening a facility in Liverpool. The expansion comes as part of a larger strategy to strengthen the company’s ties outside of London and support regional film and television productions, conveniently located for Liverpool, Manchester, and Yorkshire.    Based at the Liverpool Innovation Park, Notorious DIT will provide its whole suite of services, including, DIT, data management, LAB and on-set and near-set services for productions filming ..read more

Panalux, a leading rental provider of lighting and power solutions for the motion-picture industry and part of Panavision’s production-through-post service offerings for image makers, have announced the hiring of industry veteran Melanie Georgieva as a Long Form Sales Director. Georgieva brings over two decades of experience across production, sales and operations. In that time, she has garnered a deep knowledge of the filmmaking process and the specific needs of cinematographers, gaffers and their crews. At Panalux, she will be instrumental in supporting feature and series productions throu ..read more

The unprecedented selection of three LFS student films over three consecutive years marks a unique achievement in the history of film schools at the Cannes Film Festival. This year’s film, Praeis from Lithuanian director, Dovydas Drakšas features in La Cinef (formerly known as Cinéfondation), created in 1998 in a bid to discover new young international cinematographic talent, with only 15-20 short films selected each year from film schools all over the world. In 2023, graduate film, Talking To The River by Chinese director, Yue Pan was selected fo ..read more

“Sales in the audiovisual sector worldwide are at breathtaking heights. “In Europe alone, these sales are higher than in the auto industry. It is incomprehensible that those who generate these enormous sales with their professional skills and their hard work are being put under pressure. In many IMAGO member countries, working conditions are seriously deteriorating, 14-15hr days is more the rule than the exception, and the problem is increasing in many places. We think it is also IMAGO’s responsibility to contribute to stopping this negative trend.  “The IMAGO Working Conditions Committ ..read more

East London kit rental house FOMO has officially launched FOMO House, a clubhouse offering London’s filmmakers access to desk space, community, job board, studio, kit and more.  FOMO Rentals – a kit rental house specialising in equipment rental for short form and indie content – launched FOMO House, a 3000 sq ft clubhouse aimed at providing key resources including desk space, an active community and paid freelance jobs to freelance filmmakers and production companies.   Founder Jamie Bezencenet, started FOMO Rentals in 2019, with just a single Sony A7Sii and two cheap lenses i ..read more

The Festival de Cannes announces eight projects as a part of the Immersive Competition including collective location-based virtual reality and mixed reality experiences, and projection mapping and holographic works. These carefully selected immersive works showcase the cutting edge of this new era in storytelling, challenging convention, embracing new technologies, and above all celebrating new artists as well as old. – EN AMOUR France Claire Bardainne, Adrien Mondot, Laurent Bardainne Casting Claire Bardainne (voice over), November Ultra (singing voice) Produced by Adrien M & ..read more

Picturehouse and the nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the lineup of 11 feature fiction and documentary films, a specially curated programme of UK short films and a strand of repertory titles to celebrate the 40th edition of the Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. for the 11th edition of Sundance Film Festival: London 2024, taking place from 6 to 9 June at Picturehouse Central. These 11 feature films premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival in Utah in January and were specially curated for London by the Sundance Film Festival programming team in collaboration with Picturehouse. The F ..read more