Battle for the Fort “Overwhelmed” by EntriesUK’s Biggest Battle of the Bands Rescheduled due to Popular Demand17th July 2006 The ‘Battle for the Fort’, the UK’s biggest ever battle of the bands, has been moved to September due to an overwhelming flood of entries from aspiring rock stars across the [...]

BBC New Music ShortsA new filmmaking initiative from the BBC21 July 2006. A new filmmaking initiative called BBC New Music Shorts was launched today. BBC Electric Proms, BBC Film Network and BBC New Talent are offering a challenge to new filmmakers to develop original and creative ideas around music filmmaking [...]

Weak culture body needs more muscleA lack of funding and resources are seriously undermining the London Cultural Consortium’s (LCC) potential to influence and promote arts, heritage and sports in the capital, a London Assembly report says today1.So far, the LCC has proved to be merely a ‘talking shop’, making little [...]

Call For Entries to the Stella Artois Film Awards 2006The 19th Seagate Foyle Film Festival (SFFF) will run from the 10th – 19th November 2006, once again playing host to the competition for the increasingly sought after Stella Artois Film Awards, where hundreds of films compete for outstanding recognition as [...]

12-year-old British schoolgirl to play Lyra in adaptation of the first of Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy.Film set for November 16, 2007 release dateNew Line Cinema has officially greenlit production on The Golden Compass, the highly anticipated adaptation of the first of author Philip Pullman’s bestselling His Dark Materials [...]

Sounds interesting. What sort of films are you planning? Horror? fantasy?James [...]

slingshot challenges status quo with innovative new film-making ventureA new all-digital independent film production and distribution company has been formed to offer British film-makers the environment to make innovative and critically acclaimed pictures that would otherwise not make it to the big screen.Founded by Arvind Ethan David, Rachel Connors and [...]

Hmm! Interesting stuff!I feel as if the British Film Industry is struggling to get back on its feet..Thanks to the Government..They never helped the filmmakers themselves by offering support..! [...]

12 June 2006The importance of the film industry to the capital’s economy and the challenges faced by film makers will be investigated by the London Assembly on Tuesday 13 June.There is a major film production industry in and around London, which dominate the British film industry. London as a [...]

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is voted best film adaptation of all time2nd June 2006 – The Book Marketing Society, in association with The Guardian, today announced the results of a national poll to find the best ever film adaptation. The winner, To Kill a Mockingbird by [...]